Have the courage to change what you can
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:28 pm
HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN
Some recent posts are more interesting as they consider what we can change for the better:
Whether selling SG for a good price at the end of the season is best for the long term future of Liverpool ........................ a fair question and a close call. You can only really decide if you are on the “inside” at the club, but I sometimes worry that he wants to run the club rather than give 100% as a player. i.e. decide on who plays, take all free kicks etc. (ala Shearer at Newcastle – this is not healthy). Also I am also not sure how much he does to help team spirit, as in the awful last year of GHs reign. I think that with some of the money from such a sale we might be able to buy 2 good quality players. If he is sold, I have faith that RB will make sound purchases.
New GB players............................................................ I think that there are good players around that can contribute to a re shaped team and that would not cost the earth. As I have said in earlier posts that Boupa Dioup (central mid/ in front of defence), Simon Davies (width in midfield), and Danny Gabbidon (pace in defence) would fit the bill. Their recent displays have only underlined my views. (Although I never hear of Rafa attending other midweek games to look at players). [….already I can imagine the responses “not good enough for Liverpool!!” ….hmmm].
Players we should sell in the summer...................................
Obviously RB has to support some of his players. He wants to get the best out of them until the summer period. I feel sure that Biscan, Diaou, Mellor (sadly), and Smicer will go. Whether Hamman and Hyppia should be added to this list will depend on the next few weeks and finances available to rebuild (which may depend on whether SG is sold or not. There are a handful of others that I am not sure about because either they are
too young or inexperienced. (Le Tallec);
too unpredictable (Kewell);
have temprement/attitude problems (Diouf);
they have not been seen (Diarra); or
they were not given a fair crack of the whip (Cheyrou).
At present Cheyrou is the best of the French/Senegal players that GH signed. I would have brought him back from loan on the basis that he is better than several of those in or around the first eleven.
A thought to finish… form is temporary – class is permanent – Liverpool FC is class. And WE WILL BE BACK.
Some recent posts are more interesting as they consider what we can change for the better:
Whether selling SG for a good price at the end of the season is best for the long term future of Liverpool ........................ a fair question and a close call. You can only really decide if you are on the “inside” at the club, but I sometimes worry that he wants to run the club rather than give 100% as a player. i.e. decide on who plays, take all free kicks etc. (ala Shearer at Newcastle – this is not healthy). Also I am also not sure how much he does to help team spirit, as in the awful last year of GHs reign. I think that with some of the money from such a sale we might be able to buy 2 good quality players. If he is sold, I have faith that RB will make sound purchases.
New GB players............................................................ I think that there are good players around that can contribute to a re shaped team and that would not cost the earth. As I have said in earlier posts that Boupa Dioup (central mid/ in front of defence), Simon Davies (width in midfield), and Danny Gabbidon (pace in defence) would fit the bill. Their recent displays have only underlined my views. (Although I never hear of Rafa attending other midweek games to look at players). [….already I can imagine the responses “not good enough for Liverpool!!” ….hmmm].
Players we should sell in the summer...................................
Obviously RB has to support some of his players. He wants to get the best out of them until the summer period. I feel sure that Biscan, Diaou, Mellor (sadly), and Smicer will go. Whether Hamman and Hyppia should be added to this list will depend on the next few weeks and finances available to rebuild (which may depend on whether SG is sold or not. There are a handful of others that I am not sure about because either they are
too young or inexperienced. (Le Tallec);
too unpredictable (Kewell);
have temprement/attitude problems (Diouf);
they have not been seen (Diarra); or
they were not given a fair crack of the whip (Cheyrou).
At present Cheyrou is the best of the French/Senegal players that GH signed. I would have brought him back from loan on the basis that he is better than several of those in or around the first eleven.
A thought to finish… form is temporary – class is permanent – Liverpool FC is class. And WE WILL BE BACK.