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10 Best Signings of the Season

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Well thats not true since they'd probably be 5th/6th without those goals. I think Torres has been incredibly important for Liverpool this season, as their strongest asset in previous seasons i.e their defense, has not been as formidable as usual this season. Particularly earlier in the season. Injuries played their part of course. The question is without Torres, they would of had what up front? Crouch, Kuyt, Voronin, Babel? Not awful players (except Voronin) but not prolific goalscorers either. So Torres has been an instrumental in just keeping them, at least in terms of the league, static with his large tally of goals. He has finally added a bit of bite to the Liverpool attack besides Steven Gerrard. As a Man United fan, I can't deny the kids got talent and will probably go on to do great things in the EPL and thus is an excellent piece of business for the Pool.

    People like Picarooney are narrow minded- they look at Liverpool finishing 3rd and reaching a CL final in 2006/2007- so they make the assumption that a failure to improve on that in 2007/2008 means that Torres was "worthless". As you point out- even a cursory examination of the stats proved that Torres was the difference between success and failure for much of the year. Its not Torres lack of effort that has result in a failure to "progress" {you can't really hope to be getting CL semis all the time!} but a slight defensive regression and an improvement in the quality of the chasing pack.

    As for the "fluking" it in Europe, thats just plain silly. You don't just bop your way through games against Inter and Arsenal with 3-0 and 4-2 agg wins.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Tusky wrote: »
    fluking their way to the semis finals again. bahaha.

    You've been drinking too much schweppes bitter lemon mate.


    Well when Everton move in with Tescos he can buy that in bulk and all!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Why is this a debate? there has been one outstanding Signing this season and it's been Bakary Sagna. of all the signings made this year arguably he has had the most impact on his club, and of all the players on that list frankly he's ahead of them on the road to being labelled 'world class' (at least for his position), at a fraction of the price too.

    best signing of the season. no question for me.

    edit:
    As for the "fluking" it in Europe, thats just plain silly. You don't just bop your way through games against Inter and Arsenal with 3-0 and 4-2 agg wins.

    once again they've had more than their fair share of luck though. Materazzi getting sent off (along with the other guy in the second leg for a 50-50, can't remember his name). And then getting two major penalty decisions in their favour against Arsenal, at least one of which shouldn't have gone their way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    Hero, you're gonna burn yourself out pretty fast if you pick fights in every thread you post in! just a word of advice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Oh look, another thread spoiled by the United/Liverpool gang :rolleyes:

    "My Torres is better than your Anderson"

    "Yeah well your Torres has you down in 4th. And Carrick is better"

    Blah blah blah. Same shit, different day.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    Xavi, you just jealous City dont have a boards gang ;)

    (well they do, but your its sole member)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Why is this a debate? there has been one outstanding Signing this season and it's been Bakary Sagna. of all the signings made this year arguably he has had the most impact on his club, and of all the players on that list frankly he's ahead of them on the road to being labelled 'world class' (at least for his position), at a fraction of the price too.

    best signing of the season. no question for me.

    edit:

    once again they've had more than their fair share of luck though. Materazzi getting sent off (along with the other guy in the second leg for a 50-50, can't remember his name). And then getting two major penalty decisions in their favour against Arsenal, at least one of which shouldn't have gone their way.


    What do you mean "once again"...against whom have Liverpool been having these great slices of "LUCK"...this is Orwellians newspeak. This is Dunphyland. Milan not up to it, lucky against Arsenal, Grant doesn't know his trade and Barcelona are weak at the back and there is strife at the Nou Camp and you can't get good coke in Dublin la-la-la-la-la-la-la....

    It was the same last Season...barcelona had strife in the dressing room, Ronaldinho didn't want to know, then they were lucky to get PSV Eindhoven who were, per Giles, a "poor team" {Who had KO'd Arsenal, 2006's beaten finalists} and then they beat Chelsea and Chelsea were, per Dunphy, a "brave team"...and he had conveniently forgotten that he had described Benitez team selection as being "not on...its just not on Bill".....well.....then he said that "Liverpool had better Penalty takers, was all".....its junk.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    Hero, you're gonna burn yourself out pretty fast if you pick fights in every thread you post in! just a word of advice.


    WHat fights??? We have a bitter bitter in here suggesting that LFC are lucky vs Arsenal and Inter Milan. I'm just putting the lad right!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    What do you mean "once again"...against whom have Liverpool been having these great slices of "LUCK"...this is Orwellians newspeak. This is Dunphyland. Milan not up to it, lucky against Arsenal, Grant doesn't know his trade and Barcelona are weak at the back and there is strife at the Nou Camp and you can't get good coke in Dublin la-la-la-la-la-la-la....

    hmmm, i notice how you failed to respond to my post with any reasonable debunking of the points i made. are you saying that Arsenal not having a blatant penalty given in the first leg wasn't lucky?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    hmmm, i notice how you failed to respond to my post with any reasonable debunking of the points i made. are you saying that Arsenal not having a blatant penalty given in the first leg wasn't lucky?

    If I pull you by your left arm, to the left, how do you fall on your right side???

    Hleb made the most of it. Just cause Baldy Liam jumped over the fence in the gantry and had a sh!t fit doesnt mean that Babel dived in the box at Anfield.

    This RTE inspired ANTI LFC nonsense has got to come to and end.

    They got beat 4-2. Just like the Germans, even if Hursts shot hadn't crossed the line he still burned on down the field and got a 4th.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    If I pull you by your left arm, to the left, how do you fall on your right side???

    are you trying to argue that having your arm pulled isn't a foul? I suggest you read up on the rules of football.
    Hleb made the most of it. Just cause Baldy Liam jumped over the fence in the gantry and had a sh!t fit doesnt mean that Babel dived in the box at Anfield.

    hmmm, no dunphy this time?
    This RTE inspired ANTI LFC nonsense has got to come to and end.

    hmmm, conspiracy theories is that way ->
    They got beat 4-2. Just like the Germans, even if Hursts shot hadn't crossed the line he still burned on down the field and got a 4th.

    again I ask, where is the relevance?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Oh, I agree with Wenger. Any contact in the box and its a penalty. That doesn't mean Arsenal would have scored theirs. Reina saves penalties. And by Wengers own logic, the Babel incident was a definite penalty. So lets cut the **** about lucky liverpool, shall we.

    RTE are most definitely not the biggest LFC fans out there. Peter Collins, Daragh Maloney, Dunphy....Houghton...Rubbish the lot of them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Oh, I agree with Wenger. Any contact in the box and its a penalty. That doesn't mean Arsenal would have scored theirs. Reina saves penalties. And by Wengers own logic, the Babel incident was a definite penalty. So lets cut the **** about lucky liverpool, shall we.

    and Van Persie [insert other names] scores them. are you still denying it was not lucky for that penalty to have been denied?
    RTE are most definitely not the biggest LFC fans out there. Peter Collins, Daragh Maloney, Dunphy....Houghton...Rubbish the lot of them.

    again, why is this relevant to the thread topic at hand?

    lets go back on topic shall we? Bakary Sagna; best signing of the season.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    and Van Persie [insert other names] scores them. are you still denying it was not lucky for that penalty to have been denied?



    again, why is this relevant to the thread topic at hand?

    lets go back on topic shall we? Bakary Sagna; best signing of the season.

    Sagna= good signing but injury prone. And he needs a haircut.

    Penalty decisions have nothing to do with luck. Its not bad luck to get robbed. Its called being ROBBED. We didnt get shafted cos we already got shafted by a man called Robbed In Style in the game against Chelsea. Such is how the cooky crumbled. You need to bop on and bop right back into the game.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,530 ✭✭✭Fuzzy_Dunlop


    Why is this a debate? there has been one outstanding Signing this season and it's been Bakary Sagna. of all the signings made this year arguably he has had the most impact on his club, and of all the players on that list frankly he's ahead of them on the road to being labelled 'world class' (at least for his position), at a fraction of the price too.

    best signing of the season. no question for me.

    QFT. He has just come straight into the team and has been solid as a rock all season, him and Clichy are the best pair of fullbacks in the league.
    Sagna= good signing but injury prone. And he needs a haircut.

    Ok now i know you're talking out your gee, this is the first injury he's gotten and he has played in 40 games this season in all competitions so far


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    playa3 wrote: »
    QFT. He has just come straight into the team and has been solid as a rock all season, him and Clichy are the best pair of fullbacks in the league.



    Ok now i know you're talking out your gee, this is the first injury he's gotten and he has played in 40 games this season in all competitions so far

    I like Sagna. But the beads have got to go. Him, Diarra, Skrtel...three of the best defenders signed this season.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭LuckyCharms


    The best signings this season are Santa Cruz and Sagna by quite a bit.

    First off i am a united fan yet i have no idea why all this crap about our signings being compared to torres is even relevant. The fact is Torres has been terrific for liverpool this year, definately more vital for liverpool then any of our signings have been for us. Without Torres who knows where liverpool would in the league currenlty.

    As for the united signings, they are have good, nothing spectacular. People go on and on about how good the signings have been but common, they all cost in the region of 15 mil each, they would want to be good.While anderson has claimed most of the plaudits and rightly so since the guy has settled like a duck to water and got stuck in immediately, Nani is starting to show signs of the potential he had while playing in portugal,Tevez has done just what he done at West Ham so no surprises there, he has contributed alot of key goals for us.Hardgreaves season is a right off really due to his ongoing injury issues, next season will jugde him.

    Anyway My best signings would be like this startin with No.1
    Sagna
    Santa Cruz
    Muntari
    Torres
    Zarate
    Anderson
    Mascherano
    Petrov
    Diarra
    Young

    Best signings of the season should have some correlation with regards Fee ,Expected performance and actual performance


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    The best signings this season are Santa Cruz and Sagna by quite a bit.

    First off i am a united fan yet i have no idea why all this crap about our signings being compared to torres is even relevant. The fact is Torres has been terrific for liverpool this year, definately more vital for liverpool then any of our signings have been for us. Without Torres who knows where liverpool would in the league currenlty.

    As for the united signings, they are have good, nothing spectacular. People go on and on about how good the signings have been but common, they all cost in the region of 15 mil each, they would want to be good.While anderson has claimed most of the plaudits and rightly so since the guy has settled like a duck to water and got stuck in immediately, Nani is starting to show signs of the potential he had while playing in portugal,Tevez has done just what he done at West Ham so no surprises there, he has contributed alot of key goals for us.Hardgreaves season is a right off really due to his ongoing injury issues, next season will jugde him.

    Anyway My best signings would be like this startin with No.1
    Sagna
    Santa Cruz
    Muntari
    Torres
    Zarate
    Anderson
    Mascherano
    Petrov
    Diarra
    Young

    Best signings of the season should have some correlation with regards Fee ,Expected performance and actual performance

    .....which is why Skrtel makes any top 10 list. He came in from Zenit on his Winter Break so he wasn't even fit to boot. Dropped right in so much so that Carra has comp at CB. I forgot Sagna but with the benefit of HS he is one of the best signings this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event



    Can't agree with people putting forward Kenwyn Jones. He's been good, but went missing for large parts of the season.

    well he's playing in a relegation threatened team, he's not going to play well every week

    first season in the premiership too remember

    Reading : 1 goal and assist, win 2-1.
    boro: assist, 2-2
    arsenal: goal and assist, lose 3-2
    west ham: 1 goal, lose 3-1
    fulham: 1 goal, draw 1-1
    everton: 1 assist, lose 7-1
    reading: 1 assist, lose 2-1
    bolton: 1 goal, 2 assists, win 3-1
    pompey: 1 assist, win 2-0
    birmingham: 1 assist, win 2-0
    west ham: 1 goal, win 2-1
    fulham: 1 goal and 1 assist, win 3-1

    you could argue that without him in the games against reading, boro, fulham, bolton, west ham and fulham, they would not have got the results which got them 14 points. that would have them second from bottom.

    he has been immense for them this season and one of their best players
    People like Picarooney are narrow minded

    the ironing is delicious


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    event wrote: »
    the ironing is delicious

    Hey!! Thats my Shirt!!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Are you related to Mr Alan, by any chance, you seem to have the same trait of annoying fellow Liverpool fans just as much as other fans.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    good work PHB, wat does Carrick have to do with this thread? nothing.

    Torres has undeniably been the signing of the season-value for money is only a tiny fraction of wats important when judging a signing.

    but dont let that bother ya. carry on arguing santa cruz is the best signing this year. or talking about Carrick.

    You didn't even read my posts did ya?

    Jazzy said Torres was signing of the season because of how much he revolutionised Liverpools play compared to them before him. I pointed out, if that was the case, then Carrick would be last years signing of the season.

    The only way you can say Torres is the signing of the season is if you look at it purely in terms of who is the best player to be signed this season. I don't think anyone would argue Torres is that.

    But any sort of analysis in terms of money, Torres clearly comes behind Santa Cruz and Sagna.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    But any sort of analysis in terms of money, Torres clearly comes behind Santa Cruz and Sagna

    What now?
    It would show that Torres was a steal at 20m-odd


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    zAbbo wrote: »
    Are you related to Mr Alan, by any chance, you seem to have the same trait of annoying fellow Liverpool fans just as much as other fans.

    I'm offended by that, i'm nowhere near as annoying as this new chap!:mad:
    PHB wrote: »
    But any sort of analysis in terms of money, Torres clearly comes behind Santa Cruz and Sagna.

    Money doesnt really come into the equation though tbh. i would judge the best signing as being 1. the best player signed in the year, 2. the player who has had most impact in the team.......

    Torres and Sagna. Torres pipping him cause attacking players always get the plaudits ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    PHB wrote: »
    You didn't even read my posts did ya?

    Jazzy said Torres was signing of the season because of how much he revolutionised Liverpools play compared to them before him. I pointed out, if that was the case, then Carrick would be last years signing of the season.

    The only way you can say Torres is the signing of the season is if you look at it purely in terms of who is the best player to be signed this season. I don't think anyone would argue Torres is that.

    But any sort of analysis in terms of money, Torres clearly comes behind Santa Cruz and Sagna.

    Lets say Torres scores 2 more league goals (which is highly likely).

    He will have had the best season of a foreign striker in premiership history. Would you still not call him the signing of the season if that happened?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    1. the best player signed in the year, 2. the player who has had most impact in the team.......

    That's just silly. In terms of judging signings, you always have to take into account money. If Torres was signed for 50 million, would he still be the best signing? What if he cost 100 million? Would it still be a great signing?
    Also, Torres hasn't changed Liverpools fortunes much to be honest. They are still at the same level they were last year.
    He will have had the best season of a foreign striker in premiership history. Would you still not call him the signing of the season if that happened?

    No. Because he cost 6-7 times more than than a striker who scored only a few goals less.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    PHB wrote: »
    Also, Torres hasn't changed Liverpools fortunes much to be honest. They are still at the same level they were last year.

    can i just knock this on the head please?

    we are a far far better side than we were this time last year, points tallys etc are the sole indicator of things like that as you well know PHB.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Jesus christ PHB..


    As for this new eijit.. Will you stop spamming threads?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    can i just knock this on the head please?

    we are a far far better side than we were this time last year, points tallys etc are the sole indicator of things like that as you well know PHB.

    well not even that, you dont have to look at points tallys to know ye are a better team than last year


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event


    As for this new eijit.. Will you stop spamming threads?

    i think he got an internet connection for his 12th birthday yesterday


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