Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 *mod warning linked in OP 26/07*

x43r0

Kerrigooney wrote: »

The Daily Fail showing it's classlessness again.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/index.html

Holy $hit! That is possibly the most bitter headline I've ever seen

So much for journalistic integrity

ThunbergsAreGo

x43r0 wrote: »

Holy $hit! That is possibly the most bitter headline I've ever seen

So much for journalistic integrity

Slander perhaps?

I would love Khedeira personally, talk of Arsenal stalling over 20m, go for it!

Rayne Wooney

naughtb4 wrote: »

Slander perhaps?

I would love Khedeira personally, talk of Arsenal stalling over 20m, go for it!

For it to be slander it needs to be untrue...

YouTookMyName

Torres was just turned 23 and had a 1 in 2 record for athletico when we signed him

Suarez had just turned 24 and had over 100 goals in his time at ajax.

That problem is who's available at the right age & class to sign.

mylefttesticle

Fair well the best player I have seen in the flesh after going to anfield for over 20 years.

Sad he is going and no amount of money will compensate for losing a player like that, we will waste that money over the next four years for various reasons while he will be in his prime for Barcelona.

Its funny I don't think he suits them or Madrid, he really suited Liverpool from a playing point of view and a character point of view, he will never be replaced but I am just grateful I have seen him in the flesh on so many occasions in a Liverpool shirt.

Hotfail.com

YouTookMyName wrote: »

Torres was just turned 23 and had a 1 in 2 record for athletico when we signed him

Suarez had just turned 24 and had over 100 goals in his time at ajax.

That problem is who's available at the right age & class to sign.

Jackson Martinez? Personally haven't seen much of him but his record looks good and I've heard great things about him.

Boom_Bap

Fescue wrote: »

This is why the club are eager to sign Lovren, they feel he can be the defensive leader.

If I was totally honest I think Mignolet could be improved upon, he's not great in my opinion.

I think we'll see Sahko being more commanding now, his English was holding him back last year, hopefully his grasp of the language will be better now.
For France he is constantly talking and directing the defensive unit.

I read recently that we are looking for a Mig replacement. I highly rate him, but it's something like the club thinking that he's not vocal enough which leads to confusion between him and the line in front of him.

Turtyturd

naughtb4 wrote: »

Slander perhaps?

Yep, dunno where this racist thing comes from.

0028673

Fescue wrote: »

This is why the club are eager to sign Lovren, they feel he can be the defensive leader.

If I was totally honest I think Mignolet could be improved upon, he's not great in my opinion.

To be fair it was Sakho's first year in the EPL, he had a bad run with injuries and his dealing with a new language but he has all the hallmarks of a leader for me. He was captain of PSG so I think the ingredients are there but I agree with you he needs a partner and I would be very happy with Lovren.

I think £25m is outrageous but if he can forge a good partnership with Sakho than it will be worth it.

say we start out next year with a back 5 of

Mignolet

Aurier Lovren Sakho Moreno




My concern would be that regardless of the talent of these players that it will take time for these players to bed in and even longer for them to be a cohesive defensive unit.

Osmosis Jones

YouTookMyName wrote: »

Torres was just turned 23 and had a 1 in 2 record for athletico when we signed him

Suarez had just turned 24 and had over 100 goals in his time at ajax.

That problem is who's available at the right age & class to sign.

Bony has a 1 in 2 record for Swansea and over the course of his career, 25 years old.

Anyone

The irony of the Daily Mail calling anybody racist.

fliball123

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Bony has a 1 in 2 record for Swansea and over the course of his career, 25 years old.

would prefer Michu he would integrate better into Liverpool front line and can come and play as an attacking midfielder aswell

YouTookMyName

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Jackson Martinez? Personally haven't seen much of him but his record looks good and I've heard great things about him.

28 in october.

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Bony has a 1 in 2 record for Swansea and over the course of his career, 25 years old.

26 in december.

ideally want someone who doesn't turn 24/25 until the new year.

Agent Coulson

I said it before I don't care that he is a mercenary I don't care that he is 30 I don't care that he hates England.

Tevez is the man needed for now to replace Suarez.

Soft Falling Rain

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I said it before I don't care that he is a mercenary I don't care that he is 30 I don't care that he hates England.

Tevez is the man needed for now to replace Suarez.

No thanks, one volatile character has just left, we don't need another who'll throw his toys out of the pram on a whim.

People need to get away from the idea of replacing like for like, it's just not possible. Rodgers is clearly revamping the attack across the board and needs to be backed to do that.

Turtyturd

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I said it before I don't care that he is a mercenary I don't care that he is 30 I don't care that he hates England.

Tevez is the man needed for now to replace Suarez.

He might care about those things though.

Nuri Sahin

Gbear wrote: »

I think it's much of a muchness.

They finished 19 pts behind Bayern (and that was with Bayern not bothering with the last quarter of the season). Bayern just nicked their star striker who was the top scorer in the league last season.

Maybe they've a shout of winning the German cup but they're simply not going to win the league and, after being right up there a couple of seasons ago, they've lost 2 of their 3 best players and it's very unlikely they'll win the CL.

The sheer impotence they must be feeling, after being so good and then being looted by Bayern, must be infuriating.

I can't see us winning a whole lot either, tbh, but it's not like he's much chance in losing out if he leaves Dortmund.
His love of playing for the club or in the Bundesliga or a bunch of other factors might, but it wouldn't be him sacrificing success for the sake of a pay day.

I'm wanting to be polite here, as I do for the most part like your posts, but what you are saying is the equivalent of those fools that are saying Liverpool choked down the stretch. The likes of the Daily Fail and people who don't even watch the Bundesliga would believe.

I can't be arsed to look for it myself, but it's there, I wrote a very lengthy piece (even for my standards) on Dortmund's season and aspirations in the Bundesliga thread that I'd recommend checking out.

Gandalph wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks Markovic looks pants?

Based on what?

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So Suarez was Barca's second choice after Reus.

Dortmund wouldn't deal with Barca.

Not sure if it's just twitter or if there is truth to it.

Edit found this.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/488170/Marco-Reus-FURIOUS-with-Barcelona-for-ruining-Man-Utd-chance-by-chasing-Luis-Suarez

Express is a tabloid pretending to be a broadsheet, most certainly the sports section. They regurgitate many of the tabloids rumors over the past year.

viper006 wrote: »

Tevez would be a great replacement for suarez. Seems to not like the UK though.

And he's near 31 years old.

fliball123

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I said it before I don't care that he is a mercenary I don't care that he is 30 I don't care that he hates England.

Tevez is the man needed for now to replace Suarez.

What about debruyne the Belgium lad who was with chelsea

NukaCola

The idea of losing out on Sanchez, then losing Suarez and then being linked to Bony is so bad its almost hilarious......i mean, not that he's a bad player or anything its just ****ing depressing.

Fescue

The way I look at it, with Suarez gone, we are unlikely to play with two strikers this season. It will be back to a 4-3-3 type of system in my opinion. In that scenario you must decide if Sturridge is the main striker at the club and trust him to lead the line. We need another quality player who can come and and fill Sturridge shoes when he is out. I'm not sure Lambert is that guy. Bony would be happy to fill this role in my opinion. He may even force his way into the team ahead of Sturridge at times. Coming off the bench he offers something different.

If Sturridge misses games through injury I think you can rely on Bony to get you goals.

fliball123

NukaCola wrote: »

The idea of losing out on Sanchez, then losing Suarez and then being linked to Bony is so bad its almost hilarious......i mean, not that he's a bad player or anything its just ****ing depressing.

I would hedge bets when replacing..Debruyne, Cuadrado, Ben Arfa and El Shawarray ... go for all 4 hopefully 1/2 even 3 stick

mooseknunkle

Agent Coulson

Turtyturd wrote: »

He might care about those things though.

Pay him enough and I'd say he would forget about hating England part. Hence the mercenary part.

For workrate and will to win he really is the the only other player I can think that comes anywhere close Suarez once he is on the pitch.

Muahahaha

NukaCola wrote: »

The idea of losing out on Sanchez, then losing Suarez and then being linked to Bony is so bad its almost hilarious......i mean, not that he's a bad player or anything its just ****ing depressing.

The Bony thing worries me. He doesn't suit our style of play and he isn't a creative player. Might as well get Peter Crouch back if we want a target man. I'm hoping Brendan Rodgers has more class and nous than buying Bony but right now it sounds like he wants to move to Liverpool and it could get wrapped up pretty quickly.

There's no arguing with Bonys scoring record. But that doesn't mean he's the right fit for us.

0028673

Good oul Mario

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688748/Mario-Balotelli-posts-Instagram-photo-brandishing-SHOTGUN-camera-captions-big-kiss-haters.html


I think his pointing it at the Bibs myself :pac:

Have we bid for Bony or something?

NukaCola

rarnes1 wrote: »

Have we bid for Bony or something?

No, theres possibly nothing at all to it, just the thought is kinda depressing.......

Turtyturd

rarnes1 wrote: »

Have we bid for Bony or something?

Smokescreen wile we go for Reus.

Boom_Bap

0028673 wrote: »

Good oul Mario

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688748/Mario-Balotelli-posts-Instagram-photo-brandishing-SHOTGUN-camera-captions-big-kiss-haters.html


I think his pointing it at the Bibs myself :pac:

The Daily Mail just use Mario to show a bit of Fanny :pac:

NukaCola

NukaCola wrote: »

No, theres possibly nothing at all to it, just the thought is kinda depressing.......

Early days yet