Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 - Mod Note 4153

K-9 · 04-12-2011 05:59PM

The Chessplayer wrote: »

Point is we're looking decidedly lacking in midfield after a preseason embarrassment of riches in that area. However, I don't accept the opinions about Gerrard likely being out for huge chunks of the rest of the season. Surely our medical team would've advised Kenny to hang on to one of Aqua or Meireles given that Stevie is crocked. He'll surely be back before Xmas.

Well he did come back, they had no way of knowing the injury would flare up again. The Guardian had him down for December on their match thread for Chelsea. Haven't seen any pictures if him even training which is worrying.

James__10 · 04-12-2011 06:19PM

Christmas: The only time of the year when Liverpool fans are happy to hear Carrolls playing.

michael999999 · 04-12-2011 06:24PM

James__10 wrote: »

Christmas: The only time of the year when Liverpool fans are happy to hear Carrolls playing.

That was a (christmas)cracker of a joke!;)

The Chessplayer · 04-12-2011 06:25PM

Phoenix Park wrote: »

Its like Barca when they brought Ibrahimovic...

I like Carroll, he can't help his transfer fee, but i wouldn't be surprised if he did end up elsewhere, and at a more direct side he'll score 20+ a season

Fair comparison. We need Andy to at least score a few goals to save us from losing our shirt on him. Ibrahimovic was always gonna retain his value after so long as a top class player. Carroll was only really had 1 good season.

DaNiEl1994 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC9JE0MMvJ4

‎"On July 2007, a teenager come knocking to my door and ask for my autograph. I gave him my autographed jersey instead. To my shock on the next day, I saw this same person training on our training ground. And now, he is regard as one of the best holding midfielder in the world. Now, it's time for me to ask for his autograph instead."
- Steven Gerrard on Lucas Leiva

Stevie you legend. Shame these lads won't be playing together this season.

tok9 wrote: »

Not sure I'd be a fan of him coming back. If it was a free and some kind of pay as you play deal then maybe but otherwise no thanks.

Anelka will get you goals though. What if Suarez gets a Lucas-type injury - who would you prefer to plug the gap, Big Andy or Anelka? To be honest, I'd even rather have Michael Owen than Carroll as back-up.

michael999999 · 04-12-2011 06:29PM

Re Anelka coming in, i think he would do a job for us. We also have to remember that Suarez may or may not be facing a ban re the Evra case, so we certainly need another striker in Jan.

Only question is would Chelsea let him come to us?

Blatter · 04-12-2011 06:33PM

Anelka has something like 4 goals in his last 32 appearances(2 of the v Copenhagen) so I'm not sure what sort of a goal threat he'd be at Liverpool. I suppose plenty of those games were on the wing for Chelsea though.

Leiva · 04-12-2011 06:58PM

Interesting tweets ;

RT @RobGutmann: So man city have the distraction of a tie with Man Yoo just 3-4 days before the face #LFC in league cup semi . Lovely stuff
TweetDeck • 12/4/11 3:00 PM

RT @HamishKydd: Man City's fixture before H to Liverpool is Man U away, then before the final leg at Anfield they have Spurs H 3 days before

argosy2006 · 04-12-2011 06:59PM

michael999999 wrote: »

Re Anelka coming in, i think he would do a job for us. We also have to remember that Suarez may or may not be facing a ban re the Evra case, so we certainly need another striker in Jan.

Only question is would Chelsea let him come to us?

Yea selling a quality striker to a rival,
like who would do that

michael999999 · 04-12-2011 07:04PM

argosy2006 wrote: »

Yea selling a quality striker to a rival,
like who would do that

The last striker we sold them really worked out!

Sappy404 · 04-12-2011 07:11PM

Blatter wrote: »

Anelka has something like 4 goals in his last 32 appearances(2 of the v Copenhagen) so I'm not sure what sort of a goal threat he'd be at Liverpool. I suppose plenty of those games were on the wing for Chelsea though.

If you want to look at it in terms of stats, he has 2 assists and a goal in the league this season over 9 appearances. Not the most impressive.

But look at Drogba. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 10 games. Not much better. Drogba has more starts than Anelka as well, to my knowledge anyway, and as you said, Anelka mostly plays on the wing.

My point is, he's not a bad striker. He's not even the worst senior striker at Chelsea; in fact the argument could be made that he's their 2nd best this season, after Sturridge.

As I've said already though I doubt he'll come to Liverpool, for multiple reasons. A striker of his experience and calibre would be great to have for the rest of the season, though, at least. He won't be off on international duty anytime soon, either.

Turtyturd · 04-12-2011 07:13PM

mixednuts wrote: »

Interesting tweets ;

With the squad they have I wouldn't read too much into that. I reckon the squad to face United will mostly be second string. Could be the same against Liverpool depending on how the first leg goes.

Blatter · 04-12-2011 07:21PM

Sappy404 wrote: »

If you want to look at it in terms of stats, he has 2 assists and a goal in the league this season over 9 appearances. Not the most impressive.

But look at Drogba. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 10 games. Not much better. Drogba has more starts than Anelka as well, to my knowledge anyway, and as you said, Anelka mostly plays on the wing.

My point is, he's not a bad striker. He's not even the worst senior striker at Chelsea; in fact the argument could be made that he's their 2nd best this season, after Sturridge.

As I've said already though I doubt he'll come to Liverpool, for multiple reasons. A striker of his experience and calibre would be great to have for the rest of the season, though, at least. He won't be off on international duty anytime soon, either.

Agreed, Anelka still has something to offer and could well do a good job for Liverpool. However as you say, it's a move that's unlikely to materialise for all sorts of reasons.

Leiva · 04-12-2011 08:47PM

Has Rafa found employment (PSG) ?

Twitter take from it what you want .

HOLY CRAP Al-Jazeera are announcing that Rafa Benitez is replacing Antoine Kombouare!!!!

jesus_thats_gre · 04-12-2011 08:56PM

Interesting move if he has.

K-9 · 04-12-2011 08:57PM

Should be penty of money anyway.

Leiva · 04-12-2011 08:59PM

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Interesting move if he has.

Gathering momentum .. http://t.co/QmD5QjvA

5starpool · 04-12-2011 09:00PM

mixednuts wrote: »

Has Rafa found employment (PSG) ?

Twitter take from it what you want .

If true, I hope he does really well there. I'm glad to see him back in the game, and not at an English club either.

opr · 04-12-2011 09:05PM

They have huge money these days right ? Interesting to see how he gets on if they back him in the transfer market.

Opr

Blatter · 04-12-2011 09:09PM

Richard Buxton

Rafael Benitez set for an overdue return to management with PSG. Lucrative budget at his disposal will answer some long-standing questions.

Looks like it could be happening.

IvySlayer · 04-12-2011 09:11PM

So Rafa with Leonardo as director of football? Wonder how they'll get on :P

Leiva · 04-12-2011 09:11PM

opr wrote: »

They have huge money these days right ? Interesting to see how he gets on if they back him in the transfer market.

Opr

With that budget he will be a massive success .

Yes he makes mistakes (like em all) but he has probably brought some of the best talent to the EPL whilst working under the worst owners to grace the EPL.

If true I wish him all the best , that is unless we pull PSG in next years CL

michael999999 · 04-12-2011 09:15PM

I wonder would he take Torres to PSG? Might be the get out he needs from the prem, would give him 6 months to find hes form before the euros!

Hope he doesnt come sniffing around Reina!

donfers · 04-12-2011 09:16PM

hmmmm he might take the likes of skrtel and kuyt off us which would be ok if the money was right

however i'd be more worried about big bids for lucas and reina in summer time, he loves both of those players and if we don't make CL they may consider it

another thread asks "where now for Nando" well PSG may be the answer, the speculation will go into overdrive now so wait for all the papers to speculate on all of the above

IvySlayer · 04-12-2011 09:17PM

michael999999 wrote: »

I wonder would he take Torres to PSG? Might be the get out he needs from the prem, would give him 6 months to find hes form before the euros!

Anelka surely :P

Leiva · 04-12-2011 09:24PM

Good point cause when it comes to keepers I can't see him looking past Pepe:o

Mr Alan · 04-12-2011 09:38PM

michael999999 wrote: »

I wonder would he take Torres to PSG? Might be the get out he needs from the prem, would give him 6 months to find hes form before the euros!

Torres would never do it. He doesn't like big bad Rafa.

Rosco told me.

Oh. Wait. From last week;

Torres wrote:

“I owe so much to Rafa Benitez, no one understood me like him. He’s a great coach. His teams go out with just one thing in mind: compete. Even with a smaller budget, his teams can compete with the best.”

flahavaj · 04-12-2011 09:43PM

Make or break for Rafa's reputation and a very risky move. With ludicrous amounts of money comes ludicrous expectations and these billionaire owners aren't known for their patience. Another poor start like he had at Inter and he'll be out of Paris as fast as he was out the door in Italy.

YouTookMyName · 04-12-2011 09:43PM

He doesn't even need that much money. He scalped half of Europe on a lousy 15m a year.

Knex* · 04-12-2011 10:01PM

I can really see him being a success there tbh. Plenty of money and he will have them challenging for the league and competitive across Europe. Could be a really good move for him.

Wish him all the best.

Crazy Horse 6 · 04-12-2011 10:28PM

5starpool wrote: »

If true, I hope he does really well there. I'm glad to see him back in the game, and not at an English club either.

He'll do brilliant there. One of the worlds best managers with a club going places.

Seems like it ain't happening. paul_tomkinsPaul Tomkins

RT @benlyt: Source close to #Benitez tells Eurosport: 'There's nothing w/ #PSG, have been no discussions w/ club & none planned.

Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 - Mod Note 4153

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