Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 (End of March 2012 onwards)

Chucky the tree wrote: »

He's 29, to old.

i don't think so
he's not a player who relies on pace
so if we got him
i think he could have a good 5 years at the top left
ppl are too quick to write off players in there 30's
look at Giggs,Scholes,Seedorf,Di Natalie all playing great & all well into there 30's

dempsey would be a cracking player, age not a factor.

djPSB wrote: »

I don't rate McCarthy as a defensive midfielder. I think his proper position isn't too far from the role Sigurdsson plays which is why I mentioned him. It's a role in which Trappatoni tried him for Ireland. Just off the main striker. I think McCarthy wouldn't be near good enough to fill in for Lucas in a defensive midfield role. It would be disastrous to play Gerrard and McCarthy in a midfield two, as it would with Adam. Defensively, he isn't much better than Spearing but he is a far better player technically and on the ball.

He is a good player IMO with potential but I don't think he would be much of an improvement on what is already in the squad.

Fair enough you don't think McCarthy is good enough for the role but that is the position we're talking about and should be looking for someone to fill. Suggesting Sigurdsson as an alternative for a completely different role to the one being talked about based on what you think is McCarthy's best position doesn't seem to make much sense.

Opr

gafferino wrote: »

random........

why would the indo have a picture of Diouf in a Liverpool jersey next to a story of him being questioned for assault. Ridiculous.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/police-quiz-footballers-hadji-diouf-and-anton-ferdinand-after-nightclub-brawl-3081870.html?start=1

That's incredibly annoying, they are useless bastards. He's only had the five clubs since us.


Anyhow...

Regarding the champions league spots, tactically speaking, who would it be best from our point of view to get them or in which order would you rank what would be best to worst from our point of view....

Does it make much of a difference, is it better if Chelsea or Arsenal don't get there or better than new teams don't?

Between Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Spurs...

Is it much of a muchness?

Whatever about Newcastle, I definitely don't want Spurs getting more champions league football. Missing out on it could make for a huge swing for them.

If they make it, there's a decent chance the likes of Harry and Modric would stay, they might be able to buy Adebayor, and could strengthen further - they have money, and they have a great location.

if they miss out, Harry will likely go for the England job (though obviously there's a good chance of this regardless), and when he goes, we could see a bit of an exodus of players who want to take that next step. Bale, Modric, VDV, and Ade would all be likely to attract offers. King, Gallas and Parker would be a year older too, and harder to replace without CL football.

MD1990 wrote: »

i think Clint Dempsey would be a great player for us to get if we could
im sure the American owners would like us to sign him too

He seems to be flavour of the month in the media. Hes played well for a while now but not long enough imo.
Peter Morrison his agent is doing a good job with him.

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Liverpool striker Andy Carroll believes he has spent too much time on the substitutes' bench since his big-money move to Anfield.

The 23-year-old England international has started the past two games against Blackburn and Everton and scored the winner in both to go some way towards repaying his hefty £35million price tag. But he has come off the bench in 14 of his 31 league appearances this season and feels he needs to be starting if he is to score more goals.

"I am confident in myself that, if I am playing games, I will score goals and put myself about," he told various newspapers. "I cannot really do that if I am on the bench and coming on in the last 10 minutes of games. What I want is to start games and put myself about like I know I can. When I haven't been playing, you get low on confidence."

Carroll also claimed the days of his party lifestyle off the pitch were behind him since moving to Liverpool.

Last September former England boss Fabio Capello infamously warned Carroll that he needed to "drink less", with the striker now admitting he prefers to stay in with his girlfriend.

"My past is my past. I changed my lifestyle when I came to Liverpool and settled down. I love it here," he said.

"People will say to me 'Oh, you were in the boozer last week' but it is just rumours going round.

"Now I just laugh it off. To be honest, I don't go out at all. All I do now is sit in the house with my girlfriend, chill out and watch movies."

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DIRK KUYT has admitted he was disappointed not to feature as Liverpool FC clinched their place in the FA Cup final, but says he will strive to prove his worth ahead of next month’s Wembley showdown with Chelsea.
The Dutch forward, so often the Reds’ go-to man on the big stage, was an unused substitute as Kenny Dalglish’s side defeated Everton 2-1 in front of more than 87,000 spectators on Saturday, with Dalglish preferring to use Craig Bellamy and Maxi Rodriguez as his side chased a winning goal late on.

It has been something of a frustrating campaign for Kuyt. Having topped the Reds’ scoring charts last season, he has managed just five goals this term, even hinting, via his agent, recently that he may be forced to consider his Anfield future should he fail to force his way into Dalglish’s picture.

Nonetheless, the 31-year-old says he is determined to play his part, if called upon, in his third major final for the club, having scored in his previous two – the 2007 Champions League defeat to AC Milan, and the Carling Cup triumph over Cardiff City earlier this year.



Kuyt said: “I am proud that, after the Champions League final and the final of the Carling Cup, for the third time I am with Liverpool in a final.

“But it is a disappointment that I did not play (against Everton). I expected to come on, and if that happens, you hope to be the first to come on. But that was not to be.

“There have been some important moments for me in the FA Cup, such as my goal against Manchester United (in round four). I will do everything to ensure that in the third final I prove my worth with a goal.”

opr wrote: »

You're suggesting we go out and buy another attacking midfielder?

Our problems this season have mainly stemmed from the middle of the park. A complete absence of midfielders who can play in the centre since Lucas got injured. We need someone to play alongside Lucas and cover for him in the centre should we need. That's why James McCarthy name was mentioned.

You then interjected some meaningless stats with regards goals/assists for a CM (Xabi says hi). Then you decided Sigurdsson was the better option despite him playing in a different position which isn't really a priority considering we have Gerrard with Shelvey as cover.

Opr

Now Sigurdsson would not be the answer in CM, but as an AM he does offer something that the players we currently have that play in the same role (Gerrard, Henderson, Shelvey) simply don't do on a regular basis, Gerrard I mention because he misses a hell of a lot of games and has done for a number of seasons now, and that is get regular goals and assists. He is only 22 years of age and has shown himself to be a conststent goal getter and maker since the age of 18 in the Championship, Bundesliga and Premiership. He is physically strong, mobile, links play, tracks back, has a good work rate, and positions himself well.

He is also linked to us for a move this coming summer and was one of the bits of gossip I brought up after a trip back home a month or two ago.

Cracking young player and is exactly what a young prospect shopuld look like in a first team. Plus he would not cost the kind of money that Henderson for example cost, so in terms of value for money and resale value he would be a good buy as well.

Would be delighted to see him come in as we simply don't have a genuine regular goal threat amongst our attacking midfielders anymore now that Gerrard is well and truly on the wane in terms of being able to stay fit for a season.


Sigurdsson plus a quality CM would be very nice to see in the summer.

welcome back.