Liverpool FC Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2012/13

Dont be at yourself · 28-08-2012 11:19PM

Looks liker our left-back position is sorted:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/28/brendan-rodgers-stewart-downing-liverpool?newsfeed=true

cunnifferous · 28-08-2012 11:22PM

Wouldn't mind Wallcott but not at 15 mill and 100k a week. Any news on affeley?

gaelicred · 28-08-2012 11:23PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Looks liker our left-back position is sorted:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/28/brendan-rodgers-stewart-downing-liverpool?newsfeed=true

Might not be a bad idea since he cant go past players it might have the opposite effect and nobody can get past him:D

ben.schlomo · 28-08-2012 11:24PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Looks liker our left-back position is sorted:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/28/brendan-rodgers-stewart-downing-liverpool?newsfeed=true

No harm, he is athletic, has pace, would need to work on positioning and cover play but id rather him lb than lw given his previous appearances at the top end for us.

Mr Alan · 28-08-2012 11:24PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Looks liker our left-back position is sorted:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/28/brendan-rodgers-stewart-downing-liverpool?newsfeed=true

Think it's a great idea.

G.K. · 28-08-2012 11:26PM

He's still available as cover for the wing positions as well. I think it's a great way to maximise the efficiency of the squad.

whatawaster · 28-08-2012 11:28PM

I would still play Jack Robinson LB in every cup match, including European games. But Downing would be decent cover there.

He has to go next summer though.

klose · 28-08-2012 11:30PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Sterling-Suarez-Walcott could potentially be a pretty devastating attack, but it would require a step-up from all three.

Yeah wed have pace to burn, not to mention assaidi who is quick too apparently.
But we can't expect sterling to be a 1st team player the whole time, while id go as far as to say he's probably the biggest prospect for a young player for England he's still just a kid. He's gonna be a big star but Luke Lloyd said let's nut ruin a good thing, and I'm fairly certain rodgers won't.

Dont be at yourself · 28-08-2012 11:31PM

Trying to think of attacking players who made the switch to full back successfully... All I can think of is Stephen Ward, but there must be more?

whatawaster · 28-08-2012 11:32PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Trying to think of attacking players who made the switch to full back successfully... All I can think of is Stephen Ward, but there must be more?

Alba

greendom · 28-08-2012 11:35PM

if memory serves I think Evra started out as a forward

BorneTobyWilde · 28-08-2012 11:39PM

whatawaster wrote: »

Alba

Jessica Alba
Like no way!

gaelicred · 28-08-2012 11:40PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Jessica Alba
Like no way!

I heard she is really good at the back:D

BorneTobyWilde · 28-08-2012 11:43PM

gaelicred wrote: »

I heard she is really good at the back:D

GREAT UP FRONT THOUGH !!!!
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Whippersnapper · 28-08-2012 11:43PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Trying to think of attacking players who made the switch to full back successfully... All I can think of is Stephen Ward, but there must be more?

Zambrotta started out as a striker, then a winger and eventually full back, I think.

Slattsy · 28-08-2012 11:45PM

I'd take Walcott over Sturridge every day of the week.

Yes he's a bit of a headless chicken at times, but he can be lethal too and offers something different (lets not judge Sterling on one game)..
He rates himself more as a forward than a winger too so as part of a front 3 with Suarez/Borini,Sterling/whoever else I can see him do some serious damage.

Hopefully the 100k wage part is bollox but i'd snap the boy up.

Whippersnapper · 28-08-2012 11:47PM

Slattsy wrote: »

I'd take Walcott over Sturridge every day of the week.

Yes he's a bit of a headless chicken at times, but he can be lethal too and offers something different (lets not judge Sterling on one game)..
He rates himself more as a forward than a winger too so as part of a front 3 with Suarez/Borini,Sterling/whoever else I can see him do some serious damage.

Hopefully the 100k wage part is bollox but i'd snap the boy up.

To be fair, it's only supporters of other clubs who are doing that. Liverpool fans have seen what he's about for a few years now.

Slattsy · 28-08-2012 11:49PM

Whippersnapper wrote: »

To be fair, it's only supporters of other clubs who are doing that. Liverpool fans have seen what he's about for a few years now.

One game in the Prem... i was half decent at under-age level too you know

gaelicred · 28-08-2012 11:49PM

I dont think Sterling will be overplayed this season we also have Assaidi who plays there and at a pinch Downing

Knex* · 28-08-2012 11:52PM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Trying to think of attacking players who made the switch to full back successfully... All I can think of is Stephen Ward, but there must be more?

Coentrao is another as well.

Few from a bit further back would be the likes of Cafu and Roberto Carlos.

I imagine there is a hat full of examples tbh, a lot better than Stephen Ward too

Jason Todd · 28-08-2012 11:54PM

I wouldn't be too unhappy with getting Walcott for 10m and 70k a week. I'm trying to be realistic in that Arsenal paid 12m for him iirc, so they won't want to go too far away from that irregardless of the fact he is in his last year. He is a better player now than he was then after all. If it's true he's on 60k at Arsenal then 70k wouldn't be seen as massive for us, particularly if he was going to be a regular starter. Maybe there could be incentivised bonuses in there then too.

Whippersnapper · 28-08-2012 11:56PM

Players moving positions is really common, just not sure how common it is for players who are supposedly in their prime. It's far more common to happen at the beginning of a career or in the latter stages when the legs are going.

cunnifferous · 29-08-2012 12:00AM

No Wallcott! What about Iker Muniain? Seems like Bilbao are in a bit of disarray, might be able to get him for a decent fee, wages wouldn't be too much I imagine.

Knex* · 29-08-2012 12:04AM

cunnifferous wrote: »

No Wallcott! What about Iker Muniain? Seems like Bilbao are in a bit of disarray, might be able to get him for a decent fee, wages wouldn't be too much I imagine.

We've been linked with him every transfer window for 5 years I would say, except for this one. Watch now as he joins

In all seriousness, I don't think we'd get him. At least 3 years left on his contract and would cost us 15-20m I would think. Doubt A.Bilbao would want to sell to us either.

MD1990 · 29-08-2012 12:05AM

Walcott could be a very good CF imo

Whippersnapper · 29-08-2012 12:06AM

We'd be buying him as a striker, part of a front three I assume. Walcott, Borini and Suarez don't really scream GOALS to me.

cunnifferous · 29-08-2012 12:10AM

Knex. wrote: »

We've been linked with him every transfer window for 5 years I would say, except for this one. Watch now as he joins

In all seriousness, I don't think we'd get him. At least 3 years left on his contract and would cost us 15-20m I would think. Doubt A.Bilbao would want to sell to us either.

Well I just remember that Llorente was being talked about heading to juve for €20 million so I'm guessing Muniain would be few million below that. Why would Bilbao not want to sell to us? Did we piss them off by bidding for him before?!

BorneTobyWilde · 29-08-2012 12:16AM

Its quite shocking the lack of quality strikers in the premier league
they are a dying breed, the shearers fowlers coles of this world,

Game has moved on to more technical forwards, Rather than instinctive finishers

jenno86 · 29-08-2012 12:23AM

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012

14-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER GAME OF FOOTBALL WITH PALS

A 14-year-old boy died suddenly last night after playing football near his Mayfield home.
Graham O’Connell, from The Steeples, in Mayfield, was pronounced dead at Cork University Hospital last night after collapsing.
He was rushed to hospital but attempts to revive him failed.
The teenager was a huge Liverpool fan and today, friends were organising a Twitter campaign in an attempt to have his name placed on the scoreboard during Thursday night’s game between Liverpool and Hearts at Anfield.
David is survived by his parents David and Jackie, and his two sisters Karen and Edel.
His removal will take place tomorrow evening at the Coburg Street funeral home of Jerh O’Connor Ltd, at 7pm, to Our Lady Crowned Church in Mayfield.
Requiem Mass will be at 12 noon on Thursday, followed by burial in St Catherine’s cemetery in Kilcully.

Tragic.

Washington Irving · 29-08-2012 12:28AM

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Trying to think of attacking players who made the switch to full back successfully... All I can think of is Stephen Ward, but there must be more?

Carra played as a striker in his pre-professional years, hard as that is to believe

Liverpool FC Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2012/13

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