Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13

I remember people here last year talking about 15mil for Darren Bent!

doc_17 wrote: »

I remember people here last year talking about 15mil for Darren Bent!

I think that was paul_lambert

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has shrugged off talk that he was a target for Tottenham prior to the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas.

Rodgers, who takes his Liverpool side to White Hart Lane on Wednesday was reported to be a target for Tottenham following the sacking of Harry Redknapp in the summer.

Rodgers dismissed as "irrelevant" the suggestion Tottenham had made a serious approach to him to replace Redknapp, insisting he had no regrets over his decision to move to Liverpool

"I was very happy in my work at Swansea," said Rodgers. "Harry had done a brilliant job there, and for whatever reason, the club decided that it wasn't to be and looked elsewhere.

"For me to leave Swansea was going to be a big ask, but I had the opportunity to come here, and I've not regretted any moment of it."
Brendan Rodgers
Quotes of the week
"For me to leave Swansea was going to be a big ask, but I had the opportunity to come here, and I've not regretted any moment of it."

Asked if there had been contact with Tottenham over a move to White Hart Lane earlier this year, Rodgers said: "It's irrelevant. Tottenham have chosen a manager. Obviously, Harry had done a great job there, and they decided to go down the route of Andre Villas-Boas.

"Andre's gone in, he's looking to continue the great work Harry had done. My only thinking is about Liverpool."

murpho999 wrote: »

Who was manager of Norwich at the time?

Mike Walker.

Leiva wrote: »

If I was a no risk loan (wages only) then why not

No way, we paid good money for you!

Well he has the ability to ghost past Wisdom and pass it to Defoe who'll knock it in, if Agger and Skrtel aren't paying attention.

Saying that, there were 4 men who hurt Liverpool last year and he wasn't one. Adebeyor, Modric, Walker and to some extent Parker. Only two of those will be playing, so who knows.

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Is bale good ? Everybody I know says he is very over rated and a few of them are spurs fans . They have said to me that its a case of sky sports still having a thing for him after his hat trick against inter .

Is bale good LOL

Have u been living under a rock?

When Lucas back, This weekend its a case of Gerrard of Sahin
Drop Gerrard ? Or would it free up Gerrard to get us some goals,

Bale is extremely dangerous and the best left winger in the league.

Goals, assists, pace, power, trickery. He's incredibly dangerous on the counter (Spurs are in general to be honest. Lennon on the right is also a threat with his pace).

We'll have to be careful not to get caught out on the break tomorrow. If we're going to press high up we need to be winning it back. I would expect us to probably shelve this tactical plan and drop back a bit deeper.

Anyone think we could see the 5-3-2 counter-attacking formation deployed?

I don't think we should be too scared about tomorrow. Bar some bad refereeing decisions we would be level (arguably could even be ahead) of Spurs. They've had some poor draws at home this year and don't look all that consistent.

Spurs are favourite because they are at home but I wouldn't be shocked if we came away with the 3 points. We have the quality to do it in my opinion. Suarez might get a bit more space than he had on Sunday.

Liverpool in advanced talks to sign Tom Ince according to The Times

The Telegraph are saying there's been high end negotiations with Chelsea for Sturridge and that Rodgers hopes Benitez taking over there doesn't hinder the deal.

opr wrote: »

Did I read at some stage that we've some sort of a buy back clause on Ince or was that rubbish?

Opr

The Telegraph are reporting a 35% clause