Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Ironically, Alan and co are being harangued out of here for having their own opinion.

It is the nature in which their posts are being dismissed that has Alan posting in this nature.

Consider what Alan and Lloyd have been saying regarding the current owners ambitions and willingness to invest in players and also the managers ability to turn things around.

Do you see now why Alan is asking the questions that he is asking?

If the players that are needed are not signed, what does it mean? Is then ok to question the owners or the the manager?

The excuse of "the right players weren't available" excuse will can't wash this time around.

Somehow i dont envisage either Alan or Lloyd as being the shrinking voilet type that could be harangued out of the thread:).

The nature of the tone of their posts is what leads to their opinions being dismissed, imo. Calling posters idiotic, retarded, stupid etc, etc,etc ad naseum is one of the reasons why they are being dismissed so readily. They are almost a parody of dissent in here.

We are all watching the owners and their actions just as we are watching the managers. Yet from the same information they even further off at the opposite end of the scale than the majority of, as Al and LL would put it, the 'pro-Rodgers' side. We are all curious as to the extent of the support the owners are willing to put into the team but the idea that they are going out to do a Man City and throw bundles of cash at anything that moves and see what sticks is, frankly, childish. If you think FSG are going to flush hundreds of millions down the drain to keep us entertained with their cash, then you have a big big shock coming.

Imo, FSG have done quite a good job since they have come in. They saved us from administration and a points deduction and spent big while supporting the incumbent manager. It didnt work and we were left with an old, declining, overpaid, underachieving squad. They then decided to do things their way.

They decided to go with Rodgers, which was/is a gamble.
It might pay off.
It might not.
The opinion of most on here is that it is too soon to tell.
Disagree all you want, it will not make an iota of difference to FSG. They have their template now and are sticking to it. If you disagree then band together with like-minded individuals and pay your money down and purchase the club. Slightly flippant but not outside the bounds of reality. I wonder what the reaction of posters looking for huge sums to be spent would be if it was their money that was on the line, would they be so keen to overspend just to get players in?

On your final point, the right players. The key word here is 'right'. Spending just for the sake of it or so someone can get a stiffy isnt going to solve the problems the club has. Players are bought with the future in mind. Not the immediate future so far in the current window but Toure and Aspas i would view as improvements on the previous players and Mignolet at least on a par and probably will exceed Reina in a year or two. I would like to see more but as i said previously, it wouldnt surprise me to see us looking at the Jan transfer window for some reasonably priced players who have dropped out of first choice for their clubs but are willing to move for recognition in a world cup year.

Perhaps you might care to answer the question i posed to Alan, just throw up a few posts of the people who who DONT think we need 2-3 first team players, and DONT need them THIS transfer window? So far my question has been ignored by Mr Alan.......

Now i have to go as my finger is tired now:P

Where's all this Milner talk come from?
I've heard nothing of this.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Seems not signing players is cool at the moment:

- he's not worth that fee;
- he's not worth those wages,
- he wouldn't suit our style of play;

And then we can continue being the shrewd cats that passed on the Dempsey deal.

I thought the general consensus was we should overpay for Willian and offer him all the wages he wants?