Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 Mod Warning Post #6378

Mickalus · 17-04-2014 09:59AM

djPSB wrote: »

I suppose now would be a good time for Moses to start hacking into his 20 PL goals target.

Only 19 more to go!
He can't play against Chelsea, so he needs at least 6 per game and 7 in one of them. call it 7 per game for handiness.
No bother to our Victor!

Knex* · 17-04-2014 10:03AM

Grayditch wrote: »

Big blow Moses not being eligible to play against Chelsea.

There goes our, "Is Rodgers trolling the fuck out of them?", card.

Grayditch · 17-04-2014 10:07AM

Mou will be on the phone to Victor asking how training is going.

No like asking EXACTLY how training is going...

LFCFan · 17-04-2014 10:34AM

I had €1 on Fernandinho to score first and Sunderland win 2-1 last night. I f**king hate Mannone. Still had a smile on my face after points dropped by city but it would have been so much sweeter with €551 in my pocket

gafferino · 17-04-2014 10:39AM

Hmmm would be unreal to see something happening over the next few months.

Liverpool FC chairman Tom Werner believes another “important step” has been taken towards expanding Anfield after a legal agreement was signed with Liverpool City Council and Your Housing Group.

The ‘heads of terms’ document paves the way for the proposed £260million scheme to regenerate the Anfield area.

Liverpool FC will next week host a number of exhibitions so that local residents and fans will be able to view their ambitious plans to rebuild the Main Stand and the Anfield Road End.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/heads-terms-been-agreed-anfield-6999616

gafferino · 17-04-2014 10:42AM

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fcs-joao-carlos-teixeira-7000622

“Hopefully next season everything goes right and I will be in the first-team more.

“Next season we will have more competitions – like the Champions League – and hopefully I will have more chance to be part of the first-team.

“But it has still been great this season. I have been training with the best and it has been great to be part of this team. It is a great group, with nice people, and I am enjoying it even more we are challenging for the title.”

“Fulham was a great moment and my best moment in football,” he added.

“It was great to play in the Premier League – the best league in the world – and we won three points in the last minute. It was the highest point in my career.

“Brendan told me to go on, be confident and to try and score. I was on the bench thinking ‘maybe I will get on’.

“I was happy with the way I played.”

One of the most memorable images from the game with Fulham was Reds skipper Gerrard praising Teixeira after a brave block.

“Steven was telling me it was ‘great’ what I had done when I came on and that only made me happier because Steven Gerrard was telling me I had done well,” said the youngster.

K-9 · 17-04-2014 10:44AM

sneakyST wrote: »

I'm talking about not winning it from this current position, not the start of the season. I'd class it as a big failure. Probably the worst disappointment for me.

It would be a big disappointment to lose it now, it's our best chance in years and could be for a good few again, we'll talk about this as the one that got away, but this season has come so out of the blue, nobody expected it, I can't see how even 3rd would be classed as a failure.

Look where we were at 3 months ago, playing the derby with Everton a point behind us, Spurs 3 IIRC, expecting United to go on a run, the meltdown over signing no midfielders, I half seriously was thinking Rodgers was losing it playing Gerrard as a DM, the last 3 months was so unexpected and so spectacular, how could it be a failure?

Seriously, 10 wins in a row, unbeaten in the New Year, you have to enjoy times like this as well, whether we do it or not.

Anyway, we've beaten all the top 7 teams we've played at home, only Chelsea left to complete the set!

Turtyturd · 17-04-2014 10:48AM

tok9 wrote: »

So we should all back Chelsea to win the league because Liverpool definitely won't win the league.

I think I'm doing this right

A team of pandas would have a better chance than us.

Cartman78 · 17-04-2014 10:50AM

Anyone listen to the Football Weekly podcast from earlier in the week? Would recommend it - great coverage of the match and the emotion around it.

Also, AC Jimbo does a pretty decent gag at the start involving Gerrard's post match speech.

smileyj1987 · 17-04-2014 10:53AM

IK09 wrote: »

my nephew(8) has confirmed that he is now fully behind LFC.

Ah you should have bought him a jersey and put it on him and told him your a Liverpool fan . I wasn't given a choice growing up and I'm glad I wasn't .

Grayditch · 17-04-2014 10:58AM

I was so very nearly a Leeds fan, but I put my tiny foot down.

17-04-2014 11:00AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

A team of pandas would have a better chance than us.

We all dream of a team of Panda bears, a team of Panda bears...

smileyj1987 · 17-04-2014 11:00AM

Grayditch wrote: »

I was so very nearly a Leeds fan, but I put my tiny foot down.

Now I'd say your glad you put your foot down and said no !

Kingdom · 17-04-2014 11:02AM

Aside from the title talk, normally the transfer target rumours start floating at this time of the season, has there been anything on the ground around Liverpool?

K-9 · 17-04-2014 11:03AM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Mad to think they were 8/1 before last weekends games

Mad odds, they'd the best run in of the 3 teams and all they needed was 1 slip up from City.

OwaynOTT · 17-04-2014 11:06AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

A team of pandas would have a better chance than us.

'Stevie Panda! Ya beautyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!'

slingerz · 17-04-2014 11:15AM

Kingdom wrote: »

Aside from the title talk, normally the transfer target rumours start floating at this time of the season, has there been anything on the ground around Liverpool?

Nothing really. Reckon Ravel Morrison may become a target in the summer, would be relatively cheap and be a good asset to the squad for the increased number of games. Rodgers could also get him to flourish as he has done with Sturridge, Sterling and Henderson.

Michu is another given Swansea's current woes that may be an option for a decent price. The Will Hughes rumours will probably start up again soon anyway

Augmerson · 17-04-2014 11:17AM

Kingdom wrote: »

Aside from the title talk, normally the transfer target rumours start floating at this time of the season, has there been anything on the ground around Liverpool?

http://soccerlens.com/liverpool-16m-target-reveals-conversation-rodgers/132395/

Konoplyanka wrote:

I got to know Brendan Rodgers, we spoke a bit, about each other, got to know each other. The interest from Liverpool was very much serious.”

“It (interest) was serious. But now I’m thinking of it only as a dream, because we (Dnirpo) are challenging for league.”

His agent was in Liverpool at the start of the month.

Vanolder · 17-04-2014 11:23AM

Sh-it just got real.

whatawaster · 17-04-2014 11:26AM

Would be nice to wrap up a deal for Konoplyanka quickly so we can move on to other targets

Turtyturd · 17-04-2014 11:26AM

Can't see us going for Michu.

Francie Barrett · 17-04-2014 11:28AM

I can't see us going for Ravel Morrison to be honest. If Konoplyanka comes in, Suso returns, and maybe we're looking at Will Hughes, I just don't see where he fits in. And that is also assuming the likes of Aspas and Alberto are shipped out.

I'll be honest though, Morrison isn't a player I have seen enough on. Is he actually good enough?

rob316 · 17-04-2014 11:35AM

Regardless of us winning the league I still don't see us spending huge in the summer. There isn't much we can sell so I would expect a £40 million pound net spend.
Keeping Suarez, Konoplyanka, Rakitic, a fullback and a centre back would be great business imo.

If Suso and Borini are kept plus players like Ibe and Texeira will have another year of development under them.

I have said I would love a couple of established stars but I want to see the same as this season also, a real commitment to youth. Players like Flanagan and Sterling emerging are what makes this season so enjoyable for me.

whatawaster · 17-04-2014 11:37AM

If we sign 3 players ready for the first 11, anything else would be a bonus. A defender, midfielder and a forward.

Wisdom, Illori, Ibe, Suso and Texeira will hopefully contribute something next season if they aren't out on loan.

slingerz · 17-04-2014 11:39AM

rob316 wrote: »

Regardless of us winning the league I still don't see us spending huge in the summer. There isn't much we can sell so I would expect a £40 million pound net spend.
Keeping Suarez, Konoplyanka, Rakitic, a fullback and a centre back would be great business imo.

If Suso and Borini are kept plus players like Ibe and Texeira will have another year of development under them.

I have said I would love a couple of established stars but I want to see the same as this season also, a real commitment to youth. Players like Flanagan and Sterling emerging are what makes this season so enjoyable for me.

Kono looks likely but I reckon we will see Coates, Aspas gone and possibly Agger, Kelly/Wisdom maybe even Enrique as well. I dont see Suso as being a player that will come back into the fold really.

Looking at our bench in recent weeks it isnt exactly full of quality. I reckon Rodgers will want 3 or 4 additional players in the squad to cover for the extra games.

Kono is an option especially if there is a reduced price since January. Given that the World Cup is on this year I reckon Rodgers may look for some players not involved in national squads that can make the step up

djPSB · 17-04-2014 11:41AM

slingerz wrote: »

Nothing really. Reckon Ravel Morrison may become a target in the summer, would be relatively cheap and be a good asset to the squad for the increased number of games. Rodgers could also get him to flourish as he has done with Sturridge, Sterling and Henderson.

Michu is another given Swansea's current woes that may be an option for a decent price. The Will Hughes rumours will probably start up again soon anyway

The likes of Sterling did have issues when Rodgers took over. A few court hearings etc. hanging over him. No doubt Rodgers has managed him excellently and kept him on the straight and narrow. Sterling has ackowledged that on numerous occasions.

Morrison seems to be a totally different kettle of fish altogether. I'm not sure even Rodgers could keep him on the straight and narrow. He lit up a smoke on the bench after being taking off lately. He's been pictured hanging around street corners in London with not so nice fellas. Morrison seems to have issues that not even the best man manager could control.

8-10 · 17-04-2014 11:47AM

Have a bad feeling that Suso won't come back

amiable · 17-04-2014 11:48AM

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I can't see us going for Ravel Morrison to be honest. If Konoplyanka comes in, Suso returns, and maybe we're looking at Will Hughes, I just don't see where he fits in. And that is also assuming the likes of Aspas and Alberto are shipped out.

I'll be honest though, Morrison isn't a player I have seen enough on. Is he actually good enough?

Suso returning is not a given. I think he'll be sold to a Spanish club to be honest. Perhaps Sevilla as part of any Rakitic deal or Valencia.

Ravel Morrison is a player of decent potential but that's all it is at the moment. I've seen him play a few times myself and while he's impressed at Championship level it's difficult to know if he can transform that and make the step up to a big club like Liverpool.
Interesting article on his West Ham situation here which suggests further shady dealings involving Sam Allardyce again
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/feb/15/ravel-morrison-west-ham-united-waste

It is an unusual, complex story and, inevitably, football being the business it is, there will be some who automatically assume he must have done something wrong. In football, it has always been easier to get a bad name than to lose one and Morrison's previous means there is an instinct, sometimes, to apportion blame his way. It would be a lazy assumption. Morrison has done some stupid things but it has been a few years now since he knotted a tie for court. He is still paying the price for those juvenile misdemeanours and he has had to get used to seeing his name prefaced in print with words such as "wayward" and "bad boy". Yet everyone at West Ham can confirm he has knuckled down and shown a level of dedication and professionalism that was not always there. Morrison does not drink or go to nightclubs. His diet is right. He has a steady girlfriend and better influences outside the club than people realise. Of course, he still needs guidance, but at 21 he is not the same impulsive kid of 17. Now, three months after Sam Allardyce talked of Morrison reaching the very top of his profession, he is being cut free. It is no wonder West Ham fans are feeling confused.

The first thing to say is that it all feels like a tremendous waste, and there is something deeply unsatisfactory about the chain of events that has brought him to this point.

Towards the end of last year, Morrison was invited to a meeting with the football agent Mark Curtis to see if he wanted to become one of his clients. Curtis does this a fair bit with Allardyce's players. At West Ham, he either represents or has links with Allardyce, Kevin Nolan, James Tomkins, Jack Collison, Matt Jarvis, Andy Carroll, Jussi Jaaskelainen and Adrian. Look through his history and there is a fairly astounding pattern of players signing up to him from Allardyce teams. He also has a chequered past of his own, with an official warning from the Football Association after the 2008 investigation into Luton Town's illegal transfer dealings.

Morrison was not keen but, since then, his complaint is that he has felt under considerable pressure from Allardyce and Nolan to change his mind, claiming it is brought up on an almost daily basis. His grievance is that he wanted to go into training to learn and improve, not to have endless conversations about an agent he did not want to employ.

West Ham have put this to the relevant people and they strenuously deny it. Curtis says it is "nonsense", and there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing. But Morrison has become disillusioned with his manager and captain. Allardyce has talked of Morrison complaining about a groin injury when the medical staff could find no problem. Relationships have broken down. A few months ago, Morrison appeared to have the keys to the football universe. Now he cannot wait to get out of the club.

klose · 17-04-2014 11:49AM

sneakyST wrote: »

Eh how is it unprecedented? We've been in the top four before, nearly won it with Rafa. Won how many trophies? We are not Aston Villa. When Liverpool are top with four games to go the expectation is to win it.

We havent won it for over twenty years, we have a rich history but chelsea and city are more recent winners in it and have more experienced players and managers. If people say the season is a failure if we dont win it ill be disgusted tbh, we need to remember were we were only a few years ago to where we are now, thus why i say this season is already an unprecidented success. We will come closer to winning it this year than under rafa or ever before in the premier league, if we fall short its not a failure, a dissapointment initially for sure but not a failure.

amiable · 17-04-2014 11:50AM

8-10 wrote: »

Have a bad feeling that Suso won't come back

If it's for the best so be it. Liverpool can't afford to be sentimental over these decisions. Fans seem fascinated about having to have good kids constantly making it long term with the first team. Truth is it's very difficult for many of them to make it through no matter how much we all want them to.

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