Francie Barrett wrote: » Surprised that Ashley Cole has ended up at Roma. With the Moreno deal dead in the water and Enrique now fit, I think we should have signed him up. Could have let himself and Enrique slug it out to secure the start spot. We could have offered CL football and I would be shocked if we couldn't offer more money.
daRobot wrote: » He's 23. Thierry Henry wasn't setting the world on fire back then either. A lot can happen with players of that age with the right guidance.
smileyj1987 wrote: » Once the Suarez deal is done you will see the big moves around Europe happening . The club could be holding out because Real Madrid will more then likely look to trump the move with a huge signing of their own . So the club could be holding out for that to happen and see who could be snapped up then .
K-9 wrote: » I think Mk was pretty early on, maybe not first week of July but early enough IIRC. Markovic seems a step or two lower than him, potential but it could take 2 or 3 seasons to start delivering on it. The above would have been the level of players I'd have expected us to be going for heavily when we got CL, because well, we'd stand a much better chance of getting them than last Summer. We'll see, but it will be disappointing that we wasted our time on those players last Summer as we were always likely to get trumped by CL clubs, now we have CL, we don't seem to be in for these type of players yet. We went for squad type players early last Summer, then ended up struggling to get 1st team ones. Maybe it's early days and it's a similar strategy and the club has a couple of tricks up its sleeve yet.
mosstin wrote: » Borini might turn into a world class player? Sorry, based on what in his career so far has brought you to this conclusion? That's like saying Gaston Ramirez might turn out to be world class. It isn't gonna happen.
Knex. wrote: » How many of them were we linked with by the first week in July? Also, I think they'll be the ceiling of what we bring in this time around as well, unless we do manage to pull off the Sanchez deal. Only this time around, we can actually entice the above to join as we have the CL football. I don't think we're suddenly going to make the jump to signing Di Maria level of quality players. We have to be realistic about it.
Our two penneth maybe, but (if happens) #LFC fans should know that out of 000's of young players we've watched, Lazar is our favourite.
Marković is a versatile modern forward, sometimes played wide but most effective in our opinion as a second striker through the middle. The first thing that hits you when watching him is the pace, he has that two-second burst that can carry him away from even the quickest defenders in what feels like the blink of an eye. Married to the acceleration is the close control and willingness to take men on one, two, three or even four at a time. The rambunctiousness of youth is coupled with the talent to pull it off, a combination that is always likely to make you stand out from the crowd. Another huge tick is his attitude which has seen everyone who has worked with him both at Partizan and with Serbia’s U17 and U21 international teams effuse about his desire to work, his focus on having a top-line career and his dislike of parties, alcohol and all the other things that can distract a young man.
Still the real deal and still a house favourite, he looks everything we hoped he would be last year, a season to settle in Benfica and then he may well really begin to impose himself - we can’t wait
Cjs21 wrote: » http://www.thisisanfield.com/2014/07/uruguay-manager-claims-liverpool-barcelona-agreement/ Please tell me it aint so
Cjs21 wrote: » Let's be honest, Borini may not be a world class player but he can play in every position on the front line. He could very well turn into world class player although. He impressed me last year in big games and seems committed. When he joined I recall Gerrard saying he hasn't seen anyone train as hard as him in his career. I reckon we should give him a shot this season. Out of the current squad (excluding Suarez) I reckon we could have a great season. I'd go for something along the lines of this. Goalkeeper: Mignolet Defenders: Sakho, Skrtel and Agger Midfield: Lallana, Gerrard and Hendo AM: Sterling and Coutinho Strikers: Borini and Sturridge Bench: Reina, Coates Lucas, Assaidi, Can, Suso and Aspas Obviously the above squad can be improved a good bit but the squad as it stands does not look too bad in my opinion.
D'Agger wrote: » Without seeing very much of Lazar, I think it's fair to say that the fee seems a tad high for a guy who's still somewhat unproven - would also signal an end to our potential interest in Shaqiri which upsets me deeply - he's the one guy I was hoping we could bring in
rob316 wrote: » I don't get it we had no CL football last year and tried to sign Willian, Mkhitaryan, Costa and Bernard. Now we have CL football the targets a little underwhelming. If you spend £25m on a player you expect him to be commanding a starting spot not one for the future. In Rodgers we trust, I guess.
mosstin wrote: » Bloody scouts. Fancy seeing him in the flesh without bothering to look at the YouTube clips. Pah.
Soft Falling Rain wrote: » I could live with a decrease in our swashbuckling style if it meant more protection at the back, coupled with a clinicalness maintained up front. I want to see an assuredness throughout the team, if that means sacrificing the hockey scores so be it.
Boom_Bap wrote: » Not a replacement, a player that can play 4 or 5 places accross the front line and will be able to interchange. Not afraid to track back, pacey and wouldnt be of the 'Downing pass back to the keeper' school of football.
daRobot wrote: » From what I've seen from the youtube clips anyway, Lazar looks very expensive at £20 mill + Looks promising, and a good prospect, but it's a big gamble at that money. The players we were linked with last year (Willian, Mkhitaryan) were much more inspiring. An injury to Sturridge and we might struggle for goals, with Suarez now looking as good as gone.
rarnes1 wrote: » Any word on a RB? I have this fear that I'll see Glen Johnson in our starting lineup in August. Somebody reassure me.
beakerjoe wrote: » Theres no way to know if he is or not TBH, it looks like Suarez wont be replaced. As one poster previously said, who would you replace him with thats available.
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