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Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 mod warning linked in OP 26/07

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Pyjamarama

When we signed Suarez he wasn't an established star but that worked out well. Even the likes of Alonso were similar. This is the market of players we go for now. We're not going to be raiding the likes of Real and Barca. We just can't pay those wages with a tiny stadium. People need to understand that. It's up to the scouts to find players with high potential and the coaching staff to help them reach that.

The reason the players we've signed were expensive is that their clubs didn't want to sell them. That's cause they're good players who will hopefully improve our team.

I'd still love us to make a move for a guy like greizeman as I think he's gettable but we may already had tried and been rebuffed who knows. Do people want the club to come out and state stuff like that?

googled eyes

Mascherano should be Argentina's captian

DJW11

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

I would be hugely underwhelmed if we signed Cavani. Hugely. Thankfully, there's nothing to suggest that we're in for him.

Completely agree with you on that. Without constant trophies been won, he's be crying to go to spain

NukaCola

murpho999 wrote: »

I thiink Markovic, Bony, Lallana and Lovren would go straight into the team.

So Sterling and Coutinho are out for Markovic and Lallana. Bony replacing Suarez? All for approx 60 mil that doesn't improve us. Gives us options all right but as i said for money paid we need a balance.

Bony and Sturridge playing together doesn't seem like a good partnership either based on their styles.

Duckytech

5live wrote: »

Alan Hansens last broadcast as well tonight.

Superb player and analyst.

A class apart.

Haha. Funny.

viper006

NukaCola wrote: »

The only way for a sustained CL presence is to get in quality players.
Sometimes you need to overpay to get quality. We are overpaying on average to decent players. Here's a list of linked and signed players.

Markovic
Bony
Origi
Lallana
Moreno
Can
Lovren

Whats the one thing in common other than they wont walk into our first 11. They've all had 1 maybe 2 good seasons under their belt. Yet they will cost approx £100m-120m combined. I know we need to bulk our squad but theres a balance to be met in terms of quality.

And that in a nutshell is the big problem. Thats a truly underwhelming list of the players for a staggering amount of money. We have lost our best player and our tailsman while chelsea got it Cesc and costa, Arsenal likely have Khedira and Sanchez and United look likely to get Vidal among others. They are fantastic , established quality players and we have signed no one of that level and lost the best player of them all. Was gutting to see Arsenal get Sanchez and Liverpool confirm Suarez exit in the space of 24 hours.

Bony was 10m or so last season, Markovic was about 7m and Louvren 10m yet 1 year on we are speeding potentially 65m on these guys.Its so wastful it hard not to feel very worried about how good our scouting network is and for me still leave continued questions marks on the one area i feel BR has still not proven himself--transfers.(Coutinho and Sturridge aside). We have strengthened the team depth but have no where near replaced the void left by suarez . Bony is handy player but a strikerforce of borini, lambert and Bony is not anywhere near top 4 to support sturridge. Lallana aside im not convinced by any of the transfers so far. We are way off the level and quality of player the teams around us are siging its worrying at the moment.

MarkY91

were being left in the dirt by the clubs around us signing actual decent players. arsenal are reported to have agreed a deal to sign khedira.

mosstin

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

I would be hugely underwhelmed if we signed Cavani. Hugely. Thankfully, there's nothing to suggest that we're in for him.

Me too. Cavani - that lad who scores all the goals? Who needs that? Down with this sort of thing.

Paddy@CIRL

I would be hugely underwhelmed if we signed Cavani. Hugely. Thankfully, there's nothing to suggest that we're in for him.

daithijjj

NukaCola wrote: »

The only way for a sustained CL presence is to get in quality players.
Sometimes you need to overpay to get quality. We are overpaying on average to decent players. Here's a list of linked and signed players.

Markovic
Bony
Origi
Lallana
Moreno
Can
Lovren

Whats the one thing in common other than they wont walk into our first 11. They've all had 1 maybe 2 good seasons under their belt. Yet they will cost approx £100m-120m combined. I know we need to bulk our squad but theres a balance to be met in terms of quality.

From that list, Lallana/Lovren/Bony/Moreno come straight into the first XI imo. Simply dont pay 20m under this 'regime' for squad filler.

To me, the obvious common denominator with all those players is that we can improve their wages and those improved wages come under our budget. We are paying the fee's because these players are taking wages we are comfortable with.

Perhaps my standards have been lowered by what i see happening above Rodgers. Just calling a spade a spade. Everyone knows the names we were linked with over the last few years that didnt come. People thought CL would cure most of that, reality isnt the same though.

Agent Coulson

This coming season will now be a season of consolidation I believe.

Making the top 4 again is the most important thing.

What looks like happening now is building a stronger squad and bench comapred to last season.

We lost our star player but not just his goal and his assits but what we will miss most is his work rate.

That work rate looks to be replaced with Lallana and Can and even Lambert who all seem to have a history of running till they drop.

One CL after so many seasons away isn't going to be a draw to a so called marquee name.

We need to be getting CL year in year out to get the attention of these marquee players and the money that goes with CL helps pay the marquee players wages.

If we miss the top 4 this season and sign 1,2 or 3 marquee players this season we could easily find ourself right back where we were under H&G.

murpho999

NukaCola wrote: »

The only way for a sustained CL presence is to get in quality players.
Sometimes you need to overpay to get quality. We are overpaying on average to decent players. Here's a list of linked and signed players.

Markovic
Bony
Origi
Lallana
Moreno
Can
Lovren

Whats the one thing in common other than they wont walk into our first 11. They've all had 1 maybe 2 good seasons under their belt. Yet they will cost approx £100m-120m combined. I know we need to bulk our squad but theres a balance to be met in terms of quality.

I thiink Markovic, Bony, Lallana and Lovren would go straight into the team.

Every year people complain about signings but don't offer alternatives.

Demand marquee signings despite the club not making a proper one since they bought Torres.

daithijjj

joe123 wrote: »

Why is this important?

Because our club has a definite ceiling on what they will offer and we can auto exclude names who we can get given the criteria.

NukaCola

daithijjj wrote: »

The only way this club attracts the players we would like is sustained CL appearance.

The only way for a sustained CL presence is to get in quality players.
Sometimes you need to overpay to get quality. We are overpaying on average to decent players. Here's a list of linked and signed players.

Markovic
Bony
Origi
Lallana
Moreno
Can
Lovren

Whats the one thing in common other than they wont walk into our first 11. They've all had 1 maybe 2 good seasons under their belt. Yet they will cost approx £100m-120m combined. I know we need to bulk our squad but theres a balance to be met in terms of quality.

K-9

MD1990 wrote: »

Signing Markovic ahead of Griezmann when we have 2 younsters like Sterling & Coutinho & also Ibe coming through isn't a great move imo. Griezmann is a superb talent & a brillant goalscorer.

In fairness it's early days and we all know by now that's the way the club operates, arguably mixed results so far with FSG. Still Suarez was 23/24, admitedly we got him on 40k a week, but there has to be players like Griezmann we can get. As daithi says though its unlikey we'll sign somebody looking for over 100k but there still are quality options.

joe123

daithijjj wrote: »

Xfer window.

Chess, not checkers.

Especially with the amount of money everyone thinks we now have in our sky rocket.

I'd be interested to read suggestions from those who think Bony wouldnt be good enough for us give names of who will come to us for less than 100k a week and dont already have CL next season. Fact is, we wont be paying over 70-80k a week for any new player imo and that should be very obvious given the last 2 years. We can afford it for 1 or 2 players but the club wont pay it, its time we got used to it. Its just the reality of the situation.

The only way this club attracts the players we would like is sustained CL appearance.

Why is this important?

daithijjj

Xfer window.

Chess, not checkers.

Especially with the amount of money everyone thinks we now have in our sky rocket.

I'd be interested to read suggestions from those who think Bony wouldnt be good enough for us give names of who will come to us for less than 100k a week and dont already have CL next season. Fact is, we wont be paying over 70-80k a week for any new player imo and that should be very obvious given the last 2 years. We can afford it for 1 or 2 players but the club wont pay it, its time we got used to it. Its just the reality of the situation.

The only way this club attracts the players we would like is sustained CL appearance.

MD1990

Signing Markovic ahead of Griezmann when we have 2 younsters like Sterling & Coutinho & also Ibe coming through isn't a great move imo. Griezmann is a superb talent & a brillant goalscorer.

greendom

mosstin wrote: »

Huge mistake - did London really need another library?

Indeed

mosstin

greendom wrote: »

Shame we built that pesky Emirates stadium. We could have bought all the players

Huge mistake - did London really need another library?

murpho999

NukaCola wrote: »

LFC baffled that they are being linked to a talent like Reus? Thats embarrassing.

Why is it embarrassing?

Linked means that there is some sort of deal on, but there isn't so that is why they are baffled.

gafferino

When are the World Cup lads back in training?

mosstin

Soups123 wrote: »

Good lad. I was only only asking a question no need for the grammer police

Just as well. They'd have arrested you for the way you spelt 'grammar'.

K-9

Markovic and Origi are grand, both highly rated but we need somebody like Griezmann who are ready to go on to the next level, surely we'd be attractive to a player like that, he'd be one of our star players with CL football, good coach and the potential to be a club legend.

Turtyturd

Cavani has been Aguero at the world cup-esque any time I have seen him

K-9

MD1990 wrote: »

Cavani would be a great signing if its true he wants to join the PL.

Aye, needs to step up though!

MD1990

Cavani would be a great signing if its true he wants to join the PL.

Seamu$

gafferino wrote: »

That article also says Vidal to UTD is close.

F*ck everything.

Yes, it says that "multifunctional midfielder" (as opposed to those midfielders that can only do one thing) will only cost them £31.8m. Hmmmm....

Sir Gallagher

Cjs21 wrote: »

I like this article. :P

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/14/the-rumour-mill-lukaku-reus-liverpool

Jesus, The Guardian? That actually reads like something from goal.com.

Luckycharms_74

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I can strike of Aurier from my wacky wishlist, signing for PSG. Probably can replace his name with Van der Wiel Moses though.

FYP Nuri :P