Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

The Moldy Gowl · 01-09-2014 04:28PM

viper006 wrote: »

Haha brutal stuff. As bad as the panda jokes are on the thread the running joke over there where one of their mods keeps saying "we are not signing vidal" as a sign they actually are is just not funny at all.

I cringe at the lickarsery then when he gets requests to actually say it and gets about 30 thumbs up for doing so. Terrible terrible stuff

Dirty filthy hobbiteses

Lord TSC · 01-09-2014 04:30PM

Warning going into both threads; cross-thread discussions involving taking about whats happening in other threads is not tolerated, so get back on track please

Robson99 · 01-09-2014 04:31PM

K-9 wrote: »

Oliver Kay tweeted a piece he wrote back in May about United wanting superstar players.

Didn't get Kroos or Vidal so signed all the attackers instead! Intriguing times to see if it works or another Galactico fiasco.

Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera. Look them up sometime

martyos121 · 01-09-2014 04:33PM

Robson99 wrote: »

Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera. Look them up sometime

I think you missed the "superstar players" part of that quote.

Mr_Red · 01-09-2014 04:33PM

K-9 wrote: »

Oliver Kay tweeted a piece he wrote back in May about United wanting superstar players.

Didn't get Kroos or Vidal so signed all the attackers instead! Intriguing times to see if it works or another Galactico fiasco.

Hernandez gone out on Loan and RVP Knee Op forced the signing

Mickalus · 01-09-2014 04:34PM

K-9 wrote: »

Oliver Kay tweeted a piece he wrote back in May about United wanting superstar players.

Didn't get Kroos or Vidal so signed all the attackers instead! Intriguing times to see if it works or another Galactico fiasco.

Very interesting, could be similar to Liverpool last year with all the focus on outscoring the opposition.

Great to see 'Galactico' type players in the league. Not so great seeing them at United.

Robson99 · 01-09-2014 04:37PM

martyos121 wrote: »

I think you missed the "superstar players" part of that quote.

Think you missed the all attackers bit
:-)

Dickerty · 01-09-2014 04:39PM

Robson99 wrote: »

Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera. Look them up sometime

Herrera is the only one of those that looks measured.
Shaw is very good, but was overpriced and there were better options in the market (like Blind??)
Blind has the Dutch edge, and had a good WC, but he's an odd choice if he's to play Def CM - again, better options out there.
And Rojo could come good, but he's not a top class defender, and will take some settling in...

Now you could say the same about Moreno, Can and Lallana, but we only overpaid on the latter, and we don't have as many holes in the boat...

Boom_Bap · 01-09-2014 04:40PM

Assaidi looks to be going onloan to Stoke. We are getting a small fee upfront and they are paying all his wages apparently.

8-10 · 01-09-2014 04:41PM

Dickerty wrote: »

Herrera is the only one of those that looks measured.
Shaw is very good, but was overpriced and there were better options in the market (like Blind??)
Blind has the Dutch edge, and had a good WC, but he's an odd choice if he's to play Def CM - again, better options out there.
And Rojo ccould come good, but he's not a top class defender, and will take some setting in...

Now you could say the same about Moreno, Can and Lallana, but we only overpaid on the latter, and we don't have as many holes in the boat...

Shaw is better than Blind IMO

Chardee MacDennis · 01-09-2014 04:41PM

Dickerty wrote: »

Herrera is the only one of those that looks measured.
Shaw is very good, but was overpriced and there were better options in the market (like Blind??)
Blind has the Dutch edge, and had a good WC, but he's an odd choice if he's to play Def CM - again, better options out there.
And Rojo ccould come good, but he's not a top class defender, and will take some setting in...

Now you could say the same about Moreno, Can and Lallana, but we only overpaid on the latter, and we don't have as many holes in the boat...

a little off topic, but does anyone know if there is a football weekly out today or will they wait till tomorrow due to deadline day...

Ordinary man · 01-09-2014 04:44PM

Dickerty wrote: »

Herrera is the only one of those that looks measured.
Shaw is very good, but was overpriced and there were better options in the market (like Blind??)
Blind has the Dutch edge, and had a good WC, but he's an odd choice if he's to play Def CM - again, better options out there.
And Rojo could come good, but he's not a top class defender, and will take some settling in...

Now you could say the same about Moreno, Can and Lallana, but we only overpaid on the latter, and we don't have as many holes in the boat...

Now all ye need is a captain that's actually docked a boat before;)

Dickerty · 01-09-2014 04:45PM

8-10 wrote: »

Shaw is better than Blind IMO

Yes, but I think that if LVG was in place earlier, they would have have only bought Blind for LB, that's clearly his player.

But as with us signing Lorven for £20M, it doesn't matter what you pay if it improves you enough...

Dickerty · 01-09-2014 04:45PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Assaidi looks to be going onloan to Stoke. We are getting a small fee upfront and they are paying all his wages apparently.

So we lose out on a good fee cause he wouldn't agree a contract. Git.
(Although I guess a £1M loan fee and wages off the books is ok...)

Peist2007 · 01-09-2014 04:47PM

Dickerty wrote: »

Herrera is the only one of those that looks measured.
Shaw is very good, but was overpriced and there were better options in the market (like Blind??)
Blind has the Dutch edge, and had a good WC, but he's an odd choice if he's to play Def CM - again, better options out there.
And Rojo could come good, but he's not a top class defender, and will take some settling in...

Now you could say the same about Moreno, Can and Lallana, but we only overpaid on the latter, and we don't have as many holes in the boat...

Blind has played defensive midfielder for the past 2 seasons. He played elsewhere at the World Cup which appears to be the extent of your knowledge about him.

Agent Coulson · 01-09-2014 04:47PM

BastardPrince wrote: »

a little off topic, but does anyone know if there is a football weekly out today or will they wait till tomorrow due to deadline day...

It's out now.

Boom_Bap · 01-09-2014 04:51PM

Dickerty wrote: »

So we lose out on a good fee cause he wouldn't agree a contract. Git.
(Although I guess a £1M loan fee and wages off the books is ok...)

I'd say we pretty much had to get rid of him otherwise he'd be just a number at the club.

BMJD · 01-09-2014 04:53PM

Has Reus been given the tour of the old Brookside set yet? That **** will really get him fired up for the rest of the season.

K-9 · 01-09-2014 04:54PM

Robson99 wrote: »

Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera. Look them up sometime

Well you can't have all the Rolls Royces everywhere!

I suppose my point was they have signed the superstars all in the attacking area of the pitch, but they are going to need those players you mentioned to bed in quickly enough, because having Mata, Di Maria, Rooney and RVP on the pitch still leaves major deficiencies in the team (albeit with loads of injuries and new signings not played yet).

Dickerty · 01-09-2014 04:55PM

Peist2007 wrote: »

Blind has played defensive midfielder for the past 2 seasons. He played elsewhere at the World Cup which appears to be the extent of your knowledge about him.

WRONG.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daley-blind/leistungsdaten/spieler/12282/saison/2012

He played all of 2012/13 at LB, and a third of last season as well.

Want to try that again??

BMMachine · 01-09-2014 05:02PM

can we not talk about Man Utd signings? Do we really care that much? Your answer should be 'no'. If it isn't no, have a think why that is.
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any news about US today? I haven't seen much on the news websites and I don't look up football on twitter due to my firm belief that it can cause cancer

Hangballlouie · 01-09-2014 05:03PM

BMJD wrote: »

Has Reus been given the tour of the old Brookside set yet? That **** will really get him fired up for the rest of the season.

He's just bringing Cracker on a walk with Jimmy Corkhill. He'll be in melwood before 12. Gonna grab a pizza off mick and sinbad to share with zaf.

googled eyes · 01-09-2014 05:07PM

Some Sunderland fans on twitter ain't too happy about Borini choosing London over the NorthEast.

Giving serious ( bad taste ) abuse to his misses

Dickerty · 01-09-2014 05:08PM

BMMachine wrote: »

can we not talk about Man Utd signings? Do we really care that much? Your answer should be 'no'. If it isn't no, have a think why that is.
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any news about US today? I haven't seen much on the news websites and I don't look up football on twitter due to my firm belief that it can cause cancer

Talk about our rivals strengthening is always valid, to a point.

For us - Coates and Assaidi out on loan, Borini looks to be going to QPR for about £12M, and possibly interested in Valdes, but not until he's 100% fit (is a free agent, so can be signed in a few weeks...)

8-10 · 01-09-2014 05:09PM

Peist2007 wrote: »

Blind has played defensive midfielder for the past 2 seasons. He played elsewhere at the World Cup which appears to be the extent of your knowledge about him.

Not true, LB mostly

SlickRic · 01-09-2014 05:11PM

Purslow on Sky.

how wonderful is life at the club without him around?

rob316 · 01-09-2014 05:14PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Some Sunderland fans on twitter ain't too happy about Borini choosing London over the NorthEast.

Giving serious ( bad taste ) abuse to his misses

QPR is a poor move, really rate Poyet and in Poyet he has a manager who wants him and believes in him. He's an idiot if he doesn't value that over his MRS shopping destination.

LiamoSail · 01-09-2014 05:23PM

rob316 wrote: »

QPR is a poor move, really rate Poyet and in Poyet he has a manager who wants him and believes in him. He's an idiot if he doesn't value that over his MRS shopping destination.

Don't agree at all. How many here would move to the likes of Offaly over Dublin or Cork for the sake of working with a better manager, when there's similar money on the table?

I appreciate the world of football is different to the real world, but the man and his family still have a life to live, and his few months in the North East was probably enough for him to know that it wasn't where he wanted to be

tritium · 01-09-2014 05:26PM

K-9 wrote: »

Oliver Kay tweeted a piece he wrote back in May about United wanting superstar players.

Didn't get Kroos or Vidal so signed all the attackers instead! Intriguing times to see if it works or another Galactico fiasco.

Funny that was exactly my thoughts on the Falcao loan - don't really need him but keeps the fans happy with another marquee signing if Vidal isn't coming (though he may yet obviously)

Utopia Parkway · 01-09-2014 05:28PM

Looks like Assaidi going back to Stoke on loan with a 1M fee. Sounds like his wage demands scuppered a permanent deal.

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