Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

I honestly don't think there will be any additions in January, I remember Rodgers saying that
the Summer gone was going to be the biggest transfer window for a number of years.
I hope our poor form makes him rethink that statement.

This is the quote: “biggest window for the next few years”
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/15/brendan-rodgers-liverpool-luis-suarez

martyos121 wrote: »

It's not ridiculous to think we'd have a chance of signing Reus. Dortmund were bottom for 24 hours and aren't too much better of now, and apart from their CL run, their season is pretty much over.

If he doesn't come to us in January, he'll go to Munich. Dortmund are a sinking ship.

It is ridiculous. We have consistently shown that we're incapable of signing the biggest names in Europe and Reus falls into that category. Why would Reus - if he were to jump ship - leave Dortmund with their struggles, for Liverpool, with ours?

I wouldn't mind us trying for Walcott in January to be honest.

martyos121 wrote: »

It's not ridiculous to think we'd have a chance of signing Reus. Dortmund were bottom for 24 hours and aren't too much better off now, and apart from their CL run, their season is pretty much over.

If he doesn't come to us in January, he'll go to Munich. Dortmund are a sinking ship.

Zero chance he is probably one of the best forwards in europe. You honestly think it's between us and dortmund? Chelsea, city, real, United, munich and psg will all be queuing up for him.

Mr Alan wrote: »

All the other teams have shown substantially more than us IMO. They're much more likely to put a solid run together. We need to go back into the transfer market to have any chance.

I'll judge that when Daniel Sturrigde is back playing . Get him fit get him games and see how LFC look in the table .

rarnes1 wrote: »

The thing I love about Sturridge apart from his goals are his goalkeeping skills, central defensive organisational skills, midfield defensive duties & play making, corner taking and full back discipline.

So glad he's nearly back

I honestly do believe he will fix one problem with the lack of goals and hopefully him and ballotelli can strike up some sort of partnership too .

martyos121 wrote: »

It's not ridiculous to think we'd have a chance of signing Reus. Dortmund were bottom for 24 hours and aren't too much better off now, and apart from their CL run, their season is pretty much over.

If he doesn't come to us in January, he'll go to Munich. Dortmund are a sinking ship.

There are at least 10 clubs in Europe who Reus (or any other top player) would prefer to sign for than Liverpool due to bigger financial clout and/or location and/or ability to consistently challenge for top honours such as:-

Barcelona
Real Madrid
Munich
PSG
Marseille
Juventus
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man United
Man City


If any of the above clubs want to sign a player we're also interested in they'll get him, simple as.

We need to be pragmatic about how we focus our recruitment resources. Putting time and effort into chasing a player who'll have his pick of top clubs may keep some fans happy that we're "competing" for the best players but in reality it's just a PR exercise and a waste of time. We have to identify raw talent which we can develop (Sterling, Moreno, Origi, Suarez, Markovic, Manquillo, Can), recruit talent which is flawed and capable of being harnessed (Balotelli) or is simply not on the wish list of clubs mentioned above such as Mingolet, Lovern and Sturridge and hope we've identified something in those players that the other clubs haven't. I guess one out of three isn't too bad

We really do need to stop fooling ourselves when it comes to transfers.

Can people tell me why he took Can off for Joe fcuking Allen! He was our best people by far on sat absolutely shocking Sub and I heard Rodgers was getting Booed when he subbed Courtinho and rightly so! I have lost all faith in Rodgers now, There's no way Johnson or Lovern should of started especially since the other lads put in a great performance Tues like what do they have to do to get a start!

Just a thought on the whole Suarez leaving affecting the team..

Costa leaving Atletico Madrid hasn't seemed to affected them and he is a player that shot them to a title and a CL final.

They seem to have replaced him quite well and they wouldn't have the kind of money we have to spend and also they wouldn't have the biggest squad.

rgiller wrote: »

They've got a good manager though

So have we.

Mumha wrote: »

So have we.

Have you read the last 10 pages or so?

Like it or not,Suarez & Sturridge papered over a lot of cracks last season and between the 2 they provided not just goals but the creativity and workrate (Suarez) which helped to beat teams.
Rodgers spent the Suarez money on a lot of average players,in truth his first season wasn't great and it took an amazing season from a couple of players to make the team look more than the sum of it's parts,now one is gone and nobody is there to carry them so it's back to square one.
Looking in it seems he's very arrogant and the way he dismissed the idea of working under a DOF reinforced this yet now it's come back to haunt him,he can blame nobody but himself for the state the squad is in.

People laughed at United last season & proclaimed we'd get nobody after that,Di Maria & Falcao are superstars & they joined,of course things are far from perfect but at least there's signs of improvement.Liverpool just aren't as attractive to the big names and don't have the wage structure to entice them from going to United,City or the bright lights of London.

To be brutally honest,Rodgers wasted a couple of hundred million on squad players when a few top notch ones were needed,I doubt he's going to be backed as much financially again.

Even the manager is saying players don't want to move and live in Liverpool.

Looks like we'll never be able to sign a top name again.

Rodgers suggested geography was against him in his efforts to sign foreign stars, with the lure of the capital too much for some, despite Liverpool's readiness to offer lucrative contracts.

"Players look at where they want to live, the social factors as well as the football," he added. "If someone gets offered more money to go elsewhere, if they want to go to London, there is not much you can do about it.

"We know what targets we wanted but, for one reason or another, they went elsewhere," Rodgers said. "We have signed talented young players. Over their time here, whether it is with me or not, they will show they are very good players.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/367121.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

So the question is did we spend over £100m on second and third choice players.

zerks wrote: »

Have you read the last 10 pages or so?

Like it or not,Suarez & Sturridge papered over a lot of cracks last season and between the 2 they provided not just goals but the creativity and workrate (Suarez) which helped to beat teams.
Rodgers spent the Suarez money on a lot of average players,in truth his first season wasn't great and it took an amazing season from a couple of players to make the team look more than the sum of it's parts,now one is gone and nobody is there to carry them so it's back to square one.
Looking in it seems he's very arrogant and the way he dismissed the idea of working under a DOF reinforced this yet now it's come back to haunt him,he can blame nobody but himself for the state the squad is in.

People laughed at United last season & proclaimed we'd get nobody after that,Di Maria & Falcao are superstars & they joined,of course things are far from perfect but at least there's signs of improvement.Liverpool just aren't as attractive to the big names and don't have the wage structure to entice them from going to United,City or the bright lights of London.

To be brutally honest,Rodgers wasted a couple of hundred million on squad players when a few top notch ones were needed,I doubt he's going to be backed as much financially again.

Rodgers set up a tyle of play to suit them perfectly & they also improved under Rodgers management.

JohnDaniels wrote: »

Those pictures are the exact moment in the game I was talking about in my last few posts. His starting position was dictated by the manager not by Johnson. It just shows how a player can take a beating for something which isn't his fault.

There is enough people on here saying that he was effectively told to man mark Hazard. Im not Johnsons biggest fan, but if the gaffer says do something, you do it