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

Should have bought Shane Long. He's the one of the only premiership players who worked as hard up front as Luis Suarez in harrassing and pressuring defenders.

Rickie Lambert :pac:

Funny there lad but one of our problems is that last season we caused havok by presurising from the front - that allowed players like Coutinho and Sterling to find space to kill.

Suarez was an incredibly incisive player, but one of his best assets wad that he never stopped working, never gave the opposition defence time to rest.

Tell me - what current premiership strikers do that?

Long does do that. He may not be super brilliant but he would have worked in our team. Better than Lambert anyway and definitely better suited to us than Balotelli.

J Mysterio wrote: »

Missing the fecking point arent you?

I explained he doesnt have the same skill but fits the bill better than Lambert and Balotelli in terms of how the team plays (he would give the others space and time to play).

For me he would have been a better 'quick fix' and squad player than feckin Lambert and Balotelli.

I'm not suggesting he would be preferable.to Bemzema or comparable.quality but he would work well for the team as a fighter up front.

We should never at looking for strikers who are unlikely to even manage a 1 in 3 ratio. Hard working players are all well and good, but LFC need to be buying centre forwards who at least offer a reasonable hope of goals.

Don't get me wrong. I like, and have a lot of respect for, Shane Long. But he just doesn't score goals. Effort alone isn't enough. Would get just as much if we played Joe Allen, Emre Can or Jordan Henderson up front. If fact, I'd fancy Henderson to score more than Long playing as a striker.