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

Agent Coulson · 27-12-2014 07:39PM

mav79 wrote: »

Players like Lacazette or Alcacer would be a dream playing ahead of someone like Couthino.

Sign both of them and get rid of Borini & Balotelli would be the way to go.

Lacazette, Alcacer & Sturridge when fit would be an ideal strike force.

Kerrigooney · 27-12-2014 07:50PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Minimal if you maintained current performances. If he rolled back the years & found some form, be huge improvement.

But as I said, need to be aiming higher.

However, if we bring in no one....well that's just criminal.

Pace,which was a big part of his game is gone.

There'll be no rolling back the years.

I have a bad feeling we'll be bringing in no one and yep...that will be criminal.

NukaCola · 27-12-2014 07:50PM

martyos121 wrote: »

You're completely satisfied with the fearsome strike force of Borini, Lambert and Balotelli then I take it? Wish I had your level of optimism, also it's not like we'd be trying to sign anyone better in January.

We have enough strikers who cant score. Why recruit another?

brevity · 27-12-2014 07:54PM

I think we should keep Balotelli.

Kerrigooney · 27-12-2014 07:57PM

brevity wrote: »

I think we should keep Balotelli.

So do I but playing him up top on his own has to stop. It's doing him or the team no favours.

marklazarcovic · 27-12-2014 08:07PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Emile Huskey

madradonna

5live · 27-12-2014 08:17PM

There are a few rumours of a mooted swap deal between Lazio and Liverpool for Borini and Onazi, a 21 yo Nigerian midfielder

Agent Coulson · 27-12-2014 08:31PM

5live wrote: »

There are a few rumours of a mooted swap deal between Lazio and Liverpool for Borini and Onazi, a 21 yo Nigerian midfielder

Is that the lad that looks in his 40's?

marno21 · 27-12-2014 08:59PM

5live wrote: »

There are a few rumours of a mooted swap deal between Lazio and Liverpool for Borini and Onazi, a 21 yo Nigerian midfielder

Refreshing new use of the "I did nazi that coming" line.

Timmyctc · 27-12-2014 09:32PM

5live wrote: »

There are a few rumours of a mooted swap deal between Lazio and Liverpool for Borini and Onazi, a 21 yo Nigerian midfielder

Whens the last time you saw a high profile swap deal actually happening?

PhlegmyMoses · 27-12-2014 09:33PM

Timmyctc wrote: »

Whens the last time you saw a high profile swap deal actually happening?

Today? Cerci for Torres

Agent Coulson · 27-12-2014 09:35PM

Timmyctc wrote: »

Whens the last time you saw a high profile swap deal actually happening?

Just saw there that it's Borini plus £8m for him being said in the papers.

The Nigeria international is a key man for the Serie A club, but Liverpool are looking to take advantage of Lazio's long-term interest in Borini by offering the former Chelsea and Roma forward plus £8million for Onazi's services.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/548964/Liverpool-Lazio-Ogenyi-Onazi-Fabio-Borini

Timmyctc · 27-12-2014 09:37PM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Today? Cerci for Torres

Didn't happen yet though? And I think barring this case (Which is very much an exception) Swaps rarely, if ever occur. Excluding 3rd party ownerships etc.

27-12-2014 09:42PM

Would be keen on a straight swop, paying money too though

That onazi chap'll be heading to the Cup of Nations too.

PhlegmyMoses · 27-12-2014 09:44PM

Timmyctc wrote: »

Didn't happen yet though? And I think barring this case (Which is very much an exception) Swaps rarely, if ever occur. Excluding 3rd party ownerships etc.

Nah, I generally agree, just funny that you said it today when Torres for Cerci is pretty much announced.

Kirby · 27-12-2014 09:51PM

Milan are getting a raw deal out of that one.

5live · 27-12-2014 09:56PM

Kirby wrote: »

Milan are getting a raw deal out of that one.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Wait till it's done, THEN tell them.

Timmyctc · 27-12-2014 10:54PM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Nah, I generally agree, just funny that you said it today when Torres for Cerci is pretty much announced.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30612861
No Transfer occurred :pac:

Gits_bone · 27-12-2014 10:56PM

Onazi

brevity · 27-12-2014 11:16PM

https://twitter.com/sidlowe/status/548979140519809026

Parallels could be drawn with our own club.

brevity · 27-12-2014 11:25PM

5live · 28-12-2014 12:17AM

Gits_bone wrote: »

Onazi

Naw, that's David Schwimmer...

Agent Coulson · 28-12-2014 12:21AM

Swansea City goal sensation Wilfried Bony reveals how Liverpool FC rejected him after two-week trial.

“I scored there twice last season and it was nice because I had been on trial there when I was younger. I was there for two weeks in 2007 when Rafa Benitez was the manager.

“They wanted to see what sort of a player I was and it was amazing as a young guy to get the chance to use facilities like that and to see a stadium like that.

“I remember sitting up in the stand there watching a game and I enjoy the chance to go and play there because it was my first experience of English football.

http://http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-goal-sensation-wilfried-8349737?

mada999 · 28-12-2014 01:01AM

michael999999 wrote: »

Anyway, Gazzetta reporting tomorrow that Balotelli has approached Inter with a view to a loan with option to buy.

This whole affair could be over real soon.

Now just to buy two strikers!

let him go only if we are bringing in a striker.. dont want to see Sterlings up top on his own for the whole season and burn him out

mada999 · 28-12-2014 01:04AM

i heart chewy louie wrote: »

'today's clean sheet made it fun to watch'

Her obsession with clean sheets is concerning. From a non football prospective of course.
I think someone needs to give her another phrase to work into her footie lexicon.

well we are not exactly sticking much into the onion bags :pac:

Kirby · 28-12-2014 01:50AM

mada999 wrote: »

let him go only if we are bringing in a striker.. dont want to see Sterlings up top on his own for the whole season and burn him out

What is this obsession people have with Sterling "burning out". He's not a light bulb...he's a professional athlete. Never have I seen such a focus on one player with regards to this. The league is full of young players. What makes Sterling so apparently prone to this? A lack of form doesn't indicate a burnout and a purple patch doesn't indicate how well rested he is.

Doctors and nurses who work 80 hour weeks get burnout....not footballers who train for a few hours a day. He has world class facilities and coaches at his disposal. They know exactly how much to train them to keep them in peak conditioning.

I'm not having a go at you mada particularly but this sterling burnout thing really grinds my gears. Why don't we ever hear the young defenders who play every game getting burnout? Only the attackers? Can we get a grip on this please? He's not exactly mining coal is he?

J Mysterio · 28-12-2014 02:11AM

Ha. Well said actually.

~Rebel~ · 28-12-2014 03:07AM

Kirby wrote: »

What is this obsession people have with Sterling "burning out". He's not a light bulb...he's a professional athlete. Never have I seen such a focus on one player with regards to this. The league is full of young players. What makes Sterling so apparently prone to this? A lack of form doesn't indicate a burnout and a purple patch doesn't indicate how well rested he is.

Doctors and nurses who work 80 hour weeks get burnout....not footballers who train for a few hours a day. He has world class facilities and coaches at his disposal. They know exactly how much to train them to keep them in peak conditioning.

I'm not having a go at you mada particularly but this sterling burnout thing really grinds my gears. Why don't we ever hear the young defenders who play every game getting burnout? Only the attackers? Can we get a grip on this please? He's not exactly mining coal is he?

I know what you mean, to an extent, but attackers tend to be more at risk of damaging developing muscles from high intensity sprints and dynamic running (quick turns putting extreme pressure on ligaments). Just in general, athletes muscles don't reach their most resilient until early/mid 20's.

As far as comparing him to other young players - there really aren't that many players at the highest level who have anywhere near his number of games under their belt - especially who even remotely match the level of intensity he plays with. We're taking a risk asking him to carry the team week in week out.

Charlie19 · 28-12-2014 06:56AM

brevity wrote: »

https://twitter.com/sidlowe/status/548979140519809026

That's a shihtzu.

Grabs coat.

ush · 28-12-2014 07:23AM

Kirby wrote: »

What is this obsession people have with Sterling "burning out". He's not a light bulb...he's a professional athlete. Never have I seen such a focus on one player with regards to this. The league is full of young players. What makes Sterling so apparently prone to this? A lack of form doesn't indicate a burnout and a purple patch doesn't indicate how well rested he is.

Doctors and nurses who work 80 hour weeks get burnout....not footballers who train for a few hours a day. He has world class facilities and coaches at his disposal. They know exactly how much to train them to keep them in peak conditioning.

I'm not having a go at you mada particularly but this sterling burnout thing really grinds my gears. Why don't we ever hear the young defenders who play every game getting burnout? Only the attackers? Can we get a grip on this please? He's not exactly mining coal is he?

Burnout doesn't really work that way.

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

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