Liverpool Banter Archive March 14 2014

14 Mar 2014 21:33:39
Just a thought I've been having recently.
With our worldwide support numbering at least in the tens of millions, if we all donated £2 towards a fans transfer kitty to give to the club to help purchase better players for our team.
Now not everyone will donate of course but others will give a lot more than £2
I know I wouldn't mind doing this twice a year if it went on strengthening the team.
We all pay to support our club in other ways such as media, fashion or going to the match, often lining the pockets of others not even involved with football.
Our global support could be enough to help purchase a top quality player every season.

I thought this at one point mate, but I'm fairly sure it would never happen! And it would be wrong in my opinion for millions to give £2 to a cause that has no need whatsoever for the money other than for us, as fans, personal enjoyment in signing maybe one more player, when there's thousands of charities that could do more with the money! I mean I love Liverpool football club as much as anyone but it would be a worrying state of culture to see people giving £2 towards something like this instead of a charity! Just my thoughts anyway haha.

Ha I think that would be a great idea, obviously various rules are preventing such things but it would be pretty cool, I think people have the right to spend their money on whatever they want though, I.e we shouldn't go for a meal tonight because it will cost us 40 quid that are neighbours could use. If any of the edds wouldn't mind pointing out what rules prevent this kind of thing?

{Ed003's Note - If you want to go for a meal tonight you go there are no rules to stopyou I'm sure your neighboours wont mind in the slightest.}

Or instead of donating money to this cause you can just support the club via. The normal channels e.g. Buy Merchandise.

Also the club isn't a registered charity so you can't donate per se, you could form a consortium with the rest of the people, all chipping in £2, and invest in Liverpool.

It would be pretty cool if we could get a fan group together and invest in Liverpool, that way we would get a vote at shareholder meetings; thus giving us more control as to the way the club operates. Sadly I don't think this will ever happen.

How about you all have a whip round and buy me a new car. :) I will use it on match days to drive up to 3 fans to the game.

14 Mar 2014 19:40:00
Hi eds.
just wondering if anyone has shown interest in Noone of cardiff?
cheers lads

{Ed001's Note - yes, there was a lot of interest in him from the Championship, prior to the season kicking off. It looked early on like he would not get a game this season, there was an expectation of him being moved on.}

I was at the Cardiff game at home and thought he looked quite bright in the first half

Yes I believe we are interested in no one from Cardiff

14 Mar 2014 19:05:40
Hopefully at some point in the closing of the season we will see McLaughlin make his senior debut and some more minutes for Smith and Teixeira.

Did mclaughlins loan finish? Did Barnsley not want him back?

14 Mar 2014 14:10:00
Well done Daniel Sturridge, Barclays Premier League Player of the Month, February 2014.

Twice so far this season for Danny. I hope he gets a hat-trick of them come May.

I heard Sturridge was in the running for ''young player of the year'' which at age 24, he would still qualify for, I found that quite surprising myself but then it might have been a wind up.

Young player of the year goes to 23 year olds and younger. Sturridge was 23 at the start of the season so he is eligible.

Fully deserved imo, it was between him and Hazard and Liverpools results may have just swung it for him.

On another note, what are all u Liverpool fans opinions on BR and his transfer policy? Its strange to me, his 'big' buys dnt seem to work out (aspas, borini) yet his lower range buy (coutinho) seem to, do any of u see this as a long term problem? Would u trust him with say the funds to go out and buy a £30m player?
Just wondering if its luck with these lower range buys or is he actually really clever at spotting the 'right' player. For me its luck. Opinions?

Liverpool can't afford £30 million footballers, unless Suarez goes. The other players, value wise isn't much in it. So, as you say its a bit of luck I guess but when dabbling in the cheaper end of themarket you only need to get one out of 3 right and you won't lose too much on the other 2.

14 Mar 2014 20:43:30
i personally believe every manager has hits and misses in the transfer market but if you are in aplace where there seems to be a bottomless pit of money utd, city, chelski, psg, monaco, real madrid.it dosent seem to get the same focus, as we have to be right most of the time as a bad buy sticks out in r wafer thin squad imo.

CTR,

It is a bit unfair to deem Aspas and Borini as flops especially when you have 2 world class strikers in Suarez and Sturridge to compete with. Even your very own Rooney and RVP wouldn't get in our starting line up ahead of them (on current form anyway).

Red Rum

15 Mar 2014 08:36:05
Aspas was around £7 million and Borini around £10. I wouldn't really say they were big buys.
I suppose the only big buy would be Kirikou, at around £18 million, then possibly Sturridge at around 12, I think these are BRs 2 most expensive signings but I could be wrong.

Allen = 15million Dave, 2nd biggest outlay. Whether he can be an asset to the team who knows? But he has looked better, we'll need him in the squad if we make CL next season.

14 Mar 2014 11:48:28
Have you heard any news on borini, assaidi and suso as to whether they will remain at Liverpool next season. I know suso has stated he wants to stay at Liverpool

{Ed002's Note - There is nothing new.}

Suso gave a short interview on the radio yesterday, good to hear his thoughts on the team and what his plans for the future are.

He's working hard, talking with Rodgers over the phone, wishing the lads at Liverpool all the best for their match against United on Sunday, saying he believes Liverpool have the ''quality'' with Sturridge and Suarez to win the League ''which they will do sooner or later'' when asked about Liverpool's continental style of keep ball''. The lad is golden to us Liverpool fans, he also explained why he went to Almeria and that he wanted to play every game, in a small team. Says a lot about his character in my opinion. It was a good interview with a great lad.

14 Mar 2014 10:42:36
Rumour has it that we are interested in bringing both Lallana and Shaw as they are seen to have the quality to come in and hit the ground running, and Brendan is keen to bring in more British talent to the squad. We will face stiff competition from Chavski, Citeh and Arsenal, and not-so-stiff competition from Man Utd.

Quite a naive view you got there. Players will still want to go to UTD, they will also pay way over the value for players so it will be a more attractive prospect to go them than our club who won't pay any more than a player is worth.

I wouldn't pin your hopes on those 2 coming in. We are more likely to spend on a wider range of relatively unknown players of which 50% won't make it.

Sturridge, Sakho, Coutinho, Allen, Toure

Aspas, Borini, Assaidi, Cissokho, Moses

We don't have a glorious financial empire like UTD and Arsenal or sugar daddy owners like Chelsea and City. We have to rely on smart investments and hard work.

Would be great to bring in more British talent. However, the transfer premium would be prohibitive for both I would imagine

14 Mar 2014 09:51:22
Over jan there were a few rumours about Ryan Gauld think he plays for Dundee Utd seems to have died down a bit since, have we expressed any interest?

{Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}

14 Mar 2014 08:48:03
Eds and reds,

Correct me if I am wrong, but it appears that Liverpool will be looking to buy a left back, a left winger and a midfielder.
This left back is replacing Aly Cissokho and the left winger is replacing Victor Moses.
So only the midfielder is making the squad bigger, is this right?
Do you have a list of potential targets for these positions?

Also, it has been mentioned that if players leave we will find replacements.
Do you know who is currently being considered to leave and who we could replace them with?

{Ed002's Note - Read the posts please.}

You are wrong. replacing a non starter/dead wood is as good as a new player. Moses and Cissoko aren't really starters anyway so if they left the team and no one was brought in we would more or less be in the same situation. Bringing in viable replacements is adding depth but only if they're better.

13 Mar 2014 23:50:34
Hey Eds,
Do you see any of Konoplyanka, Markovic and Gaitan moving to LFC in the summer? Also which would you prefer out of the three and why? Cheers would be really grateful for a reply.

{Ed002's Note - I can't say hat will happen but the interest in Konoplyanka is coming from elsewhere right now; Markovic seems very unlikely; Gaitan is financially well beyond Liverpool's means right now.}

£16m Gaitan is out of Liverpool's financial means?