Liverpool Banter Archive June 16 2015

16 Jun 2015 22:55:27
Have to say I'm disappointed with how we've conducted ourselves with inter.

It's not the first time either as Fiorentina were not pleased with our dealings over a previous transfer either.

Why do we seem to believe (at a systemic level from execs right down to players and fans) that we are so much better than other teams? Our arrogance and lack of humility is staggering at times.

The kovacevic deal is not dead, but it is certainly less likely than a few days ago, a deal can and (in my opinion) will be struck but we need to drastically improve our relations with other teams.

16 Jun 2015 23:51:57
We just don't seem to get it right, ever.
We bid ridiculously over inflated prices for English based players - Carroll, Downing, Adam, Lallana, Lovren, Lambert, Allen, Henderson
Then we 'low ball' foreign teams for good players.

Is there someone negotiating deals at our club who has a problem distinguishing euros and pounds sterling?
Mr Ayre may very well be a marketing whiz kid, it's certainly what his original mandate was and the club has improved greatly in that area, but I wonder if he has the transfer negotiating skills.

17 Jun 2015 00:13:54
Kovacic is over. Let that ship sale :(

As for the club. We have always payed over the odds and been charged more for who we are, absolutely no doubt about iT. Maybe it is time we started getting harder and saying to these clubs, this is what we will pay end of.

The prem suffers for excess charges on players that other clubs don't especial in there own countries.

Palermos president said he wanted more than 40mil for DDybala, when the prem was interested but he goes to juvenile for 21 mil. Vidal was 15 mil for Barcelona but would of been about 20/25 fir the prem. Clubs want to cash.in because they know how much we make through TV and sponsorships etc. Enough is enough.

17 Jun 2015 02:24:44
The one that always get to me was the negotiations with dempsey. It was clear that we NEEDED an attacking player and we decided to play hard ball with fulham and tried to tap the player up which pissed fulham off leading to fulham selling to Spurs on deadline day sheerly because of our arrogance. In hindsight you could argue maybe it was good that we didn't get him because if we had we may not have signed sturridge in January, but the club still knew we needed a forward badly and they messed it up

17 Jun 2015 02:34:48
I agree with the points made above, I think sometimes we rely too heavily on our history of our club sometimes when trying get players, like a player would join solely for the history we have. I think its a problem that has crept into the club, players and fans over the last 10 years. I used be able feel I could boast having the best fans in the world, the best atmosphere in any ground, but i feel since the information age we have lost sight of what our club stood for going back to Shanks and before that. We have a bad performance and we take to the forums to call for the managers head, or this player isn't good enough. While these are valid points, I don't think it helps as much as we think. I still see BR getting trashed on here on a daily basis, I agree he has shown allot of naivety and has made some silly decisions, I don't think wanting him sacked will help, especially now the club have said he is staying. Get behind your team and stop wanting change of managers every 2 seconds, if Klopp came in and we failed finish 7th, would the fans call for his head too? I don't feel I can even boast having the best fans in England nowadays, this season showed that for me, we had such an awful season, and the fans were all over BR wanting him sacked, then we went 12 games unbeaten and everyone was singing his praises again, then we finished the season poorly and everyone wants get rid of him again. We have become too fickle and impatient.

I don't have the luxury of going week in week out to the games being the other side of the Irish sea, as some fans are lucky enough to go to the games so I rely on those fans to do the chanting I do from the other side of the screen.
I remember the first time I was in Anfield back in 2007 and the atmosphere was just incredible, but watching on tv this year, sometimes the atmosphere seemed dead, I know the players were not giving much to shout about, but did the players give us much to shout for at half time in istanbul? no, yet it was down to those fans who made that trip that made our dreams come true that night. Anyone who has been to Anfield this season can correct me if I am wrong there, but from watching on tv, definitely was below the high standards we as fans set, but for me, I feel we have lost the essence of what it means to be a Liverpool fan, the standards and morals that set us apart as the best fans in the world.

I look to Borrusia Dortmund as a prime example, Klopp had a similar season to BR, lost their key forward player and suffered hard for it, they spent most of the season in the relegation places, and finished 7th in a league allot poorer than the PL in my opinion. Yet the Liverpool fans want Klopp? but the fans never turned on Klopp, even when he announced he was leaving the club, they see him the same way we saw Shanks and Sir Bob and Joe Fagan and King Kenny, the list goes on. We were close to finishing 4th until the last few games really without a recognized striker all year, we finished on 62 points only 8 points off CL, so in theory we only need make up 8 points, if we spend wisely and get in the right players and a 20 goal a season striker I believe we can get way more than 70 points.

I do agree though with Redman96 that the PL suffers with over inflated fees from european clubs and especially with Liverpool I find, we always have to pay over the odds for sub par players. Whether this is the clubs fault, the managers who sign them, the scouts who found them i don't know. I think because we are Liverpool, is allot harder for players to adapt, they find this pressure on their shoulders to perform, and over the last 10 years, there have been allot more poor signings than good ones, or players who looked perfect on paper, but never materialized. that's just my 2 cents at 2.30am :P

{Ed001's Note - why do people keep comparing Klopp with Rodgers? There is no comparison, Klopp is a proven winner, Rodgers just talks about winning while actually winning nothing. Easy for the fans to get behind Klopp, he took Dortmund from a club in serious financial trouble nowhere near challenging, and made them a regular title challenger as well as picking up a couple of titles. If Rodgers had won as much as Klopp had, he would get more backing, even during the rough times.}

17 Jun 2015 07:02:18
My comment wasn't about the type or quality of players we go for but more about how we conduct ourselves. We just don't act professional at times and it is both embarrassing for us and infuriating for the other team. I dunno how we act when signing players from other teams but Italian teams are not especially keen on dealing with us.

17 Jun 2015 12:45:18
Ed01, i wasnt actually comparing klopp to BR. I was merely saying klopp and dortmund had a similar season to BR and Liverpool. Was well below the standards dortmund had set in previous seasons and us last season finishing 2nd. I am by no means BR's biggest fan, i find his team selections bewildering sometimes, and playing players out of position doesn't help sometimes. There is no denying thak klopp is a world class manager and one of a dying breed in my view who doesn't care about how much money he has each season but cares about the club he manages, i don't think any other manager could do what he did with dortmund, and got the best of his players, i'd die to see him in the liverpool hotseat. What he did with dortmund was outstanding, made them into a real force in europe and in germany without the financial might of bayern, i know the fans see klopp as a god becauae off where they was as a club when he took over. The point i tried make was, if liverpool spent as long as dortmund did in tbe relegation zone this season the fans wouldn't have stayed behind Rodgers, yet they did stay behind klopp. I understand that the fans would be happier had BR won something at least during his tenure, but the point i was trying to make was more about dortmund losing lewandoski and us suarez which both were major factors in how our seasons turned out.

{Ed001's Note - so you are comparing Klopp with Rodgers because you are trying to make out the fans are at fault for viewing them differently, even though you are also saying they are totally different. This just makes no sense. Rodgers has done nothing to deserve the fans' backing, he is done everything he can to make the club look a joke with his idiotic comments and is lucky to have anyone behind him at all. If he had Klopp's track record, then he might deserve leniency, but he doesn't. So your point is still nonexistent!}

18 Jun 2015 00:26:55
Comparing both by using Klopp's final season is just dishonest and stupid. Klopp has trophies and is proven while BR doesn't have a sausage to his name. There fixed it for you

16 Jun 2015 21:59:24
I have never nor will I ever understand our dealings in the transfer market. As we all know over the last couple of years we have lost out on numerous top players who have all gone on to be great players. At the same time we have managed to pick up one or two bargain basement players (Coutinho and Sturridge)

What really annoys me more than anything is Brendan Rodgers and his constant talk of strengthening and improving his squad with first 11 starters.

Given the amount of money he wasted last year on so called first team players (Can only) do you editors believe this is a reason FSG are being extra careful this summer in the transfer market?

Take Kovacic for instance he's certainly a £20 million pound player and is by far a better all round player than Sterling and yet if it is believed we are offering peanuts for his services and at the same time insulting Inter by trying to offload some of Brendan's poor buys in the deal.

I know our wage bill is huge and players like Balo Enrique Borini etc need moving on but for me Kovacic is a must buy and certainly a first team player ahead of the likes of Allen Lallana Markovic and Sterling so FSG should stop messing about before it's too late.

Just my opinion but I can sort of understand FSGs dilemma

17 Jun 2015 00:19:27
I can't. They kept a failure in place and BR's making the same mistakes in the TW that he made last season as in, buying players we don't need. It's that cut and dry. They choked on getting Klopp or another manager to get us out of this mess. Where's the dilemma?

17 Jun 2015 00:38:49
sorry to say i agree with Curled 1, what i cannot understand is this. every Red's fan and his dog have known for a very long time what players and positions needed sorting out, yet nobody at the club has addressed the obvious! why? good question, this buying young players cheap then hoping to sell them at a profit a couple of seasons later has not worked, we have needed a top striker since Suarez left, goalkeeper position was embarrassing last season and Rodgers, well it's all been said, is it any wonder top players don't want to come to play at Anfield.

17 Jun 2015 00:30:11
use lose out on world class players because no one wants to play for a team who hasn't been at the pinnacle of the league for over 25 years.

when are you going to realise mediocre and average is now what you have become?

your last world class player has gone.

enjoy mid table battles with swansea and stoke :)

{Ed001's Note - where were Liverpool when they bought Suarez? These kind of comments just show ignorance.}

17 Jun 2015 07:00:46
Redohio I have to agree with you. I admit that this decision to leave BR in charge is the first time I have seriously questioned FSG. They have generally been good owners but this decision is mind boggling for me.

16 Jun 2015 19:59:23
Edd001 can I ask what you think about our signings and the road we are taking because when I visit the page it's as if the players we have signed have transformed into top players when the reality is they are not going to improve us.
Man i'm fed up with the situation. Rodgers was a disaster last season and everyone but him have been sacked and we needed a top gk not to compete with mignolet but a first teamer such as cech. We also needed a top striker and midfielder. And not in any lifetime would have wanted the club would sign the 3 players we have to improve the first team we have. And to add our shocking defence looks as if nothing will change or anything is to be done to improve it significantly. This isn't 'abuse'. It's the reality of it. I just don't think it's acceptable what is happening and I might sound harsh but imagine what most fans will say when the season goes badly. There has been nothing so far carried out this summer or look to be as far as changing what happened last season.

{Ed001's Note - Bogdan would be ok if we were a Championship team, but he is simply not good enough for a Premier League team.

Milner would be an excellent signing if we didn't have Henderson. I can only assume he is to replace Gerrard's experience and play out wide, as he is otherwise a complete waste of a signing.

Ings I have fears about, while he has ability, he is quick, but it is that lack of bottle he showed when he decided to stop taking Burnley's penalties in case he missed and sent them down that worries me. He also scored less than Austin in a side that was creating more chances than the truly awful QPR. We needed a top class goalscorer, we got a fairly decent striker instead.

I am worried because we are still not buying to replace the weaker links, we are just bringing in players. I get that we lost our back up keeper, but Mignolet is simply not good enough, so replace him and he can be the back up. We needed a striker, but Ings is not a lone striker anyway, he plays best with a partner, and we very rarely play two up top. The last thing we needed was a player like Milner, no matter how good he is, though I have no doubts he will work hard and play well. It is just that he is not needed and doesn't improve the team all that much. The only player we have targeted that is a clear step up over the players we already have is Kovacic and we messed about so much we might end up losing him.

The transfer policy of the club is imbecilic. No thought has been put into it, it is just like we are collecting midfielders, when we already have so many Rodgers attempted to field a team of them at the end of the season! At least we can go into the season with no expectations, because it will be a miracle if we get top 4 next year.}

16 Jun 2015 21:56:51
Edd001 absolutely brilliant post. Thanks for the effort and honesty in the post matE!

16 Jun 2015 22:18:40
Ed1 you have hit the nail right on the head there mate

16 Jun 2015 22:37:17
I'll be happy with just kovacic in now.

With ballo, borini, aspas, Alberto, sterling, gerrard, Enrique, jonno.

Couple I would like the club to look for would be;

Not swap deals btw lol

Mignolet for begonia/hhandonovic

Lucas for medel

B, b & as for Mitrovic

But as I said will be chuffed with just kovacic now.

16 Jun 2015 22:38:37
Very good ed, but great post by potatoe head also, very honest and it's what a lot of us fans are thinking. Can't blame the owners, they've pumped so much money into the club and Rodgers has really squandered it. It's so obvious there's nothing left

17 Jun 2015 00:56:52
Ah yes ! But you don't understand the 0-10-0 system !

17 Jun 2015 00:27:23
Potatoe and Ed, brilliant posts. I have the very same fears as well and trust me, there are no miracles in footie or any sport. It's all about preparation and strategy with a direct goal and how to get there. If you fail to plan like we're doing, you are planning to fail as we will if we continue to screw up as we are. Like the Ed, only a severe turn of events will get us top four next season.

17 Jun 2015 07:04:40
I concur OP and Ed001, Kovacic was the only potential signing I was excited about and it now seems we've gone and potentially ballsed it up. Though I was half expecting that to be the case. I hope we can still pull it off, he would clearly be our best midfielder if we can. I would be excited to see him and Couthino together.

17 Jun 2015 07:42:44
Redman - Begonia?

I'm sure, given the right soil, he will flower for the club in due course.

I remember his step dad - Tim Flowers - with fondness.

17 Jun 2015 09:03:03
Trying not to get into the blame game but fsg has to take some responsibility here. The transfer committee and the brendan experiment has failed and clear and decisive leadership was required. I reiterate that we are regressing yet again and i fear it will not change until fsg sell up and we get in footballing owners.

I am not knocking their commitment to try and make the club successful, but i do question their commitment to understanding football and how we approach the running of this club. There is no point holding reviews if the fundamental issues are not addressed and improved upon. Our behaviour over transfers since they came has been shambolic yet the review has not looked at this.

No one takes responsibility and says hang on a minute, you have wasted the career of ilori but yet you want to spend another 3.5m on another young defender whose career you will also waste. Or bringing in bogdan who is 3rd choice at best in a prem club when people like begovic would have been available and an upgrade on our current keeper.

No expectations is about right I'm afraid and no confidence in the leadership of the club and a spineless sicophant of a manager at the helm. Not everyone will agree with all decisions made by organisations but they are getting it so clearly wrong and our stay away owners are not doing anything constructive to improve the situation.

16 Jun 2015 18:24:13
Surely konoplyanka is a must.

We know sterling is going to go between now and potentially Jan when he can invoke the Webster ruling.

We were prepared to buy him, but now we can get him for free were not interested ?

If we got him and sold sterling what a piece of business!

Lopez, cech or begovic

Kovacic

Kono

Mitrovic

16 Jun 2015 19:30:52
Be amazed if we got another keeper! But if sterling goes kono would be great, been trying to catch up on mitrovic but looks a good player who looks like he could offer us a something different and rumoured price seems alright ( love to get more info on him if anyone can update me!) and still unsure about kovacic ( unless lucas and allen are going, but like lucas!) but does look a good player at least!

16 Jun 2015 20:22:57
Sterling won't evoke the Webster Ruling !
He can, in theory, buy out the remaining term of his contract, yes.
But presuming that Liverpool and the other club (eg City) cannot agree sufficient compensation ie Liverpool ask for £50m and City £25m, the case would go to Tribunal and be mired in delays and legal wranglings.
There have been no high profile cases of Webster transfers in recent years, that I am aware of, for this very reason.

Liverpool will either sell at an acceptable price, or they won't. Sterling would have to lump it, in the latter scenario.

16 Jun 2015 21:29:14
That is, if Sterling has a specific clause in his contract (and I am assuming it would be pretty much standard on any contract over 3 years in length now, ed ? to counter this type of thing) whereby any compensation received by Liverpool would not just be the value of his outstanding contract but for "harm" suffered - both parties (seller and buyer) would have to agree what that harm is, in cold £ notes. Not easy to establish and could be protracted and costly.

{Ed002's Note - Nothing to do with the contract.}

16 Jun 2015 22:49:48
If sterling goes I don't think we need to replace him. We already have loads of talented attacking mids/fwds Coutinho, lallana, markovic, Ibe, Sinclair who can't all get a game. Seeing as the club have wasted the chance to spend money on a top class gk ,they should invest any sterling money in a champion's league level striker (if any will come that is)

17 Jun 2015 00:31:17
Kono is a money grabber which is why no club has gotten him yet. Now he wants to go to the Arse and wants 100k a week per the Daily rags. Yeah, good luck with that with the Arsene in charge. He's trouble and I'm happy we are not in for him. Btw, we have Ibe and Ojo who can step in. Use the funds for a top striker because they are out there

16 Jun 2015 18:06:05
Have seen a cpl of things online about us using the sterling money for clyne and benteke. I know lots of the press that we read is just lazy. I really do hope we will go for a more accomplished front man though. Nothing against benteke but don't feel he suits our style of play. With sturridge having his injury probs and still going to need more time to come back, they just don't seem to be trying to replace what we lost. No probs with who we have got so far. I wonder if more is to come

16 Jun 2015 18:26:54
Under rodgers we will never have a defined style if play. And if by mistake and external advice he does stumble upon anything good he will inexplicably chnage it the next season

16 Jun 2015 22:29:09
When I mentioned style of play I was not reffering to the season just gone. I guess that could well be what we have to get used to. I hope not but Brenda does not seem to have many of us feeling enthusiastic

17 Jun 2015 00:35:16
BR is a ditherer and an opportunist. Why? When things were going well, he took all the credit for using a system that he himself, doesn't believe in, proposed by Bielsa. Then when things went south suddenly, the assistants get the chop. So following that logic, shouldn't they be getting the credit and if so, what does BR actually do as it seems to only be a manager in name only? Thoughts?

17 Jun 2015 05:54:39
BR can't sack the assistants, that's not his remit. FSG / Mr Ayre would have had to agreed with this course of action. So either BR convinced them or they took the decision themselves. We will probably never know.

{Ed001's Note - we do know, no matter how much you want to pretend they might have had a falling out, the change was nothing to do with Rodgers.}

16 Jun 2015 17:04:44
I still can't believe that I am never going to see stevie G grace the Anfield faithful again. I think it's just hit me now. Eds how can we possibly replace that legend. half the players that we are linked with wouldn't lace his boots.

{Ed002's Note - Most on here spent last season trashing him.}

16 Jun 2015 20:03:46
Half the players we are linked with wouldn't have laced his boots - when he was in his prime - that day is no more. Whilst we may never see his like again, you have to look at it that we have been priviledged to have had him serve his entire career (to date) at Anfield, rather than slate the players who come after.

17 Jun 2015 00:47:25
Spot on, Andy!

16 Jun 2015 16:25:04
Hey Eds, Do you know when the team is being recalled for pre-season training? I think we're in the phoney war now and things will be quiet till everyone's back from their hols.

{Ed002's Note - Early July for some - others involved in competition it will be later.}

16 Jun 2015 15:45:47
Hi eds, with regardes to the targets being mentioned for the summer, We aren't exactly reaching for the stars. Escuse the pun! We all know your admiration of mitrovic as you have expressed previously. Also another player you admire in medel. I couldn't believe We weren't in for him before he joined cardiff. Mu question is this. What is going on that these players don't even appear to be considered and also. why apparently do We seem to be addressing areas which are not required (again). We need goals. lost our highest earner and again replacing seasoned players with potentially good players. when will We learn. We are Making the same mistakes all over again it seems!!!

{Ed002's Note - Unfortunately Liverpool can't consider and buy every player Craig.}

16 Jun 2015 16:05:43
Its not about buying every player, surely its about buying the right players. Last year after losing suarez. instead of prioritising someone to attempt to fill his shoes we sold a RB, loaned out another. and brought in a spanish Rb with no experience for a 2 yr loan. The clubs decision making doesn't inspire confidence. All teams are a blend of youth and experience. we are going for pure youth and potential. and praying it works out!

16 Jun 2015 17:30:51
The thing is you don't know who the right players are until a couple of years after you buy them. Everything seems simple in hindsight.

We could of spent last years Suarez Money on Di Maria and Luke Shaw. At the time we'd have thought we'd done brilliantly, in hindsight we would have realised we'd wasted our money.

There's no such thing as a sure thing.

16 Jun 2015 14:40:58
My summer hopes :)

Our midfield will be strong if we get kovacic, also if/when sterling gos. kono to replace him. Use the money to get a good proven striker to play with sturridge and replace him when he's out.

Lucas to go unfortunately but you would hope that can would be suited to that role. Rossiter should also get the nod to come up to the first team and get experience with a few starts in the cups and sub appearances/cover when cans out or injured.

Lets hope rodgers sees the 3 at the back isn't what Liverpool need going forward. With a holding player he can still play the attacking football be wants, but just not have the back 4 open at every opportunity.

Joe allen should be sold. Free up more wages and get 5-10mil back in. he's hasn't improved at all and i could probably count on one hand the games where he has made a difference to the result or performance.

All the squad really needs is a right back, established/prolific striker added to what's already here. that's taking kovacic and kono as players also. A keeper would of been nice but bogdan will do a job hopefully.

Out with
Allen,Lucas, Borini, Balotelli ,Coates,Enrique,Jones,Gerrard :(
Johnston,Lambert,Aspas,Sterling,Manaquio
Yesil,Illori,Alberto
possibly others, how did they stockpile so many is what i would be asking!!

Ins

Ings, milner, origi, kovacic, kono, proven striker, right back and bogdan. have wisdom in the squad for cover of rb/cb

Far too many in my eyes but its what will in all likelihood happen if what's reported/expected gos ahead.

Would have a good core of young players to grow together. Top 4 should be attainable and with the size of squad- a good showing in Europe and cups.

A boy can dream 😎

16 Jun 2015 16:51:18
To many new players. Sterling is already replaced.

16 Jun 2015 22:25:56
Man on the Moon - "Joe allen should be sold. Free up more wages and get 5-10mil back in.".

Who in their right mind is going to pay £5m for Joe Allen. He's worth £2-3m at the most.

16 Jun 2015 14:01:30
Hi eds I'll try and keep this number free

Whatever the hell inter are asking for kovacic, is it outrageous in the sense that they are highly overvaluing him? If so is it right that liverpool play lowball or should they shut up and pay. If not, sane question.

{Ed002's Note - It is not quite that simple.}

16 Jun 2015 14:46:20
They want 18m lfc doing there usual we will gice you £1 now the reat over 10years malarky

16 Jun 2015 16:01:21
He'll be out of contract when he's 31 and nobody offers him a new one ,,, we can get him then :)

16 Jun 2015 16:10:03
Would that it were ed .Have transfers always been this dastardly?

16 Jun 2015 12:37:07
Hi eds,

I have been following this site for more than 6 months are really appreciate the work your doing.

On a side note, what does eds stand for? :P

16 Jun 2015 12:48:24
Lol. it stands for extraterrestrial dimensionless species

16 Jun 2015 12:59:01
Editors

16 Jun 2015 13:42:55
Btw ed001 where's my prize for predicting that eds meaning correct?

16 Jun 2015 14:09:38
Oh my days.

16 Jun 2015 16:06:56
They're all called Ed mate. Ed001 is called Eddy. Ed002 is Edwina. Ed007 is Edwardo.
They all live in a big house together and share the washing up.

16 Jun 2015 11:41:55
Hi eds . Is there anything in the nzonzi rumours today,This is a player I rate highly and I think exactly what we need in midfield huge engine ,really strong ,box to box with a few goals in him also passes well and at a reasonable price one would assume. Not a big name but could be a big player for us for the next few years.

{Ed002's Note - Twitter is this?}

16 Jun 2015 12:36:19
I agree blueshank I have watched znonzi for a few years and he has great pace and can find the net. I still feel he is very inconsistent to be put straight into the first team

16 Jun 2015 12:39:42
Nzonzi is another player who looks great on highlight reals, I always watch him and he looks super

I have no.idea what he's like over 90 minutes, maybe the eds could shed some light on this.

In place of kovacic I dint know.

16 Jun 2015 12:51:07
Kovacic is on a different planet as compared to nzonzi who IMO is nothing but an average midfielder. Better than allen but nowhere neae Henderson ramsey Carrick etc

16 Jun 2015 13:17:36
I'm with ReetRed on this. Definitely not good enough for us. He's filthy as well, it's one thing looking to add bite to the midfield but he's full of headless dirty fouls.

16 Jun 2015 13:28:11
Kovacic will either come or he won't I was referring to a replacement for Lucas actually a cheap premier league player who can step up playing for a better side . I like the way he can bully the opposition just like he did to us . Imo he is better than all our current def mids

16 Jun 2015 14:00:30
Nzonzi better than Lucas????? Seriously??

16 Jun 2015 14:50:44
I know quite a few SCFC season tick holders, they rave about Nzoni and say he is by far their best player. He'd be ideal for us.

16 Jun 2015 14:52:22
To be honest though, why would he come to us? It wouldn't surprise me if Stoke finish above us next season. If it wasn't for the Utd connection with Hughes, I'd take him as manager in a heart beat.

16 Jun 2015 15:54:27
This sounds like another one of those, he had 1 great game against us so must be world class, let's buy him posts.

16 Jun 2015 17:41:23
Man, life must suck to be you Ozone.

16 Jun 2015 19:59:30
"Ozone" - blocks out the sunshine.

Says it all.

:-)

16 Jun 2015 20:40:56
Quicker than Lucas , stronger , not injured every week like Lucas more goals than Lucas and I'know who would win the duel when head to head so yeah better than Lucas . Nzonzi deserves a chance to prove he can step up . I'm being realistic if Brendan does not rate him why not have a guy who he may play and for Lucas sale money he could be acquired

16 Jun 2015 10:27:51
Liverpool have bid 20m for saints striker Juanmi after scoring 20 goals in his first season. Sorry just predicting next summers transfers.

16 Jun 2015 12:41:30
Are we being safe with money now Dorset? If a player scores 20 goals in a year I expect them to pay about 40 mil and morgage everything on him, and ask no questions ad to why we didn't pick him.up for 5 mil

15 Jun 2015 23:51:31
Hi eds, I heard that we have been in contact with balazs dzsudzsak who I believe is a free agent as of July. I've also been told that we have bid for Solomon Rondon? are we interested? Or is this tripe?
Cheers

{Ed002's Note - I can't help. Sorry.}

16 Jun 2015 11:02:53
We were interested Dzsudzak 3 or 4 years ago I think so they are probably just jumping on that now he is on a free. We don't need another winger/attacking mid anyway!

16 Jun 2015 05:25:37
Speaking of right backs. How do you rate Barcelona's new right back Vidal? Would we of considered?

{Ed001's Note - he is not really a right back, he can just cover there. As a right back he is mostly missing up field as his positional sense is non-existent. He is a winger.}

16 Jun 2015 09:16:48
So like most right backs today then ed?

{Ed001's Note - only more pronounced as he literally forgets his position at times. His starting position tends to be 10 yards too far forward.}

16 Jun 2015 12:10:19
10 yards too far forward, sounds like Manquillo.