Liverpool Banter Archive May 07 2015

07 May 2015 23:28:23
So sturridge out till September, will misss the beginning of next season!

Right so first thing we need to do is buy a proven quality goalscorer who will get us 20-30 goals next season.

I can just imagine us getting ings or son but who do you think we will get?

08 May 2015 12:35:27
Agree. Throw the bank at J. Martinez. Ings? He won't score 5 goals next season. Son would be great second striker. Cavani will go to City. Falcao is spent. Benteke is injury prone. Any other strikers on the radar? If Klopp came, perhaps a german like das bost?

08 May 2015 13:13:06
Seriously coop. You slate ings and then suggest das bost a guy who has had a half good season in his entire career

08 May 2015 13:35:37
And I think he's Dutch, not German

08 May 2015 14:09:46
Dost is Dutch and not German and still even worse than Benteke (who plays when he feels like playing and a sicknote like Studge). But seriously, we needed a top striker regardless of if Studge was fit or not. Ings is not what we need because to me, he and Origi are the same as in, not ready to play for a big club with big expectations like LFC. You can go 10 games w/o a goal in the lesser teams like Lille and Burnley and the fans will still back you. Here? You will be run out of town due to the pressure involved. All in for a top striker should be THE priority of this window and the rest will follow.

08 May 2015 17:02:54
if Ings scores 5 it will be 1 more than sturridge will get. get real with the Jackson Martinez dreams we can't get Roberto Martinez!

07 May 2015 22:32:18
Hey eds do you see Balotelli going to Sampdoria in the summer?

{Ed002's Note - I don't know.}

07 May 2015 21:51:08
Just read (hopefully correctly) about the eds saying higuian could be possible. To clarify not that it is likely but if we went all out we could potentially get him.

So if instead of getting a CF, CM, RB & Gk we just got higuian, would you be happy?

Persoanlly yes! Is a top player have a good squad and talented youth, think he could bang in 20 goals and if studge was fit easy between the two 40 goals and couts would have someone to pass to!

07 May 2015 22:40:22
Get out of dream world. We are about as attractive a club as spurs and its about time we realised it

08 May 2015 00:35:42
Was a hypothetical question and did say not likely by any means. don't see it happening or the club trying but if we went for it could.

Napoli are 4 points of a CL spot (we're 4 points off) so not like he has CL football next year.

As for finances if we move all the players expected to go could raise £35m to at a push £50m which would imagine would cover a transfer fee with money to spare. gerrard and johnson clears £200k+ a week in wages plus the other 6-8 players going means we could offer him an increased salary and still reduce the wage bill.

Genuinely completely hypothetical and just a thought but is something I imagone we could do and still improve our financial position whilst making our team much better.

07 May 2015 19:50:59
Have I gone crazy or does John Carver look like Steven Gerrard's stoned older brother?

07 May 2015 20:16:24
Hearing his latest comments on how he's the best manager in England, I'd think he's distantly related to BR.

08 May 2015 18:15:02
The media and the public do not know our targets in advance. Ninety percent of whay the papers print is pure speculation, they are only interested in stories that will sell papers. The public get their "info" from the papers and web sites that are mostly no better than the papers.
Best plan is to bury your head for a few weeks then rubbish like the Depay stories won't bother anyone.

07 May 2015 18:54:00
I know it's been done to death but watching the Barca - Bayern game last night made me think, Sterling wouldn't get in either of those teams so he's at the best place for his development.

As for Depay the Eds said they always thought he was Man Utd bound so we suck it up and get on with it. There's similar targets for less money.

We are Liverpool.

07 May 2015 19:09:46
We are Liverpool? We are Brendan Rodgers = Mediocrity.

07 May 2015 19:15:31
Hazard & aguero are probabaly only two players that wouldn't struggle to get into that team in the whole league.

As for depay not bothered really but people need to stop saying he isn't that good or not worth the money. Not seenu h of him but is highly regarded and did get 21 goals in 28 games from wide which is impressive in any league.

Good struggle to adapt could hit the ground running never know!

07 May 2015 19:18:28
Maxlfc, can't you go one post without slamming into Rodgers? I don't mind you expressing your opinion but when you feel the need to rip into him all the time it really writhes me! He's the manager of your favourite club, show some respect for once!

07 May 2015 19:25:13
Here is my view on the Bayern - Barca game in the LFC context:

1.We need Suarez way more than Barca needs him (though let's be honest he would be so waisted with us).

2. If Manuel Noeyer would want to sign for us as a defender, not GK, I would take him even if I have to guarantee him a place in our starting 11 every game he is fit (he may have to agree to stand in goal when we play ManU).

3. The gap between mid table championship sides and us is smaller than the gap between us and Barca and Munich. Not that the other top4 PL teams are much closer.

4. Three players on that pitch were ex Liverpool players - in principle could be seen a reason for pride but in a sense the source of all our troubles, not being able to keep our top players.

5. with all this talk about 20 goals a season striker, how do you call a Messi player who is likely to finish with 60? about 100 years of professional football passed before we got someone like him and another 100 can take before we see another one. True genious.

07 May 2015 19:28:50
What about my Sunday league?

07 May 2015 21:05:06
I would tell any football fan to go see Leo Messi live if possible. I don't think we're going to see another like him for a long time.

07 May 2015 23:01:06
Messi v ROnaldo? I can understand why this debate happens, but they are fairly different players. Ronaldo is all show with power and speed and twitchy feet. Messi is a footballing magician who doesn't need step overs to leave players on their arse. No competition for who is best, Messi wins hands down every time. Also, Ronaldo is a moaning, sucky, spoilt, self obsessed nob :) Just sayin'.

08 May 2015 00:47:47
I have to disagree with your analysis. He's arrogant, he's beyond confident, but he's class on and off the pitch. Even if I hate him for his ties to United, I only read good things about what he does off the pitch. I could be wrong, but I think they're evenly matched.

08 May 2015 05:58:28
I don't like all this talk of "we'll not see another like him for a long time" because we say that about every past player that has been touted as the best.

Pelé, Maradona, Cruyff, Eusébio, Ronaldo(Brazilian), Zidane, Romario etc. It was all said about them too.

When Messi and Ronaldo retire, we'll all be talking about the next big thing, whoever that will be and we'll be comparing them to Messi and Ronaldo.

{Ed001's Note - someone made a good point the other day about Messi, yes he is head and shoulders above the current crop, but in the past Maradona was playing in a club team that had limits on the foreign players in the team. So his Napoli never had Neymar and Suarez level players, nor did he have Xavi and Iniesta feeding him for his club. So how can you compare the two? What is to say Neymar won't learn off Messi and become even better anyway? I am with you hsf, there will be another that will create arguments of being the best along, and then another after that.}

08 May 2015 14:17:34
That`s the way it is I`m affraid, Ed. Messi is NOT the best to ever play the game and anyone saying that is just showing his/her age as being too young to know any better. Eras are diff hence, comparing is never fair. However, I will say that the conditions the like of Maradonna, Van Basten, Gullit and the other greats played in were more rigid and harder than the ones the Messi`s and Neymars play in today. Back then, the refs offered no protection to these players (Go watch/read about the brutal treatment the likes Van Basten and Maradona used to recieve from defenders throughout his career and you will find out that Messi would barely have survived mainly due to his frail stature)hence, I would take that era over this one everyday of the week.

08 May 2015 18:04:34
There has only ever been 1 player you could describe as a "one man team" and that is Maradona. He took Napoli to their first title in the hardest league with the best defences in the world. He took a decent Argentina team to World Champions followed by runners up 4 years later.
Moreover he took the game to a new level.
He got no protection at all, he used to hurdle leg breaking tackles whilst keeping the ball under control.

Messi is awesome but he is not fit to lace Diego's boots.
Zidane is probably closest to Diego.

{Ed001's Note - I am with you on this Ron, Maradona never had the quality around, for Argentina or Napoli, that Messi has around him. Until Messi can be that one man team that Diego was, he will never be able to truly deserve the title of greatest player ever.}

09 May 2015 01:11:18
Only the youth believe that Messi is the best of all time. Maradona was not just a great player. He was a god who was reverred by the whole world and even till this day, the city of Naples still worship the ground he walks on. He was magnificent. In my youth, there was a saying which went, "If Pele is the King of soccer then, Maradona is the god of soccer". Messi will NEVER be in his class because he has proven to be a great player with only one team , surrounded with millions worth of talent.

07 May 2015 17:47:18
That's definitely the last time I have a shred of doubt in Ed002! I didn't believe we would get Depay but I certainly allowed myself to get a little bit hopeful. Maybe I am just falling for the hype though, I have seen very little of him so there is no genuine disappointment to me. But once again Ed was spot on! Better get used to the idea of Ings everyone! Personally I like him but someone mentioned down below that "1 striker in wouldn't solve our problem" personally I agree but I wonder what the eds and everyone of that, will we sign two strikers?

07 May 2015 18:32:24
Yes or perhaps 3? Maybe 4? I don't care how many we sign. Quantity is our problem not quality. Balotelli, Lambert, borini, Aspas, Sturridge, Origi, Yesil etc.

Point is if Ings isn't good enough then don't be him. Rodgers has wasted far too much money on 'squad' players to bulk up the team but who aren't actually good enough to challenge for the first team.

If Ings is thought to be good enough, good enough to lead the line when Sturridge isn't fit then great but if he's not then I'd rather we not bother.

07 May 2015 23:29:29
We have three strikers on the bench always each game yet we play Sterling as a striker. That is a scathing indictment on the shambolic transfer business of last summer. Ings is another Origi who is not ready like Origi, to play at a big club. He is not what we need if we need consistent goals. We need finishers and Ings nor Origi is not one.

07 May 2015 16:53:42
Eds everyone say that Rodger getting one more year why is it that not one fsg member come out and say the are backing him

{Ed002's Note - Why should they say anything?}

07 May 2015 17:19:02
"Everyone" doesn't decide whether Rodgers gets a year or not man. You can't stop people from speculating and talking and the owners rightly don't need to respond to every gossip that goes around.

07 May 2015 17:38:03
FSG have no obligation to discuss such things in public. When the time is right, they will make their decision. Making unnecessary statements just to appease worried fans is a poor business PR which imo should be left to Brendan.

07 May 2015 17:38:37
If you were going to back your manager as owners you'd say something. IMO

{Ed002's Note - How many statements does Mr Abramovic make? Or the Glazers, or whoever owns Stoke City, Gillingham, etc. etc.. It is just the flakes like you who expect everything at Liverpool to be played out in public.}

07 May 2015 21:39:11
They will make a decision.

I just hope it is Klopp !!!

07 May 2015 23:43:15
They owe nobody NOTHING and will make their decision when they see fit as they did when they took their time to let KK go. BR and his allies in the media can spin and placate one another as much as they want but the fact that the owners are saying nothing now, just as they did when they let KK finish the season after winning a trophy yet still let him go, should be a real concern for him, his media allies and his apologists worldwide.

07 May 2015 16:00:15
If anyone has actually seen depay play live for full 90 mins you would not be complaining this much. He is quite wasteful, and has a lot to learn until he can become a £30m player, kind of like sterling. Let's be honest here, sterling is better and will be better than depay. Don't be fooled by the record he got in the Dutch league, he will not replicate that at all in the bpl where there will be huge pressure on him and he will not be the main guy in the team. The only reason we would have got depay was as a replacement to sterling. If sterling can commit another couple of seasons then I would prefer that option than selling now and getting depay. Because in two seasons time sterling will be worth a lot more and we will be able to get a better player than depay. I think everyone should chill out about this transfer because it was never an area we needed to boost.

In those wide positions we have coutinho, sterling, Ibe, lallana, markovic. I suspect a main striker will come in to play centrally and most probably take sturridges positions, so Sturridge and origi will most likely play in those areas as well.

Striker is the position we need to spend well for, along with central midfield.

07 May 2015 16:44:37
Your spot on mate.
Wasting your breath on here though.

07 May 2015 16:56:26
Agree with you on the striker part. That is where we should focus on. Depay was not a priority because he was up for discussion if Raheem left and besides, we are well served in wide areas. Striker is the priority and the ONLY priority.

07 May 2015 17:08:55
I would say a right back as well Ohio. But striker first yeah.

07 May 2015 17:22:40
LFC were looking at Depay as a potential replacement for Sterling. What makes you think Sterling will be at LFC next season? I do agree that at the moment in time, there is no big difference between Sterling and Depay IMO. And again I agree that we have plenty of players to play in a similar position, but clearly, LFC want to bring in a replacement if Sterling leaves, hence interest in Depay, Ntep, Vazquez and scouting Kishna, Bakkali, Ayew.

07 May 2015 17:55:01
I don't think its loosing Depay that bothers so much. Its the thought of losing him to Utd and losing another SUPPOSED target. Its who have we actually got here that young players would want to come and play or work with. We have no big players anymore and a manager that nobody around Europe has heard of. We have shown little ambition. What is there to excite or attract? Its this that hurts more than the Depay saga.

07 May 2015 18:34:50
The difference (if we believe the media) is Depay is a class player, whereas Sterling may have pace but misses open goals!

07 May 2015 18:36:52
We need goals from ALL over the pitch not just a striker.

07 May 2015 20:17:15
When did this turn into a saga, as far as i was concerned he was never coming as ed02 has said on a number of occasions. Not trying to big up ed02 but she has got more right than the number of hens teeth any of us have ever discovered. I also agree with her that it would have been a mistake to buy him, not convinced by him at all. Anyway history will judge.

07 May 2015 20:28:34
Unless sterling is a complete idiot he will be at Liverpool next season.

07 May 2015 21:46:24
Sterling believes he has seen the writing on the wall.

He wants a club and a manager with ambition.
One cannot blame him, a footballer's career is short.

He has not been given the right signals.

Players loaned out, played out of position etc.

He talks to his agent and asks where is this club going ?

The agent says; nowhere.

He is at the centre of operations and has a better view as to what is going on?

Therefore he wants to move on.

That is the reality.

08 May 2015 00:01:08
You're not far from the truth, Yuri. There is no direction nor definite structure at the club and the manager makes up systems as he goes along and sometimes, he plays a game having played at three diff positions a times like wingback, striker or wide. The poor boy prolly doesn't know what position he will play before a game. He wants to compete and progress and if we are dithering around and can't do that especially with an incompetent manager who can't keep his gob shut, he will and should assess his options.

08 May 2015 09:17:12
Sooooo . going to a Real Madrid or some team of that ilk is going to provide a better platform for Sterling to progress?

You only have to look at numerous examples of that NEVER working out for a young player.

If Sterling wants to progress as a plyer, he either stays with us or goes to a club below us to play in his favourite position every week.

08 May 2015 14:35:13
Which is NOT as a striker.

07 May 2015 15:41:17
Depay gone to united so bloody what, are any of you really shocked when ed002 has been saying it for ages, let's just hope we can get son from leverkusen in my opinion a better fit for us anyway

07 May 2015 15:55:24
Stupid to say that Son will be a better signing than Depay. 100% not true. Son needs to do his 2 year military service for one, never mind that he's just not as good and a pretty similar type of player.

07 May 2015 16:18:37
How is it stupid to say it's my opinion as Tht is your, depay is jus flavour of the month and he's going to them lot so good luck to him

07 May 2015 16:58:26
Opinions are allowed be aired so it is NOBODY's job to tell others that their opinions are stupid.

07 May 2015 16:59:38
Don't most of the footballers get let off with military service if they are big players playing abroad?

07 May 2015 17:25:04
They play different positions so comparing them makes little sense. Son would be more useful to LFC and it is the kind of player we want, not Depay. If Sterling leaves, LFC will likely bring in another wide player.

07 May 2015 17:42:28
Babyshambles, what makes u think Son is not good enough? I have seen him rip teams apart at Leverkusen so he is more than good enough and would walk into our starting 11. He has abundant pace to burn, would fit into our high press from the front seamlessly and has a wicked shot on him. What else do u want from someone who the club could sign for less than 20 million GBP? Son and Vietto would be a dream pair of forward signings for the club if Sterling leaves.

08 May 2015 00:04:02
If Ed01 thinks he's good then, we should try for him then, IMO. I saw him in Brazil and was ok. I'll defer to those more knowledgeable than me on the issue.

08 May 2015 05:05:21
Heung Min Son would not have to miltary service until he is 28.

07 May 2015 15:20:51
Steve McMahon a liverpool legend saying that liverpool must go all out to get Jurgen Klopp. When Louis Van Gaal, Mouriniho and Arsene Wenger walk into the dressing room there is no question about who is boss. While Rodgers deserves respect he doesn't have the ora that is needed when managing a big club and ensuring that it is successful.

07 May 2015 16:08:58
He should drink some Kia Ora.

07 May 2015 17:08:32
He can't, the drink has been trademarked by Rita Ora

08 May 2015 04:06:58
Ora pepsi

07 May 2015 14:50:22
Why the shock on Depay? We blew it LAST SUMMER, 1 getting rid of Suarez,,, and 2 spending all the money on a load of Tosh. That transfer window wrecked us for the next 2 years. Our only hope is Coutinho, Sterling, Hendo and Ibe grow into amazing players complimenting the likes of Studge and we build.

07 May 2015 16:09:58
Tosh was a great player, great partnership with KK.

Legend

07 May 2015 16:11:58
Describing our players as a load of tosh isn't very helpful

07 May 2015 17:03:24
Calling our players a load of Tosh even tho that is debatable, just killed whatever point you were trying to make in your comment.

07 May 2015 14:06:17
His eds. I can't believe that people on here actually think that we (LFC) will sign someone that we all have actually heard of before. we are not going to be in champions league next season so our options are going to be limited. I feel Rodgers should stick with youth instead of paying big bucks for second/third rate players who he will end up been forced to sign as the big names will not come to us any more. Sorry for the rant but when you see players going to United instead of Liverpool. It makes me Ill. Which direction would you go. ?? Help

07 May 2015 14:20:55
Half of the last summer signings will probably end up on loan. Then we'll sell those that were on loan this season, before finishing the window with some 'potential' players.

Then next summer we will repeat and end up in an endless cycle.

07 May 2015 17:05:25
Why should it make you feel sick? It's normal that they are more attractive and will have CL and even if they don't, they can pay the wages that we can't. That is the reality and nothing more.

07 May 2015 18:34:31
Ballotelli will go loan imo lambert and borini will go for money maybe sterling , Johnson Gerrard and toure Enrique free up wages . Milner I hear on a free let's see what happens but the core of the team is left (I hope lucas stays ) , it's time the others step up for us and a few smart additions will help us although I do have reservations about transfer group to get it right. Lambert and ballotelli were both bought even though we don't play to their strengths .

08 May 2015 00:06:20
And that blunder is down to the manager.

07 May 2015 14:10:30
We fail in signing depay I curious to wonder what Rodger yes man in the paper going to say.

07 May 2015 16:11:01
He will blame it on the fans and his dentist.

07 May 2015 17:07:49
Or the Anfield pitch.

07 May 2015 17:30:23
No, it will be the Anfield turf that will get the blame. It happens every 3 weeks, and is due a right old handbagging.

07 May 2015 20:56:41
There is one person he won't blame and that is himself because he is a tactical genius and the best manager to manage LFC and top talent spotter

08 May 2015 00:08:30
Narsassism at its most delusional, Albey.

{Ed002's Note - Narsassism is attracting interest from a number of Italian sides. Without Champions League he will not be joining Liverpool.}

08 May 2015 04:11:53
How about Narcolepsy? I hear he's scored 47 goals last season, if only he could play for more a full match without switching off for a bit.

07 May 2015 13:49:12
Another transfer failure to add to our long list of failures, it just seems so easy for other clubs to come in and take them away, if this continues which I suspect it will we will never get to where we want to go, are we trying hard enough to get them or are we just messing them about with silly offers

07 May 2015 16:12:22
Messing them about.

07 May 2015 17:09:56
Stevie, Depay was an option ONLY if Sterling left so nothing and nobody missed out on nobody.

07 May 2015 13:31:58
Dear Eds, do you know if LFC have approached any potential managers/head coaches thus far?

{Ed002's Note - Liverpool has a manager.}

07 May 2015 15:42:20
A big head and a filterless mouth does not a manager make. Let me rephrase, have we approached any potential suitors?

{Ed002's Note - RTFP

07 May 2015 17:10:39
Still on fire, mate.

07 May 2015 17:50:02
We live in the now Ed ;)

{Ed002's Note - It is "The People Who Are" that "live in the now". Liverpool fans wan Reina and Joey Barton back - in three years time it will be Gerrard you want back.}

07 May 2015 19:19:44
Hehe, god no! Everyone one here pours their collective energy into this club and has the best interest of the club in their hearts. We're simply hungry for som on field success. We deserve better.

{Ed002's Note - Stability and a couple of changes to strengthen each window is the trick.}

07 May 2015 13:01:06
Ed I have to know is there any chance of son regardless of selling sterling etc?

I imagine ntep would be for sterling, he can kick a ball more like a man than a 3 year old! #upgrade

But eds seriously any chance of son?? Freaking perfect for us, and opens up the asian market

{Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer questions with "any chance" in. I have told you the situation with him.}

07 May 2015 12:46:09
Hi all,

I don't think we should at all be surprised that Depay has signed for Man UTD. They are the third richest club in the world and can offer that bit more we can't. Also the players he will be playing with will be much more appealing; di Maria, Rooney, mata, de gea, van persie and bring managed but another Dutchman. We would have a crocked potentially world class striker, a contract rebel, a brazilian who is as consistent as lumpy custard a hendo with joe Allen next to him.

Let's not get wound up by "missing out" on depay there are other needs. A replacement for Stevie, a new GK and a very good striker!

07 May 2015 13:07:47
He was never coming to us. Media hypes things up and some of our fans begin to fantasize. We have moved down a peg or two (more like 6 or 7). Old saying 'you have to speculate to accumulate' comes to mind. Will anyone come to BR? Does anyone know him on the continent? Make of this what you will, but rumours concerning us are all total B.S. unless it's about signing some 17-18 year old in a remote village somewhere with 'bags' of potential! What a joke!

07 May 2015 13:31:26
Also the fact that ed002 has been saying for ages he was going there

07 May 2015 14:40:13
United offer likely CL, high wages, and a manager that has been described as Depay's 'non-biological father'. Can't imagine why he would have went there versus Europa, lower, heavily incentivized wages, and a club with, at the moment, a bit of an unclear managerial situation going forward.

07 May 2015 12:43:10
Wise up
I wanted depay to join united for the cost and not needing another winger.
DepaY is a good fast player who will cost united close to 30milion. They may afford this but we cannot when we have not one top class fit' striker, a goalkeeper needing replaced and a midfielder in.
DepaY has not been mentioned by one Liverpool fan before he was rumoured' and he was always set for united. We haven't missed out on messi, people need to get a grip.
And it would be criminal for us to spend yet more millions on an unproven young player in a position that is full at club. There is sterling Ibe, markovic and lallana plays wide attacking positions.
If we are spending 25-30 million even if it is from sterlings sale, it should be towards a top striker and goalkeeper.

07 May 2015 13:07:48
None of which have ever scored double figure in a season much more 21 goals???? having had Depay would be similar to Messi for us as we have no goal scoring threat

07 May 2015 13:16:31
It is the Dutch league. The only player who scored plenty in that league and was a success was a previous past player of ours who we are all aware of.
And Ibe who i believe will be a top class player has yet to be given a proper chance in the team never mind a run of games. Markovic is settling and I do expect lallana to reach double figures next season (10_15 goals). Lallana is an outstanding player

07 May 2015 13:19:55
We have a bigger need that Depay cannot fill.

07 May 2015 13:30:27
The only player who scored plenty in that league and became a success? I assume you must mean our very own ruud van nistelrooy as I fail to recall any dutch Liverpool players as a success. Unless you class kuyt as a success.

07 May 2015 13:33:08
Depay would have covered any position across the front line or been able to play as twin striker whereas Sterling, Countinho, Llalana, Markovic more no.10's or wingers rather than natural forwards. Ibe is probably closest thing but still young.

I would have loved to see Depay but LVG was always going to be likely to be too big hurdle if Man U wanted him.

Onwards and upwards, just hope we sign someone else as good eg. Vietto

07 May 2015 13:48:06
Every time there is a rant about its only the Dutch league or its only the French league as if the Epl is so superior to every other league yet they can't reach anywhere in the champions league. No matter what league you are in a goal is a goal and all the leagues have good keepers so stuff that narrow minded idea somewhere else. Depay has done phenomenal regardless of what league he is playing and would have been great for us as our top scorer combined with all our other top scorers probably still ain't equal to his total in the league.

07 May 2015 14:16:13
Kingcantona, you don't have to be a dutch national to play in the dutch league. Suarez is who the reference is to, a player who makes van nistleroy look like a 3 legged donkey.

07 May 2015 15:10:36
When Suarez beats Ruud's goal tally, maybe you can make a comparison.

Different players, but Ruud was a better Goal scorer IMO.

07 May 2015 16:34:21
Lallana can be what he wants but he's benn crap for us

07 May 2015 12:42:34
Here is one very easy equation, the posts on here today are all really quite light and non aggressive. Is it a coincidence that Brenda has not spoken to the press? I do believe that if the owners only allow him to talk to the press after agreeing what he can and can't say he would be seen in a better light. Remove his egotistical half witted comments out of the newspapers and take the more humble path would improve certain aspects of LFC. ynwa

07 May 2015 13:13:24
Great idea! Let's keep a manager so incompetent he needs a specially setup team to cover up his transfer failings, so egotistical and stupid when speaking to the press that he needs to be censored. Come on bud, it's time to move on.

07 May 2015 13:22:36
He's been warned repeatedly by the owners an for three years, nothing has changed and with his ego and stubbornness as well as short of threatening him with the sack, he won't .

07 May 2015 12:32:02
Is depay on his way to United? Cause if that's the case Liverpool are just gunna go for the wrong players again this summer, there's no way we can challenge for the title if the other big clubs are buying the right player BR out Klopp in! Get rid of sterling and use the money wisely!

07 May 2015 13:14:59
Fully agree.

07 May 2015 13:26:11
Glad he went there because for me, we don't need him because we need a true tricker who can score goals and not a winger who scores goals. We already have Raheem, Marko and Ibe to play wide. We need goals, period.

07 May 2015 11:49:26
Forget depay. We've signed the Portuguese division 3 s best prospect!!!

07 May 2015 12:26:36
I don't know why anyone thought Depay was coming to Liverpool. Ed002 has said on numerous occasions he expected him to join Manutd! Ed002 is 10 times more reliable than all the newspapers put together!

07 May 2015 12:47:07
looks like our marquee signing for the summer then loads of potential! haha

07 May 2015 11:08:37
hey ed's and reds,
Just a few things, it would seem that lfc are going to either release or sell around 10 players.
Now after looking at who these players could be you kind of get the idea of what we need.
I would say the priority should be a CF, DCM and a RB. These would all be starting 11 players.
Then we would require another FWD, GK and a LB as backups.
So this leaves me to wonder about the need for a milner type player??
As we have can and Hendo that are similar box to box players, this seems like an odd signing.
As our Need is surely more for a DCM type player!
Also If ings is as close as some say then would it be him plus an inside forward/winger or him plus a CF??
I do like ings but only as a backup CF and due to sturridges problems if ings is second choice then he's basically our number one CF.
I think we currently need a more proven and reliable option for the second choice CF role.
As we seem to be getting linked with a lot of wingers/inside forwards, this would either suggest that we are planning for sterlings departure or looking to play one up top in the 4231 system, if the latter is the case then I would then be sceptical of trying to sign ings as well.
More questions then answers I know but I find our recruitment strategy confusing at the best of times.
Thanks for your time
YNWA *****

07 May 2015 12:46:58
Personally think we'd benefit from a CF, WF, CM, and back up GK.

CF - If interest in Son is true and attainable would be fantastic, personally higuian would be my choice but not sure if we can afford or attract him - luis adriano could be a great free!

WF - Can only see this happening if sterling or another player goes. Think a naturally wide forward would be a massive boast but have lot of players who currently play this role (even though are more suited centrally) - personal choice Konoplyanka (free)

DM - Need cover for lucas and think hendo/can are much better box to box to aid the attack. Unsure about this as weird role to fill, but kondogbia is my unrealistic choice, apparently kovavic is availbale but not seen much of him, but rumoured

GK - Rumours or Neto etc, but just think we need better back up than jones, but giving Ward a chance would be my choice.

as for RB/LB have plenty on our books and plenty who can cover.

If sterling or someone goes think a perfect summer would be:

Son, Konoplyanka, Kondogbia, and Ward being promoted would be fantastic and make us a great team that can compete.

An unrealistic summer replaces Son with Higuian - a realistic replace son with adriano and kondogbia with kovavic

07 May 2015 10:24:17
If Depay goes to United when we've leaked to the press he's our number one transfer target and we thought we were in pole position to bring him in it will represent just more disastrous PR from the club. Not just manager who continues to let the club down: the PR of the club is shockingly bad

{Ed002's Note - No, I must of explained lots of times to avoid the clichés such as "number one target" and "pole position". If he does make the move to Manchester United then that is what was expected.}

07 May 2015 11:12:11
Man yard were linked with him last year as well. It's not surprise to anyone should he agree to go there.

07 May 2015 13:32:29
I get that, ed2, but why would we let the papers get hold of our interest- as I presume was done by the detail in stories run- if we aren't 100% sure we'll get him? Just creates bad PR for the club and suggests we can't attract players. The attempted deal should've been kept firmly behind closed doors, so there would be no disappointment at his United move.

{Ed002's Note - I really have no idea what you are talking about - as far as I know Liverpool has said nothing to the press about this.}

06 May 2015 23:48:25
Eds I was just wondering . do you comment in the other english team's sites? or each team has a different "team" of edds?

{Ed007's Note - We are omnipresent.... We can even remotely turn on webcams and take screen grabs...

07 May 2015 08:02:05
That would explain why my girlfriend spends so much time on this site at night.