26 May 2015 23:51:01
Benteke rumours gathering pace now.
It's starting to become a pattern now with Rodgers, he's only able to buy these players who are at lower clubs who would jump at the chance to join Liverpool.
It's last season all over again regarding transfers.
IMO Danny ings is better than benteke and he's on a free, he's quicker, can run in behind and just as good in the air, and he presses defenders all the time.
I fail to see the logic behind buying benteke for what could get close to 30m when there's much better more mobile strikers out there.
GK needs to be sorted out i'd pay whatever Chelsea want for cech or begovic.
Skrtle needs replacing and Lovren isn't the answer.
and RB and LB imo both need improving, flano is injured and Moreno has just been woeful.
These are important positions, which year after year Rodgers fails to see. And just buys attackers.
27 May 2015 00:39:00
''Danny Ings is just as good in the air as Christian Benteke''. imagine saying that.
27 May 2015 01:04:41
I don't think we will ever see our defense improve significantly unless we get a defensive coach in or a new manager.
Rodgers has spent the last 3 years playing hungry hungry hippos with various centre backs with Toure, Can, Skrtel, Agger, Carra, Kelly, Sakho, Lovren, Ilori, Wisdom and Jones all at the club and none of them being 'the' solution.
At what point do we just say its the manager and not the players.
27 May 2015 03:49:12
Danny ings was too scared to take a penalty to help his side stay up. hardly the mentality we want at Liverpool, if he can't handle the pressure at Burnley what chance does he have at a big club? Whilst I don't think we play to bentekes strengths he would be an infinitely better option that ings. He can defend set pieces ( as well as score from them) and can bully defences and most importantly he can score goals. He's no suarez but we need players that the opposition need to worry about ( as they did with Luis) - Benteke certainly can do that if used correctly ( ie don't let BR play him as a CB)
27 May 2015 07:28:29
Benny C. You can buy good players from lower league teams. Its just the scouts jobs to find the right ones. Bertrand for instance, would you have picked him instead of Moreno and save yourself £5 million. Personally i have very little faith in whoever picks our players. So many wrong ones and not just under Rodgers but that is always highlighted when a team isn't doing so well i guess.
{Ed001's Note - it would have been a saving of about 10m.}
27 May 2015 08:18:05
£10 million? That would pay a top managers wage for a year plus!
27 May 2015 08:18:53
You all say that now, but who on here wasn't slating bertrand last summer?
{Ed002's Note - I wasn't - I spent the summer explaining what a good and cheap option he was for Liverpool.}
27 May 2015 09:38:00
I wasnt! Basically because i admit i have no knowledge of how good a footballer is or can be simply by watching him on a Tv screen. Some posters on the other hand!
27 May 2015 09:38:17
dwarf, many here were slating Bertrand needlessly IMO. I myself would have thought that an experienced PL left back, with European experience and CL winners medal would have been an excellent buy. Judging by his performances this season, it seems it was a mistake not to buy him and save 8 - 10 million in the process. I think he is a good player. Though, as Mourinho was prepared to cut him loose, he was deemed crap by many here.
27 May 2015 11:18:51
I agree, but people on here tend to gravitate towards exotic last names over homegrown talent. Still a shame that Moreno has been so horribly utilised by Rodgers
27 May 2015 13:34:11
I remember the Bertrand posts, I remember Ed002 mentioning he would be a good signing alright.
I was definitely against signing him. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, Bertrand has had his best season yet and he made the PL team of the season. Looking back on it now do I think he would have been a better signing than Moreno? Yes, definitely. Did I think that at the time? I didn't know of Moreno so I never commented on his ability.
If I had the chance to go back my opinion wouldn't change. I didn't want him as I didn't see him as good enough for challenging for titles and regular top champions league quality. I still don't think he's at that level but unfortunately we have gone from 2nd to 6th so challenging for league titles and top champions league quality isn't where we are at.
27 May 2015 13:41:19
I spent the whole summer taking stick for telling you he was better than Moreno.
27 May 2015 19:25:48
I don`t think Mou would have sold to us but doesn`t look like we ever tried so we`ll never know.