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13 Jun 2015 19:44:33
This is my opinion and you can slate me for this al you want. ed 001 i respect you as it is clear you have great football knowledge but to say we are strongest in midfield and we should not buy midfielder is not fine with me. maybe we have NUMBERS but quality of our midfielders is dreadful. they don't create or defend. seriously:joe allen,emre can(who is good player to have but he is not yet a midfielder,lucas(who is decent but injuries kept him away from fine form),henderson who is decent player but i have feeling that he is afraid to take responsibility and sometimes do the hard work(also he can't tackle to save his life although he runs and is everywhere). if you could just know how good kovacic already is you would be so happy and if you know how good he could became you would be jumping. he is the next croatian great midfielder(prosinecki,boban,modric then rakitic and then kovacic who is said to be the best of all of them by every coach in croatia). joe allen or kovacic? good midfielders make everyone good. just like stevie made everyone good. sorry for the long post but midfield wins you games-first rule here in croatia

cheers

{Ed001's Note - I have already said I really like Kovacic, why are you having a go at me? My issue isn't with Kovacic, nor his ability, as I pointed out he is an improvement on what we have, it is that midfield is not the most pressing issue. We have a keeper barely good enough for the Championship and we signed another one to back him up who is nowhere near good enough. We need to fix the defence first and foremost, that should be the priority as that is what is costing us.}

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13 Jun 2015 20:11:42
But ed1 don't you think the way to fix the defence would be to bring in a defensive coach. I know your opinion on skrtel isn't the best but I don't think he is as bad as everyone suggests he is although he is prone to error, he does better defending in the box than all our other centre backs. I think communication wise all of them are terrible not least skrtel. We have a decent back four on paper (better than utds that's for sure) we just need to translate that into reality and I think a new manager or defensive coach would do the trick. Instead of paying ridiculous amounts of cash again.

{Ed001's Note - but we aren't doing that so why even bring it into the conversation? This is about what we are doing and why it is wrong.}

13 Jun 2015 20:24:16
ed sorry if you found me offensive i have all the best opinion on you. we should get rid of some midfielders that are not liverpool standard. i agree on mignolet not being good enough. some really good goalies are avaiable. our defence on paper looks really good. even our attack but look at our midfield. apart from coutinho and maybe henderson anyone is near standard of liverpool footbal club.
thank you for your answer ed and i agree with you brendan is not the man for us. i hope to be proven wrong

{Ed001's Note - I wasn't offended, just confused as I am not against the Kovacic signing per se, just think we have other issues that needed to be fixed first. I personally think Lucas is excellent and would like to see the likes of Teixeira, Rossiter and Branagan given a chance.}

13 Jun 2015 20:35:54
Mandzo I think your post is a typical negative way of thinking - let's think of a starting 4 across the middle - Coutinho is a class act, Henderson is a far more assured and confident player when Gerrard isn't playing, Lallana ( if he can stay fit ) another quality player, Lucas, gives away the odd silly free kick, but a very very good player, Emre Can , hasn't been given a chance in the position he was bought, but a young player with bags of skill, and even more potential, Milner ( not a fan really ) but you'll get a 100% effort, and probably at least 8 to 10 goals, and even more assists, to back that up, Markovic young international still to be given a proper run in the side, Ibe, been watching him for years in Academy, and I was surprised Sterling was given a chance before him, Joe Allen , I admit could do better, but maybe he, like the others were stifled when Gerrard was there, now we're talking of Kovacic, another very very good player, whether we need him is another matter. What the club really needs is continuity with some players, oh yes, and a new manager/head coach who knows where to play the talent we have. A 25 goal a season striker would be nice as well.

13 Jun 2015 20:41:58
Ed1 why do u think the more reliable journalists, barret, Pearce, boscombe, and sly are saying there's no interest from Liverpool in kovacic?
Think this is the first time I've seen the eds say we've got a deal in place and not have it backed up by anybody.

{Ed001's Note - it is because they are out of the loop, and it is not the first time.}

13 Jun 2015 20:51:30
You can't polish a turd, Kman. No defensive couch is going to improve Skrtel, God knows why we keep him, but then I could say that for the manager as well.

13 Jun 2015 21:08:24
Skittles is awful. And have to agree ed001 is talking lots of sense here. Kovoacic isn't required but El Noseo wants to get rid of Lucas for some reason. I'm worried about Can too under the Nose, can't imagine he'll want to stick around for long being played at RB.

13 Jun 2015 21:40:17
I would very much like to know how you get in the loop.
U don't have to post this on the site u can email me with pointers if u have time.

{Ed001's Note - why on earth would I want to tell you how to get the information? That would negate the whole point in the sites if I just passed over the contact details of everyone we talk to.}

13 Jun 2015 23:00:37
I surprised no journos have picked this up in UK yet as information is pretty easy to come by in UK. If you check the posts from April 2014 you'll see I hinted at the kovacevic transfer more than a year ago.

The eds are right, ignore the journos they don't report the news, they try to create it.

13 Jun 2015 23:30:19
I think I'm a bit confused, is defensive coach a completely separate job to, for example, assistant manager. Say we brought in a defensive minded assistant, would this not play the same role as a defensive coach. And if so, it is then a possibility because there are effectively two of those positions vacant. Unless ed1 you know that it's just not going to happen, then fair enough. I just thought it is an area that can be fixed if an assistant came in that was more focused for that area.

14 Jun 2015 02:41:46
Mandzo, you are not asking the right questions. Why are we buying Kovacic, a mid for a position we are already very deep in while we have issues in the attack that has not been addressed as in a top striker who can bang in the twenty goals we need to be competitive? We have goalie issues and if Lucas leaves, we have no DM to replace him because neither Kovacic nor Milner can play there. This has nothing to do with the player or his quality but has to do with the strategy or vision behind wanting him here. BR likes to collect mids a lot which to me, proves he has no idea what he is doing because he is repeating the same mistakes like last season as in, wasting money on players we don't need.

14 Jun 2015 05:15:30
Kman92, how can you suggest our defence is better than United's? i'm sure they conceded 11 goals less than we did. Which suggests to me they have the better defence.

14 Jun 2015 05:44:43
Adam,

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter.

14 Jun 2015 10:20:58
Hahaha, now i just have an image of Skrtel covered in glitter.

14 Jun 2015 10:45:51
I understand that the midfield isn't a priority but I think with kovacic it's a case of now being the only time to get him. If he develops into a world class player then he'd have his pick of top clubs to go to from inter. Obviously Liverpool have been aware of him for a while and know they need to get in there now before the opportunity passes them by.

{Ed002's Note - LOts of clubs were interested in him before he moved to IM. Now they are struggling to find someone else to bid.}

14 Jun 2015 13:32:27
red ohio i agree but this is a chance to get highly rated midfielder. and is large improvement. another coutinho and not that expansive. we will now clear some players and if we manage to find buyers for balo,lambo,and borini add a striker







 

 

 
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