10 May 2015 11:28:35
Hi Ed,

So what your saying reading from recent posts is that we are not interested in hardly anyone? Is anything gunna happen this summer regarding good players cause by the looks of it at the moment we would struggle to sign league 1 players.

{Ed002's Note - That is simply not true. I have explained that Liverpool are interested in a number of players and there is a good chances some of those will arrive. You are I guessing simply wanting the whole team changed again and a few more years of transition.}

1.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 12:30:42
I would beore than happy if we get Ings, he is a very good player and is a predator.

2.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 13:00:32
Mighty reds, your description of Ings reminds me of his Italian version who goes by the name of Borini. The club already has a player like Ings at the club but Brendan seems to be signing more players just for the sake of it than using what he already has. Come the end of next season, i'm pretty sure Ings will join the long list of strikers that Brendan signed and dumped within a short span of time (if he is still in charge).
I really cannot figure out why the club so desperately wants a player with a history of injuries and lack of confidence when taking penalties. We already have Borini and yesil who could do as good a job for us so this signing is just the one of many average Joes that Brendan has bought to the club with disastrous results. If this calibre of player is the best Brendan can sign for the club, then maybe it is time to part with this manager and look for someone with a big reputation and affinity for signing quality over quantity.

{Ed001's Note - Borini had no issues taking (and scoring) penalties for a team in the drop zone. Personally I would rather have Borini any day, he has a better mentality.}

3.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 13:36:29
Exactly what i said Ed001. All these posters raving about Ings seem to have short memories. Remember last season when Borini also got 10 goals for Sunderland and saved them from the drop with some brilliant and high pressure situation goals? So can someone please point out ot me what exactly it is that makes Ings good enough but not Borini? Both put in similar performances for clubs battling relegation and Borini came out on top by scoring match winning goals while Burnley on the other hand have been condemned to relegation because none of their top players (Ings included) stepped up to the plate unlike Borini last season. Ings does not have the quality or the mentality to play for the club which has been proven over the course of the season.
Its a typical example of the club refusing to learn from its mistakes in the transfer market and signing players for the sake of it than actually improving the team. What the club needs is players who will walk into the first team and make a difference, not more squad players who are no better than what the club already have. Personally, i would rather give Borini another season than waste a single penny on Ings. There are many forwards out there who would improve our team but either the club loves to mess up on purpose or the scouts or whoever is in charge of choosing players are not doing their jobs properly. Forgive me for going on a rant and looking at this from a realistic POV than an optimistic one but if things go on just like this for the forseeable future, LFC will be no more than a glorified version of Spurs and Southampton.

{Ed001's Note - I do feel we have a real issue with the way we work in the transfer market which goes way beyond the prices paid. Paying over the odds is not so much of an issue if it is for the right players. The major problem Liverpool have is the lack of forward planning when buying players. The transfer policy does not seem well thought out at all, with a constant overload of attacking midfielders, when there are gaping holes in defensive midfield. Selling off for cheap a right back, sending another out on loan, then paying a loan fee for one who is worse than either. So poor, in fact, that Rodgers has been playing midfielders at right back/right wing back, rather than play him. Still being desperate for a striker despite adding two new ones to the squad and having one come back from a loan spell. Buying centre back after centre back yet the manager chooses to put a midfielder at the back. Having a goalkeeper pairing so poor that a few half decent performances from one is suddenly perceived as good enough, rather than anyone noticing how distinctly poor his distribution, positioning and command of the area are.

There are many other problems with our transfers, but there is no point continuing to moan, just have to hope that the mistakes are no longer repeated. That we actually sign just the players we need and don't release ones on the cheap to replace them with lesser quality. That the good youngsters will actually be given a chance to show if they are ready and able to step up.}

4.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 13:52:46
I'm with you ed001. Borini should have had a lot more game time this season. Show me a player who had more desire than him this season. He should have had all of ballotellis game time, he couldn't have done any worse. Criminally mismanaged.

{Ed001's Note - same with Lambert, woefully mismanaged.}

5.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 14:02:04
Ings is excellent at that relenteless pressing from the top that Suarez was so good at. He does powerful runs that reminds you of Rooney back in the day. Borini doesn't have that same power and intensity. Certainly got nowhere near the same physical presence required to be effective in a striker position in the EPL. Borini is the striker equivalent of Joe Allen. Good players that do their jobs, but ultimately hugely ineffective players.

6.) 10 May 2015
10 May 2015 14:26:31
At last someone who agrees Mignolet has improved but just his shot stopping. The rest of his game is poor. He would be good at Rugby and kicking it into touch. A new keeper please

7.) 11 May 2015
11 May 2015 01:41:05
Ed just described BR and the club's abysmal transfer strategy and player mismanagement to the letter.

{Ed001's Note - anyone that thinks that crap about Ings has never watched him play. I have been watching Ings for years and he does no such thing at all. He is nothing like Suarez in his pressing, he does a bit of it for Burnley, but that is not how he plays. He is far from the power in his running that Rooney possesses too. Unbelievably poor analysis of his game dwarf, it is like you have only watched him on MOTD to judge him or maybe youtube, because you clearly don't know him at all. He is quick, he has some predatory instincts and he works hard, though not on the same level as a Suarez, Borini, Kuyt or Rooney. Plus he is mentally weak, despite returning from bad injuries, hence his refusal to take pens and the need to drop him when his head was turned by wanting a move away in Jan. Remember how Suarez took his game to a whole new level when he wanted a move, that is because of his mental strength as a player. Ings is not mentally fit for a big club, nor is he good enough.}