Liverpool Rumours And General Discussion 2007/2008

Dubit10

Quality news this.Our future club captain and the worlds best defensive midfielder.:)

mike65

Phil Thommo Thompson on Off the Ball right now!

Mike.

Peyton Manning

Dubit10 wrote: »

the worlds best defensive midfielder.:)

Ah now steady on. I know youre glad he's signed and all, but crikey....

zing

Archimedes wrote: »

Ah now steady on. I know youre glad he's signed and all, but crikey....

And that from the person who's sig proclaims Anderson to be some form of deity ?

MonkeyTennis

great news. a quality quality player.

d22ontour

Tusky wrote: »

Absolutely chuffed and dont care about the price!

What amazes me is that people were actually complaining about 17m for him.If yis paid 30m for him it would still be a great signing imo.

Tusky

d22ontour wrote: »

What amazes me is that people were actually complaining about 17m for him.If yis paid 30m for him it would still be a great signing imo.

Agree. These type of players dont come cheap in todays market. The fact that he is an important member of the Argentinian national squad, is only 23 and is among the best in the world in his position says it all. Delighted with him.

[edit] Story on f365 saying that Rafa turned down 10 offers from various Seria A & La Liga clubs for Lucas Leiva.

Dubit10

Archimedes wrote: »

Ah now steady on. I know youre glad he's signed and all, but crikey....

Who's better.Ah wait dont tell me





















Hargreves

Thanx 4 The Fish

Don't be stupid, it's gotta be Carrick..

PHB

Lads, this is stupid, it's Darren Gibson, the new Roy Keane.

DeadSkin

Yeah, finally some good news, Mascherano deal is done and dusted.

Tusky wrote: »

[edit] Story on f365 saying that Rafa turned down 10 offers from various Seria A & La Liga clubs for Lucas Leiva.

Aye, Rafa says same here. The last couple of games I've seen him in, I haven't been too impressed, say the same for Babel. But tis their debut seasons and they're young. Rafa has decided to give them games so fingers crossed they'll come good.

Dubit10

They are young and they got prospects of making it big time.:)

stick-dan

lucas wat a player also......where are we gonna fit our top class midfielders??

Thanx 4 The Fish

Yes, Lucas certainly looks like a player alright. Him and Mascherano in the centre will be an interesting partnership in the future.

hamnegg

Brando_ie wrote: »

Great news!!.

Mascherano is a quality player, totally suited to the premiership and is still quite young. I'm delighted (now as long as he doesn't crack his eye socket open and turn into a lemon!!!)

DON'T even think about tempting fate like that!!!! That lad was class b4 he got that boot!

hamnegg

d22ontour wrote: »

What amazes me is that people were actually complaining about 17m for him.If yis paid 30m for him it would still be a great signing imo.

Love the way you say 'yis'. obviously not a Liverpool fan but still saying the lad is class. I WAS one of the doubters of his value. Then I seen him in action in the flesh. Since I have been watching him closely, (well as close as a tv can let me) and WOW what a player. If Gerrard done half the running.........

mike65

Gerrard is to posh to push these days!

Mike.

walshki

Delighted he signed. Earlier in the season I had a few doubts because I didn't think his distribution was great even though he was great at breaking up attacks. However in the last few months he's been brilliant in all ways. Well worth whatever the money is. Its nice to have a position we don't have to worry about improving.

IrishMike

stick-dan wrote: »

lucas wat a player also......where are we gonna fit our top class midfielders??

Lucas and top class midfielder should NOT be used in the same sentence.
He has never played well in a game not to mention being called world class.
Potential my arse, liam miller had loads of potential and look at him now.
Im sorry but lucas for me just aint good enough and wont be.
You either have vision and technique at his age or you dont and for me he doesnt.

PHB

Thing about young players is people always judge them on their last match, and if you did that, Lucas would be ****. Personally I like he's got that touch of class about him. Passes and moves in the classic Brazilian way. I still think he's at least 2 seasons away from being a very useful squad member, but I think he could eventually take over from Gerrard, not to the same level, but to a close level.

Tusky

IrishMike wrote: »

Lucas and top class midfielder should NOT be used in the same sentence.
He has never played well in a game not to mention being called world class.
Potential my arse, liam miller had loads of potential and look at him now.
Im sorry but lucas for me just aint good enough and wont be.
You either have vision and technique at his age or you dont and for me he doesnt.

Silly silly post. Lucas hasnt played well in the last coupe of matches and hasnt done anything amazing in his Liverpool career (apart from that goal) but its plain to see that he should develop into a very good player.

Dubit10

IrishMike wrote: »

Lucas and top class midfielder should NOT be used in the same sentence.
He has never played well in a game not to mention being called world class.
Potential my arse, liam miller had loads of potential and look at him now.
Im sorry but lucas for me just aint good enough and wont be.
You either have vision and technique at his age or you dont and for me he doesnt.

:D:D:D Crazy guy

zing

Crouch to get a new deal ?
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3218744,00.html

Davei141

Great to hear that!

machiavellianme

zing wrote: »

Crouch to get a new deal ?
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3218744,00.html

Hope so, he has fantastic ball control and offers possibilities for knocking the ball down for others. Still think he has a lot to offer us, plus it could mean Dirk is more likely to be leaving

DeadSkin

I'd like to see Crouch stay on. Has had his problems trying to score with his head, but has scored some crackers with his feet.
We don't utilise his height enough ie.our crosses/corners/freekicks into the box this season has been pretty poor.

mike65

Crouch in Kuyt out!
/ducks

It could merely be a ploy to boost his value of course.

Mike.

PHB

Realistically, one of them has to go to fund the moves for a better striker. I'd say Crouch would get more money because he's English, and the move is likely to be in England, while Kuyt would probably leave England.

zing

Some reports that Hicks is looking to dilute his stake hold in the rest of his sports empire in order to take 100% control of Liverpool. Can't really believe he'd do this and that he's just digging his heals in to play hardball with DIC.
http://www.anfieldroad.com/news/200803012885/report-hicks-may-dilute-rangers-stars-holding-to-hang-onto-reds.html/

Tusky

Crouch is our best striker after Torres. Should not be sold unless we absolutely need money from his sale.

Jesus Wept

Stoopid Arsenal.

mike65

This turning into a crappy day and Liverpool are not even playing! Bet City win

Mike.

PHB

Everton and Villa just don't seem to be giving up

Tusky

1-1 ! YES! Come on Arsenal.

[edit] Spurs lost 4-1 to Birmingham!

mike65

A small mercy from a useless Arsenal, c'mon Wigan.

Mike.

zing

Sami & Crouch to get contracts then
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/0100news/tm_headline=liverpool-to-offer-new-contracts-to-sami-hyypia-and-peter-crouch%26method=full%26objectid=20546198%26siteid=50061-name_page.html

Malice

IrishMike wrote: »

Lucas and top class midfielder should NOT be used in the same sentence.
He has never played well in a game not to mention being called world class.

Er, did you forget that only Phil Neville's hand prevented him from a debut goal against Everton which wouldn't have been a bad achievement, not to mention his cracker of a goal against Havant & Waterlooville?

Thanx 4 The Fish

Would be good to see Sami stick around, great for the young lads too as he has a wealth of experience to share and even if he does not play much, will be good for them at training.

mike65

6000 posts! N00b!

Reading about Crouchies posible deal, he is on just 20k at the moment and is being offered 35k to be third choice in the prem.

Mike.

Dub13

Have to say I was surprised to read he was only on 20k.

Tusky

mike65 wrote: »

6000 posts! N00b!

Reading about Crouchies posible deal, he is on just 20k at the moment and is being offered 35k to be third choice in the prem.

Mike.

That must be hard to swallow what with Gerrard on 120,000, Carragher, Alonso & Torres on 90,000.

Cyrus

Tusky wrote: »

That must be hard to swallow what with Gerrard on 120,000, Carragher, Alonso & Torres on 90,000.

why? he clearly isnt as important or as valuable as them at this time?

whatawaster

Reina

Carra
Skrtel
Hyypia
Aurelio

Gerrard
Mascherano
Alonso

Babel
Kuyt
Torres

PHB

Liverpool aren't a hugely cash rich club, and can't afford to offer Crouch huge wages. If I'm not mistaken, while the top wages at Liverpool are similar, the average squad player earns significantly less than he would at United or Chelsea. I'd imagine giving Crouch those wages would mess up their wage structure pretty badly.

That looks like such a nice attacking formation. If you had just one top class winger in there, it really would be something impressive.

Guy:Incognito

Im a fan of that 3 man midfield of Masch Gerrard Alonso. Assuming Kuyt and ?Bbael are playign as wingers with Gerrard playign through the middle. Cant see any other way it could be set up with those players.

Thumbs up from me.

whatawaster

i don't know why these tools on Setanta are scratching their heads over our formation - it's the one of used in our last 5 or so games. Obviously not doing their homework.

~Rebel~

whatawaster wrote: »

Reina

Carra
Skrtel
Hyypia
Aurelio

Gerrard
Mascherano
Alonso

Babel
Kuyt
Torres

Interesting..
Either;

---

Reina
Carra--Skrtel--Hypia--Aurelio

---

Mascherano--Alonso---
Kuyt

---

Gerrard

---

Babel

---

Torres

or maybe;

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Reina
---Skrtel--Carra--Hypia

---

Masch
Babel-Gerrard-Alonso--Aurelio

---

Kuyt--Torres

whatawaster

Stekelly wrote: »

Im a fan of that 3 man midfield of Masch Gerrard Alonso. Assuming Kuyt and ?Bbael are playign as wingers with Gerrard playign through the middle. Cant see any other way it could be set up with those players.

Thumbs up from me.

I agree. I think it's our best formation. Torres is perfectly suited to playing up front on his own. We just need top class wing-forwards. Babel can be one in a couple of years i think, though he's hit and miss now. Kuyt certainly isn't

mike65

---

Reina
Carra Hyypia Skrtel Aurelio

---

Alonso Masch
Kuyt---Gerrard----Babel

---

Torres

I'd say.

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

whatawaster wrote: »

. Kuyt certainly isn't

He sems to be the only player we have that can beat the frist man with a cross at the minute hough.