Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/2014

Hidalgo

Mr Alan wrote: »

It seems they thought a quick injection of funds would be enough to get back to CL. That didnt happen so now they don't want to put down the required funds.

Why else would we seemingly be willing to spend no significant money this window?

It might have been enough to propel them back into CL

IF that money was invested better.

jcsoulinger

Mr Alan wrote: »

So you reckon it's shaping up to be a decent window or will another 7th place finish be the best we can hope for this season?

I reckon we need a couple of first team signings and if Suarez manages to force his way out he will need to be replaced. There is still time for new arrivals.

What I would not be happy with is overspending on rubbish just to appease fans who want instant gratification

Raif Severance

Jordon Ibe vs Celtic.

HAMSIK BACKING NAPOLI BID FOR LIVERPOOL DEFENDER SKRTEL



Marek Hamsik is backing Napoli's bid for Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel.

The pair play together for Slovakia.

"Skrtel to Napoli? I don't know, the market is not up to me," said Hamsik.

"Sure, he is a great player and he would be good for Napoli."

Turan for 20M.

Worldwide Transfers ‏@WwTransfers 1h
Atletico Madrid statement: "Monaco's £15m bid for Arda Turan will be rejected. If £20m is paid, he can leave." #CAM #ASM

Knex*

Raif Severance wrote: »

Jordon Ibe vs Celtic.

Turan for 20M.

Would make me extremely happy to have Arda at the club. I won't hold my breath though.

jcsoulinger

billy2012 wrote: »

I honestly think he would take his game to the next level if he moved to Liverpool / The Premiership.

Would like to see
Courtino eriksen
Allen

The other team would be chasing the ball all day

Mr Alan

Hidalgo wrote: »

It might have been enough to propel them back into CL

IF that money was invested better.

True. Unfortunately, the manager in place & the DOF insisted upon by FSG, didn't invest it better.

So it's ok to just give up now?! :rolleyes:

Nuri Sahin

Re: Arda -

http://www.atleticofans.com/20064/arda-turan-decides-to-stay-at-atletico/

jcsoulinger

Mr Alan wrote: »

True. Unfortunately, the manager in place & the DOF insisted upon by FSG, didn't invest it better.

So it's ok to just give up now?! :rolleyes:

They are not giving up they are being more careful which is proper order if your not happy with this go support man c or chelski!

opr

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 12m
Sky Sources: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has no plans to apologise to the club and his team-mates. More now on #SSN

Opr

opr

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

Ardent

Great news!

billy2012

opr wrote: »

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 12m
Sky Sources: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has no plans to apologise to the club and his team-mates. More now on #SSN

Opr

If he is telling the truth about the fact he was told he could move with no CL (which I'd imagine there is some truth too) then why would he apologise?

If I was him I wouldn't!!

Knex*

opr wrote: »

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

We said the same thing about Carroll 12 months ago.

I hope we are though.

NukaCola

opr wrote: »

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

Worked when we loaned out Carroll.....oh wait...:p

billy2012

opr wrote: »

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

I wouldn't count on it, Id imagine a combo Sterling / Ibe would be more affective throughout the season and wouldn't cost 90k a week.

POTENTIAL FTW!!! :p

jcsoulinger

billy2012 wrote: »

If he is telling the truth about the fact he was told he could move with no CL (which I'd imagine there is some truth too) then why would he apologise?

If I was him I wouldn't!!

Why would you imagine he's telling the truth?

Turtyturd

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Why would you imagine he's telling the truth?

Why not?

Kerrigooney

opr wrote: »

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

We bloody well better be.

RainMaker

Turtyturd wrote: »

Why not?

Because he has been known to make 'unreliable' and 'inconsistent' statements in the past...

Turtyturd

RainMaker wrote: »

Because he has been known to make 'unreliable' and 'inconsistent' statements in the past...

Same can be said for both sides in the argument.

NukaCola

billy2012 wrote: »

If he is telling the truth about the fact he was told he could move with no CL (which I'd imagine there is some truth too) then why would he apologise?

If I was him I wouldn't!!

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Why would you imagine he's telling the truth?

He has to apologise if he wants to play for LFC again, as was stated by BR.....to back down now would be humiliating for BR......no idea why he would state it so openly, all Suarez would have to do is say he wont apologise which will push a move further IMO, which now looks likely to happen

NukaCola

Kerrigooney wrote: »

We bloody well better be.

Or what.......you'll write a strongly worded letter? Rant on a message board?

billy2012

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Why would you imagine he's telling the truth?

Firstly, I said I imagine there might be some truth to it.

Obviously I don't have a clue what exactly was said between Rodgers / Ayre to Suarez / His agent or whoever else might be involved.

But, I can imagine them telling Suarez anything to keep happy last season when Juve were bidding for him.

Something along the lines of ' You can leave if we don't make the CL' doesn't exactly sound too far fetched.

Maybe Suarez is making the whole thing up, who knows?

Rodgers had blatantly lied to the fans before and Suarez doesn't exactly have a great track record.

Kerrigooney

NukaCola wrote: »

Or what.......you'll write a strongly worded letter? Rant on a message board?

Both maybe. If I'm feeling particularly outraged.

GTR63

opr wrote: »

Talk on twitter that Downing is having a medical at West Ham tomorrow. Whatever you think of him we must be certain of bringing in reinforcements before the window closes if we're letting him go.

Opr

opr wrote: »

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 12m
Sky Sources: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has no plans to apologise to the club and his team-mates. More now on #SSN

He`ll change his mind come September 3rd.

Turtyturd

I think SSN are just trolling the f*ck out of the Arsenal thead tbh....a lot of them still believe it's going to happen.

Kerrigooney

There's a summer tour documentary on LFC TV tonight at 9.

Sky channel 429.

jcsoulinger

billy2012 wrote: »

Firstly, I said I imagine there might be some truth to it.

Obviously I don't have a clue what exactly was said between Rodgers / Ayre to Suarez / His agent or whoever else might be involved.

But, I can imagine them telling Suarez anything to keep happy last season when Juve were bidding for him.

Something along the lines of ' You can leave if we don't make the CL' doesn't exactly sound too far fetched.

Maybe Suarez is making the whole thing up, who knows?

Rodgers had blatantly lied to the fans before and Suarez doesn't exactly have a great track record.

When has Brendan lied? Who knows what the truth is but for Suarez not to get that in writing is ridiculous. Going on previous actions BR has to be the more trustworthy.

pm1977x

If West Ham take Downing off our hands we need to let them know about this other lemon great talent we have at CB, Uruguayan chap...

meriwether

Turtyturd wrote: »

I think SSN are just trolling the f*ck out of the Arsenal thead tbh....a lot of them still believe it's going to happen.

Wherever he goes, Suarez is off.

He has considered the big talk from Henry and Rodgers, and dismssed it.

He isnt going to apologise, and is going to force his way out.

Liverpool have handled this appallingly, and have prioritised making an non-existent point about player power over getting the cash in and in turn strengthening the team.

Its your right not to sell to Arsenal if you choose not to, and I respect that (just like Arsenal have a right to make a bid on a player), but just because you exercise this right doesn't mean you are making the correct decision.

I don't know what Arsenal are going to do, but nether do Liverpool know what to do with a sulking Suarez and little or no free cash in the bank (thank you King Kenny).

Enjoy the Suarez debacle Brendan has created.

greendom

BR playing the long game here. Suarez won't be playing till October and as long as Liverpool can hold their nerve until the end of the transfer window that gives him a month to work on Suarez and his agents and cobble together an orchestrated pr apology allowing your best player back into the 1st 11.

It's a gamble but it might just work.

billy2012

Turtyturd wrote: »

I think SSN are just trolling the f*ck out of the Arsenal thead tbh....a lot of them still believe it's going to happen.

I will be very surprised if he goes to Arsenal after Henry's statement.

If he goes I will extremely unimpressed!!

Mr Alan

Re: Suarez having to apologise if he wants to play for Liverpool again....we're aware he doesn't want to play for Liverpool again, right?

Kerrigooney

Mr Alan wrote: »

Re: Suarez having to apologise if he wants to play for Liverpool again....we're aware he doesn't want to play for Liverpool again, right?

Doesn't look like anyone else wants him tho.

Except Arsenal and he aint going there.

PhiloCypher

Mr Alan wrote: »

Re: Suarez having to apologise if he wants to play for Liverpool again....we're aware he doesn't want to play for Liverpool again, right?

You reckon he'll be happy to play golf (ala tevez) for the duration of the season then ?

jcsoulinger

meriwether wrote: »

Wherever he goes, Suarez is off.

He has considered the big talk from Henry and Rodgers, and dismssed it.

He isnt going to apologise, and is going to force his way out.

Liverpool have handled this appallingly, and have prioritised making an non-existent point about player power over getting the cash in and in turn strengthening the team.

Its your right not to sell to Arsenal if you choose not to, and I respect that (just like Arsenal have a right to make a bid on a player), but just because you exercise this right doesn't mean you are making the correct decision.

I don't know what Arsenal are going to do, but nether do Liverpool know what to do with a sulking Suarez and little or no free cash in the bank (thank you King Kenny).

Enjoy the Suarez debacle Brendan has created.

I think they played perfectly, I can only see 2 options now either he goes abroad for 40-50 mil or he stays, either way its win win, if he is still here on step 3rd he will say sorry and be back playing after his ban.

Yurt

Valencia 's Radio 9 have announced the transfer of Aly Cissokho to Liverpool

Kess73

Turtyturd wrote: »

Why not?

Last January getting CL footy for the coming season was not a big deal for him.

In June he felt his family were at risk if he stayed in England.

Then he claimed it was cl footy he wanted.

Then he claimed that London was in fact an attractive destination despite the earlier claim about living in England putting his family at risk.

Next came a claim about it being stated in his contract that he could leave if a £40m bid came in.

Then it changed to if a £40m from a CL team came in.

Then it changed to a verbal comment was made saying he could leave if one of Barca, Real, Bayern, or a big London club came in.

Then it briefly became that his old contract had a clause in it, but his new one did not.

The man just seems to say whatever he wants to be believed as the truth, and his comments last week about how he sees himself as currently defending the name and colour of Liverpool with his actions since June were some of the funniest snippets I heard all year.

Fantastic player, but is just trotting out pretty much the same set of rubbish he did when he was looking to force a move to Ajax. Back then he made claims aboutwhatwas in his contract and then changed it to claims about verbal agreements.

Based on his own media comments and those said by his agent on his behalf, there is very little reason to give the man any benefit of the doubt anymore with regards to anything he says.


Not a chance of me booing him at the ground if he plays in Liverpool colours again, but very little chance of me believing he is an injured party if there is another Evra type incident. He is just another player now, albeit a very highly talented player, one who happens to play for my team, rather than him being an individual that had me viewing him through rose tinted glasses.

Have a feeling that whilst he will get cheered on whilst on the pitch, like any other player would, the depth of feeling towards him simply will never be as great again and it will be noticeable. Just watch the home and travelling support pick new names to receive the larger roars from the stands.

billy2012

Bit of the Jordan Ibe Lad.

Turtyturd

jcsoulinger wrote: »

I think they played perfectly, I can only see 2 options now either he goes abroad for 40-50 mil or he stays, either way its win win, if he is still here on step 3rd he will say sorry and be back playing after his ban.

All about viewpoint....from a bitter Arsenal viewpoint we have handled it appalingly.

greendom

PhiloCypher wrote: »

You reckon he'll be happy to play golf (ala tevez) for the duration of the season then ?

That's not going to happen as then Suarez would be free to walk from his contract.

Francie Barrett

Yurt wrote: »

Valencia 's Radio 9 have announced the transfer of Aly Cissokho to Liverpool

fee?

jcsoulinger

Kess73 wrote: »

Last January getting CL footy for the coming season was not a big deal for him.

In June he felt his family were at risk if he stayed in England.

Then he claimed it was cl footy he wanted.

Then he claimed that London was in fact an attractive destination despite the earlier claim about living in England putting his family at risk.

Next came a claim about it being stated in his contract that he could leave if a £40m bid came in.

Then it changed to if a £40m from a CL team came in.

Then it changed to a verbal comment was made saying he could leave if one of Barca, Real, Bayern, or a big London club came in.

Then it briefly became that his old contract had a clause in it, but his new one did not.

The man just seems to say whatever he wants to be believed as the truth, and his comments last week about how he sees himself as currently defending the name and colour of Liverpool with his actions since June were some of the funniest snippets I heard all year.

Its border line pathological at this stage I'd still be happy to see him in red again also tho

meriwether

meriwether wrote: »

Wherever he goes, Suarez is off.

He has considered the big talk from Henry and Rodgers, and dismssed it.

He isnt going to apologise, and is going to force his way out.

Liverpool have handled this appallingly, and have prioritised making an non-existent point about player power over getting the cash in and in turn strengthening the team.

Its your right not to sell to Arsenal if you choose not to, and I respect that (just like Arsenal have a right to make a bid on a player), but just because you exercise this right doesn't mean you are making the correct decision.

I don't know what Arsenal are going to do, but nether do Liverpool know what to do with a sulking Suarez and little or no free cash in the bank (thank you King Kenny).

Enjoy the Suarez debacle Brendan has created.

billy2012

I have a fairly decent sized bet on Suarez to stay.....Never again. One minute I think he is gone, then he is staying....No idea what to think now!!

Grayditch

meriwether wrote: »

Enjoy the Suarez debacle Brendan has created.

After reading your post and having a chat, we the members of the Liverpool thread have decided to sell Suarez to your team. You raised some great points that hit home with all of us, and realising the decision was in our hands, have seen what's best for him and us. We're faxing over the paperwork as we speak. He likes his milk lukewarm. Enjoy.

jcsoulinger

billy2012 wrote: »

I have a fairly decent sized bet on Suarez to stay.....Never again. One minute I think he is gone, then he is staying....No idea what to think now!!

Odds?

Vicxas

billy2012 wrote: »

I have a fairly decent sized bet on Suarez to stay.....Never again. One minute I think he is gone, then he is staying....No idea what to think now!!

Probably best not to read it. You'll be depressed and excited in the same article

NukaCola

Mr Alan wrote: »

Re: Suarez having to apologise if he wants to play for Liverpool again....we're aware he doesn't want to play for Liverpool again, right?

Did you read my post Al.....basically my point is BR has talked himself into a corner regarding Suarez....

5starpool

Yurt wrote: »

Valencia 's Radio 9 have announced the transfer of Aly Cissokho to Liverpool

That's about 6 times we've signed him now at this stage.