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Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/2014
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My fear with Lucas though is that another Southampton might happen. I'll ever forget just how easily their midfield players waltzed past Lucas time and again that day. Ideally you'd have someone who could cover him but wouldn't we be better off having someone better than Lucas so that there is no need to cover him in the first place. He is the DM, he's supposed to be covering Gerrard, not the other way round!
If you are taking about the time Southampton beat us, Lucas wasn't playing.
MY bad...just realsised he came on at half time after we were getting beat up.
TBH we should have a midfielder that is capable of breaking play up and passing the ball out.
Currently we have Lucas breaking play up and Gerrard passing the ball.0 -
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Nuri Sahin wrote: »Looks like Alderweireld is on his way to Spartak Moscow for €7M. Another one to cross off the list.
That's a disgustingly low figure
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That's a disgustingly low figure
But what agent fee and what wage. Transfer fee is only a part of the equation.
I don't think he's a big enough improvement on Skrtel (or Touré) to be honest. No surprise that so few clubs are in for him. Would rather hold out for a Papa or similar...0 -
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That's a disgustingly low figure
Not really. For a dutch team that is a pretty solid fee to get. You are talking about a league that has only four times seen a player get sold for a fee in the 20 million bracket and each of those was a player being bought by a team outside of Holland.
Think the highest transfer between two Dutch clubs is still only in €15 to €16m bracket.
So Ajax getting €7m from Spartak is like a Premiership club selling one of their better defenders for £15m to £20m.
Would love to see us try and sneak in and undermine the deal, but have a horrible feeling that he will be yetanother talented player that goes elsewhere for a fee that is small to average by Premiership standards.0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »Am I the only one that loves Enrique?
No, the tanning salon and EA loves him too I imagine.#liquidfootball?
Not even Alan Partridge would got that far with Carroll, Cole and Downing :pac:
I added that inRaif Severance wrote: »The Fact that we're looking at Papa, means that the Transfer Committee is Deadset on a Destroyer for a CB.
I think so too. I really hope the club have looked at Kouyate at Anderlecht in that case. Scary good potential, only 23, has captained Anderlecht at some point and desperately wants to play in the EPL.0 -
Just reading Eriksen's comments on SSN, where hes bigging up Spurs and saying there are no offers in for him.
Why is no-one bidding for this guy, not least of all us?!BR: We're working hard on deals
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is targeting players to 'come in and improve the team' as hard work continues behind the scenes before the conclusion of the summer transfer window.
The Northern Irishman has added four new faces to his squad ahead of the 2013-14 Barclays Premier League campaign, which kicks off this Saturday, August 17, at home to Stoke City.
Rodgers is hopeful of increasing that number during the next three weeks, though, and has also revealed how further signings could alter Philippe Coutinho's role in the team.
"There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Obviously it's not easy," the boss said.
"We have seen that from other clubs' experiences as well. But I'm confident we will add to the team. I don't think there is any doubt that we need that.
"The players that we've brought in have added great depth and support to the team, but I think for us now, that little bit of quality could really set us up for an exciting season.
"Everyone at the club, the recruitment team, the board and ourselves, we are all working hard to make that happen, and hopefully we can.
"There's money there available to get in the right types of players, but we don't want to panic and just bring in anyone. It has to be someone who can come in and improve the team."
Expanding on his plans for Coutinho, Rodgers continued: "No question, Coutinho's best position is the No.10.
"And once we get the right kind of quality to put on the sides, he will play in that central role. That is where he affects the game best.
"At the moment, he has the licence to jump in and come inside - joining in and making passes, and we accommodate defensively when he does that.
"But there is no doubt, his best position is in the middle."
Asked once more for the latest information on Reds forward Luis Suarez, the manager expressed his hope for an amicable resolution to the situation.
"It is something that we have to do everything we can to fix," said Rodgers.
"There has been a lot said and a lot reported, and we have made a stance, as a club and as a manager, of the commitment and the standards required.
"If you don't have that commitment, and those standards, then you won't play. It's as simple as that.
"If we have got to sit and wait, then so be it. But this is a club that has got great values, and we hope that the situation can be resolved amicably, and I am sure it will be.
"There's no problem between me and him, it is quite calm. But obviously I have got to respect the club and the team.
"It doesn't matter who you are, if they're not pulling their weight then they are letting down the club, the city and everyone who has stood by them.
"So until I get that assurance that we are going to get nothing but 100 per cent commitment, then there will be no solution."
Read the Part in Bold.
Coutinho and possibly Luis Alberto will be playing CAM for us. Buying Eriksen will be Redundant at this Point.
And this Quote: "And once we get the right kind of quality to put on the sides, he will play in that central role. That is where he affects the game best.
We're definitely looking to bring in Wingers/Wide Forwards.0 -
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Nuri Sahin wrote: »No, the tanning salon and EA loves him too I imagine.
I added that in
I think so too. I really hope the club have looked at Kouyate at Anderlecht in that case. Scary good potential, only 23, has captained Anderlecht at some point and desperately wants to play in the EPL.
Chelsea have been linked with him a few times Beast of a player though, and would love to see him play for Liverpool. 0 -
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Where was the big scramble for Coutinho? Or Sturridge?Surely there should have been bigger clubs interested for the prices they went for?
But they were struggling to make their mark where they were, so there was a small risk in them, a lack of long-term performance level to qualify against.Guys like Lovern, Fer, Bony all came to mid table clubs in England this summer. Where was the scramble?
But are they good enough to be starters for us? Cause if they aren't, and Toby is at that level, then it matters not! 0 -
Chelsea have been linked with him a few times Beast of a player though, and would love to see him play for Liverpool.
Arsenal as well for the better part of a year as have Dortmund, Leverkusen, Zenit and I think Shaktar. But along with Chelsea. As far as I recall there's been nothing concrete to it but for a bid from Zenit and Arsenal scouts looking at him last year before opting for the most experienced Mertesacker at the time.
Kouyate would add a lot to our team.0 -
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But they were struggling to make their mark where they were, so there was a small risk in them, a lack of long-term performance level to qualify against.
But are they good enough to be starters for us? Cause if they aren't, and Toby is at that level, then it matters not!
Makes very little sense. So Coutinho and Sturridge are worth the risk despite struggling to make their mark at their previous clubs, but guys who were doing well at their previous clubs are more questionable in terms of being good enough to start for us?
As for those I named being good enough to be starters for us, yes I think they would have been, but then again we have been a midtable club for four seasons now so it would not take a really massive jump in quality to replace many of the players who we have had earning those midtable finishes.
Our midfield is very average as a unit regardless of who is used in CM imho, our defence only has two quality players in it at present with the rest being a mix of cover/youth/decent, and it is only in attack where we look like a top four contending team in terms of quality and depth (that is of course including Suarez).0 -
jcsoulinger wrote: »So the metro managed to add 15 and 6 fair play! Everyone already knows we fcuked it up 2 years ago, we need to move on from it now!
Am actually quite impressed at the Metro managing to add 15 and 6 to make 21. There was a time when they would have gotten 87.25.
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