Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14 Mod warning Post #1041

joe123

Grayditch wrote: »

Is it really so many?

Seems that way considering the number posting about it!

MD1990

Longs best assests are his pace,heading ability & running himself into the ground
he is a decent enough striker but at nearly 27 he isnt worth buying as i doubt other aspects of his play will improve greatly

billy2012

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/video-watch-philippe-coutinho-score-2856162

jcsoulinger

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Shane Long would simply not fit our system or style of play.

Hes an honest player, runs the channels but also has a bit of an inflated opinion of himself aswell.

borinis head is equally inflated, long is a good player but needs to be playing regularly, LFC is not the place for him.

I am pie

MD1990 wrote: »

i agree about the signings u named i think they will come good
even though Paulinho is a bit overated imo
Eriksen & Chadli look very poor tbh

Problem isn't the players, the problem it seems is V-B. He is publically criticising players, and not just individually. He is speaking out in public against the medical team, even suggesting they should explain to the press what the problem was with Lloris, and various other frankly bizarre things he has said and done. All fine behind closed doors, but in public it's very counter productive. That's all fine when you are winning well, but when you lose the matches they have lost, conceding a lot, then people start to ask valid questionns. They also have their best left back out on loan and are forced to play their best CB, vertonghen, out their. In a WC year he isn't going to be happy with that.

I reckon he is a few bad results away from loosing the respect and attention of the dressing room, big few months ahead for AVBs tenure at the lane. I suspect he'll get word from above in terms of what he says in public, interesting to see how he reacts.

Utopia Parkway

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Hes an honest player, runs the channels but also has a bit of an inflated opinion of himself aswell.

Has he? Never heard much from him even when he was on the bench at West Brom. Besides I'd prefer a striker to have an inflated opinion of himself rather than one who is scared to get on the ball.

Vinz Mesrine

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Has he? Never heard much from him when when he was on the bench at West Brom. Besides I'd prefer a striker to have an inflated opinion of himself rather than one who is scared to get on the ball.

I would rather one who scores goals regularly, something Long does not do.

Utopia Parkway

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I would rather one who scores goals regularly, something Long does not do.

I never advocated buying him. Just that I didn't see much evidence of an over inflated ego.

5live

jcsoulinger wrote: »

borinis head is equally inflated, he's a good player but needs to be playing regularly, LFC is not the place for him.

Hence his trip north to Sunderland, where he isnt getting game time either:(

Agent Coulson

So Caught Offside have an Exclusive!!!!! If you want a good laugh I won't link it. but it goes like this..


Brendan Rodgers is considering selling front man Daniel Sturridge in the winter transfer window.

mike65

Edward Wagemans @Edward_Wagemans 4m

Ruststand Jong PSV - Liverpool u21 0-1 doelpunt Camron Brannagan

5starpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So Caught Offside have an Exclusive!!!!! If you want a good laugh I won't link it. but it goes like this..


Brendan Rodgers is considering selling front man Daniel Sturridge in the winter transfer window.

Seems legit to me.

jcsoulinger

I am pie wrote: »

Problem isn't the players, the problem it seems is V-B. He is publically criticising players, and not just individually. He is speaking out in public against the medical team, even suggesting they should explain to the press what the problem was with Lloris, and various other frankly bizarre things he has said and done. All fine behind closed doors, but in public it's very counter productive. That's all fine when you are winning well, but when you lose the matches they have lost, conceding a lot, then people start to ask valid questionns. They also have their best left back out on loan and are forced to play their best CB, vertonghen, out their. In a WC year he isn't going to be happy with that.

I reckon he is a few bad results away from loosing the respect and attention of the dressing room, big few months ahead for AVBs tenure at the lane. I suspect he'll get word from above in terms of what he says in public, interesting to see how he reacts.

yep his people skills seem way off. One thing that strikes me is his lack of a plan b. When they can't break teams down they don't have much options which is an oversight especially when you have spent that much in one transfer window. He brought on adeybiour on sunday, a player he said iirc "would never play for spurs again" a good manager would have tried to get the best out of him until he had definately departed. If the don't sign a striker in January with goals in him they probably woll be in for a very long season and avb will be on the bread line.

T-K-O

Knex. wrote: »

Borini has never showed anything other than a guy who will work his ass off. He was marked as a Kuyt type player by many on here previously.



No, but people seem to think that he's young and he will improve. For some reason, I always get the impression from people that they regard Long as a player who is still learning, and still has a higher potential.

He doesn't. This, quite really, is it. In fact, its probably only going to go down from here as 90% of his game is his athleticism and ability to work the latter third of the pitch.

For the record I rate Borini. However, I believe himself and Aspas will be gone in the summer.

jcsoulinger

5live wrote: »

Hence his trip north to Sunderland, where he isnt getting game time either:(

oops was unclear there, I was actually referring to long,


but ya prob works for both really

Knex*

T-K-O wrote: »

For the record I rate Borini. However, I believe himself and Aspas will be gone in the summer.

Yeah, does seem that it may very well be the case.

A lot depends on whether we get CL football or not and need the squad for cups etc. Can't imagine either are on high wage, and both are handy squad additions at the least.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

Edward Wagemans @Edward_Wagemans 4m

Ruststand Jong PSV - Liverpool u21 0-1 doelpunt Camron Brannagan

HT 0-1 hopefully the team sheets will leak out later.

gafferino

Breaking news....Hyppia wants Rodgers sacked:

"There are two special places for me; I was at Liverpool for 10 years so that would be great.

"That doesn't mean it's a target - but it would be something special.

"And I come from Finland - and the Finnish national coach is the biggest job there. It's also not a target but it would be great."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9044401/bayer-leverkusen-coach-sami-hyypia-would-like-to-manage-liverpool

mike65

He must get tired of this shiote.

Francie Barrett

I am pie wrote: »

I reckon he is a few bad results away from loosing the respect and attention of the dressing room, big few months ahead for AVBs tenure at the lane. I suspect he'll get word from above in terms of what he says in public, interesting to see how he reacts.

AVB is starting to come off as a bit of a spoofer in the Hodgson-esque way. I thought he might have learned his lessons at Chelsea, but it looks like he hasn't thankfully.

I agree that if results continue to be poor - he will end up imploding.

smileyj1987

gafferino wrote: »

Breaking news....Hyppia wants Rodgers sacked:

"There are two special places for me; I was at Liverpool for 10 years so that would be great.

"That doesn't mean it's a target - but it would be something special.

"And I come from Finland - and the Finnish national coach is the biggest job there. It's also not a target but it would be great."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9044401/bayer-leverkusen-coach-sami-hyypia-would-like-to-manage-liverpool

In fairness I would love Sami to be at the club right now . He was a great player and also one of the best bargain buys of all time .
Would love to see him back at the club in some capacity .

djPSB

Devilman40k wrote: »

The opposing view to that is ...
spent €107m
lost 4 games out of 12 [including 2 games against top 4 rivals (2 draws against top 4 rivals also) ] and no win in 3
scraped victories against perceived whipping boys (teams which those around them are beating for fun)

Levy would be mad to get rid, but it's not beyond bounds of possibility if they lose against Utd

There's a few ways of looking at it.

Bale pretty much single handedly carried them through last season.

They've been sh1t all season and only for a few soft penalties they'd be a lot worse off.

Signings to date have not inspired.

I can imagine we could suffer a similar fate when we lose Suarez.

Knex*

Do people realise that Spurs actually have 3 points more this season than they did after 12 games last year?

Now what happens when they start to click?

Lets not lose sight of the task ahead of us. Monumental effort still required to finish ahead of them, and two from United, Arsenal, City, Chelsea, and Everton.

Oranage2

Knex. wrote: »

Do people realise that Spurs actually have 3 points more thisnothing special at all. season than they did after 12 games last year?

Now what happens when they start to click?

Lets not lose sight of the task ahead of us. Monumental effort still required to finish ahead of them, and two from United, Arsenal, City, Chelsea, and Everton.

If I remember correctly, bale didn't kick off till mid December last season.

Spurs aren't the same without bale, they've just bought a load of alright players, m

NukaCola

Who cares about Spurs and AVB?

mike65

I think this is the FT from Eindhoven

Jong psv - liverpool u21 1-2 psv weinig in te brengen en liverpool vele malen beter. Was niet goed voor een 2e elftal van

edit

Liverpool Stuff @anfield_stuff 3m

FT: Liverpool U21 3-1 PSV Jong

Cameron Brannagan, Jordan Rossiter and Kris Peterson scored

jcsoulinger

Knex. wrote: »

Do people realise that Spurs actually have 3 points more this season than they did after 12 games last year?

Now what happens when they start to click?

Lets not lose sight of the task ahead of us. Monumental effort still required to finish ahead of them, and two from United, Arsenal, City, Chelsea, and Everton.

Don't you mean if they start to click. We have not really clicked either but the difference is we are scoring they are not, when goals are that hard to come by the desire to score can be more detrimental than anything.

Morzadec

MD1990 wrote: »

Longs best assests are his pace,heading ability & running himself into the ground
he is a decent enough striker but at nearly 27 he isnt worth buying as i doubt other aspects of his play will improve greatly

I would like to see Aspas given a chance up front before we consider buying a player who probably isn't better than him.

I predicted that Aspas would have little positive effect on our team, but to be fair to him he hasn't played a single match in his favoured position yet.

Considering we're playing a lot of matches with 2 strikers, and with inevitable knocks and resting needed for Suarez and Sturridge then Aspas should get a chance to prove himself at some stage this season, even if it's just a cup match.

Long would be an option if we didn't already have CF backup, but in Aspas and Borini I think we have 2 players who are on about par with him and possibly better.

djPSB

Knex. wrote: »

Do people realise that Spurs actually have 3 points more this season than they did after 12 games last year?

Now what happens when they start to click?

Lets not lose sight of the task ahead of us. Monumental effort still required to finish ahead of them, and two from United, Arsenal, City, Chelsea, and Everton.

Yeah but around this time last season, Super Bale kicked into action. They ain't got him now.

Pilsbury Doughboy

Please can we all stop shyte hawking about Spurs, was bad enough listening to everyone jizzing themselves about their signings in the summer.

Vicxas

Whats the story with Illori?

Is he playing in the reserve or still in the U-21's? Theres not much being said about him.

5live

mike65 wrote: »

I think this is the FT from Eindhoven

Jong psv - liverpool u21 1-2 psv weinig in te brengen en liverpool vele malen beter. Was niet goed voor een 2e elftal van

edit

Liverpool Stuff @anfield_stuff 3m

FT: Liverpool U21 3-1 PSV Jong

I couldnt have said it better myself:D

Pilsbury Doughboy

Vicxas wrote: »

Whats the story with Illori?

Is he playing in the reserve or still in the U-21's? Theres not much being said about him.

Bit of a poet Sir?

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

I think this is the FT from Eindhoven

Jong psv - liverpool u21 1-2 psv weinig in te brengen en liverpool vele malen beter. Was niet goed voor een 2e elftal van

edit

Liverpool Stuff @anfield_stuff 3m

FT: Liverpool U21 3-1 PSV Jong

Cameron Brannagan, Jordan Rossiter and Kris Peterson scored

5live wrote: »

I couldnt have said it better myself:D

5live

mike65 wrote: »

:eek::mad:

Not a ninja edit Mike

Pilsbury Doughboy

Vicxas wrote: »

Whats the story with Illori?

Is he playing in the reserve or still in the U-21's? Theres not much being said about him.

Now I have 'whats the story morning glory' in my head! Not the worst thing I suppose...

5live

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So Caught Offside have an Exclusive!!!!! If you want a good laugh I won't link it. but it goes like this..


Brendan Rodgers is considering selling front man Daniel Sturridge in the winter transfer window.

And manU and Liverpool to fight over Arda Turan fbtpro.com £33 million buyout clause.
And Jackson Martinez agent in London talking to chelsea tribalfootball

billy2012

5live wrote: »

And manU and Liverpool to fight over Arda Turan fbtpro.com £33 million buyout clause.
And Jackson Martinez agent in London talking to chelsea tribalfootball

Me no like.


Wasn't Ilori playing today?

Knex*

hasardasignedforliverpootyet.com

Must be 8 consecutive transfer windows at this stage, minimum

Agueroooo

Sami

Shane Long is a 1/4 striker, not near good enough for Liverpool.

Re Spurs, as bad as they are they are only 4 points behind us. 2 game swing. Even after letting in 6 goals last week they still have a better defensive record this season. They just cant score for shít

Gbear

If Shane Long was where he is now but also 21 with room to improve he'd be worth having a go on.

As it is, every now and again he puts in an immense performance but is mostly terrible.

klose

21s highlights here

http://youtu.be/JZ2pK5Eh-6E?a

Yesil involed in the first two, illori done for psvs goal. Good result!

mike65

When did Macca take over as U21s coach, has there been a coup?!

amiable

Worth putting on Sky Sports 2 now as they will be broadcasting an interview Carragher did with Hyypia

Pilsbury Doughboy

^^^^^^^^

Cheers for that heads up.

Nuri Sahin

Mamadou Sakho @mamadousakho3
Thank you all, i have a surprise for you Call me on +33 6 42 27 19 13, and if i answer the call you will get a shirt signed by me !

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Vinz Mesrine

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

...

I rang, got a voicemail and felt like i was in an episode of Lost with the french lady rambling at me.

Nuri Sahin

Swansea's Head of Youth Tony Pennock has left the club by mutual consent today.

brevity

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Swansea's Head of Youth Tony Pennock has left the club by mutual consent today.

Surely not?