Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP 28/8

ratracer

taidghbaby wrote: »

Is Konchesky in a Fulham jersey?

Well he certainly should never have been allowed wear a Liverpool jersey. Jeez, that player poster makes me cringe as much as the Souness years, may we never go back down those dark paths again!!

Vinz Mesrine

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Is it any wonder Torres wanted to leave? Imagine sitting down beside Konchesky, Poulsen and Jovanovic instead of Mascherano and Alonso.

Harry Palmr

He wasn't as bad as his mother.



Lambert

---

4m
Can

---

10m
Lallana

---

22m
Morkovic

---

20m
Lovren

---

20m
Origi

---

10m
Moreno

---

12m
Manquillo Loan

---

(2m?)
_________________100m

Suarez

---

75.0
Reina

---

2.0
Kelly

---

1.5
Toure

---

2.0
Coady

---

0.5
_________________81.0m

Net spend

---

19m

With Assaidi and Borini likely to follow, plus Coates, Agger, Lucas, Suso possible sales

rob316

aramush wrote: »

Just one more for your reading pleasure. Enjoy x

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8944785.stm

Worst part of that deal is we gave them two promising young players.

Vicxas

Harry Palmr wrote: »

He wasn't as bad as his mother.

Mouth on her like her sons football.


Foul.

Zapp Brannigan

Delighted we got Moreno.

Anyone know if he's any use up front?

Hoki

I find it strange we had a fee of £16m rejected earlier in the summer yet now we are signing him for £12m. Anyway , good signing - now get a striker and let Ayre have a holiday.

PhiloCypher

5starpool wrote: »

While I'm glad we are looking to upgrade in positions where we were weak last season at times, the more new players, the more likely we are to be disjointed as often as fluid, which makes me worry for our prospects in a way.

I'm still really looking forward to things and seeing how it all gels together though. If we can get in a decent striker (not sure who'd satisfy me from the likely possibles though) then it will have been a good window I think, concerns about integrating too many people notwithstanding.

If we could manage to play fluid football with Johnson in the team I fail to see how we will be less so with two ball playing full backs in the team.

Its unlikely we will be playing more then 2 of our signings at any one time anyways so I'd say we'll be fine.

Mr Alan

Moreno for £12m appears to be super business. Good work!

Top striker now please!!

djPSB

Aspas is about to unleash himself into the Super Cup!

PhiloCypher

On for his dead ball delivery presumably.

Vicxas

God I'd love Isco.

NabyLadistheman

£12 million? Really good business considering the touted prices. No wonder this transfer was a long drawn out affair. There is always so much said when we pay over the odds so well done Ian Ayre, credit where credit is due

rob316

According to one well known united poster it grates us that they signed Shaw without CL football and not us!

Vicxas

rob316 wrote: »

According to one well known united poster it grates us that they signed Shaw without CL football and not us!

Aye look at us. We're fuming.....

Underpaid Mike

Moreno absolutely Flipping brilliant news. We got him for a song too, we will look bad at his 12m transfer in the same bracket as coutinho and sterling. Ian ayre really needs huge credit for what he has done this summer. Loads of time now to put the final piece in the puzzle.

Underpaid Mike

I obviously meant sturridge in the above post but can't edit on my phone

tritium

rob316 wrote: »

According to one well known united poster it grates us that they signed Shaw without CL football and not us!

Yep it's hard to bear that we got our LB for £18m less than they paid for their LB.

(Though I'm guessing theres a bit more than just £12m in the detail of the deal)

~Rebel~

Mr Alan wrote: »

Moreno for £12m appears to be super business. Good work!

Top striker now please!!

Yup, this is the closest I can ever remember a transfer window coming to filling all the problem positions I had within the team.

For me to be fully satisfied with the squad, we need a very good striker, and a backup goalkeeper - and thats it!

Utopia Parkway

If we could get in another good forward in the next week or two think I think it will have been a very good Summer. On paper at least. These lads will need to learn to play with each other first.

Augmerson

rob316 wrote: »

According to one well known united poster it grates us that they signed Shaw without CL football and not us!

Tbh I wouldn't mind having Shaw although he wouldn't be my first choice left back and no way would I want to spend 30m sterling on him.

tritium

Harry Palmr wrote: »

He wasn't as bad as his mother.



Lambert

---

4m
Can

---

10m
Lallana

---

22m
Morkovic

---

20m
Lovren

---

20m
Origi

---

10m
Moreno

---

12m
Manquillo Loan

---

(2m?)
_________________100m

Suarez

---

75.0
Kelly

---

1.5
Toure

---

2.0
Coady

---

0.5
_________________79.0m

Net spend

---

21m

With Assaidi and Borini likely to follow, plus Coates, Agger, Lucas, Suso possible sales

You left out Reina, makes the figures even more impressive.

Vinz Mesrine

Something bad has to happen to even all this out. Sterling and Coutinho to be sold on the last day.

~Rebel~

Looking at the squad right now, if Sturridge were out, the most suitable replacement is probably actually Markovic.

billy2012

Great too see the Moreno deal complete. Was mad to sign Rodriguez but can't argue with Moreno for 12M.

Our squad is looking the strongest it has been in a long time. There is nice competition for places in the starting XI throughout the team apart from CF and GK. Funny how or strongest position last season is now our weakest.

Utopia Parkway

Moreno in tears at the Super Cup.

Vinz Mesrine

Moreno was a wreck collecting his medal

billy2012

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Looking at the squad right now, if Sturridge were out, the most suitable replacement is probably actually Markovic.

Think Lambert would be more suitable.

Agent Coulson

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Moreno in tears at the Super Cup.

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Moreno was a wreck collecting his medal

I'd say he really wanted to play in the game.

Sevilla didn't want to risk it and lose out on the money if he picked up an injury.

~Rebel~

billy2012 wrote: »

Think Lambert would be more suitable.

For the majority of our games...i don't really think so. Sturridge's pace makes such a big difference. He can drift wide, win the ball and break with such speed - so many of our counters start like that. Lambert just can't do that. Lambert's fine when we have all the posession, camped in the opposition half, but more often than not, our system is set up to break quickly and often in the first half.

brevity

Xabi collecting his medal

https://vine.co/v/MYeZrLTu0jz/card

Mr Alan

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Looking at the squad right now, if Sturridge were out, the most suitable replacement is probably actually Markovic.

Therein lies the problem!

~Rebel~

brevity wrote: »

Xabi collecting his medal

https://vine.co/v/MYeZrLTu0jz/card

Is he injured, or just wasn't included in the squad?

brevity

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Is he injured, or just wasn't included in the squad?

ineligible due to yellow cards.

KingJamsie

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Is he injured, or just wasn't included in the squad?

Uefa suspended him

Vinz Mesrine

Mr Alan wrote: »

Therein lies the problem!

You've never seen him play.

~Rebel~

Mr Alan wrote: »

Therein lies the problem!

oh yeah, totally, we definitely need another striker. Just saying it as people have largely talked about Lambert or Sterling as the fill in - whereas i think Markovic is more suited than either of them. Certainly comes closest to Sturridge in terms of physical atttributes...not as composed on the ball, but has more pace and a similar frame.

My Benfica buddy (from Lisbon, went to most of their games last year) sees him as definitely becoming a striker more than a winger within the near future.

cunnifferous

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

You've never seen him play.

Has he ever played as a striker?

Vinz Mesrine

cunnifferous wrote: »

Has he ever played as a striker?

Yes.

Mickalus

cunnifferous wrote: »

Has he ever played as a striker?

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Yes.

Was he any good?

Super-Rush

billy2012 wrote: »

Think Lambert would be more suitable.

He's not suited to our style of play. He's far to slow and immobile.

cunnifferous

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Yes.

In the center a la Sturridges current position for us ? I'm not having a go, only seen him a few times and he was mostly on the right of a front 3 the times I did see him

Augmerson

I think we are 1 position away from having a fully balanced team all over the pitch, and it's been awhile since that has happened. In almost every position bar up front, we have some great players, great options. I know some people will say that it's an inexperienced squad for playing at the level we expect to this season coming (competing in CL and hoping to compete for top 4) but Rodgers has done very well with young players.

Cannot f*cking wait for CL draw.

Fescue

Super-Rush wrote: »

He's not suited to our style of play. He's far to slow and immobile.

I think I'll watch him play a few games before I make up my mind. He played successfully in a similar system at Southampton.

michael999999

tritium wrote: »

Yep it's hard to bear that we got our LB for £18m less than they paid for their LB.

(Though I'm guessing theres a bit more than just £12m in the detail of the deal)

Pound for pound they got there moneys worth!

If you know what I mean!

Talib Fiasco

What's this I hear about Rihanna buying the club? Jeesus herself and Drake singing You'll Never Walk Alone would be disastrous

Augmerson

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

What's this I hear about Rihanna buying the club? Jeesus herself and Drake singing You'll Never Walk Alone would be disastrous

wtf. where did you hear that?

~Rebel~

Super-Rush wrote: »

He's not suited to our style of play. He's far to slow and immobile.

I see it as;

Sturridge = Plan A
Lambert = Plan B

We need Plan A2.

Talib Fiasco

Augmerson wrote: »

wtf. where did you hear that?

All over the internet...seems like she's a serious football fan since she jumped on the bandwagon at the world cup...anything to stay relevant

Pique

Hey is there a Boards LFC thread FF league? Anyone got the code?