Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

Utopia Parkway

Echo reporting it now. Out for another month. This could get messy.

Vicxas

Well, balls

passremarkable

gutted
was looking forward to having danny back

Kerrigooney

I seem to remember Nuri getting a lot of stick for saying he didn't want Sturridge because of his injury record....hmmm.

whatawaster

Kerrigooney wrote: »

I seem to remember Nuri getting a lot of stick for saying he didn't want Sturridge because of his injury record....hmmm.

And it has in no way been vindicated.

He has been one of the best strikers we have had in all my time watching Liverpool. The fact that he is now out for a couple of months doesn't change that.

ush

There was lads on here saying we didn't even need to buy one striker during summer.

delw

That's a kick in the scrotum about Sturridge,he really is a sick note

Buy a top striker in Jan and then another in the summer.

This scenario was talked about during the summer and the management should have planned for the inevitable Sturridge injuries. Instead they played it cheap

Kerrigooney

whatawaster wrote: »

And it has in no way been vindicated.

He has been one of the best strikers we have had in all my time watching Liverpool. The fact that he is now out for a couple of months doesn't change that.

Yes he has been fantastic when on the pitch for us but it seems to be getting less and less frequent.

super_furry

Any chance of getting Origi in January?

Kerrigooney

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Yes he has been fantastic when on the pitch for us but it seems to be getting less and less frequent.

It could be forgiven if we adequate backup.

Ballotelli ,Lambert, Borini. All 3 not up to it.

Failure to address strikers in the summer will be a costly move for us and Rodgers

whatawaster

rarnes1 wrote: »

Buy a top striker in Jan and then another in the summer.

This scenario was talked about during the summer and the management should have planned for the inevitable Sturridge injuries. Instead they played it cheap

It's not realistic for us to have Sturridge (one of the best strikers in Europe), Balotelli (not far off 1 in 2 at his last 2 clubs), Origi (looks a terrific prospect) and then two other top strikers.

People are over-reacting.

We need Balotelli to start scoring goals at the rate he was at Milan. Then we'll be fine for the next month.

OwaynOTT

Must be Mario and Fabio on Sunday up front. Mario can't play up on his own and Fabio whilst not having a great goal scoring record, will at least offer mobility and he can play a quick passing game, and occupy defenders.
If it's not working we have options to bring in, to try and change it.

super_furry

super_furry wrote: »

Any chance of getting Origi in January?

Is it realistic to expect a young striker who has scored 8/9 goals in 50 apps to come and rescue us?

I'd leave him there to keep developing

Harry Palmr

super_furry wrote: »

Any chance of getting Origi in January?

None at all. I always thought a striker would be needed anyway but now its as good as definite. Oh wait Borini! .......:o

whatawaster

whatawaster wrote: »

It's not realistic for us to have Sturridge (one of the best strikers in Europe), Balotelli (not far off 1 in 2 at his last 2 clubs), Origi (looks a terrific prospect) and then two other top strikers.

People are over-reacting.

We need Balotelli to start scoring goals at the rate he was at Milan. Then we'll be fine for the next month.

Surely it's realistic to have 3 top strikers if you want to aim for top 4 and play in the CL ?

brevity

Play Gerrard closer to Balotelli and we might have a better chance of scoring.

The other alternative is, since Balotelli can't really play up front on his own (and has said as much) we need to play Borini to help him out.

Sir Gallagher

Disaster lads, Balo is no lone striker. Borini and Lambert are plodders. Imagine Lambert playing against Real Madrid, embarrasing.

whatawaster

Sturridge played 80 out of 108 possible premier league games in the 3 seasons before this one. Some of those games missed were games he wasn't picked for Chelsea. That's an average of about 29 games a season. This is the worst lay-off I can remember from him. Hardly time to start succession planning. We need to expect him to miss games and plan accordingly, but we don't need to lose the run of ourselves. We won't find a striker better than Sturridge, let alone 2.

Iused2likebusts

Really bad news its going to be a long month.

whatawaster

rarnes1 wrote: »

Surely it's realistic to have 3 top strikers if you want to aim for top 4 and play in the CL ?

It's not realistic for us to have Balotelli as 4th choice striker and Origi as 5th choice.

I'm pretty sure the reason we bought Balotelli is because we couldn't find a better striker than him last summer.

I'd be happy to see Borini and Lambert replaced by one quality striker.

Gavlor

super_furry wrote: »

Any chance of getting Origi in January?

I can't understand why he's not at liverpool. Going to be a top player and isn't too far away from it

whatawaster

whatawaster wrote: »

It's not realistic for us to have Balotelli as 4th choice striker and Origi as 5th choice.

I'm pretty sure the reason we bought Balotelli is because we couldn't find a better striker than him last summer.

I'd be happy to see Borini and Lambert replaced by one quality striker.

Why are you mentioning Origi? He's at Lille

Personally, I'd be ditching Ballotelli, Lambert and Borini at the earliest opportunity and trying to get two proper forwards.

Agent Coulson

We should have in the summer I said it and plenty of others did as well and should in January go and buy a proven £30m striker.

My choice in the summer was Higuain and it still is for January.

michael999999

Hoping this is a bluff before the Madrid game!

whatawaster

rarnes1 wrote: »

Why are you mentioning Origi? He's at Lille

Personally, I'd be ditching Ballotelli, Lambert and Borini at the earliest opportunity and trying to get two proper forwards.

Origi is going to be at Liverpool next summer, why not mention him?

5starpool

michael999999 wrote: »

Hoping this is a bluff before the Madrid game!

I don't think it'd worry them too much if he suddenly made a recovery.

whatawaster

Agent Coulson wrote: »

We should have in the summer I said it and plenty of others did as well and should in January go and buy a proven £30m striker.

My choice in the summer was Higuain and it still is for January.

I think it's easier said than done!

The club tried to buy Sanchez. Higuain isn't the Sturridge replacement we all crave, he is nowhere near as mobile, good player all the same.

Can't think of many strikers in the bracket we are looking for.

Liverpool have been dealt another significant blow after Daniel Sturridge broke down in his first session since returning to training. Brendan Rodgers had been hoping to have Sturridge back in time for tomorrow’s game at Queens Park Rangers or Wednesday’s Champions League fixture, but after a five-week lay-off since picking up a thigh injury on England duty the striker could now be out for another month with a calf strain.


It means Rodgers will be short-handed up front for several more weeks, with the so far underwhelming Mario Balotelli the most likely attacking option for the visit of Real Madrid in midweek. “It’s not good news,” Rodgers said on learning his player could not even complete a warm-up on his return to training.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/liverpool-s-daniel-sturridge-out-for-another-month-1.1968094

Agent Coulson

whatawaster wrote: »

I think it's easier said than done!

The club tried to buy Sanchez. Higuain isn't the Sturridge replacement we all crave, he is nowhere near as mobile, good player all the same.

Can't think of many strikers in the bracket we are looking for.

He is not a replacement.

But he is a world class player who is a 1 in 2 goal scorer who has done it in Spain, Italy, Argentina & International level. He wants out of Italy from everything I have read.

mada999

dang smoke

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29669313

rob316

Disaster. The guy is made of glass. Gerrard behind balotelli that should be the way forward.

Osmosis Jones

Balotelli
Coutinho-Gerrard-Lallana
Allen-Henderson
Moreno-Toure-Skrtel-Manquillo
Mignolet

I'd be happy with that, providing Allen is fit again.

Hangballlouie

https://vine.co/v/ObBg3u9bmw2

Has Gerrard been promoted to a number 10 because of a 15min cameo?

mada999

Pique wrote: »

OK, not part of the discussion, but I'm going through my Youtube clips and this deserves to be here.....again....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ohWdvLfnQ

cringe... up there with Stevie's video to Suarez for the european golden boot, meh,, are there any other vids? are they all Adidas branded players ?

Agent Coulson

rarnes1 wrote: »

Has Gerrard been promoted to a number 10 because of a 15min cameo?

I'd be happier with him at that end of the pitch to be honest.

T-K-O

rarnes1 wrote: »

Has Gerrard been promoted to a number 10 because of a 15min cameo?

Gerard at #10 is the smart move for me. He has the talent to find the strikers and it will be easier for BR to sub him off or replace him in the team.

Osmosis Jones

rarnes1 wrote: »

Has Gerrard been promoted to a number 10 because of a 15min cameo?

Seems to know how to bring strikers into the game, which Balotelli needs. I would also rather him make some mistakes further up the pitch rather than between the centre halves. Wouldn't get through 90 minutes obviously.

So who would play the sweeper /DM role?

Lucas probably the only other player able to do it and he's hardly been setting the world alight.

I fully expect to see Gerrard in his regular position Sunday

Osmosis Jones

rarnes1 wrote: »

So who would play the sweeper /DM role?

Lucas probably the only other player able to do it and he's hardly been setting the world alight.

I fully expect to see Gerrard in his regular position Sunday

Allen if fit, really not sure on his situation though.

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Allen if fit, really not sure on his situation though.

Another sicknote unfortunately

T-K-O

rarnes1 wrote: »

So who would play the sweeper /DM role?

Lucas probably the only other player able to do it and he's hardly been setting the world alight.

I fully expect to see Gerrard in his regular position Sunday

So do I

Osmosis Jones

This game could be a good opportunity for Rossiter to possibly get a few minutes, would be happy to see him on the bench.

noodler

Damn that Rodgers and his silly training methods... Oh wait.

T-K-O

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

This game could be a good opportunity for Rossiter to possibly get a few minutes, would be happy to see him on the bench.

Allen and Can need the game time a lot more.

Osmosis Jones

T-K-O wrote: »

Allen and Can need the game time a lot more.

Wasn't sure if they'd even feature, obviously I'd rather see those too get some time, really missing the two of them.

murpho999

Very bad news about Sturridge.

This season seems to be going all wrong.
Reminds me of 2009/10 when it also all went to put after finishing second the previous season.

homolumo

Jaysus just home after a few pints and I am hit by this Sturridge injury. Should have stayed out.

Sir Gallagher

homolumo wrote: »

Jaysus just home after a few pints and I am hit by this Sturridge injury. Should have stayed out.

Go to coppers and forget about life.

Stevie is probably the top finisher(prob after Balo) at the club, i think we're gonna need him as far forward as possible.

Heartbroken for Studge, he could possibly miss out on our CL campaign this year.