KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Aquilani & Insua - The story so far?

Aqua is proper class and is one of those players that can run a game by themself. Selling him, especially to another premier league club, would be weakening ourselves significantly whilst vastly improving whichever club gains his services.
So long as he remains injury free and gets a proper pre-season Aquilani could quite possibly become our player of the season on our journey to number #19. In regards to Insua, he's good going forward, yes but always been suspect defensively. Honestly believe he'd be a lot better as a left mid in the like of Bale etc. Johnson was significantly better defensively at left back but did not have the same drive going forward and is better deployed on the right. Kelly is definitely going to be better as a centreback and Flanagan/Robinson aren't ready just yet. We need a specialty left back, ideally we're all thinking Baines but Cissokho would be a great buy.

Why wouldn't we keep Kuyt, he's been our most consistent player for the past 3 seasons and has more than proved his worth. Only Gerrard and Carragher give as much as Kuyt for the club.

i dont honestly think left back position has became too much of a priority now. insua always seemed to perform under benitez but i am finding it difficult to look beyond johnston filling that position, simply because i cant see anyone other than kelly maintaining the right back spot. i think johnston will play left back with insua as back up. encouraging to know we have the likes of fanaagan and robinson coming through the ranjs so i dont feel that that position is too much of a concern to be honest!!

as far a AA goes, the guy obviously has talent but im not convinced he is cut out out for the premier league. id love to see him slot into the side alongside gerard, adam, downing and lucas. im finding it difficult to fathom what our first team midfield is going to be next season but either way it is positive knowing we can field two relativley strong teams depending on competitions which is something we havent been able to do the past few seasons. i have to say joe cole has looked sharp in the pre season games alongside rodriguez who continues to score goals. i fear dalgleish doesnt even know what his starting midfield is going to be next season!!

i for one cant wait for the new season to begin.

I admit that when Alberto Aquilani said that he wanted to stay in Italy instead of coming back to Liverpool , I wished we had sold him instead. But since , I have changed my opinion of him. Instead of throwing tantrums like what some players did when they wants to move to another club , he did what most player never do. Came back to Melwood and train alone and getting into unexpected trouble with the security at Melwood ( Misidentification ). And he proved in the 2 pre-season games that he can do very well if given the chance. His passing are one to watch out for. I can say that he can be as good as Alonso in his passings on his day. He showcase it quite well during his loan spell at Juventus.


Insua will need to really work on his defensive capabilities in the next few weeks if he is to have a chance to stay at Liverpool. But if paper talks are to be believed , Aly Cissokho will sign for Liverpool soon. So if he does sign , then we will have 4 Left Backs at our disposal. Insua , Aurelio , Robinson and maybe Cissokho. There are 2 options at the moment. First , get rid of one of Insua or Aurelio. We may need one of them as back up if Aly Cissokho is injured or out of form. Robinson will come in on the odd games and cup competitions. Second , keep both of them as back up to Stewart Downing on the Left Wing and Left Back positions. Insua is suspect with his defending but he is great going forward. Aurelio as we know is one of the best crosser of the left foot. Maybe if we push him up to Left Midfield , he can provide all those crosses like what he did with Peter Crouch when Crouch was in Liverpool. So Andy Carroll will certainly benefit from that.Anyway there are reports saying that Roma are interested in Insua. So if King Kenny and Steve Clarke thinks that he is surplus to requirement then Damien Comolli should start finding him a new club.


Just My Thoughts
YNWA...

Hey dude that security issue with aqua is just a joke.

Is it? Whatever it is he did come back for training alone when most of the players are just coming back from holidays. That shows his commitment and discipline that not all players have these days.


Just My Thoughts
YNWA...

I wouldn't worry too much about Aqua's commitment. Seriously who wouldn't want to play for Liverpool? It's not a bad option for anyone and he knows it. It's just his wife I think. They've just had a baby and she wants to stay in Italy. He's like the rest of us he also has family commitments.
I watched some of the match yesterday and he was by far the best player. What passes! Must keep him.

kuyts been solid since we got him what numpty cant see that. hes shown a lot more passion than most of the foreigners weve bought the likes of ryan babel.

hes also bagged double figures mist seasons as well as socring important goals along the way 3 against utd the winner in the champs qualifier a few years ago and a load against those vile blue noses.

Kuyt the exception to the rule. He has so many qualities on and off the pitch.