KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Would you take the risk?

EDIT - title is meant to say RISK...no idea why i typed right, god im tired

On an expensive proven goal scorer like carrol was at newcastle (no denying that) and have the possibility of him being a flop with us?...Or would u go for a cheaper option that wouldnt be as big a loss if it didnt work out?

Putting the andy carroll fee to one side as that was a freak one-off piece of incompetent foolishness, I would go for the big money option as I believe it presents a better chance of being a success. Depending on who the player is, a lot of money could be recouped in shirt sales which is unlikely to happen with a lesser known player.

I would just be happy if we signed someone that has actually started shaving.

Proven quality is what we need up front and that seldom, if ever comes cheap. going for the cheap prospect with potential is ok if you aren't at crisis point, but thats where we're at and have been at for some time, so we need a Van Persie type signing urgently. We can't be messing about with potential's we need a top and proven striker and we need him now, but because FSG didn't bite the bullet last summer we'll probably have to wait till next summer...will they do it then?...yeah..

I think the biggest risk of not bringing a top quality proven striker in is that we could lose Suarez.

A scary thought.

Depends on the individual.

Problem is, any proven striker will

a. Have to want to play for us, and
b. would have to be fairly cheap, unless JH has a nice surprise for BR.

Price aside? I'd rather have a proven striker. (Proven in a premier league somewhere, not the nPower)

Both Suarez and Torres have proved to be great pieces of business in recent years. Both fees were relatively high but the wages of each were modest at their existing clubs. There is no value in the premiership as the taylor fletcher to Sundreland for 11.5mil transfer proved. Spain is a good place to shop right now as clubs are struggling due to recession, Germany is the up and coming league with many a good young player available. Dutch league offers skill and technique at good value but not every player settles from there.

I feel a south american punt would be our best bet, hunger , tenacity and skill in abundance.

we should stop messing around and go all out for Long..fella is ripping the prem to shreds ,ripped us to shreds...and would so suit us..his speedy direct runs would really open the pitch out for us give us a dimension we have lacked since torres...17m in Jan , do it FSG.

Do you think Borini is doing better then Carroll?It helps when the manager knows his onions,and im sure for £10m we could have got a front man who could equal/better what Carroll had acheived here thus far.Unfortunately this manager only seems to sign players he has previously worked with.

Or he takes them on loan, so as to minimise the risk.