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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 8,595
1st Team Squad
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1st Team Squad
Joined: Mar 2011
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We need more quality in both defense and attack and the reality is we are not competing on the transfer market, we've bought one true quality player in the last five years (Suarez) but we let some quality players go without ever trying to replace them with similar quality. The truth is we are operating on a wing and a prayer, but the reality is; that approach just wont work in a competitive market place.
We haven't replaced like with like, instead we have gone for the poor mans options and overpaid for them all, without exception, when you do that there's only one way you are going to go. FSG will have to change their silly policy of buying young unproven players in a league as competitive as the PL, that approach will just get us hammered on any day an opponent hits any kind of form and we have just had a hard lesson to that effect.
We are incompetent in the final third and we're porous at the back, People are talking about 25 - 30m In my considered opinion 120m would be closer to the mark, particularly with the style BR and FSG want to play. If FSG are unable or unwilling to make the necessary investment we should encourage them to move on. Failure to properly invest = failure to compete = failure to progress = failure! For me FSG aren't doing too badly, ok they aint no Russian billionaire but that's not necessarily a bad thing - it's the sheee-iiite we're buying that's the problem. How the hell have we spent nearly 40m on Joe Allen and Jordan Henderson ! Thats the point I'm making Basil, because we can't or wont buy top quality costing 30 - 40m each we end up with the poor mans purchase of overpriced mid-table players at an average of 15 - 20m each, where does that policy lead?..,to mid-table imo
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,448
Under 23 Player
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Under 23 Player
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,448 |
Maybe so, but imo if we were to get Michu, Benteke and Ba we'd look alot more like a top 4 side. These are 3 players we could get for 25m and would be well suited to replace Downing, Cole and Carrol.
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 23,084
Liverpool Legend
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Liverpool Legend
Joined: Mar 2009
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I think Michu is unfortunately well out of our price range now.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 3,661
Under 23 Player
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Under 23 Player
Joined: May 2012
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If we had just 20million I would sign Charlie Austin, Jordan Rhodes and Tom Ince.
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,448
Under 23 Player
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Under 23 Player
Joined: Jul 2012
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Probably, but i reckon Hue Jenkins the Swansea owner would bite someones hand off for 15 million, thats almost 8 times what they paid for him
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,537
Under 23 Player
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Under 23 Player
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,537 |
Most likely go towards new porsche for Rodgson, and pay for john henrys new house, leaving enough for us to sign Jonny Crudpass, and Ronald Missit, from the lower leagues
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