KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Rafa has a point about the finances but..........?

is it that you know emp?

Rafa has done fairly well in the transfer market -
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Robbie Keane £19,000,000 £16,300,00
Peter Crouch £7,000,000 £11,000,000
Mohamed Sissoko £5,600,000 £8,200,000
Mark Gonzalez £1,500,000 £3,500,000
Craig Bellamy £6,000,000 £7,500,000
Luis Garcia £6,000,000 £4,000,000
Morientes £6,300,000 £3,000,000
Antonio Nunez £1,500,000 £2,000,000

So players that he has bought have gone out on a fairly decent sum, considering the amount of time played and age with the exception of Keane whose transfer no one wants to claim credit for.

he has and not forgetting the fact that we were ranked the no 1 team in Europe not so long ago, you don't achieve that by signing a load of donkeys.

He did well for 3 or 4 seasons alright but at the moment he looks to be struggling with the team,bereft of ideas,lacking motivation,working for bill and ben could possibly be affecting his judgement,maybe it is just time for a change.

very true, I have always been a believer but it was the team he sent out against Wigan that finally turned me, since then he has made some very strange calls.

He should have decided on the best team two months ago and stuck with it and that includes Aqualani, if he had we would have 4th already sewn up.

Agreed if you haven't settled on your best team by December you are in trouble.

Looking at what is being said about Aquilani..it seems he is not keen to play through pain...which a lot of footballers do...Rooney,Torres,Gerrard! This is not a good sign for someone who it touted as the engine of the team for the future..

Aqualani should have been playing every game since Xmas, I have a feeling these aches and pains only occur when he knows he will be sat on a bench for 83 mins, he should really have been given a run of games.

i just want to put an end to all the "keane wasn't the priority" and "it was parrys fault" crap.

this is what tony barrett wrote in july 2008:

Finding a top class support act for Fernando Torres is top of his list this summer and having allowed Peter Crouch to leave, the Reds boss knows full well that he must bring in attacking reinforcements.

Robbie Keane is the man he wants and the Irish international remains keen to depart White Hart Lane and join the club he has supported since he was a boy growing up in Tallaght in Dublin.

The Irish international looks tailor made to fill the role of split striker operating just behind Torres and his arrival would give a new balance to Benitez's squad, which is why Keane has to be the priority even his arrival would put the signing of Barry at risk.

Ideally, as far as Benitez is concerned, deals will be done for both players but in order of preference Keane must come first and if and when he is on board Liverpool can then concentrate their efforts on snaring Barry – but only at a price which suits them.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool...00252-21365817/

hopefully this bs talk about rafa never wanting to sign keane can stop now!

he is wrong, Oliver Holt said at the time he wanted to play a 4 - 3 - 3 but Barry was the key, Keane would follow, I think Dunk said the same.