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dont forget its a transfer commitee who decides who we buy. it all depends on wages, age, availabilty, position. we signed 9 sqaud players this season. I dont think thats for an instant impact otherwise we would of signed 9 27 year olds who are in the prime of there game. They are here to help with depth, and i expect to see fewer players coming in over the next 2-3 seasons but more quality so the markee players like the di maria's the falcaos etc players who add instant quality, if we can pull off a top 4 place this season the future will be looking bright I completely agree with you in terms of that being the plan the committee and Rodgers had. But it was a ridiculously stupid plan. The smartest thing to do would have been consolidate a top 4 place. We didn't do that at all. We just added bodies so we had enough people not to play the same 11 all the time. But no actual quality. If we get a top 4 place this season then yes it looks good, but we are so far behind other contenders first 11s is embarrassing. Yet we spent more than most of them in the summer!
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Under 23 Player
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The problem is that if we don't make top 4 again this season then the plans falls apart as the top players won't join and the likes of Sturridge and Sterling will be off too.
'I was only in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.' Bill Shankly
'We should have made a signing or two in the last couple of transfer windows.' Vish
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im not sure sturridge would jump ship straight away LFC have revived his career and i think he appreciates that or at least i would hope so
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Under 23 Player
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I think Sturridge would stay. He's very good but he's not incredibly special. Who's gonna make a serious bid for him bearing in mind the premium paid for English players?
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1st Team Squad
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Look this is not a doom and gloom thread but anyone else feel a little underwhelmed by our signings last window ? Don't get me wrong some good players there and they may gel into a great team. But anyone feel the wow factor is missing ?
I have yet to see anything that gets you up off your feet take this marcovic guy I can see he has talent but how come against west ham he can't get in the side ? The money we paid he should be right in the first team. Maybe he is being weaned into the premiership but why? Not concentrating on him but it seems odd. Llanna as well not bad but should we not be expecting far more than not bad ? Balotelli potentially he could be a star but again we have bought a car on the cheap because it's been in an accident potentially a bargain potentially you find out there is a crack in the chasis.
For over a hundred million does it not seem a mite flat to you ?
Like I say not having a pop just wondered if others felt the same way or I am missing something ?
Yours faithfully
Stanley park There's only three simple things that need fixing imo, and they in order of preference are: 1. Quality 2. Quality 3. Quality That's what we lost and that's what we didn't replace. Why? Because the club has a very definite recruitment policy in place, based on the Moneyball concept, something that was tried with varying degrees of success and failure in Baseball and we're the quinea pigs in an experiment to transfer it to football. This concept calls for buying cheap and selling dear and you get a snowball effect, similar to when a snowball rolls down a mountain side, it grows and grows, as per the nursery story. Well it looks like we're on our way down the mountainside all right, but nothing is growing as per the plan, except our concerns and frustration! In the meantime we have an ass load of prospects and no quality, so there you have the nursery story, or fairy tale or whatever you'd like to call it!
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Liverpool Legend
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Look this is not a doom and gloom thread but anyone else feel a little underwhelmed by our signings last window ? Don't get me wrong some good players there and they may gel into a great team. But anyone feel the wow factor is missing ?
I have yet to see anything that gets you up off your feet take this marcovic guy I can see he has talent but how come against west ham he can't get in the side ? The money we paid he should be right in the first team. Maybe he is being weaned into the premiership but why? Not concentrating on him but it seems odd. Llanna as well not bad but should we not be expecting far more than not bad ? Balotelli potentially he could be a star but again we have bought a car on the cheap because it's been in an accident potentially a bargain potentially you find out there is a crack in the chasis.
For over a hundred million does it not seem a mite flat to you ?
Like I say not having a pop just wondered if others felt the same way or I am missing something ?
Yours faithfully
Stanley park There's only three simple things that need fixing imo, and they in order of preference are: 1. Quality 2. Quality 3. Quality That's what we lost and that's what we didn't replace. Why? Because the club has a very definite recruitment policy in place, based on the Moneyball concept, something that was tried with varying degrees of success and failure in Baseball and we're the quinea pigs in an experiment to transfer it to football. This concept calls for buying cheap and selling dear and you get a snowball effect, similar to when a snowball rolls down a mountain side, it grows and grows, as per the nursery story. Well it looks like we're on our way down the mountainside all right, but nothing is growing as per the plan, except our concerns and frustration! In the meantime we have an ass load of prospects and no quality, so there you have the nursery story, or fairy tale or whatever you'd like to call it! I'll ask again, do you think Villa or WH have better quality than us?
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Under 23 Player
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Look this is not a doom and gloom thread but anyone else feel a little underwhelmed by our signings last window ? Don't get me wrong some good players there and they may gel into a great team. But anyone feel the wow factor is missing ?
I have yet to see anything that gets you up off your feet take this marcovic guy I can see he has talent but how come against west ham he can't get in the side ? The money we paid he should be right in the first team. Maybe he is being weaned into the premiership but why? Not concentrating on him but it seems odd. Llanna as well not bad but should we not be expecting far more than not bad ? Balotelli potentially he could be a star but again we have bought a car on the cheap because it's been in an accident potentially a bargain potentially you find out there is a crack in the chasis.
For over a hundred million does it not seem a mite flat to you ?
Like I say not having a pop just wondered if others felt the same way or I am missing something ?
Yours faithfully
Stanley park There's only three simple things that need fixing imo, and they in order of preference are: 1. Quality 2. Quality 3. Quality That's what we lost and that's what we didn't replace. Why? Because the club has a very definite recruitment policy in place, based on the Moneyball concept, something that was tried with varying degrees of success and failure in Baseball and we're the quinea pigs in an experiment to transfer it to football. This concept calls for buying cheap and selling dear and you get a snowball effect, similar to when a snowball rolls down a mountain side, it grows and grows, as per the nursery story. Well it looks like we're on our way down the mountainside all right, but nothing is growing as per the plan, except our concerns and frustration! In the meantime we have an ass load of prospects and no quality, so there you have the nursery story, or fairy tale or whatever you'd like to call it! I'll ask again, do you think Villa or WH have better quality than us? It's not just a case of quality. They bought players that fit and improved their system. We bought average players like lallana that don't reflect any of the attributes that were key to our success last season. They don't work together with what we have. Thus the system falls apart like it has done for the majority of games this season.
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Lallana was out best player yesterday.
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Lallana was out best player yesterday. 1. I think that's desparation on the part of some people to think he's a good signing. 2. Sterling did way way more. 3. Our best player yesterday is like saying that's the nicest smelling dog turd IVe ever smelt. Lallana has done absolutely nothing since we signed him. Still a long time to prove himself and I hope he does but he hasn't done anything yet. People hinder him more in this deluded desparation to pretend he's more than he is. He was nothing more than a body on the pitch yesterday. We improved as West Ham tired. Had way more of the ball. He provided no cutting edge which is his job.
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Seeing di Maria s goal puts greater weight to the argument that you have to buy stars. Suarez could have done that. Borini couldn't press play on a video to watch it.
We're so fuckd.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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