The Three Players Liverpool Should Spend £37m On to End Premier League Title Drought
by YNWA on August 6th, 2009 87 commentsListen up Rafa!
With some of the Alonso cash still burning a hole in Rafa’s pocket and some cash from Leto and Arbeloa sales on the table, perhaps Messrs Hicks and Gillett can dig into their pockets to cover these signings, they could well lead the club to a sustained title push and perhaps end the painful wait for a Premier League title! Far be it from me to tell Mr. Benitez what to do, clearly he is very capable of the Anfield job, these are just thoughts that have been rattling around in my head and thought i’d share them with you all.
David Silva Valencia: Valuation – £25m
The player every Liverpool fans wants to see in a Reds jersey. Can play well across the midfield and with Riera struggling with fitness and form could fit nicely on the left or behind Torres in the hole behind the striker.
Javi Martinez Atletico Bilbao: Valuation £12m
With Javi on board Lucas can either rot in the reserves or return to Brazil (where apparently they think he is actually quite good!). Young Spaniard can be brought along slowly or thrown in at the deep end. Already a seasoned La Liga campaigner despite being just 20. What better way to replace Xabi than by signing Alonso Mk II.
Sol Campbell Portsmouth: Valuation Free
Available for nothing, has one or two seasons in the tank and would jump at the chance of one last time to shine. May seem a strange choice to some but what we may have to fork out in wages is covered by not having to pay a dime for his services. Yes, he’s 34 but still very fit.
Who do you think should be rushed to the club before the transfer deadline?
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Mr.Stranger - August 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
GET THEM!!
DM - August 6th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
i say get them, but perhaps a striker would be nice!?!?
LFC are number 1 - August 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
GET THEM PLUS A FEW MORE PLAYERS ON FREE
NEXT YEAR GO FOR 20 YEAR OLD SISSOKO FOR 31 MILL EUROS
Macca - August 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Martinez and Silva with either Distan or Garay from Madrid, we where in for him before Madrid snapped him up so we might be able to get a loan to buy deal from them, definatly one for the future.
Anonymous - August 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
buy aguero, defour and helguera!
Robbing_Hoody - August 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Wish you fooking idiots would stop slateing Lucas. It’s not the Liverpool way and you’re a disgrace.
9torres - August 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
agree they would be good
Bruce - August 6th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
To Robbing_Hoody
Since when is it a disgrace to voice your disapproval of a player? Surely its part and parcel of being a fan? Lucas is not a good player, simple as that, he isn’t good enough to play for Liverpool, so surely stating that makes you just as much of a fan as someone who never slags off a player. By stating a player isn’t good enough to wear the clubs shirt you are showing your loyalty to the club as much as anyone.
isma - August 6th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Keep Lucas he’s a good player !!!
True Kopite - August 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
What is the point in getting Silva I mean think about it Liverpool has no end of wingers – Kuyt, Riera, Babel, Benayoun, El Zhar, if we are strugglin we have Gerrard Johnson even Dossena. Also he is a bit lightweight for the EPL and 25 mil which is most of our transfer kitty.
We have just bought Aquilani for about 20 mil so its pointless spendin 12 mil on Martinez and we have Gerrard, Mascherano, Aquilani, Lucas, Spearing so we do not need him.
Sol Campbell is fine but ancient then again if hes free why not?
But what we need is another great striker – David Villa. Yes I know hes going to cost a lot but if we want to win the league we need great not good. Then imagine him playing along side Torres with Gerrard just behind – mouth watering I know.
Adapt the formation back to 4 1 3 2 and if one of the 2 strikers gets injured change to last seasons 4 2 3 1.
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Riera
Torres Villa
Subs: Cavalieri Dossena Skrtel Aquilani Babel Benayoun Ngog
el nino - August 6th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
silva or vandervaart……….nd…..negredo………..dats all………..
Robbing_Hoody - August 6th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
To Bruce:
There is voicing dissaproval and there is being disrespectful. Being disrespectful IS NOT the Liverpool way. You’ll never walk alone anyone?
If nothing else Lucas was good in the last ten games of the season, is young, has excellent pedigree and did not cost the earth. Better than Anderson and cost a third as much and if nothing else is better than you.
Boo-boys are not welcome at Anfield. Go to Arsenal if you want to indulge in that gash.
Steve McMahon - August 6th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
True Kopite – August 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Question for you, do you think Rafa has the mindset to play 2 up front??? and I dont meant friendlies but the EPL.
Secondly what way do you think Rafa will set out the team this year based on the players we have right now??????????
Vorian - August 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Bruce, I hate to get involved in this; but what he means is its alright for fans of other clubs to slag off their players, but its not liverpool fans style; as they hope to give as much support as possible to all their players in the hopes of winning trophies. Also if you slag a player of too much, and they read rumours it can affect their confidence and form.
Ive finally found liverpool fans secret, of having lots of inform players!
Stevie_G - August 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Agree with True Kopite.
We all know the chemistry between Torres&Gerrard and Torres&Villa.Imagine the three of them playing together.They would tear apart any defense in the world.
And the bench looks pretty good too.
el nino - August 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
reina
johnson………carra………….skrtel/agger………insua
………………………….masch……………………………………
kuyt…………………..aquilani…………………….riera
…………………………..gerrard………………………………
…………………………..torres…………………
lfc-great - August 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
can go for the first two but that old dog is almost dead. benitez must buy huntelaar.he can help torres upfront
rasone - August 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Just to say TRUE KOPITE that team will do for me!!!
JCWW - August 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
is it me or do people witness a different game when spain play…yes villa would be a fantastic buy…but alongside torres? the games the two have played in they always come across as unsure of each others game….& why would it work at liverpool? for this to work two up front..rafa would have to change his mindset…& this will not happen why because to many fans think the sun shines holy out of his arse…& rafa the stubborn one will not go for the obvious.
as for the lucas debate..sadly he isnt good enough full stop…but there is worse degen, vorinin awful & embarrassing….hey but according to the messiah he has game intellegience….so what do I know?
as for purchases the need for better first team quality is paramount…whilst the bench needs to be addressed.
who would I like????????????
prem experience is a must no more of these risks of bedding players in etc…yes silvas, villa are top drawer but how many times have we bought from abroad to see it go all wrong.
a CH is a must and the shout for campbell…why not experienced & would be excellent cover much better than dystin.
a winger god those were the days….who can play, dribble, cross, shoot, all the things a winger can do….however there arent many about yes…two words ashely young….even shaun wright phillips would be an approvement.
as for a striker i mentioned several posts ago JOHN CAREW….fucking strong as an ox holds the ball up better than most apart from drobga & can net. has prem experience ..& the other bonus of playing under rafa. however couldnt see embryo head oneil letting us near him.
but for me and this is my biggest gripe is the turgid crap that is still on the red payroll that will sadly remain with us or this and many a season after…you have all been warned!
Alligator - August 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I think liverpool should buy defour, young, richards, aguero and a left back.. sell degen, darby, spearing (who is really rubbish) and dossena.
liverpooldian - August 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
huntelaar is going to milan…(goal.com)
agree with the article..
sol campbell is free and we can get him as the back up..plus he is english…
or maybe we can get diego lugano also for free..
garay also good..but if only madrid want to let him go on loan with us..
martinez is very good player..believe me..but as long as lucas still here, i doub’t rafa will buy him..
so let’s hope corinthians make a bid for lucas and we can let him go…
for silva case, i hope mu move for him, so rafa also get his adrenaline to win another war with that old man to get silva..as long as mu not move, i doubt rafa will move too b’coz he think that we already have enough squad..i think if we and mu move together, we will win and get silva as we have spain connections better..
also, if we can sell voronin, itandje, dossena, maybe we can buy one striker as a backup for torres..yes, i want to see villa at pool..but to be more realistic, it will be very difficult happened this season as valencia already told that he is not for sale (barca already make bid for 40 mil but it was rejected)..
negredo maybe good solution.but kleber also not bad if we can get him with more reasonable price..
SHHHHHHH - August 6th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
JCWW….you got 1 thing right in that post you know fuckall sol campbell please he was overrated 5 years ago he is now the slowest player on the planet so back in the wirral 100 for you and start again
liverpooldian - August 6th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
anyway, how about if we try to use arsenal fans way to get rid adebayor..
we can make pamphlet about voronin, itandje, and also dosenna , also lucas then offer it to another club…hopefully they can go as soon as possible..
IHZ19 - August 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
LFC should buy silva n villa to be invincible. however thel’ll cost about 70 millions euros
True Kopite - August 6th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Steve McMahon – August 6th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Rafa’s played 2 up front in the past it was only really last season he changed to Torres on his own.
Considering we have just sold Alonso I dont believe the 4 2 3 1 formation will work anymore since he was essential for that formation.
But based on the current squad,
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Kuyt Aquilani Mascherano Riera
Gerrard
Torres
liverpool fc - August 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
buy silva and martinez but instead of campbell get turner from hull. all three of them for 45 million.
silva-25m
martinez-12m
turner-8m
liverpooldian - August 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
turner only will be as a back up…
why we should spend a lot of money to a backup player??
rather take campbell or lugano..
or steven taylor (5mil) /richards (7-8mil) maybe better
Donavan Ried - August 6th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Evening JCWW,9torres,Steve Mcmahon,DM…..
I believe that we have spent most of the money that we now have from the Alonso deal(£20m now £5m every year for the next three) on Aquilani i reckon that leaves us with about £6m-£9m …… No money for Silva or Javi Martinez,
IsraeliKaka - August 6th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
What amazes me with all these formations and line-ups suggested is that NONE of them have Yossi in them.
He was phenomenal last season and through consistent and match-winning performances had bullied his way into the first team being rotated with Kuyt and Riera.
Signing Silva would be deeply odd (as odd as buynig Keane) when we have Yossi, Gerrard, Riera, Babel and Kuyt – all of whom support Torres from deeper.
Garyn - August 6th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I think we deffinately havent got the funds to buy Javi Martinez because of the transfer of Aquilani but i strongly believe that it is essential for Liverpoolzs title chances to bring in David Silva because it is all well ahving Gerrard and Torres but when they get injured we dont have anyone near that standard so i believe Rafa NEEDS to buy Silva first and then start thinking of centre backs like Distin and Turner. I dont think we should get Campell, hes a good player but past it now i believe! Pull your finger Rafa and the Yanks and stop dwelling over lost targets!
lfc123 - August 6th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
outs:
alonso 30-35 mil
arbeloa 3.5mil
leto 1.3 mil
hobbs 0.5 mil
keane 15 mil
ins:
johnson 10 mil(pompey owed us 7 mil)
aquilani 20 mil
55 mil – 30 mil = 25 mil
get silva or perhaps someone like podolski who is young and is a very good player
and also, i’ve heard that the owners gave rafa 20 mil to spend so we might have 45 mil
hulk atron - August 6th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
y do we need a striker when we have just brought a attacking midfielder ??? ge
t ya head around that !!
Jimi.G - August 6th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
it’s either villa or silva maybe another defender on a free. we don’t need to hav any more cm. we got gerrard, mascherano, aquilani, lucas (who started against the likes of man utd and chelsea last year so even tho he’s not great, he can do the job especially for the smaller games). Also i’d like to see Spearing play a bit more too he’s got passion and he had a gd game wen he came on in the champions league last year(was it against Real Madrid?) About people who are saying villa, torres and gerrard behind them wud be very awesome but unlikely. I’d like to see Silva but we hav the likes of Benayoun and Babel. I’d like to hav another striker in my opinion.
Si P - August 6th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
aguero is all we need.
no point getting silva. Who’ll play up top if torres out? Voronin? Ngog? Nemeth?
aguero can play as a pair, on his own or any of the top 4 positions in last year’s formation.
costly, but we don’t need quantity now; just quality
DM - August 6th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
rafa has tried to play 2 upfront for as long as i can remember, in his reign he has tried numerous pairings…
baros/cisse (04/05)
cisse/crouch (05/06)
crouch/bellamy crouch/kuyt (06/07)
torres/crouch torres/gerrard (07/08)
torres/keane torres/gerrard (08/09)
so i feel now alonso has gone he may well change his system altogether, options…
villa
aguero
tuncay
silva (just off)
this is just my opinion but logically i think that could happen, also if rafa was to get a defender it would have to be versatile, as he wouldnt want a replacement right back and centre half, poss richards?? also a versatile midfielder who can play either wing and just behind, yes i already know we have yossi/kuyt etc,… but apart from babel who isnt naturally a winger and not at his peak, do we really have a pacy winger to keep the opposition wing backs pinned back and putting in crosses and running at players??? i think we need one of…
a.young
a.lennon
s.wright-phillips
what about ronaldinho???
lavezzi (either wing or striker)
b.schweinstieger
sessognon (quality player)
mr T - August 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
to the idiot that says STOP slating lucas. He can’t finish, he can’t and requently gives away unnecessary free kicks. Get back to Brazil I say and yes get all three. Excellent advice!! Would add depth to the squad in needed areas. Would add more creative build up for attack which we desperately need on those home games where the opposition flood the defence. A combination of sliva, Torres, Gerard, riera with aquilano coming up from midfield could solve that problem
SHHHHHHH - August 6th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I AINT GETTIN ON NO PLANE FOOL
sam - August 6th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
i reckon now that we have pretty much replaced alonso with aquilani we should spend the rest with the sales of dossena leto alonso and arbeloa and go all in for david silva. perhaps we could get campbell on a free but i think distin is a better option even if he does cost a little.
Reina
Johnson Carra Skrtel Insua
Mascherano Aquilani
Kuyt Gerrard Silva
Torres
i think this would win the title
:):):):):):) - August 6th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Villa or aguero!! Thats all we need!
A big investment!
appledave - August 6th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
what? stop talking bullshit! silva fair enough, but liverpool should clearly buy cattermole instead of martinez as he’s the same price (or even less), english and better. and campbell? are you out of your mind? he’s been past it for the last five years. there’s no way in hell that proves he’s up to it at liverpool. get turner from hull instead. and for the last time, will you please give lucas a break? he was in good form at the end of last season and he’ll be so good this year that you’ll have to commit suicide you’ll be so ashamed of what you’ve said about him.
Ellyrie - August 6th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Who do you think is better Reira or Aquilani
I have seen both play and i would say aquilani but i have seen him play very good twice when i went to italy but seen reira play week in week out at liverpool but seen lots of poor performences but i dont rate reira that highly what you think ?
Stillontheperch.Fackt! - August 6th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
How about this senario.
August 15th Torres does his hamstring out for 2 months. We are out of the league before its started.
I hope we have a Title winning plan B.
IsraeliKaka - August 6th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Ellyrie,
Riera is a classic winger: by the nature of wingers he is liable to be either the best or worst player on the pitch. I think he’s a wonderful asset and that rarest of things at Liverpool: an entertainer! He, Yossi and occasionally Torres are our only players who with a flash of pure skill can beat a player with some nimble footwork. We have so few flair players at the club that a player like Riera deserves a lot of credit.
I like Riera a lot. I also like Yossi. I see no need for Silva, we’d be better off buying 2 £10M players as cover for Torres and Aquilani if they get injured.
MistryMan - August 6th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Silva…..yeh ( if we have enough money)
Martinez…..pointless now we’ve got aquilani
Campbell…..y not, if he’s free
Maybe instead of Silva get a striker, maybe Aguero?
I say we should offer 25mil + Voronin ?
Basically all we need now is someone to back-up Torres or Gerrard if they can’t play.
Also, a defender, who’s cheap, that can play anywhere across the back four.
MR RED - August 6th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
u dont have enough money but if u steel enough hub caps u never know
Liverpool Fan - August 7th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Sell Kuyt, Voronin and lucas then buy Valencia Joaquin, villa or silva and Turkish Arda Turan
Swap mascherano with Yaya Toure
Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel / Agger Aurelio / insua
Joaquin Gerrard / Aquilani Yaya Toure Silva / Arda Turan
Torres Villa / Gerrard
Ash T - August 7th, 2009 at 3:26 am
liverpool fan what the hell are you on about all them players would need time to settle
i think all liverpool need is cb cover,cm cover,striker cover and a big star signing
cb-distan/turner/richards,wheater
cm-defour/cattermole/martinez
striker-tuncay sorry couldnt think of any one else
big star signing – silva/mata/lavezzi/aguero
i dont realy want villa, him a torres seem to get in each others way
aguero would be to much and lavezzi seems to have fucked up his chances of signing when his agent went public
mata and silva were good against manu and can play lm/rm/ss/cm, though mata more of a left mid
……………………..reina……………………
johnson..carragher..skrtel..insua
………………mascherano………………
………….gerrard……..aquilani……….
kuyt……………torres………………silva/mata
ir uf torres got injured we could put kuyt upfront with silva on the left and maybe bable or reira on the left
or
……………………..reina……………………
johnson..carragher..skrtel..insua
………………mascherano………………
kuyt…………..gerrard……………..reira
………………………………silva……………
……………..torres…………………………..
or with gerrard in where silva is and aquilani where gerrard is
redrum - August 7th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Lucas-mongering is the only sensible position anymore. Even my six year old son shrugs in frustration, “why does he keep passing to the other team?”
Whatever we do, it must include relegating Lucas to the practice squad, or better yet, back to Brazil. I’d sooner play Sol Campbell in midfield than Lucas, he’s just that bad and it’s the kind of thing that’s got even the loyal Rafa supporters questioning his judgment.
calv - August 7th, 2009 at 7:07 am
what about luca tony as back up for torres he as aleady stated that he wants to play in up prem and i think that westham are after him and he wouldn’t cost much cos he 32 now but he allways scores a load of goals for scumbag germans we could even try a swap for voroninwhat do ya think?
el nino - August 7th, 2009 at 8:08 am
all dose who wnt aguero nd villa at liverpool…………its time 4 a reality update
outs:
alonso 30-35 mil
arbeloa 3.5mil
leto 1.3 mil
hobbs 0.5 mil
keane 15 mil
ins:
johnson 10 mil(pompey owed us 7 mil)
aquilani 20 mil
55 mil – 30 mil = 25 mil……………..aguero nd villa need a min f 50mn……….we jst hve half f it……….best buy nw wud be a silva……or a sneijder or a ashley young or a.lennon………….or maybe buy a quality striker ….bt villa nd aguero are nt an ans……..
THE CHOSEN ONE - August 7th, 2009 at 8:19 am
cool
Dom - August 7th, 2009 at 8:33 am
You guys make me laugh…
At the end of the day, nnobody knows how much Liverpool have to spend, so give it a rest
THE CHOSEN ONE - August 7th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Sorry was just testing, none of my posts have been able to upload for some reason. I must say i`ve been really impressed with alot of comments on here exceptions of a few lovers tifs between allegedly grown men. Ye opinions are welcome and i see both sides of the coin for lucas. i think it was stevie G that also said hes only 22 and the quality is there in training. hey stevie our captain. Sorry rafa backs him, Stevie backs him then ill back him for another season. Remember with the Roman Aq coming him and having to adjust ,lucas then can help in this transition. Oh by the way Lucas was there when we beat utd and he didn`t look crap it taught me alot. I`ve learnt its the teams performance as a whole that wins you matches not just individuals. lucas didnt cost us home draws. the team did. Think like rafa guys. the team and balance comes first.
Anyway back to who are we gonna buy? I have a very strange feeling that we may have just two signings. first 5 mil or less for a defender and another 10 mil for a midfield player.i think the Rafa will stick with voronin,kuyt,babel for upfront cover im afraid.
kuyt is mr reliable a credit to liverpool fc, works for the team and scores crucial goals.
in Babel I see moments og genius but only wen he plays upfront. Rafa he aint winger and even if he was he`d be on the right side not the left. i saw him beat the defender in a fantastic way against lyon but goalkeeper was first to ball. This gives me hope.Wat he must learn is skill and more awareness. What hes got is pace ,power and can shoot. but he can`t cross with his left leg to save his life.
Mmm voronin? im surprised we can even get get 5 mil for him. watched him in pr season and I dont think he`s changed. hes not a leader and needs alot of space to operate. Close him down and he`s inactive. But hey he could play a small role with the F.A. cup and not but never a big occassion man.
Last point I only think we got 15-20mil tops left at a push. I think we should have more but hey thats what being owned by the yanks does to us.
Good news is alonso wage is used on the roman but the money from the other players we sold were used or be used to improve contracts for our players. We also have to sort out mach the argy as well. This all has to be done in a strict budget which rafa is aware of.
10 mil for a striker? you get nothing. Ngog is now worth 3 mil at least.I like him.but prolific strikers are very very expensive.
One last thing I think rafa made a mistake on owen big time if he doesnt find a better option.Could paid him 40k a week and just kept him on bench as punishment for the way he left if not anything. I think that would of been a bargain for us and if torress was injured he`d cover,Cheap and good. Rafa make yr next move and prove me long. still trust you m8
THE CHOSEN ONE - August 7th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Still thinking about babel and if i was rafa id put him up front wen we are beating our opponents and they have to come out and not play deep. he would then exploit the channels and use his his pace and strength.this will increase his confidence and bring the best out of him.
Remember liverpool against arsenal he strugged of fabregas and slotted home the goal that completely killed the game.
Sorry im babbling on.
JCWW - August 7th, 2009 at 9:53 am
SHHHHHHHH for someone who sadly enjoys the local life you do seem to know a hell of alot about the WIRRAL especially our public houses five bars rest & now the wirral 100, admit it your not a scouser after all…your a burger flipper from bangor…fucking cockroach.
as for you I know fuck all shout…errm? for me to prove my knowledge against someone who has the intelligence of a GNAT is not worth the saliva in my mouth turd-breath.
with the injury issues of agger & skirtel icase you have not seen or read about ooops apols for that forgot your still reading by numbers.
yes campbell is past it but as an option 12 months on a free whats wrong with that? other options may cost money…& the more we fork out the better quality of defender…means they will be seeking a guaranteed first place….& that will not happen….ps rem a certain gary mac being bought in on a free at what age?
so get your fucking head out of your nuts magazine…put your step mums underwear away before you get caught….& hold onto your apparent season ticket of SEVEN years ….because as always your worthless comments like your life are FUTILE!
SHHHHHHHHameful as always.
everyone - August 7th, 2009 at 9:56 am
we all hate shhhhhhhhh,we all hate shhhhhhhh
millz - August 7th, 2009 at 10:07 am
we are not getting villa
instead we should loan lucas out and buy these 3 players
we should go 4 a free agent as a striker viduka could be OK
riena
johnson carra skrtel/agger insua
masherano aquillani
kuyt silva
gerrard
torres
silva and gerrard can swap around.
2nd team
cavaleri
degen cambell darby dossena
spearing martinez
el zhar riera
babel n’gog
LFC are number 1 - August 7th, 2009 at 10:11 am
i think rafa has 40m tops and 10 mill for wages sowe have enough to buy silva and then get a stricker and give bable on loan to the club we get one from
sell all of the players we got on free
then get a defender and some players on bossmans
awang - August 7th, 2009 at 10:35 am
buy the malaysians footballer…very cheap.
MRx - August 7th, 2009 at 10:38 am
not enough if rafa buys aquillani
mohammed - August 7th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
liverpool need a striker not more midfielders or defenders..
Liverpool Fan - August 7th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Maybe Negredo would be a very good choice?
pappa smurf - August 7th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
el nino
did you think torres would come to liverpool? NO
so why not villa (dont want aguero) he has already stated that the only english team he would come to is liverpool. just maybe rafa will get some money off the yanks so he could put in a 40-50mil bid in for him. it definately will not surprise me if he joins us.
el nino - August 7th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
papa smurf
i m nt syin he wont cum………………………..im syin we dnt hve d funds…………..2 buy him……………..lyk evry lfc fan i also wnt him 2 cum……bt widout funds its impossible…………..nd if villa ws ever a possibility rafa wud hve targeted him b4 evry1 y announce his interest in silva……….we hd d funds 2 buy torres 3yrs ago……….bt villa is costin more dan 2times wat v paid 4 torres……..v jst hve 25mn wid us……villa cud b a possibility bt nt dis season……..
THE CHOSEN ONE - August 7th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Villa to liverpool is dream world!!!!
we can`t afford 40 mil for him never mind anymore.
If i was the owner and rafa came to ask me for funds for him …. id laugh and tell him he aint doing his job. I`d ask him how long hes been here….5 yrs.
how many players has he brought through the academy of which i`vv funded.?
Bear in mind a 19 yr old will be 24 by now. then ill ask him whether he thinks im made of money!!!!
won`t work guys without real investers…….
Silva maybe but we dont need him with beny in our team. he`s not our priority.
red - August 7th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
not sol!!!!!!! he’s got the turning circle of the QE2
8 kopite - August 8th, 2009 at 11:22 am
we’ve gt Aquilani thank havens quick recovery, silva n sniejder equals title!!!
Rees - August 8th, 2009 at 11:57 am
No I think he shouldn’t go for Martinez he should go for Mata
Rees - August 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
This would be a squad
4-3-1-2
Reina
Aurelio/Jonhson Carragher Skrtel/Agger Puyol/Dossena
Silva Mascherano Mata
Gerrard
Torres Villa
Subs Cavalieri,Kuyt,Babel,Riera,Benayoun
Rees - August 8th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Oh and Aquilani and sniejder
SHUAIB - August 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
in campell free
in lucas neil free
in aquilani(already signed) 20m
in glen johnson( already signed) 10m
in david silva 15m plus babel
in podolski 17m plus voronin
out alonso 32m
out arbeloa 4m
out leto 3.5m already gone
out hammil 2m
out anderson 250k
out dossena 5/7m
out babel px
out el zhar 1.5/3m
out voronin 5/7m
squad
gk reina
lb aurelio
cb agger
cb carragher
rb johnson
cdm mascherano
cm aquilani
ram gerrard
lam silva
second striker podolski
cf gerrard
subs skrtel, riera, benayoun, lucas, neil, campell, kuyt
van der vaart can replace aquilani when he’s injured.
lucas neil can replace aurelio.
agger, skrtel, carragher are all injured.
SHUAIB - August 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
i didn’t mean van der vaart i meant to write kuyt to play with podolski wen torres is injured
Kenny Daglish - August 17th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Great Blog.
I think with Alonos gone, it is not tweaking or patch work but massive re-work needed.
I have seen potential in babble but after yesterday I would let him go as no improvement.
sell voronin, itandje, dossena, degan, babble, el zhar, spearing, lucas and javi mash – yes him. All not good enough and Mash too limited in what he offers – only good against top teams when his role is simple. Radical – Yes but I think could be done.
Contraversal yes about Javi Mash but dont rate him – too limited specacilst for PL – people slagging Levi should look at Mash yesterday – hopeless and cant pass. Another contraversal, I never want to see Silvia in a LFC shirt unless we get him for free. I hope man u pay 25 M for him – he is not PL standard and will do nothing, recent games for Sapin are very poor and Riera looks a much better players for Sapin. Silvia would be crushed in the PL.
So what to do – some surgery . So when I say selll babble how about swap for Young ? plus a few million if need be.
We need CB cover but not crazy money, we have 3 good CB and two young lads and I like Kelly and spanish guy looked ok yesterday when he came on – but they are for the future so need experienced or englsih CB.
So for me it is not Camball – too old and slow and he needs to play to keep sharpness, so options:
Distin / Taylor / Upson but only at right price. Max spend is 6M but distin much cheaper – i rate him but home grown is better for CL.
Now goalie and defencde sorted with Aurillio comming back and Darby also given some time when we are coasting in games. Rafa has to learn how to play young players.
midfiled with – replace javi mash with Yaya Toure + 15M to us or Javi Martinez and we pocket 15M – then buy sniejder with the 15M.
Javi Martinez offers much more then just holding, powerful box to box but looks like he can tackle which is all javi mash can do.
Strikes – Villa, Aguero or Negredo in that order. I like Villa and think he can play top man or supprt man. Aguero could be fantastic with Torres too or lead the line. Negredo is last option but not sure he could play with Torres more cover for him.
About money – who knows how much we have, but I think the above could be achieved. We need a striker that can play with Torres or cover him – people who say buy Silvia ? – is he going to play with Gerrard up front, Kuyt does not work up there so this would be a waste of money. The above should fetch about 63M
How much we got now, some people think it should be about 40/50m but I think new contracts for players and staff have eating a chunk as have bank repayments. Still there should be 20 M avaiulable. Now that and 63 makes a fund for buying and wages.
My choices
Young 15M
Taylor 6M
Sniejder 15M
Martinez 10M but Yaya Toure may be preference is Barsa swap.so 15M
Villa 40M
so total of about 86 M
Yes major revamp of team but look what we got and it aint subs that some listed like degan and dossena that are pure and utter crap.
Job done – deliver the PL now and the CL.
……………………..reina……………………
johnson/darby……..carragher/skrtel/aggar/taylor……insua/aurillio
……………Martinez or Yaya Toure ……….…
kuyt/young………gerrard/aquilani……….riera
villa
…….torres………………
if torres is injured – villa plays as target man
if villa is injured – gerrard plays as support striker
if villa and torres up from , we can alternate gerrard/aquilani as attacking midfielder.
We have quality backup everwhere
Subs : all quality could include
Cavalieri Skrtel Upston Aurellio Aquilani Benayoun Yossi Sniejder
Darby, Kelly and the young Spain CB yesterday
First Team :
……………………..reina……………………
johnson…….carragher…aggar………….aurillio
……………Martinez or Yaya Toure ……….…
young………gerrard……….riera
villa
…….torres………………
Second team , and you could argue about some , who should be first or second but that would be good sign, good competition.
………………..Cavalieri……………………
darby……..skrtel………….taylor……insua
…………… Sniejder ……….…
kuyt……….…aquilani……………….Yossi
Kuyt
……Ngong/Nemith………………
Dennis - August 17th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Liverpool should get in:
Van der vaart Attacking Mid , Diego Capel Left wing , Jesus Navas right wing
Distin Centre back and Podolski Forward.
And sell voronin and lucas as soon as possible as they are wastes of space and do not have the quality to wear the shirt!!!!!!
lincoln burrows - August 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
so once again we are still not serious contenders for the title. oh how could we when we still have lucas in our startingXI. lucas who wouldn’t make a third team for a club like stoke city. or should i talk about voronin. bye bye everyone our wait is still not over
kopkid31 - August 18th, 2009 at 12:50 am
id go for taylor (newcastle)hes in the mould of carragher and terry also tuncay(boro)he s a quality back up striker robben(madrid)goes past ppl for fun then vad der vaart or snieder about 30 million altogether …..titles ours
mcmattyoyo - August 18th, 2009 at 10:04 am
get them send this message to benitez or u should become manager but swap silva for villa maybe
mcallenyoyo - August 18th, 2009 at 10:05 am
get them tell benitez
mcallenyoyo - August 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
opps said it twice
jd - August 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
reina
johnson, skrtel, carragher, insua
kuyt, mascherano, gerrard, riera
benayoun
torres
its not fucking rocket science
jd - August 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
The rest of the ‘money’ goes on the interest payment that is due in january or possibly on restarting the stadium project. That is the most sensible use for it and the sooner people start to realise that the LONG term future of this club is far more important than a knee jerk reaction to attempt to win the title, the better. Spending 60 or 70 million on 3 players may win us that title, but if we over stretch ourselves, it coud spell the end of the football club as we know it. Sensible, long term budgeting and planning will ultimately bear fruits, but we have to be patient. We NEED a new ground and we NEED to keep the wolves of potential administration away from the door. Rafa has a vast and expensively assembled squad. I would rather see us concentrating on getting the best out of what we already have, rather than jeapordising the future of the club in speculation, with the financial situatio being the way it is.
anonymous - August 30th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
we need more strength in depth, not more big name, expensive signings
anonymous - August 30th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
buy
villa
van der vaart
podolski
anonymous - February 25th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
I had a dream : Torres n Pavlyuchenko mesmerising d opponents n scores lots of goals between them n we won the league ! Wat is Benitez thinking ? Pavlyuchenko would come cheap as he wants out n Harry dislike him, remember Pavlyuchenko destroy us at white hart lane n d rest r history ! Mamadou Niang of Marseille also is very sharp n i rate him alongside Drogba but cost less. ASIANBOY
Mickeyfinn1983 - February 25th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Pavlyuchenko will never come cheap… The Spuds think they can Bench a player all season and then value him more than they bought him for… Harry has never been a good business man… Look at West Ham, Pompey and very soon it will be Spurs’ turn…. Just look at his defence!
- King
- Woodgate
- Dawson
- Bassong
- Kaboul
And still he can’t get enough…
anonymous - February 25th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
For once I’m totally agree with U ! Harry is confused lot such as Benitez.. They r in d world of their own……..ASIANBOY
Donavan Ried - February 25th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
We need a third goal and to take Gerrard off,Should have had this grion opp months ago…..