Brendan Rodgers and the transfer market

[TheFridge]

No actually it is how it is because the club hasnt done what you want it to do.

 

Oh and by the way Reus isnt a striker, he's a winger.

 

And no, Im not saying its not possible for LFC to buy one top tier player. What Im saying is people will want more than one top tier player as indeed they are saying ie instead of spunking 100m on several players we should have bought quality.

 

Well that conveniently forgets that the squad needed more strength in depth due to the CL so the club had to find a happy medium to buying several top tier players and better quality players already at the club needed for the extra games.

 

Your repetitive posts on the subject suggest otherwise, highly doubt any sane Liverpool fan expects the club to be able to go out and buy 3/4 of these type of players though 1 every now and then is a fair expectation if we have regular CL, the main peeve is not sorting out the Suarez sized hole left in our attack with some top quality, it was such a perfect opportunity wasted and it grates.

 

Is anyone really saying this stuff about expecting all these £40 million players anyway? i think the point is the amount of money the club pisses up the wall on transfers we would have been better off spending big money on proven top level players instead of over paying for unproven top level players that are coming off 1 good season at a mid table club.

 

I know Reus isn't a striker, he can play anywhere in attack, he's exactly what Rodgers likes, if we had got him we still would have needed a striker who isn't called Balotelli, we still would have had plenty of cash to sort the squad out after we had spent the 40/50 million along with the added bonus of Andy Carroll not being our club record transfer.

[Reckoner]

this thread is full of cretins.

cheers.

[INTORRESTING]

Any talk of us being paupers or not being Able to compete is mostly bollocks imo. We have spunked obscene amounts of money on shite.

 

Illori , alberto and aspas would have bought a decent player on good wages. What a terrible batch of pointless signings that was - utter shite

 

Carroll and downing would have bought one top player and wages etc

[VladimirIlyich]

Is Illori actually any good? Same with Alberto?

Our scouting system seems to work well.....for other clubs.

[INTORRESTING]

I really dont know. I know it was meant as an investment but we needed first teamers at that time.

 

I think if markovic comes good then our summer dealings will look okay. I love the fullbacks and lallana and i think lovren and mario need some time. Can looks a player too

[Boss]

If Liverpool football club was an A & R company during the Brit Pop era we wouldn't sign the likes of Oasis, Blur or Pulp. For a start Oasis would be too big for us, we wouldn't get a look in, Blur would be established so we'd look elsewhere, Pulp would be considered too eclectic, we'd overthink Pulp. We'd be interested in Suede but we'd end up making an arse out of the deal and Suede would take their jarring tunes somewhere they'll be appreciated, after growing tired of protracted negotiations.

 

We'd be the one that ends up signing Reef. "Now Reef, that's a young band with the world at it's feet". We'd throw a bloody fortune at Reef after "Place your hands" came out in the hope that it's just the start of a tremendous career. We'd send them all over the world to record their follow up at great expense, before getting the tapes back and realising that we've made a monumental fuck up. 

[Dr. J]

 

Illori , alberto and aspas would have bought a decent player on good wages. What a terrible batch of pointless signings that was - utter shite

 

Hurts to read it, but true nonetheless. Amazing that no heads rolled there.

[Phoenix]

On the plus side at least we didnt sign Tom Ince like some were hoping for on here.

[Russ Atmosphere]

If Liverpool football club was an A & R company during the Brit Pop era we wouldn't sign the likes of Oasis, Blur or Pulp. For a start Oasis would be too big for us, we wouldn't get a look in, Blur would be established so we'd look elsewhere, Pulp would be considered too eclectic, we'd overthink Pulp. We'd be interested in Suede but we'd end up making an arse out of the deal and Suede would take their jarring tunes somewhere they'll be appreciated, after growing tired of protracted negotiations.

 

We'd be the one that ends up signing Reef. "Now Reef, that's a young band with the world at it's feet". We'd throw a bloody fortune at Reef after "Place your hands" came out in the hope that it's just the start of a tremendous career. We'd send them all over the world to record their follow up at great expense, before getting the tapes back and realising that we've made a monumental fuck up.

The problem was the system, Reef just didn't link up well with Northern Uproar and Menswear.

[INTORRESTING]

Parry only had a tape player and couldnt play any of the cd demos, moores had never even heard of cd's

[Dr Nowt]

If Liverpool football club was an A & R company during the Brit Pop era we wouldn't sign the likes of Oasis, Blur or Pulp. For a start Oasis would be too big for us, we wouldn't get a look in, Blur would be established so we'd look elsewhere, Pulp would be considered too eclectic, we'd overthink Pulp. We'd be interested in Suede but we'd end up making an arse out of the deal and Suede would take their jarring tunes somewhere they'll be appreciated, after growing tired of protracted negotiations.

 

We'd be the one that ends up signing Reef. "Now Reef, that's a young band with the world at it's feet". We'd throw a bloody fortune at Reef after "Place your hands" came out in the hope that it's just the start of a tremendous career. We'd send them all over the world to record their follow up at great expense, before getting the tapes back and realising that we've made a monumental fuck up. 

 

Someone else was sweetening Blur's deal with a block of artisan cheese the shape of Great Britain, and Pulp wouldn't move out of Sheffield.

[TheFridge]

Any talk of us being paupers or not being Able to compete is mostly bollocks imo. We have spunked obscene amounts of money on shite.

 

Illori , alberto and aspas would have bought a decent player on good wages. What a terrible batch of pointless signings that was - utter shite

 

Carroll and downing would have bought one top player and wages etc

 

Pointing out the obvious but Borini was another terrible signing, at the time we were thread bare for strikers and desperately needed someone to come in who could make an instant impact and score goals and what do we do? we go out and take a needless hopeful punt on a kid who had scored a few goals in Italy the previous season and was totally unproven in the Premier League instead of buying someone who we knew was capable.

 

Even if we do get the fee back we paid for Borini it doesn't make much difference to how bad a signing he was, the club has still wasted millions in wages on him and for what? just another in a long list of terrible decisions taken by the club in the transfer market.

 

Someone wrote a really good post the other day mentioning how the club is has been consistently full of mediocre (at best) people behind the scenes for a long time, so true and it's probably the main reason why the club continues to make a hash of things time after time after time.

[ZonkoVille77]

You're so cold

[Etienne77]

Pointing out the obvious here but you are one whining, moaning, miserable fucker.

[TheFridge]

Pointing out the obvious here but you are one whining, moaning, miserable fucker.

 

You sound like a shit cunt.

[Dr. J]

Pointing out the obvious but Borini was another terrible signing, at the time we were thread bare for strikers and desperately needed someone to come in who could make an instant impact and score goals and what do we do? we go out and take a needless hopeful punt on a kid who had scored a few goals in Italy the previous season and was totally unproven in the Premier League instead of buying someone who we knew was capable.

 

Even if we do get the fee back we paid for Borini it doesn't make much difference to how bad a signing he was, the club has still wasted millions in wages on him and for what? just another in a long list of terrible decisions taken by the club in the transfer market.

 

Someone wrote a really good post the other day mentioning how the club is has been consistently full of mediocre (at best) people behind the scenes for a long time, so true and it's probably the main reason why the club continues to make a hash of things time after time after time.

 

I'm not yet convinced he's so bad, considering he's never had a fair run of games. Still think he'll come good enough, given a chance, to at least justify his transfer fee if not set the league afire. Poyet rated him enough to offer a significant amount more than what we paid, too. There's something to Borini, we just have to give him a real chance, not 2 minutes at the end of lost causes.

[Russ Atmosphere]

"Balotelli has taken the spotlight off some of the other summer signings," Scholes said.

 

"Dejan Lovren has struggled. Lazar Markovic has not scored and he cost £20m. Alberto Moreno is quick but is yet to convince as a defender. Adam Lallana is the only one who looks like he is comfortable with the shift, and at £25m he was overpriced.

 

"I recognise Brendan Rodgers needed a bigger squad, but they should have gone for fewer players and greater quality. Balotelli cannot take the blame for all of that."

 

He'd probably make a good pundit if he didn't mumble in the direction of his shoes and look like a photophobic cave creature.

[ngogswilly]

If Liverpool football club was an A & R company during the Brit Pop era we wouldn't sign the likes of Oasis, Blur or Pulp. For a start Oasis would be too big for us, we wouldn't get a look in, Blur would be established so we'd look elsewhere, Pulp would be considered too eclectic, we'd overthink Pulp. We'd be interested in Suede but we'd end up making an arse out of the deal and Suede would take their jarring tunes somewhere they'll be appreciated, after growing tired of protracted negotiations.

 

We'd be the one that ends up signing Reef. "Now Reef, that's a young band with the world at it's feet". We'd throw a bloody fortune at Reef after "Place your hands" came out in the hope that it's just the start of a tremendous career. We'd send them all over the world to record their follow up at great expense, before getting the tapes back and realising that we've made a monumental fuck up. 

haha fantastic post 

[Reckoner]

We've spoffed our load and now we have nothing but a feeling of self loathing and a bit of a mess,

[Paco]

meulensteen says he should have strengthened his backroom staff with a coach who has experience of the rigours of CL/PL seasons.

 

think hes pissed off brendan didnt move for him

[Jairzinho]

That is a cool story, Rene.

 

Anyone know what Hughie McAuley's views on Jurgen Klopp are?

[TheFridge]

I'm not yet convinced he's so bad, considering he's never had a fair run of games. Still think he'll come good enough, given a chance, to at least justify his transfer fee if not set the league afire. Poyet rated him enough to offer a significant amount more than what we paid, too. There's something to Borini, we just have to give him a real chance, not 2 minutes at the end of lost causes.

 

I don't think he's terrible, he was a terrible signing though.

[billypilgrimnz]

He's a terrible signing because Rodgers worked with him before and should have known what he was all about.

 

 

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[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I don't think he was a terrible signing, even if he has been less good than his evident talent in Italy and at Chelsea dictated he should. What he was is overpriced, but I'm happy for him to be a squad player, I'd just like it if he was used in his best position every now and then.

 

You know, all this stuff seems so fucking lazy. All the moaning and the 'everything is shit' mantra. It's boring to keep reading the same shit on here. Supporting Liverpool is different to how it was when I was growing up, but it's not just the club that has changed, it's the fans too.

[Section_31]

Borini showed some early signs that he knows where the ball is in the box, seemed to have decent movement back then I thought.

 

I agree with you NV but it's like everything, 24 hour news means news gets dragged out even when there's nothing left of the story, same with the internet - never thought I'd see the day where people get suicidal over the tactics used in a friendly match, or where a new communications director gets their own thread. Wouldn't say that's Liverpool fans though that's just the internet - time and space must be filled, I doubt there's much talk about club PR policy down the pub.