Benitez loses his patience as he tries to cash in on defiant Crouch

[Dirk]

Alves and Mancini? I am sure even Rash will be happy with that.

[coop]

Alfonso Alves is a goal machine but in a poor league and Mancini would be a good buy as long as the attitude is sorted.

 

Cheers for the info Count.

[Paul]

Looks like the long lord of Liverpool will be leaving in January. Apparantly, Benitez is looking at Alves, who scored von, ha, two, ha ha, three, ha, ha, ha......... seven goals at the weekend. There's also some talk of the bearded one looking at Mancini again, which is probably more what the Reds need. The Count would be gutted if his fellow two-metres brother was to depart Anfield.

 

Daniel Alves? And this Mancini chap - is he a righty or a lefty (winger)?

[Paul]

Alfonso Alves is a goal machine but in a poor league and Mancini would be a good buy as long as the attitude is sorted.

 

Cheers for the info Count.

 

Who hell he?

[Section_31]

Alves and Mancini? I am sure even Rash will be happy with that.

 

That's £40m at least, I'd be shocked if that's a mid-season outlay the owners are willing to consider.

 

 

*edit (not Daniel Alves then?)

 

* goes back to bed

[Dirk]

Who hell he?

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/09/player.alves/

[DT]

Paul, he's a Brazilian striker. Big and strong and has scored loads of goals in Holland, like Dirk Kuyt. Made his international debut recently (might have been against England actually)

 

Other than that I don't really know him.

[Count Morfeo]

Afonso Alves. Birth certificates in Brazil are made using stick on letters. They had rationed 'l's on the day of his entry into this world.

[africanherbsman]

Looks like the long lord of Liverpool will be leaving in January. Apparantly, Benitez is looking at Alves, who scored von, ha, two, ha ha, three, ha, ha, ha......... seven goals at the weekend. There's also some talk of the bearded one looking at Mancini again, which is probably more what the Reds need. The Count would be gutted if his fellow two-metres brother was to depart Anfield.

 

Does your undead self know whether or not Benitez still has reservations about his attitude?

[coop]

Alfonso Alves is a goalscorer, whether he can make the step up to Premier league is another matter. He could be a Kezman or he could be a Nistlerooy.

 

I think he has something like 49 goals in 46 games for his current club but i dont know what his record was before then.

[Rashid]

He played for Brazil against England and he looked very dangerous in the few minutes he was on as did Diego. Anyone seen him in Holland? The fucker scores near on 40 a season. I'd love to see a player like that at Anfield.. as for Mancini I'd prefer Quaresma as he is much younger but Mancini is world class and would be a magnificent signing. DT he is not that much like Kuyt in playing style though, seems much less scruffy on the ball.

[Cardie]

Alfonso Alves is a goalscorer, whether he can make the step up to Premier league is another matter. He could be a Kezman or he could be a Nistlerooy.

 

I think he has something like 49 goals in 46 games for his current club but i dont know what his record was before then.

 

Sweden mainly.

 

Pretty much always been a 1 in 2 striker but never played in a top league or against consistently good oposition.

[Rashid]

Looks like the long lord of Liverpool will be leaving in January. Apparantly, Benitez is looking at Alves, who scored von, ha, two, ha ha, three, ha, ha, ha......... seven goals at the weekend. There's also some talk of the bearded one looking at Mancini again, which is probably more what the Reds need. The Count would be gutted if his fellow two-metres brother was to depart Anfield.

 

I Knew it woud end in tears!

[Rashid]

Sweden mainly.

 

Pretty much always been a 1 in 2 striker but never played in a top league or against consistently good oposition.

 

He scored 94 in 52 games in Sweden. Maybe he is a 2 in 1 striker!

 

You Tube...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7XIVDSNNgw

[Paul]

Cheers for the info boys. Well, with that record, he's clearly got one of our absent holy trinity of pace, guile and goals in spades. Despite what we've all said about needing defensive cover, I'll feel much happier about our chances of challenging if more attacking recruits come in (quality assumed, of course).

[Cardie]

He scored 94 in 52 games in Sweden.

 

Using the same goal count method as Romario?

 

He scored 49 in 87 games in Sweden.

[Section_31]

Man the dutch league sucks balls, the Archbishop of Canterburry could probably get double figures over there.

 

It's an old arguement so I'm not gonna go on, but If Torres' pure class is proof of anything - it's that it's better to splash good money on a proven player from a quality league, than spunk about 10m here and 7m there on players who can 'play left or right and through the middle' and look good on YouTube.

[Red Nick]

Man the dutch league sucks balls, the Archbishop of Canterburry could probably get double figures over there.

 

It's an old arguement so I'm not gonna go on, but If Torres' pure class is proof of anything - it's that it's better to splash good money on a proven player from a quality league, than spunk about 10m here and 7m there on players who can 'play left or right and through the middle' and look good on YouTube.

 

Agree totally

 

Rafa's 3 best signings being Pepe, Xabi & Torres, good money for good players, the only bargain that turned out to be gold was Danny Boy, the rest bar Arbeloa really havent been good enough and Id include Pennant in that

[BENIRL]

We dont need anyone. We need the players we have to play better.

 

 

Is the right answer.

[rebel23]

Man the dutch league sucks balls, the Archbishop of Canterburry could probably get double figures over there.

 

It's an old arguement so I'm not gonna go on, but If Torres' pure class is proof of anything - it's that it's better to splash good money on a proven player from a quality league, than spunk about 10m here and 7m there on players who can 'play left or right and through the middle' and look good on YouTube.

 

I seem to remember a lot of people who said Torres was overrated, his goal record was crap, he wasn't proven etc. and that he was one of those players who looked good on youtube or had the occasional good game, wasn't prolific enough yada, yada, yada

 

that said I agree with the principle that you get what you pay for but 10m+ isnt an insignificant sum

[plonky]

We need Trabelsi, Kezman, Mexes and Mista

[Section_31]

I seem to remember a lot of people who said Torres was overrated, his goal record was crap, he wasn't proven etc. and that he was one of those players who looked good on youtube or had the occasional good game, wasn't prolific enough yada, yada, yada

 

that said I agree with the principle that you get what you pay for but 10m+ isnt an insignificant sum

 

I didn't.

 

You're right 10m isn't an insignificant sum - I'm just saying we bleed money on 'okay' players all too often for my liking.

 

I love Rafa and think he's the right man, but in three years he's only signed one top-quality attacking player - and that man cost 20m+, and he was a proven international from a very tough and demanding league.

 

I'd rathar he pay top-dollar for one player who's scored 15 goalds in Serie A than waste cash on someone who's scored 80goals in 10 games in the Icelandic second division.

[Red Nick]

I didn't.

 

You're right 10m isn't an insignificant sum - I'm just saying we bleed money on 'okay' players all too often for my liking.

 

I love Rafa and think he's the right man, but in three years he's only signed one top-quality attacking player - and that man cost 20m+, and he was a proven international from a very tough and demanding league.

 

I'd rathar he pay top-dollar for one player who's scored 15 goalds in Serie A than waste cash on someone who's scored 80goals in 10 games in the Icelandic second division.

 

Your right the Liverpool way was to buy 2 or 3 quality players per close season but Houllier and Rafa changed the Liverpool way

[Rashid]

Your right the Liverpool way was to buy 2 or 3 quality players per close season but Houllier and Rafa changed the Liverpool way

 

To be fair Houllier and Rafa didn't have championship winning sides to add to and Houllier and Rafa had to build squads to compete with our rivals. That said Houllier and Rafa on too many occasions have gone for quantity over quality when they haven't needed to.

[Hermes]

To be fair Houllier and Rafa didn't have championship winning sides to add to and Houllier and Rafa had to build squads to compete with our rivals. That said Houllier and Rafa on too many occasions have gone for quantity over quality when they haven't needed to.

 

But £126m spent to go from 4th to 4th isn't that impressive is it?