Bring in Mikey Owen in January

[RoboRiise]

Dave if Heskey comes back , you must must must let Rashid back on here.

 

 

Why, won't one returning cunt be enough for you?

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry Rash, it was just too good to miss ;-)

[Red Phoenix]

I think Rafa want's Heskey to play with Keane when Torres isn't available. Obviously he could also be used late in games like last night but Keane would definitely benefit by a "Heskey" type player.

 

Please, please tell me this isn't true. I said something in the keane thread (I think.) that was related but I'm not quoting myself, I was wondering though :

 

Could Rafa saying he's not interested in Owen be him just saying that, but he really is? Like, wouldn't it drive up his price (or wages, etc.) and have other people offering more if he came out now and said he wanted him back at Liverpool if possible?

 

To get back to the Heskey thing : if the Torres problem carries on into next year (and I seriously hope he's rested long enough this time so it doesn't.) and we have Keane and Heskey upfront, does anyone think we'll win the title?

 

I mean, if Rafa wants Heskey but not Owen, given that we've already got Kuyt and Keane upfront in the firstplace, where does he expect to get goals from? Keane running around and being a 'supporting' striker but not scoring consistently, Heskey running around 'creating' stuff but not scoring enough, and Kuyt running......all over the pitch doing his superman stuff.......who the fuck scores the goals to get us the title?

 

It makes me feel ill. Keane and Heskey as players I have no major problem with, but if neither can score enough goals and Rafa wants them together for some bizarre reason anyway, when it's possible we could have Owen...how is that sane? Maybe he thinks Keane and Heskey will click or something....I'm just baffled.

[JoeyKop]

Heskey? do we want another striker who can't score. Will be an even worse signing than Keane if this happens. might as well throw the money in the trashbin.

[JMARKH]

heskey to sign and be played on the wing so we can have one failed striker on the left and another on the right!!

[Roy Hobbs]

Viduka??? Where has he been linked, I haven't heard that before.

 

Also, I know you weren't having a go at Crouch, I was just being flippant, as you can be sure if we sign Heskey there will be people making excuses for Rafa saying he had no choice etc

 

Andy Harper said it on Fox (aus tv). He's respected over here but it said rather flippantly and off the cuff without divulging anymore. He didn't say it was going to happen just that he was linked.

[Brownie]

If we sign Heskey or Viduka I think I might actually lose the will to live.

[StevieH]

If we revert to the 4-2-3-1 formation when Torres is fit with Gerrard playing in the hole, then neither Keane or Owen would fit into that formation.

 

Both would be ideal coming off the bench to change games, but realistically both are going to want to start games each week, and we would have to revert to a 4-4-2 to acommodate either player anyway.

 

An ideal alternative/back-up player to Torres would be a Drogba type forward who can play as a lone striker, hold the ball up & score goals. Heskey has those attributes and is cheap, but doesn't score enough goals. If Babel could learn to play with his back to goal & improve his 1st touch then he could be another option, although I doubt he will want to continue as a bench warmer.

 

I fear that Rafa may try and do a deal with Spurs in January for Keane & use the money to sign Heskey & a right winger.

 

In hindsight the £20m spent on Keane, may have been better invested by signing a real, top quality right winger who can score and create goals, but Rafa should have seen how well the Torres/Gerrard partnership was working and looked to add some meat to the bones rather than break up a tried and tested partnership.

[Thants]

Fowler . . Heskey . . . ?

[dave u]

If we need a target man so badly then firstly, we shouldn't have sold Cruch, secondly, we shouldn't have bought Keane, and thirdly instead of signing Heskey we should sell some shite and buy Kenwyne Jones.

[Josef Svejk]

Marlon Harewood is the man for the job...

[diego]

We did not take the initiative to sell Crouch. He refused to sign an extension to his contract. He also indicated that he wanted to go if he was not going to be played regularly. He was concerned that if he was not the first or a regular choice for a starting spot it would affect his chances of being part of the England squad. He decided that the arrival of Torres and other factors would probably mean that his appearances would be limited. Given his refusal to sign an extension and his determination to seek a starting spot somewhere, we allowed him to go for a decent price rather than waiting until his contract expired worthless. Rafa always said he was a good player and welcome to stay.

[StevieH]

Rafa Benitez: We won't be held to ransom in January transfer window - Liverpool FC latest - Liverpool Echo.co.uk

[Red Phoenix]

Viduka I'd have no problem with at all, if he wasn't so injured all the time like Owen. I'd be happy to see him in a red shirt if he was fit as I think he's great. There's no wonder Newcastle are in the shit they're in when you think of the injury problems they've both had though.

 

Just checked and Viduka's goalscoring ratio's almost 1 in 2 aswell, (played 476, scored 236.) but at 33 he might be past his best. I'd still go for Owen if it came to a choice.

 

So to sum up : we need to call Voronin back from his loan and have some Voromania to bring in number 19.

Edited December 6, 2008 by Red Phoenix

[Guest simon]

I just heard a little thing that we gonna go for Vucinic dont know how true this is but this person has been right in the past about other signings.

[StevieH]

I just heard a little thing that we gonna go for Vucinic dont know how true this is but this person has been right in the past about other signings.

 

Vucinic (2) v Chelsea

[Guest Dog Chaser]

This thread has evolved from a Michael Owen discussion to a full blown rumour thread, tribalfootball style.

[snez1]

Jones at Sunderland is a good player.

 

However he scores about as often as Heskey and will cost more than £10m.

[Guest simon]

This thread has evolved from a Michael Owen discussion to a full blown rumour thread, tribalfootball style.

 

Just wait this person is usually right about these things. Take the piss when the window has been and gone.

Edited December 6, 2008 by simon

[StevieH]

Just wait this person is usually right about these things. Take the piss when the when the window has been and gone.

 

Vucinic is a good player who can play as a lone striker, but why would he leave Roma to play 2nd fiddle to Torres?

[Guest Dog Chaser]

Just wait this person is usually right about these things. Take the piss when the when the window has been and gone.

 

Im not doubting your secret source, i do rate that Vucinic. But repeating yourself is unacceptable:whistle:

[rebel23]

Rafa will want English players as our UEFA quota is pretty much full especially if true he does get rid of Keane so Heskey would make sense though I doubt they will sell him and Martin O'Neill will provide stiff competition for his signature if Whelan did decide to cash in

[Guest Dog Chaser]

Vucinic is a good player who can play as a lone striker, but why would he leave Roma to play 2nd fiddle to Torres?

 

Or maybe revert to 4-4-2 with them two up top.

 

[rebel23]

might Rafa want to swap Keane for Bent?

 

he's an English striker...

[Strontium]

2 goals for Owen already today, seems he's rediscovered his goalscoring touch now.

[ratcatcher]

2 goals for Owen already today, seems he's rediscovered his goalscoring touch now.

 

 

Correct. People have written owen off more times than madonna! I hope to god benitez is just trying to deflect attention from his interest in Owen.