Summer 2011

[Guest davelfc]

If ever there was a manager big enough to be able to leave Carra out it's Kenny. However talk of Carragher being past it are a little premature.

 

He has plenty to offer the team and we have Kelly, Agger and Skrtel. I hope they all get plenty of games next season. I hadn't forgotten the big greek, I just don't believe he will feature as much.

[Unrighteous]

Which is? Let me guess? JC?

 

Hiya!

[don]

I could watch that all day.

[Unrighteous]

Anyone want to go out on a limb(like the girl below) and guess our next linked player?

 

[Glen C]

Surprised we haven't been linked with cahill actually seeing as how he is English and we need a CB.

[Unrighteous]

Surprised we haven't been linked with cahill actually seeing as how he is English and we need a CB.

 

Everyone expected City to buy him... but they haven't. Now, everyone is expecting Arsenal to buy him... but they haven't.

 

Bolton REALLY need to sell him, because they have no money until they do so.

[Glen C]

Everyone expected City to buy him... but they haven't. Now, everyone is expecting Arsenal to buy him... but they haven't.

 

Bolton REALLY need to sell him, because they have no money until they do so.

 

yeah i remember that rumors were city were going to buy him but they never bothered and have gone for a cheaper alternative. I think arsenal will go back in for him. but yeah coyle is whoring him out big time as they obviously want the money. Problem is he's slow and everyone wants quick CB's.

[Unrighteous]

yeah i remember that rumors were city were going to buy him but they never bothered and have gone for a cheaper alternative. I think arsenal will go back in for him. but yeah coyle is whoring him out big time as they obviously want the money. Problem is he's slow and everyone wants quick CB's.

 

He's not a snail, and he reads the game pretty well, I think.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Unless we've got shit loads of money, I'm not sure that spending 17m on Cahill is the best way forward. I think Carra, Skrtel, Agger and Kelly can adequately cover it.

 

Anything happening with Dann!? At 12ft, he'd be a good weapon for Adam's corners.

[Unrighteous]

Unless we've got shit loads of money, I'm not sure that spending 17m on Cahill is the best way forward.

 

I'm thinking that Bolton will be getting itchy, as there has been no 'official' interest, that a bid of 13-14 might get him.

 

edit: I hear Dann is going to Stoke. I dunno what happened to the Arsenal, us, and Chelsea interest.

[Major Tom]

I'm thinking that Bolton will be getting itchy, as there has been no 'official' interest, that a bid of 13-14 might get him.

 

edit: I hear Dann is going to Stoke. I dunno what happened to the Arsenal, us, and Chelsea interest.

 

Even at 13-14, I think Cahill is over priced. A whole lot of English tax involved there! Decent player and better than Dann in my view but still not Liverpool quality.

 

Move Kelly to CB and be done with it for this season is my view. Concentrate our money on the wings and a LB

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Even at 13-14, I think Cahill is over priced. A whole lot of English tax involved there! Decent player and better than Dann in my view but still not Liverpool quality.

 

Move Kelly to CB and be done with it for this season is my view. Concentrate our money on the wings and a LB

 

That's quite a big risk to be taking tbh. Id like to see him play cb this season, but not thrown in at the deep end.

[Glen C]

Unless we've got shit loads of money, I'm not sure that spending 17m on Cahill is the best way forward. I think Carra, Skrtel, Agger and Kelly can adequately cover it.

 

Anything happening with Dann!? At 12ft, he'd be a good weapon for Adam's corners.

 

We desperately need another hyypia and none of our current CB's have that about them. Kelly is unproven and is more likely going to be backup to Johnson st RB, agger is never fit and skrtel is decent but we need better than him. carra is our only true leader at the back.

[BenR_]

Cahill is very good and would be a very big improvement on Skrtel. He's not world class or anything but he's a good CB who would improve us significantly, and he's not slow at all, that's ridiculous, he's alright, he's very athletic.

 

He's comfortable with the ball which is something we're sorely lacking at the back, probably more than anything else. If we open the season with Skrtel-Carra as the CB partnership, we'll quickly come to regret it, probably after the 30th hoof across midfield. Skrtel can barely pass the ball under pressure, and the less said about Carra in that department the better.

[Major Tom]

That's quite a big risk to be taking tbh. Id like to see him play cb this season, but not thrown in at the deep end.

 

Well, he would only be there as 4th choice to start with.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Cahill is very good and would be a very big improvement on Skrtel. He's not world class or anything but he's a good CB who would improve us significantly, and he's not slow at all, that's ridiculous, he's alright, he's very athletic.

 

When paying 17m for a central defender, don't you think it should be somebody who is pretty incredible? I know prices have gone stupid, but we're talking about a centre back here.

[RazorBack]

How can United sell shite like Brown, O'Shea, etc. for 4M each at elast is really beyond me..Unbeliavable, if not sad for Sunderland that they can not find some younger (foreign) talent, or maybe they don't want to?

[fowler9]

O'Shea is decent imo and worth the money but Brown is fucking shite

[esoteric]

I think of Kelly as a promising CB and Flanagan as backup to Johnson. Do others really see Kelly ahead of Flanagan in the RB pecking order?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Well, he would only be there as 4th choice to start with.

 

Ah, sorry, misunderstood your post.

[Glen C]

I think of Kelly as a promising CB and Flanagan as backup to Johnson. Do others really see Kelly ahead of Flanagan in the RB pecking order?

 

 

Quite easily. Kelly may have started as a CB, but i can only see him playing RB for quite a few years. he may do a carra and move to CB in a few years time but he's definitely ahead of flanaghan.

[Randy Marsh]

Skrtel has come on a hell of a lot in the past 12months and isn't half as shit as many people make out on here. He had a good season last year.

[RafaLaBamba]

Cahill would be ace. We need a strong centre back that can dominate aerily and he fits the bill. I wouldn't say that the lad is slow...he just isn't regarded as quick. Him, Dann or Lovren would fit the bill nicely!

[Einch]

Cahill is not a good CB for a top club. When the pressure is on he goes to pieces and he is in no way an upgrade on Skrtel. If we buy a CB he needs to be better than what we have and Cahill is not that player.

[shaunstrudwick]

He's not a snail, and he reads the game pretty well, I think.

 

i rate Cahill and would pay around £15m for him

 

he is better than Skrtel and could be a long term Carra replacement

 

does anyone know whether we are still looking to offload Agger?