January Transfer window 2012

[Red '84]

we´ll win both cups and nab fourth!

[ThewaytoRome]

I can’t understand people who would sacrifice two cups for fourth place. I understand 4th has merits for the coming seasons, but at the end of the day playing football is all about winning trophies. There are 4 to win in a season and securing 1 or 2 is a great achievement. Nothing is handed out for 4th.

[silverlining]

I can’t understand people who would sacrifice two cups for fourth place. I understand 4th has merits for the coming seasons, but at the end of the day playing football is all about winning trophies. There are 4 to win in a season and securing 1 or 2 is a great achievement. Nothing is handed out for 4th.

 

I think he's aware of that.

 

He is simply saying that the financial rewards/ ability to attract (or retain) players, is better served by being in the Champions League. Correctly.

 

But I think I'd prefer to win both cups. Although that view is probably slightly coloured by the fact we won't qualify for the CL anyway.

[Guest LFD]

we´ll win both cups and nab fourth!

 

Certainly achievable.

 

Catching Chelsea will be the hardest thing - but they don't look convincing.

 

Suarez coming back might be the catalyst in us getting top four. It will be great having Suarez, Bellamy and Gerrard all in the same team. Three goal threats, combined with our solid defense - we'd have a great chance.

[lifetime fan]

We exist to win trophies.

 

The only manager to not win a trophy for us in living memory was that budgie cunt, I want Kenny to win something as soon as possible. (I know Kenny won the odd tin pot in his previous spell).

[Delmar]

Nothing handed out for 4th? There's money, and a chance to make shitloads of more money. I have been "informed" here lately that football really is just a business, what with the Suarez case, and owners changing, and the stadium nonsense, it goes on and on. 4th would give us more money than either or both of the cups.

 

I'd prefer to win something. Even the Milk Cup.

[dirk grout]

I think he's aware of that.

 

He is simply saying that the financial rewards/ ability to attract (or retain) players, is better served by being in the Champions League. Correctly.

 

But I think I'd prefer to win both cups. Although that view is probably slightly coloured by the fact we won't qualify for the CL anyway.

 

We don't need to be in the top 4 to sign players good enough to get us into the top 4. 1st is 1st, second is nowhere, fourth is embarrassing. Double cup win every time!

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

McCarthy spurned Kenny request | Football News | Sky Sports

 

McCarthy spurned Kenny request

Dalglish wanted to move game back 24 hours

 

McCarthy says Dalglish contacted him requesting to change the game to the following day due to Liverpool's potential business in the transfer market.

 

But the Wolves manager refused because he wanted more time to prepare for Saturday's trip to QPR.

 

He said: "I know Liverpool wanted to play the game on the Wednesday and asked me about it and I said 'no chance'.

 

"We are going down to QPR on Saturday so why would I play a day later? I want as much time to prepare for both games but I could understand Liverpool's request.

 

"Kenny just asked me because they might be doing something (in the transfer market) and I understood it - but he understand my reasons for not changing."

 

Interesting if true, but it's obvious Sly are really disappointed it's been so quiet

[Evil_Ways]

The thing is, history will remember teams winning cups. Not teams finnishing fourth, third or second. However finnishing fourth might lead to and better our chances of winning cups and the league in the future. More so than winning the cup.

[Red House]

Haven't read the whole thing, but seems a lot of what has been said is being based on the assumption that bringing new players would have got us fourth, and that doing no business means we will definitely miss out on fourth. The reality is, irrespective of whoever we could have signed in this window (realistic targets I mean), Chelsea would have been the clear favourites to finish fourth anyway. And, secondly, January signings rarely fire straight away, bar a few exceptions.

 

Personally, I think the club is taking the right long-term approach. Even though the likes of Defoe, Bent, Hoillett or Teixeira may have bagged us a few goals/assists till the end of the season, it's still more likely that we will finish out of the top four than in it. Now, I wouldn't have mind getting someone like Zarate, Krasic or even Tevez on loan to sort our short-term problems, but getting the likes of Bent, Defoe, Hoillett, Texeira on a contract, and having to carry around these good, but nothing exceptional, players for 3-4 years when better ones are more likely to be available in the summer, no thanks.

 

I could have understood the disappointment if we had been linked with the likes of Moussa Sissoko, Javi Martinez, Hazard, Eriksson etc...who would have been useful now and in the future, but not given those we've actually been linked with. We've already seen how a hasty short-term signing can actually hinder a club's progress in the past.

[lifetime fan]

McCarthy spurned Kenny request | Football News | Sky Sports

 

McCarthy spurned Kenny request

Dalglish wanted to move game back 24 hours

 

McCarthy says Dalglish contacted him requesting to change the game to the following day due to Liverpool's potential business in the transfer market.

 

But the Wolves manager refused because he wanted more time to prepare for Saturday's trip to QPR.

 

He said: "I know Liverpool wanted to play the game on the Wednesday and asked me about it and I said 'no chance'.

 

"We are going down to QPR on Saturday so why would I play a day later? I want as much time to prepare for both games but I could understand Liverpool's request.

 

"Kenny just asked me because they might be doing something (in the transfer market) and I understood it - but he understand my reasons for not changing."

 

Interesting if true, but it's obvious Sly are really disappointed it's been so quiet

 

 

 

Or, we knew we had 2 very tough games close together followed by a game against a shit side we should be winning easily. So get the game put back a day as we are not playing again after it until next Monday night.

 

But fuck it, lets not use common sense lets believe what fucking sky sports news tell us is another managers opinion without a single fact to back it up.

 

Christ.

[fowler9]

hope to fuck we sign someone (decent) as we aren't going to make top 4 as it stands

[Carvalho Diablo]

I couldn't give 2 fucks if we don't sign any cunt in this transfer window. All the best players are set, and those that aren't, command stupid fees.

 

Keep the money in the bank until the summer and go with what we've got; don't spunk it away on shite.

 

Also, take the cups every day of the week. As someone already said, our club exists to win trophies...and it has been too damn long.

 

Ask the mongoloid Jardees (who were in the same position a few years ago), whether they'd take 4th or a cup win. They've won sweet fuck all in forever, and just like fucking Everton when they finished 4th, they barely had time to unpack their fucking bags when they got to Europe !

 

Winning silverware is a habit we need to re-establish.

[Guest LFD]

I don't mind if we don't sign anyone either.

 

But we do need a finisher - so we have to play Bellamy upfront when fit, as he looks the most clinical player we have.

 

Bellamy upfront with Suarez supporting should be very threatening.

[Guest ShoePiss]

There's a real chance we won't get 4th without a couple of good signings so if we don't make any and the owners are ok with that so am I.

[Chinandeler Bong]

There's a real chance we won't get 4th without a couple of good signings so if we don't make any and the owners are ok with that so am I.

 

Id say about the same chance as if we did sign a world class striker and him getting injured in his first game and being out for 4 months.

[Beantown Red]

@jamesappell - Breaking: Stuttgart's Russian international striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has undergone a medical at Fulham

 

Clubs still need to agree terms. His contract is up in the summer so I don't think it'll be megabucks

 

Would Fulham need to sign this guy and Lucas Barrios?

[Guest ShoePiss]

Id say about the same chance as if we did sign a world class striker and him getting injured in his first game and being out for 4 months.

 

Yeah about the same and actually more chance if our entire team were to all get a 4 month injury.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Or, we knew we had 2 very tough games close together followed by a game against a shit side we should be winning easily. So get the game put back a day as we are not playing again after it until next Monday night.

 

But fuck it, lets not use common sense lets believe what fucking sky sports news tell us is another managers opinion without a single fact to back it up.

 

Christ.

 

Or you could read what I wrote in doubting it's true. Or you could carry on having a little girl strop

[Heinze]

Can you slack jawed faggots take your cup/top4 talk to rawk.

 

ta.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Can you slack jawed faggots take your cup/top4 talk to rawk.

 

ta.

 

We better get 4th place or it will be a failure according to John Henry.

[18-5]

Would Fulham need to sign this guy and Lucas Barrios?

 

And also swapping Andy 'Penis head' Jophnson for Rodallega.

 

Bobby Zamora to Sunderland probably.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Can you slack jawed faggots take your cup/top4 talk to rawk.

 

ta.

 

2 cups 1 mong.

[lifetime fan]

Or you could read what I wrote in doubting it's true. Or you could carry on having a little girl strop

 

Interesting if true, but it's obvious Sly are really disappointed it's been so quiet.

 

 

Girl strop?

 

You suggested it might be interesting if it was true, I showed you how it wasn't true and your come back is that you doubted it was true.

 

:wallbutt:

[Heinze]

#LFC struggling to agree personal terms with #Tevez, this might drag on. -- InTheKnow_ITK (@InTheKnow_ITK)

 

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