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Hire this man - It really is this simple!

One could make one in white (with red), to be next seasons 2nd kit as well...

All red. all black/gray, all yellow and all white - those are the colors we need, no more joking around with blue/purple and green. (Some might object to green being on that list, but I never much liked our "green" kits)

Didn't Adam cover more ground for us than any other players last season?

The point of pressing high up the pitch with great intensity is to win the ball back quickly, I can't see Adam's stats on covering ground to make up for his positioning mistakes will help our cause....

Is Adam fit enough to press for 90mins?

And the answer is no! He couldn't press for 30 minutes when we pressed without intensity.....

1st kit great - congrats Warrior

2nd kit shite - why the bib Warrior

3rd kit (if true) nightmare - fuck off Warrior

Eriksen and Ozil, now that would have been a great summer in the market!

Probably posted already but this made me laugh.

 

Loew was a bully in school, no doubt.......

Not sure on the Barca youngsters.

It's a fair bit of money for youngsters that have done nothing of note.Yes they scored a few goals for a amazing team but Bojan and Dos Santos did similar and haven't pulled up any trees since leaving.

 

I'd love to have Sturridge.

They have been brought up at their academy playing the kind of football we'll now aspire to, so at least that's covered...

Looks like Arsenal are signing M'Vila and Giroud which along with Podolski makes a pretty impressive summer for them if they hang onto Van Persie.

 

Chelsea have Hazard, Martin and more than likely Hulk.

 

No idea who City or Spurs are after but I can still see Utd signing Modric to go with Kawaga and possibly Powell.

 

Shows how big a job we've got ahead of us - not being negative as I think Rodgers could work wonders - but he'll need to based on what we've seen so far in the transfer market in terms of teams building on what they have.

 

The beauty of football though is that it's not a science.

Will he do so when asked to perform at the top end of transfer market though? That's the big question.....

15 mill - Cuenca and Tello both - make it happen......

Or go with two of Affelay (Barca), Elia(Juve), Ramirez(Bologna), Suarez(Anderlecht), Narsingh(Heerenveen), Wijnaldum(PSV), Rodriguez(Porto), Diego(Wolfsburg)...

In terms of bargain young strikers - Wolfswinkle(Sporting), Damiao (Internacional), Lewandowski (Dortmund), de Jung (Twente), Texeira (Groeningen)

In a much higher price range - Falcao (Athletico), Cavani (Napoli), Pato (Milan)

Mohamed Diame will officially sign for Liverpool on July 1 on a free transfer from Wigan. [MirrorFootball]

Fucking hell is this what we have become!

Reina

Skrtle Agger

Lucas

Johnson Enrique

Banega Gerrard

Wijnaldum/Affelay/Narsingh Diego/Ola John/Elia

Suarez

Squad: Gulasci, Rhodes, Carroll, Henderson, Allen, Sigurdsson, Coates, Clasie, Kelly, Suso, Sterling, Robinson, Shelvey, Pacheco, Aquilani, Bellamy

Sold : Spearing, Adam, Maxi, Downing, Doni, Kuyt, Cole, Wilson

Retired : Carra

Loan : Flanagan

He's a good player, Allen. You wouldn't play him instead of Lucas, he'd be decent alongside him.

This!

If we want a player in to give Lucas competition I would not be surprised to see this lad get signed...

Jordy Clasie. Part One - YouTube

Jordy Clasie 2011/2012 Part Two - YouTube

Agree.

 

It's obvious that our away kit should be white shirts/black shorts or at a push yellow as according to that site that's what the majority of our away kits have been.

 

If they want to "experiment" or whatever, do it with the 3rd kit!

All white/all yellow or all black/dark grey for me....... Keep it simple and clean!

And they did at least get the home shirt right - should be all red like the current design... (the less clutter the better)

And I love the fact that we have gone back to the original liverbird.....

Wy they have gone for a retro Star Trek design is anyone's guess! Also not a big fan of the collar...

Good luck Dirk!

It will be hard to replace his character, which made him always step up in "big" games..

Could see him return in some capacity when he has retired, as I expect Hyppia...

I fucking Hate him, one of the worst vermin to play the game. He a truly despicable entity. If he was'unt a footballer he'd probably be in jail.

Perfect captain for the mancs then!

Prediction:

Henderson will play less but have a much better second season..

He seems to have most of what it takes to play a high pressing passing game..

Hopefully we never have to see him used out wide again.

Aquilani would be ace in the structure that Rodgers will try to instal! I have never seen a player with more awareness when he receives the ball than Aqua. Usually he only uses one touch, completes the pass and then moves into a new position to receive the ball again. He always seem to have complete control of where his teammates are at all times.

He could be a great success if he came back and gave the PL another shot...

They fucked up the 2nd kit for sure... All black would gave been ace, but now it looks shit and I won't buy it!

I see Barca are haggling with Valencia over the price to pay for Jordi Alba... Only willing to pay EUR12 mill apparently...

Would be pretty ace to have him and Enrique on the right and Johnson and Kelly on the left!

Agree with both of these... Benega would be a cracking little player. Is he still at Valencia? I lost interest in Spanish football when Mourinho started winning things.

Yes he is - and they need money.....(so he should be available)

He was injured second half of this season as he managed to break a bone in his foot when he forgot the hand break and his car rolled over his foot/ankle...

Ever Banega would be a fantastic player in the new set-up....

I'd give him a shot - pass and move should be to his advantage... Not like we're getting big money if we sell anyway...

Maybe him, Suso and Sterling will surprise us all and become regulars? You never know....

We need some pace out wide, and with regards to how injury prone wingers are we really need a double set on both sides! (or wide players up front in a 4-3-3, 4-2-1-2-1)

Right now we have Downing, Maxi and Kuyt employed out wide. (I do not count Henderson, although I think Gerrards best position is on the right).

Downing we should just move on, Maxi and Kuyt could probably work in a high pressing team, however I'd like to see us get more pace in, so as long as they are replaced by better pacier players I would not be opposed to seeing them all moved on.

Suso and Sterling will be involved next season.

Holland (and Kuyt could be used as a bargaining chip)do have some pacy talent at decent prices, so my guess would be that we'd look there or to France/Spain/Portugal/Belgium:

Ola John - Twente

Georginio Wijnaldum - PSV

Eljero Elia - Juventus (Trade for Aquilani?)

Luciano Narsingh - Heerenveen

Ibrahim Affellay - barca

Santi Carzola - Malaga

Antonie Griesmann - Real Sociedad

Iker munain - Bilbao

Ryad Boudebouz - Sochaux

Younès Belhanda - Montpellier

Mathias Fernandez -Sporting

Mathias Suarez - Anderlecht

gaston Ramirez - Bologna

Krasic - Juventus

These players should be within our price range.

I've not liked a lot of shit that they have done recently, (the way they sacked Kenny pissed me off no end) but the amount of people who were going crazy at the idea of Martinez (and a good few aren't happy about Rodgers) and writing hysterical stuff on Henry's twitter and forums etc seemed excessive to me.

 

I think it's time some people cut them a bit of slack, they have a plan and the goal is to get us back into the Champions League and beyond. There is obviously nothing wrong with disagreeing with decisions they take but the vitriol and hate aimed at them has been a bit much over the past week or two. I know we've been been caught with our pants down by H&G before but FSG saved us from God knows what not that long ago. Anyway, Rodgers wasn't on my list of favoured candidates but I hope he has massive success here and everyone gets behind him from day one.

 

What I'm saying here is in more detail in a blog I wrote about FSG, Rodgers etc. I'll post it below in full.

 

One Man & His Blog: Fans must support Rodgers and FSG

 

Fenway Sports Group are altering the landscape at Anfield and while change is always daunting, hope abounds.

 

FSG have been extremely busy over the past couple of months. Liverpool and it's owners have been in the headlines day in day out as the foundations of the club have been been uprooted. FSG have recently sacked the long serving communications director (Ian Cotton), the Director of Football that they appointed themselves just 18 months ago (Damien Comolli), the head of Sports Science (Peter Bruckner) and removed the beloved figure of Kenny Dalglish in a flurry of cold, calculated activity that has resembled the Corleone family's killing spree at the climax of the Godfather. For Michael Corleone and Tom Hagen read John W. Henry and Tom Werner.

 

All this change and the time that FSG are taking to amend the situation has left many Liverpool fans suspicious, angry and sceptical of their owners. The supporters did not appreciate the way that their eternal idol Kenny Dalglish was made to fly to the other side of the globe and back for a meeting before being relieved of his duties just hours later. They do not like not knowing what the desired managerial structure of the club is and they haven't enjoyed the two week merry go round of managerial interviews to replace Dalglish. However, for FSG, as the saying goes 'it's nothing personal, just business'.

 

The imminent arrival of Brendan Rodgers to Anfield shows one thing in particular: FSG have balls. To replace an Anfield God like Dalglish with a young manager whose C.V pales in comparison and who has never once been charged with such a high pressured situation as the one he is about to enter into on Merseyside is extremely risky. Not only have FSG annoyed a huge section of the Anfield faithful with the decision to sack Dalglish as well as the manner in which they chose to do so, they have also inflamed the anger of a portion of the Kop who have been longing for the return of former manager Rafael Benitez by ignoring the Spaniard when seeking Dalglish's successor. They have even managed to alienate some of the fans who didn't relish the idea of rehiring Benitez as those people are upset at the lack of the arrival of a new messianic figure of worldwide repute such as Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp. In short, Liverpool fans wanted Dalglish's replacement to be a sure thing; a manager with a glowing C.V filled with experience who has succeeded in similar circumstances as those at Anfield. Instead, they are about to receive a young, relatively unproven manager who was sacked by Reading less than three years ago.

 

If FSG wanted to get the Kop on their side and pander to the masses then they have gone about it in totally the wrong way. However, a crumb of comfort remains with the very fact that this is not what they have tried to do. Popular or not, Henry, Werner et al are doing things that they believe are in the best interests of the club. That is all anyone can really ask for. They will stand or fall on their own decisions and will not simply meander along taking the easy way out at every turn. That is encouraging.

 

For all their unpopular decisions over the past few months, FSG have proven that they mean business. They have ignored the clamour for Benitez and are willing to pay Swansea a hefty amount of compensation for the manager that they deem the best fit for their club. And therein lies the salient point that all Liverpool fans must now accept. This is FSG's football club. They will run it how they see fit. If they decide they need to bring in a director or football and managerial candidates don't approve (as has been suggested was the case with Roberto Martinez, the man who was initially expected to replace Dalglish) then they will find another man who does. If the supporters long for the return of an icon like Benitez but they don't see themselves being able to work with the Spaniard then they won't even make contact with him to discuss the situation. If they want to spend weeks interviewing managers who are deemed too inexperienced by many people to manage Liverpool Football Club then they will. If they want to sack Kenny Dalglish when most supporters would like to see him get another shot at the job then Dalglish is history. If Damien Comolli isn't doing his job well enough in their estimation then they will get rid of him. It may seem callous and hard-headed to Liverpool fans who exhibit unparalleled levels of sentimentality when it comes to their club but for FSG this is just about getting things done and dragging Liverpool out of their current malaise. They wanted a young, dynamic and progressive manager and they have seemingly got the one they most desire much to the disappointment of Swansea City and some Liverpool fans.

 

While many supporters of the club may disagree with some or all of the key decisions that FSG have taken recently, they must acknowledge that the American owners are doing what they truly believe to be the best thing for everyone concerned with Liverpool Football Club. Time will tell on whether Rodgers will be a success at Anfield and whether or not a new director of football will be working above him. Time will also tell on whether Anfield is to be redeveloped or pastures new are required. But while Liverpool fans are waiting for the answers they must do so while supporting the club, it's owners and it's new manager unequivocally. Liverpool need to become a force again and the chances of that happening are greatly diminished if the clubs fan base are pulling in several different directions against those at the helm. Benitez is not coming back, Dalglish is gone and FSG are here to stay. It's time for Liverpool Football Club to get back on track and showing some faith in the group who saved it from the brink of oblivion back in October 2010 is the least it's supporters can do.

 

For too long Liverpool have lived in the shadows of the past, trying endlessly to recapture former glories with the same old methods that succeeded in times now long gone. The club has needed to be altered for a long time and now, finally, it has owners that wish to implement such change. A new hierarchy with new ideas and a new manager completely detached from the past are now taking charge at Anfield. It's time for the fans to get on board and embrace the new culture that is upon them. Liverpool Football Club isn't where it used to be but with the right leadership and unity it might just get back there even if the ride is going to be bumpy and the route ahead is unfamiliar.

First of all it's their club in terms of a piece of paper, but that paper has no value without the fans... (We fill the stadium, watch games on tv and are the customers the commercial partners want)

Secondly, whether FSG is here to stay we do not know.

Thirdly, I don't think we are to concerned with new ideas, but we are reluctant to be blindly led by people, with all due respect, knows fuck all about the game of football. (I just hope they have the good sense to get advice from knowledgeable sources and not just trying to impose a baseball blueprint on a totally different sport, both in terms of organization and dynamics on the field itself.

I will get behind the team, I will get behind the manager, I will get behind the "plan" if I think it benefits the club, but I won't:

Blindly have faith in owners who do not quite get the game and are in it to make money.

So far I have seen a shambles on the managing side of the club on the items below:

Hirings and sackings in all directions. (Could be both good and bad I suppose)

Sale of players of above average age and high salaries - at the expense of points in the league I might ad.

Replacing them with younger cheaper players(not experienced enough to carry the weight of expectations at a big club), or cheaper players who have a favorable statistic (Downing/Adam).

Very little in terms of net spending on the squad.

No apparent progress on the stadium issue.

The positives have been :

Commercial management have had a long overdue upgrade and the new deals made shows how badly this had been handled by the club in the past. (But to keep increasing these revenues demands on-field success, so the owners need to put some of their own money into this).

I like the though of a common strategy and philosophy throughout the club, with it's continuity overseen by a sporting director/football director.

Continuation and strengthening of the Barca/Ajax style academy structure is a good thing.

The thing that irks me in terms of the new structure and a new way of seeing things is that for FSG LFC has nothing but an upside - an option if you like.

If their radical new approach works, they can sell up and make a fortune. If it folds it will only be the banks money gone, as they have barely put a dime into the club so far. (I do not know what guarantees they have given).

They can afford to take a gamble(as they have nothing to loose and all to gain), I am not so sure the rest of us who have a lifetime of loyalty and blind devotion to the club are willing to take such a gamble.

But I guess we can take comfort in the fact that they are not H&G.

Time to get back to discussing potential transfers and our needs on the pitch:

Players currently in the PL:

David Hoilett - relegated/Blackburn - On a Bosman

Moussa Dembele - Fulham - One year left on contract

Clint Dempsey - Fulham - One year left on contract

Gylfi Sigurðsson - Swansea - Available from Hoffenheim

Joe Allen - Swansea - very good player (contract until 2015)

James McCarthy - Wigan - contract until 2016

Victor Moses - Wigan - One year left on contract

Adam Johnson - Man city - contracted until 2014

Matt Jarvis - Wolves - wolves relegated/ 8 goals - (contract until 2015)

Chung-Yong Lee - Bolton - relegated/Contract until 2015

Hugo Rodallega - Wigan - Bosman

Stéphane Sessègnon - Sunderland - Contract until 2014

Suart Holden - Bolton - relegated/Contract 2013

Charles N'Zogbia - Aston Villa - contracted until 2016

Leighton Baines - Everton - Not cheap but Jose needs competition (and Robinson/Flannagan should be loaned out to gain experience)

Emmanuel Adebayor - Man city - contracted until 2014

Demba Ba - Newcastle - £10m rumored release clause

Championship:

Jordan Rhodes - Huddersfield - contracted until 2013

Wilfried Zaha - Crystal palace - contracted until 2017