The Woolster

Like I say, we need 3 players, and I think everyone agrees that ideally we want a striker and a wide right forward/winger, and then there are some of us that think we also need someone else in the middle. If we do have £40mish to spend, and we need first team players over squad players, then we may only be able to get 2 of them though. The 2 positions you (as in one, not you personally) believe we should spend on (or 3 if you think that is doable) is just down to personal opinion, no one is really right or wrong as there is a valid arguement for each case. They way I am looking at it though is what I think is a bit more achievable for us. My view though is that the top wide players, eg Hazard or Lavezzi types, are going to cost more, will have more competition for their signature and are more likely to go to a Champs League team due to the types of team after them. As much as I would like one of those types of players, I think we are more likely to get a top class CM, and for a bit less, meaning we have more to spend on player number 2. You are more likley to get some proper bargains at CM as well though, so I take your point that we could pick up a Diame or Nzoni type on the cheap, but are they really any better than what we have? I am not sure, and I don't think we need any more squad players, they will just block some of the young players we have coming up. We have created plenty of chances, so although we do lack someone with either pace or inteligence to unlock tight defences some times, we really need someone to put the ball in the back of the net. So for me a striker is a given. But I also think we lack someone with drive in the middle who takes the game by the scruff of the neck, especially with Gerrard often injured, which is why I want a top player CM. I would prefer us to play 4231/433, so if we get a new striker, then the 3rd attacking forward spot we have Bellamy, Downing or Sterling to be promoted to the 1st team, and I think that is sufficient coverage. If we went for a wide player and forward, we would be left with Gerrard, Lucas and one of Henderson or Adam in the middle, and I think that is still lacking a bit. Perhaps instead of going for a wide player and a forward with pace we could get someone who can do both? Seeing brief highlights the other night, I though Loic Remy could cover both positions quite well. Like I say though, just my opinion and can see the arguements for the other ways of doing it.

In a kind of similar thread on the MF I said we need 3 players, but will probably only be able to afford 2 of sufficient quality, and they are the 2 I picked. I reckon we might have around £40m after sales. M'vila for £23-25m, Huntelaar for £15-17m.

Not Magri, yet (as mentioned in other thread) Teixeira just mentioned. Seyi Ojo and Jerome Sinclair who are currently in the under 16s, are 14 and 15 respectively, but both played in the last under 18s game last weekend (Sinclair started and Ojo as a sub). There was the 2 Irish lads, Mclaughlin and O'Hanlon (the new Bale apparantly...) A couple of Americans, Pelosi and Bijev, who I think should both be with the reserves next season. Nacho who is from Spain. A couple of Welsh youth internationals, a defender and recently Ward, who is a keeper. We were looking at a Mexican lad called Bueno last summer, but we couldn't sign him til he turned 18 (in March), but since then he has been playing for his club's first team and scoring goals as well, so his price will have gone up, and/or he may decide to stay there here he is playing. I dunno how much of a part Comolli has played in signing these though. Also, with a few of them still in the under 16s it could well take a while before we see any of them even near the 1st team.

Yes, but he's been injured since he's been here and not played yet

I dunno, but we are defo on the look out for a new CB as we had another trialist play the other week (can't remember who against now though, or whop he is, but I think he came from Wycombe). I would not be surprised though if we told him to go back to Portsmouth and sit tight til the summer, as with them in the position they are in we might be able to get him for a bit less, or nothing even if they go into insolvency. Also, I think the new process for signing kids on the cheap rather than the price being set by tribunal starts from next season, but I don't know if that means this summer, so perhaps that has come into play as well.

When I read that yesterday I was reminded of this article from earlier this year. It's a bit statty, but I think they are needed to prove the point. I know we have people looking at the stats internally, so perhaps they have finally found something similar. The Question: why are Liverpool struggling to score at home? | Jonathan Wilson | Football | guardian.co.uk Everyone can see it apart from the staff it seems. We need to get the ball forward quicker, have Carroll (if he is playing) further forwards so he doesn't get involved in any build up play in the midfield as he doesn't have the pace to catch up, and rather than spending time working the ball wide and have the defenders getting themselves much better set, create chances by getting in behind the defence.

I saw that, and my take on it was (which Shelvey says himself in later tweets) that it is what he needs to do to get into the first team, basically to keep working hard every day, and not moaning about not getting into the 1st team.

Currently on the subs bench at Hull unfortunately, behind Mannone who they have loaned from Arsenal

I did wonder why your name was the same as the poster on RAWK as well, now it all becomes clear :idea:

As much as I dislike Holt, that isn't really a valid arguement to use against him. The vast majority of managers are ex players, and the proportion of retired professionals over the last 10-15 years or so who make up the pool of potential new managers, and who are black, is vastly higher than 4% I would have thought.

Pah, you've just copied and pasted that from RAWK and are passing it off as your own aren't you :whistle:

Im hoping we do like Spurs did and play mainly our reserves, for the group stages at least, as it will give them some experience, make them feel like they have a future here and give them the chance to push for the first team squad if they impress.

Jagielka (280ish senior club appearances, 10 England Senior caps, 6 under 21 caps), Rodwell (80 senior club appearances, 2 England Senior caps, 20 under 21 caps), Osman (270ish senior club appearances), McFadden (250ish senior club appearances, 48 Scotland Senior caps), Coleman (60ish senior club appearances, 5 Ireland Senior caps, 13 under 21 caps), Anichebe (100ish senior club appearances, 11 Nigeria Senior caps, 5 under 23 caps), Barkley (5 senior club appearances, 4 England under 21 caps). Then you have their keeper Mucha (130ish senior club appearances, 32 Slovakia Senior caps), and Duffy (23 senior club appearances, 6 Republic of Ireland under 21 caps, 3 Northern Ireland under 21 caps). We had Brad Jones with about 100 Senior appearances and 3 Aussie caps, and Eccleston with about 40 Senior appearances, and I think that might be it, and most of the lads still available for the under 19s, and by all accounts we battered them (Will watch it on Sky+). I know some of them are coming back from injury, but the gulf in experience was massive.

I was surprised they didn't go for him as CEO at the time they were searching, but perhaps he was doing something else at the time that he felt he had to finish. I'm pretty sure he would have dealt with the Surez situation a lot better. He'd make a good chairman I would have thought, and it would mean that Ayre wouldn't lose face and we'd still have him for the commercial side of things. I am not sure what Werner adds as Cheirman anyway, either way as an owner he would have the same input. At least he would be at the coal face

This was mentioned on the MF It's at the end of this article. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists that Luis Suárez will follow etiquette and shake Patrice Evra's hand - Telegraph

As has been mentioned he now works for the London Evening Standard, I picked it up one day on the way home, it had his second article for them and it was about how Suarez should apologise. I think he should concentrate on writing about things that affect London clubs really

It appears to be a song by Bow Wow. No, I've never heard of him either.

I thought it was perhaps due to him and Bellamy being mates from their days at City.

Me too. My daughter (first child) is 18 months old now, and I used to sing it to her all the time, the proper version during the day with her bouncing on my knee, and a very slow version to help get her to sleep at night. It was a bit heartbreaking to suddenly stop doing that and not being able to do it anymore.

What with Gerrard fit, Suarez available, Agger not injured, and even Aurelio fit, will this be the first time Kenny has had a fully fit first team squad to chose from?

Well, we're not in Europe, and apart from next week and the rearranged Everton game, we will only have to play mid week games if we get to the Quater final of the FA Cup or further as League games get rearranged (and possible replays). So, discounting replays, I reckon we have a possible maximum of 5 more midweeks games (8 if all cup games went to a replay), and we'd need to get to the FA Cup final for that. I reckon we should be able to get by with Bellamy only playing 1 game a week

That would have to be a very sharp flag

I thought it was under 19s only, but I may be wrong

I think Kelly might be too old, seem to remember checking a few months back

Didn't realise some of them had played for first team as well, just checked, Henley has 5 appearances in the first team including 3 starts, and 3 others who have a sub appearance each. Only Eccleston from our side today has got anywhere close to to the first team