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Intelligence? This lad makes Babel look like Zidane. He is quick and has a decent end product, but poor decision making, and is very easy to read. Id much prefer us to look elsewhere although his pace would be nice. Still though, I believe Rodgers want players that are good on the ball and has their heads screwed on properly. He was a lot better in CSKA, and has been completely out of form the past season. A decet addition, but nothing else.

Belhanda is brilliant. not slow at all, even though is not the quickest. He thinks fast and is a genuinely talented player. Have seen him 6-7 tmes. Have seen Ramirez once, and he was pretty much invisible in that game.

We needed this last summer as well. Not to mention in January. Why would Kenny have a different perception now? It was there for everyone to see 12 months ago, and he opted for a winger that has one good attribute as long as the timing of the movement around him is spot on -Downing. The holes in our squad are severe and we need probably three transferwindows to sort this out if we are realistic in terms of successrat. Not to mention a new formation, Carra needs to be in the stands -at best, players need to be played in their favoured position, and Kenny needs to learn that a NONE of our central midfielders are not suited to figure in a two man central mid, but a threeman setup. His ability to change games from the side and to have an impact on games are nonexistent, and he dowsnt seem to get the best out of this mediocre squad. We need a new manager, 4-6 top class players with pace, ballcontrol, vision, creativity and skills. This squad is appauling, especially considering the amount of money spent.

BAsed on his looks yeah. And a bit of Simao. Belhanda would be a great signing. Great on the ball, great vision, great tecnique. Can pass, shoot, dribble and take on players. He can dictate the play and set the pace. Can play in four positions as he works in central mid, attacking mid, and would also do well on the wings. Great player with massive potential. Get him, a pacey striker and a pacey winger. If MVila goes for less than 20 mill it would be plain stupidity not to try.

Yes, the romantic dream, or the principle of continuity. First of all; we all knew that Gerrard could be missing, and same with Agger. It should have been adressed. We also could foresee how important Lucas has become. Not buying suitable backup was a gamble. Yes, we have played better, but to blame it on the posts and missed chances is rather thin imo. YEs, we have been unlucky, but over a season this evens out -more or less. We are still poor in tha last 3rd of the pitch, not to mention without Suarez who is a handfull for every defence in the league. We lack edge, and we seem clueless attacking. We play our best football without the players Kenny brought in last summer (+carroll). His way of handling the matches from the bench is appauling as is is man management. He seems clueless and the players are being played out of position time and again. But if you want to blame it on lack of clinical finishing, be my guest. Truth is that if we remove Suarez from that equation, we do not create as many clear cut chances, and we would have the same problem again; we need players who can unlock a tight defence. We have missed this for a number of years now. When we bought Downing to feed carroll, we are basically hedging the success of the one-dimensioned Carroll, on the hit rate of the Downings left foot. Risky! We also knew that Downing is uncapable of opening an unlocked defense, as he can hardly run passed a player, even less likely pull some tricks out of his sleeve. The areas we needed to adress two years ago, are still not addressed, and I find it strange that DC or KK are still not taking action. I would love for Kenny to succedd, but every time I see the man on the sidelines, watching his team play poorly, unable or unwilling to do anything.. I lose faith. There are too many brits in our sqad. The problem with brits is that they do not have the craft we need. Although we have an academy which looks promising, the fact is that the Englsih system of developing players need a serious revamp. There are 8 times more edeucated footballcoaches in Spain than in England. England has a huge challenge in terms of developing players, and it starts at a very your age. Ive also heard that 11 and 12 year old kids play on a fullsize pitch wth a fullsize ball. Makes sense? no. At the top of things the FA and PL hardly speaks. FA has had 10 different directors in 11 years. The FA has committes consiting of 70 people all needing to voice an opinion. In comparison in Germany the DFL (bundelsiga) and the German FA all sat down and agreed that national team should play in a distinct manner. They decided you needed to operate your own academy to be allowed tp play in the bundesliga. You also need to have control over your finances. Then you need to include at least 11 German young players in the squad. This was more or less 8 years ago. What are the results? Positive football, all clubs in the blacks, NT playing better football than ever. Better young players are developed than ever (youth NTs have won almost everything the past years). And the crowds are bigger than ever. What does Scudamore say "we must never do anything that could jepordize the global position of this league". That is xcellent considering 16 of 20 clubs were severely in the reds in 2011. This got out of hand, but my point is that we need to look elsewere to build for the future. And sho should PL and FA.

Still no response... What is your role in here, mate? You seem not to respond properly to anything, but rather pick on people...

How about giving some comments on what I wrote? Based on what I read in here, the grammatical level is already appauling. Personally, my excuse is that English is not my first language. Not even my second, and I do not live in an Englishspeaking country. Regardless, I wrote it rather quickly, and I will make sure it is more up to your standards in the future. I do however, expect snidey comments like that to be followed by an actual response.

The only reason for Dalglish to be given another year is our hopeless romantic dream about the King saving us, and for the principle of continuity. BAsed on what he shows from the sidelines, how he utilises the squad, how he assembled the squad, how players are being played out of position, how helpless he is from the sidelines when we are all watching someone tear us a new one. His use of fomations, his usage of Carra. How he asssembled a squad to play a football that does not fit them. It is all a shocking experience for any suppporter. For all we know, Kenny is not the one to blame entirely for the acqusitions last summer, but according to him, he has had the last word. In my honest opinion, I think it looks like Kenny is trying to build i club for 1980. He pressconferences has changed a lot, and he clings onto excuses about thin squad, too many cupties and injuries , long term focus bla bla bla, and success in the cups. This is not about unluck. What he does as a manager is not up to the sandard we require today. Although it hurts to say it, we need to stop living in our past, and build for the future.

This has to be a contender:

utter bullshit.

Surprised people want to change Johnson at this time. He is a good player, and although people are not 100% happy with him RB is one of lat pos that need to be adressed. We need a CM, CB and an attacker with skill. thrilled that we apparently have been watchin Lucas Moura Da silva. A senstaional talent. We should also get in a def midtfielder with strength, stamina, presence, pace, positional awareness and the ability to switch defense to attack in heartbeat. MVila and Vidal are excellent. Martinez too, although he lacks in pace (but so did Xabi). vidal signed for Juve last summer, and will not move, Martinez is apparently being touted by Al Citeh. M´Vila however is still the younger option at 21, at would be an immense signing at 20 mill. these two players would make us vastly stronger. In addtion, Kenny can stop using a flat 4man midfield, Carra should be placed on the bench, Downing shold be replaced by Bellamy and hendo should stop being thrown into unknown waters at the wing. If we have to play Carroll then play Suarez and bellamy wide in a front three, and use any three of Adam, Gerrard, Lucas, Spearing and Hendo centrally. Just please please please stop playing Adam-Lucas in a central duo. Together they are appauling.. use 3 centrally in midfield,

Comolli was reportedly at Sochaux-Lyon. Once again we are being linked with Algerian Ryad boudebouz of Sochaux. Anyone seen him on a regular basis? Looks skillful, but rarely beats a man with sheer pace, which I think we really need. Was reported interest during the summer to at 7 million. I hope he is faster than my impression suggests if these rumours are true. I think we should try Loic Remy. Can play on the wing, but has the physique of a striker. Quick, skillful and strong enough to cope with PL. I hope we are aftr Boudebouz becuase they sincerely appreciate his attributes, and not that heis the "right" pricerange. After all, the owners have yet to contribute with a cent of fresh capital. Hopefully January will prove that they are willng to invest heavily.

In regard to attacking talent we are way behind Spurs, Arsenal, Scum, City and Chelsea. Without Suarez we are appauling imho compared to our rivals. another point is that we have yet to see the owners spend a signle quid. the costs are actuallt 1 million less than before. So it is premature to expect them to do this, and even if they do, I certainly hope KK has limited influence on targets. 442 and our flat fourman midfield like yesterday is as creative, fast and skillful as a League 2 side. May be premature, but I do not like what I see and the signs KK is showing.

Important to remember that the changes made to the squad add up to 1 million pound surplus.. naturally, this restructuring of "assets" shoudl have yielded far better, the club has not spent anything because we sold off players of age at high salaries. It is mreley a restructuring lowering the wagebill, while increasing depreciation and amortization costs. Personally I wonder what January will give us. It hopefully should give answers to how FSG regard Kenny and DC with financial support, and I am curiou to see how KK and DC adress our current issues. We need several signings all over the park, most notably in centre midfield and a creative skilful attacking midfielder/winger who can create something on his own. January will be interesting because if this is not adressed ASAP, we will never finish top 4. The quality added by the recruited players (dsregarding enrique), is abysmal, and almost shocking. It is a harsh thing to say, but even if I would love to see Kenny be the man behind the success, I think he still recruit ad play football like it was 1980, without any signs of changing. Once again, january will give us some pointers...

haha... Cahill and Hoilett have 6 months left come Jan. Meaning they would move for a fraction of their price unless their respective clubs believe they will be pivotal in their struggle for survival (like Adam and Blackpool Jan 2011). These clubs should accept a transfer, and the price mentioned at 10 is probably too low, but not as far off as it may appear. I think 15-20 could get both to be honest. At least if the clubs at least consider their financials. Bolton has the fourth highest debt in PL if I am not mistaken.

If you wanna call me a princess, you need to insert a comma between "whatsoever" and "princess", sweetie.. And yes, this is what we have been doing. But we didnt do this in 2011, spunking 70 on Hendo, Downing and Carroll. As the owners havent contributed with a dime of fresh capital yet I am not so sure this will continue. As every thread is about top names that, like I argue, we would struggle to attract, I figured I should suggest some other names from a slightly lower level, but with great potential. People wanna see us sign Goetze, Hazard etc, but in reality we do not know whether, or to what extent the owners will spend. Considering that we are currently not top 4, we need to think outside these usual suspects. You got that, princess?

Still though, he is still very young and will only get better. I still think his end product tops or at least equals several of the hyped speeders in PL like Lennon and Walcott. Everytim he takes a poor decision I think it is due to decision making and not his lack of ability to actually spot his teammates -which can be removed. I think I can be amazing with the roper coaching. A world class winger can be difficult to attract. Id be the first to welcome Eden Hazard, but I am afraid it remains a moist moist dream... I do however dont think it is the end of the world as there are some options like the beforementioned Shaqiri. My only cocern is that I am not certain Comolli and Kenny have identfied this as a primary need. This has been evident for years, and should have been adressed a long time ag. Our failure to sort this out during the summer furthers my concern. I honestly think, considering our injured captain, that we need a centrehalf, sentral/defensive midfielder like Vidal, an attacking midfielder with tecnical abilities and ability to set a high pace and pick out teammates with few touches and a has good shot, and a winger/attacker (Hazard etc). In addition, we ideally should get a strong and fast forward who scores goals and ideally that could handle a wing role (like Loic Remy). Most importantly is pace in the attack, the DM and a CB. Hopefully we can address this by throwing 50 odd millions on the issue, but as I said: Im not certain DC and KK feels the same.

with a short contract and the fact he is not english shaves 10-15 off the price. I think he would be a great buy. I think we need to look at this kind of players, like him and Sherdan Shaqiri. They are less hyped than hazard, Goetze etc, and should be obtainable. I think Hoilett would be perfect. Hugely talented, quick, great balance, strong for a small lad, unpredictable, has a decent cross on him, and can play in all 4 attacking positions. AND he counts as a home bread player as well. Sign him up!

Is Hoilett out of a contract next summer?!? Would be a great signing... Thought he was British though...

So did we. We should have won that game by 4 goals. Stunned we actually lost. Stoke is a shit team, and as long as ballplaying sides stick to their own game, one can come away with a decent scoreline. Weird teams have recently figured this out. keep the ball moving fast, and run at their backline and they will concede.

Let me put it this way. all the transfer dealings this summer has been recouped by getting rid of Polsen jova insua etc. The sums paid off are actually beneficial to the bottom line as they would have been paid in full if they would have stayed. More details will prbably be provided if we can see the first publshed quarterly report for this season. But al in all, salaries and transfers, we have recouped 1 million pounds. That is why i am eager to see how the club is going to act next time around. Money must be spent, and without CL, we might need an injection which I am confident the owners are reluctant to. Only time will tell, but I think it is important that the fans realize that all the owners have done is to implement some sense into the cost structure. A cost structure that a blind retarded frog could have done better.

Im slightly surprised people struggle to see the real costs of a transferred player. A player singing for 20 mill pounds on a five year contracts has an amortization cost of 4 mill pounds pr year in addition to his salary. What has really happened, due to the insanity of the previous regime, is that we have not spent a dime, we have actually made 100 k simply by restructuring. It doesnt matter whther the cost is salary or amortisation, it is still an operating cost. The fact is that we have increased our commercial revnue every year since 2008, and the costs have remianed the same .even now, after IT APPEARS that we have spent money. By increasing the amortization costs by the same amount we decrease the sakary bill, brings us back to nothing In addition, the recruited players do have a value, altough not bookvalue at the end of their contracts as long as they are renewed, and later sold. This brings forward the fact that the club has since the FSG takeover, reduced its costs due to the interests costs from G og H, increased the revenue, but not increased the op costs at all. There may be several reasons for this, but we do not actually know whtehter they tend to keep it this way to prepare for some years being skint due to stadium contruction or whether they actuall are planning to incrase the op. costs as a result on recruitments. What seems certain is that we need a few new faces if we we shall secure CL participation next season. anyway, my point is that the FSG has solely restructured the costs, and not spent a f****** dime on players. Yet at least.

The reason Adam showed some of his worth is that he was not a pat of a midfield 2, but a midfield 3. Simple as that. Lucas-Adam as a central duo in 442 is beyond shit, and im suprised people havent seen this before. He will never be Xabi, but he will offer a lot more if he can have fast, strong and tactically aware DM covering for his weaknesses. Lucas is not the one.

1. He ha great stamina, but is not quick enough to my liking. And it is about presence as well, where I think he doesnt offer to the extent I prefer. 2. He should not get his foot in to concede a freekick just outside the box. Often they are totaly unecessary too. 3. Song and Anderson are quicker, but has a lot of other weaknesses. Would not swap him for him. I just think we should have someone more like DeJong. MVila is a great shout, as is Arturo Vidal. I also think Lucas is way to sloppe when on the ball, but can have great games too. All in all I find him too inconsistent and often unable to control the midfield. Mascherano was quicker too. Lucas and Adam are both slow, and the fact that they both are, expose the weakness for both of them. 4. Agree, and it is a bit sad tbh. We need him at the moment, but it is an important role, and I would like a replacement in this position. What is clear is that Adam and Lucas cannot occupy the TWO spots in a 442 formation. Adam was better yesterday once Gerrard operated more centrally. 5. It is not about assists, but like Agger, Anderson, Fletcher and even Song once in a while the manage to get into a decent area where they can run at the defence. I know it is not his role, but as a fotballer at this level you really should not look THAT out of dept like I think he does. Especially since he apparantly was a box to box player in Brazil with a good shot. 6. If you think this was Lucas´ first poor game this season we just disagree, mate. I think he lacks a lot, and along with Carra, Skrtel and Kuyt he should not feature at regular basis.

Lucas brilliant?! Both Adam and Lucas NEED to play in a three man midfield. Lucas yesterday was really poor. Lots of inaccurate passes in dangerous areas, and is as dangerous as a puppy on the ball. Adam will excel in a three man midfield. Lucas will never fill the "Mascherano role". He does not have the fitness, the pace or the physique. He is inaccurate on the ball, concedes too many FK in dangerous areas, and offer absolutely nothing on the attack. He is a good tackler and a ballwinner, but should not even be close to the standard we require for a regular starter. A great squadplayer, but nothing more. Agree that Downing should be replaced by Bellamy soon... Disapointed it didnt happen the last 15 yesterday.