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Don't get kidded , I am happy but the Sturridge deal should have been part of the summer dealings, so in reality we have just brought Coutinho for this window, not that I am unhappy with that, he is hopefully going to be a great signing, but all he is nowhere is a Brazilian kid.
Ayre fucked up in the summer, but made some amends with this deal.
Ayre fucked up in the summer, but made some amends with this deal.
I think its a decent window.
I agree, Sturridge should have come earlier but Borini being injured exacerbated the situation.
I think over the past 6 months we have moved mountains in terms of wage structure, squad age and although some may scoff I think club perception.
Maxi
Kuyt
Cole
Bellamy
Aquilani
out
Borini
Allen
Coutinho (still cant believe we signed him)
Sturridge
Assaidi
in
I think thats amazing in 6 months to be honest.
We are starting to look like a team now too.
I think Mr Rodgers has made mistakes with selection etc at time but hes learning.
And most importantly it feels like we are in a position now to strengthen again rather than replace and recycle.
Good work LFC.
I agree, Sturridge should have come earlier but Borini being injured exacerbated the situation.
I think over the past 6 months we have moved mountains in terms of wage structure, squad age and although some may scoff I think club perception.
Maxi
Kuyt
Cole
Bellamy
Aquilani
out
Borini
Allen
Coutinho (still cant believe we signed him)
Sturridge
Assaidi
in
I think thats amazing in 6 months to be honest.
We are starting to look like a team now too.
I think Mr Rodgers has made mistakes with selection etc at time but hes learning.
And most importantly it feels like we are in a position now to strengthen again rather than replace and recycle.
Good work LFC.
We're looking much improved in attacking positions now. But the spine in which we've invested so much, and who should really be in the prime of their career, don't look to be delivering. Buying for those positions (GK, CB and DM) also costs a shitload of money, so this is a big problem area.
It's going to take time, and there's still more transition to come - Pepe is on his way out I reckon, Gerrard's impact is lessening, Carra is on his last legs, there are doubts over the future pairing of Agger and Skrtel (the latter has apparently had a bust up with Rodgers too), so while we're adding to the future, you'd have to wager that while the youngsters take a couple of years to come to fruition, others will leave and the process of building will be a steady but long one that requires patience.
I just hope people give Rodgers time, and I think it's fair to acknowledge the owners, we've spent a fair whack (again) over the last two windows and have been as active as anyone.
I just hope people give Rodgers time, and I think it's fair to acknowledge the owners, we've spent a fair whack (again) over the last two windows and have been as active as anyone.
I don't think we have really improved the squad at all and if anything are slightly weaker than last season.
The positive is that we have replaced a lot of decent experienced/older players with decent young players.
The expectation/hope is that most of these young players will go on to emulate the level of the players the replaced.
At the start of the season I expected us to finish in the six to eight position and I still think that is how it will pan out.
Next season though I will be expecting a very decent assault on a champions league spot and there after onward and upwards.
If that doesn't materialize then we will have to start asking questions of the management again.
The positive is that we have replaced a lot of decent experienced/older players with decent young players.
The expectation/hope is that most of these young players will go on to emulate the level of the players the replaced.
At the start of the season I expected us to finish in the six to eight position and I still think that is how it will pan out.
Next season though I will be expecting a very decent assault on a champions league spot and there after onward and upwards.
If that doesn't materialize then we will have to start asking questions of the management again.
I don't think we're weaker than last season, perhaps for the short term, but the impact of Maxi and Kuyt at the close of their Liverpool careers was minimal, we've added Sturridge, Borini and Coutinho to that (aswell as Assaidi, while promoting Sterling and Suso), in the longterm that has the potential to be much better. Yes, in the here and now you could argue it's much of a muchness, but I think if you look at that attack on paper, if two or three of them hit their potential then we could be set up in that respect for a long time. If's and buts but weaker? I don't think so. We lack experience and we lack a backbone, but that's not something that's occurred over the last year, we've seen a steady decline on that note over the last 4 or 5 years and it's no surprise it's coincided with our own decline.
I know nothing of Coutinho so I can't get even remotely excited about him. I'll judge him after I've seen him play.
Disappointed we didn't get a defensive midfielder.
Sturridge (or any striker) has been LONG overdue.
In all, it's an ok window, with the potential to become good or awful.
So far Rodgers signings have underperformed: Borini (poor), Allen (glimpses of talant but mostly poor, and £15 million spent in an area which was a low priority), Assaidi (cheap gamble, which has so far failed), and Sahin (poor). On the brightside, each has the potential to come good (although I hope Sahin doesn't) so we can't write them off yet but so far Budgie has had more success in the transfer market with one success emerging from his bunch of flops (Ming).
Disappointed we didn't get a defensive midfielder.
Sturridge (or any striker) has been LONG overdue.
In all, it's an ok window, with the potential to become good or awful.
So far Rodgers signings have underperformed: Borini (poor), Allen (glimpses of talant but mostly poor, and £15 million spent in an area which was a low priority), Assaidi (cheap gamble, which has so far failed), and Sahin (poor). On the brightside, each has the potential to come good (although I hope Sahin doesn't) so we can't write them off yet but so far Budgie has had more success in the transfer market with one success emerging from his bunch of flops (Ming).
Ming was a short term success though that ultimately did nothing for us, I think you're being harsh over the perspective about Sturridge and about a DM. We've spent relatively big on two young exciting prospects who could be with us for a very long time. It takes time and a few windows to build, we've spent alot already, if we can add a DM and a defender or two in the Summer then we could have the basis of a very exciting squad. Agreed though, we have to get it spot on and so far the signings have arguably been hit and miss. I don't think Assaidi and Sahin have been poor players though but more a victim of circumstance and perhaps an issue or two with settling.
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the_khl
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Am I the only one doubting we'll ever see Assaidi play for us again?
Sahin does not count at all in my mind
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Sorry, but all this "could", "potential", "young" stuff is completely underwhelming. Not one of the signings so far have succeed, and all have either underwhelmed or regressed in their short time here. I'm not going to give Rodgers credit because he's signed players that MIGHT be good. When they become good I'll give him some much deserved credit, but until then I'm going to give him criticism for ignoring the glaring weakness in the team (DM) or spending money on low priority areas which in turn meant we had to wait 4 months before finally getting a striker. Even if Borini had been an immediate success we still only had two strikers on our books going into the season.
I'm hesitant to be too critical, because the signings all have the potential to come good. But he needs to address central midfield sooner rather than later. He also needs to spend some time on the training ground working out a strategy for defending set pieces because at the moment we are a shambles.
BTW: The "poor" comment in my previous post about Sahin and Assaidi refers to their level of performance rather than the quality of the player. Sahin was very poor and Assaidi so far seems like one of those brainless dribblers that can beat a man but then can do nothing with the ball.
I'm hesitant to be too critical, because the signings all have the potential to come good. But he needs to address central midfield sooner rather than later. He also needs to spend some time on the training ground working out a strategy for defending set pieces because at the moment we are a shambles.
BTW: The "poor" comment in my previous post about Sahin and Assaidi refers to their level of performance rather than the quality of the player. Sahin was very poor and Assaidi so far seems like one of those brainless dribblers that can beat a man but then can do nothing with the ball.
I don't know if you read my reply Mark but that is pretty much what I said.
At the moment we are probably marginally weaker, but in the future we could/should be much stronger.
The potential for improvement is certainly there and while it is not a given, if it fails the players we want to off load aren't ones we will lose a lot of money on regarding their transfer fee and should easily attract suitors because they are not earning high wages
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RedZeppelin III
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interesting that just one of that starting line up today was a Rodgers signing.
On a positive side it shows that he won't favour his own signings or feel pressured to play them in order to justify their price tags .
On the negative side it makes you wonder if we've not wasted more money again (allen and borini were 26m worth of signings just sitting on the bench ) and if Rodgers knows what the fuck he's doing in the market .
On a positive side it shows that he won't favour his own signings or feel pressured to play them in order to justify their price tags .
On the negative side it makes you wonder if we've not wasted more money again (allen and borini were 26m worth of signings just sitting on the bench ) and if Rodgers knows what the fuck he's doing in the market .
I think it has more to do with our policy of signing young–ish players. I'm sure in a couple of years, Rodgers signings and youth players he developed will make up at least half of the team.
Did we sign an Aussie kid? What's his name and what position does he operate?
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