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Liverpool target £8million Chris Brunt

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Northern Ireland star Chris Brunt is an £8m target for Liverpool.

Under-fire Anfield boss Roy Hodgson has identified West Brom’s 25-year-old attacking midfielder from Belfast as the player who can help turn Liverpool’s season around.

Hodgson will make his move in the January transfer window, providing he is still in charge.

The Reds have made an appalling start to the season and are currently languishing in the Premier League relegation zone ahead of today’s match against Blackburn.

Brunt has been a star for the Premier League’s surprise package West Brom this season, now up to fourth after yesterday’s 2-1 win over Fulham.

A Liverpool source told Sunday Life last night: “West Brom will be reluctant to let Brunt go but Roy will have money to spend and he’s been impressed by Brunt and the influence he’s had on games this season.â€

If Brunt does sign for Liverpool, he would become the first Northern Ireland player at Anfield since Jim Magilton in the late 80s — although the midfielder never actually played for the Reds first team.
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"And, once again, the key player for Albion was Brunt, who played a pivotal role in both goals for the home side.

Di Matteo said: “Chris, when we arrived last year, he was in and out of the team.

“He has matured a lot and he’s become a tremendous asset. Every week he gives you an 8-out-of-10.

“He’s somebody you can o to war with and depend on.â€"
 
Brunt's an OK player and I'd take him as a squaddie, but no more than that. If (which I can believe) Roy's looking to him to "turn our season around", that just shows how low his sights are set.
 
meh. I'd rather give Shelvey a chance, who btw shlould get congrats onhis EPL debut. No way I'm gonna give Hodgson a chance to splash out 8 mil
 
Agree about giving Jonjo a go, but we need more than just him as stand-ins if Cluelas and Poultry are both not good enough.
 
He is a good player, and the majority of times I have seen him play, he has impressed. Great crosser of the ball.

However, if he is the player that "turns our season around" then Roy can fuck off. Won't happen anyway. Why would he come to us from high flyers WBA.
 
TBH it'd take quite a bit to get me to sign for us at the minute even if I played for Gasworks Victoria in the Outside Toilets League.
 
I don't think he is good enough. Great crosser and passer but struggles to beat his man and can be lazy. Although, to be fair to him, he has improved a lot this season so I suppose he could get better....
 
Does the old duffer think he's still managing Fulham?
 
And he'd be really easy to do in the ratings thread. Apparently he just gets an 8/10 in every game.
 
If Roy is here in january, we'll have Carlton Cole and Chris Brunt for 20 mill £. THAT is depressing.
 
And if he turns out to be gash we've got a insta-nickname ready and waiting
 
He's got a cracking left foot and he works hard, but I'm not convinced there's much more potential to tap into.
 
Obviously as a Norn Iron man I've followed Brunt with interest, and I can't really argue with the take everyone here has. Yes he's a very decent player, good crosser, tidy passer, can chip in with the odd spanked left foot shot. He really isn't the quality we should be aiming for.
 
I don't know if you kids have watched footy lately but Brunt is a very good player. I'd love us to sign him.
 
[quote author=crump link=topic=42402.msg1205001#msg1205001 date=1287947081]
I don't know if you kids have watched footy lately but Brunt is a very good player. I'd love us to sign him.
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I was going to reply like this

"ya, but can he make the step up....etc etc."

Then i realized...shit, we are looking up at them at the moment.

If he is young and improving all the time, i don't see why not. But we don't have an endless pot of money, so we have got to make sure this is the absolute best way to spend that money. We can't be doing this deal just because he fits our budget.
 
[quote author=crump link=topic=42402.msg1205001#msg1205001 date=1287947081]
I don't know if you kids have watched footy lately but Brunt is a very good player. I'd love us to sign him.
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time was we did. now its difficult enough watching liverpool, if we can't watch our games it isn't right to watch anybody elses

basically, i've already seen zidane, ronaldhino, rivaldo, kinkladze play. why the fuck would i want to watch chris cunt?
 
With all due respect to the lad we should be more ambitious in our signings. This player seems more Poulsen and Konchesky than Cole and Meireles. We need some real quality.
 
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=42402.msg1205014#msg1205014 date=1287947790]
He's a better dead ball striker than anyone in our squad.
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yeah, i don't see gerrard stepping aside for chris under any circumstances no matter how good he is
 
He'll be 26 in Jan so any case for signing him needs to be made on the grounds that he's good enough already for the mid to long term rather than on any potential future improvement.

I've got nothing against signing British / Irish players from unfancied sides, but it needs to make sense.

I haven't seen anything of West Brom this season (other than when they played us), so for 8M-10M does this guy represent value for money?
 
[quote author=monsieurdantes link=topic=42402.msg1205021#msg1205021 date=1287948004]
[quote author=crump link=topic=42402.msg1205001#msg1205001 date=1287947081]
I don't know if you kids have watched footy lately but Brunt is a very good player. I'd love us to sign him.
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time was we did. now its difficult enough watching liverpool, if we can't watch our games it isn't right to watch anybody elses

basically, i've already seen zidane, ronaldhino, rivaldo, kinkladze play. why the fuck would i want to watch chris cunt?
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lol
 
[quote author=Hardcastle link=topic=42402.msg1204971#msg1204971 date=1287943819]
And if he turns out to be gash we've got a insta-nickname ready and waiting
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Hahaha.
 
[quote author=crump link=topic=42402.msg1205001#msg1205001 date=1287947081]
I don't know if you kids have watched footy lately but Brunt is a very good player. I'd love us to sign him.
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No he is not. He's very very average.
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=42402.msg1205029#msg1205029 date=1287948191]
He'll be 26 in Jan so any case for signing him needs to be made on the grounds that he's good enough already for the mid to long term rather than on any potential future improvement.

I've got nothing against signing British / Irish players from unfancied sides, but it needs to make sense.

I haven't seen anything of West Brom this season (other than when they played us), so for 8M-10M does this guy represent value for money?
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8-10 m is what you'd expect to pay for someone like Brunt, but if SG is going to deliver the majority of set pieces, then I wonder what we'd really get out of him. He's a very decent player, and I'm a fan, but he's not what we're looking for. I just don't see him as a Liverpool player.

And Crump, being a Norn Iron fan, I've probably seen much more of him than most.
 
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=42402.msg1205103#msg1205103 date=1287955746]
[quote author=keniget link=topic=42402.msg1205029#msg1205029 date=1287948191]
He'll be 26 in Jan so any case for signing him needs to be made on the grounds that he's good enough already for the mid to long term rather than on any potential future improvement.

I've got nothing against signing British / Irish players from unfancied sides, but it needs to make sense.

I haven't seen anything of West Brom this season (other than when they played us), so for 8M-10M does this guy represent value for money?
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8-10 m is what you'd expect to pay for someone like Brunt, but if SG is going to deliver the majority of set pieces, then I wonder what we'd really get out of him. He's a very decent player, and I'm a fan, but he's not what we're looking for. I just don't see him as a Liverpool player.

And Crump, being a Norn Iron fan, I've probably seen much more of him than most.
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He's not good enough for us is the long and short of it.

Wand of a left foot, but his languid, droopy style irks me. He reminds me of Mark Kennedy with that laid-back gait, and I don't see what he'd add to us.

He struggled to get into that West Brom team for a long time - I couldn't believe they were even prepared to pay Wednesday the 3/4M odd they did, fair play to him though he's turned into a decent Premier League pro. That's all he'll ever be mind you.

Oh and D-Mac - has he become less energetic as he's got older? When he was at Wednesday he used to be all over the place. Maybe not as effective with the ball as he is now, but he used to put himself about quite a bit. These days he's like the most languid fucker on the planet.
 
[quote author=monsieurdantes link=topic=42402.msg1205026#msg1205026 date=1287948140]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=42402.msg1205014#msg1205014 date=1287947790]
He's a better dead ball striker than anyone in our squad.
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yeah, i don't see gerrard stepping aside for chris under any circumstances no matter how good he is
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You're probably right, but that doesn't mean Gerrard is. It's well past time he was told, not asked, to get in the box at corners for example.
 
Most posters have called it correctly, he's a decent player with a decent left foot but I'd be very disappointed if we sign him. He's another slow wide man in the Maxi, Pederson, Bentley mould and would definitely not improve us.
 
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