Liverpool the Strikerless

[SummerOnions]

So where do we go from here?

Gerrard said post-match last night Lambert was hooked at half-time cos he's played all 90 mins for each of the last 5 games including midweeks and he's fucked. Fair enough - he's 32 and never done this kind of schedule before. He was meant to be our 4th choice striker

So Lambert shouldn't be playing most games it seems. Borini is lost in the wilderness of mediocrity, looking to see which soon-to-be-relegated team he can line up for come January

Our best player is injured and our other marquee striker is injured and also badly out of form

So what can we do? There's seemingly no youts to come in and fill the gap all Michael Owen style, and as all the rumours go, we aren't signing anyone in January cos Rodgers can't buy a good player anyway so it doesn't matter

Are we gonna have to go all Spain 2010 on everyone's ass? Sterling up front despite the fact he's pretty inconsistent at shooting at best? I'm not sure if we have another option. Gerrard?

I'd like to see Gerrard up front, if for nothing else than if theres a loose ball in the box, he's gonna score. That, and he's as far away from our defence as possible

 

[Mystic]

Just imagine if Borini had fucked off and we got Remy, we'd look ten times better if he was here.

 

[Fabio]

We could have signed remy anyway, no?

 

[cloggypop]

Skrtel.

 

[ILD]

Did anything surface as to why we didn't sign Remy? We flew him out to Boston 'n all to meet up with the team.

Was it his agent, was it Borini staying??

 

[Best Believe It]

Sinclair.

I think I genuinely would - promote him, or sign Ings in the Jan transfer window.

 

[Best Believe It]

If we'd have signed Remy, I guarantee he would have been crocked for the entire season.

 

[Mors]

Where the fuck is Borini? He's not injured. We've got 4 strikers and 3 are awol or have suspicious injuries.

 

[Fabio]

Where the fuck is Borini? He's not injured. We've got 4 strikers and 3 are awol or have suspicious injuries.

Rodgers has exiled him to the forbidden zone

 

[SummerOnions]

Borini bummed Rodgers dog

 

[white-sox]

Borini bummed Rodgers dog

I think that was Aggers. Maybe Rodgers likes dogs though?

 

[Mystic]

We could have signed remy anyway, no?

Nah, it's too much of a coincidence that the Remy deal broke off a couple of days after it became clear that Borini had delusions of grandeur regarding Sunderland.

 

[cloggypop]

We bought a striker for twice the price after that.

 

[jason]

I want an MO

 

[gkmacca]

Sinclair.

I think I genuinely would - promote him, or sign Ings in the Jan transfer window.

Yes. And Sinclair is in form. I don't see how they can afford not to have him on the bench.

 

[irishred]

Sinclair.

I think I genuinely would - promote him, or sign Ings in the Jan transfer window.

Yes. And Sinclair is in form. I don't see how they can afford not to have him on the bench.

Yep, I go along with this, I suggested integrating him into the team even when Sturridge was almost reaching full fitness last month, now it's nothing to lose. It's my main gripe with Rodgers, that he's neglected the bloomin` youth set up this year, something he was pretty good at. He had the balls to throw Suso (in his first season), Sterling, Wisdom, Flanagan, Ibe, Teixeira, Robinson, Smith (although Chelsea at left-wing was a major error), Sinclair (had one game making him our youngest ever player in which he impressed) into the fray in recent years and making them believe in themselves. The youth team players were there to be utilised as budding squad players this season.

http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/inde...-striker-in-january.57327/page-3#post-1209469

 

[ILD]

Nah, it's too much of a coincidence that the Remy deal broke off a couple of days after it became clear that Borini had delusions of grandeur regarding Sunderland.

Or the owners got word that Mario was available and dropped the Remy deal to get him.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Origi was booed off the pitch by his own fans in Lille's latest game. He missed a penalty and has now gone 923 minutes without a goal. Great fans though.

 

[Fabio]

Origi was booed off the pitch by his own fans in Lille's latest game. He missed a penalty and has now gone 923 minutes without a goal. Great fans though.

Hopefully that will make him a little bit more eager to force it through in Jan

 

[Mystic]

Origi was booed off the pitch by his own fans in Lille's latest game. He missed a penalty and has now gone 923 minutes without a goal. Great fans though.

Hopefully that will make him a little bit more eager to force it through in Jan

He hasn't scored in 1000 minutes, is he the kind of striker we really need? Fuck me I thought he was prolific.

 

[Mystic]

Or the owners got word that Mario was available and dropped the Remy deal to get him.

You're probably right, which is depressing on many levels.

 

[Fabio]

He hasn't scored in 1000 minutes, is he the kind of striker we really need? Fuck me I thought he was prolific.

He's never been prolific. He has the raw attributes but I don't think he's the finisher we are hoping for

I just want him here because we need someone to work with balotelli until Sturridge is fit

 

[Fabio]

1 in 6 at club level

1 in 3 at international level

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Yep, I go along with this, I suggested integrating him into the team even when Sturridge was almost reaching full fitness last month, now it's nothing to lose. It's my main gripe with Rodgers, that he's neglected the bloomin` youth set up this year, something he was pretty good at. He had the balls to throw Suso (in his first season), Sterling, Wisdom, Flanagan, Ibe, Teixeira, Robinson, Smith (although Chelsea at left-wing was a major error), Sinclair (had one game making him our youngest ever player in which he impressed) into the fray in recent years and making them believe in themselves. The youth team players were there to be utilised as budding squad players this season.

http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/inde...-striker-in-january.57327/page-3#post-1209469

It's easy for a manager to play young players in your first season, you just blame the shite the previous manager left you with. It's a lot more difficult to justify dropping the team you spent a few hundred million on in favour of some unproven youngsters.

 

[dmishra]

He's never been prolific. He has the raw attributes but I don't think he's the finisher we are hoping for

He's 19.

 

[Fabio]

He's 19.

I'm fully aware of that. That doesn't necessarily mean he'll develop in to a great finisher.

 

[Red Mullet]

It's easy for a manager to play young players in your first season, you just blame the shite the previous manager left you with. It's a lot more difficult to justify dropping the team you spent a few hundred million on in favour of some unproven youngsters.

So by your argument the amount of money spent means automatic selection? That's absurd!

Surely, form and fitness is the deciding factor? The objective is to win the game, not to justify why you spent the money.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

So by your argument the amount of money spent means automatic selection? That's absurd!

Surely, form and fitness is the deciding factor? The objective is to win the game, not to justify why you spent the money.

No, my argument is not that they should be selected automatically, but that the manager will be inclined to, and will feel under pressure to, play the players he convinced his bosses to spend millions of pounds on. Especially when he's feeling under pressure from results.

 

[irishred]

It's easy for a manager to play young players in your first season, you just blame the shite the previous manager left you with. It's a lot more difficult to justify dropping the team you spent a few hundred million on in favour of some unproven youngsters.

Yeah, that's a very good point! It's not like he's been scorned by throwing in the youngsters, a higher ratio of them have turned out better, or a similar standard to the majority of his signings so far.

 

[StevieM]

Where's Yesil?