Long distance information, give me Memphis

[peekay]

I know he would say so anyhow but Rodgers said at his press conference that we were never in for Depay as we are already well stocked in that position.

He said this a couple of weeks ago

“I can’t confirm either way - you know me, in terms of speculation of players,” Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo. “The kid is a very talented player, of course. But I wouldn’t like to confirm either way."

If we were never interested in Depay, why such a vague statement couple of weeks ago.

 

[RedStar]

Unless we are prepared to match Utd on wages then this sort of thing will keep happening and it doesnt matter if we got Maradona as Director of Football. As far as Im aware they have the highest wage bill and most expensive squad in the league, if they wanted him they always had the ability to blow any deal involving us out of the water

 

[Judge Jules]

He said this a couple of weeks ago

“I can’t confirm either way - you know me, in terms of speculation of players,” Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo. “The kid is a very talented player, of course. But I wouldn’t like to confirm either way."

If we were never interested in Depay, why such a vague statement couple of weeks ago.

In fairness there have been loads of complaints in recent years that we do our transfer business too publicly. I suspect Rodgers largely agrees with them and was trying to act accordingly.

 

[C/O]

 

[Judge Jules]

Shouldn't laugh really, but I couldn't help it. 😀

 

[redhorizon2]

Jan Molby: Liverpool FC shouldn't be too concerned about missing out on Memphis Depay

• 19:00, 7 May 2015
• By Kristian Walsh

Our Liverpool FC columnist discusses Memphis Depay, Chelsea and the final three games for Steven Gerrard

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Netherland's Memphis Depay
I wouldn't get carried away with Manchester United signing Memphis Depay, a player we were supposedly targeting. He's a wide man, not a striker, and got his goals while playing for the best team in Holland – so this isn't something to be too disappointed about.
I had a look at him when we were linked and thought he would be a good bonus signing, but he doesn't fall into what Liverpool definitely need.
READ: James Pearce on the Reds missing out on Depay
He's a typical Dutch wide man, he has real pace and ability to take on people. He also has good technique and is a set-piece specialist but I'm not convinced he's going to transfer his goalscoring into the Premier League.
Of course, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Luis Suarez scored in the Eredivisie and then the Premier League, but not everybody does.
But as for whether having Champions League would have helped secure him, I'm not convinced the players we signed last summer were because we were in the Champions League. That said, the club are now paying for the results against West Brom and Hull.
If we want to increase the quality of the squad, we need to have a look at the signings this summer.
Depay wasn't exactly what we need. Liverpool need a central striker, a goalscorer. Last season proved if you get a centre forward who can take pressure off everyone, others – Raheem Sterling, Philippe Coutinho – will follow with goals and everyone benefits.
We have to assume it is difficult to rely on Daniel Sturridge, he's had a difficult season and now he is recovering from a hip operation.
For five months we convinced ourselves everything would change when he came back, but nothing in football is that easy. You can't be wanting the top four and yet waiting for a player to come back.
Get a striker who is fit, proven at the top level and the rest will follow.

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REDS CAN GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH CHELSEA

I don't have a massive problem with the guard of honour Liverpool will give Chelsea on Sunday. What Liverpool are doing are paying tribute to the league's most consistent team, hence why they won the title.
The debate over Chelsea fans is for another day, but the Chelsea players have deserved to win it – they grind teams into the ground and it's only right that's recognised. It's a mark of respect.
What happens when the game kicks off will be interesting. Liverpool ran them close on three occasions this season, especially in the League Cup, so there's no reason why they couldn't do so again.
We know what Chelsea are capable of, you saw against Manchester United a few weeks ago how they do things, but we'll give them a game. We created chances against them in the previous games this season, although it would still be a surprise to get something.
Every game you win never does you any harm. Chelsea have only lost a couple this season so it would be nice to go toe-to-toe with them. I still feel there's players in that Liverpool team with things to prove so it is a wonderful opportunity you wouldn't pass up.
We know there are a number of players who will leave the club, and for the rest, it isn't necessarily about fighting to stay at the club, but rather in what capacity they will stay.
They could convince the manager it may not be necessary to buy in that position. Let's be fair, we signed a lot last summer, let's give them a chance to see what they can do.
GERRARD STILL HAS ONE MORE MOMENT IN HIM

It was a nice moment for Steven Gerrard to score at the Kop end against QPR, and it was big in terms of impact on that particular game.
But I still think there's one more special moment to come.
That was a big moment on Saturday and you sensed that from the celebrations. You have a little dream on how things will finish, and he's known for a while that it will soon be over. In that time, he's not wished for personal glory, but for the entire team's success.
Now, he can only go for personal glory. You could see in his reaction to the penalty miss that he didn't want that to be the last worthwhile moment in a Liverpool shirt people remember, so he got himself a winner. There is a feeling there is one big moment, not a moment for the team, but himself.
He has three games to go, now. This has been coming for a while, there's various events planned, and he gets the big send off.
It's a bit different to when I left Liverpool. I played my last game for the club against Coventry in March 1995, but I didn't realise at the time. I scored a penalty in a 3-2 defeat but because I had no idea, there was no big fanfare.

 

[peekay]

 

[RedStar]

According to an interview with Van Gaal it was only once Utd were informed that a deal with PSG was imminent that they made their move. No mention of us at all. Difficult to know how firm our interest in this guy was given we desperately need top class players in other positions its hard to believe he was the priority

 

[FoxForceFive]

Wish we were more like Newcastle

Lol.

Whilst I get that sarcasm, it's hard to argue they don't find quite a few quality players that other clubs miss, at stupidly low prices.

Their problem is that they spend fuck all else so those players are surrounded by tripe.

 

[FoxForceFive]

[article] Brands added: "Only in the last 48 hours did Manchester United step up their interest and things went very fast from there on. In the end, the player decides where he wants to go and he wanted Manchester."[/article]

There you go.

That sums it up perfectly, it two ways. Firstly 'and things went very fast from there'. We move like fucking treacle when the top clubs run like a river rapid, we always take fucking weeks to sign a player, & they usually get snatched out from under us by Chelsea or Utd, even fucking Spurs, whilst we fuck about. If it takes them 24 hours to sign a player there is no rational fucking reason it should take us three fucking weeks.

Secondly, in the case of most player's as soon as a bigger club comes in there's no chance for us.

The first point can outdo the second one, cos if we can start going in & getting our business done quickly & decisively instead of arsing about it doesn't give those clubs a chance to come in & get them.

 

[red_maradona]

Given the right formation, right weather conditions and stars aligning in the right order, Rickie Lambert could still do a job for us next season. Not bothered by this move by manure.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe?]

He has a tattoo on the inside of this fucking lip.

Bullet. Dodged.

 

[Rosco]

[article] Brands added: "Only in the last 48 hours did Manchester United step up their interest and things went very fast from there on. In the end, the player decides where he wants to go and he wanted Manchester."[/article]

There you go.

That sums it up perfectly, it two ways. Firstly 'and things went very fast from there'. We move like fucking treacle when the top clubs run like a river rapid, we always take fucking weeks to sign a player, & they usually get snatched out from under us by Chelsea or Utd, even fucking Spurs, whilst we fuck about. If it takes them 24 hours to sign a player there is no rational fucking reason it should take us three fucking weeks.

Secondly, in the case of most player's as soon as a bigger club comes in there's no chance for us.

The first point can outdo the second one, cos if we can start going in & getting our business done quickly & decisively instead of arsing about it doesn't give those clubs a chance to come in & get them.

I'm not sure it's that clear cut.

What if it was the case that we were finding out what the deal would cost, feeling out the options for a replacement for Sterling if we decided to move him on?

Maybe we simply decided to persist with Sterling so didn't pursue the deal beyond finding out what it would take to get done.

Nothing is ever off the table with FSG, so that's my read on it - we were exploring the market rather than really moving for Depay.

 

[Mystic]

Clearly the club leaked the news about us and PSG going in for him to force Uniteds hand, now we have a clear run at Bale...

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I have no issue with us missing out on some, or even lots, of targets. We should be looking at lots of targets, and that will mean we will not sign them all. But, that's only good if we actually end up signing some that we do want, and don't end up in a Balotelli situation again.

We do need to have a wide scope when looking, but we also need to get out highest priorities done as early as is possible.

 

[Mystic]

Why aren't we going for the Cassette player guy from Lycon?

 

[Leo]

Why aren't we going for the Cassette player guy from Lycon?

Don't wind us up.

 

[Red Mullet]

I have no issue with us missing out on some, or even lots, of targets. We should be looking at lots of targets, and that will mean we will not sign them all. But, that's only good if we actually end up signing some that we do want, and don't end up in a Balotelli situation again.

We do need to have a wide scope when looking, but we also need to get out highest priorities done as early as is possible.

Because we're going for Di Maria. He'll be out of a job next season.

 

[FoxForceFive]

I'm not sure it's that clear cut.

What if it was the case that we were finding out what the deal would cost, feeling out the options for a replacement for Sterling if we decided to move him on?

Maybe we simply decided to persist with Sterling so didn't pursue the deal beyond finding out what it would take to get done.

Nothing is ever off the table with FSG, so that's my read on it - we were exploring the market rather than really moving for Depay.

That's just it though,imo you cant just do that repeatedly with players, cos you get the headlines that we have been doing, & then every young player we talk to thinks 'they've been turned down by x, y & z, there must be a reason..'.

I think it simply creates a problem.

Also, I wasnt just talking about this transfer, I was talking about the last couple of seasons, when we're in talks with players for weeks, then chelsea et al swoop in & sign them in one evening.

 

[juniormember]

That's just it though,imo you cant just do that repeatedly with players, cos you get the headlines that we have been doing, & then every young player we talk to thinks 'they've been turned down by x, y & z, there must be a reason..'.

I think it simply creates a problem.

Also, I wasnt just talking about this transfer, I was talking about the last couple of seasons, when we're in talks with players for weeks, then chelsea et al swoop in & sign them in one evening.

It's tough though, cause Utd, and a few other clubs are seen as a straight forward choice, the ultimate destination, so players and agents don't spend much time thinking about it.
With us, it's not as easy, and there may be tons of times agents would use our interest to stimulate other clubs into making bids. Nothing we can do about that.
Our CEO's a dickhead but sometimes I don't see what else he could do.

 

[Red Mullet]

It's tough though, cause Utd, and a few other clubs are seen as a straight forward choice, the ultimate destination, so players and agents don't spend much time thinking about it.
With us, it's not as easy, and there may be tons of times agents would use our interest to stimulate other clubs into making bids. Nothing we can do about that.
Our CEO's a dickhead but sometimes I don't see what else he could do.

Not be a dickhead? Be a better CEO?

 

[HC]

Clearly the club leaked the news about us and PSG going in for him to force Uniteds hand, now we have a clear run at Bale...

This.

Remortgage the remortgage of the stadium and spunk it all on bale.

Or just sell that rounders team in Boston and get him

 

[HC]

He said this a couple of weeks ago

“I can’t confirm either way - you know me, in terms of speculation of players,” Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo. “The kid is a very talented player, of course. But I wouldn’t like to confirm either way."

If we were never interested in Depay, why such a vague statement couple of weeks ago.

I take it you aren't familiar with Rodgers talking about balotelli?

I'd read into his chat about transfers as much as I do the fortune cookies at the local chinese

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

Liverpool were never even a serious consideration, he was set for PSG until United started slinging around it's Chevrolet money. His agent just used LFC to trump up interest.

 

[Red Mullet]

Liverpool were never even a serious consideration, he was set for PSG until United started slinging around it's Chevrolet money. His agent just used LFC to trump up interest.

Yes but you can use this to beat up on Rodgers.

Tis fair for a fan with only half the information, no?

 

[Hansern]

Fuck him, he'll be shite (hopefully). Or get arrested. Or something.

 

[jan]

Fuck him, he'll be shite (hopefully). Or get arrested. Or something.

Racist

 

[Halmeister]

Apparently, and admittedly it is the Daily Star, Memphis Depay wanted to join us. But we stalled to prioritise a striker.

 

[Judge Jules]

In fairness I'd agree with that order of priorities. Now "all" we have to do is get the right one, or preferably two.

 

[Halmeister]

It depends. If we missed out on this to 'land' Danny Ings then I'll cry. If we're signing a top striker then I can sort of see it. Either way, if true, it implies we a) can't try and sign more than one player at a time which is bloody pitiful or b) we have very little to spend this summer.