The Liverpool discussion thread 2006/2007

If only we had a clinical striker, we'd be top of the league by now - and would be scoring at least 3-4 goals per game.


PS: Cisse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bellamy

Well, I think everybody knows that Liverpool is a case of a great midfield, good defense and a mediocre attack.. you don't have any great strikers.. loads of Gudjohsens but no Eto'o (or even Saviola)..

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez's first move following George Gillett and Tom Hicks's takeover of the club will be to sign Spain international David Villa from Valencia for £20m. (Sunday Express)

Tottenham boss Martin Jol will bid £3.2m in an attempt to snare Harry Kewell from Liverpool in the summer. (Various)

Cuddly Tiger wrote:Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez's first move following George Gillett and Tom Hicks's takeover of the club will be to sign Spain international David Villa from Valencia for £20m. (Sunday Express)

Tottenham boss Martin Jol will bid £3.2m in an attempt to snare Harry Kewell from Liverpool in the summer. (Various)

Villa is Madrid bound.. all the Yankee dollars in the world won't change that..

It would be a mistake letting Kewell go

If he ever produces last season's form, then we'll look silly letting him go for that amount of money.

Besides, i wouldnt want to get rid just yet - who do we replace him with?

Gonzalez

The Grim Reaper wrote:It would be a mistake letting Kewell go

If he ever produces last season's form, then we'll look silly letting him go for that amount of money.

Besides, i wouldnt want to get rid just yet - who do we replace him with?

Gonzalez

You could try to get Puerta from Sevilla.. young and seems like he make it big.. otherwise try for Valencia's Silva or (if you insist on injury prone players) Vicente..

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:

The Grim Reaper wrote:It would be a mistake letting Kewell go

If he ever produces last season's form, then we'll look silly letting him go for that amount of money.

Besides, i wouldnt want to get rid just yet - who do we replace him with?

Gonzalez

You could try to get Puerta from Sevilla.. young and seems like he make it big.. otherwise try for Valencia's Silva or (if you insist on injury prone players) Vicente..

Silva is awesome. Huge potential from what I've seen.

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:

The Grim Reaper wrote:It would be a mistake letting Kewell go

If he ever produces last season's form, then we'll look silly letting him go for that amount of money.

Besides, i wouldnt want to get rid just yet - who do we replace him with?

Gonzalez

You could try to get Puerta from Sevilla.. young and seems like he make it big.. otherwise try for Valencia's Silva or (if you insist on injury prone players) Vicente..

I'd rather have Kewell to be honest - he's only 29 i think - proven in the premiership...... he could still give us 2 good seasons

If only he can make a speedy recovery FFS.. its getting ridiculous now

Besides, i hear Barca are after Alonso - genuine interest or another attempt to unsettle the player before we play you next?

The Grim Reaper wrote:

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:

The Grim Reaper wrote:It would be a mistake letting Kewell go

If he ever produces last season's form, then we'll look silly letting him go for that amount of money.

Besides, i wouldnt want to get rid just yet - who do we replace him with?

Gonzalez

You could try to get Puerta from Sevilla.. young and seems like he make it big.. otherwise try for Valencia's Silva or (if you insist on injury prone players) Vicente..

I'd rather have Kewell to be honest - he's only 29 i think - proven in the premiership...... he could still give us 2 good seasons

If only he can make a speedy recovery FFS.. its getting ridiculous now

Besides, i hear Barca are after Alonso - genuine interest or another attempt to unsettle the player before we play you next?

There hasn't been anything in the press down here about us going for Alonso.. I think it is just the journalists trying to sell more copies.

In the central midfield the rumours are basically about Lampard (please no) and Sneijder (good player but would probably reduce the average height of the team )

Two big months for Liverpool, you would have to admit it has not been a great start so far.

February
Sat, 3rd - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
Sat, 10th - Newcastle 2-1 Liverpool
Wed, 21st - Barcelona v Liverpool
Sat, 24th - Liverpool v Sheff Utd

March
Sat, 3rd - Liverpool v Man Utd
Tue, 6th - Liverpool v Barcelona
Sun, 18th - Aston Villa v Liverpool
Sat, 31st - Liverpool v Arsenal

Do you think Rafa might rest/rotate players in the Man Utd game ahead of the crucial Champions League game against Barcelona?

e.g. Hyypia instead of Agger, Zenden starts in midfield, etc....

Finally, what is the lastest on Mascherano?

Cuddly Tiger wrote:Silva is awesome. Huge potential from what I've seen on FM07.

Kewell's contract is up in the summer so if Jol wants to pay £3.2m for a free player then I say we let him.

Villa is Liverpool bound, Madrid cannot compete.

Batman wrote:

Do you think Rafa might rest/rotate players in the Man Utd game ahead of the crucial Champions League game against Barcelona?

e.g. Hyypia instead of Agger, Zenden starts in midfield, etc....

Yes.

Batman wrote:Finally, what is the lastest on Mascherano?

Tomorrow.

Sharabi Gunda wrote:

Cuddly Tiger wrote:Silva is awesome. Huge potential from what I've seen on FM07.

Kewell's contract is up in the summer so if Jol wants to pay £3.2m for a free player then I say we let him.

Villa is Liverpool bound, Madrid cannot compete.

More money, bigger club, and (for some very odd reason) every Spanish player's dream move..

Sharabi Gunda wrote:

Cuddly Tiger wrote:Silva is awesome. Huge potential from what I've seen on FM07.

Kewell's contract is up in the summer so if Jol wants to pay £3.2m for a free player then I say we let him.

Villa is Liverpool bound, Madrid cannot compete.

He sucks ass on 07, but on 06 he was awesome

I think Mascha will be allowed to play, or they will feel the Wrath of Benitez

Has yesterdays defeat dented L'pools title hopes? or are they still in the title race?

We're still in the hunt.

Has yesterday's victory without Ronaldo sent out the message that he's no longer wanted? All these reports linking him to Barcelona, Madrid, Liverpool and you go and drop him. Not a positive message to send.

Kewell's leaving in the summer too... I guess Ronaldo'll be getting his #7 shirt.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard claims he was "blown away" during his meeting with George Gillett and Tom Hicks.
The midfielder, who met the club's new owners along with Jamie Carragher last week, believes they can help take the Reds back to the top of English football.

"Those two guys blew me away in the 10 to 15 minutes I had with them," said Gerrard.

"They told myself and Jamie to tell the other players that they want to help us win a lot more trophies, they want to get the club back into the title race and they want to make Liverpool number one.

"I think it's often forgotten that Liverpool are the most successful club in the country. People have been a bit disrespectful to us in recent years when they have talked about the top three or four sides and we've not got a mention."

The Reds' skipper admits it "kills him" to see other teams leading the way in the Premiership – but believes the club could soon re-live the glory days of the 1970s and 1980s.

He said: "As a fan and a player, it kills me inside because I believe we still are the best club in the land, and with a little investment off the pitch and a bit of money spent on it, we can prove that.

"The most important thing for me is not the money these guys are bringing in or the prospect of a new stadium, but the fact that they have a winning mentality - that is what this club is all about.

"It's really hard to take, finishing fourth and fifth in the league, but the great thing about this takeover is that we already have a world-class manager in Rafa Benitez, so it's not as if absolutely everything needs doing.

"I don't think they are going to throw all kinds of money about for players. We just need a little bit of fine tuning.

"The first presents I got off my dad as a kid were videos of Liverpool winning the league. Year in, year out, the likes of Dalglish, Souness, Barnes, Beardsley, Rush; I've seen them all winning leagues, league after league, so when the media and ex-players say we're miles off winning it, it hurts.

"I'd be sick if I never won it. By the time I finish, I will probably have 15 years under my belt and if I hung up my boots without winning the league once, I'd feel like a failure."

Gerrard also revealed he talked to Gillett and Hicks about the importance of recreating Anfield's famous atmosphere inside the new stadium.

"I've had some of the best nights of my career and my life at Anfield and there are an awful lot of things I'm going to miss.

"The Americans have promised to build us a top stadium but they are aware of the unique atmosphere at Anfield and will try to reproduce that because, when the Liverpool fans are behind you and you're kicking towards the Kop end, there's this feeling that you are always going to score.

"And that's what we want in the new stadium. We want it to be a really horrible place to come with lots of noise. We want to make it a fortress."

Valencia will never let Silva go. And forget about Villa, I doubt he'd even go to Madrid.

Your best bet is to try for Raul and see if Benitez can wake him up and teach him how to play football again.

It's football's worst kept secret that Villa will move to Liverpool. He's good friends with Aurelio and a boyhood fan

And Actually, our best bet would be to throw £50m at Eto'o. There's nothing left for him to do at Barca.

All right, we'll sign Villa using that, and still have half of it left over for Dani Alves, and a couple others if we need them

Edit: maybe take Agger from you so he can play alongside a truly world class centre-back like Carles Puyol.

Sorry. Villa would only want to move to Real Madrid, if anywhere... that's what you keep on telling us

You can have Alves... we'll get Miguel. Agger wouldn't like it in Barcelona. He doesn't like the limelight. You can have Hyypia instead.

Agreed?

Pongo scores his 8th goal in 11 starts, this time with a penalty.

Hmm... Right, if this talk of Villa paying £12m for Bellamy is right then we should fuck him off at the end of the season. Then bring in a striker (like Villa) in place of Bellamy and then Pongo in as 3rd/4th choice.

... Good bless speculation.

Bellamy scores every time he starts, why get rid of him?, we should sell crouch if anyone

Obispo wrote:Pongo scores his 8th goal in 11 starts, this time with a penalty.

Hmm... Right, if this talk of Villa paying £12m for Bellamy is right then we should fuck him off at the end of the season. Then bring in a striker (like Villa) in place of Bellamy and then Pongo in as 3rd/4th choice.

... Good bless speculation.

I really hope you don't get Villa, looked absolute quality against England.

P.Crouch:
PL: 6
CL: 5
CC: 1
FA: 0
CS: 1
Total: 13 goals

D.Kuyt:
PL: 9
CL: 0
CC: 0
FA: 1
Total: 10 goals.


God knows what Bellamy is but it's less impressive again. And the fact is that Crouch does indeed offer us something different entirely. If we got Pongo back and someone like Villa, Bellamy wouldn't. And our strikeforce would have a combined height of three-foot-six.

Bellamy out!

Bellamy doesnt get played at home, only away were we tend to do crap most games, if crouch played away and not home he definately wouldn't have 13 goals

Liverpool fans, tune in to Sky right now to watch the delayed broadcast of our match against Racing. It was our best performance of the season, and hopefully a proper indicator of what you'll see in 10 days time.

I'll catch it later. Top Gear's starting in a sec.

barca where good tonight, Ronaldinho was great