Liverpool continue to be linked with a summer move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards, a player Brendan Rodgers reportedly believes is a 'perfect fit' for LFC's squad, and new reports suggest that an official offer is imminent.
According to The Mirror today:
* Liverpool are in 'pole position' to sign Richards.
* Man City are open to offers.
* Rodgers is attracted by Richards' ability to play in several different positions.
Liverpool have seemingly been tracking Richards for a while now:
July 2013: The Mirror reported: "Brendan Rodgers is keen on a summer move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards. Liverpool have made an enquiry."
Jan 2014: Sky Sports claimed: "Manchester City have turned down a bid from Liverpool to take Micah Richards on loan to Anfield".
April 2014: Several reports claimed that Liverpool 'have been cleared' to sign Richards this summer, with Brendan Rodgers 'expected' to put in a £7million offer.
May 2014: reports claim that Richards is 'surplus to requirements at City, and that Rodgers is waiting to 'capitalise' on the situation with a £7m bid.
I am totally against this potential deal, mainly because Richards has a shocking injury history:
* Nine different injuries since 2008.
* Only 20 appearances over the last two years.
* Averages just 26 apps a season over the last nine years.
Why take the risk when there are plenty of players out there without significant injury histories? Have LFC learned nothing from the Daniel Agger/Philipp Degen situations? Additionally, Liverpool already have Andre Wisdom, an equally flexible (and powerful) defender, who can also play in two positions, so why not just develop him?
Richards - recently described by Manuel Pellegrini as an 'important' player for City - can play at right-back, or centre-half, and once again, Rodgers' obsession with versatility seems to be ruling his transfer choices.
Plus, enough with the British players already! A team filled with British footballers is never going to win the league. There's a reason England continually fail on the international stage: homegrown footballers are *not good enough* (either technically or tactically), to consistently compete at the highest level.
Liverpool have haemorrhaged money on a whole raft of duff players over the last two years, and this is another waste (IMO). If the club is so desperate to lose money, just keep Glen Johnson, and use the £7m to keep paying his £120k-a-week salary. At least Johnson is fit most of the time.
To be fair, there's always a chance that Richards' injury woes are finally behind him, and the £8m drop in valuation since last summer is enticing, but is it a risk worth taking?
On a related note: why didn't Liverpool make a move for Dutch right back Daryl Janmaat, who just signed for Newcastle in a £5m deal? He's an experienced international; a quality player (as proven in the recent World Cup), and is a much better deal than Richards.
Author: Jaimie K
According to The Mirror today:
* Liverpool are in 'pole position' to sign Richards.
* Man City are open to offers.
* Rodgers is attracted by Richards' ability to play in several different positions.
Liverpool have seemingly been tracking Richards for a while now:
July 2013: The Mirror reported: "Brendan Rodgers is keen on a summer move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards. Liverpool have made an enquiry."
Jan 2014: Sky Sports claimed: "Manchester City have turned down a bid from Liverpool to take Micah Richards on loan to Anfield".
April 2014: Several reports claimed that Liverpool 'have been cleared' to sign Richards this summer, with Brendan Rodgers 'expected' to put in a £7million offer.
May 2014: reports claim that Richards is 'surplus to requirements at City, and that Rodgers is waiting to 'capitalise' on the situation with a £7m bid.
I am totally against this potential deal, mainly because Richards has a shocking injury history:
* Nine different injuries since 2008.
* Only 20 appearances over the last two years.
* Averages just 26 apps a season over the last nine years.
Why take the risk when there are plenty of players out there without significant injury histories? Have LFC learned nothing from the Daniel Agger/Philipp Degen situations? Additionally, Liverpool already have Andre Wisdom, an equally flexible (and powerful) defender, who can also play in two positions, so why not just develop him?
Richards - recently described by Manuel Pellegrini as an 'important' player for City - can play at right-back, or centre-half, and once again, Rodgers' obsession with versatility seems to be ruling his transfer choices.
Plus, enough with the British players already! A team filled with British footballers is never going to win the league. There's a reason England continually fail on the international stage: homegrown footballers are *not good enough* (either technically or tactically), to consistently compete at the highest level.
Liverpool have haemorrhaged money on a whole raft of duff players over the last two years, and this is another waste (IMO). If the club is so desperate to lose money, just keep Glen Johnson, and use the £7m to keep paying his £120k-a-week salary. At least Johnson is fit most of the time.
To be fair, there's always a chance that Richards' injury woes are finally behind him, and the £8m drop in valuation since last summer is enticing, but is it a risk worth taking?
On a related note: why didn't Liverpool make a move for Dutch right back Daryl Janmaat, who just signed for Newcastle in a £5m deal? He's an experienced international; a quality player (as proven in the recent World Cup), and is a much better deal than Richards.
Author: Jaimie K
I understand the concerns, but for 7m I think it's a decent deal. On his day Richards is a beast. If, and I know it's a big if, he can stay fit it will be a steal.
ReplyDeleteSo according to reports it is either £14m or £12m plus £2m in add ons for Borini.
ReplyDeleteWe have made a profit if that is the case.
Did we just get £14m for Borini??!! +1 for Ayre :D
ReplyDeleteI'll believe it when I see it.
ReplyDeleteI posted the same but my comment was removed.
ReplyDeleteWe are also about to score profit on Assaidi
ReplyDeleteWe apparently have made a bid for Ben Davies only for it to be rejected...
ReplyDeleteLets hope Aspas score 15 goals for Seville this season
ReplyDeleteProfits all round :-)
ReplyDeleteI would be wary of buying him, but i think for the money it might be worth the risk, esp if they pay himlow wages and a type of pay as you play to some extent.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note wouldn't it be great if we got £14m for Borini and £7m for Asaidi!
borini 14 mil to south h.
ReplyDeleteSure you did, Logan. Sure you did ;)
ReplyDeleteYou trust the mirror?
ReplyDeleteJK will remove this, but I seem to remember a piece where he said that we will have to suck up the massive losses on both assaidi and borini. Good news for the club that we have made a profit on both. Also, there are dubious sources quoted in this article, Richards isn't a target for us, just purely a available premiership footballer at a time when we a linked with a myriad of players.
ReplyDeleteGlad it got rejected, he's not much better than Flanagan and pretty much does the same thing as Flanni (passes it inside a lot), never really shows initiative to attack. Ben Davies is a 4-4-2 left back, he could end up like Cissokho for us (as we ask too much of him in our system).
ReplyDeleteWe need a full back to be skillful and brave enough to trouble the opposition full back. I'd keep Flanni Alves as he's more defensive, sometime we'll have to limit our threat going forwards and tighten up at the back and Flanni does that.
If we are not going to buy Ricardo Rodriguez or Bert Moreno because of the price. Please for the love of God get Alex Sandro for Porto. I'd actually get A Sandro ahead of Moreno, and why we didn't look a Juan Benat is beyond me (went to Bayern for 8m).
Does he delete post like this...
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He's Indy Kaila. (it would explain a lot)
Hate to point it out, but didn't Utd win a number of league titles with a large contingent of English players. And we were only a slip away from winning the league ourselves with a squad loaded with English players. English players are not born inferior to continental players. If they are coached properly (which Brendan Rodgers certainly fuckin does) they can be as good as players from any other country.
ReplyDeleteForget this joker, can we get Serge Aurier please. Aurier has a very good delivery (hence his high assist rate). He's got a really good jump on him for someone who's about 5'9 or 5'10, so he'll cut of a fair share of the diagonal balls out wide (saying that Micah has a leap of a salmon).
ReplyDeleteMicah's been out for too long and the chances of him getting injured again are high. In my mind I see performing well from 4 years ago, but's he's been a sick note for the last two.
Minus add ons Tony Barrett says it will be 12 Mil. So minus add ons with Assaidi we have gotten 4mil. So if it comes to it we could make a minimum profit from those players of about 4mil. So Jaime if it does happen will you publicly man up and eat humble pie?
ReplyDeleteI bet they're saving money for a reus bid
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean is, in our system there is a onus on the full back to cover the length of the pitch, as our 'wingers' cut in and act as auxiliary strikers.
ReplyDeleteBen Davies will pass it side ways and try for the over-lap, he'll never take the fight to the opposing fullback and beat him with skill. Our fullbacks need to comfortable in tight spaces and have skill as a get out clause.
Ben Davies isn't sh*t, he's just over hyped. He's better in a 4-4-2, as he can't pick and choose his times to go forwards. The way we play, he'll need to a be front foot fullback or we'll have no width whats so ever. Moreno gets up and down the pitch well, but is suspect defensively.
I'll get the plate for you.
ReplyDeleteOr FSG are collecting money for severance pay for Ian Ayre.
ReplyDeleteWe Must Sign ISCO all cost Future replacement for Gerrard
ReplyDeleteReal wants Jamie . they need funds we buy Isco and Alvaro morata
60Mil both Guys this changes us for years to come
I think this is slightly misleading. I think minutes played is a more meaningful indicator of experience.
ReplyDeleteLooking at their career stats on soccerway (dot) com, at this point in his career Romelu Lukaku has played 9851 minutes in league competitions at club level. At his current age Daniel Sturridge, who is 3 years older, has played only 7809.
That means Lukaku, despite being 3 years younger, is already more experienced than Sturridge.
I've only included league games since that is the most 'valuable' experience, I'd say. Your meat and potatoes. There are more often easy games/dead rubbers in cups or at international level. You can of course make an argument about the comparative weakness of the Belgian league.
For the record: Sturridge has played many more minutes in domestic cups, slightly more internationally but fewer in international cups (ie Europe).
If you only include Sturridge's stats up to a similar age (Lukaku turned 21 in May, I'll include Sturridge's stats up until he was a couple of months older because it is easier based on how the stats are laid out), he'd only played 2017 league minutes, which is less than a quarter of Lukaku's.
You can still spin this in favour of Lukaku if you want (he's significantly more experienced than Sturridge was at the same age, that is very good) but you also have to realise that he is developmentally further along as a result of the additional minutes and should be putting up better numbers.
Pretty sure Morata is off to Juve. I'd certainly be happy with that double bill though. Not sure Isco is exactly what we need, but a player of his quality (which Real don't seem to recognise) is always totally welcome here.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Blackdiamond and think it was Lukaku taking advantage of tired legs. He was likely extra motivated as you say. The reverse happened in the group stages when Origi benefited from Lukaku's work earlier in the game.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I'd say: if we're serious about Origi being 'the future', I wouldn't really be in favour of having the two major rivals (going forward- I know Benteke was head of the queue pre-injury) to the one spot up front for Belgium having the same conflict for us.
ReplyDeletePeople can say professionals will get on with etc. and my argument is based purely on conjecture, but it seems like a bad recipe to me.
Make us dream!
ReplyDeleteIt would be and it is great.
ReplyDeleteHe'll probably bang 30 in and we'll have a clause in the loan that they can buy him for £4mil and sniff of Alberto Moreno's underpants.
ReplyDeleteGet a grip. Eat humble pie about what, exactly? Even if Liverpool sell Borini and Assaidi for £50m, it doesn't change the fact that both made no impact for the club, and made zero difference to LFC's forward progress. Making a profit does not negate the loss of utility over the last two years.
ReplyDeleteSome people have such ridiculous zeal to try and prove me wrong. Get over it. My argument has always been loss of utility when it comes to transfers, i.e. the loss of benefit to the team/club as a result of buying the wrong players.
If Liverpool make a profit on Borini and Assaidi, then that the only benefit is financial. It changes nothing about the past, and doesn't retrospectively make them good signings.
There was a time when I rated Richards very highly but it's been so long since I've seen him make more than a cameo appearance that I have no idea what he's like now. However he does have to try and oust Zabaletta from the team and IMO there isn't a RB in the league that would be capable of that. If it happens at least it's fairly low risk
ReplyDeleteMignolet/reina
ReplyDeletejohnson/flanagan skrtel/me sakho/agger enrique/me
allen/hendo stevie/emre
markovich/me coutinho/lallana sterling/me
sturridge/lambert
so we just have to hope i smash it this season.....
If Micah Richards is the marqee signing player BR is planning on we are mid table at best. Surely this cant be the game plan. I pray BR has much more on the ball than stooping to this level of British re-tread.
ReplyDeleteAgree. There is also no competition to sign him as Arsenal already signed Debuchy. Sell Johnson to QPR and buy Aurier.
ReplyDeleteI do not see the point in signing Richards as we have another player exactly like him in Martin Kelly who had a very promising beginning but was hampered by injuries. Either buy Serge Aurier and loan out Kelly or rotate Kelly with Wisdom or Flannagan.
ReplyDeleteApparently, Remy has already agreed personal terms with us. He is a good player but very money minded and I always have my doubts over players who choose QPR. But, he would be a very able backup for Sturridge and better than Bony and IMO, Lukaku.
ReplyDeleteHa, I doubt that Rodgers is stupid enough to make a £7 million player our marquee signing.
ReplyDeleteI think you're losing sight of the fact that players are signed to make an on-field impact, not make a re-sale profit.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly every player we sign is our marquee signing. Apparently, Lambert and Lallana were our first " marquee" signings and then came Markovic. Now, Richards is the new definition of marquee.
ReplyDelete7m too much he is worth around 3m max. I saw him last play 1 year ago and before that i saw him play 6 months before that. He is done
ReplyDeleteThe charges were dropped and he was exonerated I think. 8 mil for him would be a steal considering he is PL proven and cheaper than Can who is unproven. This would be a bargain.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd still like to know what Hazard said to Origi right before Origi swept in Hazard's pass. It could have been something as juicy as 'here...even YOU can't screw this up.'
ReplyDeleteWho the hell called Lambert and Markovic 'marquee signings'?
ReplyDeleteWhy does it always come back to Man U....
ReplyDeleteWhen he's fit and playing well Richards is a quality defender. It is just his injury history that's a problem? I'd like to see the list, see exactly what he's suffered from. Liverpool have an excellent medical staff and they've done really well with Stevie G this past couple of years. Maybe they think Richards can be managed to play an increased number of games each year. Maybe they genuinely believe he could put his injury history in the past. I would agree that if they have any doubts about his physical issues then they should simply not bother. Unless the club has very good reason to think he won't continue to suffer from periods out of the game they are indeed making a mistake.
ReplyDeleteI think the attraction with Richards is that he's already capable of playing at the level required, he doesn't need to adapt or grow into a role. It's not entirely relevant that he's British, he's simply a player with PL experience, CL experience, all at a top team where competition for places is fierce. He's also only 26 so he's got a solid 4-5 years to give. If the club have some degree of confidence that his injuries won't be a problem I think he's absolutely a good option. Janmaat is new to english football and Wisdom obviously still needs to refine his game. Another season on loan will be brilliant for him, we don't need to press him into filling a spot that might lead to a string of poor performances.
I'm really getting sick of the term. Are fans so deluded in their own self importance that they think the manager is out there looking for a player to sign who will light up the headlines and impress everyone because he's a big name? Rodgers will sign players who he thinks will do well on the pitch, contribute to a good team performance. All of our signings so far have improved the team, I don't think anyone can argue that.
ReplyDeletePeople on other Liverpool websites and forums. Some people were saying that Suarez left because Lambert and Lallana were our marquee signings and that if they were in the same situation, they would leave too.
ReplyDeleteI think you're dead on with this. When have England last had a capable manager? It's as if fans have already forgotten the season we just had and forgotten that Rodgers is unlike any other manager we've seen for a long time, he's certainly not like any England manager in the past 20 years.
ReplyDeleteDid we need to make "marquee" signings? We just finished 2nd in the league, we didn't need to dramatically improve we just needed to add depth and a bit more quality around the pitch. Lambert and Lallana absolutely do that, they don't need to be big name superstars. Suarez knows what team he left, how well we were playing, how good the manager was. He left because it was Barcelona. What football player would turn down Barcelona when they are willing to spend 75 million to get you? If you were in that situation would it really matter who Liverpool signed?
ReplyDeleteI would agree, I'm not thrilled by the prospect but if it is true its a fairly low risk, if uninspiring signing at the price quoted
ReplyDeleteMate, its not me who said that. I agree with your general consensus. People forget that we finished second last season. All of a sudden, we are a mid-table team elevated to the top solely because of Suarez. That is most definitely not the case and in fact, completely wrong and Jaimie would vouch for that. He left, we move on. A Dalglish did come after a Keegan and a Fowler did come after a Rush and a Suarez did come after a Torres. On the marquee signing front, I am mixed. We have a good enough team but we need to send out a statement to the other clubs that we are not one season wonders and here for the big one. People are doubting us again this season and that is when we are strongest when we have something to prove.
ReplyDeleteJaimie, agree with you re Janmaat. I am an avid Dutch fan and have been tracking his career for some while. He is a brilliant defender ( better than Johnson and IMO Flannagan currently) and is an adequate attacker as well and is a steal for 5 mil. He has the physicality and is not afraid to tackle.
ReplyDelete'people on other websites on forums'...that's their opinion, but their opinions hold zero credibility. IMO, Suarez was torn between Liverpool and Barca before the bite, and then after the bite, he knew he had to escape to Barca. It's also a chance to play in one of the world's best teams.
ReplyDeleteBased on the window so far, we're no chance for the title. Because we lost a heap of quality in Suarez, we need to 'replace' him with very good players to compensate that if we want to challenge for the title. Our priority is just making sure we come fourth at the moment, and we need to *assume* that Utd will have a strong window, because if they do and we don't, they could gazump us for fourth spot.
ReplyDeleteHe is going to get creamed in Barca. Those guys will not give you time at all. Look at what happened to Sanchez. To us, he is a world class player but they considered him to be mediocre and now he is at Arsenal. Plus, there is the Messi factor. When Zlatan went to Barca, everybody thought Messi and him would light it up but it all fizzled out. Suarez and Messi are both players who create something out of nothing and they will cancel each other out. Suarez was guilty of not turning up in big games last season( picking at straws) and if he does not perform, there will most probably be more appointments for rabies shots. But, who cares. He is not our player anymore. We should move on.
ReplyDeleteIf United could gazump us, they could gazump the other teams as well. The Premier League is special in that there is no guarantee. Nobody expected us to be where we were last season. Apart from the 5 teams, there is Spurs with Pochettino , Everton wtth and Southampton with Koeman. When Arsenal bought Ozil, everybody thought that would elevate them and in the end it did not. Sanchez could end up being a failure, Costa could be a failure, LVG might not work out. That is the beauty of the league we are in. Markovic might be the new Bale, Sterling might be the big star this season, Sturridge might get 30 goals. We should not predict anything now as it just is not possible.
ReplyDeleteLukaku was a beast for Everton and buying him would sicken them. Last year playing Everton, you know we all feared Lukaku the most. Can't see Chelsea letting it happen though after what happened with Sturridge, but they did sell Mata to United so you never know.
ReplyDeleteBut it does change that fact you called them 'money wasted', but I am with you on the they offered nothing in a red shirt. But obviously the players that were bought have some sort talent.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you prefer BR leave them in the team, even if they don't fit his philosophy of how he wants to play the game. One thing I never understood with Kenny was, he got Raul Meireles and Maxi Rodriguez scoring quite frequently, but persisted on playing Charlie Adam and Stewie Downing (even when they were dire).
At the very least we can say BR isn't so egotistical/cocksure of himself that he'll let the team fail as a result of his pride. He's even benched his so called favourites in Allen and Borini. The players bought didn't prosper at Liverpool, so what we move on. We have a manager who's not looking to stagnate, but learn from his errors.
As for the humble pie thing, think he's trying to ruffle your feathers for a laugh (hook, line and sinker).
I think after the signing of Lallana thats not going to happen shame Isco is a star.
ReplyDeleteI think you are downplaying our squad we had last season. Yes Suarez is brilliant but we coped without him at the start of last season.
ReplyDeleteWith his current ban he would have been absent till mid October. We have added three attacking players so far. Lambert, Lallana and Markovic. Sure they are not on the level of Suarez but it who knows how these players will perform? Two have been Premier League regulars over the last two seasons and have done extremely well and Markovic has already won 6 major trophies with two different clubs and is only 20. Means nothing at LFC but who says he is not going to be a big hit?
Let the season start first before assuming that we are going to struggle without Suarez.
IMO Borini or Assaidi cannot be classified as a waste of Money if we sell them on and either make our money back or make a profit? Sure they made no impact but we finished 2nd last season without them. Borini out on loan was a smart move should the plan have been to move him on as it kept his price intact.
ReplyDeleteWould have liked to see Borini given a chance but so be it.
If we buy Lukaku I will feel we will make a top 4 finish alot safer and maybe a challenge for top spot....exciting times
ReplyDeleteAs much as it pains me, I have to agree. :-) Making a profit on Borini / Assaidi is the minimum expectation. Being really critical, perhaps if we spent their initial fees on a better player, he may of contributed that little bit more and led us to win the title. I fully support BR and think he is a great manager in the making but these two players were never going to be good enough for Liverpool and he now knows it.
ReplyDeleteWould Chelsea sell him to us? I think the powers that be there would much rather he join a club like Everton. Lukaku is the man for me and the only top striker around that would give me confidence of retaining a champions league place or even challenging for the league.
ReplyDeleteIf that's true that will be the best piece of business we've done so far. Closely followed by Lambert and 8.5 million for Remy (if true). The Isco rumour is also pretty exciting.
ReplyDeleteYou said we would make a loss on those players. Boring especially. That is all I am referring to. The other points I have never argued against in regards to those players. But I do seem to remember you saying you doubted we would get anywhere near face value for those players. Perhaps loaning them was not such a bad idea. For play to Rodgers as he seems to click pretty quick who he should ship out.
ReplyDeleteNo, we think he's looking for a big name player who is not only proven, but also more likely to add some great firepower. I think it's reasonable for fans to start worrying if such a massive presence in Suarez is not replaced by another top drawer, proven player.
ReplyDeleteI know we coped, but the first few games don't always tell the true story.
ReplyDeleteI like Romelu, he's a good lad, but has no first touch, no pass is his feet nor can he play in a team that dominates play. He can only be used on the counter attack. Good for teams just outside the top four. Bring on Bony, Reus and Witsel!
ReplyDeleteI think he was on his way from the moment he signed the contract extension.
ReplyDelete4th would be a miracle
ReplyDeleteutter rubbish
ReplyDeleteBad comparison in my opinion Jaimie...the problem with those stats is that Lukaku was always used as a centre forward. Sturridge was a striker at youth level and prolific but was always played out of position out wide at Chelsea and Man City. It wasn't until his loan to Bolton that he was utilised in his best position and he was prolific in a very average side. Lukaku has never reached the 0.5 goals per game ratio that is the baseline for top level strikers, even when he was in a dominant Anderlecht team, albeit I accept he is younger....I would say the stats for Sturridge at that age would probably be superior had he been played as a striker all the time, based on what we see whenever he has been played up front.
ReplyDeleteI agree....and also Sturridge was not played as centre forward for most of these early games
ReplyDeleteHow many of Sturridge's appearances were from the bench? How many was he played as a wide man?? Lukaku started all those games as a central forward. Completely misleading.
ReplyDelete"A team full of British players is never going to win the league".
ReplyDeleteI'll bet any amount of money you want to name that you're proven wrong, and that a team with 6 or more British players making 25 or more league appearances wins it within the next 5 years (I'm not a gambler actually but you take my point!). England's age group teams are currently established among the top systems in the world. There's abundant talent at U21 (a respectable if disappointing 4th at Toulon this summer), U19 (consistently in the elite group), and especially U17 (2010, 2014 European Champions) level which will surely make an impression at top league level within that period. The 2010 U17 UEFA winners included players like Berahino and Barkley, who have already started to establish themselves; and more like Wisdom, Thorne, Wikcham, Chalobah, who will do so in the next couple of seasons. The developments of recent years in coaching development will be felt in due course.
Looking through the league pyramid there's so much untapped talent there, as the rise of teams like Southampton, Norwich has shown. The U21 academy system is producing British players of real quality at club level too. Watching international matches between English and continental club sides in age group football, the gap that used to exist at a technical level no longer exists to such an extent. England's senior men may struggle at international level (though to any unprejudiced eye they are not short of talent), but English footballers, and young English footballers especially, in English football particularly, ought not be underestimated.
Even so, £7m seems a bit much for a crock like Richards!
Good stuff, this makes a lot of sense.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. We are the only Team in the current top 4 without a single world class player (no disrespect to the legend Stevie) . 4th would be an absolute miracle..
ReplyDeleteThese stats are skewed.
ReplyDeleteAt that age Sturridge wasn't given the same amount of game time (minutes) as Lukaku for a start, more importantly he was OFTEN played as a winger on more occassions then he was played up top. This is well documented / common knowledge which can't be disputed.
It's kind of like saying that Lukaku was better than arsenal'sHenry at his age when in actual fact the circumstances were completely different (Henry also played majority of early games on the wing with poor conversion of goals to games).
Bottom line is - WHEN Sturriidge has played up top his goals to games ratio compared to that of lukaku is FAR superior (close to a goal a game actually).
Sturridge is much better.
I like benteke, has everything, he's young, can dribble, can shoot and is extremely deadly when in form, since hes been injured he has quitened down so we could steel him for less than the 30 million Lambert stated two seasons ago when he was in the top three highest scorers
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree with your point somewhat in terms of no impact in two years. Get a grip...since the beginning of time some players have made an impact, some haven't; its the nature of the beast!
ReplyDeleteI agree and especially considering the Victor Moses loan wasn't exactly a success. And some may say that his friendship with Rodgers could help us, but in my opinion, he is a narcissist and a psychopath, which means he doesn't have true friendships and only does things to make himself look better.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the Fifa Fair Play, which they will quite clearly be breaking.
ReplyDeleteA star team is better than a team of stars. The purchases that Rodgers has made so far, he is putting together a squad that can and will compete in every competition. He is addressing one of our biggest flaws over the past few seasons, he is adding to our squad depth, having quality players in each position. This can only be a good thing.
ReplyDeleteYou have clearly misunderstood what Mo M was trying to get at. He isn't saying Remy would be happy to sit on the bench, he is saying out of Remy, Lukaku and Bony, Remy would be more content being the 2nd or 3rd string striker. I don't necessarily agree with that, but he would probably be the least likely to get game time due to his recent injury history.
ReplyDeleteWhy shouldn't a proven superstar come to LFC? Last season we played the most attractive football, we have one of the best young managers in world football, we are back in CL. Players, especially proven superstars have egos and they would potentially see that LFC are a side on the up and would want to be part of that.
ReplyDeleteI'm not necessarily saying you are wrong, but if what you say are facts, how about you back them up with stats?
ReplyDeletePorto are well known to overprice their players, Martinez is probably a 25M player, maybe a 30M, knowing Porto's selling history, they will want 40-50M for him and he just isn't worth that.
ReplyDeleteHowever, being prolific in the Russian league isn't saying too much, no disrespect to the Russian league intended, but it isn't exactly one of the top leagues.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but if I was a player, I would rather join up with Harry Redknapp than Alan Pardew, who in my opinion is extremely overrated and is really no better than someone like Chris Hughton.
ReplyDeleteFrench players under Rodgers do not succeed at Liverpool? Give your reasons to back that up.
ReplyDeleteBut did you not say we would make a loss on those players? Borini especially. That is all I am refering to.
ReplyDeleteWho cares?! This is what you cling onto in your incessant quest to prove me wrong? I've probably said LFC will struggle to make a profit on Borini and Assaidi - so what?
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spot on, last season is marked as a lucky one or just Suarez by himself has given that lift to Liverpool team, and now that he is gone we are a middle table team again, it is sad that LFC fans cannot understand or support Rodger's vision, just buy the "best" players according to media and then success will fall into your open arms..
ReplyDeleteOf course. But arsenal , man city, Manchester United & most of all Chelsea are doing the same thing. Only difference is - they have a mix of outstanding top top players fighting for these positions. We have a crop of 'potentially good' players fighting for these positions.
ReplyDeleteGenuinely concerned that Llalana is about to be our key star man. He's a good player but that premise doesn't fill me with confidence for the coming season.
WOW. Ego much? I just remember you using the loss as another point in your bad transfers quest. Thought you might just be humble and say 2hey can't get them all right2 but no, this instead. Just wow.
ReplyDelete"No way Jose", says Jose
ReplyDeleteAnd look where Man Utd and Arsenal came last year? The players we have signed, Lazar Markovic has the potential to be one of the top 5 players in Europe, therefore world class, Sterling will be world class, Sturridge is showing world class form and will be world class as well. Lallana wasn't bought to be our one key player, he was bought because he can play a certain style that benefits the team, the team isn't being built around him, he is going to be part of the team. I genuinely believe we will still bring players in, we've already bought 5 players, adding to our depth, we will bring more in as well.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the stats, Remy is the better of the 3...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#premier_league/2013/2014/romelu_lukaku/64/64/897/34/p|premier_league/2013/2014/wilfried_bony/126/64/5574/0/p|premier_league/2013/2014/lo%EFc_remy/64/64/1183/39/p#attack_score/pass_completion/key_passes/assists/chances_created/goals_scored#avg
well I don't think FS Pongolle, B Cheyrou, G Vignal, D Cisse, N Anelka, P Arphexad, B Diomede, A Le Tallec, P Luzi, D N'Gog, amongst others can be treated as success at LFC...and when you say "under Rodgers", do you mean that A Cissokho and M Sakho have been successes?and may I know your facts as to why you don't agree with me?
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