Topic: Transfers needed

[killer_heels]

Centre back. Left back. Central Midfielder. Right winger. Left winger. Striker.

Just for the starting line up. Along with that, we need another right back, another left back, probably another defensive midfielder and maybe another winger.

Thats what, another 10 players?

[Promised to never post on RAWK again]

We need a quality central midfielder who can dominate the middle of the park.

I've heard there is a good one at Juve ...

[scotkop]

I've heard there is a good one at Juve ...

Isn't he as good as gone?

[Skagen]

Centre back. Left back. Central Midfielder. Right winger. Left winger. Striker.

Just for the starting line up. Along with that, we need another right back, another left back, probably another defensive midfielder and maybe another winger.

Thats what, another 10 players?

Agree, the squad needs an overhaul!

[Promised to never post on RAWK again]

Lets put it this way ... When the Spurs found themselves in a similar situation in the 2008/09 season, they've spent £40+ million in January on Defoe, Palacios, Keane, Chimbonda and Cudicini ... They've finished that season as 8th ...

[foreveragnome]

Lets put it this way ... When the Spurs found themselves in a similar situation in the 2008/09 season, they've spent £40+ million in January on Defoe, Palacios, Keane, Chimbonda and Cudicini ... They've finished that season as 8th ...

I'd take just a couple of decent FIRST TEAM additions in this transfer window. Not squad players, players who could go straight into the first team and improve us!

Then have a bit of an overhaul in the summer.

[Picklez]

From what keeps getting repeated, it doesn't look like we will buy anyone.

If this is the case, we're fucked. 

[foreveragnome]

From what keeps getting repeated, it doesn't look like we will buy anyone.

If this is the case, we're fucked. 

Based on what? Just because we're keeping our cards close to our chest doesn't mean we aren't going to sign anyone.

[scotkop]

I'd take just a couple of decent FIRST TEAM additions in this transfer window. Not squad players, players who could go straight into the first team and improve us!

Then have a bit of an overhaul in the summer.

Agree. Forget about backup at them moment. The starting 11 clearly isn't good enough.

[Mad Men]

Find the balance right in the middle of the park and we will start winning games. Its when we don't dominate in the midfield that we lose games because everything goes upside down.

Lucas needs a solid Mascherano type midfielder next to him.

[vishy01234]

What's good is we're FINALLY talking about the team again, thank heavens!! The little b*STards have been getting away with murder for the past year or two, hiding behind H&G saga and then Hodgson. I just hope in the process of this cleansing we don't get relegated.

[scotkop]

From what keeps getting repeated, it doesn't look like we will buy anyone.

If this is the case, we're fucked. 

May I ask what keeps getting repeated?

[Reeves]

Centre back. Left back. Central Midfielder. Right winger. Left winger. Striker.

Just for the starting line up. Along with that, we need another right back, another left back, probably another defensive midfielder and maybe another winger.

Thats what, another 10 players?

Agree with your first line, disagree the rest

[Franky]

Funny how all the football experts in this topic agreed that Adebayor was not good enough for Liverpool.

Yet, apparently, he's good enough for Real Madrid, at least to replace Higuain who had an operation.

[Alpherah]

Guess Ian's comments rule Charlie going to us out then :p

"I've told him how good he is, and what clubs he should be looking to join, and more importantly the clubs who are in a good position at the moment and until one of these come in with a worth while bid i dont think he will be going anywhere"

[kvarmeismydad]

Just one proper quality highly rated player would give us a huge lift. Improvements can be made all over the shop but just look at the list of the people who can play wide for us. Dirk, Maxi, Jova, Cole and Babel. A mixed bag of talent but just about all of them are a makeshift winger or are confused about what their best position is. We need better than that, on both sides.

[Picklez]

May I ask what keeps getting repeated?

shit like that > http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-New-Liverpool-manager-Kenny-Dalglish-may-not-spend-in-january-transfer-window-admits-Damien-Comolli-after-rumours-linking-Anfield-with-Stoke-centre-back-Ryan-Shawcross-Utrecht-striker-Ricky-van-Wolfswinkel-and-Benfica-left-back-Fabio-Coentrao-article669747.html

it just gets you down when you think that by the end of this transfer market we could have made no transfers

[finchy1972]

I'd take just a couple of decent FIRST TEAM additions in this transfer window. Not squad players, players who could go straight into the first team and improve us!

Then have a bit of an overhaul in the summer.

Agree, this transfer window is not the time for squad players , not any more , do that in the summer we need quality first team players but the problem is who would be willing to sell ? And would we get them for the right price ?

[YayaP]

I'd take just a couple of decent FIRST TEAM additions in this transfer window. Not squad players, players who could go straight into the first team and improve us!

Then have a bit of an overhaul in the summer.

[vishy01234]

Sometimes i wonder if a classy old banger like Patrick Vieira could do a job for us until the end of the season?

[TALBERT]

Lets put it this way ... When the Spurs found themselves in a similar situation in the 2008/09 season, they've spent £40+ million in January on Defoe, Palacios, Keane, Chimbonda and Cudicini ... They've finished that season as 8th ...

wonder what would of happened if they bought no one?

were in the same boat

[Franky]

Lets put it this way ... When the Spurs found themselves in a similar situation in the 2008/09 season, they've spent £40+ million in January on Defoe, Palacios, Keane, Chimbonda and Cudicini ... They've finished that season as 8th ...

Spurs have been outspending us consistently the past 4-5 years in terms of overall as well as net spending.

We sit here and have a whole debate whether 10m is an outrageeous price for a talented lad, or whether Negredo's 17m price tag is fair. With this mentality we'll never be in the Top 4 again, let alone challenging for any trophies.

[foreveragnome]

Agree. Forget about backup at them moment. The starting 11 clearly isn't good enough.

The fact is we haven't had a First team addition in over two years that would improve us. Due to the previous regime, every signing we have made in the last 30 months has been a downgrade.

Alonso -> Aquilani -> Meireles
Mascherano -> Poulsen
Arbeloa -> Insua -> Konchesky
Sami -> Skrtel

[lfcmaster]

urgent priorites

Striker
left winger and right winger
centre back

goal scoring central midfield

[USC19Babel]

Spurs have been outspending us consistently the past 4-5 years in terms of overall as well as net spending.

We sit here and have a whole debate whether 10m is an outrageeous price for a talented lad, or whether Negredo's 17m price tag is fair. With this mentality we'll never be in the Top 4 again, let alone challenging for any trophies.

H&G created that mentality, it's up to FSG to dissolve it.

[foreveragnome]

shit like that > http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-New-Liverpool-manager-Kenny-Dalglish-may-not-spend-in-january-transfer-window-admits-Damien-Comolli-after-rumours-linking-Anfield-with-Stoke-centre-back-Ryan-Shawcross-Utrecht-striker-Ricky-van-Wolfswinkel-and-Benfica-left-back-Fabio-Coentrao-article669747.html

it just gets you down when you think that by the end of this transfer market we could have made no transfers

I will walk down Walton Breck Road in my undercrackers if we haven't signed someone by the end of this transfer window.

[kvarmeismydad]

Buying this Oxtail Soup kid and 17 year olds for the future is all very well, but by god do we need an injection of pace, confidence, and creativity into the first team.

[scotkop]

I will walk down Walton Breck Road in my undercrackers if we haven't signed someone by the end of this transfer window.

After that tonight...I think it's a guarentee.

[Franky]

shit like that > http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-New-Liverpool-manager-Kenny-Dalglish-may-not-spend-in-january-transfer-window-admits-Damien-Comolli-after-rumours-linking-Anfield-with-Stoke-centre-back-Ryan-Shawcross-Utrecht-striker-Ricky-van-Wolfswinkel-and-Benfica-left-back-Fabio-Coentrao-article669747.html

it just gets you down when you think that by the end of this transfer market we could have made no transfers

Well, then Mr Genious Comolli should start coaching the team to avoid relegation.

But it makes me think... Same old Liverpool all words, no actions. Every transfer window was supposed to be big. But we've been consistently outspent by Tottenham. Lately we saw the previous regime making profits from the transfers.

Yet we wonder how did end up so crap.

[foreveragnome]

Spurs have been outspending us consistently the past 4-5 years in terms of overall as well as net spending.

We sit here and have a whole debate whether 10m is an outrageeous price for a talented lad, or whether Negredo's 17m price tag is fair. With this mentality we'll never be in the Top 4 again, let alone challenging for any trophies.

Yep, they've had several flops in that time but have been able to replace them when it's not worked out. We sign flops, no more, no less than any other team, but we haven't had the oppurtunity or financial backing to correct the mistakes.

[Alpherah]

The fact is we haven't had a First team addition in over two years that would improve us. Due to the previous regime, every signing we have made in the last 30 months has been a downgrade.

Alonso -> Aquilani -> Meireles
Mascherano -> Poulsen
Arbeloa -> Insua -> Konchesky
Sami -> Skrtel

This pretty much.
People blame Rafa but what was he to do? players go, and then to not even have 100% of the sale fee (Alonso ..) to re-invest..
the squad was small to begin, he couldn't simply not sign anyone otherwise we would suffer badly and that would also be his fault in the fans eyes.
So in comes second string signings, and then under Roy third string signings.
And people wonder why we'r suffering.

[vishy01234]

Spurs have been outspending us consistently the past 4-5 years in terms of overall as well as net spending.

We sit here and have a whole debate whether 10m is an outrageeous price for a talented lad, or whether Negredo's 17m price tag is fair. With this mentality we'll never be in the Top 4 again, let alone challenging for any trophies.

But we have to spend wisely now ... each bad transfer hurts us very badly. £17m for Negredo is being debated because that's a lot of money for a half decent centre forward. Each time we have to ask ourselves whether that player we are signing would get into the City, Arsenal, United or Chelsea team. If they wouldn't, then they're not worth signing. That's why seeing the departures of players like Masch, Alonso, Arbeloa and Hyypia have been so devastating. Every single one of those players would have got into the aforementioned teams. Would Lucas, Meireles, Johnson or Skrtel. All good players, but you get my drift. This team has been downgraded over the last few years.

But I'm positive if we keep the faith, spend wisely, trust Kenny to introduce a proper mentality back into the team, then we will be on an upward curve soon enough. We just need wins now.

[-Paddy-]

We need someone with a lot of energy in the middle of the park, as soon as possible.

Lassana Diarra and Momo Sissoko are both for sale, get one of them in, now.

[vishy01234]

I will walk down Walton Breck Road in my undercrackers if we haven't signed someone by the end of this transfer window.

We really need players like Carra, Cole, Aurelio and Gerrard back in the team, sharpish.

[Alpherah]

We need someone with a lot of energy in the middle of the park, as soon as possible.

Lassana Diarra and Momo Sissoko are both for sale, get one of them in, now.

Not good enough.
Better then what we have? maybe. But settling for anything but the best is what has us in this mess in the first place.

[TOMMO86]

Left back
Center Back
Left Midfield
Ball playing Center midfield
Right midfield
Striker

and we only have 19 days to do it all in.

[Soap]

We need someone with a lot of energy in the middle of the park, as soon as possible.

Lassana Diarra and Momo Sissoko are both for sale, get one of them in, now.

How about Moussa Sissoko?

[foreveragnome]

We need someone with a lot of energy in the middle of the park, as soon as possible.

Lassana Diarra and Momo Sissoko are both for sale, get one of them in, now.

I dunno mate, they'll add energy but not alot else and we don't need any more technically stunted, headless chickens.

[Franky]

We need someone with a lot of energy in the middle of the park, as soon as possible.

Lassana Diarra and Momo Sissoko are both for sale, get one of them in, now.

I'm a big fan of Diarra. I said in the summer that he'd great for us and perhaps better than Mascherano and people were mocking me.

I hope everyone's happy with Poulsen now.

[Samee]

If Adam is available for £3m-£5m then, at the age of 25, I see no reason why we shouldn't take a punt on him. I had my doubts, mostly due to Rangers selling him for £500k, but he's shown on a continued basis this season that he has all the qualities of a good central midfielder. I'm not saying he's the first team answer to our woes but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have him in the squad.