15 Jan 2016 20:50:18
Good evening Eds! Been a while since I've been on here. Hope you're all well, you've done a great job on this page and I see there has been plenty of improvements made!

I've seen rumours surfacing of Shane Long possibly being looked at. Being Irish (hence the username! ) I have a bit of a soft spot for Shane Long. Obviously the goals he scored in Euro qualification helped us get to the Euros, and so he's a bit of a national treasure here nowadays!

Personally I like Shane Long as a player. One of the few players you see nowadays defending from the front. he's the type of player I love to watch and I reckon he'd be a real crowd pleaser. In terms of goals, he's hit a great run of form lately. I see him as a 10-12 goal a season player. he's the type of player we don't have at the moment, one which provides the pace to get in behind defences and could be lethal on the counter attack.

He could be a very useful player to have right now. Maybe not so much in the long term, but until Klopp has time to integrate the players he wants, I think Long could be a very good option. Not the best player, or the most clinical, but a very useful player nonetheless.

Good to be back on here and see the regulars are still here, as well as a new crop of posters. Keep up the good work Ed's!
Cheers,
ROI.

1.) 15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016 23:15:44
As a huge Ireland fan mate he's def a crowd pleaser and always gives 100%. Sadly that's something that can't be said for a few of our current first team squad. My own personal opinion is he's a better option than some of our forwards but he isn't consistent enough. We have had great Irish players down through the years but don't think Shane is the man for the job. Saying that I didn't think caulker was the man for the job either.

2.) 15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016 22:04:58
What about Ings?

3.) 15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016 23:38:24
Ings is very similar.

4.) 15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016 23:51:04
He's not good enuff and the only foward he works harder than in our squad is Benteke. We can do better.

5.) 16 Jan 2016
16 Jan 2016 01:08:48
Shane Long. It's about time we stopped signing average crap and stared thinking big.

6.) 16 Jan 2016
16 Jan 2016 06:48:10
I sincerely hope not. After signing half of Southampton's first team, now we are resorting to signing their squad players? WTF?
LFC is a big club that needs to think bigger, not scrap the bottom of the barrel for average players.

7.) 16 Jan 2016
16 Jan 2016 11:10:55
He's an average striker, but so was Dirk Kuyt, who is a firm favourite among the fans. The key for Kuyt was he ran his socks off. Again maybe I'm blinded by the potential of an Irish player coming to Liverpool, but I think he's a decent player. Nothing special but gives us pace up front, which we seriously lack at the moment.

Obviously people are saying Danny Ings, but what's the point when he's out for the season. No good if he's fit next season, we need someone now. As I said, Shane Long may not be a long term option, but in the short term he could be a useful player to have at least until the end of the season. Teams are finding it too easy to play it out from the back because we're not quick enough to close them down up front, and his pace alone could make a massive difference.

Again just my opinion, but that's how I see it.
Cheers,
ROI.

8.) 16 Jan 2016
16 Jan 2016 12:21:55
Im sorry but we already have danny ings for the running his sock off role and he is already a fans favourite.

We have enough in the squad to see us through to the summer when we will probably sell benteke and buy someone suited to the way we play i. e. not lazy as hell.

Im not in the we can still get in the top four brigade as we had our chance over the xmas period and blew it completely. So for me consolidate, don't spend money unecessarily and try and win a few cups.

No doubt in the summer we will totally ignore ffp and plunge the club into further debt as it buys players targeted by klopp and we will see how far we get with them. Hopefully back into the champions league but we will see. Btw i love klopp.

9.) 16 Jan 2016
16 Jan 2016 13:34:34
God no, Shane Long is worlds away from being as good as Kuyt.

Please god no.