06 Aug 2017 15:17:29
Ed1 I was thinking about players who we have had high hopes for and been let down, one of mine was Morientes, did you have high expectations for him mate and was it that he just couldn't cope with the physical nature of the PL?

{Ed001's Note - I think everyone had high expectations for him mate. Partially that and partially he was just not the same player as he had been. He joined us too late.}

1.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 15:51:42
Totally agree with Morientes, thought he would have been ideal for us at the time but just never quite did it. Another was Jari Litmanen, great little player who just never seemed to get the chance to show it.

2.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 15:57:18
I bought a Liverpool shirt with his name on the back. I used to play football at college, was a bit rubbish so ended up the nickname of morientes. Good times.

3.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 16:09:17
Jari Litmanen, Finlands greatest player, but was hampered by injuries unfortunately.

4.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 17:07:54
What was your opinion on Karl Heinze Riedle Ed1? M.

{Ed001's Note - loved him mate.}

5.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 18:03:20
Morientes came to us a season early cos the season before on loan at Monaco, he and that youthful Monaco side with Ludovic Guily n a certain Patrice Evra terrorized the whole of Europe in the CL before losing to Mou's Porto in the final. Had he come that season, pretty sure he would have been very good for us.

6.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 18:04:47
Loved Riedle too.

7.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 18:07:46
From what I remember of Riedle (I was about 10 at the time) He was used rather sporadicaly and as a sub if I remember right he was unluck because at that time Owen came into the team. From what I remember of Morientes he was a player I was made up when we got him but he seemed to think he was a central midfielder rather than a striker. Jari Litmanen has to be up there as one of the best left footers I have ever seen (Obviously Berger and Roberto Carlos also makes that list)

8.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 18:43:45
Morientes, after recieving or running on to the ball was a fraction too slow in shooting, at that level a lot of the chances are gone in a blink of an eye.

Say what you want but from a footballing point of view Suarez is as good as I've seen.

A one off.

9.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 19:55:36
Bit left field, but what about Daniel Agger? Loved the club and when fit he was world class.

If he hadn't struggled with injury he'd probably still be playing for us now. Such a shame. He wasn't bad anyway, but he could've been a true legend mentioned in the same breath as Hansen, Lawrenson and Carragher.

{Ed025's Note - might as well see if st john fancies a game as well..