Liverpool Banter Archive December 05 2010

 

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05 Dec 2010 23:31:00
Ed - Please publish this, I am sure it has substance. .

RH days appear to be numbered.

I have just heard that Houllier is set to return to Anfield as early as tomorrow night. Better news for reds fans is that McAllister is going to be his right hand man!

I hope to god that you are joking and realise there both at Villa, who where playing tomorrow. .

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05 Dec 2010 23:09:55
Only concern I have with that Honda is that he likes playing in a striker or behind the striker role. We ideally need width. Would love Honda + a winger. {ed's note - we need a striker too and a left back, he can play both those positions and out wide, and in central midfield. Plus his free kicks are quality meaning Gerrard can get in the box and on the end of them instead of taking them.}

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carlton cole for st and we have konchesky for lb. Simples!

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05 Dec 2010 23:06:46
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I think jovanavic should be upfront with torres. he was a striker for his old team and was top scorer. what do think ed {ed's note - I think he deserves a shot up there, he is clearly not a winger and he does have a bit of pace and height. What can it hurt to give him that opportunity in Europe or off the bench?}

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05 Dec 2010 22:51:40
05 Dec 2010 22:32:34
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Ed- If you were to buy anyone for Liverpool this January who would it be? (Realistic signing). {ed's note - Keisuke Honda mate.}

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only concern I have with that Honda is that he likes playing in a striker or behind the striker role. We ideally need width. Would love Honda + a winger. {ed's note - we need a striker too and a left back, he can play both those positions and out wide, and in central midfield. Plus his free kicks are quality meaning Gerrard can get in the box and on the end of them instead of taking them.}

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05 Dec 2010 22:45:04
Ed- Do you believe Lucas now deserves his place in the team and should not be offloaded in January? {ed's note - yes, but then I never thought he should be offloaded, we have far worse players in his position to offload ie Poulsen and Spearing.}

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05 Dec 2010 22:32:34
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Ed- If you were to buy anyone for Liverpool this January who would it be? (Realistic signing). {ed's note - Keisuke Honda mate.}

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05 Dec 2010 22:30:50
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According to the recent posts on here we are rumoured to be in for just about everyone and a shed load of current players will be gone.

More realistically, for me, Babel will probably go and we might get Honda (based purely on the rumour trafffic). Both deals would get my vote.

But I hope to god we don't get Carlton Cole or any other player of that standard. I also hope that Camoli arriving doesn't mean we end up with another batch of French no-hopers like we had a few years back.

Other than that I am nervous about this next transfer window rather than optimistic.

Frenchy.

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05 Dec 2010 21:36:43
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Ed - Please publish this, I am sure it has substance. .

RH days appear to be numbered.

I have just heard that Houllier is set to return to Anfield as early as tomorrow night. Better news for reds fans is that McAllister is going to be his right hand man!

(18times:)

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05 Dec 2010 21:28:52
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05 Dec 2010 21:20:23
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05 Dec 2010 21:12:49
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Ronaldinho WOT ARE THE CHANCES AS HES OUT OF CONTRACT END OF SEASON?

his age don't fit into what the owners want for the team, , , a loan possible till end of season and maybe then if he has no new contract can get him for free in summer add a bit of experience if he wants out of ac milan and play in the prem b4 he finishes his career who knows but to be honest hes lost his way a little since leaving barca but still got skill and can set up strikers well

{Editor's Note: Wages would be prohibitive - he'll move to the United States or, possibly, the Middle East.}

who knows he might settle for less money if wants a go in the premier league hes always said hed like to give it a go in this league b4 he retires, , not like he needs money no more ha , , , but ur probably right bout usa not sure bout middle east whats out there for him lol

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05 Dec 2010 21:25:35
05 Dec 2010 21:21:06
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Liverpool line-up after jan:
reina
kelly carragher agger konchesky/ insua

johnson gerrard meireles honda

torres kuyt

what you think ed?honda only player i see us getting.DORSET RED

{Editor's Note: Looks good.}

i see us getting 2 players possibly 3 but unlikely, , honda 1 and a striker, , , also i would like to see johnson pushed up to the wing but won't happen hes always being played RB for some insane reason lol

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05 Dec 2010 21:23:33
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By look of yesterdays game his not the only one who wants out of sh* y

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05 Dec 2010 21:21:06
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Liverpool line-up after jan:
reina
kelly carragher agger konchesky/ insua

johnson gerrard meireles honda

torres kuyt

what you think ed?honda only player i see us getting.DORSET RED

{Editor's Note: Looks good.}

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05 Dec 2010 21:08:17
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What you doing reading news of the world[sunday scum] u crank

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05 Dec 2010 20:49:15
Still can't believe people are still blaming H&G for Benitez's record of bad buys - in 6 years Benitez never made a mistake - according to him of course, always somebody else's fault, never his, if there is remote chance the rumours are true that he did have to sell to buy, doesn't alter the fact he made a lot of bad buys - his talent as a coach is really coming to the fore in Italy at the moment, how to turn an all conquering triple wiinning side into mediocre eh.
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still can't believe fans are still going on about dumb and dumber and benitez let it go

talk about the future of the club as the history of the club is far greater then the pieces that go to make it great

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05 Dec 2010 20:47:05
That is pure B* * * s - you only buy players that can improve the side - and who knows what budgets he was working to? do you, does anybody? - or do we believe what the honest and upright great British Sporting Press tell us and Benitez himself told us - they are as reliable as H&G was when they continually said in public Benitez could have the money for transfers when he wanted it - buy 2 average players for 10 million, that don't improve the side - or 1 x 20 million that does - it was his call, and his only - so sorry he solely carries the blame for the state we are in now.

John B
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Hindsight is a wonder thing.

Rafa solely the blame for the state we're in? LOL, ok. Have you been living in the desert for a few years? Just you keep believing that then son.

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05 Dec 2010 20:46:32
05 Dec 2010 20:34:40
Before that, Benitez never really had the funds to buy Fernando Torres type buys. He did make some poor buys, but when you consider the budgets he was working on you find it easy to understand why the players he signed were not Liverpool calibre.f

That is pure B* * * s - you only buy players that can improve the side - and who knows what budgets he was working to? do you, does anybody? - or do we believe what the honest and upright great British Sporting Press tell us and Benitez himself told us - they are as reliable as H&G was when they continually said in public Benitez could have the money for transfers when he wanted it - buy 2 average players for 10 million, that don't improve the side - or 1 x 20 million that does - it was his call, and his only - so sorry he solely carries the blame for the state we are in now.

John B

see problem with buying players is even tho they look good for other teams doesn't mean they will for us, , , and u gotta take risks on players if they look good, , and alot of player benitez got did look good and looked like they would do good here, but they couldnt do it for liverpool, it happens all time everywhere, could be the assistant managers the players don't like or the coaches, no one knows why the players jus don't perform as good as they looked at there formr clubs, and then some players have been poor for one team gone to another and been fantastic, , transfers is a tough thing to get right even for the best of managers, , , what would you do if roy got the players we all want and they didn't work out for us would u blame the manager and say oh he shouldnt of got him hes crap, , ,

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05 Dec 2010 20:34:40
Before that, Benitez never really had the funds to buy Fernando Torres type buys. He did make some poor buys, but when you consider the budgets he was working on you find it easy to understand why the players he signed were not Liverpool calibre.f

That is pure B* * * s - you only buy players that can improve the side - and who knows what budgets he was working to? do you, does anybody? - or do we believe what the honest and upright great British Sporting Press tell us and Benitez himself told us - they are as reliable as H&G was when they continually said in public Benitez could have the money for transfers when he wanted it - buy 2 average players for 10 million, that don't improve the side - or 1 x 20 million that does - it was his call, and his only - so sorry he solely carries the blame for the state we are in now.

John B

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05 Dec 2010 20:17:47
Still can't believe people are still blaming H&G for Benitez's record of bad buys - in 6 years Benitez never made a mistake - according to him of course, always somebody else's fault, never his, if there is remote chance the rumours are true that he did have to sell to buy, doesn't alter the fact he made a lot of bad buys - his talent as a coach is really coming to the fore in Italy at the moment, how to turn an all conquering triple wiinning side into mediocre eh.

Can we not just move on - and ask the ed's not to print anything with his name on - and see if we can drag ourselves up from the mess he left this club in.

John B
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How could people blame Gillette and Hicks solely when they only came in like 2007? Since then, G&H have to take responsibility, and a massive chunk of it, for Liverpool's lack of top class signings - it was their debt, crippling interest and lack of willingness to fund the signings of top class players.

Before that, Benitez never really had the funds to buy Fernando Torres type buys. He did make some poor buys, but when you consider the budgets he was working on you find it easy to understand why the players he signed were not Liverpool calibre.

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05 Dec 2010 20:05:46
All this talk of Kawasaki coming is nonsence, what will be happening for sure is Roy on his bike after tomorrow nights game! !

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05 Dec 2010 20:04:28
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Ed i think all these rumours about signing alot of players in january won't happen, if we get 2-3 players we'll be doing well, i just don't see them giving Hodgson money (would you blame them) cause i think he'll be gone in the summer that's when we'll sign some quality players. I think Deschamps will take over because of the Commoli influence just my opinion.

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05 Dec 2010 20:00:06
Still can't believe people are still blaming H&G for Benitez's record of bad buys - in 6 years Benitez never made a mistake - according to him of course, always somebody else's fault, never his, if there is remote chance the rumours are true that he did have to sell to buy, doesn't alter the fact he made a lot of bad buys - his talent as a coach is really coming to the fore in Italy at the moment, how to turn an all conquering triple wiinning side into mediocre eh.

Can we not just move on - and ask the ed's not to print anything with his name on - and see if we can drag ourselves up from the mess he left this club in.

John B

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05 Dec 2010 19:39:28
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Fabio Aurelio, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic and Poulsen.

And others i would be looking to get rid pf in jan, and having watched scott parker over the last few seasons i would be trying to sign him as a first choice for the midfield, he is the missing alonso link in my eyes. Apart from the great man himself.
Stephen Ireland i would also be looking to get.
A. Johnson for the wing and i would then be looking to put Glen on the right with kelly behind, also a left back would be needed. As for a striker i think my choice would Hulk, i think he would be the link that would create for Torres

Opinions welcome, what do you think Ed's? {ed's note - please not Ireland! He is not all there, he is not a good enough player either.}

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05 Dec 2010 19:37:43
Ed you say we don't need a centre half. to be honest i don't see skrtel and the greek bein great together. we need a new carragher. and bentley had a good spell last year until he got injured and even a few weeks ago he had a good game. do you not think he is worth a gamble {ed's note - we have far better youngsters for the centre half position than the likes of Cahill or Shawcross. We don't need a Carragher at all, we need players of the class of Hansen and Lawrenson, not Carragher. Bentley is a waste of time, he offers nothing to our team, he is not pacy, he can't dribble past players and his attitude sucks.}

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05 Dec 2010 19:36:04
05 Dec 2010 19:27:07
Re: to the guy who said Spurs fans have a right to be cocky. I replied to your post with a massive post and forgot to address that.

Why do they deserve to be cocky? They should be embarassed at how cocky and arrogant they are. They won their first trophy in 17 years nearly three years ago (two trophies in 20 years). They have sat back since about the year 2004 talking about how they were going to smash the top 4 and replace Liverpool or Arsenal in the CL. They hadn't even finished in the top 4 and talked about how they were going to win the title when Juande Ramos came in. They spent a fortune since about 2003 and had bugger all to show for it and then they get into the CL for the FIRST TIME in their history and they're talking about winning titles, winning Champions Leagues, having the best player in the world (Bale) and how they're the biggest club in London and one of Europe's elite.

Quite frankly, they do my ecking head in and they're worse than the Man Utd fans now. The media lick their apses and they just need to accept that they are miles away from matching the size of clubs such as ourselves and Man Utd.

lol tottenham fans and management both when they broke in to top 4 were like wahoo were gunna win the leagfue were gunna win the league and the champions leaaagueeee, , , hmmmm wander if everton thought that when they broke top 4 in 2005, , , oohhhh yeah that's right there now 2 points from bottom 3

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05 Dec 2010 19:35:40
Funny how spurs squad cost 187m and ours 110m when rafa spent over 150m surely you can see something wrong with that? rafa lost money, forget the net spend of 15m or 25m as it was the other day
liverpool have brought mainly carp, yes there are some great players that were brought in, but to buy keane for 19m then 6months later sell him for 12m, to buy aqaulani for 20m then come and and say you don't think he is up to it. why is it that a wigan can find players like valencia or a palacios, and then sell on for mega money, and we have had somethin like 5 left wingers in 5 years? no back up forwards, 2 carp left backs, pay 18m for a right back who can't defend?
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Are you stupid or something? Add up all of the prices paid of the current Liverpool squad, and it totals £110m. So the only thing wrong with that is that you were a tad too slow to pick up on it.

No, I won't forget net spends of £15m. Its a valid point which indicates Rafa's need to sell in order to raise funds to even sign anyone. Also Mr.Expert, if you were handed a budget of £20m or so, and needed to sign about 4 players, could you find a top class winger? I highly doubt it.

Yea, we made mistakes in the market, but who didn't? Name a club who didn't. And why is it that Wigan can find players like Palacios and Valencia? Well I don't know, shall we contact the oracle and find out? Lesser clubs do it all the time buddy, and then their players go on and prove that they are top players.

And blame Gillette and Hicks for us selling players and not brining in quality in recent seasons. Interest payments of nearly £1m a week on top of £350m debt crippled our club. And we simply couldn't get top players. Remember Mascherano said Gillette and Hicks' lack of investment meant he left?

Seriously buddy, don't come on here and insult the intelligence of the other posters who come on here. You clearly know bugger all about what has been going on at our club in the past few years and are utterly ignorant and you try to come on here and talk nonsense to us. Do your research.

Personally, I think you're a closet Spud coming here pretending to be a Liverpool fan. You're up Tottenham's back-end.

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05 Dec 2010 19:30:25
05 Dec 2010 19:21:52
{Editor's Note: I don't see a particular need for a centre back right now - unless there is a really good deal to be had. One "striker" (Honda ideally) and a winger would be good - not sure about David Bentley - if it were the Blackburn Bentley then fine, but the Spurs Bentley then no. NO more caps please.}

lol whats wrong with caps lol

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Ed who'd you suggest as a good target for a winger? Being realistic? I'd take payet, n'zogbia or maybe jarvis of wolves. Every chance they create is through him. {ed's note - not N'Zogbia, I haven't seen enough of Payet to judge him, Jarvis looks like he has the ability to play at a higher level though.}

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05 Dec 2010 19:28:06
05 Dec 2010 19:14:19
I hope Gerard Houllier gets a good welcome on Monday from the fans. I think he will.

i htink he will get a great reception when he returns to anfield 2moro night, , , but wander what reception hed get if aston villa win ha

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05 Dec 2010 19:27:07
Re: to the guy who said Spurs fans have a right to be cocky. I replied to your post with a massive post and forgot to address that.

Why do they deserve to be cocky? They should be embarassed at how cocky and arrogant they are. They won their first trophy in 17 years nearly three years ago (two trophies in 20 years). They have sat back since about the year 2004 talking about how they were going to smash the top 4 and replace Liverpool or Arsenal in the CL. They hadn't even finished in the top 4 and talked about how they were going to win the title when Juande Ramos came in. They spent a fortune since about 2003 and had bugger all to show for it and then they get into the CL for the FIRST TIME in their history and they're talking about winning titles, winning Champions Leagues, having the best player in the world (Bale) and how they're the biggest club in London and one of Europe's elite.

Quite frankly, they do my ecking head in and they're worse than the Man Utd fans now. The media lick their apses and they just need to accept that they are miles away from matching the size of clubs such as ourselves and Man Utd.

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05 Dec 2010 19:22:08
Funny how spurs squad cost 187m and ours 110m when rafa spent over 150m surely you can see something wrong with that? rafa lost money, forget the net spend of 15m or 25m as it was the other day
liverpool have brought mainly carp, yes there are some great players that were brought in, but to buy keane for 19m then 6months later sell him for 12m, to buy aqaulani for 20m then come and and say you don't think he is up to it. why is it that a wigan can find players like valencia or a palacios, and then sell on for mega money, and we have had somethin like 5 left wingers in 5 years? no back up forwards, 2 carp left backs, pay 18m for a right back who can't defend?

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just shut up. Least the players we buy can win trophys. What have yours won? Nothing and you think your the best team in England. Harry saying you can win pl when your not even in the top 4. You have 3 decent youngsters rose, Lennon and bale. I'm sure one of them will go if you don't make top 4. We have pacheco, suso, shelvy, Wilson, ayala, lucas and more who are very likely to become first team regulars. When we overtake you in a couple seasons I am going to boost in front of every spurs fan I can find.

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05 Dec 2010 19:21:52
{Editor's Note: I don't see a particular need for a centre back right now - unless there is a really good deal to be had. One "striker" (Honda ideally) and a winger would be good - not sure about David Bentley - if it were the Blackburn Bentley then fine, but the Spurs Bentley then no. NO more caps please.}

lol whats wrong with caps lol

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05 Dec 2010 19:18:59
Hodgson needs to be looking at starting 11 players not players to add depth to the squad. We have enough squad players as it is. Need wingers and a striker just someone to get attacks goin with creativity. Lucas shouldn't b in the starting 11 he's not good enough, people say he has good pass % but he looks for the easy pass all time. And he's a liability in a tackle.

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05 Dec 2010 19:18:13
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Hey ed
is there any chance of liverpool signing jesus navas in jan or summer.
i have heard this rumour more than once now.

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J. Navas gets homesick when he is away from Spain, why would he move to us?

South African YNWA

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05 Dec 2010 19:14:47
05 Dec 2010 19:09:09
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Shame to see Jovanovic leave in january without being given a decent chance as a partner to Torres.I still think he would shine as a striker, Him and Torres would work. .agree

never understood it myself lol hes a striker yet he is always played on the left so annoying considering were struggling for strikers yet he don't use his strikers in right positions

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05 Dec 2010 19:14:19
I hope Gerard Houllier gets a good welcome on Monday from the fans. I think he will.

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05 Dec 2010 19:13:45
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WHAT WE NEED IS A NEW CENTRE HALF (SHAWCROSS OR CAHILL), THEN BRING KELLY IN AS A RIGHT BACK AND PUSH JOHNSON UP 1, WE HAVE 2 QUALITY CENTRE MIDFIELDERS IN MERELES AND STEVIE G. 1 MORE WINGER (I THINK DAVID BENTLEY) THE LAD IS GOOD. REMEMBER THAT HAT TRICK AGAINST THE SCUM FOR BLACKBURN. THEN 2 STRIKERS (BENT AND CROUCH). WE NEED TO GET RID OF OUR CARP PLAYERS LIKE POULSEN, BABEL, JOVANOVIC ETC. WHAT YOU THINK ED

{Editor's Note: I don't see a particular need for a centre back right now - unless there is a really good deal to be had. One "striker" (Honda ideally) and a winger would be good - not sure about David Bentley - if it were the Blackburn Bentley then fine, but the Spurs Bentley then no. NO more caps please.}

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05 Dec 2010 19:10:02
05 Dec 2010 18:41:27
05 Dec 2010 17:34:41
Spurs Fans are fast becoming worse than the Chelsea fans for their arrogance and lack of any football knowledge ?
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Not just their fans. What about the arrogance of some of their players who have yet to achieve anything yet. They are the epitomy of the young, rich, overpaid, no medals, no trophies modern day footballer, who have everything far too young and early in their careers.
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05 Dec 2010 19:09:09
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Shame to see Jovanovic leave in january without being given a decent chance as a partner to Torres.I still think he would shine as a striker, Him and Torres would work. .agree

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05 Dec 2010 18:58:00
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Just a word of warning. even with all the build up about honda, there is every chance we still won't sign him, but if things are done as they were in the summer, expect a quality alternative. i don't believe any of the reported 'links', as we never land the player everyone is expecting. who can honestly say they seen meireles coming? expect a quality surprise in jan, whether its honda or not

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05 Dec 2010 18:52:18
05 Dec 2010 18:37:26
05 Dec 2010 17:43:07
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I'm watching Carlton '£10 million' Cole against Sunderland and I truly believe that Ngog is a better palyer than this guy.
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I don't rate him either, but I suppose Hodgson is looking to improve the depth of the squad and take the pressure of Torres.

lol yeah take pressure off torres but one who can score goals and play well

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05 Dec 2010 18:47:28
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Ryan Shawcross would be a good signing.
He is young and will be an England international soon.
There is a reason behind how Stoke are a difficult team to beat.

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05 Dec 2010 18:41:27
05 Dec 2010 17:34:41
Spurs Fans are fast becoming worse than the Chelsea fans for their arrogance and lack of any football knowledge ?
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Not just their fans. What about the arrogance of some of their players who have yet to achieve anything yet. They are the epitomy of the young, rich, overpaid, no medals, no trophies modern day footballer, who have everything far too young and early in their careers.

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05 Dec 2010 18:39:34
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What about bredan rodgers at swansea he plays good football and is british for our next coach

Kopsan

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05 Dec 2010 18:37:26
05 Dec 2010 17:43:07
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I'm watching Carlton '£10 million' Cole against Sunderland and I truly believe that Ngog is a better palyer than this guy.
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I don't rate him either, but I suppose Hodgson is looking to improve the depth of the squad and take the pressure of Torres.

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05 Dec 2010 18:34:42
05 Dec 2010 17:22:57
05 Dec 2010 17:03:10
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To the person who said spurs fans are becoming cocky. . .
i agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!
and then i read how people want rafa back. . . what planet are these people on?
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YES I agree with much of what you say. But Spurs have had a 'good' 24 months with no success so far.
Since the 2000/ 2001 season Liverpool have won the UEFA Cup, the FA Cup twice, the League Cup twice, the Charity Shield, the Super Cup twice, the Champions League in 2005, reached the final in 2007 and consistently reached the later stages of the Champions League under Houllier and Benitez. We have had a poor 18 months mostly caused by our off field problems. I believe the club to be very stable now and Spurs can only dream of matching what Liverpool have done over the past 45 years.
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I REALISE WE HAVEN'T WON THE LEAGUE SINCE 1990 AND THAT IS FAR TOO LONG TO HAVE TO WAIT, BUT THE ABOVE RECORD AND THE FACT WE HAVE SUPPLIED ENGLAND WITH FOWLER, OWEN, MCMANEMAN, JAMIE REDKNAPP, GERRARD AND CARRAGHER SHOW THAT LIVERPOOL HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST 20 YEARS WHICH IS IN COMPLETE CONTRAST TO THE MYTH OF FAILURE PUT FORWARD BY THE MEDIA AND PRESS.

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05 Dec 2010 18:29:47
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05 Dec 2010 12:29:34
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I want liverpool to sign honda, i think he can bring alot more attackive quality to our team. i also think SWP and shawcross would be good buys.

what do u fink ed?

{Editor's Note: Honda yes - but not either of the others.}

shawcross would be good signing too, , we need a good defender now that carras out and agger, , , specially if agger might be going soon, , , shawcross would be better than danny wilson and kyriagkos, , , SWP tho will be poor signing very inconsistent, , , either shawcross or lescott anyway, , lescot can play CB and LB so would be good one, he is great defender just city seems to mess alot of players up lol, and we could do with someone who play both positions, can play cb if carras out and lb when hes not cos konchesky is woo!

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05 Dec 2010 18:26:35
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{ed's note - I think it more likely that Honda is seen as the striker and that the only other signing in January is most likely, for some unknown reason, to be a centre back. Hopefully not Cahill, whose only advantage over Skrtel is the ability to hoof it further upfield.}

Or maybe worse than Cahill, "Joleon Lescott"

Roy

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05 Dec 2010 18:21:23
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Well i would much prefer him (Dzeko) to move to juventus than city thanks for the update ed.

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05 Dec 2010 18:21:09
TRANSFERS
honda to be allocated no 50

{Editor's Note: The trusty Honda 50 - I suggest the younger guys Google it.}

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05 Dec 2010 18:19:52
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Funny how spurs squad cost 187m and ours 110m when rafa spent over 150m surely you can see something wrong with that? rafa lost money, forget the net spend of 15m or 25m as it was the other day
liverpool have brought mainly carp, yes there are some great players that were brought in, but to buy keane for 19m then 6months later sell him for 12m, to buy aqaulani for 20m then come and and say you don't think he is up to it. why is it that a wigan can find players like valencia or a palacios, and then sell on for mega money, and we have had somethin like 5 left wingers in 5 years? no back up forwards, 2 carp left backs, pay 18m for a right back who can't defend?

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05 Dec 2010 18:09:45
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My team vs Villa for a 3-1 win

Reina

Johnson. . . Wilson. . . .Skrtel. . . Aurelio


Maxi. . . . . .Lucas. . . .Maireles. . Jovanovic


Torres. . .Cole

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05 Dec 2010 18:02:12
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05 Dec 2010 17:45:31
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I don't really agree about cahill mate, just look at carragher!
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Carragher. getting on a bit now.
Skrtel. . . . not quite up to scratch.
Agger. . . . injury prone.
Kyrgiakos. Past his best.

Cahill, Mexes and Shawcross are better than what we have at the moment, so any would improve our defensive options.

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05 Dec 2010 17:54:09
With regard to Spurs that bubble will more than likely burst for a number of reasons.

Bale, (after 1 good game v Inter Milan), Modric and others are now being looked at by bigger and better sides. As others will be. Man Utd always seemed to be able to pull their players away with ease.

Harry Redknapp is a dodgy chap. Every club he's gone to he's 'wheeled and dealed' which ended up with the Police breaking into his home when he was at Portsmouth. He will be off shortly for the England job no doubt.

They won't make the Champions League again this season as they won't finish in the top 4.

They arnt even the best side in North London. That belongs to Arsenal who play the better football and whose long term side is a much better bet for silverware.

That's my take anyway.

Spriggo

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05 Dec 2010 17:51:51
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To the guy who agreed in parts with the post about tottenham.

i wrote the post about tottenham, i also started the
debate about some of the players comolli signed while at tottenham, and asked the eds why they are so quick to disregard talented players that have attitudes, who with guidence could be world class.
i am a liverpool fan through and through mate.
agreed mancity have a great squad, but them aside tottenham have a better aquad than chelsea, man u and asenal. yes we have great talent in suso and sterling, both are 15 band 16 and are along way off being close to the first team. pacheco is a real talent but has failed to set anfield alight during the limited chances he has been given, although alot has been out of position.kelly looks a good prospect, but where is the nxt gerrard, fowler, owen? i tottenham have good players coming through also like danny rose, bale, still young etc.
i guess what im trying to say is that if you spend 10m on someone you shudnt be selling them 12months later for 7m which is pretty much what rafa did with alot of the players he signed. and yes i hated the yonks as much as any other liverpool fan. but in the cold light of day rafa spent over 150m in 5 years and still moaned he was never given money. yes he brought in money from sales . .but from players he signed that flopped! would you if you were the owner have given him 100m to spend for him to then the following summer ask for more? are hicks and gillette hated because of the debt, the broken promises of a new ground and the lack of financial backing to the manager, because if the lata is one of them then i disagree.

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05 Dec 2010 17:45:44
You seen our net spend buddy in the last 5 years? A net spend of £15m. We've nearly recouped, via player sales, what we spend. It's not all about expenditure. And I don't care whether Spurs have the best squad in the PL or not, are they top? NO. We're 4 points behind the golden boys of London if we win tomorrow, and they're supposedly lightyears ahead of us.

What youth have Tottenham took a gamble on? Did Defoe, VDV, Jenas, Modric, Crouch, Gomes, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Hutton, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Woodgate, Kaboul, Corluka, Bentley, Gallas, Keane, Cudicini and Kranjkar come out of the Tottenham youth system then?

And you talk about Liverpool's bad signings, what about Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Garcia, Torres, Alonso, Mascherano, Meireles, Kuyt?

And you make it out as if Spurs paid peanuts for their signings. £16m - Modric, Palacios - £12m, £14m - Pavlyuchenko, Defoe - £15m, Crouch - £10m, VDV - £8M, Gomes - £10m, Bentley - £15m, Bale - £10m, Keane - £12m, Corluka - £9m, Bassong - £8m, Dawson - £8m.

Spurs' entire squad cost - £187m
Our entire squad cost - £110m

I'd like to think there'd be a difference in quality. And we've looked at the cheaper option because its all we could get, or we lost out on the first option.

You must be a Spurs fan in disguise. In the last 30 years or so they finish ahead of us once which was last season (maybe more I cba checking) and all of a sudden they're the best thing in football since Brazil 70s or something?

What were people saying when Spurs spent bagfuls and didn't get into the CL? They weren't up their arses then where they?

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come back on here when you have the trophys we have. Tottenham are losing money. Lost 5 million even with cl payments. We are losing money too which included 30 million bank payments and without cl money. When we won the cl did we go onto spurs pages and boost? You get 4th and you think your the best football team there's ever been. You've spend more then anyother club in the last 10 years fact. I
don't care how much you sold but overrall you have spend a lot of money. A lot more then liverpool.

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05 Dec 2010 17:43:07
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I'm watching Carlton '£10 million' Cole against Sunderland and I truly believe that Ngog is a better palyer than this guy.

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05 Dec 2010 17:37:48
05 Dec 2010 17:29:56
To the person who said spurs fans are becoming cocky. . .
i agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!
and then i read how people want rafa back. . . what planet are these people on?
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You seen our net spend buddy in the last 5 years? A net spend of £15m. We've nearly recouped, via player sales, what we spend. It's not all about expenditure. And I don't care whether Spurs have the best squad in the PL or not, are they top? NO. We're 4 points behind the golden boys of London if we win tomorrow, and they're supposedly lightyears ahead of us.

What youth have Tottenham took a gamble on? Did Defoe, VDV, Jenas, Modric, Crouch, Gomes, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Hutton, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Woodgate, Kaboul, Corluka, Bentley, Gallas, Keane, Cudicini and Kranjkar come out of the Tottenham youth system then?

And you talk about Liverpool's bad signings, what about Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Garcia, Torres, Alonso, Mascherano, Meireles, Kuyt?

And you make it out as if Spurs paid peanuts for their signings. £16m - Modric, Palacios - £12m, £14m - Pavlyuchenko, Defoe - £15m, Crouch - £10m, VDV - £8M, Gomes - £10m, Bentley - £15m, Bale - £10m, Keane - £12m, Corluka - £9m, Bassong - £8m, Dawson - £8m.

Spurs' entire squad cost - £187m
Our entire squad cost - £110m

I'd like to think there'd be a difference in quality. And we've looked at the cheaper option because its all we could get, or we lost out on the first option.

You must be a Spurs fan in disguise. In the last 30 years or so they finish ahead of us once which was last season (maybe more I cba checking) and all of a sudden they're the best thing in football since Brazil 70s or something?

What were people saying when Spurs spent bagfuls and didn't get into the CL? They weren't up their arses then where they?
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They weren't managed by darling of the Red tops, Sky, Talksport and Spurs Sports News, Harry 'I like a brown A4 envelope' Redknapp.

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05 Dec 2010 17:36:22
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Hi Ed & fellow Reds,

In January:

Raise cash by offloading Babel, Poulsen, Maxi and other deadwoods.

Swop Agger + 12m for Edin Dzeko.Buy Sakho, Young and Eden Hazard or Alexis Sanchez.Insua will be back to cover LB problems until the next window.

Our squad in January:

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Johnson- - - Sakho- - -Skrtel- - - Insua

Sanchez/ Hazard- Gerrard- Meireles- Young

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Subs:Jones, Carra, Greek, Lucas, Cole, N'gog, Pacheco

YNWA,
Geist

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05 Dec 2010 17:34:41
Spurs Fans are fast becoming worse than the Chelsea fans for their arrogance and lack of any football knowledge ?

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05 Dec 2010 17:29:58
05 Dec 2010 17:24:55
I agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!

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I agree a lot with this post. Couple of things I don't agree with though. You do not have the best squad in my opinion. Man city do. What youth players have you got? Bale, Lennon who else that can be a top top player. I also disagree about you looking to buy cheaper players. You've spend more money then anyone on the last 10 years. Probably more then citeh. Reason why we struggled was because of tom and gillet. We also have fantastic youth coming through. Probably better then tottenhams! I don't want rafa or Roy as manager of lfc. All I say to you is enjoy it because when the finanical fair play rules come in we will slowly overtake you. Well that's if Roy f*cks off.
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05 Dec 2010 17:29:56
To the person who said spurs fans are becoming cocky. . .
i agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!
and then i read how people want rafa back. . . what planet are these people on?
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You seen our net spend buddy in the last 5 years? A net spend of £15m. We've nearly recouped, via player sales, what we spend. It's not all about expenditure. And I don't care whether Spurs have the best squad in the PL or not, are they top?? NO. We're 4 points behind the golden boys of London if we win tomorrow, and they're supposedly lightyears ahead of us.

What youth have Tottenham took a gamble on? Did Defoe, VDV, Jenas, Modric, Crouch, Gomes, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Hutton, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Woodgate, Kaboul, Corluka, Bentley, Gallas, Keane, Cudicini and Kranjkar come out of the Tottenham youth system then?

And you talk about Liverpool's bad signings, what about Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Garcia, Torres, Alonso, Mascherano, Meireles, Kuyt?

And you make it out as if Spurs paid peanuts for their signings. £16m - Modric, Palacios - £12m, £14m - Pavlyuchenko, Defoe - £15m, Crouch - £10m, VDV - £8M, Gomes - £10m, Bentley - £15m, Bale - £10m, Keane - £12m, Corluka - £9m, Bassong - £8m, Dawson - £8m.

Spurs' entire squad cost - £187m
Our entire squad cost - £110m

I'd like to think there'd be a difference in quality. And we've looked at the cheaper option because its all we could get, or we lost out on the first option.

You must be a Spurs fan in disguise. In the last 30 years or so they finish ahead of us once which was last season (maybe more I cba checking) and all of a sudden they're the best thing in football since Brazil 70s or something?

What were people saying when Spurs spent bagfuls and didn't get into the CL? They weren't up their arses then where they?

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05 Dec 2010 17:24:55
I agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!

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I agree a lot with this post. Couple of things I don't agree with though. You do not have the best squad in my opinion. Man city do. What youth players have you got? Bale, Lennon who else that can be a top top player. I also disagree about you looking to buy cheaper players. You've spend more money then anyone on the last 10 years. Probably more then citeh. Reason why we struggled was because of tom and gillet. We also have fantastic youth coming through. Probably better then tottenhams! I don't want rafa or Roy as manager of lfc. All I say to you is enjoy it because when the finanical fair play rules come in we will slowly overtake you. Well that's if Roy f*cks off.

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05 Dec 2010 17:22:57
05 Dec 2010 17:03:10
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To the person who said spurs fans are becoming cocky. . .
i agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!
and then i read how people want rafa back. . . what planet are these people on?
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YES I agree with much of what you say. But Spurs have had a 'good' 24 months with no success so far.
Since the 2000/ 2001 season Liverpool have won the UEFA Cup, the FA Cup, the League Cup twice, the Charity Shield, the Super Cup twice, the Champions League in 2005, reached the final in 2007 and consistently reached the later stages of the Champions League under Houllier and Benitez. We have had a poor 18 months mostly caused by our off field problems. I believe the club to be very stable now and Spurs can only dream of matching what Liverpool have done over the past 45 years.

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05 Dec 2010 17:10:28
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Long time reader, first time poster. Love the site ed, keep up the good work!

After having watched West Brom vs Newcastle, I was very impressed with the way WB played-plenty of passing, looking for the easy ball, not many long hoofs. If Di Matteo has got this team playing like this, think what he could do with more talent and a bigger budget. I am in agreement with Ed (or one of them) that we want someone who will come here and see it as a huge move and look to build a dynasty which I'm sure he would. He seems to have genuine hunger and could even get Aquilani interested in playing for us again! IMO there is no way we should let him leave for 12m unless he point blank refuses to play.

Also, each time I see Tiote play I am more impressed. Looks a real talent for the future.

IanG

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05 Dec 2010 17:03:10
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To the person who said spurs fans are becoming cocky. . .
i agree that they are, but in fairness i think they have at the moment every write to be, they have done, what liverpool have been un able to do for years, brought clever, took a gamble on youth and have come on leaps and bounds in two years. they have the best squad in the league and some of the most exciting young talent around. had previous management brought players like lennon or bale, berbatov, modric, palacios, vdv even re-signed players like defoe, instead of babel, riera, voronin, jova, poulsen, keane, nunez, gonzales, leto, palletta insua, dossena, kromkamp, pellagrini, morientes, konchesky, shall i go on?. . . . . we have always looked at the cheaper option, and then spent more trying to buy another cheap option, because the first cheap option was useless. we have spent more than tottenham the last 5 years so how has this happend and why? who is to blame in your opinion ed? cuz i lay it all on rafa and some at roy for signings like poulsen and konchesky!
and then i read how people want rafa back. . . what planet are these people on?

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05 Dec 2010 17:02:26
05 Dec 2010 16:46:08
And im sorry but he (modric) is light years better than gerrard! the only team modric would not walk into would be that of barce!
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ha ha ha ha ha Hha ha HAHHA Sorry mate, had to check what I was drinking there when I read that.

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Go back to the tottenham page. I just went on there. They get like 4 posts A MONTH. No one wants to support spurs ha ha

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05 Dec 2010 16:58:38
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Hopefully west ham can draw today them beat villa and we'd be up to 7th which i would accept come on boys MASSIVE win tomorrow got a feeling raul will score 3-1 raul nando double :)
Predictions for the game?

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05 Dec 2010 16:55:02
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Just wanted to say thanks for the reply further down the page on my Alberto Aquilani quesions. Its good that we have moved him on if he doesn't want to be here, the lad does have a bit of quality but if its not going to be shown regularly it seems the right deal has been made.

I have only been able to view this site recently as I'm working at sea on Maersk boxboats and they have only just installed the internet so I'm made up to check my favouite site - apologies for missing Eds comments on this.

Spriggo {ed's note - good to see they have fitted the net just for you!}

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05 Dec 2010 16:51:10
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I was on some website "IM Scouting", they were doing an article about Real Madrid's need for a "number 9" if you like. Obviously big names in there with big fees.

But what surprised me is that they had Llorente in there, and they reckon that Real Madrid would pay 10-15m Euros to get him. So in pounds, they think Real Madrid could get Llorente for £8.5m-13m? No way. If this was the case, why aren't we going all guns blazing to sign him up?

Never read anything off that site before, but looking at it in depth it has no credibility in my opinion. Llorente could cost atleast £20m

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05 Dec 2010 16:46:08
And im sorry but he (modric) is light years better than gerrard! the only team modric would not walk into would be that of barce!
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ha ha ha ha ha Hha ha HAHHA Sorry mate, had to check what I was drinking there when I read that.

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05 Dec 2010 16:37:39
Can anyone please tell me WHY!? we are being linked with so many CB that's by FAR our strongest position?"

I suggest you watch some of our games. While I'm against having a defender as a priority in January, we are very thin in that position.

Carragher - Too slow, can't see him being a regular fixture in the squad once he comes back.

Agger - Best defender by far, too injury prone.

Skrtel - Awful, had an alright game against Spurs but hasn't been good enough since 08/ 09.

Wilson - Definitely one for the future, but he's 18 and seems to crack under the pressure whenever he plays.

So, one only have one good, reliable defender come January and that's Agger, but he'll no doubt get injured. So that would leave Ayala as our best defender when he comes back.
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I disagree with the above. I think we've been fine at CB this season considering what we have in there. In defence, our weakness lies in the full-back positions in my eyes.

Carragher is slow, but he can read the game, organise the defence well, he's a true leader, and still one of the best in the business in my opinion. Look at Hyypia, top class defender in his day and he didn't have pace.

Although I don't think CB will be a priority this January, I think in the Summer we'll be looking to add atleast one CB in there given Kygriaokos' age and Carragher's age.

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05 Dec 2010 16:36:01
As a spur ed, most of the mentioned players were NOT found by comolli most if not all were scouted and passed on to the club and the over seeing of the signings was by comolli but not the findings! and as for the remarks regarding modric! just below half of the gooners polled on talk sport would have modric other than fiberglass. and im sorry but he (modric) is light years better than gerrard! the only team modric would not walk into would be that of barce!

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lightyears ahead of gerrard. Lmfao your joking right. Okay guys. Press believeable for gerrard/ fabergas or unbelieveable for modric. Is it me or ever since tottenham got into the top 4 there fans all really cocky.

Remember when arsenal play tottenham, fabergas beat your midfield all game. You didn't derserve to win (first time since
1993) I can't wait till you get begged down a level so you lot shut up. I'll admit bale was already a well known player but modric was unknown by a lot of ppl.

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05 Dec 2010 16:34:05
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I think if Roy goes I would like to see roberto di matteo I think that's how u spell it he's doing a great job

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05 Dec 2010 16:22:10
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{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

Hey Ed i don't totally agree they are bad buys, if these players had lived up to their potential then they would have been class buys! Its the players in question that like the party life to much ( dos santos) or has an ego the size of the empire state building (boetang) And the only problem with taarabt was no one knew his best position

sorry ed but kaboul has come on leaps and bounds since returning from pompey, also as one of the eds quoted harry regarding gds by saying if he could pass a nightclub like he passes a ball then he would be a hell of a player! he needs a small city like liverpool? he may do well at a place like liverpool compared to london?

mehstg

{Editor's Note: The bottom line is they have not performed - or "lived up to their potential" My understanding is that Liverpool has a nightclub or two - I seem to recall "The Cavern" being a popular night spot in Liverpool.}

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05 Dec 2010 16:19:40
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Well ajax have a fantastic youth set up and have produced some of the worlds best, had they been in a more competitive league then im sure that some of those players would have stayed at the club as apposed to moving on to bigger pay days and better leagues.

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05 Dec 2010 16:16:48
So here are some of my thoughts for this transfer window, I think 4 will come in with about 8 or 9 leaving, first off Honda for about 12m, this will be funded with the sale of Babel roughly 10m? Next Rami is it? The French CB? Has been quoted at around 9m this will be funded with the sale of Degen, El Zahr, Intandje and surprisingly Aurilio, should raise about 9-10m.

Now here is where I think it will get interesting. . . . .Agger to go to Wolfsberg + 23m or so for Dzeko. . .I know everyone will be jumping up and down saying this will never happen but why? Think about it we need a world class striker to partner Torres, the media seems to think we will make at least one marquee signing. . . . .if the other 2 players have been funded by sales. . . why not?

Insua on his way back. .Jovanovic out on loan, that leaves the fourth. . .which I still reckon to be A. Johnson but only if we can sell Aqualani. . . . call me a day dreamer but what the hell NESV are either serious or not. . .time will tell. . what do you reckon eds?

Tobey

{Editor's Note: I think Honda will likely move to Liverpool. No Dzeko or Rami. Johnson - I don't know, perhaps.}

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05 Dec 2010 16:13:22
"05 Dec 2010 14:29:15
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Can anyone please tell me WHY!? we are being linked with so many CB that's by FAR our strongest position?"

I suggest you watch some of our games. While I'm against having a defender as a priority in January, we are very thin in that position.

Carragher - Too slow, can't see him being a regular fixture in the squad once he comes back.

Agger - Best defender by far, too injury prone.

Skrtel - Awful, had an alright game against Spurs but hasn't been good enough since 08/ 09.

Wilson - Definitely one for the future, but he's 18 and seems to crack under the pressure whenever he plays.

So, one only have one good, reliable defender come January and that's Agger, but he'll no doubt get injured. So that would leave Ayala as our best defender when he comes back.

{Editor's Note: You missed Kyrgiakos - I think he has been OK.}

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05 Dec 2010 15:59:09
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05 Dec 2010 13:26:46
05 Dec 2010 13:01:06
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For any one who is unsure on the type of player comolli has signed in the past, heres a few to ease your worries,
gareth bale. . . class
aaron lennon. . very good
roman pav. . .we tried to sign him in the summer
dimitar berbatov. . love or hate, good player
essou ekotto (spelling). . better than konchesky
younes kaboul. . better than what we have now
luka modric . .unsure if it was a comolli signing but was around that time.
the list is endless, he has an eye for talent for sure. but the manager has to believe in signings for it to work, if roy or who ever is in charge does not work with comolli, then there will be problems, and another robbie keane, signed by parry never played by benitez to prove a point. do you agree ed?

{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

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he made some good buys and some bad ones like everyone else. I don't think he brought Lennon in and we all knew bale had world class potential. Luka Modric was a fantastic buy. I think he's one of the best midfielders in the pl. Slighty behind gerrard and fabergas. Another good buy he did was gomez. Had a shakey start but is proving his worth. He buys players with good potential. I hope he buys young talent like modric and bale. He also was able to get the most amount of money from selling players. Like berbatov for 30 million. I'm
sure levy helped but he had a part of play in that deal. Does anyone else hate spurs? I don't know why but I hate tottenham so h*cking muc

as a spur ed, most of the mentioned players were NOT found by comolli most if not all were scouted and passed on to the club and the over seeing of the signings was by comolli but not the findings! and as for the remarks regarding modric! just below half of the gooners polled on talk sport would have modric other than fiberglass. and im sorry but he (modric) is light years better than gerrard! the only team modric would not walk into would be that of barce!

mehstg!

hope this is posted?

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05 Dec 2010 15:58:39
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And which club would that be ed? who by young to sell on? {ed's note - I am not the same editor but I would think he is referring to Ajax, unfortunately the editor who mentioned it is not around to answer for himself.}

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05 Dec 2010 15:38:00
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Nesv are not afraid to spend big if they feel the deal is good for the club, but will be alot more cautious when it comes to wages etc, hence comolli being brought in to scout young talent that are not the finished article, that would not command the huge wages that a player of lets say a 26-28 yr old. much like the policy at arsenal. a reduction of the current wage bill is a must, as liverpool are well known for paying good wages to average players. quality not quantity is whats needed, with a wage cap in place and a strict policy not to go above it.
nesv would see, lets say 30m for eden hazard, on wages of say 50- 60 grand a week with the possibility to sell to a real madrid in 4-5 years time for a break even or small profit of say 5m as great business compared to a milan jovanovic who at 29 and on 125 grand a week with a potential 2-3m sell on fee as not good business at all! is that how you see it ed?

{Editor's Note: Not really. I know of only one club who actively approach the purchase of players like that.}

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05 Dec 2010 15:30:26
05 Dec 2010 14:31:57
Looking at recent posts, what henry said and the manager we have I reckon we will be lucky to get 2 new players in. I would be happy with 1 (Honda). Then get a new manager come the new season then in the summer make it first priority to keep torres, gerrard and renia.

But I would be very happy if this was our team for feb

renia
kelly carragher agger auerlio
johnson lucas meireles honda
gerrard
torres
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Ye decent team , but its time to play Gerrard in centre mid alongside Meireles and buy a top class partner for Torres and maybe play Wilson instead of Carragher.

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05 Dec 2010 15:23:50
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{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

Hey Ed i don't totally agree they are bad buys, if these players had lived up to their potential then they would have been class buys! Its the players in question that like the party life to much ( dos santos) or has an ego the size of the empire state building (boetang) And the only problem with taarabt was no one knew his best position

so all in all i still don't think they were bad signings

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05 Dec 2010 15:17:48
The big transfer news is that Honda has agreed to sign in January however his services won't come until the Asia cup is over.
AFRICANKOPITE.
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I hope if we sign him we ask him to pull out of the Asian Cup.

But when he comes back he could play and wouldn't really need rested. His season finished in Russia during November, so he's had a break, and he'll get one after May. (All this provided we sign him. But from what we all know, we have a good chance of getting him).

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05 Dec 2010 15:02:22
The Mirror (not an excellent source) is linking us with Owen Coyle. He's about the best January signing we could make, I think.

Ben the Red
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Linking Man Utd with him also mate.

The Mirror talks nonsense and lies. However, it doesn't take an expert to know that Owen Coyle would definatly be on a shortlist of potential replacements for Roy Hodgson, should he leave Liverpool.

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05 Dec 2010 15:01:04
Is anyone on this site a vip member of koptalk. If yes pls inform us all about the breaking transfer report that is coming out tommoroe i think it is.
Any news on outgoing ed?
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Mate, Koptalk is a pile of rubbish. They know no more than us and they also make up story after story.

The owner/ moderator is a fat liar who thinks he's an expert and thinks he's a big inside guy. He started this big internet hype in the Summer about Steven Gerrard wanting to go to R.Madrid and he made a breaking story on his site that Gerrard went on holiday in Ibiza so he could hold talks with R.Madrid whilst on holiday.

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05 Dec 2010 14:51:24
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The Mirror (not an excellent source) is linking us with Owen Coyle. He's about the best January signing we could make, I think.

Ben the Red

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05 Dec 2010 14:34:14
Leighton Baines for £5/ 10 million? I think Everton would be wanting more than that! Would be a descent signing, but usually good British players come with big transfer fees unless they're comin out of contract.

The Irish Rover

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05 Dec 2010 14:31:57
Looking at recent posts, what henry said and the manager we have I reckon we will be lucky to get 2 new players in. I would be happy with 1 (Honda). Then get a new manager come the new season then in the summer make it first priority to keep torres, gerrard and renia.

But I would be very happy if this was our team for feb

renia
kelly carragher agger auerlio
johnson lucas meireles honda
gerrard
torres

that team is almost as good as 2008-2008.
Ed how can you be so certain Roy will go at the end of the season? Didn't you say that Roy would be sacked at the end of the week after the Napoli game? {ed's note - the club are looking for a replacement, that was what I was told, I assumed that meant it was going to be done quickly, but I was wrong and just getting carried away. Though who knows if it would have done quickly or not if the right man had been available?}

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05 Dec 2010 14:31:00
Can you just clear up the fact that i never once said we should sign joey barton!

It may not have been you who posted but someone said '' saying they wouldn't have joey barton i would hes a class act '', that was what most comments was referring to.

The Sculptor

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05 Dec 2010 14:29:15
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Can anyone please tell me WHY!? we are being linked with so many CB that's by FAR our strongest position?

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05 Dec 2010 14:29:01
You know while liverpool are playing at 0-0 we are a good team, some good football being played (in patches) as we all saw against chelsea, arsenal, spurs, blackburn and wigan (briefly). its only when roy puts the shackles on and we invite teams upon us. ed do you think liverpool first 11 (all players fit) is a good team already, ok not title winning but closer then most.

always a red

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05 Dec 2010 14:20:05
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If we have the cash then I'd bring in Elia £15/ 20m, Scott Dann (LFC Fan) £5/ 10m, Leighton Baines (LFC fan) £5/ 10m, Connor Wickham (LFC Fan) £8/ 15m inc clauses & a another striker, but not sure you'd get a decent one in January window. The above are gettable though.

Gav The RED

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05 Dec 2010 14:18:34
Ed do you think that as soon as a CEO is appointed that Roy will get sacked fairly soon after that unless we're winning every game; any ideas when we will appoint a CEO? I heard January but I'm not sure {ed's note - I think Roy will be here until the season finishes unless it all goes drastically wrong. The CEO I would expect within two months myself.}

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05 Dec 2010 14:16:35
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{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

Yes they have been poor buys for Tottenham, except Kaboul, I would say that they're all good players (Boateng and Dos Santos would have been good signings for us in the summer, if their attitude was right)

I really would not expect too much of this transfer window, maybe Honda in and Jovanovic out.

Until the new chief executive comes in, there won't be much happening. The CE0, Manager and Comolli will work together in identifying and getting players. Until one is appointed, i'm not expecting much. The summer is where big moves will be made, with a bigger budget - around £50m

Also I've seen people writing about Ashley Young where Rafa could have had him for £11m, i'm sure this was when he moved from Watford - it took him 12-18months to finally get to a level where he got noticed after that move. The thing is that Liverpool have been short of cash for years. During Houllier's reign could have had C.Ronaldo for £5m, but he didn't fit in our wage structure, Tomas Rosicky for £6m- we got Danny Murphy instead, and in Rafa's reign - Dani Alves - Sevilla wanted £13.5m, we could only offer £11.5m. The problem Liverpool have had over the years is that when we havent got our no1 target, we buy players well below the level required, hence the appointment of Comolli to identify talent to ensure we get the best players we possibly can for the money we have available.

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05 Dec 2010 14:15:51
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Since Hodgson is a fan of his Scandinavian lads, he should (and I reckon he could be) looking at FC Copenhagen left-back Oscar Wendt.

Supposedly a target for Spurs, Man Utd (if Evra leaves) and AC Milan. {ed's note - he was awful in Europe the other day.}

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05 Dec 2010 14:13:23
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{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

I'll give you Dos Santos, but Kaboul is better than Skrtyl, Boateng better than Lucas & Taarabt a terrific prospect, but has an attitude that needs ironing out!
You can't get everything right, but I'd say Camolli has a better success % than Benitez or Hodgson.

Gav The RED

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05 Dec 2010 13:49:28
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Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. And how would Rafa have been able to get A.Young off Aston Villa for £11m? Villa wanted near £30m for him mate. And in Rafa's defence, Babel was a massive talent


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Tbh , Ryan babel still has a chance to be great. . he needs guidance , the right spot , more rythym and a new coach .
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I would agree mate. He needs a manager who has faith in him and a manager who will lossen the cuffs and let him express himself on the field.

I feel that there's a perfectly good spot for him up front beside Fernando Torres.

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05 Dec 2010 13:47:50
Am watching west brom vs Newcastle. Seeing west brom trying to play great attacking football. We need a manager like him asap. Funny enough both these teams are above us in the league. Roy has got to go now. Imagine what Roberto Di Matteo can do with players like gerrard, meireles and torres.

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05 Dec 2010 13:35:52
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Hopefully LFC will sign young quality players preferably British or Spainish, with a few other players from Europe or beyond.

Like to see:
Baines
Shawcross
Jarvis
Banega
Mata
Llorente

Any three of these players would strengthen LFC. Some of the players above have prooven their ability, others have ability and could become better players.

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05 Dec 2010 13:33:54
To the post who said how would benitez have got ashley young from villa for 11m

i think he is talking about when villa signed him from watford for that amount.

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05 Dec 2010 13:29:23
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Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. And how would Rafa have been able to get A.Young off Aston Villa for £11m? Villa wanted near £30m for him mate. And in Rafa's defence, Babel was a massive talent


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Tbh , Ryan babel still has a chance to be great. . he needs guidance , the right spot , more rythym and a new coach . .

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05 Dec 2010 13:23:04
Just a follow up ed on comolli's signing, you say some poor buys also, redknapp has signed kaboul twice, so can't be that bad, boetang nows plays for ac milan, some would say that's a step up, and taarabt has been mentioned on this site as a potential target so all in all he is preety succesfull is he not? can it be any worse than some of the players signed by roy, rafa even as far back as houlier(speling) 80% of comoll's signing have been decent where as 80% of previous signings at liverpool have been poor, is that fair?

{Editor's Note: Because Redknapp has signed a player twice does not make him any good. As far as I am concerned Kaboul is average at best. Moving to a "bigger" team does not make a player better and Taarabt had to step down a division.}

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05 Dec 2010 13:10:54
For any one who is unsure on the type of player comolli has signed in the past, heres a few to ease your worries,
gareth bale. . . class
aaron lennon. . very good
roman pav. . .we tried to sign him in the summer
dimitar berbatov. . love or hate, good player
essou ekotto (spelling). . better than konchesky
younes kaboul. . better than what we have now
luka modric . .unsure if it was a comolli signing but was around that time.
the list is endless, he has an eye for talent for sure. but the manager has to believe in signings for it to work, if roy or who ever is in charge does not work with comolli, then there will be problems, and another robbie keane, signed by parry never played by benitez to prove a point. do you agree ed?

{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}
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Sorry mate, but Younes Kaboul is not better than what we have. He's not a great defender at all. He can get forward and score a few and has a good shot but that overshadows his defensive shortcomings. Agger, Carragher and Skrtel are all far better defenders than him and I would even say Soto is a better defender.

Also, I don't think Camolli can take responsibility for all of the signings at Spurs when he was there. The manager is bound to have a say.

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05 Dec 2010 13:10:06
Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. And how would Rafa have been able to get A.Young off Aston Villa for £11m? Villa wanted near £30m for him mate. And in Rafa's defence, Babel was a massive talent.

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before he went to villa he was avilable for 11 million. Babel wasn't a massive talent. Clubs looked at him
and thought that he wasn't good enough. We went for him and look what happened.

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05 Dec 2010 13:01:06
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For any one who is unsure on the type of player comolli has signed in the past, heres a few to ease your worries,
gareth bale. . . class
aaron lennon. . very good
roman pav. . .we tried to sign him in the summer
dimitar berbatov. . love or hate, good player
essou ekotto (spelling). . better than konchesky
younes kaboul. . better than what we have now
luka modric . .unsure if it was a comolli signing but was around that time.
the list is endless, he has an eye for talent for sure. but the manager has to believe in signings for it to work, if roy or who ever is in charge does not work with comolli, then there will be problems, and another robbie keane, signed by parry never played by benitez to prove a point. do you agree ed?

{Editor's Note: Some poor buys as well: dos Santos, Kaboul, Boateng, Taarabt (although he has moved on and come good).}

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05 Dec 2010 12:49:13
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Hi ed, i posted yesterday on how you disregard players with an attitude, and you used joey barton as an example of the type of player you would not want at lfc, can you just clear up the fact that i never once said we should sign joey barton! i also never said we should sign dos santos, they were players used as an example, what was said, that players with talent shouldnt be over looked due to a few problems in the past.
good people can not be turned in to great footballers
if they don't have the talent,
but talented, great footballers, can with guidence, become good people!

{Editor's NOte: You never suggested signing anyone in particular.}

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05 Dec 2010 12:31:54
I know there are a lot of pro rafa ppl who said he never had the money. But with the money he had he could have brought much better players:

dossena (7 million) or baines (5 million)

babel (11 million) or a.young (11 million)

Aqualini (20 million) or Sneijder or vdv (15 million)

there are others as well like Adam Johnson (8 million). If we got all those players the team would look like this:

renia
g.johnson carragher agger baines
a.johnson lucas gerrard a.young
sneijder
torres

I bet my hard earned money that this team would win the premier league. Rafa had the chance to sign quality like this but brought flops. I guess hence sight is a wonderful thing
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Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. And how would Rafa have been able to get A.Young off Aston Villa for £11m? Villa wanted near £30m for him mate. And in Rafa's defence, Babel was a massive talent.

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05 Dec 2010 12:02:33
Without his bouncers and the protection of the referee, Joey Barton would not survive for 5 minutes on his own. A little man who thinks he is a big man. . .no where near LFC class sorry!

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05 Dec 2010 12:00:09
I know there are a lot of pro rafa ppl who said he never had the money. But with the money he had he could have brought much better players:

dossena (7 million) or baines (5 million)

babel (11 million) or a.young (11 million)

Aqualini (20 million) or Sneijder or vdv (15 million)

there are others as well like Adam Johnson (8 million). If we got all those players the team would look like this:

renia
g.johnson carragher agger baines
a.johnson lucas gerrard a.young
sneijder
torres

I bet my hard earned money that this team would win the premier league. Rafa had the chance to sign quality like this but brought flops. I guess hence sight is a wonderful thing

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05 Dec 2010 11:43:40
It is looking more and more likely that honda will join Liverpool. If he does I'd welcome him with both arms. I have 1 question: what's his best position. On FIFA 11 it says behind the striker, though I have seem him play lw and also st. So does anyone know his BEST position

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All of them. He is a bit like Stevie G in that he plays every position well.

MUSHROOM

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05 Dec 2010 11:41:26
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This site is great for transfer gossip but you guys love to dream.
from a realistic view in january i can only see RYAN BABEL being sold.
he will probably bring in 8 million so if we get the reported 35 million that gives us 42 million to spend .
as for targets you are not going to get to many big stars in january but we need .

CENTERBACK.

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.RYAN SHAWCROSS. .£9 MILLION
(this is most likely target)

ATTACKING MIDFIELDER

KEISUKE HONDA. . .£12 million
(this looks a done deal )

ADAM BARTON. .4 MILLION
(been watched a number of times this year and fits bill for liverpool future)

STRIKER

CARLTON COLE. . . £10 MILLION
(hope not but hodgson likes him)

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There is no transfer budget. There is no set figure on which Roy can buy players.
Players will be identified and a discussion will take place between the transfer panel of Roy, King Kenny and Damian. From the players they agree on they will bid for provided that Werner sanctions these targets based on future value and marketing value. Honda will fit this criteria but it does not mean we will get him, although I hope so.
I can not see us signing either Shawcross or Crapton Cole. These are not the players that will gain in value or are marketable.
Please stop believing what is in the papers. NESV seem to keep their cards close to their chest, which is a good thing. The only certainty we will have of signings is when they actually sign.

MUSHROOM

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05 Dec 2010 11:28:54
Anyone read the Telegraph piece about Comolli? I know it's pointless speculating but i'd love to know who the name on the potential transfer list Hodgson nixed straight away.

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05 Dec 2010 11:21:42
It is looking more and more likely that honda will join Liverpool. If he does I'd welcome him with both arms. I have 1 question: what's his best position. On FIFA 11 it says behind the striker, though I have seem him play lw and also st. So does anyone know his BEST position

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05 Dec 2010 11:01:48
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ED, I keep reading about Damien Comolli and that all of his transfer targets are French or playing in French football. Surely this is just paper talk and all of our targets are not from french football which is not exactly the strongest of leagues at the moment.
I will reserve judgement on Comolli until after a couple of transfer windows but i'm not entirley excited by his potential influence on Liverpool, what is your thoughts on him?

Mannzer {ed's note - considering our scouts have been all over the world scouting potential targets, I think we can safely say all the talk of targets in French football are just lazy journalism. I am pleased to see that Comolli has been taking the time to check out the reserves and academy players as well, just to keep an eye on them and make sure that any players targeted are better than what we have coming through.}

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05 Dec 2010 10:54:30
I was talking to a lad who said that Rooney went for some trials at LFC years ago and turned up in his Everton kit (he's a big fan), and was given a load of verbal abuse by the guy running the sessions- and that it played a large part in him signing for Everton rather than us.
So some big mouthed d*ck at the Academy effectively stopped us signing the best English attacker of his generation, and he ended up at Manure instead.
So if and when Honda turns up in his Tokyo FC kit (or whatever), will the same clown be allowed to shoot of his stupid mouth and give him stick because he didn't grow up as an LFC fan?
At least they seem to be realising now that its jsut as important not to have idiots working at the Academy as it is at Melwood and the rest of the club. We could have had Rooney unlocking defences and playing balls in for Torres. F***.

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05 Dec 2010 10:35:27
Liverpool Rumours
Ed, do you think Elmander could be on his way to us? considering coyle seem`s to realise that he will be moving somewhere. {ed's note - I don't think he is on the way to us mate.}If it meant we didn't buy carlton bloody cole then i would welcome the lad

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05 Dec 2010 09:58:29
Did anyone see the Tevez sulk yesterday? I hope our team never gets like this.

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05 Dec 2010 09:58:25
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I hope, Liverpool are looking at Adam Barton from Preston. . He has lots of potential and can be a very good signing as for as future is concern. . I hope, we get him before any one else steps up with a bid. . What are your thoughts, frnz. . I believe ed, hasn't seen him, yet as he has said that before. .

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05 Dec 2010 06:33:22
Liverpool Rumours
After Javo scored against Steau he was pointing to his bagde and the ground - sure he was making a statement 'I'm staying put'. So forget about him going to Anderlecht. Anderlecht are skint so if you think Javo will take a drop in wages to move, or that they can afford him, then forget it. Only way this would happen is if we paid X% of his wages - which I can't see - unless it was on understanding of some preference on Lukaku. However Anderlecht will cash in on Lukaku because they need to. Personally I'd like to see Javo get more game time; he's direct and goes right at teams (was called 'the snake' at Standaard) - let's at least let the lad have his chance.

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05 Dec 2010 05:52:50
An ideal LFC team .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Reina. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . .Johnson. . .Kelly. . . Agger. . . Taiwo. . . .

Johnson. . . .Gerrard. . .Meireles. . . . .Honda

. . . . . . . . .Torres. . . . .Falcoa. . . . . . . . .


I would hope to see an LFC team of that capacity soon using either the players mentioned or equally talented players . The formation 4-4-2 has to be the way forward for LFC , now many teams are trying to play with only 1 striker we can set ourselves apart with an outright 4-4-2 system using 2 specialist strikers , a throwback to the days of the 'Bootroom' . Hopefully we will be seeing such attacking prowess within the next 12 months .

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05 Dec 2010 05:38:08
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I can see us buying 5 players in the window. A new CD to help cover the injury of Carra, and the likely departure of Agger. A LM with no natural player there. A ST as backup for Torres. A LB to deal with Konchesky's poor performances and Aurelio's constant injuries and finally a CM, with Hodgson clearly looking for one.
Firstly sales, and the likelihood is that Dan Agger will leave in January for Inter Milan. Forget what Dan says, he just doesn't want a bunch of rumours flying round, let's look at the facts. He's a better defender than Skrtel, yet doesn't play. He said, and I quote "Maybe if I were to play long balls I might get picked" so clearly he is unhappy with Hodgson. Inter want a new CD after the loss of Walter Samuel for the season and Rafa is a big fan of the Dane. A fee of around £8m would probably be enough to take him from us.
There is also a possibility of Ryan Babel and Fabio Aurelio leaving in January, with Babel yet to really show his worth, but training really hard and Aurelio 2nd in Hodgson's mind to Konchesky, and Insua is likely to stay with us and Oscar Wendt being heavily linked.
Signings:
The LB role is possibly the easiest, with Oscar Wendt constantly linked and all going quiet, my thoughts tell me a deal may have been done, around £4m the price.
CD will 100% see us put a bid in for Ryan Shawcross, but don't get your hopes up. The guy DID play for Man Utd after all and Stoke aren't likely to want to sell. I have read that Lucas may be used as a sweetener for the deal, so I'd guess around £5m + Lucas.
CM has seen us linked with Blaise Matuidi, Yann M'Vila and so forth, but I think we all know that it is likely to be Keisuke Honda, with NESV stating that players commercial value will be taken into account when signing them and Honda being huge in Japan would increase our merchandising sales in Asia heavily.
LM has again seen a few players linked. Personally I think the Adam Johnson rumours are ridiculous, with him constantly playing well for Man City and even pushing his way into the England squad there. Nothing short of dreamers. Ashley Young could happen, but he's very ball-greedy and looks for the shot rather than the pass, not good for a winger. Dimitri Payet and Arda Turan therefore are the likely players who we will get, with Arda my choice of player. He's a Liverpool fan and would give 110% for the club, can score as well as assist and could probably get him for around £9m.
Finally the strikers, and I think that anyone thinking we're gonna get Karim Benzema is dreaming. He's a lazy player who will play when he can be bothered, very similar to Berbatov. Antoine Riviere of Saint-Etienne has been linked, with a small £5m fee the rumoured price tag. Also heard rumours of Pavlyuchenko, Keane, C. Cole, and just about any other striker on this planet though, so it will probably be false. Either way I don't think anyone knows who we will be getting there, although it is likely to be C. Cole if we're being completely honest :(

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05 Dec 2010 03:50:15
Liverpool Rumours
A lot of people here think we will sign a lot of players in Jan but i seriously dout it will happen.

If i was to guess id think we would sign 2 players in Jan for example players like Honda and Nzogbia that kind of signing.

Then in the summer we could sign 4-6 players ontop of that. Also we won't sign huge name players for over the top prices it will be young players coming in for the future.

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05 Dec 2010 03:45:06
John W Henry noted on his twitter page that an LFC blog to keep track of the many tranfer rumours and future transfer successes should be set up , within hours one has , it is a Twitter page - a Facebook page and a Blog . It might be worth keeping tabs on - redrumourslfc.blogspot.com

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05 Dec 2010 01:30:34
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Damien Comoll in the Telegraph. . .

"My feeling about it is that in this economic recession there are so many clubs that are in trouble abroad, more than England. These clubs are under enormous pressure to sell. So this January window could be a very different window from what we have seen previously".
"Players that we would never have thought would be available could be. So that's why we are working away, thinking that if there is the right opportunity we should do it. Strange things could happen, " he said. . .Lets hope so!
China Red

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05 Dec 2010 01:21:12
People on here saying they wouldn't have joey barton i would hes a class act just his poor atitude but i think his stint in jail has sorted that out

What, ''sorted that out''? he punched Blackburn midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen only three weeks ago! The guy is a complete and utter thug and i personaly do not want him any where near Liverpool

didnt that stuff happen all the time in the 70s 80s onlt because of the media it gets picked up just because he does the odd stupid thing doesn't mean he aint good enough

OH, i didn't think of that, because it happened in the 70's and 80's it must be ok then? And this has nothing to do with ability, he brings shame to every club he plays, has Liverpool not been in the press enough the last few years and lets also not forget the amount of wages he takes each week whilst sitting on the bench unable to play because of another suspension, i am VERY surprised that a Liverpool fan would even consider such a yob for our great club, do you not want to protect the great image that was built for our great club by Shankly and Paisley? Those guys would never have considered such a hooligan! !

The Sculptor

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05 Dec 2010 00:36:18
Liverpool Rumours
Hodgson will likely stay on until the end of the season unless we descend into the lower half of the table again. If that were to happen I think Kenny Dalglish would step in as interim. But it is more likely that Roy will be with us until June.

However, I believe once NESV get a CEO in place (predicted to finish their search up by January) the search for a new long term manager will commence. Many on this site like Boas and ed likes O'Driscoll. But if it were me I would go for Michael Laudrup.

Laudrup is young and would be in it for the long term. His sides play very stylish, attacking football. He also has the respect of pretty much all of european football and players would love to play for him.

The Dane just joined Mallorca in the summer but he would likely be very willing to move to LFC in the summer. He gets my vote. What do all of you think? Ed is it safe to say that Laudrup would be one of the first candidates for the job?
Anfield Rapstar {ed's note - Laudrup would be one of my first choices certainly.}

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05 Dec 2010 00:24:28
Liverpool Rumours
Isn't it odd that Roy Hodgson is such a fan of Scandinavians but our best one, Daniel the Dane, does not fit into his plans?

Anfield Rapstar

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05 Dec 2010 00:15:52
04 Dec 2010 20:08:59 ""People on here saying they wouldn't have joey barton i would hes a class act""

Notwithstanding that the bloke is a liability and would spend half the season suspended (or in prison), he isn't actually very good.

RED LENIN

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04 Dec 2010 23:51:53
04 Dec 2010 22:54:32
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Liverpool are locked in talks with Inter Milan to sign striker Victor Obinna once his loan deal at West Ham comes to an end.
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I'd rather have cole than him, and that's saying something!
i want neither and we won't sign neither. i would not mind cole as a third choice striker if we sign a top class 2nd striker. but then again i rate ngog higher and he's an awful lot younger and can develop to a top player.

but all in all you have either made it up or copied it from Caughtoffside or from some other lazy jouno website. or your even a manc who is still crying over losing to westham!

Harry5:)

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