Liverpool Banter Archive May 08 2014

08 May 2014 23:48:16
Lallana is a top top player and improving all the time. A wonderful player on the ball that can open up a stubborn defense and has an eye for goal. He is suited to a quick attacking game and patient possession game. I cannot rate him highly enough. If we do sign him I will be delighted. ozzes quailty the boy'

Totally agree Big Al, I really hope we get him. I'd feel our transfer window would be off to an outstanding start then

08 May 2014 21:46:42
ED001, Do you see many of the reserve team/youngsters being brought through to the 1st team next season?

08 May 2014 21:26:58
Hiya eds do you think any big or popular names will be coming to anfield in the summer? Also is there a list somewhere on here of who we have definite interest in?

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea what you would consider big or popular. You should read the posts about interest.}

Search "summary" and scroll down

08 May 2014 20:57:52
Evening all, How many people agree that Lucas and Agger will be sold in the summer?
This is not based on my opinion of either player just that Gerrard has moved to Lucas's role in the team and Agger looks like he is not trusted as much by Rodgers as he used to be.
Thoughts?

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

We need to keep Lucas. Champions league experience is massive next season.

Agger yes, but lucas? why?

I think Lucas would be a great backup defensive mid, but his pace is poor for BR's style. I think he will stay, but strictly as backup. If Agger goes I will be sad

MikeD86, I am not saying that I want him to go fella, just that I think he will.
I don't think Lucas can play any other position apart from defensive midfielder.
In my opinion he has not looked as good in the last 2 games as the narrow part of the diamond where Hendo normally plays.
If he is happy to rotate with Gerrard next year then brilliant but I have a feeling he may want to play every week.

Lol, I and everyone else has been saying it for years (lucas is a distinctly average player) but on here he was the best thing since sliced bread, i'm glad some of you are now taking the red glasses off and seeing sense.thats all

09 May 2014 08:08:10
Afraid there is no sentiment in football.
We have to make some improvements in defence for next season. Ed02 has said we have 9 CB's in the books. Obviously if we were to buy any more for this position then some will have to be moved on.
I can see BR making massive changes in the back line next season. Lots of players moving on and players coming in.
IMO a quality LB will arrive. Flanno moved onto the right. Enrique, Johnson, Coates, Agger and Skirtle could all go.
There is some great talent in the reserves to come through. Maybe loans will be used until these future stars are ready to make there break through.
As for Lucas, great servant to the club. Never complained when not played or been played out of position. Great player still and I would keep him for next season.
What ever the future holds in BR I trust.

vrcomp
Y.N.W.A.

The word. Lucas was a better player than mascherano, and every one loved him for years.

It's clear that early on in the season when he was injured.Liverpool missed him greatly. It was far too easy for teams to get in the gap between our midfield and defense.

09 May 2014 10:08:50
Bobarton

You got to be kidding, Mascherano was argubly the best DM in Europe, when he was with Liverpool. He was a beast. Rock Solid in the middle.

Essien and makele were playing for chelsea at this time Home Fan, you might want to rethink that statement.

Mascherano was quite overrated by liverpoool fans. notice he now plays CB for barca or doesn't get a game.

{Ed001's Note - when you can't even beat the extremely average Busquets to a place, then you know you are not as good as you thought!}

09 May 2014 14:57:21
ED01, I contradict, But then Y is he playing as CB, One of the most important position?, Shortage of CB at Barca?. You simply don't play Lucas at CB, If you don't have trust in him. Javi Martinez is being played at CB, He is a real gem player.
And BTW, Busquets is a pretty good player.
A club like Barca would never take a gamble on positions which are very important.

{Ed001's Note - you clearly have absolutely no idea what you are jabbering on about, as usual. Barcelona play him at centre back because they have little choice, they do have a major shortage of centre halves at Barca, as everyone knows full well. That is why Yaya Toure often played there for them while there, why Mash plays there, when he can get a game, as well.}

09 May 2014 14:59:10
Bobarton

Ohh yes, then I checked found Alex Song warming the bench and coudnt get pass Busquets?

{Ed001's Note - you make it sound like that means something, when Song is a truly awful player.}

09 May 2014 15:14:50
Ed01, So Masch is a poor player, Song is another one, Apart from Lucas everyone are overated.
Lucas is a good player. I like him for the loyalty he has shown over the years. But then you ll have to drop Gerrard, We cannot have 2 holding players in the same team.

{Ed001's Note - it is like talking to a 5 year old! You have no understanding of any conversation , jump to idiotic conclusions and talk utter nonsense. What the hell has any of this got to do with dropping Gerrard? Only in your mind would there be any connection!}

Ed 001

as a point of digression. why did barca buy song? I never looked into it at the time.it was such an unusual purchase.

{Ed001's Note - desperation I think.}

09 May 2014 15:47:46
Barca do buy some average players. Neymar is the latest, They are linked with Agger.

08 May 2014 20:34:06
Ed any interest in Marta? She would be perfect for us, wouldn't struggle with a work permit either?

08 May 2014 20:24:56
This season reminds me of the year Blackburn won the league. Manchester United blew the title by drawing 0-0 against West Ham.
One could say Liverpool's chihuahuas are in a similar position to that Man Utd. We have a core of good youngsters and we have a young ambitious manager. I think we have to try and follow a similar path football wise. We need to strengthen sensibly whilst maintaining a good spirit in the squad.

09 May 2014 09:58:02
I would take it back to 1991/92 season for them it was the first season under fergie they got close in the league they had to win at anfield to win the league we won 2-0 but they went on after that to win everything for the next 2 decades we'll not everything but as Brendan would say they were definately in the conversation with everything but I must warn fellow reds it took them about 4 years to find their way to challenging in the league and European cup and that was having the biggest budget in the whole league before city and Chelsea got their billions.

08 May 2014 19:50:05
I was at the player of the year awards on Tuesday and some of the team behaved like it was a funeral, mainly Hendo and Luis. Anyone concerned about the impact of this season on squad mentality? I also feel Suarez may leave. Excellent season though, to be in with a chance on the final day is exceptional.

Well the players are just gutted for getting so far, but just missing out. Suarez has a reason to be upset, as he has done nothing wrong, but the defence has let him and the team down. Henderson is/ was probably upset due to missing out on the games, so may put blame on himself. But he is also quite shy. You are probably reading too much into it after such a result.

Maybe the Chelsea defeat was fresh in their minds. To be honest, to lose at home needing 7 points from 3 games to win the league, it's no wonder they were cheesed off.
This season should be seen as a huge positive. We are back in the top 4, we are challenging the best teams and we will keep improving. Can't say I have any worries about the impact of this season on the players mentalities.

I'm glad they were like that, it shows it mattered.

I would be really cheesed off if they were all happy and smiley!

It was the day after the palace game, I was sad then too!

08 May 2014 18:44:21
Do you guys think its going to be hendo in for Lucas for the newcastle game, then same team?

Also, I'd like to see teixera on the bench, had a good game vs Fulham, if we do go a couple up and city are winning, its a perfect time to give him some game time!

08 May 2014 19:46:40
Of-course, Gerrard, Allen and Hendo in the dimanod

They're in there most nights I've heard, p*ssed as farts!

08 May 2014 18:27:06
Hy Ed its dissapointing that lfc might not won epl.bt its life u have to face tgese things. I m here to ask u wht your opinion on the news in which rodgers sad he will sign 5 to 6 quality playes. Is he get that much of fundz to sign these playes and any big name u ecpect will join lfc in summer.
thanx and all the best to boys for Sunday. Hope ther s another twist in tail.

{Ed002's Note - You need to read the posts.}

08 May 2014 17:59:24
To Ed's. now monaco are in the champions league. Will they be in pot 4? and knowing we are in pot 3 . We could have a group of Madrid(either), dortmund, Liverpool and monaco.
Now that would be a group I would want after being out of it for so long.

Ynwa

{Ed002's Note - Nothing has been finalised as the licenses have yet to be issued.}

08 May 2014 17:26:41
wat about lallana?
heard that he's willing for an Anfield switch?
can you clear dis up?
Thnx in advance.

{Ed002's Note - Use the search engine.}

08 May 2014 16:15:27
Red
Tello is coming 24 august, hell be 24 if he.plays for us, that's your theory squashed. Is he a decent player? Yes, is he an improvement to our starting 11, definitely not' like edd said, only one wide player will likely be bought' would I want him say over the Ukrainian player? No. We need 3 quailty players to help us push on next season that are affordable and top quality. Tello might be affordable but he is not top quality IMO ;)

Well said Big Al. Tello is in no way an improvement on what we already have in the squad. Would rather see Ibe being given a chance next season. If we can get that Ukrainian winger for around 15 million, it would be a coup. Watched him play recently and his work rate is incredible, a bit like Willian but with a better end product for half the price. No brainer for me.
Like the eds constantly happen to repeat, the club is looking at a LB, LWM and a CM to slot right into the first team. Coentrao, the ukrainian guy and Xhaka imo would be brilliant additions to the first team.

IndianB
My concern is that the interest has waned, I hope we push for him again. I really rate the player. Excellent footballer

08 May 2014 17:10:53
Adam Llalana woudl do it for me on the LW position over any ukranian, A front four of Sterling / suso / countinho, Llalana, Sturridge and Suarez would be awesome.
We also need a top class CM, A goal scoring CM, like Modric or Yaya

"A goal scoring CM like Modric"
When did that happen?

Chris haha
Harry that's were we get lost with you, we were discussing realistic targets, possible ones' yaya or modric? Never happening''

08 May 2014 15:39:31
Can anyone see Suso pushing for a place in the starting XI next year? I think he'd be perfect in our current formation, he could play in the 3 alongside Gerrard and Henderson because I feel he's got the legs over Lucas when it comes to pressing and winning the ball back and could offer a better end product than Allen (not having a go at Allen, he keeps the ball well I just think he could be a bit more clinical with his final pass and goal return) or he could play in behind the forwards at the tip of a diamond alternating between Coutinho and Sterling. I kmow he's played out wide for Almeria but I just think he'd be fantastic more centrally. Just hope we don't let him go because the lads a special talent

I think he will provide great competition for places and shake things up a little with his ability on the ball. This may force Henderson & Allen into more reserved roles, competing with Gerrard and Lucas for those 2 central positions.

Assuming everyone is fit/available, I don't see him as a starting 11 player, no.

He's only got 5 positions he could probably play in (the back six being GK, the defense, and Gerrard) and of those I would imagine Sturridge, Suarez, and Henderson are all in front of him, leaving only 2 left for which he will be competing against a minimum of Sterling/Coutinho/Allen/et al and potentially 2 new players as well.

08 May 2014 16:44:16
Suso push Henderson to a more reserved role?

, now I have seriously heard it all. In my opinion Henderson is the first name in our line-up and obviously Brendan Rodgers thinks so too.

The only out field player to play every single minute of the PL season before his suspension. Suso will play as a nr.10 or on the RW so he would be giving Sterling and Coutinho fights for their places.

Nothing to do with Henderson or Allen, he hasn't played centrally once this entire season for Almeria either sooo.

08 May 2014 17:00:14
It could even be said if hendo wasn't suspended we may have won the title.

I think we would've Tommy. Big big loss the Hendo sending off.

Have to agree with Tommy and Ozone on this one. That red was, in my opinion, very costly unfortunately. Lots of other moments could be picked as well though, I suppose. Ifs and buts.

I have a feeling Suso will end up leaving.

When I said Henderson in a reserved role, I simply meant by position on the pitch i.e no.6 & no.8 instead of playing as the 3rd midfielder which he has a lot this season.

I meant not to insinuate that Henderson will lose his place in the starting 11 to Suso.

A very week squad if an average player is out for a couple of weeks and the team crumbles. don't you think!

I think anyone that has watched Liverpool this season will tell you that Henderson is a lot better than an "average" player, he's been one of our best and most consistent performers and arguably one of the first names on the team sheet and if you want proof of that look at what we lack without him

The word. Suso was loaned out this year mate.

The thing is it's not always about what the players ability but what he adds to the team for what he brings to it.

I'd agree Henderson being out not only meant someone else starting but also a change in formation to what we were doing successfully.

Henderson being out we have conceded 7 goals (Norwich x 2, Chelsea x 2 and Palace x 3); so in 34 games we concede 42 goals (ave 1.23 to 2.33 with Henderson out for the 3 games).

I agree I think we would've won the league if Henderson had been available.

To be fare henderson doesn't protect the back 4. he presses high not sit back, which is the reason why we have still let in goals while he has played. I can't remember many time where he has made a tackle that made me think he just prevented a goal. so to say not having him resulted into conceding those goals is a false claim.

which on of the chelsea goals could he have possibly prevented? those were DM mistake and defensive(as in back 4) mistakes for being rash & pressing to high.
the goals vs palace.
goal 1. was scored by a deflected shot from distance. most of the goals we have conceded were from outside the box…was hendo playing yes.
goal 2. we got caught on the counter attack, wide open haven't we conceded goals on the counter with henderson playing? city comes to mind.
goal 3. was a ball over the top, rcb got caught in no mans land and rb was a spectator. is henderson a rb or cb?. no

I'm not bashing henderson, he is a starter all day but my point is henderson isn't superman. these are the things that happened and even is hendo played I can't see what he could have done to prevent any of those goals we conceded in our last two games (as they happened). norwich doesn't count because lucas' pass got us the winning penalty(if you guys forgot).

Different games will require different formations, tactics etc. With the CL footy. We will require squad depth.

I could see suso playing in high tempo games that we may wish to slow down, or games where we may want to overload the midfield.

Overrall I think there will be plenty of game time for loanees who are returning.

09 May 2014 09:52:56
Henderson didn't play against norwich, and Lucas pass was vs Westham, and I gurantee some of the goals would have been stopped, he is in my opinion one of the best players to press and hassle opponents which would have resulted in less crosses, less shots = less goals. I love Lucas but as a DM, when he was 5 years younger and much healthier he couldn't cope with a box to box role, I somehow doubt he could now in the long run. Hendo is a beast

08 May 2014 14:59:41
can somebody give me some info on jack dunn, how good he is, will he make it ect.

Any Eds or reds

He strikes me as an English Suso, he has good technique and is able to play midfield and attack. He is bullish in possession with an eye for goal.

I like Jack Dunn and reckon he has every chance of appearing in the first team before he turns 21 years of age.

Smith, Rossiter, Ibe and Jones are the pick of the Acedamy for me as most likely to make it to the first team. All have a way to go though.

08 May 2014 16:49:12
No chance. No pace. Greedy. Injury prone.

08 May 2014 17:03:29
Fanatic, get a grip he is 19.

If something Flanagans performances this season has taught me it's never to write off a promising youngster.

Dunn is actually pretty quick so don't know which dunn you're talking about, and he runs tirelessly for 90 minutes, has a rocket left foot and scores all sorts of goals. Selfish? Isn't a striker supposed to be?
Injury prone? now without you personally working at the club their is nothing you can say to back that up, he has Played quiet a lot this season and I can only remember him missing 2 or 3 games tops, and he is the U-21 top scorer.

Jack Dunn is nothing like Suso. You sure you know who Jack Dunn is TheRedWire?

A lot of the U21 players have impressed me however Rossitor just looks so good and the best player on the park when I watch him; if he continues to develop how he is then he's going to be amazing.

Fanatic please the guy has pace and he plays as a lone striker.

08 May 2014 11:39:12
Any interest in Inigo Martinez Eds?
Presumably only if Agger leaves?

{Ed002's Note - Search engine.}

08 May 2014 13:10:03
Fair play to Russell Brand:

I don't like his act, I find his public persona intensely annoying. However, after successfully suing the media publication we all hate for publishing lies about him, he has announced he will be donating the damages to the Hillsbrough Justice Campaign.

Nice one Russell. Hope your team wins on Sunday ;-)

08 May 2014 12:41:47
Is Skrtel really the weak link?

Skrtel
Games played - 35 (3132 mins)
Passing accuracy - 1689 @ 90.6%
Tackles won - 36 of 49 (73.5%)
Duels won - 191 of 286 (66.8%)
Aerial duels won - 124 of 179 (69.3%)
Clearances - 400
Interceptions - 61
Blocks - 37

Terry
Games played - 34 (3060 mins)
Passing accuracy - 1709 @ 90.1%
Tackles won - 18 of 29 (62.1%)
Duels won - 145 of 217 (66.8%)
Aerial duels won - 103 of 156 (66%)
Clearances - 224
Interceptions - 36
Blocks - 20

Kompany
Games played - 27 (2275 mins)
Passing accuracy - 1104 @ 88%
Tackles won - 43 of 61 (70.5%)
Duels won - 117 of 176 (66.5%)
Aerial duels won - 34 of 44 (77.3%)
Clearances - 137
Interceptions - 54
Blocks - 14

If you look at the stats above you will see that Terry has played almost as many minutes as Skrtel, but why do you think Skrtel has made almost double the amount of clearances, almost double the amount of interceptions and almost double the amount of blocks than Terry?

Could it be anything to do with the fact that he has been under double the amount of pressure with the "open" style of play we have been playing?

On average Skrtel has been forced to make 11.4 clearances per game this season. that's almost the same amount as Terry (6.5) and Kompany (5.0) put together.

Believe it or not but that is also more clearances than Caulker (8.6), Amorebieta (8.4) and Bassong (7.2) have had to make per game this season, and all three of their clubs have been relegated.

How can a team challenging for the title be under just as much, if not more defensive pressure than the 3 relegated teams?

Simply because we don't defend well as a team. Our fullbacks are always too far up the pitch and there is no defensive support from midfield. Too many times do we see our centre backs exposed which quite often leads to a goal or mistake from the centre backs.

No disrespect to Johnson, Flanagan or Gerrard, but I believe that defensively these 3 players let down the team.

Let me explain. Johnson is excellent when it comes to attacking, but defensively he is not good enough. He is often caught out of position and he doesn't have the energy to be bombing up and down the flanks as he used to.

Flanagan is good when he sticks to defending, but for me he doesn't offer much when going forward, so why play him so far up the pitch? Our playing style requires fullbacks that can offer both attacking and defensive qualities.

Gerrard still has so much to offer the team. His passing range, set pieces and his leadership is essential, but it wouldn't do any harm to push him a little further forward to make room for a defensive midfielder.

It may also surprise you that despite being under much more defensive pressure than our rivals we have only conceded an average of 12.9 shots per game. Chelsea have conceded an average of 10.4 shots per game and City have conceded an average of 9.6 shots per game. Just think, how many shots has Skrtel alone prevented with his 400 clearances?

Over the course of the season Sakho has made 136 clearances, Toure has made 147 clearances and Agger has made 106. Add Skrtel's 400 and That's 789 clearances by our central defenders over the course of the season. That's an average of 21 clearances per game. Add to that the blocks, duels, aerial duels, Interceptions, tackles, etc then you will understand why mistakes are made.

Give Skrtel a break, he has been a rock for us this season, and under the circumstances he has done a very good job. It is no coincidence that all of our centre backs have looked poor this season. It doesn't matter who plays at centre back if they don't get defensive support from their team mates they are going to struggle.

Red Rum

You make a very good case. However, stats don't always tell the whole story. Skrtel makes others around him worse due to his lack of commuinication, inability to cover people and his rash defensive movements (charging out to make a block he isn't going to get to etc.).

Although the stats for his defensive actions are impressive, they completely paper over his 9 errors leading to a goal this season, and the fact he sits so deep due to his lack of pace/reading of the game that he invites pressure onto the whole team. Not to mention the amount of penalties and free kicks he has gotten away with.

He isn't bad, but he is too slow and too error prone. In the premier league, 1 error is all it takes to cost you a game.

You can base your opinion solely on quantitative data if you want. However, as most have pointed out, Skrtel is ok when sitting deep, because it's a more compact structure his lack of pace and decision making are rarely punished. The clearances have come from a period in the game when we've been under pressure in the final 20 so you expect clearances to be made. Again, most people have pointed out that Srktel is good in the air, so is Peter Crouch. shall we sign him up and drop sturridge because he's better in the air? What I, and many others are more worried about are his mental attributes, stuff that can't really be learned: Decision making (nil); Leadership (nil); positional sense (nil). These are all key attributes for a CB & Skrtel is blessed with neither.

Lies, dam lies and statistics as the man once said

87.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

A strong case in favor of Skrtel. But, I think it is important to look at the reason for Skrtel being forced into so many defensive actions. Is it down to Skrtel being out of position in the first place?

I completely agree with Red-Rum that we defend poorly as a team. Due to the way we play, we are bound to make mistakes and these mistakes obviously leads to goals. It would be interesting to see the defensive statistics for our midfielders (Gerrard, Lucas, Henderson, Allen, Coutinho & Sterling); especially how many mistakes they have lead to us conceding.

What the stats do show is that Skrtel can defend. What he needs is a leader next to him.

If you put Skrtel along side Terry (for example) you would get the best out of him.

He needs a leader next to him to ensure that he and the back line stay in check.

Sakho for me is very similar. His lack of leadership and concentration means that he is also sometimes found wanting.

So how do we address this issue? Do we bring in a leader to play along side Skrtel or do we bring in a leader to play along side Sakho?

I would expect Sakho to be favoured considering he has only been here a season following his £16m transfer. He also has time on his side as he is only 24 years old.

My point is that if Skrtel is to leave it will not be because of his defending ability, and you must take into consideration the key factors as to why defensive mistakes have been made.

Red Rum

Found an interesting statistic about Skrtel that got me thinking. Does the entire season revolve around our Slovakian? If you take the number of games played 37, add his squad number 37, and add the goals he's scored 7. You get 81,,, the amount of points we've got so far. Statistically amazing

I completely agree with your post Red-Rum. Skrtel is an excellent defender, the number of times he has bailed us out with last ditch challenges or headers this season is unreal.

I feel that Skrtel suffers, just like any other right sided centre back would, if they had Glen Johnson playing outside them.
The amount of time that Skrtel has to try and do his job aswell as Johnson's is way to often.
Even when Toure was playing right side CB earlier in the season he was having to cover for Johnson.
This might have something to do with the amount of clearances he has to make.
The right back needs to be able to get back into position.
I do wonder if Brendan was trying to cure this by splitting the centre backs and dropping Stevie in the gap?

He's had a good season; however (sorry remembering Alan Hansen); having someone (all be it inexperienced) like Llori next to Sakho would be interesting for me.

He has pace to burn so we could play higher up the field (if needed) and is an excellent passer. Is he ready - not sure but he could be the answer and I hope he is.

Damn those stats, most of our goals + shots have been conceded on the right side (defensively).

08 May 2014 12:28:30
Young players,

Does anyone know of any good sites/articles that rate the youth players in the Academy.

Im interested to know player by player how they developed this season.

Who can we expect to see on loan.?

Who could/Should be banging on the first team door next season?

I don't know of any sites, but having watched most of the games by the U-21's this season and some U-18's games, I can offer my thoughts.

I think McLaughlin and Brad Smith will be out on loan next season, probably to the championship. They are both excellent attacking modern day full backs, but need to improve defensively.

Jack Dunn has been playing well; having played most of this season as a striker. He is similar to a younger Henderson in that he is a jack of all trades but ace of none; yet! He is probably the closest to the first team along with McLaughlin and Smith, who we will surely see a lot of during pre-season. Lloyd Jones is another excellent young player and now the U-21 captain at 18. Unfortunately for Lloyd, he plays in a position, where it is difficult to break into the first squad.

Unfortunately, a number of these youngsters will be moving on and I think we will see Sama, Roddan, Adorjan, Bijev, Jakub Sokolik, Samed Yesil and Ngoo all leave in the summer.

If I am being brutally honest, I really can't see anyone else from the current U-21's except the 4 I mentioned earlier making it to the first team. However, there are a number of very well thought of youngsters in the U-18's who will be playing regularly with the U-21's next season. They are: Seyi Ojo, Ryan Kent, Harry Wilson, Jerome Sinclair, Alex O'Hanlon, Sergi Canos, Ryan Fulton, Pedro Chirivella and Jordan Rossiter (who is already a regular at U-21s).

08 May 2014 16:19:29
Brilliant summary AG. Did you forget Brannagan or don't you rate him? I think he looks like a real talent :)
And Pelosi before his horror injury looked very promising.

I didn't forget Brannagan or Pelosi Kotomoto. Pelosi I haven't mentioned because we needs to see how he gets on next season before commenting and Brannagan is a good little player, but honestly, unless he develops one or two parts of his game, I fear he will not make it.

Craug Roddan was very well liked in the academy, much like Jay Spearing, but they had only one standout quality which was work rate, and right now, Brannagan is similar. He plays in a different position ofcourse.

So are you discounting Carlos teixeira? Or assuming he's already in the first team picture?

08 May 2014 12:26:59
Edds, would you's ever consider only having.Liverpool fans on Liverpool page, man united on their own page, throughout the banter forums? Asking generally, no cryptic afterthought, thanks

{Ed007's Note - No.}

Impossible to police, especially if Manchester United have a poor run of form, their fans would have to re-register ;-)

Ken
Haha, they would indeed!

Lol u have to laugh bond, big AL is always over on our page and now they have blown it he's a bit upset with banter back, grow a pair lad, dnt give it out if u can't take it back :-)

Is that what Sydney is doing now CTR?

"don't give it out if you can't take it back"

08 May 2014 09:13:15
Well Ed1 just a quick one there
I know the eds have stated there is no set budget when it comes to transfers, but with the great season the Pool is having do you think the owners will restrict amount of money for rodgers, ayre and co to spend on targets ie lb, cm, wf as they have done so well with the squad we have at the moment or do you think it will be the otherside of the coin and if a better quality of player became available and we were interested ie now because of champ league they would allow the above to spend that more?
bit of a conundrum when you think about both sides, any thoughts on it bud?

{Ed001's Note - they have never really restricted money all that much, despite the club making huge losses. I would expect them to continue in the same vein, while looking to increase income to cover for those losses instead. I don't expect them to give the greenlight to a massive spending spree, nor completely block all spending. I expect them to continue to try and be sensible and target the right players at the right price.}

Hopefully a couple of shrewd quality additions and I think we are nearly there.
cheers and thanks for the reply

FSG have made money available.

2 or 3 quality buys and bring the kids through. Don't need too much at all. Happy days

08 May 2014 08:30:51
So all our hopes are now on a certain Mr A Carroll from West Ham. On his day unplayable butheonly has one or two of them a season, Can he have one this weekend?
Early goal for West Ham would be nice.

I think he needs a phone call from from stevie or Brendan ;)

Hopefully Kevin Nolan will whip them up into a frenzy and do the honours!

08 May 2014 07:28:57
Hi Ed

Your opinion on how borini has played this season & if you think he is good enough for us next season?

{Ed001's Note - he has popped up with important goals and shown a real heart and desire to win. Plus he has balls, stepping up and taking penalties when only on loan, none of the rest of the team were stepping up to take them. Some of his play has been excellent, not just his movement off the ball and workrate, but his passing and vision have also been good. I think he is about as good as we will get in a 3rd striker, and will enable us to rest other players throughout the season.}

Borini will not play as 3rd choice striker. That's exactly why he went to sunderland, so that he could play week in week out. More than likely he will be sold, probably to an Italian club where he is still well rated

{Ed001's Note - that wasn't why he went at all. He went because he had a difficult time with injuries and the fans were on his back. It was to give him a chance to find his form without abuse from the boo boys.}

I'm looking forward to seeing Borini next season, personally. There's been absolutely no doubt in my mind that he deserves a chance to prove himself and - like ED001 said - what more do you want from a 3rd choice striker?

I think he'll do really well for us, I genuinely do.

I agree with redmist, borini has had a good season and has shown his quality when he gets regular football, he isn't going to come back to warm the bench or be a bit part player and who can blame him, if saurez leaves it may then be a different matter

Borini can play on the wings too and I fully expect him back at LFC next season.

I thinks he's better than sturridge.

08 May 2014 11:32:03
Suarez going nowhere for the millionth time.
Borini is decent, better than sturridge? now you're obviously talking kaka.

Sturridge when fully fit is unplayable and almost as good as Suarez, you seriously have no idea what you're talking about devressdfjj. Another full season under his belt and I guarantee Sturridge will get £ 50-60 million offers from Madrid, PSG etc. Hell he has more goals pr min than Suarez, better shooting accuracy than Suarez and is 3 years younger than Suarez. 24 goals and 9 assists this season even though he has missed 10 games at least and without a proper pre-season. I think we haven't even seen Sturridge's best yet! If his name was Danilo Sturridginho he would have been called world class already! We seriously undervalue our own players which is just sad

We will see buddy. Next season borini scores more goals in all completions than sturridge. Bet is on.

Borini is an excellent player' the.lads only 23 and has the.attitude to be an important player for us' I believe him and suso if given a run of games could be revelations. Suso is a top' talent

If Suarez leaves, we will re-invest the money prudently; after all, we have the example of a certain North London club blowing away a fortune in a window.

He seems like he'll fit in perfectly! Could play wide, up top if sas need a rest or even in the top of the diamond at a push, he's got excellent work rate and composure, I think he's only going to improve!

Remember how important Kuyt was for us- I see a lot of similarities between Kuyt & Borini and that's not just the fact they both "work hard".

08 May 2014 16:28:10
I do rate Borini and would be delighted for him to deliver, but I seriously don't think he is close to Sturridge's quality. He would be a brilliant LW for us I think if we play with one upfront.

08 May 2014 20:00:07
Koto.

That's a good point you make,
On the flip side, do people think that Coutinho would be rated as highly as many believe if his name was Philippe Brown, or Jones, or Winterbottom, etc etc.

There is a lot in a name.

I don't think you can compare Sturridge and Borini.

Nor should we; I think he will offer fluid movement; get behind the opposition and can play in a number of positions; will he be in our strongest 11? Probably not but he will be in due to rotation or injuries.

Seriously we had a really good 2nd half to last season (although he didn't play much); he has the ability and aptitude to fit in and do well IMO.

08 May 2014 05:51:55
Hello Eds, I have just been reading about Mateo Kovacic and was wondering if you knew if he is likely to move this summer and if Liverpool is a realistic option?

Thank you

{Ed002's Note - Search engine please.}

08 may 2014 00:41:57
hi to all the eds and fellow reds

dear eds, i bow to you and your patience! how you read the guff churned out by fans, myself included, and remain sane is beyond me.

what is wrong with some of our fans? they accuse the team or brendan of blowing it? blowing what? get a grip! beginning of the season, a few of our own fans did not give us a realistic chance of getting top4. they'd begun criticizing the team before we even begun playing!
now, having gained so many friends worldwide, our fans are unhappy we might not win the league. can these people hear themselves talk?
the season is not over, stranger things have happened, but whatever result on sunday, we should be celebrating. cl next season! we will strengthen and be even stronger next season. suarez will be staying despite our own 'fans' beginning to write otherwise in our own forums.
remember this please fellow fans,
if we come second, there are 18 teams below us that would love to swap places with us!

sorry if i sound like a lecturer but all the negativity has got on my nerves. we are here to stay. i know, experts (lol), have already written us off for next season, but just wait and see how fast they change their tune after we blow a few teams away.

thanks for reading guys, sorry it's too long.
lucas and coutinho can have a nice rest this summer.
all the best to everyone. come on the 'ammers!
carroll, downing and nolan.
ynwa

I agree with the blowing it bit, 34 points out of 39 is not blowing it, if we drew and lost the first two games of the 11 unbeaten, then won 12 on the bounce, people would say too little too late!

I agree with both posters. We have not had a great season. We have had an AWESOME 18 months of attacking football with goal aplenty to the point of BR getting linked w/ Barca and City. The pundits, haters and some of our own "fans" gave us no hope in hell of getting top 4 not to talk about having the slimmest of chances of winning the league. I think they are just disappointed because they felt we could have won the title and made all the haters eat some crow, that`s all. They`re just venting but hopefully iit will pass. Let us not allow disappointment to cloud our wonderful 18 months of brilliant results and instead, enjoy the last moments of the season and work hard during the off-season so we can as we now say, GO AGAIN next season. Red Till I`m Dead!

I agree we had an awesome season, but the reality of the situation is we were in position to win the title and we blew it, we basically couldn't handle the pressure of the title challenge.

Brisbane LFC that's rubbish fella. Absolute rubbish.
34pts from 39 is not blowing it.
The reality of the situation is that we massively over achieved to the point where you now consider finishing second as not good enough.
That's the OLD Liverpool way returning and I am happy about that.
Put it this way. . This is the first time in the premier league era that the cameras will be at Anfield this weekend looking to see what might happen.
The task for our players is to take next season to the last day just like this season and eventually we will get over the line.
This Liverpool form (like Redohio says) has been constant for 18 months and to me shows that we are here to challenge for the long haul and not just for this season!
If you can't support us when we lose or draw then don't support us when we win!

{Ed007's Note - Does the year Blackburn won the league at Anfield not count? The cameras were certianly there that day.}

Have to agree with you Iran mate.
Whats laughable is united fans trying to take the pis lol
yesterday one guy says (Ah big slip up by gerrad) I laughed and said the biggest slip up this season is First to Seventh.
What a season they made us dream, and this nonsense you hear coming from some people this could be our best chance because other teams will strengthen. Phooey! we will strengthen too guys the size of our squad we have done fantastic this season and don't let the doom merchants bring you down.

Ed007.er no:)