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02 Oct 2014 10:44:05
Can I just remind people that our bad preformances at the moment are nothing to do with the lack of Suarez as he is still banned and will be for the rest of this month. Also if we had kept him we may not have some of the signings that are/were preforming well (Manquillo, Moreno, Lallana and Can). Another thing is that regardless of if Suarez was here or not, Sturridge would probably still be injured and we would have the choice of only Lambert and Borini up front, and to be honest a team with that strike force does not deserve to be anywhere near the top 8, let alone the top 4. So maybe, just maybe, our preformances are to do with a mix of poor defensive coaching, a change in formation and style and having to play some players who at the moment are not cutting the mustard i.e. Balotelli and Markovic who most likely wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for the Suarez sale. What should have happened once he was sold was that he was replaced by a few high quality and experienced players not a host of inexpereinced young talent, who are good for the future but not good enough at this moment in time (a little fact for you, the average age of Liverpools signings this summer was 23, which is in my opinion 4 years to young).
29 Sep 2014 11:04:26
I am really hoping that when Ilori comes back, Rodgers plans on playing him. He, from what I have seen of him at Bordeaux, Sporting and Granada, looks like a very composed young player, not Sterling composed, but good enough. He has a lot of pace, quicker than Ronaldo was when he was at the Sporting academy, and his passing is exceptionally good for someone so young and in his position, he looks like he is being developed into a ball playing centre back which is something that Sakho and Skrtel do not provide us with. He, after this season, will have been at the club for two years without playing a full 90 minutes so Rodgers needs to decide whether he is the top youngster he was touted to be when he was brought in. Even if he isn't good enough initially he looks to have the ability to get a place on the bench ahead of Toure, which obviosly isn't hard but he will fight to get into the team unlike Toure who won't mind siting there and soaking up the wages. If and hopefully when he comes back I want Rodgers to play him in the cups and maybe start to play him when he has proved himself in training, which by my reckoning wouldn't take long.
{Ed001's Note - why are you having a go at Toure? He wants to stay and play, not sit on the bench, but doesn't want to just slip down the levels while he still feels he is good enough to play at the top. What is your problem with that?}