foofighter23 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 i'd read that also ^^ hopefully it is true and it gets rectified. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebirds4life Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Drogba and Anelka reportedly released Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofighter23 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 just read elsewhere anelka and drogba are available on a free. surely we should look into this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamPook Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Was just thinking about Drogba.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRJ Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'd take either of them, I doubt Drogba would come to us but I don't think Anelka would rule it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Select_screen_name: Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'd rule Anelka out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emersonlfc Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Drogs would never come to us. Ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guy From The Sunny Place Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Drogba any day ... what are they thinking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalution Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 i'd take either in a heartbeat. not surprised in the slightest if it's Ayre that has ****ed things up, thought that suggests money was available? so why were we not just bidding that amount? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jongi Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 why would drogba never come to us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 not a chance at drogba coming, cant believe anybody would contemplate that little turd michael owen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 We WILL NOT sign Didier Drogba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 why would drogba never come to us? doubt we can afford £150k a week + on a 34 year old striker? hes on £200k a week in china he not going to take to much of a paycut. he will still have the pick of europes elite (real madrid being linked already), didn't he say as well he wouldn't play for another english club as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I dont think Rodgers is dumb enough to sign him on his wages when we have just got rid of a load of players earning £60k+. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofighter23 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 for one sesaon though i'd have no problem with it. dont think he'd come to us anyway tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 One season, on a free. Yes please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 One season, on a free. Yes please. Dont get your hopes up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cote_kid Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How much truth was there in the reports that we offered Henderson in the Dempsey deal? Or was it just a loan? Sounded baffling when people mentioned Henderson and cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafParrot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Seems pretty untrue when we also dismissed an enquiry from Stoke for him yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonus1010 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Getting Anelka or Drogba in for a year would be brilliant all round, the experience they would bring to the team and the influence they could have on the younger attacking players at the club could be worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 When does the loan market open, plenty of players who won't get a game at other clubs I'd imagine, Sturridge the main target probably.By the way Dempsey is a whole 8 years older than Borini. a £5m difference for a player who has a long while until he reaches his peak nevermind 30's will probably turn-out to be a great deal. He's played 2 league games in a club after having to quickly re-adjust from Italian football Chill guys im afraid that Borini is already very close to his peak, he could probably improve his consistancy and composure a bit, learn to time his runs better, and gel with his team mates, his workrate and attitude is also perfectly fine, but it would probably be absurd to expect him to become the next big thinghe will probably never learn how to dribble or do anything creative for one.....he could probably become a 15-ish goal striker/wide striker in a couple of sessions (in the league) if he play constantly, but is that really enough good enough? considering how little he contributes to build up play and on the ball all in all? Allen isn't defensively strong enough to play that role. This is exactly the problem we had last season when Lucas was injured - with no adequate replacement Dalglish stuck Adam there, at which point his average season turned into a terrible one. Now Allen is a better player than Adam (I don't think anybody would dispute that), but his play will be stifled somewhat in that role, nor is it the best use of his ability. Against City he did fine until they changed formation slightly and were more attacking, at which point we started to get overrun and came under some pressure. Against a more attacking team and away from home I think he'd struggle a bit. That is the kind of thinking that have sent english football about 2 decades back in time in terms of tactical philosophy, seeing that I'm talking about tactical philosophy here I would not expect you to understand what I'm going to mention here, but I will make a try anyway. the basic theory to get to grips with is that you will lose the ball less often, if your delivery out of the back is good and secure enough, this will in turn reduce the need for your team to tackle and win the ball back, and it will let you employ a higher number creative players on the pitch the reasons Adam could not pull it of was more or less (and I presume the same can be said for Spearing): 1) he cant protect the ball and move it away fast enough when put under pressure (the amount of times he got caught in possession was mind boggeling) 2) he cant deliver the ball accurately on a regular basis, he is very fund of trying hollywood kind of passes when it did not suit the situation so as you can see, Adam was probably just as much or possibly even more of a defensive problem when he had the ball at his feet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminpeter Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Borini can't be anywhere near his peak, he's only 21 ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I would still say Borini is a little raw in certain aspects of his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emersonlfc Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nicholas a bit too lazy, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonus1010 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nicholas a bit too lazy, no? Could we afford not to take the risk in signing Anelka, IF he wanted to come of course? The major factor here is would Drogba or Anelka sign a one year deal? Doubt that very much. One of the major reasons they went to China in the 1st place was that no one would give them longer contracts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Borini can't be anywhere near his peak, he's only 21 ffs. keep in mind that I'm basing that assumption on watching all matches he played for Roma, so its not like I'm pinching stuff out of thin air he is not a bad player, he have a few good things going for him (and its reasonable to assume he will improve the things he do well with time), but he is so limited technicaly that he does not have an endless bucket of potential to pick out of and grow into Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudester Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Wow can tell this is a football manager forum at times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Lets seriously not get some old git in on silly wages for a year because we're panicing about lack of forward options. Suarez and Borini can both play through the middle and we have a decent amount of options for the wide roles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofighter23 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 i think the stage your going through right now, is called denial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Wow can tell this is a football manager forum at times all im saying is that I dont think Borini can become a top player in the epl or massivly improve on his current talent, exactly how is that an absurd claim? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebirds4life Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 all im saying is that I dont think Borini can become a top player in the epl or massivly improve on his current talent, exactly how is that an absurd claim? Considering Rodgers really sparked Borini's rise when he went to Swansea on loan, as well as knowing him from his time at Chelsea, as well as seeing most his games at the club so far, and having opinions from people here who support Swansea I'd say he's got a fair bit to go until his best. Think he'll hit some kind of form soon as he gets re-accustomed to the environment(league etc). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bell Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 He might not have endless potential, but he might just get better at Football. Technical players tend to peak later in their career usually 26+ Now if you said Walcott would not get any better I'd be inclined to agree. Players with physical skills such a speed tend to peak earlier in their careers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonus1010 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 all im saying is that I dont think Borini can become a top player in the epl or massivly improve on his current talent, exactly how is that an absurd claim? Wasnt Henry at Monaco a good winger, it wasnt until he went to Arsenal and Wenger played him thro the middle as a striker that we seen the player he would become, the rest is history. Not saying that Borini is Henry in the making but did anybody see Henry becoming the legend he became, when he was first signed? Ian Wright was another one, how old was he when he signed for Arsenal? Give Borini some credit, he spent most of his time in the reserves at Chelsea, spent a bit of time at Swansea in the championship, got his free transfer to Italy, scored some goals and made his way into the Italian Euro 2012 squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 thats more or less a recap of everything useful he did for us, he did miss a bunch of similar chances to, but by our standards, he was reasonably clinical, and that was about it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonus1010 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 thats more or less a recap of everything useful he did for us, he did miss a bunch of similar chances to, but by our standards, he was reasonably clinical, and that was about it 3 mins 7 secs of footage? You serious? Joe Allen's video against Man City was longer than that. Beware youtube videos at all costs. And i thought i was a " glass is half empty " guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emersonlfc Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 What time is k/o tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hall Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Sounds like a load of **** to me but apparently AFL 2iC and maybe future NRL CEO Gill McLachlan knocked back a CEO job at Liverpool. http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/gillon-mclachlan-knocks-back-position-with-epl-giant-liverpool/story-e6frg1x3-1226463132076 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonus1010 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 What time is k/o tomorrow? Pish, like you didnt already know 1:30pm in case you are being serious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 What time is k/o tomorrow? Half 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboydonegood Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Is Ryan Babel still a free agent? Edit: He signed for Ajax Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Is Ryan Babel still a free agent?Edit: He signed for Ajax Thank god!!! Bloody frustrating he was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboydonegood Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Liverpool now like starting a game on football manager with Liverpool when G&H where in charge and I used to run a search for free agents and end up with the likes of Christophe Dugarry on the books just to make up the numbers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 3 mins 7 secs of footage? You serious? Joe Allen's video against Man City was longer than that. Beware youtube videos at all costs.And i thought i was a " glass is half empty " guy. im not really sure if there's much else to show, those 3min's are all the goals he scored, and that part pretty much shows what he does well, the movement off the ball, ability show up at the right place at the right time, the ability to run, the ability to finish,....well you get the picture, additionaly he works pretty hard in the pressing game (which is good when you want to play the style of footy Brendan wants you to play) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emersonlfc Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I actually didn't know. I thought it was 4 o clock again but wasn't sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emersonlfc Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Buzzing for the game, Hopefully Sahin starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofighter23 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 rodgers said hes in contention but i'd have thought he'd come off the bench unless he's pulling up trees on the training pitch and really is a class above. i'd expect the same line up v man city with obv agger in for coates and shelvey starting for lucas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/sep/01/brendan-rodgers-liverpool-tv Bit on the Guardian about that 'Being Liverpool' documentary thing. Starts in the States on 16th Sep and Channel 5 have the rights in the UK if you don't know. Should be interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Looking forward to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony7 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Looking forward to the game I think Liverpool will win 2-1 late winner from Sahin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hope you're right, Tony. Not quite as hopeful as you though, so 1-1 for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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