Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:01 pm  

Liverpool bid £4 million for Adam.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:58 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

Liverpool bid £4 million for Adam.

Rejected and Liverpool are going back with another offer, according to Times journalist Tony Barrett (a good LFC source). I think he'd be a good addition. We're definately a CM light, Lucas and Meireles look shattered lately.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:36 pm  

richardviking wrote:

Rejected and Liverpool are going back with another offer, according to Times journalist Tony Barrett (a good LFC source). I think he'd be a good addition. We're definately a CM light, Lucas and Meireles look helpful.

Sorted. Still need a defensive midfielder. Adam can play the Alonso role.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:03 pm  

richardviking wrote:

Rejected and Liverpool are going back with another offer, according to Times journalist Tony Barrett (a good LFC source). I think he'd be a good addition. We're definately a CM light, Lucas and Meireles look shattered lately.

I'm sorry, but if Woy had been after Adam you'd have all be citing lack of ambition, 'not a Liverpool player' etc etc

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:17 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Yes, I was being naive, but I was also raising the question of why clubs persist in putting themselves into huge debts, paying huge wages to guys who will do little more than jog up and down a touchline all season?

Saddened questioned Moyes' wisdom in selling Yakubu and Vaughan, yet if the 2 players aren't going to be utilised (which its obvious those 2 weren't), then it surely makes perfect sense, especially in today's precarious financial times, to get shut?

As for having a small bench?....Be serious, do you really need a 7 man bench??....I've always thought it was a bit of a joke. If you are going that far, you may as well have a full 11 on the bench, its ridiculous.

It may be ridiculous in your opinion but that's the way it is now, a 7 man bench and have you seen outs lately? it's so weak, full of inexperienced youngsters we can't afford injuries otherwise we're in big trouble, outside out first 14 or so players we are lacking quality, I agree you don't need a huge squad as it does cause problems, the problem our squad's really weak, we are desperate for quality in my opinion. We've lost Pienaar so now we are a creative player down and Arteta's been hit and miss all season so I'm getting quite concerned, I don't want to be scrounging around in the bottom half of the league but the way we are going we will be for a long time. It doesn't make any sense to send Yakubu out on loan or sell Pienaar if we don't replace them. Saha is injury prone and Beckford is still developing in this league, out midfield's been underperforming all season yet Moyes lets out two best in those positions, IMO, leave. Baffling.

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Well you keep thinking that whilst your club scrap for mid-table and probably won't win a single thing, whilst those with big squads will forever try and compete on all fronts. I am highly disturbed if you can't fathom why clubs have deep squads.

To be honest the way things are looking and considering there's only one week of January left I'm getting really concerned about us now, it's not just about the squad size but the lack of quality. Look at our bench against you last week mate, so inexperienced and so weak. If we picked up even two or three injuries we've got kids to come in and that's it. We're scrambling around in the bottom half of the league and for a lot of this season we have been so so poor, disguised by some good results against the top five and a derby win in November. I can't believe Moyes has let Yakubu and Pienaar leave and, at the moment, there's no signs of replacements. It's a big worry.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:25 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

Liverpool bid £4 million for Adam.

Is Adam the kind of player Liverpool are now trying attract?

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:33 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

It may be ridiculous in your opinion but that's the way it is now, a 7 man bench and have you seen outs lately? it's so weak, full of inexperienced youngsters we can't afford injuries otherwise we're in big trouble, outside out first 14 or so players we are lacking quality, I agree you don't need a huge squad as it does cause problems, the problem our squad's really weak, we are desperate for quality in my opinion. We've lost Pienaar so now we are a creative player down and Arteta's been hit and miss all season so I'm getting quite concerned, I don't want to be scrounging around in the bottom half of the league but the way we are going we will be for a long time. It doesn't make any sense to send Yakubu out on loan or sell Pienaar if we don't replace them. Saha is injury prone and Beckford is still developing in this league, out midfield's been underperforming all season yet Moyes lets out two best in those positions, IMO, leave. Baffling.


To be honest the way things are looking and considering there's only one week of January left I'm getting really concerned about us now, it's not just about the squad size but the lack of quality. Look at our bench against you last week mate, so inexperienced and so weak. If we picked up even two or three injuries we've got kids to come in and that's it. We're scrambling around in the bottom half of the league and for a lot of this season we have been so so poor, disguised by some good results against the top five and a derby win in November. I can't believe Moyes has let Yakubu and Pienaar leave and, at the moment, there's no signs of replacements. It's a big worry.

I think its quite apparent that we are on our knees financially, and have been for a while....Even the odd splurge we used to have (Feillani, Billy, Yakubu ) isn't happening any more.

Whatever some people may think on the subject, the rejection of the Kirkby move was a huge nail in the Everton coffin as a competitive Premier League club.....Moyes is feeding on crumbs and releasing Pienaar, Yakubu, Vaughan is a neccessity to stay alive. I fully expect Rodwell to provide the next financial lifeline in the summer.

My main surprise is that Moyes continues to hang around.....Being so highly thought of, he wouldn't be short of decent offers and he is already quoted as saying he wouldn't hang around if our progress stalled, which in the last 18 months, it obviously has.

The only hope that I have, is that the last time we were this low, was when Rooney left, followed by a few of our stalwarts of the time, and at that point we looked pretty much doomed, yet with a couple of bargain buys (Cahill & Bent) we actually began our most successful era for a while, which, unfortunately, we haven't managed to build on due to a serious lack of investment.

Re: More Football Chat : Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:03 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Is Adam the kind of player Liverpool are now trying attract?

Possibly more that he's the kind of player Liverpool are now able to attract.

Might not be world class, but he's got a very good brain and passing game. Judging by the post Blackpool game soundbites I think we're finally at the stage where Liverpool fans realising that they are currently a lower-midtable team and there isn't a quick fix available. I just think it's a bit sad that they needed the return of the messiah before they'd admit it. Hodgson was the right man for the job that needed to be done IMO, it was just that few were prepared to admit that.

Re: More Football Chat : Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:07 am  

100% Wire wrote:

I'm sorry, but if Woy had been after Adam you'd have all be citing lack of ambition, 'not a Liverpool player' etc etc

Totally agree. The differing treatment of Hodgson and Dalglish is appalling IMO. I realise why, but it's still not right.

Re: More Football Chat : Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:09 am  

100% Wire wrote:

I'm sorry, but if Woy had been after Adam you'd have all be citing lack of ambition, 'not a Liverpool player' etc etc

You're become boring with all these, "If Hodgson would of done that" or "If Hodgson would of signed him" posts. Hodgson has gone now and deserved to go.