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[sohois]

Its ridiculous

If B-Rod doesn't want to spend, he's an idiot. Best chance for top 4 we've had at this point in 5 years, and we won't buy the clearly necessary signings to keep our noses ahead of Everton, Spurs and Man Utd

If FSG are unwilling to make money available, then they are not good enough owners. They must be able to see that depth is the key to the remainder of the season. Lucas' injury alone may well fuck us, and that's before even thinking of the other injuries

If our scouts/Ayre are proving to be a roadblock, replace them. They've had half a season to find some targets and put the feelers out.

We're done for the window. It's so obvious Salah was our only real target, and we've been cunts again by dithering over Basel's take it or leave it price.

For reference, in the January under Kenny where we didn't spend, we were 2 points of 4th. We then proceeded to implode, partly due to our lack of depth, and it's remembered as one of our worst seasons. We just don't learn...

So, the season is still ongoing, the window is still ongoing, you know nothing of Liverpool transfer dealings and yet you still rush to proclaim this 'worst transfer window ever' or some bullshit. Why don't you wait awhile until you make this ridiculous claims

And do bear in mind, Liverpool only have a squad of about 20 senior players in any case, with injuries to Agger, Enrique, Johnson, Lucas then one can see how easily it becomes 15 players available to train

 

[Zabojnik]

What's with all these knee injuries lately?

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4961...cup?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Falcao confirmed to be out for the World Cup

So was this man in 06

Spoiler

Sucks, I love watching the best play. Always feel a bit cheated if teams are not at full strength.

 

[Wes]

why did I just listen to the entirety of 'Whoomp There It Is'

Because you're addicted to early 90s music. It's ok.
I've got your back Shatner.

 

[GHG]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4961...cup?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Falcao confirmed to be out for the World Cup

ACL's are a bitch man

I'm sad for him, Theo and anyone else who may suffer this terrible fate between now and the WC.

Watch Monaco go splash the cash on a striker now.

What's with all these knee injuries lately?

They happen every season. Its just more hard hitting because the headline is "Misses the World Cup!!!". Its a lot more hard hitting than "out for the season".

 

[pulga]

Omg

 

[The_Hitcher89]

So, the season is still ongoing, the window is still ongoing, you know nothing of Liverpool transfer dealings and yet you still rush to proclaim this 'worst transfer window ever' or some bullshit. Why don't you wait awhile until you make this ridiculous claims

And do bear in mind, Liverpool only have a squad of about 20 senior players in any case, with injuries to Agger, Enrique, Johnson, Lucas then one can see how easily it becomes 15 players available to train

Unless we're doing a particularly great job of keeping our business quiet, this is a fuckup of a transfer window., especially in the face of Lucas' injury and the lack of depth we already had in his position. If we push through a transfer for a CM, fine. If, as is looking likely, we dont, we'll have fucked up.

And surely your second point just reinforces the point that we have to do some business in this window?

 

[Zabojnik]

Watch Monaco go splash the cash on a striker now.

Please be Vucinic, please be Vucinic, please be Vucinic ...

 

[Yurt]

Yurt pls. We didn't collapse by selling one player, we had been freefalling since 2006 until the bug-eyed saviour came.

Your post-RVP games were fucking hilarious/sad.

the difference is that we aren't selling our best player here, and our XI is filled with world class players as it is. This 90 million will only make us better.

 

[Messi]

Andres on suicide watch

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Your post-RVP games were fucking hilarious/sad.

the difference is that we aren't selling our best player here, and our XI is filled with world class players as it is. This 90 million will only make us better.

I flew back to England for a week late 2012 and the only thing I cared about was seeing Arsenal live. Was the worse performance I have ever seen live. A The 2-0 win against West Brom courtesy of Santi diving for penalties. Arsenal looked a joke


Would you take the cash straight up or insist on Verratti???

 

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Because you're addicted to early 90s music. It's ok.
I've got your back Shatner.

That's good but it's not this.

 

[tri_willy]

Omg

pulga pls, enlighten us further

 

[Jarnet87]

So was this man in 06

Spoiler

Sucks, I love watching the best play. Always feel a bit cheated if teams are not at full strength.

He played in the World Cup.

edit: or are you saying he wasn't expected to recover but did, and so might Falcao?

 

[Meier]

Rosell leaving Barcelona. YES!

pls Laporta

Why would he come back? He should tell them to fuck off. Txiki and Ferran will be happy to give him a job though.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

He played in the World Cup.

Yep, but he was ruled out in Feb 06. Was meant to be 6-9 months, but he went with screws in his ankles and only 70% fit and not having played before it.

Yes to your second point. ACLs are different though. Hopefully he can recover quicker than expected.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Watching Fady retweeting stuff from blaming Mourinho and slowly towards blaming Mata has been hilarious today.

Are there stages of grief for Football transfers.

 

[Mastadon]

And do bear in mind, Liverpool only have a squad of about 20 senior players in any case, with injuries to Agger, Enrique, Johnson, Lucas then one can see how easily it becomes 15 players available to train

Well that's the entire point, isn't it?

Our squad depth isn't sufficient for us to maintain a push for the top four. Our direct rivals are strengthening, or have key players returning from injury.

 

[bud]

Because you're addicted to early 90s music. It's ok.
I've got your back Shatner.

the life's agioon
the life to the spoon

 

[Meier]

Not a very flattering picture, Rafael.

Rafael is a big fan of The Machinist.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

the life's agioon
the life to the spoon

No idea what this is,, but so far it has be strangely aroused.

 

[Feorax]

So, the season is still ongoing, the window is still ongoing, you know nothing of Liverpool transfer dealings and yet you still rush to proclaim this 'worst transfer window ever' or some bullshit. Why don't you wait awhile until you make this ridiculous claims

And do bear in mind, Liverpool only have a squad of about 20 senior players in any case, with injuries to Agger, Enrique, Johnson, Lucas then one can see how easily it becomes 15 players available to train

Well actually, we know everything about Liverpool's transfer dealings, because we're shite at keeping it out of the media apparently. The last time we has a signing we didn't know was being negotiated about a month in advanced was Assaidi, and before that probably Meireles.

As much as we'd like to say LFC are doing things behind closed doors and feeding the media only the info they want out here, we know it's simply not true. When the a Echo and the Times say "there's nothing imminent and we aren't looking at midfielders", you can bet that's 100% true.

The fact that we spent 6 weeks talking to a man who wasn't Aspas' agent when trying to secure his transfer spoke volumes to me about our competence in the transfer market. We get told "these deals require time and patience", but for some reason this only seems to apply to LFC. Spurs, Arsenal, City, Chelsea and United have all shown it's entirely possible to do what we seem to think is impossible.

I don't think it's the end of the world we didn't get Salah, and I don't think everything we do in the market is bad, but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't feel pissed off that we've been shown up yet again.

 

[Zabojnik]

Would you take the cash straight up or insist on Verratti???

Depends if were getting Guarin or someone else. Pirlo will stay for one or two more seasons, so it's not like Verratti is an absolute priority. (Or maybe he is, seeing Pirlo's current form.) If we're serious about him - and I'm not sure we are - it might be a good idea to get PSG to include him in the deal. It could be much harder and pricier to get him later on.

In Marry we trust.

 

[Milchmonster]

Yep, but he was ruled out in Feb 06. Was meant to be 6-9 months, but he went with screws in his ankles and only 70% fit and not having played before it.

Yes to your second point. ACLs are different though. Hopefully he can recover quicker than expected.

Well, the problem with his injury is that if he plays proper football in 5 months, his knee will be fucked even more in a matter of seconds.

 

[sohois]

Unless we're doing a particularly great job of keeping our business quiet, this is a fuckup of a transfer window., especially in the face of Lucas' injury and the lack of depth we already had in his position. If we push through a transfer for a CM, fine. If, as is looking likely, we dont, we'll have fucked up.

And surely your second point just reinforces the point that we have to do some business in this window?

Well, I've seen journalists reiterate that there are no 'liverpool itks' because of how tight things are being kept, so at the moment I would say Liverpool may well be doing a very good job of keeping things quiet. One cannot be remotely certain on this point however.

As for the second point, why waste time bringing in mediocre squad players. Why spend money on youngsters who aren't ready, a la Alberto and Ilori? Why bring in loans of experienced players who are poor, a la Moses and Cissokho? Why end up with a bunch of Parks and Squillacis, Santa Cruzs and Garcias, Ferrerias and Maloudas, Kagawas and Youngs, Chadlis and Capoues. Need I go on?

 

[Yurt]

I flew back to England for a week late 2012 and the only thing I cared about was seeing Arsenal live. Was the worse performance I have ever seen live. A The 2-0 win against West Brom courtesy of Santi diving for penalties. Arsenal looked a joke


Would you take the cash straight up or insist on Verratti???

Either way, I'm 200% sure that Verratti is coming here if we sell Pogba.

Not only is he a direct replacement to Pogba, but he can be Pirlo's heir in the future. Win-win.

 

[tri_willy]

We get told "these deals require time and patience", but for some reason this only seems to apply to LFC. Spurs, Arsenal, City, Chelsea and United have all shown it's entirely possible to do what we seem to think is impossible.

money talks. lots of it.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Well, the problem with his injury is that if he plays proper football in 5 months, his knee will be fucked even more in a matter of seconds.

Shame, Colombia were my outsiders to do well, better than Belgium anyways.

 

[operon]

Well actually, we know everything about Liverpool's transfer dealings, because we're shite at keeping it out of the media apparently. The last time we has a signing we didn't know was being negotiated about a month in advanced was Assaidi, and before that probably Meireles.

As much as we'd like to say LFC are doing things behind closed doors and feeding the media only the info they want out here, we know it's simply not true. When the a Echo and the Times say "there's nothing imminent and we aren't looking at midfielders", you can bet that's 100% true.

The fact that we spent 6 weeks talking to a man who wasn't Aspas' agent when trying to secure his transfer spoke volumes to me about our competence in the transfer market. We get told "these deals require time and patience", but for some reason this only seems to apply to LFC. Spurs, Arsenal, City, Chelsea and United have all shown it's entirely possible to do what we seem to think is impossible.

I don't think it's the end of the world we didn't get Salah, and I don't think everything we do in the market is bad, but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't feel pissed off that we've been shown up yet again.

Yup, something is seriously wrong with the way we work the transfer market at the moment

 

[sohois]

Well actually, we know everything about Liverpool's transfer dealings, because we're shite at keeping it out of the media apparently. The last time we has a signing we didn't know was being negotiated about a month in advanced was Assaidi, and before that probably Meireles.

As much as we'd like to say LFC are doing things behind closed doors and feeding the media only the info they want out here, we know it's simply not true. When the a Echo and the Times say "there's nothing imminent and we aren't looking at midfielders", you can bet that's 100% true.

The fact that we spent 6 weeks talking to a man who wasn't Aspas' agent when trying to secure his transfer spoke volumes to me about our competence in the transfer market. We get told "these deals require time and patience", but for some reason this only seems to apply to LFC. Spurs, Arsenal, City, Chelsea and United have all shown it's entirely possible to do what we seem to think is impossible.

I don't think it's the end of the world we didn't get Salah, and I don't think everything we do in the market is bad, but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't feel pissed off that we've been shown up yet again.

How have we been shown up?

And don't you think you are showing a fair bit of confirmation bias there? If a signing isn't completed and isn't in the media then you would never know anything about it. There are only 3 types of transfer dealings - Completed signings, uncompleted signings that are reported, and uncompleted, unreported signings. There is a whole 3rd category which you are ignoring.

 

[Meier]

Shame, Colombia were my outsiders to do well, better than Belgium anyways.

Jackson will have to come up big. Colombia has a lot of good, young attackers. Ibarbo, Juan Fernando Quintero, Muriel, James. Curious if Eder Alvarez Balanta will play much if any. I guess we might get an idea in March.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Depends if were getting Guarin or someone else. Pirlo will stay for one or two more seasons, so it's not like Verratti is an absolute priority. (Or maybe he is, seeing Pirlo's current form.) If we're serious about him - and I'm not sure we are - it might be a good idea to get PSG to include him in the deal. It could be much harder and pricier to get him later on.

In Marry we trust.

Either way, I'm 200% sure that Verratti is coming here if we sell Pogba.

Not only is he a direct replacement to Pogba, but he can be Pirlo's heir in the future. Win-win.

As long as he comes. My worry is that he takes of Pirlo's place at the World Cup and beasts it, thus PSG refuse to sell him.

 

[Yager]

Why would he come back? He should tell them to fuck off. Txiki and Ferran will be happy to give him a job though.

Because if he comes back that means that every single piece of shit we have right now directing the club will leave. And I'm sure he would love to come back, erverybody likes him...but that doesn't mean he will.

 

[Yurt]

As long as he comes. My worry is that he takes of Pirlo's place at the World Cup and beasts it, thus PSG refuse to sell him.

that won't happen, even if Pirlo gets injured.

We can refuse to sell Pogba too, you know.

 

[Jack cw]

Posted?:

That would be the most epic trolling in history. No chance this is going to happen. But the meltdown here would be beyond imagination.

 

[Feorax]

How have we been shown up?

And don't you think you are showing a fair bit of confirmation bias there? If a signing isn't completed and isn't in the media then you would never know anything about it. There are only 3 types of transfer dealings - Completed signings, uncompleted signings that are reported, and uncompleted, unreported signings. There is a whole 3rd category which you are ignoring.

1. We've been shown up because we communicated through the media how this would be a difficult transfer, and how patience would be required. It was even said we would wait until the summer to make sure we get the best deal. We've seemingly been working on this for several weeks, and then Chelsea have apparently secured him within 24 hours of their interest being made public. Small club.

2. I'm merely playing the odds with the incomplete, unreported signings. As I said, it's happened twice for LFC since 2010, and not one time since the establishment of the transfer committee. I'm not saying it won't happen, and I'll be made up if it does, but history suggests it's about as likely as an Aly Cissokho hat trick in the derby.

 

[Jarnet87]

That would be the most epic trolling in history. No chance this is going to happen. But the meltdown here would be beyond imagination.

many muppets were lost over Thiago, but Mata falling through would be mass muppet suicide, United fans will never believe that we will sign anyone good again. It will all be uncomfortable Leon Osman jokes.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

that won't happen, even if Pirlo gets injured.

We can refuse to sell Pogba too, you know.

Pirlo won't be able to make it through half the games with his current form plus the weather out there.


Any other player and I would believe Juve would keep hold of them.

But cannoli don't come cheap.

 

[simples]

we sign mata yet?

 

[sohois]

1. We've been shown up because we communicated through the media how this would be a difficult transfer, and how patience would be required. It was even said we would wait until the summer to make sure we get the best deal. We've seemingly been working on this for several weeks, and then Chelsea have apparently secured him within 24 hours of their interest being made public. Small club.

2. I'm merely playing the odds with the incomplete, unreported signings. As I said, it's happened twice for LFC since 2010, and not one time since the establishment of the transfer committee. I'm not saying it won't happen, and I'll be made up if it does, but history suggests it's about as likely as an Aly Cissokho hat trick in the derby.

Chelsea 'got it done' by offering almost twice what Liverpool offered. Joke club

Odds? What odds? What are your priors?

 

[Yurt]

Any other player and I would believe Juve would keep hold of them.


http://www.sportune.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Mino-Raiola.jpg[IMG]

But cannoli don't come cheap.[/QUOTE]

Mino Raiola was Nedved's agent.

 

[Meier]

Apparently City only paid $11.5m for that 80% stake in the Melbourne Heart. Bargain basement considering they had to stump $100m plus another ~$400m to build a stadium for NYCFC.

John Henry is a billionaire and I'm sure Tom Werner is as well (other co-owner). Their refusal to close the deal when they had the chance is on them. Smart move by Chelsea to swoop in.

 

[Timurid]

Either way, I'm 200% sure that Verratti is coming here if we sell Pogba.

Not only is he a direct replacement to Pogba, but he can be Pirlo's heir in the future. Win-win.

I can see Verratti going there when he is 34 and already won everything by then.

 

[qindarka]

Chelsea 'got it done' by offering almost twice what Liverpool offered. Joke club

I've seen numbers of 10-11 million quoted. Is that really double what Liverpool offered?

 

[GHG]

Wenger please bid for Mata. Do itttt. He wants to be with his friend Cazorla:

The victory is really valuable since we saw, on Saturday, that two of our big rivals this season are also very strong: Manchester City and Arsenal. City have a big attacking power, whereas Arsenal won thanks to a great performance from my friend Santi Cazorla. He’s got plenty of quality and he can destabilise any game, like he did this weekend.

http://blogs.grada360.com/juanmata/en/2014/01/20/el-dia-de-etoo/

(Mata's blog by the way)

 

[Tc91]

The Mata to Bayern thing is bullshit.

NOTHING in German media about that.

 

[Yurt]

I can see Verratti going there when he is 34 and already won everything by then.

PSG won't be relevant by then

or at least as relevant as Arsenal

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Mino Raiola was Nedved's agent.

Really? had no idea. Raiola must have been pissed that he didn't ditch Juve.

Nedved was a one of a kind, clearly attached to the club. I imagine Raiola being like Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder going on about G5s to Pogba if he signs with PSG

Spoiler

Nedved is now definitely my favourite non-Italian Juventus player

 

[K1LLER7]

Bayern having problems to get Kroos to renew. Moyes pls

Mata will be on £130,000 a week.

 

[Steverulez]

Chelsea 'got it done' by offering almost twice what Liverpool offered. Joke club

Odds? What odds? What are your priors?

Offering twice as much? I've read we're doing the deal for £11m. We're just about to bank nearly £40m, prices go up when clubs know you've got a ton of money, I don't see how this makes us a "joke club" but people going to hyperbole.