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"Liverpoool won't do a Spurs"

Jurgen the German said:
Bingo. Eriksen is the only player at this point who looks like good business, I think Lamela will come good and possibly Soldado but I've not been impressed with Paulinho, Chadi, Capoue or Chiriches.
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Lamela - Injured most of the season, barely kicked a ball
Soldado - Admittedly didn't score enough goals
Paulinho - I can't fathom how anyone can think he is good, or having watched the world cup, he will come good, but I hope to be proven wrong
Chadli - Bought as a squad player, looks like a squad player, job done.
Capoue - See Lamela
Chiriches - See Chadli (only he's looked like he could be a 1st teamer in periods)

So all in all, it looks like two who basically never kicked a ball, two squad players and two potential duffers (one of whom may come good as you say).
 
Liverpool will not waste Luis Suarez cash on buying star names, says manager Brendan Rodgers

Players must have the right profile for the club, with £100m transfer spree expected to bring minimum of eight new recruits to Anfield by next month

Brendan Rodgers says he will continue to snub stellar names unless they fit the ‘right profile’ for Liverpool as he continues the £100 million reshaping of his side in the wake of Luis Suárez’s exit.

While some of the world’s biggest clubs pursue their obsession with marquee purchases, Rodgers says he would rather save funds than waste his money on vanity products.

Liverpool are flush with the largest transfer kitty in their history and are likely to have a minimum of eight new recruits by August, the next of which Rodgers hopes will be the Southampton centre-half Dejan Lovren and Chelsea left-back Ryan Bertrand. The London club are resisting an £8 million bid for Bertrand, which Liverpool believe demonstrates how much more of a title threat they are now perceived as being.

Loïc Rémy is with the Liverpool squad in Boston to become the fifth summer signing, following Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Lazar Markovic and Emre Can.

Liverpool have been conspicuous by their absence in auctions for some of the stars of the World Cup, but Rodgers says his recruits were long-term targets, subject to diligent scouting and referencing rather than being assessed for their ‘name’.

“They are all big signings for us because they will all make a big contribution,” Rodgers said. “Maybe for the media there is guessing how we spend the money but you only spend the money if the players are there. What we can’t do is spend for the sake of it. The players we’ve brought in are players we wanted anyway.

“Our signings are strategic. They are not just names. They all fit into the purpose of the team, but of course we want them to make a contribution. If that means we do not spend all the money or the net spend is the same, then so be it.

“There is a responsibility [to spend well]. I have always said at every club I’ve been at, the club’s money is my money. I work for the club. I’m there to serve the club and run it the best I can on the field and work with the owners off it. They know I push for the best players to come in and they trust how we work. I would not pay more than a value. If clubs sense there is an opportunity to get more out of us it won’t happen. We are very unified in how we work in that way.

“There is money available but we know spending money does not guarantee success. Last January everyone was crying out that we needed more signings. We never signed anyone. OK, we might have done one or two but it was not a major factor in us not winning [the title].”

Lallana is the most expensive deal so far at £25 million, but Rodgers rejects the idea Liverpool paid too much for the midfielder.

“We paid what we thought he was worth,” he said. “I spoke to enough people about him and have seen enough of him, and know enough people who had seen him and played with him to know he would be a great signing for us. I have no qualms about it. The value of British players is always pushed up. We would not go higher than we thought he was worth.

“He is a great boy. The types of players we bring in have the profile we want so the transition should be smooth. Of course it is strange for them coming into a new team, but you see it with Adam straight away, he presses for the ball when he does not have it and he has beautiful balance. He can score goals and create goals. He is a wonderful footballer. I have been impressed by his mentality and character.

“The character is important. It is not just about the player, but the right type of person. I want players that are committed to the cause to make Liverpool the best we can be. I want players resting when they should be resting, training hard and working hard and focusing on their life as footballers. We have brought in those types. It is footballing qualities and human qualities we want.”

It remains to be seen if he can add long-term target Bertrand. Rodgers thought he had an £8 million deal in January, only for Chelsea to block the sale. The London club were unhappy at how little game time Victor Moses received at Anfield while on loan last season and that has made negotiations problematic.

Liverpool are also discussing a loan move for the Atlético Madrid right-back Javi Manquillo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10986443/Liverpool-will-not-waste-Luis-Suarez-cash-on-buying-star-names-says-manager-Brendan-Rodgers.html
 
Liverpool announce that Adam Lallana has suffered a knee ligament injury and could be out for up to six weeks.
 
Brenton can **** right off. I hope more than anything that it goes sour for them this season. Just heard him on SSN saying "oh no, we won't do a Spurs. We have a VISION and a STRATEGY....The integration into this club is very smooth because we have such a wonderful group of players".

Load of ********.

I can't wait until we play them.
 
The past two seasons I've placed a bet with a Liverpool supporting mate in work;

The first being that we would win more trophies than them in the 2012/2013 season. They won the Carling cup

The next year, we ranked the trophies and if no-one won anything it went to league position. We all know what happened there.

So, both times, at the start of the season I felt confident in us and that I would win the bet.

This season I don't, but I really really really want to rub it up his Liverpool supporting nose after all the abuse I got last year for 'being a selling club', 'getting rid of our best player and replacing him with sh*t'.

Question is, should I take the bet this year? I honestly think the joy I would feel for winning it would outweigh my disappointment if I lost.
 
Millsy_Yiddo said:
The past two seasons I've placed a bet with a Liverpool supporting mate in work;

The first being that we would win more trophies than them in the 2012/2013 season. They won the Carling cup

The next year, we ranked the trophies and if no-one won anything it went to league position. We all know what happened there.

So, both times, at the start of the season I felt confident in us and that I would win the bet.

This season I don't, but I really really really want to rub it up his Liverpool supporting nose after all the abuse I got last year for 'being a selling club', 'getting rid of our best player and replacing him with sh*t'.

Question is, should I take the bet this year? I honestly think the joy I would feel for winning it would outweigh my disappointment if I lost.
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got to be worth betting him again
 
Not sure how badly Pool will do, but the buying strategy seems very random, almost a buy everybody strategy ..
 
Haven't seen him mention our name though specifically so not sure if its just journos being cheeky buggers, but still he can fook right off. We'll be having the last laugh when Lambert loses the ball to a finally fit Lamela, prancing all over Lovren to set up Soldado for the match winner while Lallana watches on with his dodgy knee from the bench
 
Brendan needs to find someone who can chip in 80 something goals in 130 something appearances.

Lovren for 20m
Lallana for 25m?
Origi joining next season
Can for whatever
Markovic for whatever
Lambert for 5m

They need Sturridge to step up massively because Lambert will be a sub, more than likely.
Markovic has scored a maximum of 7 goals per season so far in his career.

He needs a strategy, or he needs to re-organise the team completely. Or he can carry on giving soundbites in the hope that something good will come up and the Kop will make it into a flag for him.
 
Brenton said:
It's a different club and different vision we have here. At Liverpool there's a strategy behind what we are doing.

We talked a lot with our recruitment team last season, knowing that through the summer we needed to improve the depth of our squad.

Clearly we were not strong enough last season in terms of numbers and quality.

We always planned to bring in a number of players, hoping we were going to be in the Champions League, so it would give us the opportunity to challenge on all fronts.

The new players know their roles and we hope they can develop in the future as well. So far, the integration has been smooth.
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More deluded than the fans.
 
Liverpool really are setting themselves up for quite a fall, eh? Even the manager is talking them up. And Gerrard thinks they can win the title without Suarez. And their fans are of course their normal, deluded selves.

I hope they fail massively this season, so we can have a bit of a laugh. They'll probably do ok though.
 
Robbo said:
Liverpool really are setting themselves up for quite a fall, eh? Even the manager is talking them up. And Gerrard thinks they can win the title without Suarez. And their fans are of course their normal, deluded selves.

I hope they fail massively this season, so we can have a bit of a laugh. They'll probably do ok though.
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I really think the sensible thing for them would be to lower expectations. A friend of mine is a Liverpool fan and thinks that CL qualification should be their target this season and I agree with him.

Them failing massively would be hilarious!
 
braineclipse said:
I really think the sensible thing for them would be to lower expectations. A friend of mine is a Liverpool fan and thinks that CL qualification should be their target this season and I agree with him.

Them failing massively would be hilarious!
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Every pool fan I talk to; 'We'll be there or there abouts' Most predicting 2nd again. Mental!
 
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