"and can slot in at right-back if required" - close season transfer banter 2014

I was trying to think of things to make you feel better about this (Brendan probably has some kind of plan here, Rickie has pretty good form when it comes to raising his game to new levels, it's not like he's about to lose any pace, Gary McAllister worked out OK that one time, it's not as though you've signed Grant Holt), but fuck that, I'm fairly heartbroken here. Obviously, £4m for a 32-year-old striker is great money for us, and if dude gets a chance to join Liverpool there's obviously no way he's saying no, but... I dunno. Rickie was kind of the emblem of our rise through the divisions, the standard our attacks rallied around; felt like we'd grown with him over the past few years. I'm a sentimental sod, and he was pretty much my favourite. So it's gonna hurt a bit.

Still, unexpected act 2 twist for Dani Osvaldo, eh? Guess there might be that to look forward to.

good signing

I think Lambet's a good player, but it just seems like a pointless signing. I'd rather Borini got game time. We're better off signing say 2 nailed on starters this season than filling out the squad. Big squads are bullshit Cl or no CL imo.

i wd be willing to extend the benefit of the doubt to Brendan at this point in his Liverpool career tbh

he certainly hasn't proved himself in the transfer market yet

Not as far as tranfers go I wouldn't.

He's hit 2 out of the park in Studge and Lil Phil as far as quality + value for money go.
Allen is okay as far as talent if not value. But there's been an awful lot of swinga and misses.

Rodger's is batting sub .200 by my reckoning although Studge was admittedly a game winning grand slam.

xp to NV

Also dodged a bullet with the Hendo for Dempsey swap lets not forget.

Mingolet's no better than Reina and Reina himself wasn't good enough the last couple of seasons.

i don't think you can point to a successful Prem manager with an unbroken track record of success on the transfer market, but with Lambert i don't see any room for him to be mistaken about what he's getting, so he has to have a job for him in mind

tragically 4 mill is fuck all really in today's prices

v inspiring to get promoted just in time to see a well-backed poster boy team who done it all the "right" way get torn to shreds by the big boys :/

and spurs

I mean I could go through them all but I'd start to depress myself.

What Rodgers has been great at so far is coaching players up and making LFC flexible tactically and allowing himself not to be locked into a certain way of playing. He's been surprisingly adaptable compared to his first season, helped by the fact that we often/mostly had a whole week between games to work on things.

Bid for Lambert surely an indirect way to give Southampton more £££s for Lallana without incurring the Bournemouth sell on?

ooooh

He's hit 2 out of the park in Studge and Lil Phil as far as quality + value for money go.
Allen is okay as far as talent if not value. But there's been an awful lot of swinga and misses.

Rodger's is batting sub .200 by my reckoning although Studge was admittedly a game winning grand slam.

xp to NV

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Bid for Lambert surely an indirect way to give Southampton more £££s for Lallana without incurring the Bournemouth sell on?

― Stevie T, Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:56 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

I've seen other people floating that theory but the way the Lambert deal is being reported that doesn't seem to be the case

Chelsea rumoured to have offered £18m plus Lukaku for Mehdi Benatia. Daily Express, though.

http://1.citynews-napolitoday.stgy.it/~media/originale/51619174194371/pizza-benitez-2.jpg

lol

“It hurts when you’re always doing your best for your club and then you hear that you might be going to Tottenham," Di Maria told Spanish sports newspaper Marca.

fuuuuck ouch

avb out Sherwood out

“We need a few [players],” the Rs boss said. “We’re going to have to look round quickly and find the right kind of players.

“You don’t want to be taking gambles bringing crap players in."

He added: “I haven’t got a list. I’ve never thought about a player – on my wife’s life. I’ve never thought about one player in any division."

i believe him for once

ahh you find the pizza i made

*found

Lampard has signed for NYCFC btw

phew thank fuck for that

they're not in the MLS til 2015. You'll get him on loan

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpEpaYkIMAA-0PW.jpg

God I would love it if LFC signed Cesc. Not holding out much hope mind you.

it seems like pretty much everyone else is rejecting him

Diego Costa achieving full heel status

so costa koke tiago and the left back (forgotten his name) all going

and david villa

Really hope LFC aren't about to fork out £16m for Alberto Moreno. From the few games I saw him in the Europa League he was p rash and positionally suspect. We really don't need a left footed Kyle Walker.

Spurs are rumoured to have offered £7m in cash, Etienne Capoue and Soldado on loan for the season, which i hope isn't true.

End Emre Can is signing for Liverpool, apparently.

"And"

Cesc going to Chelsea would be/is worse than RvP to United :(

Milner at RB for England is the clearest sign yet of the thread title's zeitgeisty appeal.

xp yeah, never thought i'd say this but i honestly feel kinda sickened on gooners behalf

what a monumentally horrible decision

World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney 'happy to play any position'

it's happening...

Barca have all but signed Rakitic apparently

Fabregas :(

Chelsea have Oscar and Hazard so they don't really need him either do they Arsene? But they'll have him and be better for it. The best and worst thing about Wenger is his showing so much faith in his players and not being more of a ruthless cunt so we don't regret it when they all get injured and the midfield is just Flamini and Diaby. Wenger insists on having a squad so small it can't really compete with the other big teams unless absolutely nobody gets injured, so hopefully he will spend the transfer budget on a magic wand, a robot Diaby and Thierry Henry's ghost

you mean a magic sponge obv

A really big one tho

Like a huge bed or a trampoline or something

like Gary doherty

Dreary career move but Fabregas plays a bit deeper than either Oscar or Hazard and is capable of knitting a midfield together in a way that neither of those players really are. Chelsea have lacked a player for years who can join up their defensive midfielders with their attacking players, which explains why they've been relying on Lampard for so long, and why they've not been great at retaining the ball.

Fabregas plays as a striker, Matt

he has done for the past few years but he has the skillset to go back to a deeper role

not at Chelsea he won't xp