A King without his Crown ?
Firstly , Andy is not Micheal Owen , he isnt a 5’8 speed merchant , he is a 6’3 Rock & although he is quick & is a nightmare to defend against when he turns & runs at them that isn’t the only reason why he was bought .
Andy is the pivotal piece that all our other attacking players are going to revolve around , he is the rock or foundation of our attacking tactics .
When Andy drops deep to potentially collect a ball , picture Gerrard or Saurez , Downing or Adam breaking an offside trap & running on to a cleverly disguised pass & a sea of red hitting them on the counter .
At set plays picture two defenders picking him up while Agger, Skrtel , Gerrard , or Kuyt poaches something on their blind side .
Here are a few of his attributes :
* Strength & Power
* Intelligent movement
* Tactical excellence
* Ball Retention in the heat of battle
* Excellent 1’st touch & distribution under pressure
* Towering terror in the box
* Shots on target
If any of you can’t remember Christian Vieri at Inter then I suggest you go to Youtube & watch a compilation of him , then watch a compilation of Big Andy & it won’t be long before it dawns on you why some of the very best brains in the Football World didn’t think twice about shelling out £35 million on him only days after he turned 22 .
From free kicks & Corners alone 10 – 15 goals isnt a lot to expect from him & if he is 1’st choice penalty taker expect 15 – 20 goals from set plays every season from Big Andy .
25+ goals in a Kenny Dalglish LFC side isnt beyond him but conservatively I’d say expect either 10 more than Ballotelli or Torres score or 20 in all competitions from him .
From our defence you can expect a certain meanness , you will see an attitude in our defenders that delights in destroying an attackers ambitions , you will see them delight in contributing to our attacking moves too but primarily expect them to be mean , Picture Pepe leaning against a goal post smoking a fat cigar for 90 minutes & then going crazy at his defence if he becomes disturbed enough to take action & you will be near enough expecting what we are going to receive .
In Saurez , Gerrard , Adam & Downing we have 4 very intelligent footballers who should be putting on devastating breath taking displays of pass’n move TEAM football that we will be talking about in 30 years time.
Besides Gerrard I think the only other two midfielders in the country capable of tuning into Saurez’s football brains tempo & frequency were Adam & Downing & golly gosh , look who we have just signed !
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22 responses to “A King without his Crown ?”
Three British and three not so British? Downing, Henderson, Carroll, Adam are all British. Suarez and Doni are not. Maybe Scottish isn’t British any more.
facepalm
Poorly written and poorly researched.
Use a spell checker and learn how to write.
everyones a critic.
What I get from this is you sound as excited as I do! lol
Bring this season on already!@!
‘hulla-ballou’?
This article is so poor, I don’t even know where to start. Look up the word ‘punctuation’ for a start, ‘spelling’ second and maybe finish off with ‘bias’.
And I’m a Liverpool fan?!
And who the hell is ‘Saurez’?
Well written
Whats all the negativity about, sorry, meant what’s all the negativity about! (didn’t want any comments about my missing Apostrophe)
to waste time commenting on punctuation and spelling is like commenting on the size of a painting, its the essence and heart of a subject that counts not the presentation….
the feelings presented in the article sing of hope, passion and faith that the writer feels, don’t criticise for that, its churlish and small minded.
KK’s magic is that he understands what is at the essence of a great club, he carries himself with dignity and a little sardonic humour, so lets do the same.
I too am full of hope for next season, but will accept what ever comes and keep the faith maybe the english majors on this site need to concentrate on the more important things in life, I hear Jamie Oliver is looking for a ‘proof reader’ and leave the football to those of us who feel its passion.
‘we have no apparent weakness’
seriously?? how about leftback? or RW?
we have a squad full of 30yrs old wingers(excluding Downing) who lack gas n bite.
Also, a 3rd good striker (except u really believe u can challenge with Ngog as Backup).
Nice you’re so positive mate,
but if Gerrard and Adam as a central partnership screams defensive discipline at you ???
I don’t know what’s goin on?
2 players who are often caught out for discipline both positionally and in the tackle.
If they play as a 2 man CM pairing, without a DM to mop up, we’ll leak goals and yellow/red cards for sport.
u forgot aquilani ,pal… guy is a good chance creator whn played behind striker.. he has a keen vision and a good exact passing.. but he is physically not strong which he should take care himself..
that has to be the worst load of drivel i have ever had the misfortune to read. comparing downing to john barnes is just mad and to say pepe will have nothing to do only smoke cigars because of our great defense is stuff of the beano,did you have a dream and write it down in haste. if we believe you, we will score 200 goals next season and wont let in any.the truth is we are not in europe.so we can give it our best shot and i think we are going to have a big fight on our hands to get champion league football this should be our first priority and hopefully we can buy some world class players like mata hazard aguero etc etc next season. the reason we missed out on this kind of player this time around is simply the fact that we dont have europe to flash in front of them. the players we have brought in while exciting are not world class we have to be realistic here.
I think this guy getting a little giddy! I totally agree with you will, we can’t have gerrard and Adam as a defensive pairiy, they don’t have the disapline! We need lucas to sit, in a midfield three, gerrard one side, adam the other!
Bring back Igor Biscan , he is much better than Gerrard or Adam , thats the type of player we need to win a League !
Yea lets be realistic , Roy Hodgson was the most realistic Manager we have ever had .
Aquilani wasnt bought by Kenny .
Someone should tell Gerrardious that the season hasnt even kicked of yet , let alone had one of its transfer windows close so there is plenty of time for him to throw the towell in publicly & say “I told you so” later .
Fuckin Hairdressers !
Don Wynne ,
Theres a shortage of good secretary’s in the world so leave the girls alone , if they want to spell check Football articles they can !
You mention “OurKop.com is recruiting columnists”. Please, please, please speed it up. Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read it. All we were short of was the story of how we singed “Roy Race”, and won the league in the last minute of the last game. (might as well dream crazy dreams here as in bed)
Are you sure yer commenting on the correct thread Frank me’boy ?
Sure ya werent on tha Jamesons & Guinness way into tha wee small hours & typed a loada aul’bleather on the wrong thread like tha buck edjit that y’eh are ?
If not give some details you depressed alco idiot , not all of us live in your miserable head ya kno ?!!!
If not & ya knew ya were typing on this thread ?
Fuck off you sad prick & go & back to sucking on Fergies warty old knob or Arse-ends garlic stinking cocksicle coz this is a Liverpool FC forum & Liverpool FC fearlessly dare to dream in the face of all who would have us mid table managed by Hodgson.
Do one soft lad .
spot on frank,this site will put any shit up lately how could any1 with half a brain find this story entertaining.if our kop was to be believed we would have a squad of about 250 its really gone too far. i wonder what 3 players we will be linked with today
Well its clear you only have half a brain so you have answered yer own question .
If you dont like reading about speculation in football I suggest you check back in May which is when we will be celebrating a Title Victory along with a Cup Victory , God Willing , between now & then I suggest ya read no newspapers , watch no TV or listen to no Radio , brows no news or Football sites or speak to no football fans because until tha last game of the season is over its going to be nothing but Speculation .
Idiot .