I was out of the country for the end of the summer transfer window but thanks to Mobile internet (and a now expense phone bill) I was able to keep right up to date with the comings and goings at Liverpool FC on transfer deadline day.
I must declare that I was absolutely delighted with what happened. I wrote a column back in July by where I stuck my neck on the line and claimed that I thought no more than 5 of a possible 10-12 players that should be sold would actually be sold. In the comments that followed my column I was berated by fellow supporters outraged at the names on my list. I for one am absolutely delighted I was wrong. Wrong only in the number that would be sold.
As transfer deadline developed, Comolli and Dalglish made me a very happy man as they culled the deadwood that have weakened our club for years and got rid of most of the players I suggested.
Aquilani, Ngog, Cole, Meireles, Kyrgiakos, Poulsen, Insua, Deggen, Jovanovic were all deemed surplus to requirements. As well as a few others.
In the comments that followed my column, most questioned my thinking in disposing of such high profile names and youngsters, i hope that this questioning is now directed to our great manager. I based my decision on their abilities as footballers compared to the money they earn.
Reports have since suggested that we have slashed our wage bill by £30 million a year even with our acquisitions, I predicted that it would be £40 million.
I was disappointed at the response to my column and hope that in the future we as the greatest fans in the world think more with our heads than our hearts.
To sell or loan out:
Ngog, Jovanovic, Poulsen, Deggen, Meireles, Aquilani, Cole, Insua, Kyrgiakos.
Replace them with:
Adam, Downing, Carroll, Suarez, Enrique, Bellamy and include great prospects Henderson and Coates will be a decision that will define our club for the next ten years.
Well done Dalglish and Comolli you did us all proud.
the new signings look great but it was also brillant to get rid of the deadwood
Shame we couldn’t shift the poster below from the ranks of our supporters though
NOWS LET HOPE THE USELESS LUCAS HELPS US BY BEING USEFUL IN SIGNING THE OTHER POTENTIALLY USEFUL LUCAS!
@rango…if you said lucas is useless…you were probably sleep walking while you were typing or you just call yourself as a liverpool fan but actually you know nothing about the present or the past of the club…a true liverpool fan would never say this for the player who according to me is the most reliable man at present in our starting 11…YNWA
Typing with Caps Lock on – Check
Deride a player that did excellent unnoticed work for the team – check
Name drop exciting Brazlian talent that you know nothing about and have possibly seen twice on youtube clips – check
Well done lad you have completed all the necessary requirements to make yourself look idiotic to those over 18 years old
@rango .. lucas useless? do you even know where he plays?
great article btw!
wow Rango, your comment is probably the stupidest comment i have ever had the misfortune to come across……Lucas is liverpools player of the year last year and you call him useless??….you clearly showed that u know nothing about football whatsoever with your ridiculous comment…
YOU GUYS CAN SHOUT ALL YOU WANT ABOUT lUCAS BUT THE FACT IS HE IS THE SLOWEST IN THE PL, I MIGHT HOWEVER START TO VALUE HIS WORTH IF HE DOES INDEED HELP BRING HIS NAMESAKE HERE!
Yes because the slowest Defensive Midfielder in the premiership would of course be the one to make the most tackles, how daft of us.
In any case you’re the one shouting (Caps Lock – press it and watch your typing change into the type of letters that the rest of us use – simples)
Probably Rango should compare for us players in Leiva’s position going by the top 6 PL clubs others YNWA
You kidding, people like Rango would fill the side with attacking midfielders and change them all each transfer window
Like Tony Evans said, Lucas wasn’t as bad as ppl made him out to be and isn’t as good as ppl say he is. He’s a GOOD player but is hardly world class. He’s quite slow and tends to give out unnecessary fouls may a times. I hope we sign a very young quality DM who can easily develop into a world beater in a few years time.
I see Spearing being used as 2nd DM quite often dis season.
Wrong, Lucas was very good before most, even in the ground, noticed. Yes I am one of those who claim to have supported Lucas through the bad times, not that I’ll be believed but hey ho
Why do people like you always want to ‘sign’ another player than the one we have, what is it about transfer windows that see so many on the internet want us to buy this fella or that fella who seldom have any experience in the EPL. It doesn’t smack of intelligent consideration – we have several excellent young DMs coming through like Coady but you want to buy somebody because you type of football fans can only judge a player on how much he cost, and then moan that he doesn’t live up to the cost.
Here’s an idea, get behind the players we have, fill them with confidence and support and watch them turn into a fantastic team – Aquilani was probably a better talent than Henderson but would he fit as well into the team that Dalglish is building? You’re not a manager so why do you think that you know better than Kenny Dalglish. If Dalglish did not think that Lucas was world class he’d have bought Yann Nvila our Blaise Matuidi. Who would you consider better than Lucas in that position in the prem? Mikel? Fletcher? In any case the best defensive midefilder inthe world is Mascherano but he cannot play all round like Lucas so we lose fluidity The best players do not always make the best team, You profess to be a Liverpool supporter I guess – therefore I should not need to be pointing this out to you
”Like Tony Evans said, Lucas wasn’t as bad as ppl made him out to be and isn’t as good as ppl say he is. He’s a GOOD player but is hardly world class. He’s quite slow and tends to give out unnecessary fouls may a times. I hope we sign a very young quality DM who can easily develop into a world beater in a few years time.
I see Spearing being used as 2nd DM quite often dis season.”
Gerrardious, KUDOS MATE….THE MOST SENSIBLE THING I HAVE READ HERE ALL EVENING!