The BigFooty Liverpool Army

[kane249]

I'm happy to keep Downing if he's relegated to a bench/squad player who only starts against the minnow teams like Wigan/QPR/Everton/Norwich etc

 

[PAdman]

Sell Downing, Carroll, Spearing and someone else, bring in ~£30m. Don't get Ince, he's another Downing. I'd bring in Pjanic, a LB and Xabi Alonso.

 

[freshazimiz]

I'd like Eriksen, Mertens and a big black boy.

 

[kane249]

Yeah but who do you think we should get in the transfer market?

 

[jod23]

Xabi Alonso.

He would complete me.

 

[jod23]

Excited to see Coutinho on the bench against WBA surely. Hope we bang in 3 quick goals and then get him on for half an hour, see what he can do.

I know it's early but Sturridge is already proving a terrific buy. 12.5 million. Already 4 goals. thats a little over 3 million per goal. I wonder what Torres' per goal at Chelsea costs

 

[Buddy23#]

I'd like Eriksen, Mertens and a big black boy.

And what do you think we should do in the transfer window?

 

[Buddy23#]

Yeah but who do you think we should get in the transfer market?

Haha just seen that, left himself wide open.

 

[Buddy23#]

Not really getting to down on Pepe about the goal, he got him in a position where he shouldn't of scored. Was just an absolute freak goal. Not sure how many times he'd do it out of ten.

 

[kane249]

Haha just seen that, left himself wide open.

You might want to rephrase that one, especially in relation to the original statement

 

[freshazimiz]

I am quite open for big black guy but.

 

[Buddy23#]

You might want to rephrase that one, especially in relation to the original statement

Well played sir.

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

I'll bet this has already been discussed but I've just caught the replay and...

...Reina, you're dead to me. In the last two seasons I'd estimate at least half a dozen games where your ****ups have cost us a win. Get rid. Summer, new GK. Just do it FSG.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

 

[jod23]

How many saves has he made though that preserved leads or kept us level.

 

[jod23]

Some exerts from a recent Henderson interview. Just seems like a really level headed young man who knows what it takes to become successful. Ticks all the boxes and I think he has a pretty bright future.






On criticism in the media:
"Maybe one of my friends might say: 'Have you heard what they're saying?' It's probably affected my mum and dad more than me, to be honest. Like anyone's parents, I doubt they've enjoyed seeing their son criticised."

On whether he was homesick when he first joined Liverpool:
"No, it was just different. When I was at Sunderland I didn't think I was the star or anything but here you have people like Stevie and [Luis] Suárez and Pepe Reina and Carra [Jamie Carragher], who have been the best players for many years. And straight away, you have to try to match their ability. It was a step up, a challenge. I felt I was playing well at times, just not on a consistent basis which is what you have to do at Liverpool.

"That's what I needed to get my head around the most: that I had to do it all the time, not just occasionally. When you come to a club like Liverpool you need to perform straight away and consistently. Looking back, I don't think I did that. There were games when I thought I'd played well. It just wasn't every single week and that isn't enough for a club like Liverpool. I needed to learn that."

On Joey Barton sending out malicious tweets about 'the policeman's son from Sunderland' during Euro 2012:
"It's something Joey likes to do. He doesn't like to play by the rules, does he? I don't know him and I wouldn't ever let that affect me. Joey likes to express his feelings and that's clearly how he felt at the time. That's his opinion. It doesn't bother me at all."

On Liverpool offering him as part-exchange in their attempt to sign Clint Dempsey from Fulham:
"It wasn't a nice thing to hear. I didn't want to go anywhere. I wasn't playing regularly and they gave me the option if I wanted to go. I told them: 'No, I don't want to, I want to keep fighting for my place.' I came to Liverpool wanting to stay here for the rest of my career. I certainly didn't want to leave after a year.
"OK, it might not have gone to plan at the start, but I knew I could turn around and get it right. I knew I just had to take it on the chin. Even though I wasn't in the team, I felt that if I kept going, kept working hard, kept fighting, I would get my chance again, and that I would take it."

On how Brendan Rodgers has worked with him:
"The manager's been brilliant with me, to be fair. He's told me the things I need to work on and how I can get better. He's looked back on previous games and talked to me about the things I can improve tactically, how I can be more disciplined, the positions I take up. I feel as if I've done that now. I'm still working on it but I feel I'm doing better now."

On the difficult moments:
"I would be more down than anyone if I hadn't played particularly well"
On the medical condition that nearly stopped his footballing career before it had started:
"It was Osgood-Schlatters. It wasn't good. It's a growing pains thing and I had to have a lot of treatment on it. I just shot up immediately and didn't have any kind of physique to deal with it physically.
"I was tall, all arms and legs, and a bit gangly. I'd been at Sunderland since I was seven but I was getting bad knees and stuff and I think they were unsure of what to do, whether to keep me or let me go. That was a really nervous time for me. Towards the end of that season I started to pick up a bit and started to fill out. They decided to stick with me, thankfully. But it did hold me back for a good while."

On the manager's reaction to the 3-2 defeat at Oldham in the FA Cup:
"Everyone knows that he was right. He didn't go too far. Everyone at this club and inside this dressing room were shocked and pretty disgusted at how we performed. No disrespect to Oldham, but we have to be going there and winning quite comfortably. What he did was good man-management in my view and it has given us all the kick up the backside we perhaps needed."

On the gap between Liverpool and the top teams:
"I don't think we are too far away. There have been a lot of good performances – Norwich, Sunderland, QPR, Man United in the second half. When we go into the big games, whether it's Arsenal, Man United, whoever, we feel we can beat anyone."

On how football can be impatient:
"But I don't think what's happened will have done me any harm. I think I might have needed it, to be honest. You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage and they haven't let it ruin their careers. I won't either."

 

[FAITH]

Which black beast is realistically available other than Diame?

Also which keeper would best fit out system? That Begovic guy from stoke is being linked to ManU.

 

[PAdman]

Doesn't Diame have a heart condition?

Surely Jones should be playing ahead of Reina, Reina has had one to many **** ups the past few seasons. He's just not what he used to be.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Doesn't Diame have a heart condition?

Surely Jones should be playing ahead of Reina, Reina has had one to many **** ups the past few seasons. He's just not what he used to be.

Did u see Jones vs Oldham?

He is worse than Reina, no doubt about it

 

[PAdman]

Did u see Jones vs Oldham?

He is worse than Reina, no doubt about it

Yes I did and that was the first terrible game I've seen him play. It didn't help that our defence were worst on ground and he had no help at all.

 

[FAITH]

Yes I did and that was the first terrible game I've seen him play. It didn't help that our defence were worst on ground and he had no help at all.

jones is a good no 2.
The borussia monch keeper being heavily linked to us

 

[freshazimiz]

Which black beast is realistically available other than Diame?

Also which keeper would best fit out system? That Begovic guy from stoke is being linked to ManU.

Tiote would be available since he's not french i'd imagine. Diame would be a cheap alternative as well or even Mulumbu and theres players like Wanyama and Matuidi who is currently playing in CL which will be hard to entice.

Dutch keepers like Stekelenburg and Vorm would suit our system and Vorm has played under Rodgers and most importantly he's dark so that's another positive.

 

[PAdman]

jones is a good no 2.
The borussia monch keeper being heavily linked to us

Never heard of Borussia Monch, are they a good side?

 

[peternorth]

but we definitely need a big black beast in the midfield to give us some strength and a better protection for the back 4.

thought similarly recently.

if said player was targeted it be best to get one that wouldnt be playing african cup of nations.

 

[peternorth]

I'd like Eriksen, Mertens and a big black boy.