Keeper luxury for Reds

That will give them a huge lift over at Liverpool. A hard game just got harder.

True that. But that might just be lift that they need, even if its just for the first few games before things settles back to what they're suppose to be. It was always going to be harder as well since they something to prove us being their big rival.

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Added on January 9, 2011, 12:23 amFuchen sorted, la!.

And in the end, they came fifth.

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Added on January 9, 2011, 12:30 amshell..


This post has been edited by Wan: Jan 9 2011, 12:30 AM

The savior returns.. Rafa.

I think he would have been a good short term player for us. With Park and Valencia still away, he could have played a part later on. But the baggage that comes with him, that's one. I bet that's the main thing SAF doesn't want to get involve in. Whether we like it or not, whenever Beckham is around, the circus will come to town as well. Another is when Larsson was here, we had Smith coming back from injury. Although he recovered faster than expected(Sept 06), it wasn't until after Larsson left that Smith was back to full fitness, but even then he wasn't the same player anymore. Saha was injured mid season again and we know how his fitness was suspect. And Ole was never the same player after the injuries he had. We needed that boost back then with only Rooney who we could rely on. In hindsight, Rossi would have gotten chances with us had he not go out on loan. And even the season after that he could have played a part, but he wanted out.

Right now we have Giggs, Nani, Obertan and Rooney(Hernandez, Owen, Berbatov can play upfront) who can play there. 3 good options, with one kid who has a bit of experience considering his age. We're not desperate this time. Would have been better recalling Cleverley.. but he got injured for 3-4 weeks!

Injuries, just like what happened to Ole. Once they're at that age, injuries become a problem. Scholes and Giggs got lucky they don't have any serious injuries at the same age.

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Added on January 9, 2011, 11:43 amThey got at least another season. But could easily make it two if they keep themselves in good shape. Same goes for VDS.

This post has been edited by Wan: Jan 9 2011, 11:43 AM

He has a career to think about. At least he doesn't join one of our main rivals. That's good enough. He is still very much ManUtd at heart. Same with Ruud even though he wanted out that time. Most of the players who left love us actually.

With todays market, that would be a decent price for a GK especially top rated ones at that age. 20m+ would be on the expensive side.


Thing is, every 'young' GK have these blunders. Heck, even the Inter GK make blunders.

When judging GKs, it's never a sure thing even if we get the best ones around not yet played at a top club. VDS was a sure thing, yet didn't quite reach the standards for Juve. He ended up at Fulham(although that time they were the Chelsea/City of that time, although on a smaller scale). We can only just buy whoever we think is good, and hope for the best that the guy, whoever that is will be able to cope with the pressure of playing in goal for us.

The game is at 9:30/10pm right? Hope I don't mess up the time.. hate 24 hours thing. hehe

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Added on January 9, 2011, 4:53 pmAnd special thing is, the clause can only be activated by us.

This post has been edited by Wan: Jan 9 2011, 04:53 PM

There's no realistic choice for those older than the group below 28.

A bit unfair to lump them all together. Carroll, Ricardo, Kuszczak was brought in as backup. They served their purpose even though they're not perfect. But Kuszczak must be one of the best 2nd Gk around IMO. Hardly let us down these days. Bosnich did well, and he was sort of an emergency. SAF wanted different GKs, but the board at the time was a bit stingy I think.


Strong Liverpool side that. Pretty flexible too. Hope we don't give stupid freekicks away.

Meireles-Lucas
Kuyt-Gerrard-Maxi
Torres

It was never going to be pretty. Although we won, things might have been very different had Gerrard stayed on the pitch. They know how to play us. They defended really well, letting our CBs do the passing. There was hardly any space.. even when they were down to 10. Good job from them I say. If they play that way every game, they will climb up the table.