Eh, maddie finally in. ur 1 trick pony's a Reds now & quite good as well. Much more better than I anticipated.

he knew him personally

He wanna offer reinforcement to the Gunners since they want value for money
Joe Cole + Poulsen = creative + experience DM for FREE

Most likely if we don't win anything, same case will happened as with certain no 9. Afterall he did stated he dreamt of playing for Barca 1 day. Thats football for you.

This don't have anything to do with Meireles case since he earned pittance compare to others & most likely seen as dispensable by KD. Afterall, surely we can do without offloading him IF we want to. See how he's not in preferred cm by KD formation? Furthermore as you mentioned, not every club are rich like rentboys & the sheikhs. So its inevitable financial balancing had to be performed.
As for Suarez, he edi stated his desire to go Barca 1 day, so brace yourself. Not every player is a fan/supporter of the club. They have own dream & ambition. Just hope when it happen, he wont go as low to go on strike like a certain Argentinian.

You gave him too much credit. The one sanctioning any sale/purchase is Daniel Levy, Redknapp have nothing to do with it. How long you think they can hold on? Its inevitable that Modric will be sold regardless Spurs make it back to CL. As for Bale, he only established himself last season, so he's not that itchy yet. Gave him couple more years, he'll do a Modric. As far as all knew, Modric himself content playing for Spurs few seasons ago even without CL.
Furthermore, Bale will cost ridiculous sum of $$$ based on 1 great season, 80 mil...seriously
Anyway, to keep hold of players that wanting to go....is it wise? Can the said player perform professionally? For me I'd take the 40 mil & invest smartly, though I'd think there's no time to find replacement made Spurs unwilling seller.

Not only tactical brain, but he doesn't have the required discipline as well to sit still as in his area. Looks no further than when he & Lampard played as CM for England. Notice how he always involves & dragged all over the field by tactically sound teams. & ever wonder why Capello put him wide on left instead of Lampard?
It's not coincident that coaches from GH to SGE till RB & Capello all played him anywhere but CM. Maybe 'forummers' are better qualified than those prosessional & renowned coaches afterall
It's only when he learns to reign in his instinct & play to his tactical requirement that he'll be able to play as DM. He HAS the ability but not the discipline & tactical brain.

Oh btw hfi, u been long gone from this thread, its a freaking sin to talk bad about Stevie, whether to sell him (theoritically), shove him to the right or whatever. He's untouchable here

Ok enuff about the sarcasm, its not direct to u anyway but the Gerrard fanboys that cant take criticism.
The bold part, ever wonder why those ppl chose to entrust Lampard instead in CM even though Gerrard can be as successful or even more compare to him in central posistion? Gerrard is versatile but even that cant be the only reason he shoved to the left (or right in Reds case). Most lament his tactical indiscipline which left the defence alone cos his instinct is to attack spaces with marauding runs.
At first I thought his best position is cm but after reading & watching his positioning & work play, you'll notice he has the tendency to drift everywhere hence the free role granted to him.
Lastly I aint Lucas fanboy, but Gerrard fanboy but still it doesnt stop me from analyse & be critical of him.

Good for you for having the initiative. Feel more deeply in love with LFC when u knew them more rite.
You're consider lucky since the info nowadays is just a click away. Some of us had to search high & low due to unavailability of internet during our time.
Abyway, keep it up mate.


Maddie, you're a minute too late. But better late than never
Here's to Bill

The article seems flawed as I rmb read a more insightful article thats posted by hyperpower_youth IIRC. That article which I'm more agree with is that Lucas is never a AM. He's what a Brazilian called a 1st shipwright (or something like that) whose main duty is never attacking but provide an outlet of support to the Brazilian attacking quarter with spraying balls ard to his more attacking colleagues. This in turn make the teams more balance between defence & attacks in typical Brazilian teams.

I think Hamann brought a more steady & calming approach in contrast to Masch reckless & all action approach which is obviously more pleasant to eyes & often interpreted as more committed.

I like both but the simple facts that Masch practically forced a move by sitting out of match with reasons like Modric just made me rethink about his "commitment"

suddenly cm area becomes thin
Recall Aqua

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to be honest not really convinced by his display todate. Don't come across as playmaker/creative type to replace Adam...esp against physical teams like Stoke.

Tot hendo back in melwood since Pearce let him off after last match
Or u meant Downing since whether Carroll injured or not is the same for now

Funny how those lot love this thread so much.
Tot its always their motto that one can say whatever they like in one's thread
oh wait, think its applicable to them only, others cant say a speckle bad about them

more like Valencia than AM...always good but not good enuff to actually wins. Superstar agitated for move & dropping out of UCL.
ermmm ...wait, we're more alike to AM than I realised or want to

To be honest, its time for us to plan life without him, he's a great servant no doubt but at most he can performed for us is a couple of seasons unless he reinventing himself as holding midfielder ala Alonso.
I don't see him as a DM as it exert too much energy on a soon to be old footballer
So yeah, if there's ridiculous offers come in, that'll be a bonus.

Think the days of 2 strikers are numbered. Nowadays teams played with lone striker supported by AM/wings/auxiliary forwards etc. Fluidity is the word of the day now where most of the forward line can interchange position. Some can even play without out & out strikers with success. Eg include the manc, rent boys, inter/ac, even RM & Bayern.

The problem is the current team is not fluid at all, not when your most creative player is Adam who lack mobility. When the engine room consist of Adam/Lucas, both tend to play from deep without much pace, you'll need more pacy wide players to stretch play. Unfortunately we only have Downing to a lesser extend Bellamy or Suarez. I'd like to see how KD fit in Stevie when he's back.

Currently, the team is limited when Carroll is playing due to his inability to play at quicker pace or interchange position. I'd like to see a MF of Adam-Lucas-Gerrard supporting a frontline of Downing/Bellamy-Suarez-Kuyt. The team can morph into 4-3-3 or even 4-1-2-3 when attacking & revert to 4-5-1 when defending. Not to mentioned most of them can interchange position at will.

Theoretically its exciting but whether it can be moulded into the team play remain to be seen. Oh well, one can only dream

Normally Rooney played as free role. Couple of years back they played without a recognize striker with much success
As for the blues, everyone knew they play with 1 out & out striker with wide/wingers support (the wingers role can be played by Anelka/Kalou/Sturridge). Did you see how they fail to pair up Torres/Drogba or Torres/Anelka?
Some team list down 3 strikers but not all of them play the striker role just like Kuyt.

Carra conceded again

Reina's penalty saving mojo been permanently transferred couple of seasons ago

How can you all forgot Sean 'Faster than Owen' Dundee. German as well though S.African bornt

Actually like those German players. Its like they're programmed with winning mentality not to mention high pens conversion rate
But most of the talented Germans always end up in Bayern, seldom venture out of Bundesliga.
Case in point, Manuel Neuer, end up at club rival Bayern even though courted by most big guns.