so now without CL also can get sahin...
I dont see why we cannot get good player without CL!!

period!!

The club has the final say where the player should go as in Sahin's case and ther're plenty of suitors out there not only manure.

now baru you realised?yes..gerrard has this habit.but maybe because of his statue, supporter seems very 'shy' to criticise him..when he lose the ball or misplaced pass, he sometimes don't chase back/he will gave those kind of face expression/...remember when versus WBA?their goal started from that that kill the game...

I guess he is also just frustrated. After all, he did kind of carry Liverpool on his shoulders for many many years and now that he is older and not able to run as much he just plays it smart and instead of running so much risking injury, he just try to position himself so that when they do win the ball back he would be in a good position to launch an attack.

Agreed but I think right now Rodgers would prefer him to play every week simply because of the morale. He does give a real morale boost whenever he plays and for a squad still finding its bearings, they really need someone who can push them on no matter the situation and we all know Gerrard has that in him to suddenly transform the team spirit with 1 good play. World class players can still be match winners even if they play at 70% simply because they are born champions. Haha...

Hahaha... Well, it depends on how he chooses to play I guess. Cause right now, I don't really know how will play with Gerrard, Sahin, Allen and Shelvey. Obviously with Lucas injured, Sahin would be the natural replacement but he's not quite the same mould. While he offers good passing and vision, I don't think he is as good as Lucas in breaking up plays which is also key to Rodgers' philosophy. Plenty of time, guess he could try and experiment putting Allen in a more advanced role and see if he does it well enough. Either way, I'm really excited with the new style.

Yea. But maybe it's a blessing in disguise in the sense that Sahin will most probably be pushed into the starting eleven to cover Lucas and he might just add a new dimension to the team's play. Can't wait for the Arsenal game. I think it would be a fairly open match with both teams going at each other. Both teams need to pick up their first win and what better way to do so than to win against Arsenal!

Sturridge? Extremely overrated. Lacks goals, lacks teamwork, lacks work rate, lacks game time and paid in the region of 60k.

if you been watching, you can tell lucas is trying hard to change his game to be more attacking minded to suit BR's style...but somehow doesnt look right
then again, as BR says, lucas is quite prolific from 7 yards out with no goalkeeper...so maybe he'll keep no.21 as a cup player?

and with BR's golden boy Allen around, and now Sahin about to make his debut...and of cos gerrard still around...looks like there'll be no space for no.21 in the first 11.

imo, lucas is the only one that doesnt fit BR's style, hes trying to fit but he just looks uncomfortable.
apart from Allen...Enrique, Johnson, Agger, Gerrard, Suarez all fit right in...and that is also why BR brought in Borini, Assaidi and of cos Sahin.
add in Skrtel and Reina...and there is your first 11.

if he was lacking full match fitness, he wouldnt have started...
pass completion is one thing, useful passes is another.
its fair to say BR's golden boy does far more useful passes

what change of opinion? i have never been a fan of no.21 - in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
here's something someone did, comparing last yr's WBA game with the recent excellent 0-3 performance.
you can see how last yr lucas attemped more forward passes, but only for them to be intercepted which are the ones in red.
now under BR hes playing slightly further up front, moving slightly out of his comfort zone and he spraying passes sideways more again.
time will tell, but if no.21 still looks uncomfortable playing higher up...then i dont see how he'll be starting more games once he returns.


but again, to pass completion.
skrtel had 84% pass completion rate, but were any of them really useful?
thats cos we then had both adam and spearing running the midfield.
now we got the golden boy and sahin, also jonjo is slowly coming of age.

plus BR, like rafa, likes to employ 2 holding sweeping midfielders.
and i dont think anyone would just like to draw games...

His burst of pace is terrifying indeed but do we need a scorer or a winger? Are we not scoring goals because we aren't creating enough quality chances or are we just not taking them? Is Walcott's end product good enough? Can he put in a good cross/pass? Will he be anti-possession football if he tends to run with the ball a lot instead of passing it? Will he be prolific for us?

I thought he only has 1 year left on his contract so wait 1 year for free transfer?