looks like lallana is on his way. glad that it is at 25mil and not more. i think he is worth it. maybe slightly overpriced but hes english and we all know how english players are so overvalued. also because he has a clause where his former club gets 25% of the fee thats y soton playing hardball with their valuation.

i like lallana, hes like hendo where he covers ALOT of ground. certainly good now that gerrard is basically just sitting in front of the back four. he is good as proven last season. but im not sure if he's good enough to bring us to the next level, to the tile for exp. or compete further in the champs league, but hes a good addition imo. i hope to be proven right.

origi looks good too i've watched him from a couple of highlights from lille games and his games for belgium, fast pacey youngster with an eye for the goal. still v young, only 19. lots of potential. worth it to get him and loan him back according to reports. i am surprised we are not looking to add a solid defender after our shortcomings last season. we conceded way too many goals.

on a plus side, im surprised that sakho is first choice for france. but i am not gonna complain as he is getting valuable game time at the highest international level. considering he was our "marquee" signing last season, i hope he will come good in years to come as he has yet to convinced me.

i think this coming season will be even more open, as i expect manutd to be challenging with van gaal and no europe like us last season. so expect a crazy season again, i just pray that if we dont go one better, we dont fall out of top4. champs league money and glamour too crucial for every "big" club.

on the suarez ban, i think glen hoddle's opinion on itv pretty much was the best, someone needs to tell suarez that this is his last chance, else he should be forever banned from football, nobody likes to see that happening on the pitch or rather that SHOULD NEVER occur... to me it is slightly worse than elbowing and kungfu-kicking someone else but still REALLY BAD. and latest reports saying we might just take the chance to cash in on him with barca the fav to land him. if the money is about how much real paid ronaldo n bale, i think it is fair valuation. if he goes, i blv in br to use the money wisely and nt end up like spurs.

p.s. i think suarez and this biting fetish prolly occured when he was young and playing on the streets..he really plays like a warrior utilising ALL PARTS of his body to gain an advantage on the field! well played suarez. i think its time u get professional help(dr steve peters should recommend someone), and prolly have yr wife do some s&m stuffs to "cure" you

holy crap, why on earth would u come up with such excuses, looks like suarez's lawyer is poisoning him more than helping him. with his excuse up in the media, this makes it much worse. he should move on, get help and put his hand up and admit his mistake. it is not like chiellini provoked him like the materazzi zidane case. okay maybe he was a bit too physical defending against u, but as a striker in a contact sport, he should deal with it with a proper mindset. something is really wrong in his mind, i hope he uses this 4 months to get over it and understand his mistake instead of coming up with absurd excuses...he profess his love for his wife and kids constantly off and on the field, i hope his wife knock some sense in his brain. 3 times is way too many, hes 27 and approaching the peak of his abilities.

so during january, br tried to get some defensive covers. what happened this summer ? i know its still relatively early days, but i for one would like the idea of getting signings done before or at least early of pre season so that they can gel with the new team and surroundings. so far, we're only heavily linked with lovren. what happened to other defenders ? too few of them that are actually world class and not playing for top teams or ? i dont see us repeating what we did last season, i.e. outscoring our opponents while leaking too many goals. costs us the title.

im not sure if there are too few suitable players out there, or the scouts havent found one yet. btw, what do ya'll think of the likes of reina, borini coming back? esp reina, good or bad for the team ? hes on high wages, one of the highest in the club, n if hes left on the bench, might nt seemed like a good idea for both the club and himself.

this out of topic : if suarez does leave for barca, and falcao joins madrid, it would be interesting to see if the likes to atletico madrid, sevilla, atletic bilbao is able to compete with that two juggernauts.

was praying hard that uruguay would have a bad wc so that suarez wouldnt have the chance to shine, yet he hits the media for both the right and wrong reasons. i am really not sure why would he go to barca when there is close to zero chance he will play through the middle as messi is easily the top dog there. zlatan is a good example and how he was forced to be shipped out because both he and messi cant play in the same team ACCORDING TO MESSI. i am bitter here but i know the club moves on, and no player is bigger than the club. liverpool f.c. comes first. i just wish he would've stayed as we were so close last season. with other teams strengthening too, the only major difference is us losing suarez, best player last season, top 3 the season before. we are losing a huge core of our starting 11. the spine of other top teams are still there. its easy to say for example if we land sanchez or shaqiri or reus or whoever, yes they are top players, but we all know how even the best of players need time esp when they go to a new country and league. its so close at the top and i'd hate for us to miss out esp top 4 as it is paramount that we have champs league every season, both for the revenue and attraction purposes.

looks like most of u are all focusing on the talents to add to the squad upfront but what about defense ? ashley cole anyone ? i'd still think hes top class. maybe a good year or two left in him. roma are favs as of now to land him and reports are that we are trying to get him too. for me, i think he will come good for us provided the wages are appropriate and not too high, if not we are btr off getting someone younger like moreno or rodriguez(swiss lb).

i've been following both itv and bbc coverage of the wc, and boasting pundits like shearer, r. ferdinand, cannavaro, henry, alan hansen, patrick vieira. im no pro player, but i do follow footie alot, and one consensus of the pundits that caught my attention was how goalkeepers is very important in not only giving the defense confidence, but also organisation and compactness. i'd usually place my blame on the lack of leadership in defence once carra left, and while skrtel stepped up in chipping in with goals and performance, his lack of leadership and voice hasnt help. when kolo was brought in, everyone tot his experience might be crucial, he did reasonably well in the first few matches and fell flat after a few months with a num of horrendous mistakes. i really like to see someone stepped up. sakho looks like he can be one, but he is inconsistent and he gives u the feeling that a mistake can easily happen at anytime. i hope to be proven wrong because 18mil for a defender is big money imo. i hope mignolet stepped up too. he was just slightly above average imo. the penalty save in the first game and a few good clean sheets esp at the start of the season prolly gave the fans a false sense of judgement. he made errors against city and chelsea which was very costly. prolly having reina around might be good in that he will provide competition.

good first season in the bpl. was bought for 9mil. played well. was even in jamie redknapp's (sky sports pundit) team of the season. over inflated market. prices tend to go high when english clubs are involved. esp when a player was proven to be a success in the premier league. if u ask me, i'd say 20mil is a little high, but if we get him for 20mil, i'd pretty happy. no more than that though esp now that he claims that "his head is at liverpool".