The need for a star striker was highlighted as soon as suarez left but most ppl said marquee not needed but an overall unit,we dont buy stars we make them and all those idealistic bull crap.

Without that star striker forget the league,top is 4 is looking more bleak.

As everyone knows no manager can have 100% success in the transfer market.

So this is whom i think will be successful and flop
Success: Can,markovic,lovren,moreno,manquillo
Flop: lambert,lallana,origi

I personally think there is more chance of winning CL than epl.But i wouldnt mind CL and PL double though.

i am not sure why people are keen on bony.he is very likely to be another michu jelavic or demba ba.

Instant quality would be lavezzi which would be similar to how united signed van persie and won the league.

I feel rodgers planned to bring in a top striker late.It would be easier to convince him to join the project after all the quality players signed so far than say at the beginning of the transfer window where no player has been signed.

Either one of Reus,lavezzi cavani or falcao and this will be the most successful transfer window in the last 25 years.

I don't think bony would offer anything different from the current players.We are not going too miss the goalscorer suarez as much as the creator suarez.The best person to replace suarez goals is already in the team but somebody to take create space for others and add that fear factor isn't.

Lavezzi allowed messi and di maria to strive in the world cup.So he is the best bet to "replace" suarez.

For the current system employed you want versatile players.Is bony versatile enough?i strongly believe lavezzi is.I remember he scored at anfield in the europa league.He can lead in sturridge absence.All this epl proven has been proven to be bull crap.Can you guarantee bony wont suffer second season syndrome?Will he able to step up to expectations and pressure? From what i have seen he looks like a lazy player.Lavezzi on the other hand is a hardworking player and has champions league experience.

The only advantage bony has is age.Other than that lavezzi hands down.

I hope people realise now that bony is not actually good enough.

Sturridge may not have suarez skills but to say he cant beat a man is totally unfair.He still has more pace and skills than most of the other strikers in europe.21 league goals is no small feat either.I predict sturridge to get 25-26 goals this season provided he doesn't get injured too long.I rate him among the top 5 strikers in the world right now.

Wait till tonight win then talk bro.If kalah malu only.
Title challenge depends on the striker BR brings in.As of now top 4 looks bright even though all the pundits and media are writing off liverpool's chances.

Glen johnson jesus the worst player ever.Cant wait for moreno to take his place.

Emre can for lucas please.Attacking wise there is nobody to bring on though.

How some people think bony would be a solution is completely out of my understanding.

Johnson and lucas in the first plane out of liverpool please.

In a way yes after winning this game a title challenge is on the cards.However it's important that mistakes made today are not repeated.Otherwise i can see a city rout next week.

One thing rodgers has done is instill a winning mentality even when not playing well.Top strikers like sturridge can pop out with the winning goal at the crucial moment.

I have been supporting rodgers since day one but are you trying to tell he doesn't make mistakes?
He does alot but the important thing is he learns from them unlike his predecessors.

Sitting there and pretending johnson had a great game is not an option is it?

Really comparing falcao a proven world class player to a half season wonder?
You do realise that if falcao signs liverpool will go from top 4 contenders to title contenders right?I think you have an agenda to see average players like bony sign by tilting the argument.

Granted falcao leaves at the end of a successful season.The minimum is a top 4 place.What makes you think other top strikers won't want to join then?There will always be top strikers.Besides origi comes back next year.

And you are over exaggerating the loss if falcao flops.You do realise that he can be sent back similar to how sahin was? 200k per week was already going to go to suarez had he stayed.

If the club was gonna give up easily then no way suarez torres would have signed in the past.Even moreno took hard work.Just support the club and rodgers decision.If he ends up getting bony then so be it.You got your wish.

If liverpool buy cavani or lavezzi then psg get money to buy di maria which means united will miss out on him.That's killing two birds with one stone.

With times you need to adapt or else you will get left behind.If city never broke their wage structure they would have never won their 2 PL titles.
38 million plus 250k a week for aguero at that time seemed a big gamble to many on here who felt signing downing and adam would be more secure.
Besides we are not expecting liverpool to do that for every single player like they did.Just one quality player won't hurt more than it hurt after all this years of paying overpriced british players like downing,adam,robbie keane and carroll.

There was once a time where nobody could earn higher than gerrard.It changed with suarez that they had to offer him higher wages to try keep him.
If you want to challenge for the title you have to push out of your comfort zone and take risks.Do you think city regret paying extra for that quality now?

I don't see people complaining that lallana was overpriced at 25million but are quick to jump as soon as foreign players are involved.

He has proved himself where ever he has gone.I would put the chance of him succeeding at about 75%.
There were a lot of doubts too about suarez in the beginning as he came from a much inferior league.

The expectation with a new marquee striker should not be replacing 31 goals that suarez scored.That would be foolish.
I would be very happy if he scored anywhere between 15-20 goals.The main thing is we expect crucial goals at desperate moments like when the scoreline is 2-2 at the 88th minute and your entire team is probing for that winning goal.You just expect that moment of magic from the likes of falcao to make the difference.......Swap that with bony.How hopeful would you be to win if you get what i mean.