Alright chaps Bit of fun: The following is our squad. Who do you feel has done enough to stay; definately should be kept; one for the future, or should be sold to Bolton? For me: 1. Reina - should be kept if we can. Sell him if he wants out. 2. Jones - not sure if he is even good enough for a back up. Sell. 3. Gulacsi - keep, decent. 4. Ward - don't know to be honest. 5. Johnson - been poor for a while but he was very good earlier into the season. Keep. 6. Enrique - been very good. Definately keep. 7. Agger - no brainer. 8. Coates - sell. Shown nothing but fundamental flaws which I don't think you can rectify at his age. 9. Carragher - 10. Kelly. Keep. I want him to cement his place ahead of Skirts next season 11. Skrtel - sell. Get what we can and spend elsewhere. 12. Flanaghan - keep. Not totally convinced, but lets see. He's just been sent of in the U21's 13. Sama - not sure. 14. Wisdom - definately keep. Hopefully he can build on this season. 15. Gerrard - sell, been rubbish again. (Joke) 16. Coutinho - keep, what a gem we have here! 17. Henderson - keep, he's now pretty important to the energy in our midfield. 18. Downing - fire out of a cannon at the earliest opportunity. The precise weak mentality we need to get rid of. 19. Allen - might as well keep. Start from fresh. 20. Lucas. Obviously keep. 21. Sterling. I think we may have a job keeping his feet on the ground, but hopefully he can provide the goods again - forgotten about him! 22. Shelvey. Tough one. Really not sure. If we get a bid for £8 Mill or more then sell. 23. Coady - keep. 24. Ibe - keep. 25. Suarez. Keep, but if he does anything more then I may change my mind. 26. Assaidi - surely gone? Shame as I think he could give us another option. 27. Sturridge - keep. 28. Borini. Keep, has looked good since he's come back, interested to see what he will do. 29. Suso - another good young prospect we need to push on. 30. Yesil - seen absolutely nothing. Might as well keep. 31. Morgan - hopefully he can make the step up next year. Good player. 32. Mukendi - keep I guess. We have more players than I thought What do you guys think, i've not actually said sell many players. Edit: 33. Andy Carroll - sell. £15 mill if we can. Think we may have problems getting more than £12 mill.
Wait.... Were you being serious on 15? While he isn't 2005 Stevie, he's been good this year. Moved into a different role and played better than last year. Plus he is Stevie G, there is such a thing as loyalty, he stuck by the club even when there was a real chance for him to move on, like Carra I would hope he stays until he decides to call it a day. Looking at the rest. Shelvey and Downing should be sold. One is terminally crap and the other he no where as good as he thinks he is. And alot of the others I don't know enough about.
Come on mate Of course Stevie stays. Started slowly but has ended up excellent. I agree with you on Shelvey. Its his touch that really lets him down.
1. Reina - Keep 2. Jones - Good back up Keep 3. Gulacsi - Sell 4. Ward - don't know 5. Johnson - Keep. 6. Enrique - keep. 7. Agger - Keep. 8. Coates - Keep one for the fuure 10. Kelly. Keep. 11. Skrtel - Sell. 12. Flanaghan - Sell 13. Sama - Worth keeping 14. Wisdom - definately keep. 15. Gerrard - sell, been rubbish again. Seek help if that's your honest opinion. 16. Coutinho - keep. 17. Henderson - keep. 18. Downing - fire out of a cannon at the earliest opportunity. The precise weak mentality we need to get rid of. Agreed 19. Allen - Keep 20. Lucas. Keep 21. Sterling. Keep 22. Shelvey. Sell. 23. Coady - keep. 24. Ibe - keep. 25. Suarez. Keep, but if he does anything more then I may change my mind. I agree 26. Assaidi - Keep. Deserves to prove what he can do 27. Sturridge - keep. 28. Borini. Keep. 29. Suso - Keep 30. Yesil - Keep 31. Morgan - Keep 32. Mukendi - Don't know him
1. Reina - Keep until barca really bid for him. form has improved greatly in last 4 months. Bid must be 20mil, reina must understand this and show class. 2. Jones - if we can get anything sell.. 3. Gulacsi - Sell on 4. Ward - too young to worry about. 5. Johnson - squaddie, at his age unless some bid comes in you just nurse him on but he's got to be managed more and rested more. 6. Enrique - Keep 7. Agger - actually this is not a no brainer. he's injuries and lack of abiltiy to defned properly are an issue.. I can't see a buyer now but if one did turn up i'd do it. 8. Coates - sell 9. Carragher - why is he on the list? 10. Kelly. Keep. 11. Skrtel - Keep until 2 more are bought. 12. Flanaghan - sell. 13. Sama - young enough for one more year, for me he's a sell though 14. Wisdom - keep 15. Gerrard - bench him regulalry, get him playing for 90 in bigger games, not 20mins per half. 16. Coutinho - keep 17. Henderson - keep, squaddie 18. Downing - sell for 50p or release on a free. 19. Allen - sell 20. Lucas. review after preseason fitness training. Can he reach his ultimate level? 21. Sterling. keep 22. Shelvey. sell 23. Coady - keep. 24. Ibe - keep. 25. Suarez. wait for the big bid, do nothing to incite anthing and prepare to spend the 40mil, nothing less is acceptable. 26. Assaidi - sell, easy. 27. Sturridge - keep. 28. Borini. can't see him ever be worth 11mil again. its tough one. has he briefly shown enough with a couple of flashes to keep? need to review after preseason. 29. Suso - Loan 30. Yesil - keep 31. Morgan - keep 32. Mukendi - meh! we'd be rag bare by the time i'd be done and needed 500mil to build a squad.
True lol. Agreed with most of what you have said. Hope we can invest in some genione quality this summer.
yeah... i eman if we had 500mil to spend we'd still not be able to move all those so some would hand on like bad smells. coutinho gives us all hope.
Interesting how there is a difference in opinion straight away. What people have to understand is that we do not have a big transfer budget so we have to make do with the squad we have. I still think I'm right in that we will sign 2 players this Summer, maybe 3 depending on sales.
Sure he is Gonna be a top player and future captain for us. Seriously though, he's a solid squad player. He'll come in and do a non-flashy job - I rate him higher than Allen, in all honesty. He doesn't give the ball away and at least can go shoulder to shoulder whilst doing what he's meant to do. He's like the ronseal of football.
Spearing's easily better than Allen and can cover Lucas. Sell...Jones, Borini, Allen, Coates, Shelvey and Downing We can all name twenty better players than each of them so why hang on to them?
Allen is young. I think we should keep for another year. He also cost a bomb so we might as well see what happens.
Or we get more back for Allen and spend it on someone at least half decent. We've got plenty of half decent young midfielders coming through so flog Allen and get Alonso back