SUMMER 2K14 Transfer Rumour Thread...

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Didn't Liverpool originally say that Borini could stay and fight for his place until Sunderland came in with 14 million? Would suggest that they don't mind keeping him. Just not sure when he'll actually play except in the cups.

Re Sandro: Would Spurs have sold to us?
 
Borini wanted 90k pw at QPR but they were only willing to go to 55. Ffs, who does this guy think he is?? So now he will just sit and rot. How much we paying him?
 
The artist Billy Can can said:
Rodgers seems to think otherwise <ok> (I agree with him)
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Does he? I'm not sure that is the case.

The case is that Sturridge, Balotelli, Markovic and Sterling are better.

Lambert v Borini is tough but Borini is at an age where he deserves to be playing games, not sat watching. Lambert is in a role that suits him at his age.


I think its also partly what Rodgers thinks is best for Borini.
 
Skylarker* said:
We should have snapped Sandro up for 6mil, QPR got a bargain there.

He would have been great cover for Gerrard and added a bit more steel in midfield.

Not quite sure what Spurs were thinking selling him for that price, last season he was a beast for them.

He's basically a poor mans mascherano, but still would have added strength to our squad.
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Also a player United could have used. But they only sign world class players now...
 
I was about to say I'd expect to see Borini get game time in the domestic cups but we have such a squad not that he might not even get in the reserve team <yikes>

Using Saturdays line-up...

Migs
Mankiller - Lovren - Sakho - Moreno
Hendo - Gerrard - Allen
Sterling
Balotelli - Studge
​

...as the first eleven for sake of argument, the next team would be something like:

Jones
Flanno - Skrtel - Toure - Enrique
Lallana - Can - Lucas
Coutinho
Lambert - Markovic
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This leaves Johnson, Borini and Suso unaccounted for. Of course, you could make an argument for all three of those to play:

Johnson is liked by Brod and seems to be a first pick for some reason.

Borini and Lambert if a close call, I'd say it depends on the team we face.

Suso is a quality young player who needs to deliver soon. He could easily play the AM role in the second side with Coutinho dropping back into Lucas' place.
 
astroturfnaut said:
Borini can fill in any front 3 position in a 433 against a weaker team, Lambert more a front 2 type <ok>
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Lambert is more of a goal scorer than Borini too though, hence me saying it would possibly come down to who we are playing and what we would be wanting from the player.
 
Gerrez said:
I was about to say I'd expect to see Borini get game time in the domestic cups but we have such a squad not that he might not even get in the reserve team <yikes>

Using Saturdays line-up...

Migs
Mankiller - Lovren - Sakho - Moreno
Hendo - Gerrard - Allen
Sterling
Balotelli - Studge
​

...as the first eleven for sake of argument, the next team would be something like:

Jones
Flanno - Skrtel - Toure - Enrique
Lallana - Can - Lucas
Coutinho
Lambert - Markovic
​


This leaves Johnson, Borini and Suso unaccounted for. Of course, you could make an argument for all three of those to play:

Johnson is liked by Brod and seems to be a first pick for some reason.

Borini and Lambert if a close call, I'd say it depends on the team we face.

Suso is a quality young player who needs to deliver soon. He could easily play the AM role in the second side with Coutinho dropping back into Lucas' place.
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Probably a good way of looking as really there can be arguements over who was injured/no and who would play but last weekends team was strong

Overall....

Jones
Flanno - Skrtel - Toure - Enrique
Lucas
Lallana - Can
Coutinho
Lambert - Markovic​

would seem more realisitc though i still need to see lallana actually play CM box to box cos i don't buy that yet and markovic is an unknown....

really that team is......... average? top half, bottom half? not sure. Toure is past it, and you'd still wonder up front as well. Its not so much a reserve team as a decent squad as you can prob take any 3 of that second 11 and insert direct into firsts and aside from toure not panic.

toure, johnson and prob borini (sorry) would give me nightmares... I don't add lucas as a direct swap with gerrard (ONLY) is no legs for no legs.
 
We are well sorted for any penalty shootouts
Make sure Lambert.Gerrard,Balotelli and Borini are on at the end and thats four penalty takers and then we have a German to make up the 5
 
louis211 said:
We are well sorted for any penalty shootouts
Make sure Lambert.Gerrard,Balotelli and Borini are on at the end and thats four penalty takers and then we have a German to make up the 5
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Problem is, if all those four are on the pitch at the end we may not make penalties <laugh>
 
so... ten players on loan

4 of which are to move the player out... alberto, aspas, coates and assaidi

2 are to decent level (origi and wisdom)

so how do we class ilori loan? I was not impressed at choice. Smith was a lower level but as much as he could hope for. Teix needed his and its an interesting manager too for us... then that leaves ibe. The right move? Who knows. he needs it but is it high enough level
 
moreinjuredthanowen said:
so... ten players on loan

4 of which are to move the player out... alberto, aspas, coates and assaidi

2 are to decent level (origi and wisdom)

so how do we class ilori loan? I was not impressed at choice. Smith was a lower level but as much as he could hope for. Teix needed his and its an interesting manager too for us... then that leaves ibe. The right move? Who knows. he needs it but is it high enough level
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Don't agree with you on Alberto, its not just to move him out. Brod has already said the intention was to loan him out after buying him as with Ilori.

Move players out: Aspas, Coates and Assaidi

To hopefully improve the player: Ilori, Alberto, Origi, Tex, Ibe, Wisdom and Smith
 
2 hours left in the Finnish Football League, the last remaining European league open :emoticon-0158-time:
 
Gerrez said:
Don't agree with you on Alberto, its not just to move him out. Brod has already said the intention was to loan him out after buying him as with Ilori.

Move players out: Aspas, Coates and Assaidi

To hopefully improve the player: Ilori, Alberto, Origi, Tex, Ibe, Wisdom and Smith
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Totally agree with you on Alberto <yikes>
 
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