Still better than the players they replaced.![]()
Better than average, maybe.... actually good... we will see next year when expectations are raised
Still better than the players they replaced.![]()
Looks like Kolo will be offered an extension ...
Out:
Jones
Johnson (contract)
Enrique (fitness)
Toure (contract)
Lambert
Coates (contract)
Sterling
Alberto
Aspas
Back from loan:
Ilori
Wisdom
Origi
Jones has confirmed he's leaving on Instagram
Expected this to come soon after not being in yesterday's squad
Great finish from Milner. Broke away from Swansea corner, got the ball from aguero cut inside the full back and slid into the bottom corner.
Still dont see why why people would be against him on a freebie
The only two reasons could be
1. Not called Milnerinho
2. Legs might give out after a year
In the end lfc are Poor and turning our noses up at players doesn't help when they are actually better than what we have. Turn you noses up at the aspas type sure but we know milner is twice the player Allen is
4. He's better than what we have, but still not good enough to move us forward as a team.
5. We've already got Henderson, Allen, Lucas and Can who aren't leaving.
6. He wouldn't be free. 'Free transfer' players always have a signing on fee - Joe Cole was 5million ffs!
7. He'd want circa 100k wages...for a rotation midfielder?
An improvement doesn't necessarily mean we should get them...Milner would improve our midfield, but not enough. He isn't a game changer, nor a game winner. He's a better Henderson on higher wages and much older. He's the type of player a good team has in the XI, but with superior more technical players around him. We don't have those technical players aside from Coutinho. We need far better quality players than Milner to take us forward instead of getting a slightly better Henderson who does his job fine. Keep Henderson and Can as the solid players and get some quality in and around them instead.4 - If he's better than what we have, then surely logic dictates he would improve us and move us forward.
5 - Because 4 central midfielders are more than enough for a whole season, especially when one (Lucas) is injury prone and likely to move on.
6 - All players have a signing on fee, so his transfer fee will still be 0 (ie cheaper than buying him for £10m)
7 - He wouldn't be a rotation midfielder, he's be one of the first names on the team sheet at the moment. He'd put more effort in than most of our team and is an upgrade on Allen & Lucas while Can hasn't really played CM for us so shoving him in and expecting him to be the saviour in a position he's not played is unrealistic.
An improvement doesn't necessarily mean we should get them...Milner would improve our midfield, but not enough. He isn't a game changer, nor a game winner. He's a better Henderson on higher wages and much older. He's the type of player a good team has in the XI, but with superior more technical players around him. We don't have those technical players aside from Coutinho. We need far better quality players than Milner to take us forward instead of getting a slightly better Henderson who does his job fine. Keep Henderson and Can as the solid players and get some quality in and around them instead.
Allen, Henderson, Can and Lucas will all be here next season. Coutinho is sometimes a midfielder too as the tip of a 4man midfield. That's 5 midfielders of which only one has genuine quality right now. We don't need another ok midfielder to select from or to push Can/Henderson to the bench. We need a top midfielder to come in and push them to the bench.
Suppose Cole was a bargain then, he cost zip. Fine, since signing on fees are typically paid over the course of their contract, lets say he picks up 5million and would be on a 3 year deal on 100k base salary (not unrealistic). That bumps his wages by 30%. Point is, nothing is free. It still costs us to sign him outside of his standard wage and it annoys me how people neglect that.
If we roll into next season with Allen, Henderson, Can, Lucas and Milner as our midfield options, I wouldn't exactly feel confident...they're all ok midfielders. We need better than ok to step forward.
Can can, he's got potential and time...Reading this....
Is coutinho the only one of quality right now?
Are you saying Allen is tosh?
are you saying can can't ?
Are you saying genders on really isn't the next Gerrard like he thinks?
Former Southampton striker Rickie Lambert is being lined up for a return to the south coast with Premier League new boys Bournemouth after the 33-year-old has struggled for game time at Liverpool this year. (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to sign Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic, 25, who has failed to establish himself as a regular at Ethiad Stadium. (Daily Mirror)
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