If it was only one member of the committee then fair enough although if that one had been me then there is no way I'd have changed my mind! I'm quite flexible and willing to listen to most things but nothing was ever going to convince me signing Mario was a good thing. Nothing! We signed Studge in the the January window, five months after Carroll had left. In terms of fitting into the team he was never that big a risk either, his style of play was always going to fit in and his record showed he can score goals. The risk was injury which wasn't half as bad as its been since he joined annoyingly. Balotelli had a reputation for being a lazy ****er on the pitch and a mardy ****er off it too. Despite only being 24yrs old, he'd been at four different clubs prior to joining us and bar the first minor transfer fee, his value had deteriorated with every move.
Fair enough, but that's your personal opinion of the palyer (and more or less mine), but the committee member may have been anti, but not as anti. I think you're downplaying the risk with Sturridge as well. He was known for his injuries, and you yourself criticised his selfishness on severla oocassions. There was definately the possibility of it not working out.
This is the thing - what is our style? Fans associate us with being fast, pressing, dynamic but are we really that? Does Rodgers want that? We only played that style for half a season when Rodgers went to a diamond. And Sturridge was not a Rodgers player. He was the committees. Again, I think there is a clash of styles/personalities within the committee.
He had injuries but they weren't as much a problem as they are now (which I did say in my last comment). I did (and continue to) criticise Studge because of the velcro on his boots, that was never part of the risk though, they is more a dislike to his approach / style. Of course, it could piss teammates off which could be deemed a risk, in fact it did annoy Suarez a time or two if I remember rightly but so did everything else
good point but one thing is for sure, whatever the style is Mario doesn't fit it! completely ignoring your second point!
Before this season his injuries were about what I expected. This season has obviously been horrendous, and there was always the potential for it to happen. With the selfishness, the risk was more that he wouldn't fit into the team and/or be too wasteful to be a truly effective striker at a top 4 club (which is our aim). He'd shown potential on his loan moves but was yet to do it consistently and a lot of people were uncertain about the transfer at the time. Happily, it all turned out great, at least for the first 18 months.
AND HOW THE **** DO YOU KNOW! I for one distinctly remember rodgers gushing his pants on jan 1 when he arrived and was so happy.
Although I might be in danger of being seen as Jimmy's "Bitch"....I once again agree with you JS about this...^^^^^^
Didn't we sign Mascherano from West Ham (ignoring third party technicalities)...? Xabi Alonso was at Real Sociedad who were probably equivalent to West Ham at the time. Agger, Hyypia and Skrtel all came from poor leagues and were considered to be risks that could easily have back fired. Steve Finnan played conference football and nobody knew who Arbeloa was when we signed him. #everyonestartssomewhere
I want to be on gerrez's ticket. I like what he has to say. When he runs for president of not606 my vote is his.
