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Swarbs said:
It will be interesting to see what he does over the summer - you could argue that he couldn't change it up too much against Sevilla because Rodgers left him with a bag of nails that had no real options other than "Bring on Origi and Benteke and lump it up to them". In theory with money to spend he can build a side which will allow him to have a decent plan B to prevent it going tits up.

Then again that's been the same problem every Liverpool manager has faced since Benitez left you in the **** back in 2010, and none of them has really solved it.
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... I could get pelters for this ... but if I was Klopp I'd move Sturridge on ... yes he scored an absolute belter against Sevilla ... but when Liverpool needed an outlet once the pressue was on Sturridge was jogging aroound up front like a fun-runner ... I don't necessarily think he lacks heart or desire ... just think he is too frgaile and he is scared stiff of further injury ... that's not going to fit well with Klopps preferred high pressure, energy intensive approach ... just saying.
 
FosseFilberto said:
... I could get pelters for this ... but if I was Klopp I'd move Sturridge on ... yes he scored an absolute belter against Sevilla ... but when Liverpool needed an outlet once the pressue was on Sturridge was jogging aroound up front like a fun-runner ... I don't necessarily think he lacks heart or desire ... just think he is too frgaile and he is scared stiff of further injury ... that's not going to fit well with Klopps preferred high pressure, energy intensive approach ... just saying.
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I'd go the other way - find a striker who can suit the Klopp approach then keep Sturridge on the bench as an option ahead of Origi and Benteke. That way you do actually have a decent player who can come on when you need to change the game up and get a goal against tiring defenders, but won't have to play 90 minutes being scared of tripping over his own shadow and breaking his leg.
 
Thoughts on Ibra? Lots of talk on him signing I believe he'll be 35 by the time the season starts. Lots of talk about shirt sales being worth it alone but surely his wage demands counter act that.
 
luvgonzo said:
Thoughts on Ibra? Lots of talk on him signing I believe he'll be 35 by the time the season starts. Lots of talk about shirt sales being worth it alone but surely his wage demands counter act that.
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Don't honestly give a **** about shirt sales or wages. 90% of the shirt sales a new signing "generates" just come from people who would have bought another player's shirt anyway, and the majority of the profits go to adidas so that's always a BS argument imo. And any major name you sign will expect a bucketload of money, the only question is how long you will have to commit to pay it for.

As old as he is, he is still world class and doesn't rely on pace so he should be able to make a good contribution on the pitch. And he'd be a free transfer on a one year deal so if it all went tits up we could cut our losses and not be left with a Balotelli or Torres we'd spend the next three years trying desperately to get rid of.

As with the Falcao deal, large potential upside, relatively small potential downside for a club with as much money to throw around as we have.
 
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Swarbs said:
Don't honestly give a **** about shirt sales or wages. 90% of the shirt sales a new signing "generates" just come from people who would have bought another player's shirt anyway, and the majority of the profits go to adidas so that's always a BS argument imo. And any major name you sign will expect a bucketload of money, the only question is how long you will have to commit to pay it for.

As old as he is, he is still world class and doesn't rely on pace so he should be able to make a good contribution on the pitch. And he'd be a free transfer on a one year deal so if it all went tits up we could cut our losses and not be left with a Balotelli or Torres we'd spend the next three years trying desperately to get rid of.

As with the Falcao deal, large potential upside, relatively small potential downside for a club with as much money to throw around as we have.
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I think Zlatan is so arrogant and so self assured that he'll have no problem coping with being the main striker at United He'll be like some French player we had in the past, who thought United were lucky to have him and lifted everyone around him. It also reminds me of the likes of Davenport, Birtles and Brazil who were supposed to be top stars but when they played at OT shrunk so much that they were an embarrassment. Davenport and Birtles went > 20 matches without scoring their first goal I think.

The money men will see lots of upside despite paying the very high wages. They'll easily recoup the outlay. More importantly, I can see JM fitting him in because of his vast experience. Its high time we have a player who can bully the smaller teams. LVG always came up a cropper against the bottom half teams.
 
Watching the CL final. Not putting it on any main channel is a massive fck up by UEFA.

Anyway, Real Madrid should be 1-0 up. Missed a sitter from 2 yards out.
 
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