Aquilani

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Well lets be honest about this a minute, under raffa he didnt really get a chance and i believe he was injured, then under woy no one played well, never mind just him, then he went to juventus and was class.

So tbh i am not sure how bad he actually is in the PL for liverpool, as when he did play, not many others played well either.

On 5 August 2009, Liverpool announced that they had agreed a deal with Roma for the transfer of Aquilani, subject to a medical.[11][12] The club subsequently announced that the player had passed the medical and signed a 5 year contract on 7 August 2009.[13] Roma revealed that the fee was €20 million (£17 million) plus sporting bonus.[14] Aquilani was handed the number 4 shirt, last worn by Sami Hyypiä, who joined Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the 2008–09 season. Although it was initially thought that he was recruited as a replacement for deep-lying playmaker Xabi Alonso who had left the same summer to join Real Madrid, Aquilani actually prefers to play further up the pitch and is considered to be more of a dynamic attacking midfielder than a holding playmaker.

Aquilani made his Liverpool reserves debut with a 15 minutes substitute appearance in a 2–0 win against Sunderland reserves on 21 October 2009.[15]

Aquilani's first game for Liverpool was a 2–1 4th round Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal, coming on in the 77th minute for Damien Plessis.[16] He made his long awaited Premier league debut on 9 November 2009, as a late substitute against Birmingham City in a 2–2 draw.[17] He then made a 30 second appearance against Hungarian club Debrecen on 24 November which Liverpool won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from David Ngog. Aquilani made his first start against Fiorentina in a Champions League match on 9 December 2009, where Liverpool lost 2–1.[18] Aquilani made his first Premier League start against Wolves on 26 December 2009 and received a standing ovation from the Kop when he was substituted in the 84th minute for Daniel Pacheco.[19]

Aquilani next started for Liverpool in their 2–0 win over Bolton Wanderers, where he got his second assist for Liverpool, again setting up Dirk Kuyt. He scored his first goal for Liverpool on 15 March 2010 against Portsmouth and he also assisted Fernando Torres for the fourth Liverpool goal. He was voted man of the match by the fans on Liverpool's official website. Aquilani also gained the man of the match award in his next Liverpool league start, against Fulham in a goalless draw at Anfield. In his next start for Liverpool he finished the match with three assists during a 4–0 away win against Burnley On 29 April 2010 he scored a goal against Atlético Madrid in the Europa League, cancelling out Atlético's first leg goal from Diego Forlán by scoring moments before half-time. Despite a great performance from Aquilani on the night, Liverpool eventually went out of the semi-finals on the away goal rule after Yossi Benayoun had put Liverpool 2–0 up, as Forlán scored his second of the tie in exta-time to take the aggregate score to 2–2.[20] Aquilani won the LFC Man Of The Match award again after his performance.[21] Aquilani also played in Liverpool's last 2 games of the season, a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea at Anfield[22] and a goalless draw away to Hull City at the KC Stadium.[23] In total, Aquilani played 26 times in his debut season for the reds, scoring twice but rarely playing the full 90 minutes.

With the departure of Rafael Benítez to Internazionale in June 2010, new manager Roy Hodgson played him in some pre-season games, but stated publicly in mid-August that Aquilani may go back to his native Italy on loan for a full season, where playing regularly he could gain match fitness.[
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So he did get MOM and applauded off the pitch, so he was not totally inept.
 
blackcatsteve said:
Well lets be honest about this a minute, under raffa he didnt really get a chance and i believe he was injured, then under woy no one played well, never mind just him, then he went to juventus and was class.

So tbh i am not sure how bad he actually is in the PL for liverpool, as when he did play, not many others played well either.
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He was never a great player for Roma mate, Liverpool went for De Rossi, Roma said 'no way, but....'

Outstanding for Juve he was not.

He was okay, scored a few (pens), but Juve were awful throughout last season, and not only did they reject the option of taking him at the pre-arranged price (a ridiculous £16million), they also didn't bother with a lower bid, despite splashing money about this summer getting a competitive team ready for the move to the new stadium.
 
so that was all his fault then lol

Honestly i dont think we have a cat in hells chance of him coming, but this he is crap, which to me means he isnt good enough for US, makes me laugh, Gibson or Aquilini, no contest, Vaughen or Aquilini, no contest, Gardner or Aquilini no contest (btw in case you are wondering, Aquilini wins all the time.)

PS: as soon as i posted it i noticed it was from Jan, never noticed that before :(
 
blackcatsteve said:
so that was all his fault then lol

Honestly i dont think we have a cat in hells chance of him coming, but this he is crap, which to me means he isnt good enough for US, makes me laugh, Gibson or Aquilini, no contest, Vaughen or Aquilini, no contest, Gardner or Aquilini no contest (btw in case you are wondering, Aquilini wins all the time.)

PS: as soon as i posted it i noticed it was from Jan, never noticed that before :(
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I've never said he was crap, personally mate, he's far from it.

And the blame on Juve's slump was not his fault, it was the whole team, they were pitiful to a man, hence a huge rebuilding job and a new coach, they were desperate for CL football for the new stadium (magnificent, like an English ground, potential crowd issues, surely though?), and they were woeful.
 
yeah other members have said he was crap, you never did, and it was never meant for you personally.

honestly though i fought my corner for weeks over Brown when most on here said he was ****e, we have got him, lets see how he does, but i am not going to do the same with this player, as i just dont think he will come, even if Liverpool accept the bid, but if he did come i believe he would be a great benefit to us, but its not going to happen.
 
blackcatsteve said:
yeah other members have said he was crap, you never did, and it was never meant for you personally.

honestly though i fought my corner for weeks over Brown when most on here said he was ****e, we have got him, lets see how he does, but i am not going to do the same with this player, as i just dont think he will come, even if Liverpool accept the bid, but if he did come i believe he would be a great benefit to us, but its not going to happen.
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No, won't happen, and whether he'd be an asset or not, we don't need to splash the kinda money he'd cost on a player who may or may not make an impact here.
 
I still reckon he's crap steve and he won't come to us anyway so fairly academic. He is good in Italy but not good enough for us or PL, some players just can't adapt to PL look at Riveros for us world beater to panel beater in one season.
If he is better than all those you mentioned why are those players in demand and he isn't?
 
But we have the money, and surely every player has that problem, may or may not make an impact, you just never know until they get a run in the side, look at messi for Argentina, he hardly ever makes an impact, but for barca he is amazing, you just never know with any player in any giving team.

In demand by us and stoke, yeah right.

And sorry i know riveros has gone out on loan, but he has never ever been a world beater, not even for Paragauy, decent yes, world beater, never in a million years.
 
I'd be interested in a loan + option deal, so we can both see how it might pan out.

Would I pay £14M for him now? Would I fu..........
 
People saying he 'flopped' obviously didn't watch him when he actually played for us.

Maybe he was a waste because he was injured, finally got back to playing, scored a few goals and was then replaced by Roy with Christian ****ing Poulson.

Sorry. It's the Poulson condition again.
 
A scouse mate of mine recons he is a very good player who just didn't get a chance at LFC. My concern is are we really looking for another CM. Its a winger and a striker we need. Time will tell but I'd have him here.
 
Grem1983 said:
I read somewhere yesterday that last season was the 1st time in his career he has managed to play over 20 games in one season, so his injury record must be awful!
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Really? I don't follow Italian football so thats news to me but I think the last thing we want is an injury prone, untested, uninsurable continental player in our mid field... Thanks for the info. ;)
 
To be honest I hope we keep him. I think we will.

- He hasn't been bought in Italy.
- He's fit again.
- Direct cover for Gerrard in the advanced midfield role.
- Plays pass and move football.
- Meireles may be leaving.
 
I feel that we only have one more big signing to be made, and that will more than likely be on a striker and not a midfielder.
 
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