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Yossi Benayoun of Liverpool celebrates scoring their 4th goal and his hat-trick, making it 4-0.
2008/09
Players arrived: 6

Homegrown experience: Robbie Keane (Spurs, £20m), Albert Riera (Espanyol, £8m)*

Success: Keane didn’t work at Anfield and struggled to justify his £20m fee. Riera, a surprising signing after failing to impress at Man City earlier in his career, was a steady hand.

Elsewhere: A disappointing season in the transfer market, with big-money full back Andrea Dossena failing to settle.

2009/10
Players arrived: 5

Homegrown experience: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth, £18m), Raheem Sterling (QPR, £500k)

Success: Johnson was brought in to be a more attacking right back but often struggled to meet his fee. Sterling, meanwhile, was a signing for the future – but has paid dividends since.

Elsewhere: Alberto Aquilani was a big signing from Roma. As the tenure of Hicks and Gillett took a real grip on the club, Maxi Rodriguez and Sotoris Kyrgiakos came for low fees.



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Glen Johnson celebrates scoring Liverpool's second goal
2010/11
Players arrived: 12

Homegrown experience: Jonjo Shelvey (Charlton, £1.7m), Joe Cole (Chelsea, free), Danny Wilson (Rangers, £2m), Brad Jones (Boro, £2.3m)*, Paul Konchesky (Fulham, £3.5m), Andy Carroll (Newcastle, £35m)

Success: Cole, even on a free transfer, became a big problem for the Reds with his high wages. Konchesky didn’t last six months, his future decided when Roy Hodgson departed. Carroll, meanwhile, became a modern symbol of how not to conduct transfer business.

Elsewhere: Luis Suarez. Raul Meireles was also decent for the price, although Milan Jovanovic and Christian Poulsen were terrible buys.

2011/12
Players arrived: 9

Homegrown experience: Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, £16m), Charlie Adam (Blackpool, £4m), Stewart Downing (Aston Villa, £20m), Jose Enrique (Newcastle, £6m)*, Craig Bellamy (Man City, free), Jordon Ibe (Wycombe, £500k)

Success: The infamous summer. Henderson would eventually become a prominent player at Anfield, but Adam and Downing were added to Carroll in the ‘big-money, little return’ category.

Elsewhere: Sebastian Coates was the only outfield player bought from abroad and also struggled to meet expectations.



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Stewart Downing
2012/13
Players arrived: 7

Homegrown experience: Joe Allen (Swansea, £15m), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea, £12m), Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m)*

Success: Sturridge was an undoubted success, even with his poor injury record, and was a big part of Brendan Rodgers’ first season. Joe Allen has yet to win over many, while Borini hasn’t recreated his Serie A form at Anfield.

Elsewhere: Philippe Coutinho is now, arguably, the club’s best player and made an immediate impact after his January transfer. Nuri Sahin came on loan and struggled.

2013/14
Players arrived: 8

Homegrown experience: Simon Mignolet (Sunderland, £9m), Kolo Toure (free, City)*, Victor Moses (Chelsea, loan)

Success: Simon Mignolet replaced Reina, much to the chagrin of several fans, and the Belgian had a mixed campaign. Toure, too, had an up-and-down season while Moses did little. The Reds still nearly won the title, however.

Elsewhere: Iago Aspas and Luis Alberto came from La Liga and had little impact. Mamadou Sakho was the only real success.



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Lallana, Lambert, Lovren
2014/15
Players arrived: 9

Homegrown experience: Rickie Lambert (Southampton, £4m), Adam Lallana (Southampton, £23m), Dejan Lovren (Southampton, £20m)*, Mario Balotelli (AC Milan, £16m)*

Success: The Southampton trio did not have the impact required to keep Liverpool in the upper tier of the league. Balotelli, too, was uninspiring.

Elsewhere: A poor window all around which was founded on potential. Emre Can, arguably, was the best.

THE GREAT DEBATE
Of course, all transfers should be taken – and, ultimately, assessed – individually. To say a purchase is doomed to failure because he spent his formative years watching Ruel Fox rather than Raul is wrong.

But the fear of buying British players for inflated fees remains strong at Anfield, the legacy of seasons past. In 2011-12, the Reds had to watch Newcastle finish above them with a team of players scouted across Europe. Yohan Cabaye was a cheaper buy than Adam, a fact that should still rankle on Merseyside.

There is no reason Ings or Milner should fall into this category, nor Benteke, Clyne or Bogdan if they join the club. Not based solely on history, at least.

But as Liverpool begin a new chapter, they will hope the same old story is consigned to the dustbin

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-transfers-how-reds-9425244



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Thought of you @Jimmy Squarefoot when reading this dont know if you've read it
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Summary...?
 
jonnybaws said:
Not sure he'd be need to stretch play? The other forwards/attacking midfielders could do that job.. many a time of late we've played well up to the final third but had no one in the box to finish off the chances we've created..
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well last season nobody got beyond sterling who was playing false 9 did they? I would have thought rodgers would have worked on them running in behind but he didn;t.

It leads me to think it was suarez natural game and sturrdige just copied him. He does either run out to right wing mostly. Lambert tried but had no legs

For em we all ran away from goal rather than exploited the space in behind.

don't see dzeko helping us there. (nor benteke)

in fact is a black mark against rodgers imo
 
Christian Benteke agent tells prank caller striker will not sign new Aston Villa deal.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...er-striker-will-not-sign-new-aston-villa-deal
Danny Ings has sent a message to Liverpool supporters ahead of his imminent move to Anfield.
England under-21 international striker Ings has agreed to join the Reds on July 1 after his contract at Burnley expires.
And the striker has used social media to pass on his thanks to his soon-to-be former club while looking towards the latest chapter in his career.
“Thanks for your messages,” tweeted Ings. “Delighted to be joining [HASHTAG]#LFC[/HASHTAG].
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“A special club with great players. I will give everything to be successful.”
Ings added: “Thanks to @BurnleyOfficial for 4 brilliant years. The fans backed me every step of the way, I will never forget that.
“Good luck always!”
 
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This is Anfield said:
Christian Benteke agent tells prank caller striker will not sign new Aston Villa deal.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...er-striker-will-not-sign-new-aston-villa-deal
Danny Ings has sent a message to Liverpool supporters ahead of his imminent move to Anfield.
England under-21 international striker Ings has agreed to join the Reds on July 1 after his contract at Burnley expires.
And the striker has used social media to pass on his thanks to his soon-to-be former club while looking towards the latest chapter in his career.
“Thanks for your messages,” tweeted Ings. “Delighted to be joining [HASHTAG]#LFC[/HASHTAG].
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“A special club with great players. I will give everything to be successful.”
Ings added: “Thanks to @BurnleyOfficial for 4 brilliant years. The fans backed me every step of the way, I will never forget that.
“Good luck always!”
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wonder how burnely fans really view the lad walking out.

mind you its common place in germany to say heres my contract then i'm off.
 
JWP's Goal Celebration said:
Same can be applied to you lot in about 6mths time with Raheem Wright Phillips then?
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doubtful, the little pikey has done nothing of note to warrant missing him, and his form has seriously nosedived, if he was playing well maybe, but he has been playing ****e.

if he is only on 35k (dont know if true) personally i would make the little ****er work hard to get us back in the top 4 and not sell him, he would have an incentive as he will want to leave, and if he wants to be a dick he will be less appealing to other clubs anyway and its no loss only 35k a wekk wages if he is a tit ( well no loss in the sense of footballing terms lol)
 
jenners04 said:
doubtful, the little pikey has done nothing of note to warrant missing him, and his form has seriously nosedived, if he was playing well maybe, but he has been playing ****e.

if he is only on 35k (dont know if true) personally i would make the little ****er work hard to get us back in the top 4 and not sell him, he would have an incentive as he will want to leave, and if he wants to be a dick he will be less appealing to other clubs anyway and its no loss only 35k a wekk wages if he is a tit ( well no loss in the sense of footballing terms lol)
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Fair enough I agree with a lot of that, but I'm just saying it's easy to call fans of 'small clubs' ****s for being pissed off with players leaving, but then a lot of you are doing exactly the same thing?
 
JWP's Goal Celebration said:
Fair enough I agree with a lot of that, but I'm just saying it's easy to call fans of 'small clubs' ****s for being pissed off with players leaving, but then a lot of you are doing exactly the same thing?
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you lost players who was playing well and if you had still had the same structure and manager in place who knows, so its understandable for you lot to be pissed off losing players who have played well, Sterling has the potential but he wants the wages before he has done **** all to warrant it is the problem for a lot of us and it will be no loss if he goes as he has been playing ****e for a while, its like he already thinks he is world class or something before he has done **** all (whoever is blowing smoke up his arse is doing a good job of brainwashing him)
 
jenners04 said:
you lost players who was playing well and if you had still had the same structure and manager in place who knows, so its understandable for you lot to be pissed off losing players who have played well, Sterling has the potential but he wants the wages before he has done **** all to warrant it is the problem for a lot of us and it will be no loss if he goes as he has been playing ****e for a while, its like he already thinks he is world class or something before he has done **** all (whoever is blowing smoke up his arse is doing a good job of brainwashing him)
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What about Torres??
 
Darlo_Geordie said:
What about Torres??
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what about him?

he wasn't playing well when we sold him, but i was one of those that wanted to see if he had worked with Suarez and regained his form or not first (as we wasted the money we got for him any way!!!), but apart from that not sure on point you are making, sorry.
 
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