Up until the final days of the January transfer window, only one of our 2010-2011 season signings could claim to be enjoying a decent debut campaign for us, but with the acquisition of two top forwards on deadline day, the overall feel about our signings this season has taken a positive turn.
It is fair to say that most of Roy Hodgson’s signings just didn’t work out for us, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that the likes of Poulsen and Konchesky will be shipped out during the summer as part of an expected clear out. One signing Roy Hodgson can definitely be proud of however is Raul Meireles, who has managed to cap off an impressive debut Premier League season by winning the PFA Fans Player of the Year award.
Meireles would certainly get my vote for most effective new signing of the season simply because Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez have had less than half a season to display their enormous joint potential. I’m expecting big things from all three men next year and it will be interesting to see if they can establish themselves as key players for us with the experience of this campaign under their belts.
It is hard to say who I expect to have the biggest impact next season as all three players each hold a strong case. Raul Meireles has at times been absolutely majestic in our midfield this season and has even helped soften the blow of losing Steven Gerrard for large periods by proving himself to be a genuine attacking threat when played in his best position.
As for Andy Carroll, although he’s still only made a handful of appearances for us since arriving in January, the former Newcastle man has brought something to our forward line that we have lacked for years; aerial dominance. It is pleasing to know that we have England’s latest rising star striker terrorising defences with his physical presence as we saw in the 3-0 win against Manchester City for his second goal. I have no doubts that Carroll’s style of play will come in handy especially in the frustrating games against smaller teams that defend deep.
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as soon as the team plays great football,i wont be worried of who of these two will have the most impact but i’d risk saying Carroll.at summer he’ll gel with the team better and we’re obviously after some wingers who will help him score goals and create chances.take bale and lennon out of tottenham and crouch looks championsip material!!
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It really is diffacult to to call this one as we don’t really know what quality of player will be purchased in the summer to complement the players you mentioned. If it’s Marveaux type singings though: then we are all royaly screwed! But one thing I’m certain of is we will get another great season out of Meireles!
suarez will be a star next season he has it all but u make a great point i totally agree with and that carroll playing against smaller clubs defending deep he will cause them major probs cant wait 4 that also carrol will just get better suarez is at his peak my fav player now at lfc wen he gets the ball dangerous id like to see cavani or forlan they are from uraguay be lethal
why Forlan ?? he is old and will cost over 10M, if we need a striker than i would suggest Soldado frm valencia he is a goal scoring machine and no doubt by end of next season will be worth no less than 20M no matter which team he is at !!!
in my own opinion i see[LUIS SUREZ-and-RAUL]are going to be to stars to watch come next season,and if we [lfc] can bring in some top quality signings this summer then lfc will be a team to watch.
out of these three, suarez is the most influential in the attacking third…he has the ability to create something out of nothing and is absolutely lethal in and around the penalty box…
once meireles plays in his favoured central role, i’m looking forward to see the link up play between carroll, suarez and meireles..
what about skipper’s role…..?
who cares – as long as we don’t have so many passengers in the team anymore, that’s all that matter. We need a team full of players capable of leading the way on their day, not just depending on one player carrying the team on its back again.
As long as the team is playing dominant, quality football, I don’t care who is considered to be our biggest star.