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WHEN Fernando Torres wanted to leave Liverpool to join Chelsea in January 2011, it came as a shock to most Liverpool fans who had come to idolise the Spaniard, and who in a Liverpool shirt had become one of the most lethal finishers in world football. He was eventually sold to Chelsea, with Newcastle’s Andy Carroll being bought as his replacement.

But it’s been over a year and a half since Torres departed, and the sad fact is that we have yet to really replace him.

Last season in the Premier League, our highest goalscorer was Luis Suarez with a total of 11 goals, while Carroll had a very average season, and only towards the end of it did he begin to regain some of the confidence that he had been lacking throughout.

To be able to compete with the rest of the top teams in the Premier League, we need a striker who is capable of scoring at least 20 goals in a season, and we simply do not have that in our team.

So far in the current summer transfer market, we have only brought in Fabio Borini from AS Roma as a striker, while in the same window, we have parted company with Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodriguez, Craig Bellamy and now Andy Carroll.

Kuyt, Bellamy and Maxi have all been very useful players for Liverpool, scoring quite a few goals between them, some of them being very important ones, helping us out of sticky situations last season. With them gone, we have to ask. Who do we see as our main man in front of goal this season? Andy Carroll didn’t feature in Brendan Rodgers’ plans, and while Suarez is a gifted player, he just does is not the clinical finisher we should have in our team. In the last few games, he’s missed numerous chances to score for Liverpool.
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Borini is still an unknown in the Premier League, and we can only hope that he will deliver the goods, after a rather anonymous start to life in the league.

As the last games have shown so clearly, we do not yet have the cutting edge in the final third of the field. For all our possession and passing, if we are unable to convert the chances that are being created, we will end up with results much like we did last season, which saw us drop to 8th in the Premier League.

The most important thing in Brendan Rodgers’ list of to-dos at this point should be bringing in a striker before this transfer window closes. At the time of writing, we are linked with Daniel Sturridge and Clint Dempsey; but will either of them solve this issue?

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4 comments

  • Rob w says:

    I think Rodgers has a clear vision and has done well to clear out the under achievers and overpaid players to try to get players of his philosophy in.i hope he manages to do that before deadline tonight.

  • Nath Emefiele says:

    You have said it all. Suarez is a play maker who can torment defenders and create chances but he is not a complete finisher. I am opposed to BR’s view that LFC does not need a striker because everybody can score with team work. The fact remains that our players can complete all the passes in this world and have fantastic ball possession but if we lack a “hit man” that will more often than not shoot on target and perhaps from say 16 yards, we may only end up with about 20 draws this season at best. LFC will not be able to compete for the top-four.

    I feel that Dempsey is a better option than Sturridge for versatility and team spirit. whilst the latter may possess higher maveric skills, he does seem to have a selfish nature in front of goal which could hamper result.

    Rodgers definitely needs a central striker to compete well in the EPL this season and the choice should be concluded before the close of the this transfer window.

  • Elias says:

    Fernando lloriente is a good option for the reds – the owners should perform a miracle by getting him

  • LFC_Fan says:

    I think, Roger’s transfer activities are almost complete & it’s quite a successful one. Without CL football & after the wasted of fund by KD, he was in a very narrow space to maneuver but did well.

    First, he has almost cleared out all the over priced & unworthy salary earners (apart from Downing & Cole), he hasn’t allowed any player, part of his plan, loaned-in quality players, whom he couldn’t purchase, done some very good value for money deals & has purchased young potential talents at very low price.

    Last piece of his jig-saw is to buy an outright striker, a poacher with good ball playing quality. 10 out of 10, if he can get Klass Huntellor.

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