Second, we need goalkeeping cover. After the odd game in ‘unimportant’ early-season games, Brad Jones has clearly been found out – he’s tosh. The fact that Reina has played in pretty much every league, cup and European game this season says a lot. We let a perfectly good back up go in Cavalieri – for buttons – and used those buttons to pay for Jones. They often say you get what you pay for and unfortunately we paid far too much for a below average keeper. This needs to be addressed; Pepe needs at least the illusion of competition.
Finally, in terms of players, we need better attacking options. They should come in the form of an actual, real-life wide player, not a converted forward or ‘left-midfielder’; somebody who can actually take a man on and provide proper width. (As I have done already, I’ll avoid speculation and suggestions as to who this could be, as without prior knowledge of the transfer budget there’s no way of knowing which bracket we’re working in.) Along with a wide-player, we desperately need an experienced, proven striker; one who can contribute an extra 12-15 goals per season and who can bear the brunt of being the attacking focal point in Torres’ absence. Because as good as Ngog is becoming, he is not ready for that responsibility yet. And besides: we need more options from the bench!
New Stadium/Refurbishment – This is the least important in the short-term but our future relies on it. While we don’t necessarily need any news on it right now, if the end of the year/start of 2011 was to bring some definitive news regarding what the plan was, Reds fans could rest easy in the knowledge that plans were at least being made up. If however, there were dates, plans, time-frames and more that would just be the icing on the cake.
There are other issues, I’m sure, for Liverpool and its fans at the moment but I would hazard a guess that these 3 are foremost in 99% of fans minds and as we head toward next year, we can only hope that we will start to get answers to certain questions and solutions to these problems. Roll on 2011.
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Bringing back Gulacsi from loan at Tranmere would resolve the goalie issue. The lad looks topdraw and had bags of potential. I have no idea why Brad Jones was ever bought, saying that I’ve no idea why Konchesky or Poulsen where ever bought either.
Mind you what do I know. I haven’t been in management for 35 years or managed Inter Milan twice!
managed 20 teams since 1976 – Inter for approx. 2 months the second time
Hodgson will sell Gulacsi soon since he’s not English and/or 29/30…
I fear you right there Eric, not English therefore no good!!!! Konchesky rather than Insua!!!
so roy thinks the players are trying too hard ? has he actually watch fernando torres lately.
question, what have these so called sports scientists been putting into fernado’s head ? could this be behind his lack of effort ? roy said these people changed his mind about playing torres last night, what is he a manager or whatl great liverpool teams and players won everything by playing with knocks etc. shut them up or get rid they have too much say.
Roy clearly does not have a mind of his own, he reacts to those around him, to the press or to the fans when we have a go at him. remember he defended Torres only after the stink from the fans, not before. The man is a weak willed and inconsequential waste of space.
PS is till don’t see the nice man everyone talks about, he seems more of a snidely, blame everyone else type.
What the players need is some coaching from Tommy Smith, Ron Yeats, Ian Callaghan Ian St John, Rushie, Hanson etc , Guys who had talent and weren’t wimps.
well as we dont know much about Brad Jones,we cant actually say much..he was good against utrecht making some good saves.konchesky and poulsen are players good for fulham at best and we definitely need a partner for torres.also our squad depth is s**t.we need 3 or 4 players to fight for the title.hulk,suarez,aguero,cassano,vucinic,adebayor,pazzini,lavezzi,toivonen,…to name a few.my favorite would be suarez as i rate him very highly.and definitely a left back:cissokho,coentrao,lahm,santon,..to name a few.my picks would be suarez and santon as they are both very young and talented.also we might need cover in midfield should(HOPEFULLY) we sell poulsen.a young player needs to be scouted here and i read that this guy M’vila has it all to be the next star.i heard that we need wingers but i dont believe it all.we have maxi,joe cole and jovanovic who i rate very much.
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Santon
J.Cole Gerrard Meireles Maxi
Suarez Torres
Bench:Jones,Skrtel,Kyrgiakos,Aurelio,Kelly,Lucas,M’vila,Jovanovic,Kuyt,Babel,Ngog..i think Kuyt should be dropped to bench and i cant actually figure why he is considered a starter..
but i forgot to say that i would never say no for us to buy a young and talented winger such as hazard,cazorla,arda,ashley young,…
All I want for Christmas is King kenny in the dug out, perhaps with Paco Ayesteran behind him, Woy knows nothing and sorry Sammy but you are out of your depth. Surely King K can get something out of the players we have, failing that maybe he can put on the old shirt and SHOW them how its supposed to be done, with pride
NESV, i’m fast losing faith in u
concur, sadly they are proving no better the the other Yanks
on a day our so called super new scout(the one with the a stupid tittle) that over rated;
damien Comolli is waisting time sitting waiting for the draw,
DO YOU KNOW WAHT ELSE HE COULD BE DOING?
I do, he could be thinking this is the time to try and get to sergio aguero, i find it very odd that when team like benfica and atletico who are having hard times, as like us, they have great players in some very needed positions that our team could do with.
What does he do, he sits there doing nothing when he could out getting deals done, im not saying that we have a huge chance of getting aguero, but if this club had any ambition and comolli had any positive go getting attitude then he would know that the best time to get players like coentrao, aguero and others like now carzola is right now.
What is it with this club, all the talk is wait, wait for what? we already face and uphill challenge to get the even young proven talents, never mind world footballs most prized assets.
Why do we insist on making it difficult for us, we are going to need investment but all we do is wait, its like rafa said, stop mucking about and get the deal done, but if not at least show us that that the board and club are trying to bring in better talent.
If the club hasnt put a bid in for AGUERO i want to why, simple as…..
Couldn’t agree more with tis article. All I want for Christmas is a new world class manager for our club and some fresh faces. We definitely need a left back, a winger and a striker. Hodgson has really pissed me off since his appointment in terms of his transfers, team selection, handling of media and results. I hope NESV realise soon that he’s not the right guy for the job and bring in someone like Hiddink or Rjikaard before Woy wastes 20 mil on Carlton Cole and Wayne Bridge.
Unfortunately it might be NESV who might be just as inappropriate fro our club!!!