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I guess I had clearly forgotten something when I said Michael Owen was quite certainly going to stay with Liverpool and sign a new deal... He is just another money-grabbing, big-headed, ME-ME-ME David Beckham-esque Pop Star after all! :P
(At least his starting place in the England side's guarrenteed for the next few years at least, then...)
While I do believe Liverpool can certainly progress without him - despite all his managed to do under Gerard Houllier - they have to find a replacement, first. Djibril Cissé cannot cope alone. He and Baros may struggle to find a strong bond together, I also feel.
This is where I thought Benitez would do what anyone else would've done, and get Fernando Morientes (if not Samuel Eto'o, as reported) in an exchange move as part of the deal. Not this Nunez bloke, of who, only two people [being his parents] have ever heard of...
I thought the £8m they recieved was pitiful enough - but, now they've got this (reportadley) £2m in aswel... That reall takes the biscuit!!
What on Earth were they think!? £8m for Michael Owen... I don't rate him quite that highly myself, but they should've at least held out for £20m, or so you'd have thought!
I've heard Benitez say Nunez is "just what we need" to fill the midfield holes, and that Owen simply "had to go" for that price, with his contract ending next summer and negotiations likely to begin again in Januray. But, to me, that's just a load of Salif Diao (and, if Diouf can be thrown-out, why can't he?!?)! He's been made a real mug of. If Vieira wasn't going, Owen didn't have to. Liverpool look a joke, there early-season could be in jeopardy (come on, you drew with SPURS!!) - and "Raffa's" barely been in the job 6 weeks!
If Nunez (or whatever his name is...) is 'the man' to come in alongside Gerrard and Harry Kewell and end Dietmar Hamman's days, for good, then, why are you still pursuing your interests in Xabi Alonso?
Better yet... At over £10m already, how can you value an un-tried-and-tested player at a higher rate than a leading goalscorer and former European Player of the Year???
I went to Spain myself last month, and found many of the home-growns there to be largely dislikable. Rafael Benitez, however, is no exception. He seems even nuttier than Claudio Ranieri! (Coincidental, then, that "The Tinkerman" went on to replace Benitez at Valencia.)
What is it with Liverpool and dodgy deals anyway?
They can con Leeds into letting prized-asset Harry Kewell leave for a mere fifth of his true value (and then only pay the club £2m!), and now, they're getting a taste of their own medicine, I suppose, as Michael Owen leaves for far less than half of what he is worth....
Perhaps it wasn't Gerard Houllier's fault, after all...? :O
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Just to clear it all up, is it actually Nunez who Liverpool have signed?
At the end of last week, I heard 2 other names mentioned across the media, in quite highly-regarded Juanfran and another nobody, Gomez...
Also, I'm surprised to see they haven't been linked with a move for Southampton's James Beattie, of all the strikers they could go for. Benitez has talked about having this 'English Spine' to his team (despite selling Murphy and Owen, only buying Spaniards), so, I think, Beattie fits the bill. He can score goals. He's experienced in the Premiership. Big clubs have chased him before... £8m is Rupert Lowe's asking price - that's the exact amount Liverpool got from Real.
With any other possibilities likely to be cup-tied for European fixtures this season, isn't this, simply, the best option available?
(Remember: You read it here first - "James Beattie to Liverpool!") ;)
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UPDATE:
I also hear, today, that Newcastle's Kieron Dyer could be allowed to leave St.James' Park for as little as £8m, after the weekend's reported "bust-up" with manager-should-be-old-age-pensioner Sir Bobby Robson.
I don't believe it too much myself (especialy when they say Arsénal and United will now be in a 'bidding-war'), but again, we have another option Liverpool could've used against 'accepting' Nunez...
Either that, or they should go for Jermaine Pennant. He could go even cheaper, y'know, and I very much doubt he's in Arséne Wenger's first-team plans, when Reyes and co. are all fit.
(At least his starting place in the England side's guarrenteed for the next few years at least, then...)
While I do believe Liverpool can certainly progress without him - despite all his managed to do under Gerard Houllier - they have to find a replacement, first. Djibril Cissé cannot cope alone. He and Baros may struggle to find a strong bond together, I also feel.
This is where I thought Benitez would do what anyone else would've done, and get Fernando Morientes (if not Samuel Eto'o, as reported) in an exchange move as part of the deal. Not this Nunez bloke, of who, only two people [being his parents] have ever heard of...
I thought the £8m they recieved was pitiful enough - but, now they've got this (reportadley) £2m in aswel... That reall takes the biscuit!!
What on Earth were they think!? £8m for Michael Owen... I don't rate him quite that highly myself, but they should've at least held out for £20m, or so you'd have thought!
I've heard Benitez say Nunez is "just what we need" to fill the midfield holes, and that Owen simply "had to go" for that price, with his contract ending next summer and negotiations likely to begin again in Januray. But, to me, that's just a load of Salif Diao (and, if Diouf can be thrown-out, why can't he?!?)! He's been made a real mug of. If Vieira wasn't going, Owen didn't have to. Liverpool look a joke, there early-season could be in jeopardy (come on, you drew with SPURS!!) - and "Raffa's" barely been in the job 6 weeks!
If Nunez (or whatever his name is...) is 'the man' to come in alongside Gerrard and Harry Kewell and end Dietmar Hamman's days, for good, then, why are you still pursuing your interests in Xabi Alonso?
Better yet... At over £10m already, how can you value an un-tried-and-tested player at a higher rate than a leading goalscorer and former European Player of the Year???
I went to Spain myself last month, and found many of the home-growns there to be largely dislikable. Rafael Benitez, however, is no exception. He seems even nuttier than Claudio Ranieri! (Coincidental, then, that "The Tinkerman" went on to replace Benitez at Valencia.)
What is it with Liverpool and dodgy deals anyway?
They can con Leeds into letting prized-asset Harry Kewell leave for a mere fifth of his true value (and then only pay the club £2m!), and now, they're getting a taste of their own medicine, I suppose, as Michael Owen leaves for far less than half of what he is worth....
Perhaps it wasn't Gerard Houllier's fault, after all...? :O
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Just to clear it all up, is it actually Nunez who Liverpool have signed?
At the end of last week, I heard 2 other names mentioned across the media, in quite highly-regarded Juanfran and another nobody, Gomez...
Also, I'm surprised to see they haven't been linked with a move for Southampton's James Beattie, of all the strikers they could go for. Benitez has talked about having this 'English Spine' to his team (despite selling Murphy and Owen, only buying Spaniards), so, I think, Beattie fits the bill. He can score goals. He's experienced in the Premiership. Big clubs have chased him before... £8m is Rupert Lowe's asking price - that's the exact amount Liverpool got from Real.
With any other possibilities likely to be cup-tied for European fixtures this season, isn't this, simply, the best option available?
(Remember: You read it here first - "James Beattie to Liverpool!") ;)
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UPDATE:
I also hear, today, that Newcastle's Kieron Dyer could be allowed to leave St.James' Park for as little as £8m, after the weekend's reported "bust-up" with manager-should-be-old-age-pensioner Sir Bobby Robson.
I don't believe it too much myself (especialy when they say Arsénal and United will now be in a 'bidding-war'), but again, we have another option Liverpool could've used against 'accepting' Nunez...
Either that, or they should go for Jermaine Pennant. He could go even cheaper, y'know, and I very much doubt he's in Arséne Wenger's first-team plans, when Reyes and co. are all fit.
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Virtuoso wrote:
"You lost to Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge no less!"
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Yes, WE lost to Chelsea - a team that almost reached the Champions' League Final last season; came second to Arsénal in the league and has, this summer, been injected with £90m-worth of proven talent.
1-0 wasn't a bad scoreline when we were missing an entire strikeforce and half our defence, even if we did dominate possesion...
YOU, however, threw-away 2 points to a side incapable of very many things in today's game, no matter how many strikers they sign or who they appoint as manager, without Teddy Sheringham.
:P
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"You lost to Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge no less!"
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Yes, WE lost to Chelsea - a team that almost reached the Champions' League Final last season; came second to Arsénal in the league and has, this summer, been injected with £90m-worth of proven talent.
1-0 wasn't a bad scoreline when we were missing an entire strikeforce and half our defence, even if we did dominate possesion...
YOU, however, threw-away 2 points to a side incapable of very many things in today's game, no matter how many strikers they sign or who they appoint as manager, without Teddy Sheringham.
:P
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True :P
But then, he'll have the definete knowledge to pursue his interest of SWP! :)
But then, he'll have the definete knowledge to pursue his interest of SWP! :)
Virtuoso wrote:
"This will change within a few weeks..."
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And, 'within a few weeks', the transfer window will remain firmly shut until January in the New Year! ;)
"This will change within a few weeks..."
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And, 'within a few weeks', the transfer window will remain firmly shut until January in the New Year! ;)
chelsea are good, spurs are not
But, Stryke: Do you honestly think Nunez can do the job on the right of midfield?
I can see why you have faith in Alonso, but what exactly does anyone know about Nunez? Why were Real Madrid so keen to offload him when, behind Zidane, Figo and co., there's not an awful lot to their midfield and they're buying a striker?
I only write off Baros because I personally feel a little too much has been made of him, since his creditable heroics in Euro 2004. He was a different player in a different team then. He's had one good spell at Liverpool in the years he's been there, and that's about it.
It's not only Djibril Cissé he must make a connection with...
Bah. I'm not a title person. I can come up with any decent and short enough to make it here, so I end up immitating something you'd see on the back page of The Sun! :P
(Any advice would be very welcome... ;) )
I can see why you have faith in Alonso, but what exactly does anyone know about Nunez? Why were Real Madrid so keen to offload him when, behind Zidane, Figo and co., there's not an awful lot to their midfield and they're buying a striker?
I only write off Baros because I personally feel a little too much has been made of him, since his creditable heroics in Euro 2004. He was a different player in a different team then. He's had one good spell at Liverpool in the years he's been there, and that's about it.
It's not only Djibril Cissé he must make a connection with...
Bah. I'm not a title person. I can come up with any decent and short enough to make it here, so I end up immitating something you'd see on the back page of The Sun! :P
(Any advice would be very welcome... ;) )
Solskjær wrote:
Liverpool look a joke, there early-season could be in jeopardy (come on, you drew with SPURS!!) - and "Raffa's" barely been in the job 6 weeks!
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You lost to Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge no less! :D
Liverpool look a joke, there early-season could be in jeopardy (come on, you drew with SPURS!!) - and "Raffa's" barely been in the job 6 weeks!
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You lost to Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge no less! :D
I feel that I need to say to everyone that Rafa is buying/being linked with Spanish people because of his knoledge of the Spanish market; not only that, but his LACK of knowledge for the English market at the moment.
This will change within a few weeks, because he'll be working around these players, and will see them consistently for himself.
This will change within a few weeks, because he'll be working around these players, and will see them consistently for himself.
Banter. I'm going to work. I hate student summer jobs.
not a sense of humour in his spanish/liverpoodliun body. tut tut tut.
Everyone offends me, sooner or later. Especially if they try to be witty and fail.
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