Summer 2010

Been supporting this club of ours of 30 years and in that time I cant remember a more important period than the next few months coming up. Regardless of if we win the Europa cup or finish top 4 (which I dont think we will get close too by the way) with all the boardroom nonsense and goings on, uncertainty about our managers future, the as always ongoing rumours that some of our best players could be moving on etc I fear/hope this could be break/make for us.

Obvious you might say, but my point is with it being a world cup year also, our top players may be even more targeted by Europes elite due to the fact our internal unrest in the boardroom and below par season could have a few players disgruntled with the direction the club is going (and rightly so).

Ideally of course, post world cup the clubs financial state will be healthier come July and Rafa's future will be sorted one way or the other, one things for sure...the next few months are massive for our club and we have to hope the men making the big decisions get things right for a change and on the players side, others take a leap of faith and follow in Pepe's shoes and commit to the club long-term.

Our pride has been dented this season without question, so for starters lets finish the season on a high and send the squad off to the World Cup with pride intact, get the World cup out of the way and boardroom wrangles permitting ....come back stronger than ever next season! YNWA

New owners.

New players. Not loads of new players. A few with real quality would do.

New Owners.

Ample investment in the playing side.

I'd take Turan, Silva, Llahm, Martinez, Villa, Jovanovich, right now and call that a highly successful summer.

Where as we'll probably get some mid range 2-5 million players to paper over the cracks.

I personally think Lahm would be crap in this league. Plus we already have a right back.

If we do not get new owners in the summer, then I feel other clubs are going to try and sign our best players.  And the way these yanks act, i would not be surprised if they accepted, just to line there pockets.

These next few months are vital for the club and supporters, no one wants another year like this.  My emeotions cannot take it anymore.

I am hoping that the silence at the moment is a good thing and people are talking about buying us.  I am sick and tired of our laudry getting aired in public.  This has never been the Liverpool way.

Fingers crossed they sell and vanish.

I personally think Lahm would be crap in this league. Plus we already have a right back.

Good job too considering he can like Arbeloa play as a left back mate

New owners and I'd like to see the following here:

Silva, Turan, Mata, Jovanovic and an impressive left back will do.

Do people really think we can sign villa, silva, mata?

i think it all depends on what happens with the sale of the club, no one will come to us just now as there is so must uncertainty.  New owners would hopefully bring stability to the club, new staduim, money for players and a new buzz around the club.  if this happens then who know who could come to us and what we could do next season.   We need someone to come in and wake the club back up again.

People have to dream to aspire for something. I dream of new owners who will build the new stadium and spend money the right way. We don't need to approach it like Chelsea, we just new a few players.

Left back (Critical importance)
Second Striker (With Jov coming lesser so, but important nevertheless essential) - Babel upfront maybe
Creative midfielder (Anyone of the Rivaldo calibre)
Left winger - Creative out and out winger

A new left back is number 1 priority for me. Insua has been out of his depth this season far too many times. A great little player on his day but hes lost his consistency this season.

Second priority goes to central midfield. Liverpool have looked far too plain all season, theres been no drive or creativity from the middle all season, at times its been F***ing dire. Weve got our own little hard man in mascherano so now we need o sign somebody who can play football to sit next to him. Is aquilani this man? IMO no, hes played about 3 games this season. Next season it'll be similar i imagine.

Third goes to a striker. We are, lets face it, well and truly fu**ed without torres. We need a 15-20 goal a season striker as backup which is going to be difficult to find, a good striker who is prepared to sit on the bench for 2/3's of a season.

Fourth then goes to a winger. Maxi and kuyt together for the season will sort that right flank out. Use kuyt away from home were we need to be more defensive and use maxi at home were we need to me more creative. Sorted.  Problem is our left flank. Id like to see somebody with bags of pace there who will run at defenders. Babel is never a left midfielder and even though i rate yossi, theres certain games where he just cant crack it.

Fifth, if theres any change, go for another central defender. I no you all love the big greek but personally i find him as a liability. Hes too slow and gets caught on the ball far too often IMO. Carra only has a season or 2 left in him too so lets get some cover for agger and skrtel.

Well there will definitely be a lot of attention towards our club this summer with concerns over bids for the clubs, having the ability and money to sign the right players to take the club forward and those players who want to move on or are speculated to want a move away. Anything other than new owners and the likes of Silva, Turan and Villa would be a failure because we wouldn't have gone forward at all.

I personally think Lahm would be crap in this league. Plus we already have a right back.

Yes. He would be the greatest waste of money. He can play left back though. But I want Warnock.. I really want him back.

A new left back is number 1 priority for me. Insua has been out of his depth this season far too many times. A great little player on his day but hes lost his consistency this season.

Second priority goes to central midfield. Liverpool have looked far too plain all season, theres been no drive or creativity from the middle all season, at times its been f**king dire. Weve got our own little hard man in mascherano so now we need o sign somebody who can play football to sit next to him. Is aquilani this man? IMO no, hes played about 3 games this season. Next season it'll be similar I imagine.

Third goes to a striker. We are, lets face it, well and truly fu**ed without torres. We need a 15-20 goal a season striker as backup which is going to be difficult to find, a good striker who is prepared to sit on the bench for 2/3's of a season.

Fourth then goes to a winger. Maxi and kuyt together for the season will sort that right flank out. Use kuyt away from home were we need to be more defensive and use maxi at home were we need to me more creative. Sorted.  Problem is our left flank. Id like to see somebody with bags of pace there who will run at defenders. Babel is never a left midfielder and even though I rate yossi, theres certain games where he just cant crack it.

Fifth, if theres any change, go for another central defender. I no you all love the big greek but personally I find him as a liability. Hes too slow and gets caught on the ball far too often IMO. Carra only has a season or 2 left in him too so lets get some cover for agger and skrtel.

Agreed!

New Owners.

Ample investment in the playing side.

I'd take Turan, Silva, Llahm, Martinez, Villa, Jovanovich, right now and call that a highly successful summer.

Where as we'll probably get some mid range 2-5 million players to paper over the cracks.

Let's be reasonable here. With alot of luck and a very big push, we'll get £50 million to spend, where this comes from I don't know so I see it as unlikely. Anyway, with this £50 million we're not going to get Villa and Silva because that would take at least £70 million. As for Turan, Llahm and Martinez I reckon we could get them for £50 million and Jovanovic on a free.

Just improve the club on and off the pitch.

Just improve the club on and off the pitch.

If only the process of doing so was so straight forward.

Left back (not Lahm! He's sh*te defensively), striker, left winger. Maybe a new centre back also.

New owners.

Same manager.

Summer 2010.
Hicks and Gillett disappear without trace..
Silva and Aguero come in.


It ll be hot and then later on it will get dark.
Nice.

I don't want David Villa. Don't think it is wise to spend 30 million on a player his age.

New owners.
New stadium.
New players after getting rid of some we don't really need.
> Silva, Jovanovic, Cole ( I hope!), Turan and a left back.

My suggestions

OUT:

Riera £6m
Degen £2m
Plessis (loan)
N'Gog (loan)
Skrtel (£8m)

IN:

Jovanovic (free) - close to a done deal anyway
Bonnart (£8m - this might be a stretch for a few reasons, at 30/31 is slightly old but will hold up until Insua develops and can play RB equally as well)
Turan (£15m) - 23, expressed a desire to come to Liverpool, might need an extra £5m to secure the deal
Kjaer (£15m) - 21, expressed a desire to link up with Agger, hope he still feels that way even without CL football.
Metzelder (free) - out of favour at Real, very experienced but might want too high wages.  Could also provide cover for Mascherano as an anchor man.  Untested there, but what do you guys think?

£30-35m odd, not excessive spending.  Would build for the future too I feel.

Where as we'll probably get some mid range 2-5 million players to paper over the cracks.

That's the spirit!

My suggestions

OUT:

Riera £6m
Degen £2m
Plessis (loan)
N'Gog (loan)
Skrtel (£8m)

IN:

Jovanovic (free) - close to a done deal anyway
Bonnart (£8m - this might be a stretch for a few reasons, at 30/31 is slightly old but will hold up until Insua develops and can play RB equally as well)
Turan (£15m) - 23, expressed a desire to come to Liverpool, might need an extra £5m to secure the deal
Kjaer (£15m) - 21, expressed a desire to link up with Agger, hope he still feels that way even without CL football.
Metzelder (free) - out of favour at Real, very experienced but might want too high wages.  Could also provide cover for Mascherano as an anchor man.  Untested there, but what do you guys think?

£30-35m odd, not excessive spending.  Would build for the future too I feel.

Is Metzelder out of contract this summer ?

Metzelder (free) - out of favour at Real, very experienced but might want too high wages.  Could also provide cover for Mascherano as an anchor man.  Untested there, but what do you guys think?

Rather not. I think he's sh*te, personally.

Seeing this season as to how often Torres is injured I believe another striker who can hit 15-20 goals a season and is not in the "very high " is first priorty seeing as to that this season we are royally screwed without Nando . Another this which I would like to see next season the more apparences of youngsters like Nemeth and Pacheco , who should have future at LFC . Defintley now owners who aren't afriad to splash the cash on  quality plyers .

New owners.

New players. Not loads of new players. A few with real quality would do.

Thats what we need yes, but will G&H's be gone by then?
Will we get the money needed if they are not gone and will we still attract big players?

The club is up for sale- new owners are on the way!!!
Stop being such a pessimist!!

Yeah sure, they may not sell up before the summer- but there is always the january window!

This new sponsor that will bring 15 mil/year,what is that money for,can the the Club use it to buy players or will be used to pay obligations?

This new sponsor that will bring 15 mil/year,what is that money for,can the the Club use it to buy players or will be used to pay obligations?

Knowing them two tw*ts, it's probably already spent.

Knowing Hicks and Gillett, they will probably wait until the transfer window closes before leaving the club!!

I'm still very optimistic that everything will be in place in time for the summer window opening. 

New owners.
Management secured.
Transfer budget in place.
Players in and out identified.
New stadium funding ready to go.

My reasons being that if it's not sorted then we will be in an even worse position this time next year. 

Is Metzelder out of contract this summer ?

He is and has stated he will be leaving Real.  With Real looking like doing a clean out another potential name to add to the list is Rafael Van Der Vaart and at a £7m price-tag, that looks very appealing.  I think Benzema would be a waste of money.

I think a lot of what may happen will depend on the following :-

whether we get champs league football or not (remember, still not guarennted europa lge footy yet)
whether rafa will go or not.
how long t**t and t**t stay.

Worst case - we finish 7th, rafa goes and the muppets remain in control, it could be a horrible summer
best case - we sneak 4th, barclays find a billionaire who wants to give us all his cash with no debt, happy days

Yip, its massive. Let's hope the Owners are loaded and start the new Stadia. And at least let Rafa buy without Selling.

A new left back is number 1 priority for me. Insua has been out of his depth this season far too many times. A great little player on his day but hes lost his consistency this season.

Second priority goes to central midfield. Liverpool have looked far too plain all season, theres been no drive or creativity from the middle all season, at times its been f**king dire. Weve got our own little hard man in mascherano so now we need o sign somebody who can play football to sit next to him. Is aquilani this man? IMO no, hes played about 3 games this season. Next season it'll be similar I imagine.

Third goes to a striker. We are, lets face it, well and truly fu**ed without torres. We need a 15-20 goal a season striker as backup which is going to be difficult to find, a good striker who is prepared to sit on the bench for 2/3's of a season.

Fourth then goes to a winger. Maxi and kuyt together for the season will sort that right flank out. Use kuyt away from home were we need to be more defensive and use maxi at home were we need to me more creative. Sorted.  Problem is our left flank. Id like to see somebody with bags of pace there who will run at defenders. Babel is never a left midfielder and even though I rate yossi, theres certain games where he just cant crack it.

Fifth, if theres any change, go for another central defender. I no you all love the big greek but personally I find him as a liability. Hes too slow and gets caught on the ball far too often IMO. Carra only has a season or 2 left in him too so lets get some cover for agger and skrtel.

agreed on left back, left winger and a strike.

i do not agree with a central midfielder. we already have mascha and lucas as defensive. stevie and aquilani as attacking, benni's still around for the creative spark. why do we need anyone else?

central defender? we have carra, agger, the greek and skrtl. we really need another cb? i'd say not.

We need a quality left winger (Turan?), centre back (Kjaer?), left back (few knocking about, reckon about £7-8million would do it if we scout properly) and a striker. Think we need to spend £10million+ on each barre the left back position. Where that will come from is anybodies guess.

We do have to find a striker who can cover for Torres, or be the 2nd striker if we go 4-4-2. would be happy to blow our entire budget on that one player if we had to.

we need:
1. new owners (preferably richer than hicks and gillette
2. a new left bk as cover for insua ( we cant keep using agger out of position, though he does brilliantly there)
3. new striker (obviously) such as villa, benzema, van nistelrooy, raul
4. GET A NEW MANAGER such as mourinho, roy hodgson, mark hughes

For me new owners is the priority,then at least we can start to build the overdue stadium.My main hope for the summer,is that we finally get justice for the 96.

Well, you've heard it from the man himself.

We need 4 or 5 new signings to turn around our fortunes.

Now F***ing give us the money to do so.

F**k me this is one of the most important Summers in the clubs history.

Mourinho? the best ever signing. I think we've got enough quality in the squad so with Jovanovic and an LB things will be sorted out.

4. GET A NEW MANAGER such as mourinho, roy hodgson, mark hughes

MARK HUGHES?? are you being serious

Striker, Left Back, Left Midfielder/Winger are our prioritys IMO.

I can't stress how important this summer is for our club.

The manager situation needs to be sorted out - whether it be with or without Rafa - it needs to be sorted and the speculation ended.

Ownership - not 100% that it'll happen this summer but if we can move the club into someone elses hands it is obviously a massive step in the right direction.

Players. The summer transfer window needs to be an active one. Very active. Buying and selling.

I can't stress how important this summer is for our club.

The manager situation needs to be sorted out - whether it be with or without Rafa - it needs to be sorted and the speculation ended.

Ownership - not 100% that it'll happen this summer but if we can move the club into someone elses hands it is obviously a massive step in the right direction.

Players. The summer transfer window needs to be an active one. Very active. Buying and selling.

Spot on.

Also, we need to have the manager situation settled as soon as possible, not in late July or something.

We definitely need to get the root of all our problems away - the owners. Hope Liverpool FC will be in the right hands soon.

Also need to get rid of average or players not good enough for Liverpool and bring in quality ones and I mean, quality.

Well.................... .......the first major development.

My fears are getting deeper daily 

Where the hell we go from here I've got no idea .................

F**k me this Summer could be the seeds of destruction of the club.