Hmmnnn Interesting arguments.
Did Kenny waste money??? Is Brendan the transfer market messaih
? Was Rafa a wheeler dealer or a money waster?
? Did Houllier sign the right players for the team?
All wonderful questions and like its always said hindsight is a good thing.
About transfers
Apart from the era of the eigties and early nineties when the King won our last league title, infact before Souness Liverpool have been in my opinion 50 50 in the transfer market.
Taking it from now; Is Allen really worth 15 mil, in conparism with KK's signing he is probably worth 50mil though he has only played 2 games for LFC, but then again the flip side is he cannot be woth the same as Santi Carzola or even Shingi Kagawa, does it make it a bad transfer for us, HELL NO if he delivers what he was bought for.
Cos Torres cost Chelsea 50 mil didnt mean he would score 50 premier league goals, it meant he needed to be the standout striker n the club and contribute a considerable quota to the goals the club required to achieve what they set out to achieve. So if he had scored 10 key goals on their path to Champions League glory he would have been a success. Same way if Carroll had score key goals in our path to winning both cups last season i guess the criticism wouldnt be about the price tag.
My point is Downing is a decent player cos he was bought for 20 mil doesnt mean he isnt decent, he isnt just worth 20 mil period, he yeah he is good enough to be a squad player cos we arent as good as we think we are really.
Same goes for Henderson, no way he is worth 20 mil but he is a pretty decent footballer who is good enough to also be a squad player.
Carroll is a terrific striker if u play to his strenghts, based on that limitation i wouldnt sign him for 35 mil but i sure wouldnt mind having him in my team.
The message is unless we can get better quality with the proceeds we make from the sale of these players there is not point getting rid of them cos they are good enough to be in the Liverpool squad.
On Charlie Adams based on sentiments ( I have never really rated him) I would say yeah get rid of him for the heck of it
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Kenny got us to 2 finals in my book it was a decent season, cos for me there is no difference between 5th and 8th. My problem with Kenny was when it was obvious we were never making 4th he still persisted with these same guys instead of trying out the kids. But thats history now. If i was the American KK would still be in charge or better still if I was Hicks & Gillet Rafa would still be Liverpool manager. But all that is in the past now.
Lets look ahead and think of how to move the team forward, Get behind the coach, the players and make Anfield the fortress its supposed to be.
I know a lot of u guys will only be too eager to pick holes in my post, its okay there are always 2 sides to a book.