There's a couple of keeper I've left out like Arphexhad, Manninger, Bogdan, Lonergan and Luzi because they played a handful of games for us between the the five of them. I've also left Aurelio's return out because it was a free transfer from us, so I don't class as a second signing. And Danny Ings' transfer from Burnley did cost us a few quid in compo if not in actual transfer money, so I left that out.
I have kept Adrian in though because he was our keeper when we won the Super Cup and Kevin Stewart because his transfer out of the club helped us bring Andy Robertson in.
I expect the vote to be quite close between Matip, Milner and McAllister.
Joel just because he's F***ing immense. Milner because he doesn't let us down whenever he plays. And Gary Mac for that goal against Everton if nothing else. The fact he was also simply brilliant whenever he played for us obviously helps him a bit. One who I think will be overlooked is Markus Babbel who for the treble winning year was outstanding. He then suffered the horrific injury that stopped him being able to walk and, understandably, never quite got back to the level required. But if not for that injury, he'd be well worth a vote or two in my opinion.
I also expect Aurelio to get a couple because of those free kicks against United in the 4-1 win and against Chelsea in the Champions League. Also some members of this forum always loved him when he was here. I personally didn't think he was as good as some made out but I do expect some to sing his praises. Bolo Zenden may get the odd vote as well because for some reason people rated him when I think he's one of the jammiest cu*ts in the world to of played for us and Barca and the Dutch national team when they had real quality to pick. Zenden does not belong on the pitch ahead of De Boer, Cocu, Seedorf, Davids, Overmars etc.
Kvarme was one of a long list of poor centre halves we had during the 90s. Erik Meijer was just F***ing useless. Stan Staunton's return was solid enough but didn't achieve what some of the top picks did. Voronin scored a belting little chip in pre-season but that was about it for the lad who didn't like our city because of police sirens. Degen was constantly injured and sh*t when he wasn't. Joe Cole did very little during his time here and I always found him overrated anyway because he was English who did fancy flicks and turns but little else. And finally Kolo Toure was just as much as to blame as anyone in the year we lost the League under Rodgers because of his suicide pass against West Brom which allowed Anichebe to score. But I think Kolo established himself as a bit of a cult hero in his time here.
So who is our greatest freebie?
Nostalgia would have me picking Gary Mac. He was part of my favourite Liverpool squad. And a vital part of that squad as well. But Joel F***ing Matip is just becoming an all-time great. He's performing better this season, the year where we can still win everything, than Virgil Van Dijk - who is widely considered the best centre half in the world. And he's been boss since he arrived. This isn't just a form of recent bias for his goal yesterday either, this is an opinion being formed over five to six years of watching the big man play for us. Milly has been a great servant to the club as well but I'm still plumping for big Joel.
Yours?
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