How have we fared in the transfer market this Summer 2010

I am disappointed we didn't sign a striker but, i suppose in the end we have to be grateful we didn't sign Carlton Cole .

My feelings exactly.
We badly need another attacking option. Carlton was not it.
Guess we can keep that money until.... oh wait

A poor show at this transfer window. We heap all the blame on the Owners.

Unfortunately, the Owners have developed a habit that is being enabled by RBS. Eventually, a huge portion fo the blame would have to be laid at the doorstep of the great Royal Bank of Scotland. Very Soon.

How have we fared?
This was our B-I-G summer eh?


Uninspiring. Mid table team purchases. Where is our attacker?

Official.....we did go for Carlton Cole...............that was the level we aimed for and got knocked back! FFS.
Enjoy the season all.

Wonder where Torres will be playing next September.

I am disappointed we didn't sign a striker but, I suppose in the end we have to be grateful we didn't sign Carlton Cole .

Yep, I'd rather not have a new striker than sign CC.  I hope we get new owners soon so that we can stop being linked to sh*te and start signing players that are truly LFC quality or else I fear that Nando will be gone this time next year and who would blame him.

Overall I'm very disappointed with our dealings this transfer window.

Poulsen; We really didn't need this guy, best days are far behind him.. a Roy fetish signing.
Cole: Decent piece of business, excited to see how he links with Gerrard and Torres
Konchesky: Another fetish signing by Roy, especially when you consider that Salcido was cheaper. Plus throwing in two youngsters makes it all the more depressing.
Meireles: Rate this guy highly, good signing.
Wilson: Got to confess, I have not really seen him play, but heard good reports.. hope he's in the Alan Hansen mould.. if he is we have done well.
Jovanovic: Seems like a battler and had a good world cup, for me the jury is out on this one.
Aurelio: Good to see him back, would prefer he starts over Konchesky to be honest.
Shelvey: Good signing, real talent though not sure how he'll ever break into the first team any time soon realistically.
Jones: Adds to the home grown quota, fine as a backup.

Very disappointed that we did not get a second striker, when you consider all the options, never seen us linked with so many players. However as others have mentioned, happy we didn't sign Carlton Cole.. and definitely did not want to lose Babbel in any deal.

Aquilani: Can hardly believe we let him go, even if he had said that he wanted more games, he still would have been a regular starter when you consider all the games we'll have this season, even if he was not first choice. Was really looking forward to seeing him this season.
Benayoun: Fine, think Cole is a better player when fit.
Reira: Still think he could have done a job, think we sold him on the cheap and we now have less attacking options.
Masherano: I think we all knew he was off.. no choice to sell before we ran out of time to replace him, but Barcelona tucked us up on the fee. Much better at that destroying job than Poulsen.
Cavalieri: Top second keeper, shame to see him go, but needs to be a regular no 1 for somebody so fair play.
Nemeth: Not sure how much we got for him, but I hope it was a decent fee.

Generally our purchases have been mediocre, not enough to inspire confidence from our senior players and I think it was unwise of Roy to not have spent every penny available, unbelievable how everybody knows we have need a second striker for the past two years, yet we are making desperate attempts to sign mid table workhorses with 2 hours left in the window. Roy will regret not spending all the money available... he'll never see it again.

Should have signed any of: Huntelaar, Turan, Banega, Van Der Vaart, Salcido all available at a reasonable price.

Thats another window gone by without buying a second striker.I seem to remember everybody shouting for another striker this time last year but nothing happened.I wonder if nando thinks to much is going to be put on his shoulders .he needs a partner/alternative to share the load

Okay buddy; you're right: It's the youth policy that's sucking money out of the club.

If by "I'm right" you mean "I've got the I.Q. of a coat" then, indeed, you are "right".

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i had a classic argument with a scum fan this morning.

me: yea, how does a club's debt go from 230m to 470 m in 3 years?
scum: cos benitez wasted it on sh*t players
me: benitez's net spend was something like 40-50m over 5 years
scum: depends who read it from


, what an argument.

anyway, what's the deal with the profit amde from transfers this summer? it clearly cant go into the yanks pocket, i doubt the banks would let them.

^^^
Know the feeling!

My boss (lfc fan) "will never forgive Rafa for ruining our team and spending millions on nothing"
I didnt even bother.

Really?? Is this the same "substandard" youth system that gave us owen, fowler, macmanaman, carragher and gerrard??!!? That's got to be £100m worth of talent right there!

...and there's your answer, right there, as to why a youth system is worth the money. Jaysus.

Debating skills?  

Considering the financial implications once again put upon the manager, we have done quite well this window, just for one more striker!!!!

On the whole i'm not too depressed about this Summer's business.

However, i'd have much rather we kept Aquilani and Insua; not got Poulsen and Konchesky in and gone and bought Huntelaar and Van Der Vaart instead. With a midfield of Gerrard, Aquilani, Meireles, Van Der Vaart and Cole all feeding Torres/Huntelaar it'd be open season on any defence.

Wishful thinking though eh?

Think we should at least give the new signings a chance before writing them off.
We really needed a left back, rem. Agger vs Johnson, Konchesky is nothing if not experienced, so 'should' be solid.
Meireles looks like a physical enough guy, so at least he won't be prancin around the pitch and getting injured all the time like 'Aqua'.
Poulsen has been around a long time, not sure if he's up to the standard, we'll soon see.
Joe Cole can be brilliant, and if we get him doin it regularly, Roy will be on TV with Paul Daniels.
Is Milan and striker or a winger or what? I can't tell watchin him. Looks game but 'decapitated' and 'fowl' are words that sometimes come to mind. But again, not writing the dude off yet. Milan, I have a hat I would love you have me eat.
The rest are squad.
Dyin for the next game to see how they get on

On the whole I'm not too depressed about this Summer's business.

However, I'd have much rather we kept Aquilani and Insua; not got Poulsen and Konchesky in and gone and bought Huntelaar and Van Der Vaart instead. With a midfield of Gerrard, Aquilani, Meireles, Van Der Vaart and Cole all feeding Torres/Huntelaar it'd be open season on any defence.

Wishful thinking though eh?

The sad thing is though mate we would have only needed to pay around 20m to bring those two in aswel. And that money was sitting there (gobbled up somewere by now like) after the mass cull of players we sold.

^^^
Know the feeling!

My boss (lfc fan) "will never forgive Rafa for ruining our team and spending millions on nothing"
I didnt even bother.

i geniunely can't understand ignorance and stupidity in some people. the same scum also claimed reina wasn't even in the top10 keepers in europe. i felt sick. it was the first time i actually wanted to stop talking about football and do some work instead.

Masch...Poulsen - Of course, Masch is one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, and cannot be replaced fully without a ridiculous fee, however, he is a tw*t, so were his abilities that much more important than his attitude?
Aquilani...Meireles - Think this could be a decent bit of business, probably around similar ability levels, and hopefully if Aqui doesn't leave permanently then we get him at his best along side a class act in Raul, also, if Aqui does leave, then we get a few million more than what we payed for Meireles
Cavalieri...Jones - Good business, counted towards the home grown, and Jones is around equal if not better in ability then Cav
Riera...Jovanovich - Much prefer Milan, got an equal amount of skill and is a fighter, plus Jova was free, quality
Insua...Konchesky - Again, if Insua doesn't leave permanently next year i feel this can be great business, Konchesky is a better player at the moment, Emiliano was very dodgy last year, so if he comes back next year i think he will be a much better player, and at a time when Fabio may retire, therefore leaving us with 2 decent left backs each season
Benayoun...J.Cole - Yossi was great, but his attitude went, Joe is a much better player and for free it's great stuff
San Jose...Wilson - Danny seems to be a better player, and will count home grown in a few years i think, so again good dealings
Plessis...Shelvey - Jonjo is a more attacking player, which is what we need, and a good one at that Also English so that counts for something, ANOTHER good bit of business
Dalla Valle... -
No striker... -

So there i think i've summed it up failry good and i reckon we've faired ok with only a couple bits of bad business

So there I think I've summed it up failry good and I reckon we've faired ok with only a couple bits of bad business

good bit of analysis there sir, i'd tend to agree with this. only thing is, i believe insua is actually gone perm, and to be honest, he was sh*te so i'm not bothered. we neeeeed another good striker

How could anyone be even remotely happy with the deals gone through?

- Cole/Benayoun = equal if you're being optimistic.  I rate Benayoun higher but let's call it equal.

- Wilson/San Jose = I rate Wilson a little higher, good.

- Mascherano/Meiereles (it makes more sense to compare these two, they're the big signings both IN and OUT) = I'd still take Masch, although I'm not at all disappointed with Meireles coming here.  He's a good player, again both are 27 odd and in the prime of their careers.  Masch was a specialist, Meireles is a jack of all trades.

- Aquilani/Poulsen (both were here to add a little squad depth) - Aquilani for me, although I'm actually quite confident that Poulsen will pleasantly surprise people for another season or two before his legs give way.  Either way Aquilani was 25 or 26, Poulsen is the wrong side of 30.  The fact we didn't reinvest the profit back into the squad means again an awful piece of business.

- Riera/Jovanovic = No point comparing the two, Jova was coming anyway and we would have had both if Riera knew how to shut his mouth.  If there's one thing you gotta give Riera it was he was consistently decent and our only natural winger.  Was never anything particularly special and probably could have chipped in with a few more goals, but at the end of the day, what's done is done.  I actually thought he was a good stop-gap until we bought someone like Turan.

- Insua, Kacaniklic, Dalla Valle/Konchesky = AWFUL piece of business, you don't sell your youth that cheap or overpay that much for journeymen stop-gaps, end of story.

- Shelvey/Plessis comparison shouldn't happen either.  Shelvey was on his way anyhow.

This sums everything up and not just this summer............

Most poignant, as the transfer window draws to a close, is the inquiry as to why Hodgson's revolution did not begin to take shape until the final weekend of August. He was, after all, supposed to have £12 million to spend upon taking the job, plus whatever money is raised through sales, currently £16 million.

When Mascherano, who arrived in Barcelona on Saturday for his medical, signs for the Spanish champions, the total sum supposedly available to Hodgson should stand at £50 million. Yet the captures of Meireles and Konchesky take the club's outlay this summer to £24.2 million.

 

As always at Liverpool, something does not add up.

Since Benítez decided to sell Robbie Keane back to Tottenham for £16 million in January 2009, Liverpool have recouped some £80 million in sales.

Mascherano's departure will take that figure to £102 million.
The Spaniard and Hodgson between them have spent just £59.8 million, when Meireles and Konchesky are factored in, in the last 18 months.
(NB How much was Aquilani?)

At a club where both Tom Hicks, the co-owner, and Christian Purslow, the managing director, have asserted that the "player fund" is sacrosanct, in theory Hodgson should have had £40 million burning a hole in his pocket.

It is safe to assume he did not.

Extracted from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/7969621/Roy-Hodgson-shows-forward-thinking-by-signing-Raul-Meireles-for-10.7m.html

Check the back pocket of those 2 scumbag leeches, I am sure you will find the missing 40 million pounds transfer fee that Roy could have used to strengthen the squad.

Rafa was promised an extra 55m last Summer. But it was a pack of lies. They nicked the money with the Alonso fee from him. Morale went down the tubes. And they paid a couple of mil of OUR money to peddle lies about "zonal marking" and "Rafa is sh*t".

With Turdslow and the others peddling lies about transfer budgets, there are clear consumer law issues too. People bought season tickets expecting *some* semblance of a football club.
Ofcourse they were being scammed left right and centre. THeir hard earned money was going towards the next learjets for 2 fraudsters.

Why do people encourage this sickening affair? "Support the team? " Its support a mediocre shell of a team and a profit making cesspool of a company more like

NOT A PENNY MORE! And the partners in crime are our enemies too

Deserves a bump

20 players out, 10 players in making the owners 15 million profit along the way.

15 million + the 17.5 million from Standard Chartered would have gave us 32.5m to further strengthen the squad with real quality.

They have also trimmed around 5m off the yearly wage budget too.

That's how we fared, don't let the wool be pulled over your eyes.

I think our transfer business this summer was pretty decent but some businesses were disappointing.

We added Jovanovic, Cole, Meireles and Poulsen into the squad. I am pretty happy with the capture of Jovanovic, Cole and Meireles but I don't really get the idea of purchasing Poulsen. We could have kept Aquilani, couldn't we?

Konchesky for Insua is probably an okay business because we traded a youngster out on loan for an experience, older left back.

Also, I would have also welcomed the arrival of the likes of van der Vaart and Huntelaar.

I love Mascherano as a player but losing a player of this attitude is something I would not cry for.

I'm disappointed that we couldn't bring in a striker on time as well but hopefully the fact that Babel is now being played in his primary position can cover up for this.