Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

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Originally Posted by Dein-machine

Maybe Suarez Dude! but he's not the fastest man on the planet. Possibly Barca & Madrid's slowest forward. These are the teams I hope you want us to start competing against. If you don't, Merts is fine but if you want to compete stop thinking we can do it with players that arent good enough to play for the teams we're competing against. Its the mistake Wenger has made for years & continues to do so.

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Merts ain't perfect but he's a World Cup winner. It doesn't get higher than that.

Strange one. Suarez doesn't have outright sprint speed, but his dribbling speed and burst of pace on the ball is frighteningly fast, not to mention his general movement and close control.

Anyway, go for Stones. If only to piss off Mourinho.

Stones? At that price?

Who do you think we are? Liverpool?

Also, Suarez is a genuine worldie. Using him as an example is moronic.

Agreed Suarez could run rings about any CB alive or retired.
But Merts is SLOOOW. Doesnt win headers in his area or the oppositions. He should be phased out slowly, ideally replaced next season

Chuck a load at Dortmund for Hummels or did he sign a new contract? He covers CB and DCM.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

I think the best centre back partnership we've had in the 21st century was Kolo Toure and Campbell, both had different attributes. Campbell strong, aerially competitive....and wasn't afraid to be assertive vocally with those around him. Kolo Toure quick, good ball player might make mistakes but had the pace and timing to atone for his errors.

Unbeaten season central defensive partnership, nothing else to say.

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Yeah, I agree. The Campbell Toure partnership worked. Sol was no slouch and quick off the mark but he wasn't the one charging into tackles and nipping ahead of attackers to steal the ball. That was Kolo's job. He was the more aggressive one line Kos is now. We got ourselves into trouble when we had two overly aggressive cb's. Galas and Toure were bad so were Kos and Verm. Once Merts stepped in, Kos looked a million miles better and I think Verm looked a little better too. You need someone to cover. You need that organiser and I think we found that in Merts. I

Never rated Mertersacker very highly, he's as slow as an overloaded barge and doesn't have the football brain or anticipation to make up for it, he's also useless on the ball, we've got Paulista but should consider another CB to replace him (Hummels is a good shout).

Liverpool sign Benteke for £32.5 million.

Mentalists.

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/late...enteke-signing

Great player.

Always been a fan. Probably.