Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

I hate comparisons of these types but I don't think he's discernibly worse than Cahill or Ivanovic. Vidic or Rio are often one of the walking wounded so usually they're relying on Smalling/Evans/Jones.

Yeah he's slow but we've had crap defenders that are fast.

---

I was just about to say the same thing. Quick is not always better. As seen with Verm and Toure, they dive in too quickly for tackles and can be too aggressive to win the ball back. They’re recover pace compensates reckless positioning and decision making. Merts isn’t a bad defender. What he lacks in pace, he makes up for with positional play and decision making. We need him in our back line. He’s slow but he helps organise the rest.

You know we've hit rock bottom when our best defender is criticised, the one player in our defence who was pretty good last season throughout and not just 10 games

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I was just about to say the same thing. Quick is not always better. As seen with Verm and Toure, they dive in too quickly for tackles and can be too aggressive to win the ball back. They’re recover pace compensates reckless positioning and decision making. Merts isn’t a bad defender. What he lacks in pace, he makes up for with positional play and decision making. We need him in our back line. He’s slow but he helps organise the rest.

---

Why not buy a defender that is organised and can also move? What are we after here? Results or the 4th place everyone says they loathe? Half a defender is no defender at all.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Why not buy a defender that is organised and can also move? What are we after here? Results or the 4th place everyone says they loathe? Half a defender is no defender at all.

---

:lol: What's wrong with you, man! You know why!

But really, it's hard to find a complete defender and working in our backline isn't exactly a walk in the park. You get exposed too often.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

:lol: What's wrong with you, man! You know why!

But really, it's hard to find a complete defender and working in our backline isn't exactly a walk in the park. You get exposed too often.

---

Well okay, buy is a little strong.

Liverpool had to issue a grovelling apology last year to Fulham for tapping up.
Brendan Rodgers said he wouldn't sign a Swansea player for 12 months as a sign of respect
Rdgers then tried to pay under the release clause and fuck his old club out of money
They keep talking about Suarez. Wenger has mentioned him once.
They did being Liverpool.

Now which club is classless?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

Liverpool had to issue a grovelling apology last year to Fulham for tapping up.
Brendan Rodgers said he wouldn't sign a Swansea player for 12 months as a sign of respect
Rdgers then tried to pay under the release clause and fuck his old club out of money
They keep talking about Suarez. Wenger has mentioned him once.
They did being Liverpool.

Now which club is classless?

---

It does seem a bit odd that Liverpool keep talking about the Suarez transfer. Just ban all questions about Suarez if its that annoying. We made a bid, they don't want to sell. Well that's hardly earth shattering is it? Our club's job is to buy him for as little as possible.

http://www.arsenalstation.com/2013/0...m-for-suarez/?
Kiss byebye to suarez tbh.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Grebbo

It does seem a bit odd that Liverpool keep talking about the Suarez transfer. Just ban all questions about Suarez if its that annoying. We made a bid, they don't want to sell. Well that's hardly earth shattering is it? Our club's job is to buy as little as possible.

---

Fixed your post. :good:

That doesn't rule out £49 million 999,99 and 99 pence. In truth, I don't think it's going to come to that anyway, whoever ends up buying Suarez - as it goes on, he'll probably agitate more and more to move.


I'd rather we didn't take that stance and just offered £50 million really.