I think Downing is quite good personally, decent crosser and was very good at Middlesborough. If he can re discover his form he could turn out to be a decent signing.
Moreover they badly needed some width and he gives them that.
I think Downing is quite good personally, decent crosser and was very good at Middlesborough. If he can re discover his form he could turn out to be a decent signing.
Moreover they badly needed some width and he gives them that.
Seen him at a few matches and is a mardy, sulky little biatch, certainly disappears if not getting run of play or his team up against it, he looked good at Boro as the rest were shite and the TV cameras were on. Lucky escape and Wenger would deserv to be sacked for spending £20m on him tbh.Originally Posted by ItsMe
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Wouldnt have minded him here but not for £20m. Was very good last season at Villa. Far better than Young who is shit.
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I guess it can't be judged for another 2/3 seasons. If we get back into the CL then it may be viewed differently, as well as whether he can bring others into the game.
£16m for Young in the last year of his contract is just as bad, imo.
I think it's overpriced and that he's a bit crap but you could take away 5M for British tax, to be fair, and 15M for a steady player in the Premiership going to a top side is hardly unregular.
That said, if he and Henderson get the best out of Carroll all the money spent will be a bargain.
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In the end Liverpool needed width, if he performs well enough it will be money well spent.
They've lack that for a while so it's addressing a problem area at least.
If Downing was right footed he'd be a Championship player. And if he was right footed and not English we'd probably never have heard of him!
Very, very average player in my opinion.
Yeah, that was why I was amazed that Rieira got such short shrift, whilst he was in the team they got themselves into a position of challenging for the title, not due to him actually being any good but he stayed wide and stretched the play so Gerrard and Tores could do their thang in the middle. If Downing can help them similarly, he may well be worth it imo.
Not fussed that we haven't pursued him but I don't think Downing is a bad player really, he gets a lot of stick because somewhere down the line it became fashionable to make him the butt of all jokes.There's nothing outstanding about him but I don't think you need to have one defining quality to be effective. I think he can do a job for Liverpool who have craved some genuine width for years.
20m is crazy shit but shouldn't be a surprise given this market.
I agree with you for the exact reasons you give. He wasn't a great player by any means but he allowed others to do their thing.
He was a regular in his first season and started whenever he was fit in 09/10. Unfortunately he wasn't fit often enough (hamstrings) and then got himself suspended and transfer listed by March
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