ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[LinekersLegs]

Flanagan now reportedly rejecting a new contract offer, Rodgers gave him his first team debut and he's been injured all season.

 

[Prevenger17]

“We are still trying to find solutions at the top end of the field,” said Rodgers. “

They sold last year's solution to Barcelona for 75 million. What did he expect, like?

 

[Prevenger17]

Flanagan now reportedly rejecting a new contract offer, Rodgers gave him his first team debut and he's been injured all season.

Haha. They're all sick of having to clean bus-wheel marks out of their shirts after every game. If I was a player, I'd be knocking on FSG's door and saying that I'm not signing while that absolute pipe is in charge.

 

[Jacob]

Im quite looking forward to their game on the telly tomorrow....obviously in a perverse but totally natural sort of way and am sorely tempted to have a few bob on Blackburn especially at 5/1. I can see Jordan Rhodes relishing their lack at the back and Lovren continuing the RS's commendably fine run of red cards.

 

[Donald Twain]

“We are still trying to find solutions at the top end of the field,” said Rodgers. “Our top goalscorer has six goals – we have three players on six – so we have to find a solution to that but when everyone is fit and available we are able to compete with this squad.”

That is because this new 'philosophy' involves keeping 8 behind the ball, and relying on the front 3 getting the ball quick, supported by Henderson running the length of the field to get in on the act, and doing something. One of the reasons the RS are stumbling at the moment is because the 'worldies' are not going in.

Rodgers is a bushed flush and if they go out against Blackburn the further meltdown will be a sight to behold.

A bushed flush indeed.

 

[toffeejack]

Flanagan now reportedly rejecting a new contract offer, Rodgers gave him his first team debut and he's been injured all season.

haha, they'll be struggling to fill their squad quota of 25 for next season seeing as all the players will be stuck in the doorway all trying to leave at once

 

[roydo]

Guess who?

 

[roydo]

Christ, that was bigger than I thought ffs.

 

[Jacob]

haha, they'll be struggling to fill their squad quota of 25 for next season seeing as all the players will be stuck in the doorway all trying to leave at once

Canny Brendan will say "it was always my intention to have a revolving door policy at the football club...especially for all the young kids in the team...did I say how they were only young boys and it takes time...did I tell you I had the original idea especially when I play a false number ten...bear in mind a false number two is always more dangerous even though you can buy stuff at Boots for it....as the coach its on my mind to advance the prospectus of the teams promise - but what can you do with a pitch like that "

 

[roydo]

The genius has this, no worries.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

http://www.football365.com/winners-losers/9792101/Winners-Losers
Liverpool Signings
Let's review the state of play:

Adam Lallana (£27m) - Injured for Saturday's game, again. Has started 19 league games this season and shown flashes of excellence, but far from £27m-worth of value.

Lazar Markovic (£22m) - Shorn of all confidence and removed at half-time, the fall guy for Liverpool's first-half capitulation. Impressively, his 17 league appearances includes being picked at right midfield, left midfield, right wing-back, attacking central midfielder and right-sided forward.

Dejan Lovren (£20m) - Left on the bench in favour of Kolo Toure in a three-man defence. With Martin Skrtel suspended, that makes Liverpool's most expensive ever central defender the fifth choice for his favoured position less than eight months after his signature.

Mario Balotelli (£16m) - The official line is that he declared himself injured for Saturday. The truth is that there has been such a seismic breakdown in relationship between manager and striker that Balotelli may never start another league game for the club.

Alberto Moreno (£12m) - Another worrying display of defensive insecurity. If Moreno is to be successful in the Premier League, he must improve on his positional discipline and current lethargy to spot danger.

Divock Origi (£11m) - Not yet arrived at Anfield. Has scored in two Ligue Un games since September.

Emre Can (£10m) - Sent-off on Saturday. Can has been largely composed in central defence, but Liverpool must surely be missing his presence in central midfield. Was it not worth giving Lovren a start and playing Can instead of Joe Allen to offer some assistance to Lucas? Or vice versa?

Rickie Lambert (£4m) - Has only made four league appearances in 2015: One minutes, five minutes, eight minutes, 19 minutes. An utter waste of a transfer.

The response from many Liverpool supporters is that Rodgers is not responsible for the signings, and therefore the fault lies with the transfer committee, not him. Let's just say that it's therefore a big coincidence that the committee targeted and signed Allen (£15m) and Fabio Borini (£11m), both players who had worked under Rodgers previously. Whoever shoulders the majority of the blame, it's a sorry list.

They paid nearly £50m for 2 Southampton players? i didn't realise Markovic was so expensive, Can looks a player, just not at Liverpool sadly. Lallana will eventually come good, he has potential to well.

 

[LinekersLegs]

haha, they'll be struggling to fill their squad quota of 25 for next season seeing as all the players will be stuck in the doorway all trying to leave at once

The LFC off the record media message that Sterling hasn't signed his contract because he's got a dodgy agent and is a money grabbing southern lad who doesn't really understand the priviledge of playing for Liverpool.

Bit hard for them to do the same to Flanagan, he's a born and bred scouser, iirc the only one they have in the squad other than Gerrard who also rejected his contract.

Add to that, the guy they want to succeed as captain is stalling - all of which makes the optics a tad awkward. Tbh most of them will probably sign in the end but the only one that seems to have gone smoothly is Coutinho.

 

[Prevenger17]

The LFC off the record media message that Sterling hasn't signed his contract because he's got a dodgy agent and is a money grabbing southern lad who doesn't really understand the priviledge of playing for Liverpool.

Bit hard for them to do the same to Flanagan, he's a born and bred scouser, iirc the only one they have in the squad other than Gerrard who also rejected his contract.

Add to that, the guy they want to succeed as captain is stalling - all of which makes the optics a tad awkward. Tbh most of them will probably sign in the end but the only one that seems to have gone smoothly is Coutinho.

Coutinho probably can't speak a word of English, so has thus far been immune to Brendan's waffle.

 

[Prevenger17]

http://www.football365.com/winners-losers/9792101/Winners-Losers
Liverpool Signings
Let's review the state of play:

Adam Lallana (£27m) - Injured for Saturday's game, again. Has started 19 league games this season and shown flashes of excellence, but far from £27m-worth of value.

Lazar Markovic (£22m) - Shorn of all confidence and removed at half-time, the fall guy for Liverpool's first-half capitulation. Impressively, his 17 league appearances includes being picked at right midfield, left midfield, right wing-back, attacking central midfielder and right-sided forward.

Dejan Lovren (£20m) - Left on the bench in favour of Kolo Toure in a three-man defence. With Martin Skrtel suspended, that makes Liverpool's most expensive ever central defender the fifth choice for his favoured position less than eight months after his signature.

Mario Balotelli (£16m) - The official line is that he declared himself injured for Saturday. The truth is that there has been such a seismic breakdown in relationship between manager and striker that Balotelli may never start another league game for the club.

Alberto Moreno (£12m) - Another worrying display of defensive insecurity. If Moreno is to be successful in the Premier League, he must improve on his positional discipline and current lethargy to spot danger.

Divock Origi (£11m) - Not yet arrived at Anfield. Has scored in two Ligue Un games since September.

Emre Can (£10m) - Sent-off on Saturday. Can has been largely composed in central defence, but Liverpool must surely be missing his presence in central midfield. Was it not worth giving Lovren a start and playing Can instead of Joe Allen to offer some assistance to Lucas? Or vice versa?

Rickie Lambert (£4m) - Has only made four league appearances in 2015: One minutes, five minutes, eight minutes, 19 minutes. An utter waste of a transfer.

The response from many Liverpool supporters is that Rodgers is not responsible for the signings, and therefore the fault lies with the transfer committee, not him. Let's just say that it's therefore a big coincidence that the committee targeted and signed Allen (£15m) and Fabio Borini (£11m), both players who had worked under Rodgers previously. Whoever shoulders the majority of the blame, it's a sorry list.

10 million for Emre Can wasn't bad.

 

[LinekersLegs]

They paid nearly £50m for 2 Southampton players? i didn't realise Markovic was so expensive, Can looks a player, just not at Liverpool sadly. Lallana will eventually come good, he has potential to well.

Agree on Lallana and tbh I thought Lovren was a good buy as well, just as well I don't scout for Everton!

They missed off Manquillo from the list, he's only a loan but he's had about as much joy with them as Atsu has had with us.