Right there's been a lot of moaning about Rodgers business in the transfer market. All which is unfair. Lovren is probably the most unsuccessful but even then he deserves time. Can is looking very good, Lallana has showed us flashes of what he can do, Moreno looks like a very good player bar a few mistakes. Balotelli was bought because we needed a goal scorer and we thought that Balotelli had the talent to fit in anywhere and this reminds me of Ibras transfer to Barcelona. Just remember we can but our way out of trouble.
Back to the main point, I ask who's better that was available. Jackson Marttinez would have been the expensive option, with his price apparently £30m and there's Luis Adriano who i'm a big fan of. I'm am ideal world then Rodgers might have bought more wisely but I doubt many thought Balotelli would have been this poor.
I don't blame Rodgers for signing Balotelli but I don't think he'll ever shine without Sturridge and it looks like he'll often be without him. Oh and give Lovren and Lallana time and we'll be fine.
Who Is Honestly Better?
posted on 9/11/14
Sanchez was our marquee signing
he told us to stick things in our bum
posted on 9/11/14
Salah also told us to stick things in our bums
foreign players are weird like that
posted on 9/11/14
Kaiser even before we were thinking about selling Suarez we were bidding for Lallana. In fact i seem to recall that even before our last league game we were taking to Southampton.
Sanchez only came into frame when we were looking swap Suarez as well as cash. Rodgers number 1 target was always Lallana.
posted on 9/11/14
"even before we were thinking about selling Suarez we were bidding for Lallana."
how does that make him a marquee signing?
the fact that we investigated Falcao and bid for Sanchez means Lallana wasn't as high as we were looking for.
posted on 9/11/14
The problem here is cfc, arsenal and utd. They have more money and 2 of them are in London, plus all 3 bar a few yrs have outperformed us.
In short we are in reality down on the list of elite clubs to play for, we need cl consistently and then buy expensive top quality by out bidding other clubs....that isnt easy.
posted on 9/11/14
Being able to live in London, even Manchester, is a big pull for foreign players and their families these days. We offered both player and club financial incentives in the Sanchez deal, it's been made public we bid £42m compared to Arsenal's 35. It's not the only factor but something that definitely hinders us from signing top players.
posted on 9/11/14
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posted on 9/11/14
We need CL for about 5 years straight before the really big players will find us an attractive proposition.
That or massively overpaying on wages and that isn't going to happen.
It's such a big step down from the Real's and Barca's, and that gap is only getting bigger because that's what CL money does, especially with FFP.
The super clubs are only going to get bigger and bigger and we will be left long behind if we don't get the next few years right.
It's a critical time and we will struggle to be more than an also ran at home and abroad if we don't stay at the top table for a bit.
posted on 9/11/14
we've fallen into the 'Spurs trap'
and FFP means you can't do what City and Chelsea did anymore
posted on 9/11/14
I still can't believe we spent £20m on Markovic and put Jordan Ibe out on loan.