Since the close of the last window, BR will have had 4 mths to identify targets. Let's hope he doesn't leave it until the last minute and miss out again.
"You've learnt much about communication with the media for a big club, my hat off to you BR. The Liverpool way is to keep your cards close to your chest. The media will undoubtedly speculate on the millions FSG are giving BR, inflating players prices to stupid levels. Buy well & sell well too."
"So we're going to have funds, well I should hope so after the debacle of the last transfer window. I hope this time we get our targets early on and don't leave it until the last minute again !"
"It's a shame to say it, but Joe Cole has had enough time and chances to prove his worth and he hasn't done enough. We have better, younger options for the first team and he is just a drain on our wage bill so I hope he's sold in January."
"sell joe cole first...we may not get much money but we can save a lot from his wages..sign 2-3 strikers who can play in 4-3-3...we'll have borini in jan and some new players.. interesting to c how we finish..in BR we trust..YNWA"
"Let's apply wisdom in all that we do. We should forestall situations that will make it impossible for us to bring in players come January 2013. Let's do it the Liverpool way, otherwise, we'll pay through the nose! "
"I cannot fault your purchases so far & the incredible work you have done with bringing through the potentially world class youngsters. You're on a fine mission & the true LFC fans are with you all the way. My expectations for January are grounded, but I believe you'll find the right talent & release those talented individuals lacking the LFC passion for success."
"List of players to buy in January:
Theo Walcott(Arsenal)
Daniel Sturridge(Chelsea)
Dusan Tadic(FC Twente)
Siem de Jong(Ajax)
Wilfried Bony(Vitesse)
Seydou Doumbia(CSKA Moscow)
Isco(Malaga)
Adrian Lopez(Atletico Madrid)
Demba Ba(Newcastle United
Wilfried Zaha(Crystle Palace)
Nacer Chadli(FC Twente)
Pajtim Kasami(Fulham)
Good luck Vs. Newcastle guys!! YNWA"
"If whats written in the daily mirror is true we are getting at least 10 million to spend we wont get much for 10 million we dont want to go down the same road as dalglish but we need 20 million to be spent wisely plus anything we can make on sales the positions to fill stick out like a sore thumb. "
"The stupid comments regarding selling JC . We can't give him away...we will have to pay off his contract as no other team can afford his wages so let's stop this talk of selling him I myself would love to see the back of him but it is going to us."
"Harbo, you are myopic fool if you think that Rodgers painted himself into a corner by leaving no options other than dipping into the youth ranks. Clearly, someone changed the parameters at the last moment."
"hi,,is it me or isant jan too late / everyone knew when you let loads of front men go,they were needed ,half way through a season is too late to do well in it,why hasant andy been brought back its obious without others weve needed him"
"The only thing that worries me is, with the cash that was available to him he splashed out on another Center Mid, when he should have prioritised that money for a proven striker. Out of the money that was available he spent it on an unproven striker, and two center mids when we were already overun with center mids. Lets hope he spends it more wisely this time"
"We have a problem in January in that, during the windows prior to Summer 2012, we wasted millions on sub-standard players and the coffers are now empty. 10m won't even buy a leg of the players we need. Feel sorry for BR"
"We have a problem in January in that, during the windows prior to Summer 2012, we wasted millions on sub-standard players and the coffers are now empty. 10m won't even buy a leg of the players we need. Feel sorry for BR"
"The problem is that players are more expensive in the January window whilst at the same time if we sell players our squad gets even thinner in numbers. I'd say a striker, a left back and right winger and a clearout of all the rubbish Dalglish brought in in the summer."
"january has always been a difficult time for a quality buy, don't be pressurised into a wrong deal,we might have to do the best we can with what we have and wait until the summer. any signing has to be right, a repeat of the past will not do."
"Roy bought some dead wood, Kenny bought some and now Brendan wants some. Dead wood is not needed at Liverpool FC. We need some players that are going to play for people that pay their wages. Cole Out! I should think there should be funds the amount the supporters spend!
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"BR did get reid of most of the so called "rubbish" some fans are saying here but look at us now? BR is trying to get a team together, with limited budget and who will come to LFC, to play his style of football. What some of us is overlooking is that his style, when he achieves it, may not win us games ! This is my ultimate concern, BR and his pipe-dreams."
"I can only see two players coming in at January the most. This wont change us overnight but hopefully stabilise the ship so we can start getting some confidence back and winning matches. Letting Carroll go on loan was a disaster!"
"BTW, the names thats been cited here, they wont come to LFC esp with our performance under BR in the past 3 months or so. I think we should stick to the EPL and get players like Bent or Defoe if possible."
"The trouble is Brendan that Joe Cole has been trying to find his way into the team for about 2 years. Sometimes people should just say, enough is enough."
"I agree with lpdcollier. We spent poorly again during the last summer. I like Sahin and Allen but we had a strong centre mid anyway. Borini's performances haven't suggested great potential either. Suarez needs a goal scoring partner. "
"LFCFAN128- Letting Carroll go was a disaster-How? Suarez has scored a lot more goals than when Carroll was here- and he has scored 0 goals where he is. I rated Carroll- but disaster it doesnt appear to be. Paying somebody 60k a week + to be a sub- now thats a disaster!"
"Interesting how so many saying Brendan left it to the last minute in August. Granted, we missed out on a striker on the final day, but by then he had already bought Borini, Assaidi, Allen, Sahin (albeit a loan) I'd rather Brendan bought quality rather than quany, which I think he has done so far."
"LFCfan128....Bent or Defoe? What drugs did you forget to take this morning which made you suggest those 2? Maybe we could convince Carlton Palmer to come out retirement too?!"
"Owners need to back B Rodgers heavily in January and these five players should be brought: Willian(24) AM and L Adriano(25) FD Of S Donesk. J K Huntelaar(29) Of Schalke FD, I Munian(19) Of A Bilbao and A Griezmann(21) Of R Sociedad RW."
"I think we will sign someone in January but it wont be like you guys think. It will be someone that is cheap and not going to do anything for us for a few years. When FSG say that they are going to splash the cash, they only mean about £10 million. We need at least £25 million for a striker. I am not confident about January.
YNWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Players to be brought in will be young prospects whose names wont ring a bell in most of the best educated football fans, talking about the likes of yesil and assaidi. No money for superstars (lack of funds is concealed by the 'new direction' rhetoric) and good proven and affordable players wont come given our table position. Thats LFC 2012. "
"carall back?? 4get it he has a season and a half to prove him Self not good enough surez needs a villa huntelaarr type of player to help him Out if we get huntelaarr n Walcott if be happy but we still need to get rid of downing Hendo n Enrique / if anyone is to blame for the mess were in blame kk 90m blown he Shud apologise to all lfc fans in his weekly article he writes in the mirror "
"Q: DOES RODGERS HAVE THE MENTALITY TO SIGN BIG PLAYERS!Whats the point in having bucketloads of money yet signing only Swansea, Reading and Zamalek players!Rodgers would be too scared to bid for Falcao/Soldado. I see him chasing lowlevel players like Dorrans or Gary Hooper! Then we will officially become a Charlton Athletic FC (god forbid!)"
"Please buy a striker (2 would be better) with a proven record preferably in the English game. No more 18 year-olds with potential! Who ever we buy he has to hit the ground - and the back of the net - running!"
"it doesn't matter how much Brendan gets we wont be getting what we need (a proven experienced goal scorer), cant see any big names coming to us just because of our history, big players want big money and big prizes and want them now, we cant offer any of that now."
"Since the last debacle the world knows we are desperate for a striker and prices will go up. Also our poor form will mean more cash has to tempt the new signings to come. False economy in the summer by FSG to play hard ball on fees. We now gotta pay more and have missed half a season in the meantime."
"Some people want Walcott, he'll want big wages, can be brilliant but he isn't consistent enough, Huntelaar
would be great with Suarez, can we afford him?"
"'ooooh The end is nigh, everything is black, can't see through the dark, murky waters of doom, there's no way out, no hope, the storm clouds are gathering' JE$U$ CHR*ST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS! Some of you need help and a healthy dose of optimism and reality!..."
"BR is trying to create something fantastic for the club and we all know what it is - to play like our spanish cousins who rule the world of football! don't you want that? If so be patient!"
"That is good news then but like KHAL said, we must use the fund wisely...there are still too much inconstancy, some players still struggling/ needs to go, not many game changers, still lacking creativity and striker. "
"The new signing 11m Boroni wasnt doing too well before injury and so glad Sigurdsson didnt sign for us...We cant afford anymore to spend on players that might take enormous time to gell...regardless of cup lost and considering the mess you inherited, i think you are doing good"
"well said "kingofclubs" I've said it before the fix isn't going to be done in one season, a lot of patience and support from fans and owners is needed. YNWA Brendan"
"Could we possibly have the weakest and fragile squad in the entire EPL at this moment in time? It's certainly one of the weakest I've ever seen in a Liverpool squad. January 2013 is the most critical transfer windows in LFC history."
"I know you have 10 million pound and that you are planning to capture Carlton Cole and Cameron Jarome, don't mind me that was the Liverpool transfer policy since the Hoallier era!"
"Personally I don't care about the 'funds' as some players are on a free and some cheap and some stupidly expensive.
I care about the targets and how they fit in. If Huntelaar is a reality at £8-10m (contract ends in summer) I hope we go for him."
"i believe hooper and walcott are our 2 targets for janruary,one either side of suarez and total cost 16m, personaly i cant see walcott joining but hooper would jump at the chance."
"Coping with the current issues ie making a serious attempt to compete to win all major competitions should be the normal basic intention of a top club, year in and year out. grooming youth for the future and snapping up proven talent should be a parallel policy. We need a 3 dimensional policy like the top clubs in the EPL, we are not novices."
"Funny this , I just read an artical were BR says it might be hard to bring players in in Jan , quality of the available players is the issue apparently , so we got money and no one to buy. Excuses in early BR ? for another screwed up transfer window? Excuses thats what we are really good at !"
"bargain basement buys when little available and overpriced and 6 million for Dempsey too much in the summer after letting 9 players go (4 forwards) --well done BR"
"Kuyt,Maxi,Carroll,Bellamy....they scored 21 goals together last season.They gone,Mr.B.R.Some of them were winners,fact.Do we have subs for them now,B.R.?No.Adam,Aurelio-gone,Lucas injured...any subs for them,except Allen?No,Mr.B.R.Tell me who made thin squad?Fans,staff,players,or anyone else!?"
"Great news! but this should not be only promises but facts! I still trust BR but after the previous transfer window I started to nurture some doubts about FSG and his plans, hope it won't repeat the same old story. By the way, congratulations to Stevie G for this big achievement! We want other 600 of these appearences! YNWA SG"
"People shouldn't be so negative. Sahin and Allen are top class. Assaidi has impressed as a squad player and it's still early days for Borini. BR has showed he'll drop players if their heart is not in it. Names mean nothing to him and that works. Barca got rid of Ibrahimovic because he did not fit the system. And I would try to get Spearing back for the squad if I were him."
"We seem to be a club that targets young players that have potential! Fed up of that it's not working... We need big names, worldclass players who will make a big impact, we need les and les that young players alone cannot bring us."
"The answer is simple the owners need to open the cheque book in january and spend at lest 30 mill on proven goal scorers to show the rest of the prem that we mean buisiness YMWA."
"Torres made his feelings clear when he could nt wait to get away.would nt want him back even if it was for nothing. Sorry as far as i am concerned he has burn t his bridges.PERIOD."
"Kingofclubs - I see your point in which we would all love to play like Barca. But reality is we have not seen any improvement in our play since BR took over. I am one for optimism but where is this attacking style of play. We played better attacking football under KK. Be patient and all that I will be but show me something for me to be optimistic about. "
"SIMPSON2, DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE REGARDING THE BLUESH***. THEY WON NOTHING, WE BEAT THEM 3 TIMES AND THEIR ONLY 'ACHIEVEMENT' WAS FINISHING ABOVE THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURS LFC. THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO EUROPE. AND BY THE WAY, EFC FANS WOULD NEVER GIVE THE REDS ANY CREDIT IN A MILLION YEARS. "
"ON THE SUBJECT OF SIGNINGS, IT'S DIFFICULT IN JANUARY BUT EVERYONE AT LFC MUST KNOW WE ARE DESPERATE FOR FORWARDS, GOALSCORERS AND MORE QUALITY. SURELY BRENDAN + CO WILL PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THE BAG. AS FOR JOE COLE, WE WONT GET A PENNY IF HE GOES, HE CAME ON A FREE."
"you talk alot brendan..we want to see result..from the begining dint you think what you were doing was not right..kuyt, bellamy, carrol maxi they all left because of high wage bill..and now you are facing the real music...come august will see"
"All this talk of big players. lets face it lads, they normally amount to nothing. They either completely under-perform or break our hearts.I dont mind if he doesnt spend a tenner in jan. If he cant make a masterpiece of the bits and pieces he's got then hes not a master."
"Its heartening to know that no more misfits will ever be bought when BR and our owners are around. Its time to let go of the under achievers. Cole, Downing, and Hendo its time to pack your bags and make space for genuine talent if we want LFC to scale the heights of the past. "
"This could be the wrong thread, but does anyone have any idea where Doni is? He's on our Premier League squad list but I haven't seen him anywhere, not in training pics or anything. 5th choice academy keeper was preferred on the bench to him in the last game? Considering he got man of the match in his last game against Rodgers' Swansea, it seems strange"
"What I like about Rushjob and Buddha is their opinions however different at times, are always consistant. Buddha's never drifted from his staunch committment to jettison inconsistant under achievers, this policy is imho absolutely vital to any revival of this clubs past success. Fergo has always stood by this policy and it has proved invaluable for him. Brendo MUST do likewise."
"We need to start bringing in proven dependable players, especially some regular goal scorers, guys that will fill the bag on a consistant level. No problem with youth development for the future but the current job in hand is just as important."
"Would love Fernando Torres back in January, Rush returned from Italy and still had a few good seasons left in him. I say if Torres wanted to come back he should be given a fair chance. His best football was played whilst playing fo Liverpool F.C. Many LFC fans never stopped loving the guy, I'm not ashamed to say I'd love him back."
"Still the dreamer I see Buddha. We have a large number of misfits, who at presant haven't reached the required standard. Buck's own 'fake striker' is but one."
"I'll say that when we got the likes of Borini, Sahin and Allen I was skeptical about the signings but they seem to be improving every game. So I think I have faith in BR but unless we have more than $10M the signings maybe be average and will have to improve as the season trudges along. "
"Sometime really pity and feel unfair for this club! Paying sky high pay for those sore thumbs players like Cole, downing, Carroll but when they try to sell... either no takers or way down their market value! Or is it these players are still asking for sky high pay at their new club? "
"redahead, I agree totally. We were outplayed by Swansea, yet are any of their players better individually than ours (we brought their best player apparently)? What they have is a better team ethic, which we need to build & improve to be able to play that quality football, once you have that you then improve the quality of the individuals in that system. "
"As Houllier said in his interview "you win things with world class players". We have a few in the team but we need at least another 2-3 of them to be able to compete for trophies again. But world class players need to have belief in the owners project and the manager of the club which i think it's our biggest hurdle to attract such players."
"Walcott is a must for me.. i wanted him when Arsenal got him from Southampton.. He is an achievable target i feel.. unlike Falcao or Hunterlaar, i dont think Ba is consistent enough."
"why is he talking about the availability of funds, its obvious that we will have to buy players to avoid relegation, this disclosure will only let club drive-up the price on potential transfer targets."
"please sell or give away, Henderson, Downing, Joe Cole & Jose Enrique i always support LFC players but this quartet is defiantly not pro-forming up to LFC standards."
"Yes Brandon Rogers, our squad is very small and thin. Hope the owners is listening and hearing your pleas. We really need quality players in defense, midfield and striker. We can't just rely on the experience of a few seniors. Look at the number of injuries we're having. "
"If another striker is bought, where does Suarez fit in? Play with two, you say? Surely, the team's possession will be diminished. I'm not convinced Suarez is a good provider of goals. Unfortunately, he's not very clinical either. His philosophy seems to be to 'chuck enough sh*t at the wall and some of it will stick.'"
"An attritional approach to scoring is our downfall. It's not good enough to see twenty-odd shots on target and one goal. What I suggest we need is more natural goalscorers, who will stick it in the back of the net, reliably, 10-20 times a season, fed by players who can pick out a pass to a designated area of the box."
"Joe Cole out..... No wonder KK sent him on loan last yr, the bloke has no heart or passion for LFC, joe do us a favor take a pay cut and go find yourself another club in London. "
"Here many of you don't understand that we are not a club to attract Falcao or Huntelaar. Llorente maybe. So it is really difficult to get recognized players even we would offer how much money. With 35 mil we would get another Carroll. So BR's task is really difficult. Hopefully we can get at least one top striker, it would be great. Probably we have to buy promising young players."
"I think our best change to get top player is to buy over 30 years old who is ending his contract soon. But club policy at the moment is different. Hopefully they understand where the club stands at the moment. Llorente is this type of a player. Do you others have ideas where we could get this type of a player?"
"The potential signings lot of you are listing are not realistic (wont come to LFC, we are not what we used to be) or not good enough (Bent, Carroll back). Brendan have done brilliantly with kids, but I do feel we badly need a striker. And keep sending off the dead wood - kids are alright. YNWA "
"Rodgers was right to get rid of Adam n the rest the only shame was he wasn't backed with funds up replace them!! How come carall is this do called savour all of a sudden when he did nothing even was here?? Has done nothing at hammers apart from win a few flick ons wow!! So let's not kid out themselves about him, Rodgers is clearly building something at lfc let's give him time plz "
"JUST READ ALAN PARDEW'S COMMENTS ON LIVERPOOL + RODGERS. HE SAYS WHILE LIVERPOOL ARE EVOLVING THEY ARE VULNERABLE. 100% CORRECT. UNTIL WE BRING MORE CLASS IN, IT'S GOING TO BE A ROLLER COASTER. BE PATIENT."
"5Starkop- bang on. Totally agree with you. The players at BR's disposal currently are not his fault. ' you can't dress a turd'! Keep the Faith reds......"
"Perspective required. We made 9 changes the other night for a match way down on our list of importance for this season with a group of players that finished 8th last season (aside from Allen). BR showed at half time v Neverton that he's got tactical nous. The Kop needs to fund its voice. Far too quiet of late. "
"BR will sort out the mess that is LFC- if, he's given financial backing, time, and support from us lot. Remove any of those 3- and he, and LFC, will fail. It's as simple as that. So for me, all the so called fans coming on here and slating BR, are ultimately contributing to LFC's failure, and that's not what a supporter is about."
"If we think Andy Carrol bad Mr. Rdgers doesn't him back then Mr. Borini is far off a striker than Andy. How strange!? Borini has to prove or HE IS OUT by January!!"
"If BR will have funds, please No more of Allen or Borini type cause they do not give any attacking threat to the team. He must also learn to keep a good atmosphere in team n not always praising his buys n criticizing others"
"I think we are all looking forward to seeing who we bring in during the January window. We could do with two top players really. I actually quite like the potential Walcott deal and although I would love to see AC back, I think we all know it is more likely that we see a fresh, young striker that BR sees potential in to rival Morgan Yesil and Borini. I have faith! YNWA"
"Please, please get Ola Toivenon from PSV, the guy is great and can do midfield or striker, could be great with Suarez. don't let Spurs or Newcastle get him please Brendan."
"We can't do nothing or say too much but let LFC carry on with their job to win games & les. As fans, be patient. If things go bad, can we change things?? Of course, no can do. Just enjoy life and hope for the best in the near future & beyond. Peace & YNWA!"
"In BR I trust. do whatever u can boss with the limited funds we have, I'm sure we'll get the rub of the green one day and fickle fans will see your team play the football we miss. No to Sturridge tho."
"As a resident of Massachusetts, a fan of the Red Sox, and Liverpool, I must say I hope that LFC doesn't attempt to buy their way out of these frustrating times. I have seen the way FSG has done so in the past, and it doesn't work. Big signings for players looking only for a paycheck doesn't work. "
"Saurez one of the best lfc have! .. What? You'll think we can't attract the best players in the world? even CR7 would come if his evaluation+ wage demands were met. I will be the happeist supporter when I see Hendo + Downing traded for a sack of practice balls.. that's my opinion and I'm allowed to exprss."
"lets hope fenway are not going to raid the kids piggy bank.tis the season for giving.we need some experiance to come into the club,not more for the future.,THE FUTURE IS NOW."
"WHILST WE ALL KNOW, including Hoperfully FSG and B.R. its important to bring the younsters on so do, we NEED Top proven goal scorers to keep our heads above water and progress the younger ones by playing with Top pros ans proven goal scorers, so they get that knowledge of how IT SHOULD be done! Lets hope January giives us some top fire power to compete...fairly!!"
"P.S. Im afaid the likes of FALCAU is off to London OR M.C...money talks and hes certainly a TOP quality prize to obtain....We Can But Dream....Dear Santa.....lol;"
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