Quality goal poacher but he would not be my first option and £12m are sincerely too much for a striker who has never played in a big club and is 25 years old yet. Yes but only for not more than £8-9m or on loan.
"please dont go anywhere near long or sturridge, why does B R insist on signing only players he's worked with ? look at borini! our once great club is becoming a laughing stock, we need to get real and get fsg out, major investment is needed,they are not the answer"
"some stupid comments as expected! you need a chance at a big team to prove your worth, who was van persie before arsenal signed him? take examples from that and give people a chance, like sturridge scored a decent amount last season when he was played on the RW"
"imagine we had gone for hernandez before man s got him, everyone would have been moaning saying hes a nobody and look at him banging goals in for fun"
"Some fans on here are just pants and need to stay away from the boards and go and cuddle their Manager 2012 or summin... True fans would understand the potential of someone like Shane Long in our team at the moment... I put him in the same bracket as Jermaine Defoe, interms of industry and potential lethality when you put Suarez in the mix... "
"Look what Defoe's doing with Bale and Lennon round him... If you don't know football... All you do is complain if the player doesn't quite cut the mustard on Manager... pls
bounce!"
"BR only seem to look at players his worked with in his pass well that it a big big worry for me because, he's working with the best that he could have worked with so far."
"West Brom have a great attack! Look at the table at the moment. Shane Long can be good for us!! Much better than the **** we tried to get last year on the brink... Im glad we didnt get Dempsey!!!! YNWA!"
"Some of the fans on here need to wake up and be realistic! Rodgers has stated that we need to have Champs League football to attract big names. I presume that is a reference to Huntelaar who will only go to a club playing in the Champions League. Shane Long has been quality for WBA. He is young, works hard and scores goals. Sign him up YNWA"
"you knockers and knackers on here, Long would be great for us. Workks like a dog and doesn't quit. Have you forgotten how he tore us apart at the beginning of the season? Skirtle couldn't handle him!"
"Much better news than reports on the donkey duo of Bent and Sturridge. What a nightmare that would be. Those two clowns and Barndoor Borini??? We would still only have one striker with any ability."
"with all the strikers that have been linked to lfc, i fear BR will go for Bent or Long or Sturridge only because they have PL experience, even if they are overpriced... also he'd rather have players he's worked with instead of taking a gamble cause he doesnt want to take the blame if they dont work out"
"At last a real option . Long is a very strong player. He can hold the ball up. He is fast, he is good with the head, and he can cross good balls. This guy is facing his best years."
"i think huntelar will go arsenal ahead of us and BR will buy a mediocre striker with the 10m he gets, not sure long would be able to hack it with pool, "
"this guy is great n the main guy that makes westbrom tick i wished daglish didnt get him last jan when we were linked with him. now if we do get him he's double the price.i'd rather we get him than sturridge but thats if its true."
"If we won't get any top strikers, we should only loan even Bent or Sturridge or both. It's no meaning of buy mediocre players permanently. If we can get Cavani in the summer, we should just loan some players for spring. And Borini is coming back in January, so one striker could be enough."
"And Borini ain't that bad player, whole team was in transition in begining of autumn. He has all the qualities for our team passing game, he ain't yet the scorer we need. So Bent has record for scoring goals in PL. Take him if can't get any top names"
"7 Million yeah, why not. But it looks as if we will have to get used to mid table finishes, if from now on we are after the mid to lower table teams best players. The likes of Top world class talent entering our doors as gone, How sad our situation has become."
"he hasnt kicked a ball for us and people are knocking him.nothing better to do? look where west brom are so he cant be that bad. would prefer a shift from him to that of sturridge or bent. people are saying names that are totally unrealistic. e.g. cavani. we need a striker who can put away the chances we are missing. just support whoever we sign. they will be playing for L.F.C. simple as that. "
"Long, Sturridge, Bent? No way, we can forget about becoming a feared and respected club again if we aim so low by even considering this poor quality."
"We are in a mediocre situation because we've been signing mediocre material, you only get what you pay for in this world and sometimes you don't even get that. FSG must stop being cheapskates or we start to slip slide away."
"Ridiculous suggestion. What we need is a poacher who can play off Suarez like Cavani does for Uruguay. Jelle Vossen at Genk is the best January buy out there. We'd get him for less than 12 million and he's a real, factual, actual striker."
"Daily Express now report "EDINSON CAVANI 'AGREES TO TALKS' WITH ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL, SAYS NAPOLI STAR'S AGENT"
Suarez we need your help to bring your countryman to Anfield."
"rosso76 don't be silly. 12 million is a bargain for Shane Long. I would hope this is true. He would be one of the buys of the season. As an Irish red i get to see him play for my country. He's someone that can add a lot to LFC right now!"
"Truth is we should have spotted this guy much earlier. Who the hell is doing our scouting? We could have bought Shane for 3 or 4m 18 months ago as was suggested by a few of us some time back.."
"Cmon Guys, Long might be expensive to get, but his wage bill isnt that bad i believe. If we get Cavani thats like 40m and his wage over a year will be something like 5m. When longs wage would be 3 times less.
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"why all the negative postings about the price for shane long, its not as though any of them are going to dig into their own pockets.dont take all these roumers at face value , just wait and see come january."
"Long id the ideal player to buy to compliment Suarez up front. he is not pretentious like some of the players been mentioned is strong in the air as well as having good control and is a very intelligent player who can hold ball up and bring other players into the game..Please BR buy Long..he is aproven goalscorer in the prem..."
"Hopefully sign Shane a good clever striker who works hard to create n score goals. I agree with what u have said GhoztLFC n beleive in a similar type of striker to one of our former gr8 strikers Mr John Aldridge.
This boy needs a chance at a big club !!!"
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