"I think it would be a good move for the right price. He’s been great for villa this season and would give us much needed width on the left. He’s got great delivery from wide areas and set pieces and is a good dribbler with pace something we need on the wings."
"elia, ashley young or hazard but if we cant get them downing will do, until raheem stirling come's up and take's his place!! get wright-pillips aswell he can play one or two seasons before amoo or silva take's his place."
"I would welcome the move since he is miles better than Jovanovic and Maxi. He can also serve us for 5-6 years. Sign him asap if he costs less than 12M. And if signed, play him in the starting 11! "
"he is villa's best player this season, and he cost 12M just 18months ago, this means he will cost at least 14M or more, and thats not a great buy in that case"
"omg we you people see some sense we are 13th in the prem a player like dowing doesnt show intersrest all the time he's better than most if not all our wingers at the moment espailly the ones that play on the left"
"I guess Kenny has a plan and in Kenny I trust. But I sure hope he get the owners backing so that he's got the possibility to bring in the players LFC really wants/needs. Difficult with january window though.."
"Alright he is not the best player we can get but he is a damn site better than we got.
This should be our team
GK: Reina
DF:Kelly,Carragher,MERTESACKER,COENTRAO
MF:DOWNING,GERRARD,HONDA,ELIA
at: TORRES SUAREZ
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"he was good two years ago but would not get into totanham,s or man city team now so why are we trying to buy him,Babel,s better than him.....aim higher than that.
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"What difference does it make what anybody makes of Downing,we wont be signing him! We as fans are getting PI**ED OFF with all these rumours that come to NOTHING!These kind of stories mean JACK S**T unless they are stated by LFC so do us all a favour & only inform us when it happens!!"
"Good signing! Come to think of it he would be better than anyone else we have been linked with because he is an out and out winger. Unlike young, hazard and elia and he English. Very impressed with King Kenny, if he gets 3 the players we our linked with. Warnock and downing are home-grown players and Suarez is Liverpool quality. "
"I think best characteristic of Downing is his crossing but in our team i don't see many players good in air to score goals through crosses. So I think it would be waste of money to get him. Instead get players with pace, guile and trikery who will suit our playing style more."
"n'zogbia, left back, striker and get johnston on right mid. i know its hard too get a decent player in jan but we have too push for it. thats if kenny gets money."
"no!! he is a left winger but he cannot use his right foot. it limits a player and makes them predictable. thats why glen johnson should play right wing.... because he has a sweet left foot too and can either come inside or go down the line. coentrao can play left wing too, lets get him!"
"i think he would be a good signing,he is certainly better than what we"ve got at present.i cant believe how people on here seem to think we are gonna get big name players in january.unless you"ve got big big money it won"t happen.Downing warnock and suarez would represent a good bit of business as far as a january window goes.i have complete faith in Kenny and so should you all!ynwa"
"sick of people ranting on about babel, he's crap. he's had his chance and not taken it , too lazy, have they been watching a different player than i have"
" He is terrible. And if Villa want to try and buy bent, we should to, though why would he go when suderland are above both us and Villa. We should be making an approach for top quality players like Honda, Elia, Suarez, Lukaku, Ninis, Breno and Dos santos. The above will help liverpool not hinder it like downing would. "
"Sotiris Ninis of panathanikos would be miles better and much cheaper as Ninis is 20 years old. Only get downing if he is a free agent and pay him the minimum wage, otherwise its not worth it."
"gadgieboylfc: I am afraid you have been watching another player than we have. Babel was a talented young lad when we bought him, but apart from a Man Utd winning goal and a cracker at Lyon, I really can't remember a lot he has done for us over the last 3 and a half yeras he has been here, I am sorry..."
"A lot of you seem to forget his performances for England.But with very good reason; he never had a performance for England! Sure, he played well against us but so did the Northampton forwards. Get a grip, he's another mid-table player."
"i agree with flanoboy...he is an average player and we dont wanna be tarred with the average club brush but thats the way we are going at the moment......buy quality only!! come on Kenny you know the score forget downing ashley young is the player for us x"
"average player not horrible mind, although if they think theyre getting 12 for him its not happening.suarez honda and hazard r the only attacker we need now and also a lb an cb"
"I've always wanted to see Suarez (after the World Cup) and Downing (for a long time in LFC). It's like you read my mind in this transfer window. I'm so happy, it's like LFC was made for me and I was made for LFC!!"
"Are you insane? Downing wearing Liverpool Red? - not in my nastiest nightmares could I dream this one up - no thanks - save your money LFC - we need pace not old fashioned wingers - who's going to be in the box looking for a header? Look at Barcelona no conventional 'wingers' just quick, clever players that pass and move - sound familiar?"
"Downing isn't half bad, but it depends on the price. If he's 12m or anywhere in that region, we may as well just shoot for Elia. I think the idea behind a Downing move would be to shoot for more English players, which... I don't know why they think they need to. We've got plenty."
"Downing's not worth the £12m Villa paid and I'm sure they'll want close to their money back...no to him!
If LFC aspire to pick up 'other' players teams can do with out in the League we'll be no better off than we are now.
Need to spend real money and on players the 'big four/five' would consider.
ps. No we're not one of those teams...look at last/this years table...sorry!"
"He is good but not up to LFC standard. If we buy him then we will have a group of average player that cannot perform up to LFC's expectation. We already have this kind of player like Skrtel, Cole, Soto, Milan, Poulsen and Paul K. They dont have the character and intensity to play in big games with high expectation in this big and famous club. YNWA"
"There`s lots of speculation but we as Liverpool fans want to see signings not speculation there`s only 12 days left and there`s no new faces its easy sign Aderbayor ,Wright-Phillips, Luis Suarez and a central defender that`s all we need "
"All U filthy fans berating Babel ... how would U feel if U only played once in ten games ... & by that you'll be playing the last 5 minutes coming on as a stoppage time sub ALL THE TIME! Yet he still scores against Chelsea, ManUtd, Lyon etc. Strong/Pace/WIcked Shot & passion for LFC the boy just needs a chance. Imagine if he's had as much chances to play as LUCAS?"
"Having said that, I do not see why we should blow real money on a player of Downing's (questionable) pedigree when we could probably spend less and get Charles Nzogbia. Nzogbia can also play at leftback. And he is quality. All you need to do as his manager is show some respect and pronounce his name correctly."
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