Saint Fan CaM

Pretty dull game tbh...until Lallana and Shaw came on when it picked up a bit. The sooner Woy culls the old guard completely and starts assembling a new youthful and consistent core England side the better, because at the moment there are some real cloggers.

You think Torres is a very good striker? OK....

Hang on, which one of our strikers is on track to achieve 15-20 goals this season? But we're a mid table side as you regular remind us, so does that mean with a 15-20 goal striker we could achieve more than mid-table? Dare we dream? Perhaps we should sign Torres....oh. LOL

Maybe, but I think this has more to do with Mopo staying than anything else. Having said that, we desperately need a new striker.

Completely agree...chicken feed for a top ten Prem club. How much has been spent on the Academy over the last 4 years (including all the wrangles with various sacked sub-contractors)? Perhaps the money has been spent already?

Examples of when Liverpool last sold a very good striker to a top ten Prem team please? Top four clubs don't generally tend to do this, although I accept it may have happened somewhen in the past...more of an exception. Once again Turks you've managed to fall into the trap of being a mongboard troll with nothing of importance to say for yourself other than sarcastic swipes at others. I reckon somewhere deep inside you there is an intelligent person trying to break out. (LOL to satisfy your craving).

Possibly, although not necessarily. The long term view might be to use the talent coming off the academy production line rather than buying players in. KL has invested heavily in the Academy aand Staplewood. Perhaps there's a wish to recoup some of that money before throwing any more at the club? Just got a feeling that we probably need to lower our expectations now.

What gives rise to you feeling so sure? And I don't mean the loss that will be made on Osvaldo's sale btw.

Actually, what I said was, I doubt we could steal a player like him from a Prem rival. No mention of Pool, so once again Turkey old chap (lol) you've managed to end up with your foot in your mouth. Now then, what was your point?

A defender who has a nasty habit of intercepting balls into the box whilst stood facing goal two yards from the goal line, is going to be a defender that creates his own luck (bad luck in truth).

As I said, I would love it if he came to us...think he's a great match. Just don't think it's likely...he is hoping he can break into the Pool team and we will not be splashing anywhere near £10m this summer in my opinion, let alone that on one player.

Well how about if Sunderland offered them a decent fee - would he want to stay at the club that gave him a chance? Do you think we could match Sunderlands salary offer after their splendid cup runs (LOL)? And last but not least, who said we are rivals for Liverpool? Your turn.

Mmm, I love waffles, but drivels are harmful and should not be tolerated without full knowledge of the damage they can often inflict. Or soemthing like that.

Yep agree Norm. No problem admitting that we need better to move on.

Thanks for the service Jos....you've been great so far, but now we need to "push on".

You started so well Turks...lol. I agree that his chances ae limited at Liverpool. But with Sunderland not being one of the three worst teams in the league (and therefore likely to survive) do you really think L'pool will sell to us? Really?

On paper this should be a Saints win...we're by far the better side. However, they are fighting...hard...to survive and not doing too bad a job. We don't like hard fought games. They will fancy their chances against us...it's got 2-1 written all over it.

I completely agree...Borini is exactly the type of player we need up front playing the game we play. Trouble is, I doubt we be able to steal a player like him from a prem rival.

Lambert doesn't deserve a place at the moment based on current performance - he is not acting as a striker and under different circumstances we would not be able to afford having a player that is not performing. However, what do we have to replace him with? Gallagher is nowhere near ready and frankly so far I've been completely underwhelmed - he's just not showing even a glimpse of class (unlike JWP, Shaw, Clyne and Chambers). And that's it - there's nothing else...pointless playing someone like Gaston in that position - he hasn't got the beef in him to jostle with CB's. No, unfortunately, Lambert is the only option we have.

No. If the rumours are true, it had more to do with gambling issues.

Liverpool were fantastic. Saurez movement is excellent and Gerrard is back to his best. We were OK, but our finishing is woeful at the moment. Chambers and Shaw were excellent. Cork, Morgan and Davis were competent. Lallana was excellent. Lambert and JRod were awful. I don't know what has happened to Lambert (I've been told he has some kind of archilles issue), but he is almost completely ineffective now.JRod is proving he is no more than an ok Championship player...so wasteful in front of goal and can't seem to get his head up to deliver a telling pass. And so to the bench. Wanyama is a shadow of when he started for us, but to bring on a defensive midfielder who loses the ball easily when we need to create chances was asking for trouble. Expecting a young striker to come on and affect the game is extremely hopeful, but Gallagher is not showing the same level of class that Shaw, Chambers and Ward-Prowse do...he needs to go on loan to a L1 or Championship side to learn his trade. I keep saying it...the summer is going to be very interesting indeed in terms of us moving on or falling backwards.

I doubt it. There's probably some balancing of books to be done before the club is sold if the prophets of doom are to be believed.

Yes, the shocker is the squad he's got - should by all accounts be running away with the league, but it just goes to show that sometimes money doesn't always win.

I don't know why, but I love seeing that mug suffer. Having said that, if he'd got the England job I would have been happy with that. Strange old world.

No, you just can't see past the red mist can you. Your visionary disclosure of the future had NC stayed is impressive - "it was never going to" - wow, can you give me the lottery numbers for tonight please? What are the "far simpler themes" then? Come on...we're waiting to hear what you have to say on the matter...who knows, you might bring us around to your view with a well constructed thought process of your own (rather than trying to offend at every opportunity). I tell you what - at the end of the summer, when we're about to embark on next season's campaign based on the new regimes actions, let's review the situation again. It's a kind of win-win...if the new regime provides the same or better results on the pitch then we'll all be content - well I will for one.