The one transfer I would like to see by Kenny in January
You can prepare all you like, but you’ll never know if you’re ready until you’re flung into action. Kenny Dalglish made plenty of decent additions to his squad over the summer, but now that the season has began, there still appears to be a gap in Liverpool ’s squad that needs to be filled.
What struck me, watching Tottenham entertain Liverpool at White Hart Lane, is just how slow the Red’s defence is. Patience amongst fans seems to be running out when it comes to Skrtel who wont have won anymore favour with his performance yesterday. I understand that Skrtel is being asked to play out of position, but it’s not like he’s been all that impressive when he’s played as a centre-half.
At best he’s a solid player and at worst he’s somewhat error-prone.
Then there’s Daniel Agger , a player who I greatly admire, but who tends to spend to long on the sidelines as a result of injury. Let’s face facts: he’s not a player you can rely on to play week-in and week-out. Whilst he can’t help the fact that he’s picked up injuries, his bad luck has cost Liverpool.
Whilst there’s plenty to be said about Jamie Carragher ’s sense of positioning, his lack of pace is somewhat alarming. The Premier League’s more pacey strikers will turn Carragher inside out with the greatest of ease and I’m not too sure how much longer Liverpool can continue to support his presence. He may well be a club legend, but if he’s not got the legs for it anymore, it may well be time to move on, or to let another player take up greater prominence within the squad.
Whilst Sebastian Coates is a player with a great deal of promise, with all the uncertainty surrounding other members of Liverpool’s defence, you can’t help but feel that it won’t be enough if the Reds want to make it back into the Champions League.
With that in mind, I wish Kenny had bought a centre-back like Gary Cahill , Christopher Samba or even Scott Dann during the summer transfer window. Still, better late than never and Liverpool will have a chance to fix the situation when the transfer window re-opens in January. My personal preference would be for Bolton ’s Gary Cahill .
Not only is he the best out and out defender of the bunch, but he’d also very likely be available at a bargain price, given that he’d be only have six months left on his contract at the Reebok Stadium.
What’s your take? Would Cahill be a good addition to this Liverpool squad, or do the Reds need to focus on other areas?
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Yes Cahill is very much needed and a striker Carrol is highly unrealiable any one of Cisse,Pav,Hugo Rodellega.I would prefer Hugo and another winger like Hazard .We need a couple of great signings to make an impact on the PL, cannot rely on the trial and error thing.
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Operator05 Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Well whilst liverpool lack a lot of brain ,experience and speed in defence
its time we spent money were its most needed. Whilst Cahill will be a good addition a general in defence is now required a good reader of the game one thats not afraid to take on the game and marshall our troops from the back.
A chap like nesta or demchillis will be good, whats your say
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Joshua Reply:
September 25th, 2011 at 7:14 am
@Operator5 I thought u wrote this comment 10 years ago . Look at nesta age before u hell talk . NOOB .
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I agree. Hopefully agger will stay fit and Coates fit into our defence immediately. We need Martin Kelly back and Glen johnson. Enrique is lfc class. We need Jamie replaced. Sad but we all have to move on at some stage. I trust Lenny to get it right. Question mark over andy carroll since we signed him. Hope he comes good for us
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totally agree.We need MK/GJ/JF back.AC needs to up his game.
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I think kenny has brought in the wrong players which are not an improvement of what we already had out torres,meireles,cole,aqualani players brought in carrol,henderson,adam,downing and enrique there is only two players out of them that i think are an improvement on what we had.We needed class players.
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Are you serious? Bring in MORE mediocre English just as we are being punished by this summer’s lot! We need talent before passport!!
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Carra’s time is over. Coates need to be given 1st team role and rest Cara.
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saturday the best way could have played is skrtel centre back and carragher right back, so if bale passed carra it would have been little harder with skrtel as back up that way
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Totally agreed. Coates to play regularly along other top centreback, Cahill would be perfect. Carra, Skrtl, Agger only as backup. January transfer should buy Cahill, Hazard and one top playmaker which we have been missing since Alonso.
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@Livmad,
We had two playmakers in the form of Alberto Aquilani and Raul Mereles.
Note that both are in the champions league
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I think every liverpool fan will agree about Cahill, so whoever is looking the best team between Liverpool , Arsenal and Spurs at christmas, Cahill will probabaly sign for.
Although I think Liverpool will only have the merieles money to spend so dont expect a top quality striker as well
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