17 Feb 08
Originally posted by RagnorakRag.. why not? Why is everyone always blaming the owners?
[b]You can't blame Rafa fully for this result.
They gave rafa £24M to spend on just one player in the summer.
They gave him £8m or something to get Mascaranes and another £5m to get Benayoun.
The problem is he never plays his starting 11. Why did he have to rest Reina? whats that all about?
Goalkeepers play better the more they are in the first team, not by missing out games.
17 Feb 08
Originally posted by spurs73Who's Mascaranes? £5m should be applauded for a supposedly top tier team? LOL. The ever generous Spurs spent that on their last tea-lady.
Rag.. why not? Why is everyone always blaming the owners?
They gave rafa £24M to spend on just one player in the summer.
They gave him £8m or something to get Mascaranes and another £5m to get Benayoun.
The problem is he never plays his starting 11. Why did he have to rest Reina? whats that all about?
Goalkeepers play better the more they are in the first team, not by missing out games.
No, you're right though. The owners were spot on when they wouldn't back Rafa in purchasing another centre half... Carragher is enough quality to have in that position. 🙄
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17 Feb 08
Pool have to stop wasting money on mediocrity.......
To be successful at the top level, they need to buy
1. Top Players....i.e. Torres, Anelka, Rooney
or
2. Young potentially top players....i.e Babel, Anderson, Eduardo
Benayoun, Kuyt, Pennant etc. are simply not good enough at the highest level
18 Feb 08
Originally posted by cantspellIn £42m
Rafa out I think at the end of the season. ..... after spending a fortune in the summer!
Torres £20m (rising to £26m based on individual & team performance)
Babel £11m (rising to £13.5m)
Benayoun £5m
Voronin free (Well, nobody in their right mind would "buy" him)
Skertl £6m
Out £30.2m
Cisse £6m
Pongolle £2.7m
Luis Garcia £6m
Bellamy £7.5m
Sissoko £8m
Agreed, to you and me £12m is a fortune. But can you name me any other Premiership side in the top half of the table who have spent less (NET) than Liverpool in the last 12 months? I've not been 100% convinced about Rafa's transfer dealings since he arrived, but I can't argue with anything he's done since the end of last season. The yanks promised to splash the cash - but they haven't. Not a penny of their own money. In fact Liverpool's CL prize money and op. profit last year totals more than Rafa's NET transfer spend.
BTW - Mascherano is on loan, and has still not been paid for, despite the yanks saying they'd buy him as a present from their own money. Which as we all know is LFC's money!
18 Feb 08
Originally posted by Angry BoyThats disgraceful when you put it like that.
In £42m
Torres £20m (rising to £26m based on individual & team performance)
Babel £11m (rising to £13.5m)
Benayoun £5m
Voronin free (Well, nobody in their right mind would "buy" him)
Skertl £6m
Out £30.2m
Cisse £6m
Pongolle £2.7m
Luis Garcia £6m
Bellamy £7.5m
Sissoko £8m
Agreed, to you and me £12m is a fortune. But can you name me any o ...[text shortened]... hey'd buy him as a present from their own money. Which as we all know is LFC's money!