Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:55 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

He had some decent games, but I think lacks the pace to become a top class full back.

He won't be top class, obviously, but he'd have been a reliable squad player. He was much better than Warnock was at that age, and Warnock's gone on to be pretty good. Insua was one of the best full backs of his age class, he also counted as a homegrown player. Shame, he was a solid squad player, just needed somebody to play ahead of him as he was far too inexperienced to be playing as regularly as he did.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:06 pm  

Chief Scout wrote:

Liverpool have signed Danny Wilson from Rangers and Sold Albert Riera to Olympiakos.

Benayoun is absolutely awfull. He was worse than Luis Garcia for us. A good goal every 10 games but on the whole his overall play was truely awfull. Really surprised Chelsea took him off our hands.

Liverpools outs

Benayoun - 5m
Insua - 5m
Riera - 5m

Liverpool ins

Danny Wilson - 2m
Jonjo Shelvey - 1.7m
Milan Jovanovic - Free
Joe Cole - Free

Rumours of David Ngog going too, but apparently we want £6m so I doubt it would happen...

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:15 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Moving to Liverpool would ruin him. He's a good player for Wigan but isn't the kind of player that a team challenging for the champions needs. Liverpool would have been off keeping Insua.

He's crap. They can have him.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:43 pm  

I see Hodgson has got the job of clearing out all king Rafa's woeful signings. Think Liverpool could go well next year with a more astute manager in the transfer market now in charge.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:52 pm  

Joe Cole signing for Liverpool is similar to Owen signing for United last season. As there is no fee involved, it doesn't represent that big a risk for either club. If Cole can stay fit and get some games, he'll be a useful signing for Liverpool.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:20 pm  

Conroy wrote:

He's crap. They can have him.

Finding a decent replacement would be the problem. Players don't seem to see Wigan as a desireable destination for some reason.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:23 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Finding a decent replacement would be the problem. Players don't seem to see Wigan as a desireable destination for some reason.

Hoffman, Lima and Finch would say otherwise

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:33 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Finding a decent replacement would be the problem. Players don't seem to see Wigan as a desireable destination for some reason.

I got an old dustbin I ain't using. We could try that?

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:32 pm  

The World Cup is too big. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... -world-cup

The World Cup is too big. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... -world-cup

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:55 pm  

"I thought about the semi-final of the Champions League in 2005 when I ran onto the field and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
I was thinking about playing in that atmosphere every week and that swung it for me."

"I could have stayed at Chelsea because the fans loved me and I won things, but I wanted to challenge myself and when I knew Liverpool were interested it was a no-brainer because they are the biggest club in the country."
-Joe Cole

Don't think Wigan Athletic, West Brom, Birmingham or Bolton visiting Anfield are going to give you the same kind of atmosphere, but I could be wrong.

Did all the fans love him? LGJM and SS didn't seem to be too enamoured.

The biggest club in the country? Really Joe?