Wonderwall wrote:Fidel Castro wrote:Still not convinced at all. People said he had technical ability, haven't seen that so far. Struggles to control and trap a ball more often than not. Just looks like another speed merchant to me
Sadly. I am also very disappointed. £50m looks like the scousers got away with the perfect crime.
PrezIke wrote:Great signing a few weeks ago, even according to the English media who had ridiculed the move to us.
He's learning, and he actually had some quite good finishes recently so, again, signs of a work in progress.
I'm far from worried about the signing, and who cares about the money anyway? Our club can surely afford it.
Wonder how Chelsea are feeling about selling Lukaku when they gave up on him so soon.
South Stand Balti wrote:PrezIke wrote:Great signing a few weeks ago, even according to the English media who had ridiculed the move to us.
He's learning, and he actually had some quite good finishes recently so, again, signs of a work in progress.
I'm far from worried about the signing, and who cares about the money anyway? Our club can surely afford it.
Wonder how Chelsea are feeling about selling Lukaku when they gave up on him so soon.
I don't care about the money and you make a fair point. But I do think the club do care about the money and find it difficult to drop such an expensive player. If we had picked him up in s free from Doncastet he would be nowhere near the first team given his performances. I would love him to succeed if only to piss the dippers off as Mase says above but I just don't rate him at all.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:PrezIke wrote:Great signing a few weeks ago, even according to the English media who had ridiculed the move to us.
He's learning, and he actually had some quite good finishes recently so, again, signs of a work in progress.
I'm far from worried about the signing, and who cares about the money anyway? Our club can surely afford it.
Wonder how Chelsea are feeling about selling Lukaku when they gave up on him so soon.
I don't care about the money and you make a fair point. But I do think the club do care about the money and find it difficult to drop such an expensive player. If we had picked him up in s free from Doncastet he would be nowhere near the first team given his performances. I would love him to succeed if only to piss the dippers off as Mase says above but I just don't rate him at all.
If that was the case about dropping expensive players then why does Mangala and Ota not start over Vinnie when all are fit?
South Stand Balti wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:PrezIke wrote:Great signing a few weeks ago, even according to the English media who had ridiculed the move to us.
He's learning, and he actually had some quite good finishes recently so, again, signs of a work in progress.
I'm far from worried about the signing, and who cares about the money anyway? Our club can surely afford it.
Wonder how Chelsea are feeling about selling Lukaku when they gave up on him so soon.
I don't care about the money and you make a fair point. But I do think the club do care about the money and find it difficult to drop such an expensive player. If we had picked him up in s free from Doncastet he would be nowhere near the first team given his performances. I would love him to succeed if only to piss the dippers off as Mase says above but I just don't rate him at all.
If that was the case about dropping expensive players then why does Mangala and Ota not start over Vinnie when all are fit?
I think the Otter would start alongside Vinny when all are fit. Mangala has played a lot of games for us since he signed and started this season alongside Vinny. It is only the signing of the Otter (and injuries) that have pushed him out. I think that proves my point to an extent. The real difference though between Mangala and Sterling is that Mangala has been here long enough to finally convince people he isn't the answer.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:PrezIke wrote:Great signing a few weeks ago, even according to the English media who had ridiculed the move to us.
He's learning, and he actually had some quite good finishes recently so, again, signs of a work in progress.
I'm far from worried about the signing, and who cares about the money anyway? Our club can surely afford it.
Wonder how Chelsea are feeling about selling Lukaku when they gave up on him so soon.
I don't care about the money and you make a fair point. But I do think the club do care about the money and find it difficult to drop such an expensive player. If we had picked him up in s free from Doncastet he would be nowhere near the first team given his performances. I would love him to succeed if only to piss the dippers off as Mase says above but I just don't rate him at all.
If that was the case about dropping expensive players then why does Mangala and Ota not start over Vinnie when all are fit?
I think the Otter would start alongside Vinny when all are fit. Mangala has played a lot of games for us since he signed and started this season alongside Vinny. It is only the signing of the Otter (and injuries) that have pushed him out. I think that proves my point to an extent. The real difference though between Mangala and Sterling is that Mangala has been here long enough to finally convince people he isn't the answer.
I don't think it proves your point at all. In fact I don't believe Sterling, or KDB for that matter, would've played quite so much had Silva and Nasri not been injured recently.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:I don't disagree with KDB starting ahead of him.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Sterling on the right though.
And like I've said previously, I'd like to see how he gets on with Clichy supporting him rather than him supporting Kolarov.
I think one of the factors in both struggling for top form is that they're trying to integrate into a side that is currently struggling for form, can't be easy when you're the new kid especially when things aren't clicking for the team.
What I really don't get is people writing off a 20 year old kid that has proven he can do at the top just because his performances have been a bit hit and miss.
South Stand Balti wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:I don't disagree with KDB starting ahead of him.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Sterling on the right though.
And like I've said previously, I'd like to see how he gets on with Clichy supporting him rather than him supporting Kolarov.
I think one of the factors in both struggling for top form is that they're trying to integrate into a side that is currently struggling for form, can't be easy when you're the new kid especially when things aren't clicking for the team.
What I really don't get is people writing off a 20 year old kid that has proven he can do at the top just because his performances have been a bit hit and miss.
I'm not writing him off and I will cheer him on all afternoon but I don't think he is worth his place right now. He has loads of time to develop and I hope he does. When he was at the dippers though I thought he was massively overrated by the media which is saturated with Scouse bias. He had some great moments but disappeared for long spells too though I thought Rodgers handled him badly. I was never that convinced but there is talent there. I hope he can become a 90 minute player for us.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:I don't disagree with KDB starting ahead of him.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Sterling on the right though.
And like I've said previously, I'd like to see how he gets on with Clichy supporting him rather than him supporting Kolarov.
I think one of the factors in both struggling for top form is that they're trying to integrate into a side that is currently struggling for form, can't be easy when you're the new kid especially when things aren't clicking for the team.
What I really don't get is people writing off a 20 year old kid that has proven he can do at the top just because his performances have been a bit hit and miss.
I'm not writing him off and I will cheer him on all afternoon but I don't think he is worth his place right now. He has loads of time to develop and I hope he does. When he was at the dippers though I thought he was massively overrated by the media which is saturated with Scouse bias. He had some great moments but disappeared for long spells too though I thought Rodgers handled him badly. I was never that convinced but there is talent there. I hope he can become a 90 minute player for us.
Apologies, I thought you saying you didn't rate him at all meant you were writing him off.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:South Stand Balti wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:I don't disagree with KDB starting ahead of him.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Sterling on the right though.
And like I've said previously, I'd like to see how he gets on with Clichy supporting him rather than him supporting Kolarov.
I think one of the factors in both struggling for top form is that they're trying to integrate into a side that is currently struggling for form, can't be easy when you're the new kid especially when things aren't clicking for the team.
What I really don't get is people writing off a 20 year old kid that has proven he can do at the top just because his performances have been a bit hit and miss.
I'm not writing him off and I will cheer him on all afternoon but I don't think he is worth his place right now. He has loads of time to develop and I hope he does. When he was at the dippers though I thought he was massively overrated by the media which is saturated with Scouse bias. He had some great moments but disappeared for long spells too though I thought Rodgers handled him badly. I was never that convinced but there is talent there. I hope he can become a 90 minute player for us.
Apologies, I thought you saying you didn't rate him at all meant you were writing him off.
Dubciteh wrote:why was he taken off at half time on saturday?
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2317348.html
Well in Raheem.
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