Fresh Prince of Chesh-air wrote:I'm quite surprised Glen Johnson is going to Liverpool tbh. We know what Rafa is like with English/ British players as openly stated by Crouch and Pennant who are two of his 'current' team mates.

Surprised they've not talked him out of a move there.

Robbie Rotten wrote:Rafa brought Crouch to Liverpool, he wasn't better than Torres so Rafa didn't kill his career, he was just left behind by an improving squad. Keane wasn't good enough, it happens, he didn't fit.

Pennant's attitude was pretty poor and I'm pretty sure we tried to get rid of him in the summer but he decided to stay to fight for his place, or something silly, but I doubt he fought for his place at all.

I don't really say what Rafa's supposed to be like with British players, is he the same with Dutch players because Babel never starts? What about Chilean's because Mark Gonzalez only got a year at the club? The Welsh because of Bellamy? I just struggle to understand why it's 'British' players.

I doubt Rafa would spend £17m on a British player if he didn't like them or anything.

carl_spackler wrote:You do know that Wales is in Britain don't you? It's that bit to the southwest of you where they all sing and cough up phlegm.

Robbie Rotten wrote:My bad, I should read things through before submitting

Fingerposts Finest wrote:would michael owen be a good squad member at anfield??


i say get him on a pay as you play deal like we did with robbie fowler, with the service he would get from our midfield he would soon be scoring 20 a season again. and the new european laws coming in would be another english player, who originally came through the ranks...................

D.D. wrote:To be honest, I don't think Sturridge will ever be as good a player as Bellamy.

I think he and his advisors have serious delusions of grandeur and that's why I haven't met a one person bemoaning his loss.

Much like Micah Richards, and possibly Michael Johnson, he was over-hyped, too soon, and outsiders thought they were better players than those on the inside did.

The players that will end up being the better ones are those that have developed more slowly, have not peaked at a contemporary level too soon and didn't let the attention go to their heads; i.e. Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha.

Ireland and Onuoha are the two players who I would be gutted about losing. The others, whilst good Premier League players, are probably not good enough to sustain a regular first team slot in a top four side and are expendible, even if I wouldn't mind keeping them as squad players.

Mintball wrote:I'd agree with that.

Just realised – it's six years ago today that Marc-Vivien Foe died.

Catalancs wrote:I'm pretty sure they're going to honour him before the Confederations Cup final.