Absolutely nothing at all but only if they're good enough. I think Ings is okay but more of a mid-table/Europa League standard as opposed to a Club looking to get into the top four.
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Absolutely nothing at all but only if they're good enough. I think Ings is okay but more of a mid-table/Europa League standard as opposed to a Club looking to get into the top four.
So Liverpool's current strikers are Sturridge, Balotelli, Origi, Borini, Lambert, Aspas, Ings, Yesil, Sinclair.
Not a single one of them worries me, hopefully they don't go for a real quality striker.
Not a single one of them worries me, hopefully they don't go for a real quality striker.
As a backup striker he's probably fine for them. Would not have been happy had we gone for him though.
Getting Milner on a free and Ings for a small fee are both very good deals for Liverpool IMO. Exactly the sort of players they should be aiming for right now.
They cannot buy Cavani or Benzema, and the likes of Lacazette and Vietto would very likely turn them down as well. Ings and Berahino are the best Liverpool can get at the moment
Agreed!
Not to say they won't get one, but there's an awful lot of clubs in this country alone who could be looking for a striker at the same time. They'll be a lot of competition for them I'd think.
Us, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs...there's probably only City who aren't.
Milner was a good signing, it remains to be seen whether Ings will be.
Yep, no idea why 'lol' is in the thread title.
Yeah in so far as squad strengthening they're doing fine.
But again, this is our opportunity to pull well away from them given the calibre of player we can attract as opposed to milner and Ings.
It remains to be seen whether Milner will be one too, like any other signing.
And who are Uniteds striker options now? I'm assuming we'll actually be buying a striker, but until its done there are not many options.
Get that 'lol' removed before it comes back to bite us in the arse..
Solid signing for Pool, fits into Brendans way of playing..will press all day and is a decent finisher.
Solid signing for Pool, fits into Brendans way of playing..will press all day and is a decent finisher.
Our famous transfer committee is fecking useless. You don't have to be an expert to know what our problems are. We need a first choice striker to lead our attack, someone who's able to replace Sturridge when he's injured. What we didn't need waq ANOTHER striker who might or might not be good as a substitute. I like Ings but he ain't good enough to be first choice, simple as that. Sigh.
In fact, talking about compensation claims, he's only been at Burnley since 2011. Guess he was 18/19 then so not overly young, that will reduce the amount.
Didnt villa get a really good young keeper a few years ago from norwich and have to pay the compensation? it was about 500k iirc. Usually in these circumstances you dont pay much in the initial compo but you pay per 50 league goals, or international appearances and sell on fees etc.
Edit. Just noticed he got 3 goals in 2012 from over 35 appearances. They must have been as substitutes surely
Didnt villa get a really good young keeper a few years ago from norwich and have to pay the compensation? it was about 500k iirc. Usually in these circumstances you dont pay much in the initial compo but you pay per 50 league goals, or international appearances and sell on fees etc.
Edit. Just noticed he got 3 goals in 2012 from over 35 appearances. They must have been as substitutes surely
Sturridge is a real quality striker, he is just a real injury prone one.
Ings scored goals for a team relegated and needs a chance to prove himself in a better team
Origi hasn't kicked a ball yet for us and is obviously one for the future, we can't judge him yet.
Aspas is pretty much sold, Borini and Lambert almost certainly will be.
Balotelli probably too, at least on loan.
Sinclair is just a kid, Yesil suffered a broken leg and hasn't had many games for the U21s
We will sign another striker too.
Obviously. But I've always thought Milner looks a pretty good player and he's been a solid PL player for 10 odd years with tonnes of international experience. Ings had one season in the PL and looked hit and miss. His form came in spurts. I'm far from convinced by him but it's a relatively low risk gamble.
Its an improvement. Doesn't take much to improve on the turd they have up front though. Good job.
I think the last example I can remember was when Tom Ince went to Hull last summer. Can't remember the exact fee but think it was between 2 and 2.5 million.
Think he'll suit them well.
They need someone who's capable of scoring, which neither of their current strikers are (Sturridge being obvious exception, but injuries...), and with proper service Ings can really make a impact they wanted from Balloteli- just he wasn't arsed to run but walk across the pitch.
Liverpool needs to go with this kind of transfers, young, hungry, willing to sacrifice for the team type of players instead of trying to buy "proven" names who'll just take paycheck with nothing to offer in return with Coutinho being great example of former type and Ballotelli the latter.
United went for proven strikes with Falcao, overpayed him and got nothing in return when we could easily given that playing time to Wilson, doubt he would do any worse than Falcao.
I'm fairly sure we will be buying a striker be it a super expensive one or a young, talented one. And since our main striker(Rooney) is reliable and is capable of scoring ~20 goals a season with great service i'm not worried about our current striker options. I'd be confident going into the season even if we signed no new striker and kept RvP and Wilson.
I can see where you're coming from, yes.
Liverpool are buying well IMO.
Milner is pretty good but I think he's mostly about energy and these sort of players and bomb severely post 30. I think that happened to park. Once his legs started going, he became completely pointless. But as of now, I expect him to do well there.
Personally I have not seen much of Ings. From what I've seen I'd never want us to sign him. But from everything you read he could also become a Milner type utility player in the premier league.
Let's see. None of this really worries me and I hope we sign a much higher quality of player to this lot.
So Rodgers is packing a team full of average squad players with more average squad players. Genius.
We need to at least give him a chance.
A so called 'world class' striker isn't always the right option. Falcao was hardly great for United and look how much they were paying him.
We should be bringing another in also.
I think he'll do ok for them.
Norwich are back next year so he could bag a load.
Norwich are back next year so he could bag a load.
Not sure that 'lol' is needed in the title...unless the thread is provided with comments from RAWK; either melting down that he's going to be shit/not good enough, or proclaiming him to be the next Michael Owen.
Milner looked gash yesterday but I reckon they will get 2 good years out of him anyway.
Ings just isn't an inspiring signing and I honestly don't think he's any better than Borini. As I said though, it's a low risk meh signing. He's not what they need though. If they want a serious top 4 challenge, it should be quality over cheap low risk quantity.
1st Milner and now Ings....
United are doing some good bit of business!!
United are doing some good bit of business!!
He is more of a replacement for Lambert than he is for Sturridge, Suarez or whatever Balotelli was supposed to be. Not a poor signing unless he is the only striker they get
Let's hope United don't go and sign Falcao for us too, we don't need anymore expensive flops.
Two free transfers and both improvements on what they have. Not bad.
Of course we should, I'll be the first one to support him. But we do need a difference maker up front for when Sturridge is out yet again, and I can't see Ings doing that job. The fact that he costs almost nothing sweetens the deal, but we do need to be looking at quality over quantity from now on. I's rather three signings who'll almost definitely (you never know, see Falcao indeed) bring us closer to top 4 than six gamble buys which could go either way..
Hopefully if we can move on the players who are surplus, we will get another in too. We haven't exactly bought well in recent years.
Sturridge, Ings, Origi and a "difference maker" sounds ok to me.
I'm just glad we didn't sign him...
Amazing signing for Liverpool. Had a decent season with a relegated team which is quite similar to what Borini done a couple of seasons ago (except Sunderland wasn't relegated), and what Lambert had been doing for Southampton for a few seasons. He also has the ever so invaluable and fantastic attribute that defines a great footballer - PL experience. Look at how wonderful all the PL proven players are doing for Liverpool.
They've improved their squad, not their first team.
They need to be going for players who can replace the average ones in the squad, not filling it with as good/slightly better average players.
That's not to say that these two buys are just prepping for some bigger transfers down the line. They have saved some transfer money, although Milner's wages are quite large, which basically wipes out the saving from Gerrard leaving.
I don't think you can afford to gamble, considering the state of your striking options. You need someone who you know will deliver in this league.
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