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Originally Posted by omnia
but then one sld also question whether he sold wisely to make another purchase?...for instance sld he hv kept one of 3 - keane or bellamy or crouch on the books as a complementary/back up striker for torres?...
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Keane is aging and NOT performing, you can keep him in the book and saw his value dropped further to maybe 8mil-10mil or u can try to cut lose and sell him for slightly higher price.. anyway, i think Keane also someone who doesnt want to warm the bench and he doesnt gel well with Torres, often chasing after the same ball..
Bellamy was a discipline problem kid just like Diouf which were not even given chance to perform under Rafa.. think he dislikes these type of players..
Crouch, i believed were making alot of noises after he was benched often due to Torres' arrival back in 2007, i think he was complaining alot that he - an England regular was not playing often, and i believed his contract were running out in 2009? so u either sell him at his highest possible value or u might get lesser in a year time cause he may not even new contract and walk out on bosman..
let me ask brother omnia or any other fans.. which good competent striker willing to play as a wingman (back up) to Torres? only play when he injured? of course, sometimes can play along Torres, but most likely you will be benched? the most likely answer is up and coming young striker.. cause they are "learning" mah like N'gog.. or old and understand their roles is to fill in when the main players injured like Fowler in 2005.. those in their prime age, of course want to play and show how good they are and earn higher pay mah like Keane, Bellamy, Baros.. or even Owen..
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Originally Posted by omnia
u pted out fergie & jose's duds & hv rtly said that every manager has had his share of duds...yes...however fergie & jose hv managed to establish relatively balanced successful EPL squads notwithstanding their duds...so has arsene who has done so on a smaller budget compared to rafa (for eg. i don't think arsene has ever spent more than 15m pounds on a single player)...this is something rafa has thus far failed to achieve in his 6 yrs at anfield...note i am making specific reference to the EPL and not CL...
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bro, as mentioned, cant really compare with Alex or Jose ba.. if you read Alex' brief history.. he took 7 years to win the first EPL and was consistently the highest spender during the periods, just that at that point of time, the prices of players are not as crazy as now, but Sir Alex paid top price to get the top talent back then.. took him 7 years to finally get a team of his own.. took another 1-2 years before his young talents start to come out, the Nevilles, Giggs, Scholes, Beckham.. RB had less time, less money, and yet demanded to deliver the same result? really absurd lor..
Jose had it easier because he doesnt need to change the whole squad.. he only need to add here and there.. of course his duds doesnt affect much.. and he got the cash to burn, too.. RB needs to replace almost the whole Liverpool squad.. in fact only left Carra and Gerrard from the team he inherited from GH.. how to compare? u asked whats wrong with Dudek.. Dudek confident was shattered after big blunders and never recover since.. u feel confident with such GK in your goal post? of course u'd want to replace with someone better mah.. Riise as a left back was average cause dont know how to defend.. as left mid not fast or tricky enough.. Kewell consistently on the surgery bed.. Cisse was hot tempered.. Baros was too one-player liao.. Hamann was aging, so is Hyppia..
Arsene is good, but he dont have the "historical pressure" of Liverpool manager to perform.. how many years since Arsenal won EPL? if he is a Liverpool manager, i guess he would be sacked and replaced long ago liao lor.. just like Roy Evans who consistently get Reds to be in top 4 back then or GH also, consistently top 4 mah, but still kena chopped..
anyway, one good thing about RB, i think, is that RB can b quite a cruel manager in a sense that if the players start to have attitude problem or poor performance, or aging player, especially for the latter one, he can be rather heartless and sell them immediately. Case study, Morientes was shipped out as soon as possible after realising that he could not perform in EPL, Mark Gonzales is another example, u see him offloading players as soon as possible before their value keep dropping further, hence giving himself some extra transfer money (Owen?).. but selling quick to get another player also kena flamed..
my four cents worth of comment. cheers.
