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It would be lunacy to play an aerial dominating player at left-back.

Some youngsters can't play the full season at their age. Any idea how he measures up to the rest?

Yes but haven't heard about him in a while. Forgot about him to be honest. Would love to hear how he compares to the others.

Suso, Sterling, Canos, Yesil, Coutinho, Alberto and Chirivella. Bloody hell. Sell Saurez to Madrid for Morata + cash and be done with it.

It's not just Reina. The senior players aren't trying hard enough, barring a few exceptions. Subconsciously they know we're not going to challenge for s*** this season so their effort drops. Look at Johnson on Sunderland's first goal. He was passed as if he wasn't there. When top senior players lose motivation they lose concentration. That's what you're seeing from a number of guys.

Maybe the goal should be us explaining how European football is different from a business perspective. We all want to be successful. If we can bridge that knowledge gap, we'll be successful much sooner. Far more constructive. Maybe reach out to a few journos to cover these differences for a larger audience?

I don't completely agree that FSG is undermining footballing matters. And IMO they haven't really undermined Rodgers. Hear me out. FSG has a transfer policy- sign young talented players at lower wages and higher transfer fees. It's how they plan to be successful in the upcoming years. Rodgers is aware of this policy and it's my belief that if Rodgers adheres to the strategy, there's no limit to FSG's backing of his transfer targets. I'll use an extreme example- if Rodgers wanted to bid 50m for a 10 year old (silly I know), the owners wouldn't sanction the transfer (obviously). Hence, in my opinion, regardless of whether or not FSG sanctioned the Dempsey transfer, there's a line that's drawn where business needs meet footballing needs. And that line is where there has to be better communication between owners and manager. Rodgers should have known that FSG was against such a move and if he kept spending his time towards this target then he has to take partial fault, as does FSG if the difference truly was only a couple million. However, there have been rumblings that Fulham wanted more from us than Villa or Tottenham, for which I'd agree with FSG not to sanction the transfer. I'd surmise that, if Rodgers had significant interest in a young asset that adhered to that policy, FSG would have sanctioned the transfer. The issues for me are the following- 1) We had a budget. We spent it on Allen, Borini, Assaidi and Yesil. The wages that we saved / outgoing transfers generally occurred towards the end of the window: Carroll, Adam, Spearing, etc. Considering what happened under Dalglish, it is perfectly acceptable that FSG wanted to ensure that these players were shifted out before new players came in. By the time these players left, there wasn't much time remaining in the window to get things done. Both with reasonable transfer fees (never the case at the end of a transfer window) with those teams finding replacements for their targets as well. You'd have to pay over the odds which is what we saw when we bought Carroll. It was an issue of time more so than anything else. 2) With that in mind, a significant budget must now be available to Rodgers in January. If that is not the case, then we can blame FSG. 3) Given Platini's comments on Sunday, FSG is truly waiting for these rules to be kicked in over the next few years. It is how they see themselves competing with the Manchester clubs, Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and now Zenit. What we saw Zenit do over the weekend was ludicrous. FSG is buying their time until these rules kick in. They are hedging their bets hoping that the rules come into play as they should. If they don't, then we'll see a big response from FSG, maybe going as far as selling the club. However, until FFP fails to materialize, we'll continue to operate at near break even. It's no surprise that both John Henry and Rodgers have said it will take a couple of years to right the ship. If you missed Platini's comments here they are: The solution for me is better communication between FSG and Rodgers. FSG has to clearly outline the requirements for a transfer and Rodgers has to find the right talent. FSG has no problem dishing out large transfer fees for young players- a statement that will be challenged in the coming years. EDIT: After John Henry's open letter, I posed the following questions to him on Twitter: 1) Have you considered long term effects of missing champions league from both monetary & player retention perspectives? #LFC 2) If it's a question of tying spending to income, where was foresight in spending known budget w/o considering depth? ... Clarification- It appears no funds were left for a striker or two. It appears that there was lack of planning #YNWA #LFC 3) Rivals are spending currently. How dangerous is it to not compete for the top players that will further widen the gap? #LFC 4) What happens if FFP is not implemented as expected? #LFC That to me is the summary of the current state of our club. YNWA

The simple solution for me is Gerrard playing as striker. Our CM is our deepest positiom with Lucas, Shelvey, Henderson, Sahin and Allen. Pushing Gerrard forward with Suarez and Borini should get us to January. Then splash the cash on a striker (if FSG is as appalled at this as we are). The one thing I'm very nervous about isn't what most people are discussing- this was our opportunity to keep Sahin. Challenging for fourth. Without that striker, fourth looks like a long shot and I feel he'll leave for CL football. He's a brilliant player and this was such a necessity. I really hope Rodgers impresses him to the point where he can't see himself anywhere else. If we lose him I'll be livid.

That would be Lucas more as opposed to Gerrard if you're talking about the Barcelona model and how Italy played with De Rossi.