Elisha_Scott

We moved fast enough to have talks with him before United did.

He was being diplomatic

Basically, yes. Different people like different methods, if Rafa would have shown him a bot of love he would have signed for us. Vidic too, to a certain extent. People can bang on about ' If he doesn't want to play for LFC then f*** him' but if Rafa had been manager at the time, we probably wouldn't have signed John Barnes.

I think the reason we lost Malouda was more down to Rafa not making enough of a fuss of him at the time.

Not at all. But when some of the things that get said are so absurd then, yes, that annoys me.

It is obvious it is baffling you. 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Maybe he will be playing on the wing very soon. You never know.

He is the only one who repeatedly changes a thread to be about the same person and the same points of view.

What?

Thats not the point. Every time I read one of your posts, its the same old s****, you are boring. Why post the same thing twice on the same page?

He is also a born winner with a superb attitude and one of the leaders in the squad. A strong personality who stands up and is counted.

Whereas he stayed centre mid and all you can talk about is him sulking at right mid, making him your main talking point regardless of the teams performance. And, you posted it twice on the same page of the same thread! Obsessive?

Sorry, I do apologise

No, he didn't

You're a prick, but I wont let you annoy me too much, because you wont be here too long. Enjoy your moment in the sun.

David Platt would get in ahead of Crouch Voronin and Kuyt too.

Arteta and Lescott would literally stroll into our first team at the moment. They are excellent players and cost a pittance.

Its pointless comparing out transfer strategy with the Mancs, they have a fortune to play with, we dont. The proof of Fergusons transfers are evident in his trophy haul and the strength of the current squad. Arsenal compete with them in a different way, Chelsea too. Everton like it or not, have a very good side nowadays and thats down to Moyes being really astute in the transfer market. I believe we had an agreement to sign the lad Ivanov who has gone to Chelsea and is meant to be class, but we got beaten to the punch.

I know he was a risk, but he has turned out to be a great player, there are others too and not just players bought from England, Cahill, Arteta, Vidic, Evra, Van Persie, Berbatov. The type for between 5 and 10 million who really are superb and excede expecation. Agger is one for us, but I think that unless we can spend massive amounts on top class, a la Torres, then we need to be cleverer with the money we do spend.

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead!

I agree we need to spend some big money to make real progress, but we also need to start making better middle range signings. If for instance we only make 1 £18 Million + signing I would rather it wasn't a defensive midfielder. Look at Everton paying £5million for Lescott for example, surely we could have looked in England and seen he is a good player?

I wasn't implying he cant hack physical football. It was just an aside, it really made me sick seeing that, I wanted to t*** Cahill myself. I didn't mean it to say he has no bottle. And why dont we wait and see what happens with Xabi between now and August before saying my opinion is b******s eh?

No idea to be honest. Maybe in the summer.

£17.1 transfer fee Plus £1.5 loan fee

Confidence and morale is extremely low at the moment too