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Probably best off going straight to Preston then change for Balckburn!

El Zhar is 22yrs. If he was good enough he would be already in the team, or have a role akin to Babel. But he isnt good enough, not to play for Liverpool. Can't comment on Hammil as I have only seen him play in Scotland, where to be far he put in a few good performances.

To be honest degan could give him a run for his money. I wonder if Udenise ensured that he had a buy back clause.

Ngog is a poor player

We have nothing up front here.

Anyone know if Plessis can pass it forward, or is it just side to side?

These Premier league stats get on my wick, They fail to mention the 100 odd years before it.

I can’t believe people have Kuyt in their top three, his passing, ball retention, and first touch stank the place out last night.

Think he is a good player, but I dont know if he has really poor stamina levels or just plain lazy.

They wont challange this year, but next year...

I have heard Heskey is quite effective on the right as well!!!!

If Ngog is the best we have got behind Torres we are in big trouble. He looked like a school boy playing against men.

They must think we have just come off a banana boat! Cannot afford a 60,000 seater stadium, but looking into options for a 70,000 seater. It defies belief.

No! Average in the Spanish league, will be average in the premier league! I dont know which City fans people have spoken to who really rated him, most of my City mates put him on par with the likes of Pennent or David White. They did say he is not in the same league as Petrov and not the quality of a Liverpool player.

Im simply not convinced by Riera

Noooo that was Bruce Wayne...

A bit off topic, but an outgoing transfer all the same. Just heard from a mate of mine who reckons that Astrit Ajdarevic has been released, not sure about this, but I thought he was highly regarded at the club.

He is quick!

Arbeloa, Palop, Navarro, Puyol, Juanito, Ibanez, Marchena, Lopez, De la Red, Albelda, Senna, Garcia, Tamudo, to name a few

To say he is a better player than Pennant is highly debatable. No matter what we pay for him he is not good enough if we are to challenge the top two, I would rather not spend money on mediocrity. People would be up in arms if we were to spend £8-10 million on Downing (me too), who is far and away a better player than Riera.

Riera is a decent squad player, but not better than what we already have. Anything over 4 million for this guy would be a joke.

Someone like Aimar could share the role with Gerrard. When Aimar plays Gerrard drops back alongside Mascherano, or on the right. Not sure Gerrard can play in the hole against really good teams, as they usually have a decent midfield pairing who can stiffle his game, whereas an Aimar type ghosts between the lines and is difficult to pick up.

I go to Germany quite frequently with work and take in a few games, prob watched him live about 10 times live and numerous games on German TV. I suppose he is a bit like Finnan (although a lot bigger and slightly quicker) but no where near as good. I would like to know who our German scouts were.

The only problam with that is that Degan is a shower of S"**

I would be concerned if went into the new season with Aurelio and Insua as left backs, not because they are not good players. Firstly, because Fabio will prob only make 30-50% of games due to his knack of picking up injuries, and secondly because Insua is relatively untested (saying that the only way we will find out is if he is tested to a greater extent than he has this season). For me I am not sure any of them (including Carragher and Arbeloa) are good enough left backs for a championship winning team (although Insua might, given the chance, but that question remains open).