Lee W

Still injured

Their injury problem's look a lot more severe than ours.

It a major factor with all the top players, and we agreed £25m with Shakhtar. In Salah's case though, whether we lose out on him or not, it should've been sorted out weeks ago.

Thought we missed out on him because of no CL football.

Did you deliberately leave the million from the Konchesky fee or was it just a subconscious estimate ?

I would've kept either of them, but not would not want to lost both from the squad, if that makes sense. I guess our hand was forced but it's not turned out bad. I think we've covered all the areas we need to this season, and now it's time to see how Dalglish's first squad knits together. He looks to have covered all the bases......

Not quite. One of the cleaners found Konchesky's speedo's in the depths of the laundry apparently, so we just need a DHL to Leicester and we're sorted.

I think you're right. There was a certain amount of 'balancing' that was needed after buying the midfielders and forwards we have since January. Happy to lose Meireles for a class CB and LB, if that's what it came to.

More here.... Obsessed and paranoid.

In two years time, where will we be....... F*ck off NYR this is not a transfer thread, but a serious football discussion. FWIW - I think we'll be back in the European Cup, season after next.

I read both the online "toned-down" version of The Evening Standard, and the "pick-me-up" versions and guess what ? The headline is completely different. Read the quotes and he never said what the rag headline said, but it you read the online version it is more conservative. I don't believe he's a "sulky git" by nature, but like the cream of the crop became more disillusioned as players got sold to fund the purchase of others. He was "happy as larry" when banging them in from 25-30 yards between '07 and '09 - as I've said before, that player has gone. He referenced Arbeloa and Crouch who left for different reasons, but they were not the knockout blows. As we know Xabi and Mascherano were, (and Agger's and Aurelio's constant injury issues AND the "rug effect" with Barry and Jovetic). If he felt he was in a "dark" position, guess what I know how he feels. It is sh*t when you aspire to be the best (don't we all), but feel that you are being held back. He was - and we, by hook or by crook, were restraining his ambition. What frustrates is that he seems to have hood-winked himself into thinking his new employers are "the highest level". They are not, as anyone with half a brain knows. Quality has been severely eroded this season and as much as we have have fallen, Chelsea are no guarantee to what he aspires to. They're just a better bet. I can't blame him for taking that option - what else was there ? That said, I couldn't reconcile his comparison that we had become like his boyhood Madrid club....... I would have left under Hodgson if I was him, but the fault-lines appeared much earlier than his appointment. F*ck off Purslow, and long live The King. (Sorry if repeated anyone's posts)

Nurse ! Double-red please. He also should've been shown a red for crying, the dozy ponce.

We've seen the best of him, from a pace and finishing perspective. The lad's lost his mojo through injury and not winning trophies. Carbon-copy of Owen, but at a slightly older age (at least Owen won something though !).

Scary isn't it ? He nearly signed the epitaph on our club. Hopefully he was watching just to check how a proper, inspirational, football person transforms a decent team into a very, very good one.

Aye - just to prove it wasn't those nasty Liverpool fans that got him the sack, just that he's a complete fraud.

Good job they didn't have these formation diagrams during the Total Football era.

Why can't Meireles run to the left ?

It would be a great shame but if he wants to go, sell him to the highest bidder - apart from The Mancs. Anyone, and I mean anyone but them.

'Kinell, that doesn't sound good does it ?

Who ? Nice the placcies couldn't even copy the El Nino banner properly, let alone make their own version. They left the Shankly Gates motif on

Isn't the Manc's visit the planned game for Carroll's home League debut ?

Wait till Carroll and Suarez are settled in and playing regularly.

Couldn't find anything in search but has the placcy's blatant Torres f*ck-up with their banner been mentioned ?

Carra would f'ckin nail Terry in one

Can't wait for this. Stating the obvious but a win would be massive, put us in the mix for 4th and keep up the positive momentum.