Martinus

Agreed Enrique looks a superb signing. Just seems strange that such a highly rated young player is signing for Newcastle!

And Santon going to Newcastle for £5 Mill isnt he supposed to be really highly rated? Not that we need another full back!

I live quite close to Exeter be great if anyone has any tickets for sale :-) Also for those that are interested you can fly to Exeter from Manchester with Flybe.

Echo says we are not in for Dann (good news imo) Cahill or Godin I hope!

Or Godin there seemed to be genuine interest in him a few weeks back and he is as solid as they come would be great alongside Agger.

In the same sense people think we can't sign certain players being out of the champions league surely finishing outside the top four would be failure as it would most likely result in us losing the likes of Reina and Suarez.

Really? I read quotes from Mata's father and agent saying he would be very interested in signing for Liverpool and that champions league was not an issue. I know there are more recent quotes saying he would only sign for a CL club but as Rimbeaux said that was aimed at Spurs. We are Liverpool Mata imo would have jumped at the chance to sign for us CL or not. Balague said we were very interested in Mata but CHOSE Downing instead. That's fine I have no issue with that just hate the notion on here that CL is the be all and end all for players, there are so many factors in a decision like that. Money, ambition, weather and culture to name a few.

That's what I have said all along money talks, not CL football. If we wanted a Mata for example we could have paid the wages necessery. It's not as black and white as some people suggest that players will only sign for CL clubs. Coates is supposedly signing for City for 10 Mill euros should we sign Dann he will cost a similar amount if not more. it's lazy to suggest that CL is the deciding factor.

Pastore potentially signing for PSG and Llorente potentially signing for Spurs IF and i say IF those deals go through shows that the CL theory isn't quite right... I am right in thinking PSG arent in the Champs league this season?

Mate of mine is a Spurs fan seems to think Llorente is close to signing for them!

Didn't Arbeloa want to return to Spain for personal reasons though?

Not as good as Agger and Godin. Besides do you really expect Carra to be dropped? Carra and Dann we would have two centre backs that will luanch it to Carroll every opportunity

That Nevillepoole said we were after Higuain a few weeks back.

But the issue is that we should surely be targeting a centre back that is significantly better than what we have? Tony Barrett and Rory Smith said Godin was a target and would cost £12 Mill, he is not only better than Dann but better than Carra and Skrtel. Godin and a fit Agger would be awesome.

He's better than the Greek but worse than Carra, Skrtel and Agger. If Enrique is our best deal this summer Dann would be the worst.

Enrique should be a great buy! I think Godin is our first choice for centre back and if we sell Aquilani think we may then see movement.

Enrique would be a good signing. Never seen this Park Fella before so no idea. Dann and Long are not good enough, Godin is much better than Dann and hope he is our first choice. If we are looking for a striker to provide cover we have been linked with Rodallega who I would prefer to Long.

Zero evidence of this. Mata's father, who is also his agent has been quoted as saying that Liverpool not being in the champions league is not important. The more likely scenario is that we just don't want him.

Seen a few links regarding Poulson being a possible Fulham target! Hoping there is some truth in that one!

Is there much substance to the Godin links? Would bringing in a LB and a CB be dependant on a certain amount of players leaving?

Bizarre Ben smith saying that when Tony Barrett was on the LFC channel yesterday saying he expects one or two more signings! Assume they have the same information...

What on earth kind of response is that? Where have I questioned Kenny or his credentials? Blame, accountability whatever word you want to use I am merely defending FSG from the likes of Gomez who are suggesting they will have failed if we don't make the top four, of course it's not relevant right now but don't feel it's right to leave comments like that unanswered.

I don't see why? You and some others seem to be suggesting FSG will have failed if we don't finish in the top four, I would see the failure with the management who signed the players. FSG have delivered. I get the impression that because of who Kenny is he is exempt from blame or criticism if things don't go to plan.

So hypothetically if all the circumstances were the same except Roy was still our manager and we fail to finish top four this season would it still be the fault of FSG or Roy? I would suspect everyone would be blaming Roy. No one wants to contemplate us finishing outside the top four but if it happens for me it will be down to the players weve signed not being good enough.

If we finish outside the top four we have failed and as always the buck stops with the manager, the manager we all wanted and now have. FSG have backed us financially to secure us the players to finish in the top four they can't be held accountable if we finish outside the champions league places next season, theres nothing more they could have done. Only thing I dislike with the DOF role is who is responsible for the players we bring in? Is it Kenny or is it Comolli? Hopefully it is all academic and we do challenge for the title next season, for once we will be going into it in a positive frame of mind with hopefully the players Kenny wants.