[ENG] Premiership 2008/2009 (13 Viewers)
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Silva would be hotness, seriously man, you guys would be set for a title challenge next year with Silva playing aside Gerrard, Kuyt and Torres, behind them a pairing of Alonso and Mascherano. Something like this
-------------------------Reina
-----G.Johnson-----Carragher----Agger----Aurelio
-------------------Xabi---------Masch
-------Kuyt------------------------------Silva
------------------------Gerrard
------------------------Torres
You'd have a very strong squad that can easily fight on all 3 fronts then.
-------------------------Reina
-----G.Johnson-----Carragher----Agger----Aurelio
-------------------Xabi---------Masch
-------Kuyt------------------------------Silva
------------------------Gerrard
------------------------Torres
You'd have a very strong squad that can easily fight on all 3 fronts then.
That's what I thought, but apparently we may be playing poor. Either way Negredo and Johnson won't cost much. Johnson is a priority, then it comes to whether or not we promote from within to help Torres or bring in a new face. We can easily do what we need to do with 25-30m. But if we have 65+ like Boz said, upgrades could be very nice. I doubt it though.
I think it will.
Barry is a good player, but he cannot organize the midfield and dictate the tempo like Xabi can. Xabi's absence has been felt whenever he's been injured this year, largely because you don't have any other midfielder with a similar skill-set. Barry is a good box to box midfielder, and he's versatile and can play more than one position. But after the season Alonso has had, i think it will be a stupid move by Rafa to sell him.
For me he has been the top central midfielder in the league this year. You don't go selling players after performances like that.
Barry is a good player, but he cannot organize the midfield and dictate the tempo like Xabi can. Xabi's absence has been felt whenever he's been injured this year, largely because you don't have any other midfielder with a similar skill-set. Barry is a good box to box midfielder, and he's versatile and can play more than one position. But after the season Alonso has had, i think it will be a stupid move by Rafa to sell him.
For me he has been the top central midfielder in the league this year. You don't go selling players after performances like that.
Meh, it's a risk for Liverpool because Xabi already has experience of winning the Champions League, and winning EURO 2008 unlike Barry who didn't even catch the boat. Experience like that is invaluable when it comes down to a knockout stages in a cup, or penalty shootout. It's true, Benitez relied on Lucas Leiva who hasn't really lived up to his hype, when it came to filling in for Xabi. It's true that Xabi is less of a box to box in comparison than Barry, like Secco would say 'Xabi is slow', but then again the ball moves faster than the player. It's would be ludicrous for him to replace Xabi with Barry, especially if it would make Gerrard 'happier' and being more of an 'English' team, not worth it.
... taking the piss out of english commentators
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