Aquilani

[danperkins]

Not really direct comparisons, imo. Both Cole and Aquilani had a change of manager (2 in Aquilani's case) Aquilani was never given a chance by Hodgson and Kenny was he. Cole tbf had time under Kenny, Keane was just under Rafa for his stint for us. So, nope, it is not a simple fact, it is you opinion but it is not based on any fair judgement.

Aqua got as much chance as Keane and Cole did as regards games. What i find funny and slightly curious about you dude, is that you literally are the first man on EST to poo poo or belittle 99.9 of the players linked with LFC, but yet you dig you're heels in about a player who hasn't really done much in about 7 years back when Arsenal and few other clubs were interested, didn't impress with LFC & has beenpassed up by Juve & now seemingly Milan too, in a weaker league.

I just find it strange how you can be so dismissive of nearly every player linked with us, but yet you are defending Aqua to the hilt? Interesting considering he has been passed up by 3 three clubs in 3 consecutive seasons, regardless of you're mitigating circumstances as you say, when the reality is they just got better players in than him.

[Fredo]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A"]Aqua - Barbie Girl - YouTube[/ame]

[erick]

Aqua is worser than Adam/Spearing/Henderson only as Carra's wife needs to speak Italian when having dinner with Aqua's wife.

[Bender]

Aqua is worser than Adam/Spearing/Henderson only as Carra's wife needs to speak Italian when having dinner with Aqua's wife.

= £40 million ching ching

[Mostar]

Its not about how good he is or isnt

Its about paying a fortune for an injured and injury prone player who subsequently became chronically homesick

Who we then had to let go back to Italy twice for daft loan deals and who eventually we will end up getting nothing for

No matter how **** our current midfielders are or arent they will have sell on values far in excess of Aquilanis

As a transfer Aquilanis will be ranked as a disaster

Oh and for all his productivity it hasnt persuaded Milan to part with the £6 million needed to purchase him

Aquilani has been terribly mismanaged and rarely given a proper chance to play by Rafa even when he was healthy.

He had so few starts that it is impossible to properly judge him.

I wish he was given as many chances to play as Adam and/or Henderson this year so we can really see what he could have done it.

In terms of us signing him while being injured well that didn't stop us from signing Carroll but then again Carroll, who also was mismanaged, was given more much more playing time than Aquilani.

In terms of Milan and Juve loan deals, those are big time ****-ups by Purslow and then Comolli as we should have never loaned him in the first place.

Yes he was home sick but I tend to think that he is a professional first and foremost and if given a chance he would have stayed but he was openly told that he was not part of Roy's nor Kenny's plans.

Also on the note "If he is that good why neither Juve nor Milan wanted to sign him" well Juve tapped Pirlo towards the end of the last season and got him for free and Milan did the same thing with Montelivo who they tapped in January and will sign on free this summer so there is no economic reason for neither club to sign Aquilani.

In terms of him being "poor" player, I remember our last pre-season where he was our clearly best player and I do believe with him in the line up this past season we would have done much, much better.

For the reasons mentioned above I don't see Aquilani as disaster type of signing as it really boils down to circumstances and timing.

Carroll could have been (and potentially could still be) in that category but he was given a chance to play (and somewhat turn things around) while Aquilani wasn't.

He is miles and miles better than either Hendo or Adam this season and no matter how he may be perceived by some he could never be seen as bad signing as Downing.

Not even close...

[dom9]

It's asking you to pay. It's 2 quid, come on.

Huh?

[red g]

Regardless of whose to blame Aquiliani is by far the worse signing we have ever made.
20odd million in instalments ( i think) a few years of wages and will be off on a free somewhere.

Downing 20 ****ing million, been turd and Fat sam or others of that ilk would take a punt on him for 5-10million and we have only paid a years wages.

As it happens Aquiliani could have been a fantastic acquisition if he wasnt a lilly livered Italian who wants to live near mummy and is twice the player Downing could ever be.

But on paper, Aquiliani wins hand down in the **** buy competition

[Lecter]

Aquilani has been terribly mismanaged and rarely given a proper chance to play by Rafa even when he was healthy.

He had so few starts that it is impossible to properly judge him.

I wish he was given as many chances to play as Adam and/or Henderson this year so we can really see what he could have done it.

In terms of us signing him while being injured well that didn't stop us from signing Carroll but then again Carroll, who also was mismanaged, was given more much more playing time than Aquilani.

In terms of Milan and Juve loan deals, those are big time ****-ups by Purslow and then Comolli as we should have never loaned him in the first place.

Yes he was home sick but I tend to think that he is a professional first and foremost and if given a chance he would have stayed but he was openly told that he was not part of Roy's nor Kenny's plans.

Also on the note "If he is that good why neither Juve nor Milan wanted to sign him" well Juve tapped Pirlo towards the end of the last season and got him for free and Milan did the same thing with Montelivo who they tapped in January and will sign on free this summer so there is no economic reason for neither club to sign Aquilani.

In terms of him being "poor" player, I remember our last pre-season where he was our clearly best player and I do believe with him in the line up this past season we would have done much, much better.

For the reasons mentioned above I don't see Aquilani as disaster type of signing as it really boils down to circumstances and timing.

Carroll could have been (and potentially could still be) in that category but he was given a chance to play (and somewhat turn things around) while Aquilani wasn't.

He is miles and miles better than either Hendo or Adam this season and no matter how he may be perceived by some he could never be seen as bad signing as Downing.

Not even close...

Carroll was injured not injury prone

Aquilani was both

Absolute ****ing disaster of a signing on ALL levels

[danperkins]

Carroll was injured not injury prone

Aquilani was both

Absolute ****ing disaster of a signing on ALL levels

would agree with this

[Mostar]

Carroll was injured not injury prone

Aquilani was both

Absolute ****ing disaster of a signing on ALL levels

We will need to agree to disagree on that one..

Downing is disaster at EVERY possible level.

[danperkins]

We will need to agree to disagree on that one..

Downing is disaster at EVERY possible level.

i would also agree with this

[Lecter]

We will need to agree to disagree on that one..

Downing is disaster at EVERY possible level.

He is but the sad thing is we will get a better return when we sell him than when we sell Aquilani

[Exiled_red]

He is but the sad thing is we will get a better return when we sell him than when we sell Aquilani

Surely that's just because English clubs have more money and less sense

[Phoenix07]

"We will not use our option to buy Aquilani before May 31. We will re-open talks with Liverpool in June, though," Galliani said at a press conference."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy...ani-maxi-lopez

I wonder whether the new manager will demand that he stays here or not. He'd fit into either Villas Boas or Martinez' style of play.

[Chrono]

Just release the waste man