Rafa: My philosophy won't change.

[Morph]

Saha's been a good signing

don't know about that, think he's been injured more than available

[Guest]

don't know about that, think he's been injured more than available

We should judge a good signing by the 'options' it gives the team but you have a point because Saha's been injured often and an injured player isn't worth anything to the team.

[Morph]

We should judge a good signing by the 'options' it gives the team but you have a point because Saha's been injured often and an injured player isn't worth anything to the team.

like a certain mr Kewell, most would label him a mistake even if he has been good when he's played

[Parm]

i think that teams know Rafa wont be ****ed with and if they get greedy we will just move on and they will lose out, its a good position to be in, cant wait for the summer!!

i think that'll be it for us in the summer, hopefully we wont get dicked about on price (ala Alves and Simao)
It was only natural for Rafa to downplay the amount of money we have to spend in the summer,

[AFII]

Don't remember Veron being too good

He helped them win the league. He was injured a lot and that was probably the reason to why they sold him.

I can agree with that they paid to much for him but he did his part as a backup to Scholes.

It's all about making the team and squad better.

[einar]

Fowler 99 min. between goals.
Solskjaer 103
Crouch 122
Drogba 133
Kean 153
Lita 158
Hoskins 163
Berbatov 166
Defoe 171
Saha 173
Kanu 185
McCarthy 189
Viduka 190
Folan 194
Ronaldo 195
Bent 203
Martins 205
Doyle 210
McBride 216
Yakubu 216
Rooney 223
Johnson 225
Camara 228
Mido 233
Zamora 235
Shevchenko 240
Nonda 253
Bellamy 258
Angel 260
Anelka 272
Sibierski 274
Kalou 285

[Red_Polo]

Quick posting has got me in trouble a few times though.

True

[bazza76]

Why?

If the selling club want top dollar and we can't pay then we won't and then the selling club would have to reduce their evaluation or else we walk away.

Now, if Rafa said, ' what they have said is they want us to tell them what we want and it will be done without question'. Then I would agree with your comment.

Doesn't that open the door for other teams to charge top dollar for their players if they hear such a response? Personally i'm glad they are taking this approach, and i'm sure Rafa will have told them about the dangers of broadcasting how much money you have to spend.

[Morph]

He helped them win the league. He was injured a lot and that was probably the reason to why they sold him.

I can agree with that they paid to much for him but he did his part as a backup to Scholes.

It's all about making the team and squad better.

sorry mate you cant justify 28 odd mil, as a back up to scholes, he didn't work out and was a mistake and a very expensive one. just proof that no manager makes 100% correct decisions.

[Deadlogic]

It looks to me that there will no change to the budget at all.

The new owners have covered themsleves when Rafa says

"they did not talk about figures.

What they have said is they want us to tell them what we want, and if it can be done then they will do it."

They can always say no.

I think the wool is being pulled over our eyes a little.

Remember - there will be a lot more Sky money this summer. That goes for all 20 Premiership clubs too don't forget.

It's the same with Stadium. They made noises about 70 or 80 thousand seats at first. Everyone went mad. Then its right back back to 60,000 now, with the possiblilty of expanding.

I think the new owners are very good at managing expectations. They imply the world, then scale it back to what was there before, with a hope of improving over time, making it look like an overall improvement.

I'm getting suspicious.

Of course "they" can always say "no" - just as David Moores did. There were numerous targets we didn't get, because we couldn't afford them - hence Moores/Parry telling Rafa no.

I'll point out that at no time has ANYONE at Liverpool FC stated ANY figures as regards transfers. The only "people" (and I use that word grudgingly) that've boasted any figures, are the press. Initially (after the takeover was submitted) the story was "Rafa's £150 million warchest" - and now it's £40 Million. Basically, they're guessing - as I'm sure you're intelligent enough to realise.

"They" (G+H) didn't make noises about 70 or 80 thousand seats - again it was press talk. When asked, they did say they wanted a "stadium we would be proud of." How do we know this wont be the case?

Exactly. Like the "rumoured" transfer budget, we wont know until it actually happens.

Finally, wouldn't you rather we had a sustained improvement "over time" (and overall), instead of blowing a bucketful of cash to get some kind of short term fix?

In short, don't believe everything you read - and certainly don't use press stories to form opinions on people.