What if Rafa spends 30 million plus on a striker and he flops?

[tomasjj]

I predict we'll sign nobody.

Willing to bet on it?

[Lecter]

But that's what Kuyt was, until we turned him into a hard working link man, Kuyt & Tevez has the potential to be devastating upfront, as good as any other striker partnership there is amongst the other top teams, as the striker stats prove, it isn't an out & out goalscoring striker that wins you the league, but the other 4 just behind them.

It doesn't help that we have been blessed with out & out home grown strikers, but they haven't won us the league since they arrived on the scene, hence, it may not after all be what we are missing.

Kuyt has always dropped off the play and worked between the lines

Its all about opinions but for me Tevez would come after two wingers and an out and out goalscorer

[Lecter]

I don't either, but I expect us to sign a couple of expensive players this summer - a striker being one of them.
One out of the lot mentioned is not far fetched imo.

I think we will get Eto'o*

*

[stevie_gerrard_8]

Kuyt has always dropped off the play and worked between the lines

Its all about opinions but for me Tevez would come after two wingers and an out and out goalscorer

I totally agree with this. for me, Tevez is an excellent player, but will never score '20 goals a season'. However i believe he will make up for this with his all round play and many assists.

What i believe we need is a left winger,who can run and scare defenders and a striker who can put those half chances in. This will especially help us in tight games, where you may only get once chance.
Top players and top teams will put those chances away.

[tomasjj]

I think we will get Eto'o*

*

Very exciting.

[Lecter]

Huntelaar is very good in the air, that is a reason to why he would be a good signing. Most of the strikers that we are linked with isn't any good in the air.

Eto'o's only weakness is in the air for example.

I think you are underestimating Eto'o in the air - remember the Chelsea goal last season

Hes better than Torres and Villa in the air imo

[Lecter]

Just for those stattos

Tevez stats
Goals: 6
Shots on goal: 32
Shots/goal: 6.40
Minutes per goal: 286mins
Avg goals/game: 0.24
Pens taken/scored: 1/1
Last goal: 76mins
Appearances: 25
Minutes on pitch: 1716
Subs. (on/off): 7/9
Assists: 5
Caught offside: 17
Crosses: 30

Kuyt stats
Goals: 12
Shots on goal: 44
Shots/goal: 3.67
Minutes per goal: 218mins
Avg goals/game: 0.36
Pens taken/scored: 0/0
Last goal: 25mins
Appearances: 33
Minutes on pitch: 2619
Subs. (on/off): 7/12
Assists: 3
Caught offside: 18
Crosses: 36

Garcia stats
Goals: 3
Shots on goal: 21
Shots/goal: 7.00
Minutes per goal: 354mins
Avg goals/game: 0.18
Pens taken/scored: 0/0
Last goal: 78mins
Appearances: 17
Minutes on pitch: 1061
Subs. (on/off): 6/6
Assists: 4
Caught offside: 7
Crosses: 26

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Willing to bet on it?

Nah. Was just fishing.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

I think you are underestimating Eto'o in the air - remember the Chelsea goal last season

Hes better than Torres and Villa in the air imo

The way you've been discussing Eto'o it's as if you think he's coming here.

I hope this is the case.

[Pablo]

The single most annoying thing for me this season is the fact that Gerrard has seemed to decide that even if names at right mid he will always play centrally. Last season he raided from the right to very good results. This season he seems to have deliberately decided to go inside all the time which leaves the flank undefended, reduces the space with which our deep midfielders have to play and also biases our whole team to the left - where we have no good winger.

He needs to learn to do a job when called upon.

He has improved as a deep lying CM but it has been at the expense of the team in my opinion.

Excellent point that about Gerrard this season mate. But I can only assume he is drfiting in so much at the request of Rafa. If not he would have been told in no uncertain terms to hug the right wing more like he did last season.

[Lecter]

The way you've been discussing Eto'o it's as if you think he's coming here.

I hope this is the case.

What I think and what actually happens are two different things

Hes our No.1 target from what I have heard and we will be prepared to spend BIG money on him

Just as a side despite the flurry of speculation in the national press the Echo & Daily Post have been VERY quiet. The only player that has been mentioned recently (in a Football Echo a couple of weeks ago) was.... Eto'o

[tomasjj]

Nah. Was just fishing.

Course you were.

[AFII]

What I think and what actually happens are two different things

Hes our No.1 target from what I have heard and we will be prepared to spend BIG money on him

Just as a side despite the flurry of speculation in the national press the Echo & Daily Post have been VERY quiet. The only player that has been mentioned recently (in a Football Echo a couple of weeks ago) was.... Eto'o

[Sir Bob]

What I think and what actually happens are two different things

Hes our No.1 target from what I have heard and we will be prepared to spend BIG money on him

Just as a side despite the flurry of speculation in the national press the Echo & Daily Post have been VERY quiet. The only player that has been mentioned recently (in a Football Echo a couple of weeks ago) was.... Eto'o

The local press have been unbelievably quiet of late, a sure sign that things are at full pace behind the LFC scenes.

great news that eto'o is our no.1 target, he's clearly the best forward around at the moment. he has everything you could ask for, pace, power, good finisher, good touch, decent in the air, good at holding the ball up. He'd cost plenty but would be worth every penny.

[Pablo]

Its quite amazing really that Barca are even considering selling Eto'o (albeit for a hefty wedge). If rumours are to be believed and Henry is available too then IMO that means the best two strikers in the world are both up for sale. Tie that in with the one season in years that we might actually have some heavyweight money to spend and the fact that we are riding high in Europe again and that makes this THE best chance we have ever had to sign some of the worlds best players. I am praying we dont waste the opportunity like we did in 2005.