oh dear....

[stringy]

Far too many negative storys in all the papers about us now for it to be bollocks.
I wonder if gillett still wants to sit in the kop? ?

[Roboklopp]

Gillett: "We have one at Liverpool, one we understand 100 per cent, believe in and support. The plan involves us spending money, but it will be part of a plan, not just spending like a drunken sailor.”

Is he refering to Slur Alex?

Hope not, co that is the sort of spending we need to be doing this summer.

[Red Chilli]

I know who the count is

Kick him in the face for me

Need stilts to reach his face

No, no, no.

THIS is the Count



You're thinking of:

[kurtangle01]

Gillett: "We have one at Liverpool, one we understand 100 per cent, believe in and support. The plan involves us spending money, but it will be part of a plan, not just spending like a drunken sailor.”

Is he refering to Slur Alex?

The thing is no one's asking hi to spend money "like a drunken sailor". What we're asking is that he and Tom Hicks keep their promises to the fans and Rafa.

[Maestro]

I've just read the first few posts on this thread - and there is no way I'm going to sift through the rest. Suffice to say it - I doubt any posters on the forums know how much Rafa has to spend.

I'll believe all the sensational doom and gloom when the window is closed, and certainly not in June before La Liga's finished.

[Meols Kopite]

Hope not, co that is the sort of spending we need to be doing this summer.

[Roboklopp]

****ing Big Bird. What a nonce.

[bigfooty]

My take on it is based on assuming Rafa's normal budget is 15M + sales.

Take that 15M and add the sale of Cisse for around 5M, then Bellamy for 8M, both perhaps on the lower side of what they could go for. Thats up to 28M, which is already more than any LFC manager has EVER spent in any transfer window in the history of the club. Perhaps chuck in Pongolle's fee and we are at or over 30M. Gonzalez looks likely to go too and we could easily see one or more of Crouch, Carson, Momo, Garcia or Kewell on their way if circumstances or a bid make it viable, not to mention Paletta or one or two other reserves. Whoever went we could easily reach a total of 35M without having lost a single player that we didn't really need anymore with the vast majority being those we are glad to see the back of.

Take off the purchase of Lucas and we're looking at 3 x 10M players (striker, left mid, right mid) or 2 x 15M perhaps (striker + wide man who can play both wings). I say again - that's still more than any other LFC manager will have ever spent in the Summer. Even in Ged's horror summer of Diouf, Diao and Cheyrou he spent slightly under 20M. The Summer Cisse, Xabi and Garcia arrived was a big one but that can be split up between Houllier and Rafa.

Rafa may have wanted more. Us fans might have wanted more in between dreaming of Henry, Eto'o, Tevez and Villa. But if GG & TH give Rafa more than any other LFC manager has had in the past it's questionable if he can be justified in going back to them and say "more sir, please can I have some more". Especially when his transfer record so far points to only 50% of what he spent being players who would make it into the first team.

[Abro100]

Alot of people forget we have Kuyt who scored one less goal than Berbatov in the Premiership, yet the sun shines out his arse. Crouch who can get goals aswel, its like we have got feck all like. McCarthey, Berbatov, Bent, Doyle all scored goals in the Premiership and didnt cost 30 million.
Vornonin supposedly replaces Garcia, Garcia is wanted by Atletico etc, things can happen.

[Red_Polo]

we are just a mid table team at the moment, look:

1 Arsenal 0 0
2 Aston Villa 0 0
3 Birmingham 0 0
4 Blackburn 0 0
5 Bolton 0 0
6 Chelsea 0 0
7 Derby 0 0
8 Everton 0 0
9 Fulham 0 0
10 Liverpool 0 0
11 Man City 0 0
12 Man Utd 0 0
13 Middlesbro' 0 0
14 Newcastle 0 0
15 Portsmouth 0 0
16 Reading 0 0
17 Sunderland 0 0
18 Tottenham 0 0
19 West Ham 0 0
20 Wigan Ath 0 0

Haven't even won a game yet either. ****ing disgrace.

[Zambian_Red]

There will be hell to pay if it turns out Gillett and Hicks have been taking us all for a ride. Sorry, lying to us all.

Definietly, there will be hell to pay because we were under the assumption that a takeover was due to the fact that the previous Owner/Management did not have the funds to build the stadium nor the capacity to challenge the scums/chavs in the transfer market.

If Parry was that certain that these current owners would back Rafa with funds then there is something wrong. Yes they bought the club with the condition that they must finance/build a new stadium which they have promised to but coming to the transfer kitty if we have mo money to spend and the budget is going to be somewhat the same as before then it hasnt made a difference of these two yanks buying the club.

We all thought or were under the impression that with the new takeover atleast we would have more money available to buy the first priority signings rather than second and third rates. If this is the case then i am certain Rafa will move on there is no way he is going to accept this BS of not being backed by the new owners.

We would rather have had DIC instead who could have got who we want.It makes me mad to read these tabloids that Rafa could turn his attention of bidding for Forlan the scum reject who is priced at 16 million, hell i would rather get MO.

[Red_Polo]

I reckon we'll spend a little over £40m this summer

[Zedanzig]

I think is stupid when people refer to themselves in third person.

Couldn't agree more. The Count? The C unt. o dear

[JPK]

How come every season one of these reputable sorts pops up, I mean each season seems to produce about 15/20 of these reputable ppl who come on the net post some 'news' and then have half the net jabbering on about their post. I mean if I was to post something just becuase i've been here a year would that make me reputable?

Rafa gives nothing away.Most of his signings are out of the blue and Skysports break them.SCarter on koptalk broke the Paletta deal long b4 it happened and not much has come out since then for me.Lucas,Arbeloa the kids are out of the blue.I doubt very many are in his loop.

[Abro100]

the stadium .

Is the most important thing for them at the moment.