Alan Hansen's views on the problems at Liverpool

[RedReet]

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[Kenneth]

Looking at it from a harsh reality point of view:

Agger - injury prone - would be one of the best in Europe if he could stay fit. Current value would be £10m max if we were lucky (IMO) purely because of his injuries.

Reina - an absolute success - legend in the making. Current value £20m+.

Benayoun - goes missing at times and needs to be more consistent. Current value £10-15m.

Skrtel - not yet convinced about him. Current value £10m max IMO.

Insua - progressing but for me his position is one that needs strengthening. Does not offer enough of an attacking threat and yet to score, but should easily have had at least a couple of goals this season. Current value £5 max IMO.

Kuyt - steady eddie, reliable and valuable team member, just lacks the craft but still likely to be in the right place at the right time. Current value £10-15m max IMO.

Alonso - sheer class as he is now consistently showing. His inconsistency with us was by and large due to some niggling injuries IMO and once fully fit he showed us last season what he is all about. We do miss him, no matter what is said Rafa built our style of play around him when he arrived and he was a pivotal member of our team. A massive loss on and off the pitch IMO. £30m was an excellent price though.

So, I reckon Rafa has done ok, not spectacuarly well.

As PTP said, the Chavs and Scum spend between 3 and 10m like it is nothing but we are not in that boat financially, therefore these types of signings have to have an impact for us. So in that respect I can sense the frustration in Hansens article.

Value of Skrtel, Insua and Kuyt are OTT imo. I'd say Skrtel and Kuyt are worth about what we paid for them.

[The Birdman]

Anderson is a very good player mate, not a flashy one. He's very underrated. He would have been ace in our team IMO.

Are you on medication at the moment

[Vermilion]

3-10mill bracket...ffs Alonso was only just over that.

[Guest]

Are you on medication at the moment

Flmao. Not really, I just think he's a really good player.

[Roboklopp]

Value of Skrtel, Insua and Kuyt are OTT imo. I'd say Skrtel and Kuyt are worth about what we paid for them.

Wasnt Jol after Kuyt for £16m the other summer?

[Redspin]

Anderson is a very good player mate, not a flashy one. He's very underrated. He would have been ace in our team IMO.

He's total **** mate. Can't remember him playing anything other than extremely averagely this season. He's way behind Lucas in the Brazil national team set-up, although cost 3 times as much, and who can forget his utterly abject, abysmal performance in the CL final when he looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights? He's OK when Man U are playing relegation fodder but always fails to turn up against any half-decent team

[Kenneth]

Wasnt Jol after Kuyt for £16m the other summer?

In reality, I doubt it.

[DannyMan2006]

Value of Skrtel, Insua and Kuyt are OTT imo. I'd say Skrtel and Kuyt are worth about what we paid for them.

Wasnt Jol after Kuyt for £16m the other summer?

In reality, I doubt it.

In reality, yes he was. And even stated so.

And I think we could make a profit on Skrtel no problems, same with regards to Agger, Reina and Yossi. Form is temporary and class is permanent. The successfull football managers tend to remember that when signing players.

But on the subject of Kuyt - he looks a world beater when the lone striker for Holland, yet looked dog ****e for us on the weekend. I don't think it's a lack of ability from Kuyt, I think it's a lack of quality players around him to make the most of his hard work.

[Kenneth]

In reality, yes he was. And even stated so.

And I think we could make a profit on Skrtel no problems, same with regards to Agger, Reina and Yossi. Form is temporary and class is permanent. The successfull football managers tend to remember that when signing players.

But on the subject of Kuyt - he looks a world beater when the lone striker for Holland, yet looked dog ****e for us on the weekend. I don't think it's a lack of ability from Kuyt, I think it's a lack of quality players around him to make the most of his hard work.

He was interested, but I don't think he was publically saying that he was prepared to pay 16million.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/09/18/dirk-kuyt-was-wanted-at-hamburg-reveals-martin-jol-liverpool-fc-latest-100252-21846547/

[DannyMan2006]

He was interested, but I don't think he was publically saying that he was prepared to pay 16million.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-21846547/

That was last year, he wanted him this summer. Last year he was prepared to pay £12m, this year he didn't confirm the price, only that it was more than that. "Insiders" state it was around the £16m mark, though that could have been Euros I suppose.

I promise I remember reading that, but can't find any recent links. It could all have been mis quotes and Insider bull **** as per usual, hard to say.

[Exiled_red]

You forgot Arbeloa, he was a massive success really. From obscurity and into the Liverpool and Spanish first teams.

Didn't we pay £2.6m for him?