Should we sell Gerrard, Torres and Masher for a new beginning?

[The_weatherman]

I like your second lineup but the likelihood of us signing Silva is slim to none. He's going to cost £30M+ and trust me, he's not worth it. Mata is far superior and valued at a lot less. Silva doesn't even play on the wing and he definately doesn't fit into our system. He would do well at Barcelona and possibly Arsenal.

Mata is amazing - I've watched him play for Valencia numerous time and he has been immense. Short but very strng. He gets to the byline, can provide assists and has a strike rate that most strikers would be proud of. Failing that, the link with Turan seems to be hotting up. I've only watched him play when Galatasaray played at anfield a few years ago. Supposedly, he's better than all the players mentioned above.

Not really seen much of either, just picked Silva as he is the type we need, amongst other things granted, but I think we are in agreement about Mascher though - he can be sacrificed to bring the team forward.

[saj]

Not really seen much of either, just picked Silva as he is the type we need, amongst other things granted, but I think we are in agreement about Mascher though - he can be sacrificed to bring the team forward.

Oh without a doubt we're in agreement over . I feel you see the best in Masch when we play Arsenal, The Scum, Barca etc etc. But when we play ****e teams (which is probably 90% of our total fixture list), he offers next to nothing. And it's in those games you really see all the bad things in Masch.

The thing is, a lot of people in England and on this forum all believe the hype surrounding Silva. He really is not that good. Not many people will agree with this but he is only slightly better than the Luis Garcia we had. In fact I would argue King Luis was far superior in more departments such as shooting, goal scoring and assists. If you watch the season reviews from Rafa's first 2 seasons, you'll be shocked to see how many goals Luis Garcia was involved in one way or another (I'm talking well over 50% of the total goals we scored in those seasons!).

Mata is a beast though. Mata has everything - skill, pace, good passing, strength, finishing ability and he even has a university degree!

But Arda Turan is statistically amazing. The number of assists this guy gets is ridiculous. At the current rate, he's likely to get almost 40 assists! I know he has a lot of skill and he has a mean cross.

[Spionkop69]

... what these cockney based lazy journo's are WISHING about our club is not news.

Indeed.

[Spionkop69]

Our first XI now looks something like:

Reina

Johnson Carra Agger Insua

Aquilani Mascher

Kuyt Gerrard Benni

Torres

If selling Mascher meant it looked something like this, I'd be all for it:

Reina

Johnson Carra Agger Insua

Aquilani Lucas

Kuyt Gerrard Silva

Torres

Maybe with spare change for the bench and keeping Benni and Riera as well, our squad would be stronger IMO.

So swapping one player (leaving Lucas there) and bringing in a player who frankly no one has clue how he will perform in the Prem, will make us stronger?

We should not, nor have to, sell our best players. Unless they want to **** off. In which case they can **** off.

I'm frankly very unconvinced!

[saj]

Indeed.

Mata has a degree in Journalism

[BG1973]

don't know how to insert the 'this topic sucks' icon but by god this topic sucks!!!