Pre Season Tour thread

[Shaggy]

Wow that turn and through ball with the outside of the foot from Coutinho....he's a little genius.

[McDermotX]

Peno denied for Borini....think he dived.

[Vermilion]

New signings need to improve the team. "Cogs" in a machine is a sweetener term for "mediocre players who might look good if the team is firing in all cylinders and carrying them".

What disappointed me in our summer dealings, is that we have spent over £20m on players who are not game changers. I'd rather sign no one and give a chance to a young player to develop than waste more money and wages on players who are just going to block their development.

Untill we know who's to leave, and who we bring in, it's far to early to judge any signing, we maybe just did the lower end business first, and have our targets depending on what happens with Suarez.

If those players replace the 'cogs' we had, and are better, make the team/squad better then so be it, you can't have players that are lots better than what we have for the work the 'small cogs' do, maybe if we were in the Champs leage better players would be willing to sit on our bench, but as of now, a small cog is a small cog, every team needs them, if we've improved ours as best we can for now then we have to live with that, and hope the signings we make from here on in are the big **** off gears that drive the cogs.

edit: Yeees...Aspas.

[Fosterbloke]

Out of interest, how is Stoke's preseason shaping up?

[dizzycat]

Enrique

[McDermotX]

Borini never really had it under control there...unfortunate

[Cormack74]

New signings need to improve the team. "Cogs" in a machine is a sweetener term for "mediocre players who might look good if the team is firing in all cylinders and carrying them".

What disappointed me in our summer dealings, is that we have spent over £20m on players who are not game changers. I'd rather sign no one and give a chance to a young player to develop than waste more money and wages on players who are just going to block their development.

You don't think a keeper can be a game changer?

[McDermotX]

Gerrard

3-0

Assist from Aspas

[RichC]

3 nil

[Chris]

Nice assist from the hapless Aspas.

[danperkins]

Borini has been in and out of the side since he got here tbf, badly injured too, maybe he's just a player that needs to be playing more often to see his best form.

Of course he could as you say, not be of the quality to step up for a side like LFC, i just don't think he's had a fair crack, and now he's getting games he's probably guilty of trying to hard, so he spends his time either running around and seeing little of the ball, or the game passes him by because he spends all his time thinking too much about what he needs and wants to do, instead of playing natural instinctive football.

Ok. I'm not sure i believe the above, but it sounded good in my head..

all fair points mate... he definitely is trying too hard and no doubts he is better than what he is showing.. whether that's good enough i'm not so sure.

He makes good runs and gets into decent positions, but technique and composure just aren't there. Would love to see him succeed as we need all the help we can get, but for me i just don't see it with him.

[Shaggy]

3-0, Aspas assist

[Fosterbloke]

Lovely goal! Good play by Aspas.

[ric.williams]

assist for aspas

[danperkins]

Lovely goal... good second half from IAGOOO.. some finish.