Re: Liverpool Thread
bit sceptical about the deal myself but i think we have nothing to lose, the only person who can come out of it worse off is robbie
financially there's nothing at risk for liverpool, i'm not sure what his wages are but sky were reporting a pay as you play deal earlier (not sure if this has changed or not) but i can't see him being on sky high wages anyway as he's a very rich man due to the ammount of property he invested in and a lot of the money spent on wages will be recovered from all the glory hunters/whoppers flooding into anfield with their liverworld bags full of shirts with his name on
he's never gonna be anywhere near his old self and i don't expect rafa to play him unless he applies himself well in training, IF he can get himself fit then i think he will score goals, his greatest assett has always been his instinct which is something that can't be taught and he's never relied on pace
the current side is playing some of the most creative football i've seen for a long time yet our strikers are failing to put away a lot of chances, it's not been that big a problem over the past 12 games (prior to the mancs) with us averaging 2 goals a game and only conceding 3 in 12 but as was seen against the mancs our failure to make rare chances count cost us at least a point and with games coming up against arsenal (home & away) and the chavs in the next few weeks we need a natural finisher who's capable of taking the odd chance in tight games
i've always thought morientes would be the man, he's intelligent and has the experience and whilst i don't question his contribution to our build up play, his finishing has been poor, cisse has pace and power but doesn't seem to have the instinct of a natural finisher
robbie has the instinct and ability to put chances away, in this team he'll get more chances than he ever got under houllier where i felt he was always behind owen and heskey due to the counter attacking tactics, he didn't look happy when he left and he's never looked happy since (unless he's been giving the mancs the 5 finger salute) he's now back at his true home and it's up to him to get himself fit and apply himself in the correct manner, i've no doubt that if he's capable of training well then rafa and his staff will get the best out of him and he'll score some vital goal for us
as i said at the start i'm sceptical, that's because i've seen nothing from him in the 4 years since he left, he's just not looked interested most of the time but there's no doubt he has the ability and there's definatly no doubt that he loves the club, hopefully this move will re-ignite his passion
welcome home GOD
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........that was awful, but only the result matters in this one.