José Enrique

[Guest]

Seriously?

 

Surely we have to be pretty fecking confident this Pieters lad is coming for us to do that. Would have been an ideal replacement imo.

[binnsy]

I'm surprised we're not at least trying to get Insua as part of the deal, left back, argentinian, would probably get on with jonas and colo

 

Liverpool offered him to us as part of the deal and Ashley said no.

 

Also Jose had told the club if they didn't let him go he would buy himself out of his contract at xmas.

 

Surely would have made sense.

 

dave it would make perfect sense,  its a no brainer considering our squad needs TWO left backs!!

[Unbelievable]

I'm surprised we're not at least trying to get Insua as part of the deal, left back, argentinian, would probably get on with jonas and colo

 

Liverpool offered him to us as part of the deal and Ashley said no.

 

Also Jose had told the club if they didn't let him go he would buy himself out of his contract at xmas.

 

Surely would have made sense.

 

dave it would make perfect sense,  its a no brainer considering our squad needs TWO left backs!!

 

Source?

[binnsy]

same source i've had all through this thread. 

 

 

[TRon]

Seriously?

 

Surely we have to be pretty fecking confident this Pieters lad is coming for us to do that. Would have been an ideal replacement imo.

 

How much of him have you seen? I saw him in a reserve game once and he looked great but he obviously isn't rated that highly at Liverpool. Has he really progressed at a higher level?

[Mr. Snrub]

I thought Insua would have been involved in the deal.

 

It will probably be something like £6m + Insua.

 

Well I got the fee right anyway. 

[Guest michaelfoster]

Did Enrique drive to the LFC training ground but leave being driven by someone else? Thats his car nicked already then

 

Scousers would nick the wheels off a jumbo jet if it flew low enough

[KaKa]

Seriously?

 

Surely we have to be pretty fecking confident this Pieters lad is coming for us to do that. Would have been an ideal replacement imo.

 

Maybe not an ideal replacement, but a good backup/alternative to whoever else we bring in. Very dissapointing really.

 

Maybe Ferguson has really convinced as a potential backup this season. Bit risky though.

[Fenham Mag]

Did Enrique drive to the LFC training ground but leave being driven by someone else? Thats his car nicked already then

 

Scousers would nick the wheels off a jumbo jet if it flew low enough

 

Its a left hand drive, scousers would get confused to fuck.

[Dave]

@NilePowerRanger Nile ranger

All the best to my friend jose... Great guy http://yfrog.com/kja2ecdj

 

[spizz energi]

Sell Enrique, give Shola contract extension. Mike's a fucking card, eh?

[Interpolic]

Haven't commented on this yet but obviously really disappointed, no matter how inevitable it was.

 

As usual with a few on here there's a bit too much of the "well he wanted to leave, what could we do?" as opposed to addressing the reasons why our best players always want to leave the club, but fuck it.  I'm genuinely becoming more and more apathetic, we've built a team and ripped it apart.  What I said about the team that got relegated at the time was that I hated most of our players, there was a real lack of likeable figures at our club.  Well I'm down to a handful of players I like and rate again but fuck it, just keep supporting them and see what happens I suppose.  The feel good factor has definitely vanished and you often worry about clubs where that's the case, but I think we'll get away with it this season, just about.

 

It upset me to see Enrique arriving at Liverpool today but he'll never get booed off me unless he's a twat about us in the press.  Regardless of how well he was paid he was a great professional for us and you've only got one career.

[Wullie]

Interpolic

[Guest north shields lad]

Gutted.

 

If its true we got offered Insua we should have gone with that. It will be ironic if Jose struggles to get a game for Liverpool as Aurellio is a very good player but is always injured. Be funny if he has an injury free season as he could keep Jose out.

 

As for us, all i can say is that thank fuck the 3 new teams, wigan, blackburn and villa, are just as bad or worse. This team is worse than the side that got relegated, yet should still come about 12th or 13th

[smith1__]

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00188/mikeashley_188181t.jpg

 

COLO NEXT

[Rich]

Aye, well summed up for me as well Interpolic

 

One of the biggest things for me last season was that I enjoyed having a team that I "liked" again, as in a collection of individuals who I rated on the park and off the park as well. A vast, vast majority of our players had something appealing about them, whether it be their ability, their leadership, their aggression, etc. Hughton certainly did as well, and I must admit that Pardew pleasantly surprised me when he arrived.

 

I really just hope the new lads we've brought in are the same. It does feel gutting to have lost three really key players in such a short space of time, but all is not lost if they have been/will be effectively replaced. There are still a lot of good fucking players at this club.

[Guest Haris Vuckic]

 

I like Ryan Taylor. His sadness resonates with me.

[ponsaelius]

I really just hope the new lads we've brought in are the same. It does feel gutting to have lost three really key players in such a short space of time, but all is not lost if they have been/will be effectively replaced. There are still a lot of good fucking players at this club.

 

I know this is going to sound naive on my behalf but I honestly only view it as 2. Phasing out/replacing Nolan was in my eyes a sign of progress rather than a loss (as risky as it is) and was something I was expecting to happen.

[Rich]

 

I like Ryan Taylor. His sadness resonates with me.

 

Aye, even his utter misery is quite appealing. That's the sort of shite I'm talking about man.

 

These new Frogs had better have some similar quirks... or just be good footballers. Either is fine.

[Rich]

I really just hope the new lads we've brought in are the same. It does feel gutting to have lost three really key players in such a short space of time, but all is not lost if they have been/will be effectively replaced. There are still a lot of good fucking players at this club.

 

I know this is going to sound naive on my behalf but I honestly only view it as 2. Phasing out/replacing Nolan was in my eyes a sign of progress rather than a loss (as risky as it is) and was something I was expecting to happen.

 

Cabaye will hopefully prove to be the dog's bollocks and a far better player overall, but I don't think that there's any doubt that Nolan was a "key player" at the end of this season. I know it's semantics, but he was club captain, scored loads of goals, seemed well-liked by our other "good" players, etc. He was a huge part of how we played.

 

I really, really liked Nolan though. I do appreciate there are plenty on here who weren't as sold on him as I was.

[ponsaelius]

He had won me round by the end of last season like. Took him over 2 years, the tubby bastard.

[Ginola]

The main thing we'll miss from Nolan is his leadership qualities. As a player when he wasn't scoring he wasn't doing much at all.

[Interpolic]

I was all for phasing Nolan out but I'd have far rather that process involved him becoming a squad player because there were already players getting in the first team ahead of him on merit, not selling him when he was always in the first team when fit.  That's generally what happens when you phase players out, they're on the bench a bit first.  Touch wood with Cabaye like because we're hanging our hat on him to a degree imo.

[TRon]

Haven't commented on this yet but obviously really disappointed, no matter how inevitable it was.

 

As usual with a few on here there's a bit too much of the "well he wanted to leave, what could we do?" as opposed to addressing the reasons why our best players always want to leave the club, but fuck it.  I'm genuinely becoming more and more apathetic, we've built a team and ripped it apart.  What I said about the team that got relegated at the time was that I hated most of our players, there was a real lack of likeable figures at our club.  Well I'm down to a handful of players I like and rate again but fuck it, just keep supporting them and see what happens I suppose.  The feel good factor has definitely vanished and you often worry about clubs where that's the case, but I think we'll get away with it this season, just about.

 

It upset me to see Enrique arriving at Liverpool today but he'll never get booed off me unless he's a twat about us in the press.  Regardless of how well he was paid he was a great professional for us and you've only got one career.

 

I don't disagree with much of that but when we talk about why our best players want to leave the club, which ones are you talking about? There's been Carroll who went for a staggering fee after 6 months in the premier league, and there's Enrique who had a year left on his contract and was going to leave for the highest bidder.

 

Seems like to me the only bidders in either case were Liverpool and Cunny Dalglish scavenging on his old haunts. The other shitbag scousers, Nolan and Barton didn't attract any serious attention from the Mersey scum. I wonder why?

 

 

[ponsaelius]

I was all for phasing Nolan out but I'd have far rather that process involved him becoming a squad player because there were already players getting in the first team ahead of him on merit, not selling him when he was always in the first team when fit.  That's generally what happens when you phase players out, they're on the bench a bit first. 

 

Yep. Agree.