Liverpool FC Forum

bigmick wrote:Sofar Rafa has been full of surprises. With the exception of the much touted Alonso, all of his signings have been something of a surprise to the pundits and so-called insiders (I mean who in all honesty had even heard of the excellent Josemi never mind predicted that we would buy him?). My feeling is that one of the touted trio, Ayala, Mista or Vicente will come, and that he will also bring in a couple of relative unknowns. My hope is that this will include a couple of British players to maintain a balance.
I suspect however that funds are not exactly plentiful, so expect mista on a free, along with a couple of young unknowns for not very much. My three targets, Ledley king, Damien Duff and Jermaine Defoe at a combined 50 mill price-tag are well out of our reach I'm afraid. Maybe better to cheekily enquire about Forssell off Chelsea. Injured I know but I think he's a good player. He's not gonna get a game there and at about 3mill they might be tempted. Don't want to name drop but he often comes in my bar with that Aki Rihalahti bloke who plays for Palace and he's a lovely fella. Totally irrelavent to everything i know but just thought I'd drop it in all the same. BTW Finnan does too and he's a good bloke also. Not good enough though IMHO. 

Some good points here, I like the sentiment about British players.
But don't worry about the finances, we still have the prospect of Big Investment behind us. Morgan is still there and Jefferies is still talking.     

Redprof wrote:Never mind new players. Lets wee if we can motivate some of those we already have-Harry would make agood start-clever player but no commitment and limited enthusiasm.  Too many new players too quickly will upset the balance of an already confused side, especially in defence