by The Ace1983 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:17 pm
The thing about being a top club these days is that the pool of players that could actually improve our team is fairly small. One of my major faults with Houllier was his "next big thing" shopping which brought in such prestigious names as Cheyrou, Diao, Diouf, Le Tallec, Luzi... blah, blah, blah and for those of you who have it, please don't post "THAT" photo. Rafa hasn't been around long, but his signings are more about Improving the team. Lualua reminds me of a Houllier signing because of who we would be competing with for his signature. It would more likely be people like West Brom, Charlton and Birmingham than Chelsea, Arsenal and ManUtd. We are probably the poorer of the big four so there is sense in making shrewder buys, like Zenden who gives us options and all though isn't a regular starter in most minds, is a fine accomplished replacement. Lualua could fit this bill, but up front is a different story to midfield. We already have problems with our srikers scoring (although hopefully that's over with) and Lomana is hardly a "goal every other game striker". Man Utd have the Horse, Arsenal have Henry and Chelsea have the prince of Jam in Drogba. My point being, that if we are in the market for a striker we shouldn't be shopping at bargain basements and taking risks. For less than £10m we could see the likes of Defoe, Kuijt, Viduka, Thomasson, Heskey, Bent, Saviola, Lopez, Martins, Cassano and a few more. Now before you all start with the "why the hell would we want Heskey back?" or "who'd want Viduka?", I'm just pointing out the calibre of player we could pick up (so why did i put Heskey in?), with Defoe and Kuijt at the top of my list. On the subject of what Lualua could do under Rafa, I'd have to ask what Jermain or Dirk could do under Rafa? And I'm guessing a lot more.
I don't want Lualua because I just can't see him improving, or him improving a Liverpool side. He seems like he's more about the back flips, than hard work, his mind wonders on the pitch and he's just another of those ten for a penny players that we shouldn't be going for unless we really need it. Even if he only costs a couple of million, it's a couple of million too much for me.
