*Official* English Football Season 2008-2009

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Bentley to Spurs, Ben Haim to Citeh (work permit permitting). Good to get an extra defender though I'm not actually sure he's all that good.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bentley to Spurs, Ben Haim to Citeh (work permit permitting). Good to get an extra defender though I'm not actually sure he's all that good.

He's solid, decent in the air, but lacks pace. Desperately. A (very) inferior Richard Dunne for me.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah I remember him being slow from his days at Fulham?(maybe Bolton, not absolutely sure).

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah I remember him being slow from his days at Fulham?(maybe Bolton, not absolutely sure).

Notlob. The kind of player Fat Sam has wet dreams over: big, slow, uncomplicated, largely devoid of guile. It says something of the man's ego that he likes his players so very much in his own image, actually.

 

[Craig]

That will be Citeh as soon as Shinawatra is jailed.

Should of never have been allowed to buy the club in the first place. Clearly the "fit and proper persons" test is another form of bog roll.

 

[chalky]

Looking at Keane as an individual, £20m is way, way too much. Maybe he will click with Torres, you can never quite tell, but I doubt it personally.

Additionally, if both Keane and Torres are to play together, that means stopping the usage of the 4-2-3-1, which was the only time Liverpool looked halfway effective last season.

As for Saha, good player when not injured, in fact very good, but given he always is injured, he is rather useless.

As has been said I think Benitez will keep the 4-2-3-1 formation & play Keane behind Torres with Gerard on the right & Babbel on the left.

The signing doesn't address the problem that Liverpool have if Torres gets injured, needs resting or suffers a loss of form they have no one to lead the line unless you (god forbid) count Kuyt or Voronin.

I think 20 million is far too much for Keane but I also think 32 million is too much for Tevez & 12 million is too much for Crouch so what do I know?

 

[sledger]

Imo £17m is a lot for Bentley as well, I'd have valued him around the £12m mark myself. Ah well, ex gooner player now at Spurs, lets hope he flops.

 

[Loony BoB]

Wonder if Lennon is on his way out, now? He's contracted 'til 2012, mind you.

 

[sledger]

Wonder if Lennon is on his way out, now?

Suprised he hasn't gone already tbh, never rated him, lots of running, and very little else.

 

[chalky]

Predictions for the Premiershup season

Champions - Man Utd
2nd - Chelsea
3rd - Liverpool
4th - Arsenal
5th - Aston Villa

Relegated

West Brom
Hull
Stoke

Champions League - Chelsea
FA Cup - Liverpool
League Cup - Everton

Top Scorer - Torres
Player Of the year - Vidic

Biggest let down - Adebayor

1st Manager Sacked - Kevin Keegan

 

[Craig]

Imo £17m is a lot for Bentley as well, I'd have valued him around the £12m mark myself. Ah well, ex gooner player now at Spurs, lets hope he flops.

And I bet he will be loved by Tottenham fans.

 

[Johnners]

As has been said I think Benitez will keep the 4-2-3-1 formation & play Keane behind Torres with Gerard on the right & Babbel on the left.

The signing doesn't address the problem that Liverpool have if Torres gets injured, needs resting or suffers a loss of form they have no one to lead the line unless you (god forbid) count Kuyt or Voronin.

I think 20 million is far too much for Keane but I also think 32 million is too much for Tevez & 12 million is too much for Crouch so what do I know?

I'd be tipping Keane to slot home more goals than any of Kuyt or Voronin (or Crouch before him) should he for any reason be required to become Liverpools main focus in attack. He's been able to do it well enough (obviously not Torres standard, but very few are) with an inferior team in Tottenham, so I see no reason why he couldn't keep up the same level of output with Liverpool.

 

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, Keane will score goals, I'm sure of that, too.

 

[Johnners]

Ronaldo: I'm joining Madrid next week

Itstl. I'm rather skeptical about the accuracy of it, but one can only hope

 

[Craig]

Rumour has been on goal.com that Manchester United will sign Thierry Henry. Hmmmm I will say no chance.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Was mentioned once and if you read the article it said it was highly unlikely.

 

[chalky]

I'd be tipping Keane to slot home more goals than any of Kuyt or Voronin (or Crouch before him) should he for any reason be required to become Liverpools main focus in attack. He's been able to do it well enough (obviously not Torres standard, but very few are) with an inferior team in Tottenham, so I see no reason why he couldn't keep up the same level of output with Liverpool.

I have no doubt Keane will get more goals than Voronin or Kuyt - It will be intereting to see how Crouch does for Portsmouth as I thiught he was under used by Liverpool.

But you are not going to get the best out of Keane by having him lead the line Keane has been most successful playing just behind a 'big man' Viduka, Quinn, Berbatov etc.Therefore if Torres doesn't play I would suggest that Kuyt or Voronin will have to play as the lead striker.

 

[Tom Halsey]

As has been said I think Benitez will keep the 4-2-3-1 formation & play Keane behind Torres with Gerard on the right & Babbel on the left.

Which would be an even worse move IMO, Gerrard IMO is far more effective in the centre, be that in a more advanced position or a more defensive midfield one.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Imo £17m is a lot for Bentley as well, I'd have valued him around the £12m mark myself. Ah well, ex gooner player now at Spurs, lets hope he flops.

Yep, more ridiculous money.

 

[sledger]

For all Keane being a good player and all, I generally get the feeling that he could go the same way as Craig Bellamy, though without the training ground spats etc...