Touré wants to stay in English football, ideally in the north-west where his children are settled at school, and has been offered the ideal solution by Rodgers.
Not bad IMO. Experienced, He's 32 so he's not that old for a centre half. Could have 2 years left in him
So who are you guys going to root for in the champions league final? Bayern has always been like my second favorite team, but if they win they tie liverpool's count for 5 champions league wins. However, if bayern loses, that will be 3 champions league final losses in 4 years. That's so sad. And when I think of players like schwiensteiger and lahm who have always come so close but has never won it all(world cup 2006, 2010, euro 2008, 2012, champions league 2010, 2012) I feel so bad for them. They deserve it so much
Game against Inter.... I was upset. We were outdone, by our own defensive frailties and our lack of creativity up front without Ribery.
Game against Chelsea.... I was depressed, should have won it. Didn't talk to anyone about footy for almost a week
If Bayern Lose this, I will crawl under a rock and pee and s**t myself for weeks upon weeks and finally after losing my job and friends and most likely end up in a hospital bed due to some sort of bacterial infection I will try to regain my life somewhere around the start of next season
I like both teams but I'll be rooting for BvB just because I don't want Munich to match our record of 5 cups.... @Georgio, Bayern can win some other time, but that would be a great story to tell your grandchildren.... If you ever get any
It's honestly a good shot. Free transfer, brings in experience, can be deployed at RB or CDM if needed. A great squad player, heck I'd take him into chelsea also as a squad player!
What you guys think? And yes of course, I also agree that if Coates don't put his sh*t together then you guys need a good young defender to buy also :P
He'd bring experience Forsure to our defence. With that said I wouldn't want him first choice pairing with Agger. If we splash a decent amount of money some of that has to be for a great talented defender. Depends what happens with Coates, Skrtel and if Rodgers will use Kelly as a CB
It makes sense though, get him for free with reasonable wages and then splash out on a 1st choice CB like toby or papa (can't spell his name ). This way we will have agger and the the new guy as first choice and then one of skrtel or coates as back up along with toure
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Just wathched a dope as video on youtube of kolo toure. What you guys think will he be affective and be able to help us move foward in strength or is he past his prime. He's definately been around so he will bring the experience to the back line. Not sure though in football you never really know whats the truth
I always wonder why more teams don't do training ground routines when it comes to free kicks. We tried to do one against leverkusen in the pre season but never in the actual season.
That was a brilliantly worked goal and awesome finish!
On a serious note, I don't think we will get both of those defender. None of them are going to sit on the bench so I highly doubt us buying both of them.
As long as we get one of toby or papa, i'll be happy. Also it seems toure is a sure bet to join us, everybody is reporting it
He has Oxalade's build type and is still only 17, so he probably won't be manhandled as much as Sterling was this season.
I have seen as many reserves matches as I can this season, and he has been very impressive, his touch, control and shots are very good for his age.
If he doesn't go on loan, I think he will good competition for Sterling. They will be fighting for the same spot, and both of them will have to up their game if they will want to be chosen. Then if we go ahead and buy someone like Ince or Tello then we will have a lot of options
Really hope we don't sign ince, I am not really convinced on him especially for the price blackpool want. Also I believe both sterling and ibe are going to be better than him and they aren't that far apart in age (I think).
I rather have ibe go on loan at blackpool to replace ince, if he is sold
I don't want Ince either to be honest. I hope Ibe doesn't go on loan, because like BlackAna said he would be able to fight Sterling for that spot. He is young but Rodgers motto is "if your good enough, you're old enough" as much as he could he looked to take defenders on which is something we need more of in our team! If Reina does indeed go to Barca I can see us getting Tello
Google answered the question in seconds for me, you should try to use it from time to time Anyway. The WC starts at "12th June" and ends "13th July 2014"
Wouldn't be against it, we need experience at the back plus he provides leadership that we lose in Carragher. However he's not the player he was when he was at Arsenal so it's really a tough call.
It would be a stop gap solution as we will need 2 central defenders this summer at least. He could help the potential younger CB's who are at the club - or those who join in the summer - settle in and take the pressure off them so they don't have to perform straight away next season
It's on a free, so if his wages aren't a problem I don't see why not.... Decent enough option to have on a bench I guess. I'd still want the likes of Papadopoulos and Alderweireld as first choice CBs
I am really excited about papadopoulos links. At first I thought it was a just a twitter rumor, but it seems there might actually be something in it. Raphael honigstein is linking us with him and he knows a bit or two about german football.
As for toure, I don't really know. He hasn't played a lot in the last few season and is old so I don't know if FSG will sanction it
He's free, he's experienced, he's good, and would provide reliable cover at the back. If Carragher would have stayed an extra season, he probably would be 3rd or 4th choice, which is what we would get with Toure. Not a bad option. Get him on a 2-3 year deal without crazy wages. Allows room for us to spend big on Papadopoulos or Alderwerield, as mentioned above. Papadopoulos as my preferred partner for Dagger next season.