[WWE_TNA]

Darron Gibson has a prem medal .

[ROUSEY]

Originally Posted by WWE_TNA

Darron Gibson has a prem medal .

Darron Gibson is a lovely little player.

Since I've got to watch him week in and week out, he'd have made a very solid squad player for United.

[Joel]

Originally Posted by Chain Gang solider

Yup the same guy. Now tell me Would you take Barry Over Xabi?

No.




















































But I would take DARK BARRY over Alonso

[Kiz]

premier league medal count

barry - 1
alonso, mascherano, gerrard - 0

i rest my case.

[Nige™]

Originally Posted by Hank Scorpio

Guess he sold Xabi for fun then right?

Na, Xabi just wanted to play for a team he could win leagues titles with.

What's Xabi got to do with the fact he spent a shitload of money anyway? Take out Xabi's fee and Rafa still spent around £200m. Saying he was hindered by a lack of money was stupid. He clearly wasn't.

Originally Posted by Bubzeh

Torres. Profit. Alonso. Profit. Mascherano. Profit. Agger, key player. Skrtel, key player. Johnson, key player. Lucas, key player. Kuyt, boss. Even the likes of Bellamy and Crouch helped LFC to a Champions League final.

Fair enough but I didn't mention them did I? i just pointed out he spent over £220m when he was quoted as to have been hindered by a lack of money which obviously wasn't the case.

Originally Posted by Bubzeh

Oh, Riera wasn't a bad signing at all- that shows your knowledge. He was a key player on the left side in the season where LFC finished 2nd. Then he decided to give a youngster a slap in training. Goodbye, Albert.

Ok fair enough but he wasn't exactly a world beater was he?

Originally Posted by Bubzeh

Dossena was signed for less cash than Bebe. Enough said, stop whining.

You mean, "I can't justify it so I'll say come up with some pathetic attempt at a comparison and play the cool guy with enough said, stop whining." Sweet dude.

Originally Posted by Bubzeh

Aquilani was Rafa's downfall- it was a huge mistake, even if he was only 5 million pounds. The rest was based on appearences, that he never made. So the 35 million from Alonso went nowhere. Hmm...

What's that got to do with it? That wasn't my point was it? Twist it all you want. Agreeing a £20m deal for Aqualani was as you put it, "a huge mistake."

Originally Posted by Bubzeh

The problem was, Rafa couldn't make a signing like Keane (who was sold 6 months later for pretty much similar value, oh and we finished 2nd that season. Thanks Robbie) and afford it to fail- other managers could, well the ones challenging could.

You're attempts to justify it again on something completely irrelevant (finishing 2nd) doesn't change it was an awful amount of money and a poor signing.

Play a lot of twister do you by any chance?!

[I got 2 words 4 ya]

Was wondering what their was no replys too the other thread...

[Gambit]

Rafa had his good points and he had his bad points. While he did make a number of bad transfers he did not make nearly as many bad ones as people seem to think. Rafa is a good manager tactically. Transfer wise he is not so much


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[Bubzeh]

Originally Posted by Nige™

Na, Xabi just wanted to play for a team he could win leagues titles with.

What's Xabi got to do with the fact he spent a shitload of money anyway? Take out Xabi's fee and Rafa still spent around £200m. Saying he was hindered by a lack of money was stupid. He clearly wasn't.

Fair enough but I didn't mention them did I? i just pointed out he spent over £220m when he was quoted as to have been hindered by a lack of money which obviously wasn't the case.

Ok fair enough but he wasn't exactly a world beater was he?

You mean, "I can't justify it so I'll say come up with some pathetic attempt at comparison and play the cool guy with enough said, stop whining." Sweet dude.

What's that got to do with it? That wasn't my point was it? Twist it all you want. Agreeing a £20m deal for Aqualani was as you put it, "a huge mistake."

You're attempts to justify it again on something completely irrelevant (finishing 2nd) doesn't change it was an awful amount of money and a poor signing.

Play a lot of twister do you by any chance?!

We're going off on a tangent here and I hate talking about the financial side of football, seeing as the fans (us) know hardly anything that goes on behind the scenes, but it's really amazing how you can say Rafa "wasted" all this cash. If only he could what Roman did this summer with Hazard etc. Then Torres the season before. You know most of what Rafa spent, he had to sell to do so? Right? For instance, there would be no Torres if Bellamy hadn't been shipped out, despite him having scored past Barca in the 2-1 away win. Sissoko couldn't be kept when Mascherano was targeted. In an ideal world, LFC would have been able to keep those type of players as back up, instead, a young, cheap and cheap waged N'Gog was back up for Torres who suffered too many injuries towards the end of Rafa's reign. That was the scenario throughout the squad. Degen (free), Voronin (free), etc etc.

And Aquilani simply wasn't 20 million pounds - seeing as Hicks and Gilette wanted the profit from Xabi, Rafa was allowed a fantastic 5 million of that. Even with the 5 million, Aquilani was a bad choice.

[united_07]

The Benitez deal is set to be announced very soon according to several journalists

[Bubzeh]

Say hello to the real Mata and Torres soon.