Oh Danny Boy, the goals the goals are calling

Get rid of the players that BR will not use regularly I.e. Borini, Balo and lambert and spend the chunk of the cash on a top striker...aquire better coaching particularly in defence and let BR play his attacking style

 

I'll take 10 more just like that. May he go on to have a long fruitful career with the Reds.

 

So he scores with his head, he scores with both feet, off crosses, from breakaways, some good control in the box, some first time volleys...from the vid that AndSomeAreAngels posted, I'd say he looks like a great signing...won't ask him to take our PK's right away though...not a fan of the shot straight up the middle...

Additionally, he's got a good work rate, a good head on his shoulders, a good attitude, puts the team first, etc - from what PooPoo says - again he looks like a great signing.

I'm not ready to hand him the keys to the castle, but I am willing to take him on and welcome him to the Reds.

I don't think he's meant to be our first-team striker (he might grow into that) but in my mind he is a serviceable backup, again, with a lot of potential.

 

Serious question: Does anyone here really believe we are going to splash big cash on a striker?

 

That is indeed the $64,000 question,US. I think we have the cash and I think we'll try .Hopefully its not Benteke,for the reasons newterp stated above but we desperately need to add someone as good or better than Sturridge. If we start the season with only injury prone Sturridge backed up by two raw young ,far from the finished articles Origi,Ings I think we'll struggle again next season.

 

Here's piece by TAW on the search for another striker.

BUYING A NEW LIVERPOOL STRIKER: THE KNOWLEDGE GAP

MOST conversations between footie fans end up boiling down to the same thing: the aspiration, the reality and the unexplained gap that lies in between.
What fills that gap — the knowledge of what really happens behind walls, in boardrooms, on training pitches, in conversation, on email, over phones — is influenced by all kinds: conjecture, rumour, analysis, stats, history, expectation, one-eyed football fandom, agent talk, click bait, football club politics….take your pick.
It’s a maelstrom that is intriguing and frustrating in equal measure. Ultimately, it’s always there, never sated, always yearning: the unknown — what could have been and what might be. How it can change. How it can get better. It’s worse than ever when there is no actual football to get stuck into; the limbo of the close season.
Take Liverpool’s search for a ‘top’ striker for example; a certain starter — the 30-goal a season man.

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/06/buying-a-new-liverpool-striker-the-knowledge-gap/

 

Good stuff, thanks.

 

Its a crap shoot guys...sure you can buy a top striker, who is a good player, and might score you a boat load of goals...(but he might not either)...you can also call up a young striker from your academy, who might break into the first team and score a bunch of goals...but he might fizzle after five games just as easily...

That's the reality of football...I believe that another reality of football is that good teams take time to become great teams. They are not made overnight. Good players take time to "fit in" with other players (even Suarez was not "great" the first couple years he was with us)...the time it takes to become great can be frustrating - that is where I think we are now...in the balance of good, but not great...not yet - hopefully we continue to become better, but there are going to be setbacks along the way...manage those setbacks and make sure the next step is forward...

Sorry - don't know how this came out on the Welcome Danny Ings thread...maybe just that he is a step in the right direction???

 

I think on loan Borini scored more goals than our other strikers this year. Don't know what happened to him when he gets in front of the net in a LFC kit. The only thing Ings has over Borini is he's not Italian. It's like olive oil and water for Italians at LFC

 

excellent analysis / stats, hubba. thanks for this.

My view is that Bren has one more season to prove himself, and it could be a challenge for him looking at that track record - more fuel to the "we need a TOP striker, now" chorus. if the club can get the right balance / mix of support staff, maybe that's what he's been missing in previous jobs. or .... maybe he's the type of manager who can inspire for the short term but wears out his dressing-room welcome after a while i.e. the players become deaf to his instructions.

 

Ings should be in the line up for the U21 match against Belarus later. IIRC he'll partner Kane.

 

Good , I'll be sure to watch this.

Canucks, please note Sportsnetworld is showing the game @ 2:30PM.

 

Eh.

It's a big leap to compare Lambert and Carroll to Suarez and Sturridge.

Lambert was never meant to lead the line.

Carroll has scored 14 in 51 after leaving, which is not a bad strike rate, but he's also injured all the time.

Rodgers has had 2 top quality strikers to work with since coming to Liverpool and he's gotten the best out of both of them.

The simple fact is, that if you want to be a consistent top 4 team in the EPL you need a top quality striker.

We have one but he's constantly injured, so we need to go out and identify another and sign him.

Just like every other top club does.

Arsenal's top two guys scored 30 goals last season (Sanchez, Giroud).

Ours scored 16 (Gerrard and Sterling) - Gerrard is gone and Sterling possibly too.

So we need to pray Sturridge gets healthy and we need to sign a guaranteed 15 goal a season striker.

Otherwise next season is going to be very familiar.

 

Shit, another "Why don't Liverpool buy Messi and Ronaldo" f- ckin thread

Roll on 8th of August.

 

Danny Ings is wary of taking a historically significant Liverpool shirt number and insists he must earn the right to wear one of those worn by Anfield greats over the years.

Ings, part of the England Under-21 squad who are playing in the European Championship in the Czech Republic, will wear the No28 shirt when he joins fromBurnley on 1 July, in part because of the pressure of stepping into the shoes of Steven Gerrard et al.

“I stayed away from the low numbers,” the 22-year-old said of his selection. “You have got to take that pressure off yourself as a young lad coming through. That is what I personally think.”

The No7 shirt worn by Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Peter Beardsley and Luis Suárez and the No9 shirt that Ian St John, Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler have donned are traditionally the Liverpool numbers most associated with the weight of history. Gerrard’s career means the No8 has added significance and his departure to LA Galaxy means his number, in addition to the No7 vacated by Suárez last summer, is now available.

Ings, though, who wore the No10 with Burnley, has no interest in taking either just yet. “I would make sure I am established before taking any of those numbers,” he said. “It is such a huge club. That was the thinking behind it. I wouldn’t want to go to Liverpool and chuck a shirt on my back like that … it is pressure you don’t need. The expectation at clubs like that is huge. Obviously I am going to work my socks off to earn that number one day. For now I will take a high number and work hard.”

The transfer fee taking him from Turf Moor to Anfield has yet to be finalised, with Liverpool expecting to pay between £5m-6m and Burnley holding out for something closer to £10m. An independent tribunal will decide on the price if the clubs cannot come to an arrangement.

The disagreement means the move will be slightly more protracted than it could have been. For Ings, though, the potential for a change of scene has been long in the pipeline, beginning with his decision not to sign a new contract at Burnley last summer.

“I knew about my contract situation at the start of the season,” he said. “I had a big decision to make whether to sign a new contract or not. I sat down with my family and agent and we came up with I was going to hold out.

“I had quite a strong season, but obviously we went down and I was gutted. But I thought I did enough to get myself a good move and the next step, and another challenge. It is a challenge I am really looking forward to and I can’t wait to get going.”

Ings has twice impressed as a substitute for England in the Under-21 Championship and could have done enough to force himself into Gareth Southgate’s plans for their make-or-break final group game against Italy on Wednesday. Southgate’s side play with a lone striker in the shape of Harry Kane and thus far Tom Carroll and Will Hughes have been preferred in the starting XI in the role just behind the Tottenham striker.

Ings would perhaps offer a more attacking option at No10 but he is happy to wait for his chance. “That is the competition you want for any side, club or country,” he said.

“You need that competition to push each other along to perform better. We did that against Sweden. Everyone came on and made an impact. That is what the manager needs. You can’t have players come on and not make the impact because the game will slowly slip away from you. It is important you are ready.”

Southgate’s three substitutes against Sweden did indeed help turn the tide, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jesse Lingard also impressing. The latter’s 85th-minute winner means England go into their final game in the same Andruv Stadium in Olomouc knowing a win will to take them through to the semi-finals for the first time since 2009. A draw may be enough but it would leave them relying on Sweden failing to beat Portugal, which kicks off simultaneously.

 

Maybe Danny Ings can have a chat with Raheem...

 

Liverpool have confirmed summer signing Danny Ings will wear the No.28 jersey for the club.