Poor signings by the RS

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shagpuss said:
They signed another young French lad, Florent Sinama Pongolle, the same time as Le Tellac. Both were meant to be amazing. Disappeared without trace.

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Pongolle was ok as he wound up loads of RS saying that every time he went out in town he only ever bumped into Evertonians.

I remember a workmate losing his rag over it when I kept reminding him of it.
 
Konchesky at LB, Meireles and Poulsen in midfield under Woy's wevolutionary wegime. Loved the sight of Distin owning Meireles in that derby. Nowadays he'd be up in front of the Hague for daring to push him..... after a VAR review, of course
 
Tipp blue said:
We don't really have much cause to laugh at them given the absolute dog turd players we've signed in the past few years.
Plenty of our fans laughed at them when they signed Salah, "he was rubbish with Chelsea not suited to the premiership" we said while celebrating signing Gilfi.
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The main difference is that we truly celebrate our transfer disasters.

When the RS sign anyone, he's 'brilliant this lad', he's da final piece of da jigsaw'.

When he turns out to be useless, they quickly forget that they spent 40 million on a piece of turd, and he is rapidly removed from the collective LFC memory bank,
 
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Collymore. Allegedly got involved with the manager's daughter then slagged them off for signing him. Decent player mind.
 
killenefc said:
La Tallec. Chris Bascombe actually wrote a piece comparing him to United’s signing of Ronaldo.


Soon enough, the rest of the nation will wake up to Le Tallec's talents. Let's not forget who was named Player of the tournament in the World Youth Championships two years ago," says Chris Bascombe

In most cases, paying #12m for a teenager would be considered rank stupidity, over-indulgence or, at the very least, a gamble which even Chris Kirkland's dad would shy away from.

When Manchester United do it, it's a stroke of transfer genius.

According to everyone who they make listen, United have just signed the best teenager in the world. By God are we hearing about it.

I'm not doubting Ronaldo's abilities. Clearly he's a talented kid who may be on the threshold of greatness. It just strikes me as rather odd that no-one has given the same attention to Liverpool's equally stunning new teenage recruit.

It seems Gerard Houllier's mistake with Anthony Le Tallec was to buy him early rather than delay until everyone in Europe wanted him. Obviously, Liverpool should have waited until Le Tallec's value was #12m.

Soon enough, the rest of the nation will wake up to Le Tallec's talents. Let's not forget who was named Player of the tournament in the World Youth Championships two years ago.

No doubt both Gerard and Sir Alex watched those same youth championships in Argentina a few years back and noticed the same players.

Indeed, Liverpool had already signed Le Tallec by then and were strongly linked with Ronaldo themselves, but can't afford to splash out like United.

Time will tell who's got the better deal, but for value for money I know who I'm backing. It's a bit like Houllier and Ferguson have both dined at the same top class restaurant and had their pick of the best main courses on the menu.

Houllier has managed to get his dish at a quarter of the cost Ferguson has paid, and yet it's his rival who is getting all the praise.

Indeed, I'm getting an eerie sense of deja vu when it comes to theman dubbed TLT who's about to explode onto the Premiership. I remember how slow our London based number one writers were to realise who Steven Gerrard was a few years back.

The Kop Magazine I once wrote even launched a campaign to get him in the England squad, so little attention was he receiving. Then, when the rest of the country noticed a year later, they decided to make him their own property.

It was a similar story with Wayne Rooney at Everton. A friend of mine who works on a national newspaper tried to get a feature on Rooney into his paper in the summer of 2002. They were having none of it. How times changed three months later when "Rooney Opens Crisp Packet" stories were making the front page.

Le Tallec won't get the same attention as Rooney, Gerrard or Michael Owen because he ain't English. But the few glimpses I've had of him remind me so much of the first time I saw Gerrard.

So young, yet so full of class. So clearly ready to play at the highest level and begin the learning curve which will take him to the top of the game.

One of the most encouraging, but sadly overlooked parts of Sunday was Le Tallec's being named a sub. Pity he didn't get on, although Houllier said he was prepared to play the youngster if the circumstances of the game had been different.

The career paths of Le Tallec and Ronaldo are sure to cross regularly over the next decade. Should the French gem prove himself the better player, you never know, maybe the manager who signed him will get a bit of credit.

He played 17 times in the league for them and then ended up in a lot of french B teams. Bascombe is a muppet lol
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Silly take that Ronaldo was in a class of player I'd consider absolutely can't miss as in players I've been convinced at worse they are very good players in that time it's been.

Hazard from Lille, Ronaldo from sporting, Luaku from Anderlcht, Rooney breaking through, Aguero from AM .
 
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