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Transfer Rumour Bobby Clark (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 11, 2024
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PVA

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #71
We don’t need an ‘enforcer’ we just need a little extra competition so that we don’t ever had to play Jamie Allen as a sitting midfielder again.

Eccles and Sheaf are both brilliant ballwinners, among the best in the division.

Eccles made 2 tackles in 30 minutes. Allen and Torp made 0 between them in a combined 150 minutes.
 
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Philosoraptor

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #72
Terry_dactyl said:
Very inconsistent. He’s hit and myth.
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This post is too good for this place.
 
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Gint11

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #73
procdoc said:
Yeah because that's the same as elite level football. We had a 20 stone centre half, maybe we should sign one of those as well
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Lurker referenced Sunday league, I didn’t.
 

Gint11

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #74
Skyblue Bangkok said:
Probably why they never got beyond Sunday league then
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too much fags and drink too
 

Otis

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #75
Physicality isn't everything, but at the same time, you don't want players who can get knocked off the ball too easily, or get outmuscled time and time again.

For all the pluses, it's the downside of Jamie Allen.
 
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Sky Blue Wozza

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #76
This thread reminds me of the time my Dad started playing Champ Man with me in the late 90s.

He set up as Liverpool, playing a strict 4-4-2, with a “hard man” in midfield and “a big man and a little man” upfront.

He started the season with Terry Hurlock, Ian Ormondroyd and Tony Cottee. He was sacked 6 games in, bemoaning the “likes of Arsene bloody Wenger”
 
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SIR ERNIE

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #77
procdoc said:
Yeah because that's the same as elite level football. We had a 20 stone centre half, maybe we should sign one of those as well
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hahaha, we had a 20 stone keeper, lovingly known as the flying pig.
 
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SwanLane

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #78
Sheaf and Eccles, fit and on form, have enough aggression to have dealt with that Stoke midfield. I see what Robins did as a gamble that failed. He thought it would be ok and that Allen’s energy and Torp’s passing would be enough. We all saw the result of that.

We need a player who can drop deep if needed, be aggressive and seek to dominate the ball and the opposition. Not bothered if that’s called an enforcer, a nasty bastard, a CDM, a 4/6/8 or a deep-lying playmaker.
 

SIR ERNIE

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #79
A Liam Kelly 2.0
always remember the job he did when he was called on for the last few games of 22/23, the ability to read the game, sense the danger, sit deep and calm things down when necessary.
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #80
Sorry, and I know I’ll get the usual abuse for this, but Josh Eccles isn’t in the same category as Ben Sheaf and isn’t strong enough in that position on his own…

He showed that in his cameo on Saturday.

Would I have played him from the start instead of Allen? probably, yes….would it have made any difference? on the basis of his performance after he came on, probably not

We are desperately desperately missing at least one more strong holding midfielder, who can do the dirty work, break play up, pass the ball progressively and get us going up the pitch - a Sheaf and / or a Hamer type.

Allen cannot start another game as a holding midfielder, and Eccles needs somebody else alongside him, he’s not good enough on his own
 
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ptr

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #81
SIR ERNIE said:
A Liam Kelly 2.0
always remember the job he did when he was called on for the last few games of 22/23, the ability to read the game, sense the danger, sit deep and calm things down when necessary.
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Exactly this, and when he won it back he didn’t overcomplicate it…just gave it to the players that could play.
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #82
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
Sorry, and I know I’ll get the usual abuse for this, but Josh Eccles isn’t in the same category as Ben Sheaf and isn’t strong enough in that position on his own…

He showed that in his cameo on Saturday.

Would I have played him from the start instead of Allen? probably, yes….would it have made any difference? on the basis of his performance after he came on, probably not

We are desperately desperately missing at least one more strong holding midfielder, who can do the dirty work, break play up, pass the ball progressively and get us going up the pitch - a Sheaf and / or a Hamer type.

Allen cannot start another game as a holding midfielder, and Eccles needs somebody else alongside him, he’s not good enough on his own
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This is the issue, in a 4-3-3 I think Allen’s energy would of done a job but he’s not and has never been a holding midfielder he doesn’t have the strength to do it. Would love to see us look at the Peterborough CM as a understudy for sheaf and stick with a 4-3-3 or move to a 4-4-2
 

lord_garrincha

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #83
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
he’s not good enough on his own
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... he’s not good enough on his ooooowwwwn!!!!

Josh Eccles!!!

he’s not good enough on his own!
 
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Skyblue54

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #84
Stephen warnock just said on sky sports news that Bobby Clarke is off to RB Leipzig this week!..
 
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stupot07

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #85
Who even makes these rumours up?
 
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long way home

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #86
I like Clark, but think O'Connell and Beck are players in positions of need and because of that are better options for me
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #87
Skyblue54 said:
Stephen warnock just said on sky sports news that Bobby Clarke is off to RB Leipzig this week!..
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Isn’t it RB Salzburg?

Bobby Clark to RB Salzburg? Examining Liverpool's Potential Transfer Decision

Bobby Clark to RB Salzburg? Examining Liverpool's Potential Transfer Decision written on August 12, 2024 by Steven Smith. This article is about Featured, Featured Article, Liverpool FC Articles, Liverpool FC News, Liverpool FC Opinion, Liverpool FC Transfers.
anfieldindex.com
 

skybluecam

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #88
Otis said:
Physicality isn't everything, but at the same time, you don't want players who can get knocked off the ball too easily, or get outmuscled time and time again.

For all the pluses, it's the downside of Jamie Allen.
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What exactly is the plus side of Allen?
 

shepardo01

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #89
skybluecam said:
What exactly is the plus side of Allen?
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His kit is cheaper for the club as he fits into kids sizes??
 
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ccfc1234

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #90
Could we loan a decent la liga midfielder, cheaply?
 
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stgeorge1966

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #91
Football gone crazy... He's gone to RB Salzburg for 10m plus add ons ffs
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #92
stgeorge1966 said:
Football gone crazy... He's gone to RB Leipzig for 10m plus add ons ffs
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He’s gone to RB Salzburg
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #93
procdoc said:
He’s gone to RB Salzburg
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Like Jarni, never kicked a ball for Leipzig before he was off again
 
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blunted

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #94
PVA said:
We don’t need an ‘enforcer’ we just need a little extra competition so that we don’t ever had to play Jamie Allen as a sitting midfielder again.

Eccles and Sheaf are both brilliant ballwinners, among the best in the division.

Eccles made 2 tackles in 30 minutes. Allen and Torp made 0 between them in a combined 150 minutes.
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In our two competitive games so far we have been alarmingly open in the centre of the pitch which puts pressure on the back line. Whether it is the absence of Sheaf, Eccles, looking below par, our new tactics or the wrong personal we really need to tighten up. We played a Stoke side with no recognised strikers and Bristol with their second choice players and they both had way too many chances. Good strikers would have buried us.
 
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shepardo01

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #95
stgeorge1966 said:
Football gone crazy... He's gone to RB Salzburg for 10m plus add ons ffs
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So we had a chance then!!....
 

MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #96
stgeorge1966 said:
Football gone crazy... He's gone to RB Salzburg for 10m plus add ons ffs
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Yup, close thread...

Bobby Clark: Liverpool agree transfer with Red Bull Salzburg

Liverpool agree to sell midfielder Bobby Clark to Red Bull Salzburg for £10m in a deal including a 17.5% sell-on clause.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

Otis

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #97
shepardo01 said:
So we had a chance then!!....
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We couldn't even afford £10 plus cling-ons
 
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larry_david

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #98
Liverpool are masters of selling youth players for stupid money.

Jordan Ibe 15 million anyone?
 
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long way home

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #99
James McConnell would be a player worth asking about just not sure we would pay a fee for a rental. Or a massive fee.
 
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hamil99

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #100
Gint11 said:
I played Sunday league for just over 20 years. We always had one and most teams we fought against for titles had one.
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Bring back Gary Deegan!!
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #101
larry_david said:
Liverpool are masters of selling youth players for stupid money.

Jordan Ibe 15 million anyone?
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Bit like Man City who've sold 500 million worth of players including a lot of academy players over the last 3 season .
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Aug 14, 2024
  • #102
larry_david said:
Liverpool are masters of selling youth players for stupid money.

Jordan Ibe 15 million anyone?
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Brewster went to Sheffield U for a reported £23.5m four years ago. He's scored 4 times for them.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Aug 15, 2024
  • #103
MusicDating said:
Brewster went to Sheffield U for a reported £23.5m four years ago. He's scored 4 times for them.
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Shef Utd certainly got mugged there. .
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 15, 2024
  • #104
Didn't realise he was Rob Lee's son.

Oh well.
 
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rob9872

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  • Aug 15, 2024
  • #105
procdoc said:
Yeah because that's the same as elite level football. We had a 20 stone centre half, maybe we should sign one of those as well
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I'll dust off my boots
 
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