Transfer Window January 2025 Transfer Window Thread

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Symp59 said:
John Aldridge made something that looked easy look incredibly easy ,when most strikers make it looked difficult.
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The reason Aldridge made it look easy was because of his anticipation of where the ball would come into the box and attack that space.
Plus his goals to chances ratio was phenomenal.
I remember our first season in the top division he was second top scorer to Rush. Liverpool won the league and we just survived.
His goals kept us up, he is the best striker we ever had or ever will have
 
The mighty Aldo said:
The reason Aldridge made it look easy was because of his anticipation of where the ball would come into the box and attack that space.
Plus his goals to chances ratio was phenomenal.
I remember our first season in the top division he was second top scorer to Rush. Liverpool won the league and we just survived.
His goals kept us up, he is the best striker we ever had or ever will have
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Aldo is correct: a good goalscorer will have anticipation as one of his qualities. To go where the ball is about to go - not wait for it to arrive. Donks was a prime example; he never seemed to have that instinct. I’m afraid it appears that Sparky is the same. I admire his energy but he is NOT our goalscoring answer.
 
Big Ron said:
It is a conundrum for sure - the difficulty in finding that elusive goal machine and that's pretty much the same for every team in the division. Once you take Borja and Maja (sounds like a dance act) out of the equation, there are a whole bunch of of players on 7-10 goals and a few teams with 2 or 3 players at that level. Therefore, you would assume that teams have realised that the goals need to come from across the team and if you have a 20/25 goal striker, that's an added bonus, rather than the norm.

We seem to have a handful of posters screaming for a goal scorer as if the club hadn't realised that or simply aren't trying to do something about it.
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Perhaps that proves a modern point. It's about how the whole team scored goals, not one or two strikers. If the No 9 puts in a shift and 6, 8, 10,11 score goals then job done.
Would you rather be in Luton's position ( with a big strong striker), or ours?
 
The mighty Aldo said:
Regarding Harris

I have never seen him as a natural striker.
What he does as a team player is terrific and obviously what he does is critical to our style of play. If you put a bigger number 9 with no pace up front we couldn’t press like we do.

However ,for me Helik and Brown both did on Tuesday what Harris never does and that is attack the ball and get ahead of the defender and score.
He also never looks at the ball from Cummings kicks he always looks where the defender is, consequently he doesn’t hold the ball up much. When he does he can be very useful.
All in all he is an asset to the team but you can’t teach him anticipation and to my mind that is the difference between him and for example Matty Taylor.
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Who would you start, Harris of Bradshaw?
 
The mighty Aldo said:
The reason Aldridge made it look easy was because of his anticipation of where the ball would come into the box and attack that space.
Plus his goals to chances ratio was phenomenal.
I remember our first season in the top division he was second top scorer to Rush. Liverpool won the league and we just survived.
His goals kept us up, he is the best striker we ever had or ever will have
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He was a sensional goal scorer.
50 in 83 games for Liverpool and more than a goal a game at Sociedad.
Probably one of the best strikers in the world in.his era
 
Jaboysmith said:
Arguably of the 20th century
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Jim Smith didn't particularly rate Aldridge as a footballer, but thought he was a brilliant finisher. Which he was, obviously. Not dissimilar to Lineker, who was also not a particularly good footballer. But both extremely quick over five yards, fantastic anticipation and very calm finishers. I've known a few Liverpool fans over the years, and several of them thought Aldridge was a better finisher than Ian Rush
 
The mighty Aldo said:
The reason Aldridge made it look easy was because of his anticipation of where the ball would come into the box and attack that space.
Plus his goals to chances ratio was phenomenal.
I remember our first season in the top division he was second top scorer to Rush. Liverpool won the league and we just survived.
His goals kept us up, he is the best striker we ever had or ever will have
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He also went to Liverpool, the best club in England at the time.

It’s like signing Haaland before Man City did. 😂😂
 
The mighty Aldo said:
The reason Aldridge made it look easy was because of his anticipation of where the ball would come into the box and attack that space.
Plus his goals to chances ratio was phenomenal.
I remember our first season in the top division he was second top scorer to Rush. Liverpool won the league and we just survived.
His goals kept us up, he is the best striker we ever had or ever will have
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Also played against Cowley apprentices for Leyland? by all accounts
 
Big mac said:
Like will Goodwin or Gatlin o donker?
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Gatlin yes although played a lot of time wide recently but that would work, just depends what we think his ceiling would be… I like Goodwin, but he’d count towards the squad cap which doesn’t work in the scenario I gave!
 
Orkney Islands Yellow said:
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The thing I like most about this link even if it doesn’t come into frutition is we are linked to someone who at 18 years old was signed for 8
Million as a prospect for Ajax at 21 he’s not made the breakthrough yet but we are competing with Torino and Udinese where a few years ago we was competing with chesterfield and Barrow……… we have come mighty far and we have no intention of leaving this level
 
Kiewhite said:
The thing I like most about this link even if it doesn’t come into frutition is we are linked to someone who at 18 years old was signed for 8
Million as a prospect for Ajax at 21 he’s not made the breakthrough yet but we are competing with Torino and Udinese where a few years ago we was competing with chesterfield and Barrow……… we have come mighty far and we have no intention of leaving this level
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Perhaps Erick has intentions of going deeper in to the Top 30.
 
uptheus said:
Who would you start, Harris of Bradshaw?
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Good question Sean

I would still go with Harris for the Stoke game,and in games where we can press the opposition.
But when we come under the cosh we have no outlet, and that has been the problem all season. Because Harris is so bad at holding onto the ball ,the midfield have no chance of getting the ball and keeping it.
Would like to see Bradshaw given a chance to see what he can do,we are on a hiding to nothing v Burnley so would try him then.
 
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