January Transfer 'Window'..

[Papas1982]

The CL unimportant ? Really ? It's the Holy Grail of club football in Europe.

And if you think our defence didn't have a part to play then suggest you re watch the Juve away game when the defence was outstanding - plus Carras performance in the final especially extra time was outstanding. I never called Carra world class but for a 4 year period he was one of the best in Europe and proved it in the CL each week.

And Suarez is already one of the top 3 in the world right now

Suarez is a clear 3rd for me, as RVP was last year. Messi and Ronaldo are still 1 and 2 for me. Just due to the fact that they have been doing it for years. That said, i'd rather we hadn't drawn Uruguay at the world cup.

As for Carra, I think its been a big discussion over nothing as we both thinks he was good just not world class. What i said originally. My point about the cups isn't that they aren't important to be won. Just that wining them has no bearing on how good a player is. Although its funny how the champions league is The holy grail here, yet you'd turn down a chance at it for the Fa cup? But hey thats a different post so lets just agree that Carra is a Liverpool legend and right now, England would be much better of with him in his pomp than what we have now.

 

[MadAdey]

Not sure there's a better source than your own website.
http://www.chelseafc.com/on-loan-players

:rofl:

I would say say it is pretty reliable too

 

[Coatsy79]

I'm by no means a "football" guy but it always seems to me that football could do with a salary cap, like most North American sports

It promotes parity evens out the playing field a bit

It might also promote teams to develop their own talent to be able to compete

 

[Bucket92]

Would be great if football had a "draft" system like American sports have, but it would be impossible really which is a shame

 

[LanDog]

Would be great if football had a "draft" system like American sports have, but it would be impossible really which is a shame

It would be impossible to implement now, and all leagues would have todo it Which would be impossible todo in Europe alone. All players would have to leave their respective clubs, be ranked and then allocated back out the better players would then go to league two teams!

 

[Pin-seeker]

I'm by no means a "football" guy but it always seems to me that football could do with a salary cap, like most North American sports

It promotes parity evens out the playing field a bit

It might also promote teams to develop their own talent to be able to compete

Have you seen how much money American footballers & basketball players earn?

 

[chrisd]

On the subject of signing players to prevent other teams from getting them. My Crystal Palace do this with their forwards. We have starved the Conference of a few decent players in the last transfer window!