20 Jan 2016 11:14:28
I think people are looking at this Shane Long situation in slightly the wrong way. We all know he's not being brought in to score 20 goals a season, that's not him. I'm sure Klopp knows that too. What he can and will do is provide options, make space, pressure high up the field and hopefully pitch in with a few goals. As mentioned already, he could turn out to be a very Kuyt-type player and we all loved him.

Of course now he's going to get bashed and if we do sign him he'll get bashed some more as most signings do but give the lad a chance. Come the end of the summer we'd have himself, a fit Sturridge (hopefully) Ings and Origi and maybe someone else that will score the necessary goals in Sturridge's absence. I know most, and the Ed's, are against the move and I understand why but we need to look at this a bit differently. Plus we're only 8 points off 4th place with 16 games to go and we'll be far better off with Long leading the line than the statue that is Benteke.

Maybe I'm wrong but will back him 100% if he's signed and hopefully everyone else does too.

1.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 11:32:41
We need a goalscorer.
We have plenty of strikers and attacking midfielders who between them do everything you could possibly ask for apart from score goals regularly.

2.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 11:37:08
Are we actually going for him at all?

3.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 12:02:29
If we wanted someone to run about and do eff all we could just stick Milner upfront.

4.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 12:17:41
Milner or Lallana. Lallana will even keep possession, do nought with it but he'll keep possession. It's the 20 goal striker we're missing not the effort.

5.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 12:27:51
. but I do agree we need a goalscoring striker but doesn't look like it's going to happen in this window.

6.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 12:43:41
What's all this about scoring goals? That's why Caulker was bought in weren't it. Plays him upfront 😉
Long is going to be out defensive rock if we continue to play players out of position.

7.) 20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016 12:59:36
I get what you are saying about him and will support him if signed.

BUT i really think this is not a good piece of business. We will just have one more player in our team who does not score enough.

We have enough squad players. First we need to offload players who don't fit Klopp's plan, then go for that one big signing who can make a difference day in day out.

I am afraid this is the wrong approach we are taking and I am perplexed that we have not learnt from our past mistakes.

As ED02 likes to say. "this will end in tears"