Dramatic Ending

Yesterday should have been a very busy day for Liverpool FC, yet it wasn't. If anything yesterday was quite quiet in respects to the rest of the transfer window. Signing Joe Cole, Milan Jovanovic, Christian Poulsen, Raul Mireles and a couple of youngsters was much busier than the one signing of Paul Konchesky.
Most LFC fans are very disturbed by this recent transfer window. The muched touted arrival of a striker, failed to materialise, gladly for some. Many youngsters were sold for no apparent reason. There appeared to be no real motive for many of the moves.
However, I differ in that opinion. To reduce ourselves to sign a striker who is injured more times than Torres, is below LFC. Carlton Cole is not the luckiest striker. Similarly with Mario Gomez, we would have had a striker who has struggled in the Bundesliga and for his country. I see David Ngog as the future striker of LFC. If we get him lots of experience and toughen him up we should see a more fluid striker. Not many goals against Arsenal from Carlton Cole eh?
Some of our youngsters have gone too. I wrote a previous blog post about the exodus of Academy members. I think I was a little off the mark about it. The players we have transferred out are either not good enough or injury prone. Lauri Dalla Valle being the exception to both those rules, I cannot fathom why he has been sold. I can only assume that it is for reasons we will find out in due course. The other recruits, Krizstian Nemeth, injury prone, Mikel San Jose, asked for a transfer, Emiliano Insua, not quite good enough, Aquilani, not quite good enough yet! We have to see this as a positive, we have to see that the wage bill has been reduced, the club has made £10 million profit, the 'deadwood' has been cut out and the team has places and opportunities for the other gifted players.
What was once a lavish ceremoney for LFC has turned into a stripping down of assets and the trimming of the wick. What I would like to see from the board come January is a leaner squad but with a strong, experienced core so that the young players are used with blooding in mind.