There are only 2 players left from when he took over - Carragher & Gerrard. So this team is undoubtedly of his making. But the likes of Dossena, Babel, Keane, Crouch, Bellamy, Pennant, Voronin, Arbeloa, Aurelio, El Zhar, Ngog, Riera, etc. represent money poorly spent in most cases. But the 100 million or so he has spent on the current first 11 isn't a bad deal at all.
Not really disagreing with u, mostly just thinking out load.
Dossena-Yeah he was rubbish,but goals against RM and United will be remembered. So I agree, bad buy.
Babel-Came highly rated, has the skilz but seems like his focus/comitment is off. Expensive and hasnt proven worthy (yet). We wont know if he was a bad purchase until 1-2 years from now, but boy is he frustrating.
Keane-Couldnt score to save his life, plays every week.
Scores in back to back games and is looking fresh, better ship him back to London.
Bizzaro transfer if I ever saw one. Bad transfer but probably not because of the player but because of Rafa.
Crouch- Slow start but scored goals and I would have liked keeping him.
Rafa said the only way he could have keeped him is giving him a pay raise which the owners refused. Good buisness imo, sold for a profit.
Bellamy- Sold to raise money for Torres. Cant argue with that.
Mad as hell but did play well at times.
Pennant and Voroninn- Rubbish the pair of them.
Arbeloa- Great purchase and never should have sold him. Is playing great at left back for RM and that was a trouble postion for Liverpool this season.
Even if Glen was coming in keeping Arbeloa and playing him left back/back up at right back would have been great imo.
Aurellio-Came for free and has performed great imo. To bad he is made of glass.
El-Zhar- Signed for cheap as a teenager but hasnt developed enough.
N´Gog- I still think he has potential.
Rierra- Decent player but goes missing from time to time. To bad he cant keep his mouth shut.
Not all bad transfers imo. Couple of great and some big flops aswell.
