Football News: Liverpool's Transfer Policy Woes

In recent years, well over the last 20+ years really, Liverpool's transfer policy has been hard to fathom. There seems to be little rhyme nor reason behind the players brought into the club. It is not just the mistakes of bringing in players for positions that are not needed, it is the poor choice of players in general.

This summer looks set to continue that trend with Danny Ings being a major target. It is not because of his ability I say that, nor even because of his injury problems that seem to plague him throughout his career. It is his attitude. The lad is clearly not a winner. He refused to take a penalty for Burnley in case he missed and they went down because of it. The kind of players you need are those who step up in those moments so they can be the one to score and keep Burnley up. Not the cowardly types who hide back in their shell, but the brave who step up and take the chance.

I am not Steven Gerrard's biggest fan by any means, but one thing he is, even if he does not always channel it in the right way, is a winner. He drives himself on when all looks lost and keeps going, usually raising his game when the going gets tough to try and win the game. That drive will not be there next season, so who will provide it?

Jordan Henderson is an excellent player, but he is not going to provide that same drive and big game match winning moments when it counts. Ings is even worse, his refusal shows that in tough times, when the pressure is on during big games, he will go into his shell and hide, passing responsibility on to others. Anyone. Just so long as he does not have to take on that responsibility himself.

Those kind of players are not going to turn Liverpool FC into a team that wins, they are the kind of players that play for midtable teams that have little pressure on them. So the question remains, why is he a target? Why is someone at the club not saying he is not the answer to Liverpool's striking woes. Who makes these ludicrous decisions to chase players that simply make no sense?

Last January no one came in at all, yet it was still a better transfer window than the previous summer when a whole raft of players came in. Purely because at least no more of the wrong ones were added to the wage bill. This summer is an important time for Liverpool, they have to get it right now before they drop too far behind the top four clubs to ever catch up. That means getting players with the right mentality.

Written by Tris Burke May 04 2015 14:29:20