Charlie Adam has had a great season – that’s a fact that few people can deny. I’d question, however, whether he’s had the kind of season that will have Liverpool fans salivating over the prospect of his joining their squad in the summer. The Blackpool man’s rise to prominence has only really taken place in the space of the last 18-or-so months, twelve of which happened to take place in the Championship and thus can’t really be considered evidence that he has got enough quality to make it at Liverpool.
Before his time at Blackpool, Adam was a part of the Rangers set-up, where he struggled to break-in to the first-team, despite a number of different managers coming and going during his time at the club. Even if it’d be harsh to label his time in Scotland as being a complete failure, all-in-all, it was a very poor showing.
My fear, when it comes to Charlie Adam, is that were he to move to a top team like Liverpool, he’d get ‘found out’. A great deal of hype has surrounded Adam as a result of his breakout season in the Premier League – but can anybody really see him getting better? Call me a pessimist, but given his stature at the moment, the only way for Adam seems to be down.
Adam has been strongly linked to both Liverpool and Tottenham, but I don’t believe he’d make a good fit at either club. In response to speculation about his future, Adam told FIFA’s official website:
“We’ll let the future take care of itself. I don’t make the decision about my future, the club make it and at the end of the day the club is the most important thing.”
He makes an appealing transfer target because he’s entering into the last year of his contract with Blackpool and would be available at a cut-price. There’s every chance that Liverpool could pick him up for £6-8m – but just because he’s available for cheap doesn’t make him an essential target. Liverpool shouldn’t have to settle for less quality – they should seek out the best players available and that may well mean looking outside the Premier League.
It’s not like there is a shortage of talented young central-midfielders out there. What about Standard Liege’s Steven Defour or Rennes’ Yann M’Vila?
Charlie Adam was outstanding for the first half of this season – even carrying Blackpool at times when they needed to grab a result. He has a decent range of passes, works hard and gets goals (although many of his this season have come from the penalty spot). The second half of this season hasn’t been quite as productive for the Scottish international. Without consistency in his game, any Liverpool attempt to sign him would be a gamble.
Up until now, I haven’t seen the evidence I need to suggest that Adam is the kind of player that Liverpool need going forward. Will Adam really help the Reds challenge for the Premier League title once more? At this stage I haven’t seen enough evidence that he’s got the quality and consistency necessary.
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i never thought there are some STUPID LFC fans
cumon, who u are showing ur fantasy player lists to, Kenny isnt gonna look at this
stop all nonesense… i can draw out 1000 team lists, well i wont why, dont waste ur time, go to some sensible LFC forums and discuss sensible things guys, dont dream, KENNY will get it right
peaceout
YNWA
btw, i personally doesnt like the idea of ADAM, but LFC past have some great Scots with us, Kenny and very lately GarryMac
btw, i would rather want a worldclass Winger like HAZARD or someone of same astute
I would sign Scot Parker instead.
Charlie Adams is a good player but he will not be needed if Aquilani comes back from his loan spell at Juventus. And we need a Defensive midfielder with a commanding, dominative, strong presence battling in the centre of park: M’Villa Of Rennes, Momo Sissoko Of Juventus, Moussa Sissoko Of Toulouse Or B Matuidi Of St Etienne, one of these should be brought to club for £7-£14M.
But the club desperately needs major surgery and king kenny and Commolli need to clear and ship out the 12 dead wood, mediocre players on books of the club and replace them with 10 quality class hungry determined players:
Outs: 1:B Jones GK, 2:Krygiakos CB, 3:Degan RB,4:Insua LB, 5:Koncheskey LB, 6:Aurelio LB(Injury Prone/Inconsistant), 7:Poulsen DM/CM, 8:Jovanovic RW/LW/FD, 9:El Zhar RW/LW, 10:M Rodriguez AM/LW/RW, 11:J Cole AM/LW/RW & 12:D Ngog FD.
INS: should be these players:
1: A GK : W Hennessey Of Wolves for £5-£7M
2: CB: G Cahill Of Bolton for £12-£17M.
3: CB: S Kjaer Of Wolfsburg for £9-£12M.
4: LB: O Wendt Of Copenhagon Free Transfer.
5: LB: A Cissokho Of Lyon for £5-£7M.
6: DM: B Matuidi Of St Etienne for £7-£10M
7: RW: A Young Of A Villa for £12-£17M
8: LW: R Drenthe Of R Madrid Or C Nzogbia Of Wigan for £8-£14M
9: AM: Willian Of Shakhtar Donesk for £12-18M.
10:FD: L Podolski Of FC KOLN/Cologne for £8-£14M
6 players would strengthen make team harder tougher more solid disciplined and harder to break down and 4 players would bring speed, pace, creativity, skill, quality and class to the attack at club.
Charlie will be fine BUT what about our 2 young full backs ………………… W..O..W and please dont tell me their too young – if their good enough their old enough …………. who said that ?…………a certain Bill Shankley
A very good assessment and FULLY AGREE with this article, Admas is greatly overated,IMO, and NOT Liverpool FC quality.
Absolutely rubbish…………
People need to stop judging players from football manager. If we buy drenthe I will cry. Have you ever watched him play!? Kjaer isn’t good enough and wendt definately isn’t. Adam will surely improve with kk as manager as well. People need to start watching football and stop going on what people tell the.
Meireles>Adam. Adam is not Good enough for LFC.