After a string of poor performances by Liverpool, the pitchforks are out and the torches are being lit. Questions are being asked in some media circles about the purchases made by manager Kenny Dalglish with most of the attention being poured on and almost daily basis via some article or another, onto the shoulders of £35-million man, Andy Carroll. Despite the fact that no player sets his own fee, the likes of Carroll has been joined by Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson as players being hailed as ‘transfer busts’ by the club. Rightly neither of the three have panned out, but for each of them there has been a Luis Enrique, Charlie Adam, Craig Bellamy and Luis Suarez; not to mention the money brought in by the sale of Fernando Torres.

Under Kenny Dalglish’s tenure let’s take a look at his purchases, sales and analyse them by the player age, position, the price paid, whether I’d make the deal again and a reason to be positive about that player going forward.

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Dalglish didn’t like what he seen from his team, but deserves the chance to put it right

If there is to be a worse performance by Liverpool this season then I hope I am unable to be in front of a television to watch it. Today’s 3-1 away defeat to Bolton had better be the low point of the season and certainly the last time I have to watch a Liverpool side put forward such a lack of effort or willingness to be in the game. Only Craig Bellamy, Steven Gerrard and the ever dependable Pepe Reina can hold their heads high on the club bus ride back up to Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish knows it having threatened after the game to wield the axe of change on anyone not properly focused.

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