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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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tbf they've overspent massively on the spine of a team who finished 8th. not sure how that spine means they'll get 4th, especially given their one man has now gone.

i just think their defence still is no great shapes and their centre midfield options are miserable. without trying to be too insulting, it really does remind me of our quartet of options of osman, neville, gibson and heitinga - the most important part of the pitch.

swansea had been dreadful for the backend of the season before as well lets not forget and they still finished around 13th last season - around where you'd expect them to finish so don't think it was as big of a hidnerance.

i fully expect RS to finish 6th tbh, think their players are far too overrated - who knows if balotelli can fire though.

I think their entire season hinges on that to be honest. Mario on form could be a tremendous signing, or a complete liability... 3rd to 8th position for them decided right there imo.
 
tbf they've overspent massively on the spine of a team who finished 8th. not sure how that spine means they'll get 4th, especially given their one man has now gone.

i just think their defence still is no great shapes and their centre midfield options are miserable. without trying to be too insulting, it really does remind me of our quartet of options of osman, neville, gibson and heitinga - the most important part of the pitch.

swansea had been dreadful for the backend of the season before as well lets not forget and they still finished around 13th last season - around where you'd expect them to finish so don't think it was as big of a hidnerance.

i fully expect RS to finish 6th tbh, think their players are far too overrated - who knows if balotelli can fire though.

Exactly. If they finish 6th they will be doing well. They have done exactly as Spurs did, lost a superstar and gained a load of overpaid average players. Never Mind the quality feel the width will be their new motto......
 
Joe Allen

We can be too honest and too fair at times,” the midfielder said. “It can be seen as a good thing but at this level you need to be clever at times. At times we can maybe stop things at source and save ourselves a lot of trouble.”

This new found integrity must be a novel experience for some of them after having had more than their quota of cheats and horrors. Perhaps that accounts for Rodgers feeling he had to up-the-ante sh**house-wise and re-introduce Lucas recently...lets face it they've lost a couple of major players in the realms of those lacking honesty and fairness - Kuyt and Suarez - over the last year or so.
 
'too honest and too fair'? In the game I was watching they were hitting the floor every couple of minutes like they'd been shot and were constantly crying in the refs ear.
 
'too honest and too fair'? In the game I was watching they were hitting the floor every couple of minutes like they'd been shot and were constantly crying in the refs ear.

Can chucked himself to the deck in a shocking dive and was lucky not to walk as he'd already been booked for a snide challenge.

They're all deluded mentalists
 

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Exactly. If they finish 6th they will be doing well. They have done exactly as Spurs did, lost a superstar and gained a load of overpaid average players. Never Mind the quality feel the width will be their new motto......

the thing with spurs' signings, they were fairly big names, lamela was obviously highly rated around the world, a lot on here stated how they'd love players like eriksen and chadli.

they're all quite young and maybe it was just a case of taking a season to bed in - their problem was they all play the same position - a position they weren't in dire need of strengthening anyway.

soldado didn't work out, but he was still a highly rated striker.

the thing with liverpool's signings are that i haven't heard of half of them and the other half, the rest of europe wouldn't have heard of, ha. not saying they'll flop or anything, but every signing they made, they had no competition from any other team for and all first bids were accepted it seems.

i'd be gutted if my team had spent £130m on that tbh.
 

I agree that Liverpool could have spent the money better - this is what I think of their squad and managerial team:


GK

Their keeper is a bit dodgy. Great shot stopper, terrible at everything else. No decent backup GK either.


Defenders


Johnson is finished. Flanagan had a very good season last time round though, I rate the troll faced squirrel.

Lovren the jury is out. Has had a terrible start to the season.

Skrtel is dodgy. Don't rate him, never have. Sakho and Toure can't get games, both extremely slow. Sakho turns like a bus.

Agger? Is he still alive?

Moreno is a new signing and I thought he was superb at Sevilla. But he'll take a season to 'bed in'. Luis Enrique is gash.


Midfielders

Gerrard is finished at the highest level now too IMO. They compare him to Pirlo over at RAWK because of the new position Brenda has him playing. He's simply not clever enough to play there and shouldn't be shielding the defence, he's too slow.

Lucas. His career has been up and down at Pool. Seems to be running out of fans now, extremely limited footballer.

Henderson. Their most important player these days apart from DS. Has come on leaps and bounds, I like him - runs all match.

Allen. Good squad player to have - can go missing more often than not though. Tidy little player, nothing exciting, won't create goals.

Lallana. New signing, talented lad - extremely overrated but all English players are. I think he'll be a good signing personally, like him.

Coutinho. Looks like a world beater one week, looks gash the week after. Goes missing, still young and learning. I like him.


Forwards

Sterling. Superb little player, will only get better. One to watch this season.

Sturridge. I don't get the hype. He's all flicks and tricks. Does score goals though but has to carry L'pool this season.

Balotelli. Will either be explosive or sulk around and look disinterested. I'm going for the latter, hence DS having to carry Pool.

Lambert. Squad player, will be brought on as Brenda's 'Plan B' for when they want to hoof it long for flick downs. He's a clogger.

Borini. Rubbish. Will probably be at S'Land when window closes anyway.


The Manager

Really thinks he's the next Shankly/Paisley. Uses the word "Wee" all of the time in interviews now, he never did this at Swansea. Wonder who he is copying?

He knows how to form a very exciting attacking team and usually his teams play attractive football. But he couldn't organise a defence if his life depended on it and is also known to be dodgy in the transfer market.


The Assistant Manager

Wears shorts.




Who have I missed?
 
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Thats a remarkably balanced assessment.

Would you like Allen for £20m? Was on the BBC Gossip thing today. (Means jack, I know)
 
I agree that Liverpool could have spent the money better.

GK

Their keeper is a bit dodgy. Great shot stopper, terrible at everything else. No decent backup GK either.

Defenders


Johnson is finished. Flanagan had a very good season last time round though, I rate the troll faced squirrel.

Lovren the jury is out. Has had a terrible start to the season.

Skrtel is dodgy. Don't rate him, never have. Sakho and Toure can't get games, both extremely slow. Sakho turns like a bus.

Agger? Is he still alive?

Moreno is a new signing and I thought he was superb at Sevilla. But he'll take a season to 'bed in'. Luis Enrique is gash.


Midfielders

Gerrard is finished at the highest level now too IMO. They compare him to Pirlo over at RAWK because of the new position Brenda has him playing. He's simply not clever enough to play there and shouldn't be shielding the defence, he's too slow.

Lucas. His career has been up and down at Pool. Seems to be running out of fans now, extremely limited footballer.

Henderson. Their most important player these days apart from DS. Has come on leaps and bounds, I like him - runs all match.

Allen. Good squad player to have - can go missing more often than not though. Tidy little player, nothing exciting, won't create goals.

Lallana. New signing, talented lad - extremely overrated but all English players are. I think he'll be a good signing personally, like him.

Coutinho. Looks like a world beater one week, looks gash the week after. Goes missing, still young and learning. I like him.


Forwards

Sterling. Superb little player, will only get better. One to watch this season.

Sturridge. I don't get the hype. He's all flicks and tricks. Does score goals though but has to carry L'pool this season.

Balotelli. Will either be explosive or sulk around and look disinterested. I'm going for the latter, hence DS having to carry Pool.

Lambert. Squad player, will be brought on as Brenda's 'Plan B' for when they want to hoof it long for flick downs. He's a clogger.

Borini. [Poor language removed]. Will probably be at S'Land when window closes anyway.


The Manager

Really thinks he's the next Shankly/Paisley. Uses the word "Wee" all of the time in interviews now, he never did this at Swansea. Wonder who he is copying?

He knows how to form a very exciting attacking team and usually his teams play attractive football. But he couldn't organise a defence if his life depended on it and is also know for purchasing dodgy players.


The Assistant Manager

Wears shorts.




Who have I missed?

You missed the one dimensional haddock headed manager, you know, the guy who was chiefly responsible for them blowing the title last season.
 
Thats a remarkably balanced assessment.

Would you like Allen for £20m? Was on the BBC Gossip thing today. (Means jack, I know)

He'd walk into our current midfield. But that's not saying much.

No, I wouldn't want the 'Welsh Xavi'. If we want to get back into the CL, he's not the answer.
 

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