spot on analysis. Especially about the blip, the more sensible lads on here called it as it was. Small squad, low on quality running their absolute arses off for the first couple of months and looking impressive. Like we all said, you can't do that for 38 games consistantly, and you definitely can't do it in a league as fast paced and as competitive as the prem. You will also get found out with a shoddy defence, as you won't keep scoring 4 a game like they were and then tendency not to keep clean sheets will always be there. There's also no winter break over here, you can re-charge your batteries and go again, which is probably what happened in that season he nearly took dortmund down.
They have a paper thin squad, how that has actually happened given they've spent about 2 billion, i don't actually know. But they have made the same mistakes year in year out for about 7 or 8 seasons now and that goes to their fans as well, they don't learn.
Lallana has had 3 good months in the 4 or so years he's been there, what was his contract again? £150k a week or something terrible?