Chambers is another smart buy from Wenger
Not for £15m lol.
Chambers is another smart buy from Wenger
Not for £15m lol.
not real
Some of Liverpool's signings are very astute - especially Lovren and Lallana.
I think their top 4 place is pretty much nailed-on as Rodgers will have them playing. With Chavs and City also pretty much guaranteed a top 4 berth, that means (for me) the 4th spot is between us **** and United.
I disagree with your assessment of Liverpool I think they'll be worse as a team than last season. You can't replace the goals and the fear factor that Suarez gave them without making a marquee striker signing.
They've gone and done exactly the same as we did after selling bale, I think they'll be back fighting with us for 5th and 6th.
After selling Bale, after replacing him with 7 players, all from abroad, none of whom had ever played in the PL, many of whom couldn't speak English, after a season of toxic atmosphere at the club, with 2 managers and a worse starting position than Liverpool (and at no point for while having had a system as good as the one Rodgers put in place last season )............we picked up 3 less points than we did the previous season.
I don't think Liverpool will challenge for the title but I think those expecting Liverpool to drop like a stone are living in a dreamworld. Not to mention that a) they won most most of their games without Suarez last season and b) Sturridge was smashing them in when Suarez was banned.
A) they didn't have champions league football last season. This is going to be a huge drain on the players they do have. They didn't even have European football last season, they have a number of players not used to the rigours of playing two games a week.
B) the players they have bought who speak English all finished mid table last season. They're not used to the pressures of top four football, and the only one I think of as a good signing for them is lovren, as defensively they were weak last season and they've overpaid for him too.
C) they had Sturridge and Suarez smashing them in. When one was not playing or out of form, the other stepped up. So who steps up if Sturbridge doesn't hit it off, gets injured or needs to be rotated? Lambert? That's an amusing prospect.
D) the Liverpool fans themselves. Just as we expected big things when our 'magnificent seven' were purchased, they will do the same. One or two bad games at the start and they'll be straight on the backs of the players.
Agreed.
In addition, Liverpool can't expect so many of their rivals to be as comparatively weak as they were last season. Utd, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs all look as though they will be considerably stronger than they were last season. Liverpool? Not so much.
A) they didn't have champions league football last season. This is going to be a huge drain on the players they do have. They didn't even have European football last season, they have a number of players not used to the rigours of playing two games a week.
B) the players they have bought who speak English all finished mid table last season. They're not used to the pressures of top four football, and the only one I think of as a good signing for them is lovren, as defensively they were weak last season and they've overpaid for him too.
C) they had Sturridge and Suarez smashing them in. When one was not playing or out of form, the other stepped up. So who steps up if Sturbridge doesn't hit it off, gets injured or needs to be rotated? Lambert? That's an amusing prospect.
D) the Liverpool fans themselves. Just as we expected big things when our 'magnificent seven' were purchased, they will do the same. One or two bad games at the start and they'll be straight on the backs of the players.