I am not making excuses for such a poor start to the season and some really terrible performances, However Liverpool have lost 80% of their goals from last season-Suarez and Sturridge.
How many teams can cope with that and still turn in performances.
Just look at the top teams in the EPL and their strikers, can any of them lose even one from the team never mind two.
Arsenal-Sanchez-NO
Man City-Aguero-NO
Man United-Rooney-NO
Chelsea-Costa(Only team that may not struggle but you never know)-I'd still say-NO
When Sturridge comes back things will change and I dont mean just because he is back and we only rely on him but the dynamics of the team will change and the we will start to see the best of players like Balotelli-Sterling-Couthino-Gerrard-Henderson-Markovic.
I have faith and time. Do you. YNWA.
Liverpool-Goals
posted on 29/11/14
comment by The Kaiser's Trainers (U5676)
posted 24 minutes ago
we only lost 30% of our goals
then another 20% when Studge got injured
we coped fine without Suarez, but losing both killed us
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That included the assists from both players, that contributed to goals.
posted on 29/11/14
comment by The Kaiser's Trainers (U5676)
posted 8 minutes ago
we only lost 30% of our goals
then another 20% when Studge got injured
we coped fine without Suarez, but losing both killed us
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Suarez hasn't died you sold him,Rodgers has had plenty of cash to fill the hole.
posted on 29/11/14
cash is meaningless if the players don't want to join
posted on 29/11/14
comment by The Kaiser's Trainers (U5676)
posted 8 minutes ago
cash is meaningless if the players don't want to join
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True, but besides Sanchez did you actually go after top quality? Or do you think a thicker squad was more important to Rodgers?
posted on 29/11/14
there really wasn't much top quality to go for
We bid for Costa last year and he told us to fœk off
We bid for Sanchez and he told us to fœk off
Di Maria is miles out of our range financially
Cesc had Chelsea bidding
Welbeck was the only other forward who moved to a bigger club and United don't sell to us
part of the problem is there really wasn't anyone to bid for who didn't have better options
posted on 30/11/14
our midfield and defence should be stronger than last season, and on paper is.
the problem is losing both our regular goalscorers.
yes, we have lambert, borini, and balotelli, but none of them provide the pace of sturridge, or the workrate (and trickery) of suarez.
this has meant our whole build-up play has slown down, and our options to unlock teams are limited.
this has allowed teams to play a higher defensive line against us, and to push more players forward in attack.
this in turn has meant our midfield and defence are under more pressure, by more attackers, than last season, and that pressure is lasting for longer periods.
this is why our defence seems to be so much worse this season.
once we can start fielding a striker with more pace and movement we will start to push teams further back, easing the pressure on us, and giving us more attacking options and goal threats.
then we will start to see that our defence is actually better than last season.
I doubt they'll be any available in jan, but next summer our priority will have to be two top quality strikers, to ensure we don't have a season with this predicament again. price is pretty much irrelevant, we'll lose much more money long term not paying whatever it costs for them
posted on 30/11/14
In the past two seasons we've tried to buy Costa, Mkhitryan, Sanchez and Willian. All would have massively improved us but all felt they had better options.
posted on 30/11/14
yep, but as can be seen by looking at psg, Monaco, machakhala sp??, Chelsea pre CL, man city pre CL,
they will join if you overpay.
so far we have refused to overpay for players, we may have to accept that to get the quality of striker we so clearly need we may have to overpay for a while until we are once again established consistent champions league competitors.
posted on 30/11/14
comment by 19th title coming soon. (U12879)
posted 55 minutes ago
yep, but as can be seen by looking at psg, Monaco, machakhala sp??, Chelsea pre CL, man city pre CL,
they will join if you overpay.
so far we have refused to overpay for players, we may have to accept that to get the quality of striker we so clearly need we may have to overpay for a while until we are once again established consistent champions league competitors.
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No. They will join if they know you will overpay and continue to overpay, meaning you'll have chances of trophies and a lot of cash. Unfortunately for people like you, that can't happen, not that it would with us anyhow, due to FFP.
The players I mentioned preferred to stay or join other clubs, it wasn't a money issue.
posted on 30/11/14
exactly TOOR
overpaying for one will still fail
people need to know that you have a warchest that will overpay and keep on overpaying religiously
that's what Chelsea and City did, now United and Arsnenal have publicly vowed to do