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tie a beef steak to his ar53 and make a rottweiler chase him. that should speed him up...

We will have to be happy with 6th, but actually we all knew 6th would be acceptable at the start of the season. We expected a rough ride, and while maybe no one saw how it would happen we are where we deserve to be. The table doesn't lie. We are better than Bolton, Everton, Sunderland, Stoke etc, the teams just below us, but we are not better than any of the side above us. No one really analysed that though - we were a "club in slumber", but actually we are fully awake and are merely in the process of proving to everyone how much of an embarrassment we have become.

We do not deserve to finish anywhere else than 6th, and judging on our performances in Europe and the pathetic level of our reserves we do not deserve to be in Europe either.

The blinkers are truly off now, and I hope United win the title. If nothing else it will be the final nail that really makes Liverpool look at itself and realize we are a mid table side with title contender expectations but clowns for management. Until all of these things are addressed in a permanent manner we will continue to be the worst of the big clubs.

i agree . Post is spot on.

Gerrard has also had problems with one of his heels. And that's not his stilettos lol

good question carrared . I think it depends when you are comparing to though. At the moment not at all happy with 6th purely because the difference in quality from the 4th team downwards in the league is marginal and any team that had got it's act together would be up there at least pushing for fourth . But the same question asked at the start of the season I would settle for it. Knowing at the time that we had had a complete nightmare and finished 7th the year prior .you have to consider we were butt f%cked for 2 seasons by the yanks and then as Murph said we gave everyone a 6 month headstart. I don't think its necessarily a good thing to say because it is liverpool the team 'should' be up there by virtue of the fact that it is liverpool. This is part of the problem even during benitez's time in charge, but especially since. You have to earn your place in the top 4 , you can't say we are a classy team with good footballing traditions, therefore we should be in the top 4. You have to work hard for it, and clearly there were a number of hangers who are still there (which I can't believe)
At the moment its hard to point the finger at people but its clear there is a need for a big clearout and having our pretensions smashed to pieces might in the long run do us good. When hodgson took over I remember castigating him cos he immediately talked openly about lowering expectations. Not because he had this view but because he blabbed on to the media about it. The team is largely the same as hodgsons, which boasted many internationals, and now we have more in suarez and carrol. Anything less than 6th would be a shambles. Like most fans of lfc who are very patient, the annoying thing for me is when the team looks like they don't fancy it. I am not talking about the game against west brom (as I think with no wingers and losing 2 full backs destroys attacking incentive) but the one with west ham. These kind of games happen, they are less common since hodgson went, but I just hope that they dont happen too often. That will be a true test for dalglish. Someone here said with the addition of 2 players we could challenge for top 4. I think this is true but it would have to be maradonna and a pele to cover up the cracks in our midfield. Overall, I would have grudgingly accepted 6th at the beginning of season, I expected 12th under hodgson midway through his reign of terror at anfield and now I think its a big missed opportunity that we didnt get higher than 6th given the topsy turvy league this season. The long term view is more important . All depends on summer transfers. Will we get the money to spend or not I think we will and if we do then we can start pushing for titles. Even if they are internationals the rabble that we have at the moment, only suarez is looking like a class player and reina is a regular performer. The rest are not bad but none of them exactly make your heart pound when they get on the ball. In brief I think 6th is absoluted minimum to settle for .next season is entirely different. With spending i expect 4th minimum. If they dont get it sack all of them. With no spending you can expect 6th again

Well we all want to be winners and finish top! but in the real world 6th would be good with the ups and downs this season has shown we will do well to get to 6th and ditch that Europa!

It's just a good job we had the balls to get rid of the nightmare hodgson, i dread to think what sort of battle we'd be facing. Mind you he'd have probably got a draw at west brom

couldnt agree more lets be honest were settling for 6th this year simply down to the [oops] circus of roy [oops] hodgson and how far in the [oops] he left us so for king keeny to get us even on the brink of putting up a fight to the death for a europa league spot we should enojoy every min of it for what it is of course saying that were hoping a big big summer of rebuilding and shaping the team gets us back to were we should be and belong among epl elite fighting for the title

6th Means avoiding that dreadful tournament that nobody wants to be in, Id take that.

We should never be happy with sixth and no football fan should be happy with anything but first. Having said that though, sixth this year would be blinding considering the start we had. And sixth could still get us into Europa League which might be a good thing for attracting new players if nothing else.