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I perosnally think

1LB
1CB
1RW
1LW
1CM
1CF

Also Sell:
Koncensky
Soto
Degan
Poulson
Jovanvic
Cole (maybe)
Ngog
Maxi ....(maybe)

Agree with everything bar selling maxi. He's a good squad player that can push for the 1st 11 when on form like he had been

For me with no Europa Legaue next season I don't think we need as many new players. Especialy considering the fact we are using youth a lot and the fact we're not going for title so the big name players won't be happy being on the bench for potentialy 10-15 games a season.

1LB
1RW
1LW
1ATTMID
1CF

Sell:
Koncensky
Soto
Degan
Poulson
Jovanvic
Cole
Ngog
Darby
Insua
El Zhar
Aquilani

Keeping our 3 main cb's I'd promote Kelly to cb/rb with Wilson having 4th Cb position.
Flannagan and Robinson as spare full backs and spearing with Shelvey for spare cm/dm's.

The moves in and out if completley done will result in our squad being +1 player 1st team wise of the current first 18 with the weaker players in the first 18 being replaced by better quality.

I strongly disagree with you mate.

How do you know we are not going for the league next season? If thats the case than I will stop supporting this club, every year whether we are good enough or not we target the league, its ridiclous to say we are not targeting it.

Secondly you mentioned we don't need many new players especially since we are not in Europe, another point I disagree with. Lets not forget we are also in the FA cup and League cup and I am getting sick of playing our youngsters and losing out to Nottinghim and Barnsley and who ever. I want a strong squad that can challenge for the 3 different competitions simultaneously and with the current squad we have, its barely good enough for the league cup only. We need more players, we need depth and I can tell you to compete with our rivals we need atleast 5 or 6 players ATLEAST to get a decent squad that can be rotated to compete for those competitions. I want liverpool to do well in those cups and not only the league, I want us to win the league cup, I want us to win the Fa Cup and as I said, with this squad we will not stand a chance because our top players cannot keep playing in all those different competitions and still surviive the wholse season.

Thirdly the big name players who don't stand sitting on the bench can fk off as far as Im concerned. Look at the other teams around us and you can see big names on the bench whether they like it or not. If they want to play for Liverpool, they have to understand that they can't play all the time including Gerrard and Carra who seem pretty safe whether they are in form or not but I hope kenny will change this.

Spot on, Snakeye. I primarily disagree with 2 things in our squad:
1. Not enough in number. Look how desperate we were in the latter half of this season when we had injury trouble that most top clubs would have weathered without needing such measures as giving 6 or 7 starts to an 18-year-old, who while good hadn't pushed the players ahead of him out the way on merit alone (ala Gerrard, Owen, Fowler, Carra at that age).
2. Too many squad players. This is a squad of reserves - about 65% should be competing for places on the bench, not be automatic starters. Best example is Skrtel, who played every minute of the EPL despite being our 3rd best CB, a level in the hierarchy that flatters him.

We must buy quality players, and let our reserves/youth fill up the squad player roles where we lack depth.

For your first point I meant as in the players we are going for are going to be quality and not quantity players, with that I expect they'll be leaving clubs who are probably at a similar or better level than lfc at the moment, e.g Hazard won title and cup and has champ league next season same with Gervinho. Also Mata will be in champ league next season if he stays, similarly Mccarthy may not play too often and may stay for another season for more 1st team experience, while players at other foreign clubs will most likely be in Europa Legague or champ league next season and won't move to us till we show better progress.

However imo I doubt that will happen with the majority of players we want bar the odd top player or two e.g Hazard, Lukaku, Aguero.

For your second point the fa cup doesn't overlap with current fixtures meaning we don't get extra games at rubbish dates right before or after league matches unless of course we draw the game and have a replay. For the League cup you can assume roughly for the whole cup run to reach the final you'll have a minimum of 2 easy cup ties due to the amount of lower ranked teams in the draw. With that in mind our youth in addition to 5-6 of the quality players we are due to buy to replace the dead wood would be a match for any team bar away from home aginst premier league and against the top 10 in the league.

For your 3rd point I agree and disagree, I too don't want players who don't want to be at our club, but the players we are after are top top players not the likes of Maxi or Joe Cole anymore. If we want the top 4 the players we must sign have to be a calibre highier than the likes of Joe Cole and Maxi, in a addition to the fact they'll be on reasonable wages not high like City and Chelsea but maybe as low as Spurs 50-60k a week max. And you have to ask yoursleves would Hazard, Mata, Suarez, Meireles, Carroll young be happy being on the bench for 15-20 games a season. What if a player is on top form would the other top player be happy being benched for 5 games in a row.

In our current team I count 20 players who should be in 1st team squad next year, that inc foreign and home grown players. Granted we need obvious strenghten in certain positions but only a possible 4-5 at max for the current next season. If we did have some form of European competition next season then I would agree with the extra bodies but we can always buy world class players next season when we do get a European compeition and thus not have to remove anyone else from the squad.

Priorities next season should be the same as Man City's were this season:
(1) top four league finish
(2) win a domestic cup

If we achieve this i would be happy, then next season should be
(1) challenge for league title (at least top 2 finish)
(2) win a domestic cup
(3) reach knock out stages of champions league

Following season:
(1) win the league
(2) win domestic cup
(3) finish later stages of champions league

following season:
(1) world domination

LB, RW, LW, ST and if theres any money left over then a CB

Step 1: Steal underpants
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!

i guess so but still we signing marvuew if reports are to be belived our wage bill is over 100million a year and once the fincail fair play rules come in...ouch/...