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looking back at out team and squad in 2008-09 we only appreciate now how great a side that was, how did we not win the league???

Reina
Arbeloa Carra Agger Aurelio
Alonso Masherano
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres

what a great side.


also the team of the mid 90's, we had some great sides esp the 96/97 side,

James
McAtear Scales Wright Bjornabye
McManaman Redknapp Barnes Berger
Collymore Fowler

its amazing to think we never won another few league titles, esp the football we player in the 90's

We had a good side 08-09 who overperformed under a amazing system. However if u look at uniteds side thaqt year it was a lot stronger. Van der sar, Ferdinand, Vidic, Nevile, Evra, Giggs,Nani,Ronaldo, Schooles,Carrick, hargreves, rooney, berbatov,tevez. We didnt have that quality or depth but we did push them

Not sure if that mid-90s side is actually that good. It had plenty of stars but it was unbalanced and ill-disciplined

They used to play to a 3-5-2 system, most likely formation
GK James
CB Wright
CB Ruddock
CB Scales
RWB McAteer
CM Barnes
CM Redknapp
LWB R Jones
AM (free role) McManaman
ST Fowler
ST Colymore

And Berger wasn't fully integrated into the side until 96-97 and only really bewcame a permanent fixture under Houllier

Whereas the side of Rafa really was a side capable of winning at least 1 title - and i suspect they would have had they unshackled themselves from Rafa's defensive stranglehold

Another team worthy of mention is Houllier's team of 2001-02

GK Dudek
RB Carragher
CB Henchoz
CB Hyypia
LB Riise
DM Haman
RM Murphy
CM Gerrard
LM Berger
ST Owen
ST Heskey

Again had it been less defenseive minded you imagine it could have picked up a title

We never had consistency, or the steel to win 1 nil away to bad sides. A keane or viera type win these games for ye

James
McAtear Scales Wright Bjornabye
McManaman Redknapp Barnes Berger
Collymore Fowler

Of that lot the only two that were any good were Fowler and Berger. Mcmannaman was hit and miss and Barnes was unfortuntely well past his best then. They did not win the league because they were not good enough. As someone has said above they were desperately short of a midfield enforcer. Up stepped Ince who who was good in his heyday unfortunetly we bought hom on the way down.

Too many Draws.

Collymore talent wise was one of the best players I have ever seen. What a shame he had the brain of a four year old.

I was not old enough to see Redknapp play in his Liverpool days, was he really that good as people say he was.

He was not bad had a great shot on him and did the simple things right, not a great tackler or game leader / enforcer. I would not say a great player certainly a good player. He would get in the team today easy.

oh cool, could you consider him a legend or star of of LFC.