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Of course its a huge possibility say what you want about players moving for money but they also want to play against the best of the best from around Europe every Tuesday and Wednesday night, not the second rate Champions League reject teams on a Thursday, its very very cynical but unfortunately true.
No,this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs.Reality itself is too twisted.
We can't stop here, this is bat country!
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We've been able to keep Reina, Skrtel, Johnson, Gerrard, Agger... etc. through the periods in which we haven't made the top 4. I think Coutinho has been disillusioned before because of changing managers and clubs so much. I'd be very surprised, if we didn't qualify, if he chose to leave to go through all that again, when he said so publicly that it had been a key factor affecting his mentality and form. Not saying it couldn't happen, I just think if a player is content with life at the club, they are not always plucked away by a team slightly above their level.
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We kept Johnson cos we'd never get back the 17 we spent, if a bid came for Reina the last 2 years he woulda been off, Agger to be fair and Gerrard are loyal, Skrtel i think would leave given the chance to. Champions League football beats no Champions League football no matter which club your at.
No,this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs.Reality itself is too twisted.
We can't stop here, this is bat country!
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Considering Coutinho stayed at Inter for so long despite his limited chances showed his loyalty to me. Maybe I am being optimistic past belief. I just think he is a more loyal player. From what I have read, the move to us was the first real time he chose to part with a club because of lack of opportunity. Obviously moving to a top European side as a youngster was a no-brainer for him. He has been on loan, but again to get games. If he is getting games, I think it'll take more than a single season for him to contemplate moving elsewhere.
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We kept Johnson cos we'd never get back the 17 we spent, if a bid came for Reina the last 2 years he woulda been off, Agger to be fair and Gerrard are loyal, Skrtel i think would leave given the chance to. Champions League football beats no Champions League football no matter which club your at. Offers did come in for Reina..If I remember correctly, both united and Arsenal wanted him...
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We kept Johnson cos we'd never get back the 17 we spent, if a bid came for Reina the last 2 years he woulda been off, Agger to be fair and Gerrard are loyal, Skrtel i think would leave given the chance to. Champions League football beats no Champions League football no matter which club your at. We used to keep players because there was still hope we would be willing trophies, however, when it becomes hopeless, the big players would want to leave, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres, now Suarez. Unless we show ambition by buying a few proven very good players, our best players would want to leave, exactly what has been happening at Arsenal.
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I just think there is a lot more to our squad than people on here think, and therefore don't think we're as far away as people believe we are, from competing for 4th. We're miles away, even with a 30 goal a season striker, we still only managed 7th. Yes yes Rodgers has had a whole season to build the squad to play his tactics, but our opponents have also had a full season to learn how to combat against Rodgers' tactics, which is simply to flood the midfield. Face facts, Rodgers is tactically inept and when his Plan A doesn't work, we get beat. He has been overly reliant on a few players this past season, what happens if Suarez goes, Sturridge has a lengthy injury, Coutinho isn't as sharp or hungry, Gerrard is a year older and slower. Our squad on the whole is dire. Add a defender who no one wanted apart from us, 2 Spanish players who don't have any experience in English football and are big risks and a Keeper from Sunderland. It doesn't bode well, especially if the likes of Reina, Skrtel, Lucas go as well as Suarez. My feeling is that we will be lucky to finish in 6th.
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I just think there is a lot more to our squad than people on here think, and therefore don't think we're as far away as people believe we are, from competing for 4th. We're miles away, even with a 30 goal a season striker, we still only managed 7th. Yes yes Rodgers has had a whole season to build the squad to play his tactics, but our opponents have also had a full season to learn how to combat against Rodgers' tactics, which is simply to flood the midfield. Face facts, Rodgers is tactically inept and when his Plan A doesn't work, we get beat. He has been overly reliant on a few players this past season, what happens if Suarez goes, Sturridge has a lengthy injury, Coutinho isn't as sharp or hungry, Gerrard is a year older and slower. Our squad on the whole is dire. Add a defender who no one wanted apart from us, 2 Spanish players who don't have any experience in English football and are big risks and a Keeper from Sunderland. It doesn't bode well, especially if the likes of Reina, Skrtel, Lucas go as well as Suarez. My feeling is that we will be lucky to finish in 6th. I hope you are wrong and if we do not finish at least 6th, BR will have to be sacked, thus we would have lost 2 years.
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Seems to me like our fanbase is a lot more dire than our squad.
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Seems to me like our fanbase is a lot more dire than our squad. We are all doomed
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