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OK, you picked up on a couple of key words. I didn't mean allround 'doom', but some do seem to relish in it.

Maybe not a 'miracle' but a fantastic acheivement considering how far we were off the pace last season, and that we spent the majority of our budget on a CB we arguably don't need.

Who do people think we should be over-taking? Top 4 is the most competitive it's ever been.
Spurs spent 85m and lost one player. Arsenal were already better and bought Ozil. For me, if BR gets us above City or Chelsea, it would be a 'miracle'.

I actually thought we had a stronger bench yesterday, though Arsenal had Walcott and Chamberlain missing. But... how many of our starters can be considered top 4? Not too sure anymore given SG's decline.
We don't have many players who can change a game, esp across the midfield.

I'd like to see Allen given a go, and Alberto maybe. At least Coutinho's back to supply the front two but we still need that winger.

As for Jan, Spurs spent nothing in the summer thanks to Bale so must have cash, Arsenal have said they have money. City/chelsea can spend at will. Moyes will be desperate to spend something.

Hopefully we can grab a couple players, I just don't think the target should be 'get to Jan, then we'll be alright'.

I'm not sure if anyone relishes it. Some do have an opinion that BR is not the right man and performances like yesterday give them the opportunity to make their point.

I don't think achieving top 4 would necessarily be a fantastic achievement either. if we sneeked in there just because Chelsea or others drop points then sure we'd take it, but it wouldn't all have been down to BR and his coaching team.

BR has had 3 full transfer windows now. Successes: Sturride & Coutinho. The rest have either failed, haven't succeeded yet or weren't people we needed right now: Borini, Allen, Illori, Cissokho, AspAs, Mignolet, Sakkho, Alberto. The balance sheet isn't looking too good at the moment.

I agree, 'get to Jan, then we'll be alright' shouldn't be the way to go about things. But we messed up in the summer and getting to Jan with what we have and then pushing on from there with the help of new signings is now a key part of our strategy for this season and to keep players like Suarez for next season.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footb...gs-8849054.html

I'd also add Toure and keeping Suarez to the list of successes. Agree mostly with the rest of it, though I don't think Cissokho can put put in the 'not needed right now' group given that everyone was crying out for competition for Enrique, and to a lesser extend i'd argue the same with Sakho.

Happens when buying in the sh1te end of the market.

Indeed it does. Many of these players we might just as bought from non league clubs as they are just filling squad numbers

Top 4 is surely the aim

We are on track for that normally we are out of it by November. My heart says yes but my brain definitely no. I think we will finish 6th

Yeah, the fact that Rodgers wanted the likes of Diego Costa and Mkhitaryan is some comfort, perhaps he is the man to get fsg to go for world class players.

Hopefully but John Henry is the man who signs the cheques

This is the most depressing lfc forum there. So many doom mongers on here its not even funny. Lets be realistic nobody on here expected us to be joint 2nd after 10 games and the ones who did were probably ridiculed by the rest.
Im delighted with the start we have had and think brendan rodgers has done an unbelievable job so far. What do you guys want really?? Sometimes i think people on here want liverpool to lose.