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I feel over the last week I'm starting to feel like things are starting to get better at the club. Roys appointment is a breath of fresh air after the seemingly endless depression of the last 12 months. I truly feel Rafa was slowly but surely sucking the life out of us.

2 or 3 quality signings (+ keeping Gerrard and Torres) and I believe we can challenge for the title again.

I agree to some degree, I think Hodgeson was the right choice for manager and Rafa was definetly sucking the life out of the club. The comments made by Hodgeson yesterday about Gerrard and Torres hopefully staying somewhat put my mind at ease. I won't be completely happy until we sell the club and make a few good, quality signings. I would love it if we put a strong challenge for the title, but getting in the top four would be a major achievement after what happened last season.

While the optimism is welcome and most of us can feel things changing for the better. I think us challenging for the title next season, regardless of who we bring in, is a little beyond our reach.

I think we'll at least see more passion from the players and that in itself will be enough for me.

Hopefully, Uncle Roy will let the players of the leash a little bit more. Rafa stifled us way too much as if he didnt trust the players. Look at our first 11 and man for man it is as good as any other prem side imho. Let anyone that doesn't want to be here go, replace with players that want to play for the club (dont forget that LFC is still a huge draw), let them go out and play for each other and us and know what that means and we will be just fine

I've always said 2/3 shrewd signings could make all the difference to us. Rafa bought the wrong type of players last summer. I think RH will see things more clearly with a clear head on the situation. Good winger, Left back and a striker/versatile forward player. Jovanovic is a bonus as well. We don't need to break the bank there is value in the market if you look hard enough. If you want to stay british go for Cole, SWP and Warnock - it would not break the bank.

Agreed, there are astute British signings to be had...

I think some of the London-based press who have been beating us up for months, will go a little quiet once the season starts...

I also agree Rafa was suffocating the team. At times last season watching us play was like pulling teeth.

Come on Roy, YNWA

we need to be a bit realistic next season and aim for minimum of top 4 finish anything above that and possibly a trophy will be a bonus.

I think football supporters are natural optimists at the start of the season.

I think at this moment we have a squad to challenge for 4th place as long as we keep our best players.

I'm more concerned of us letting our best players go and replacing them with players are not as good as those that have left.

Until we have a change of ownership our future is bleak.

This sums up the terrible season 09/10.

Under Benitez, we were slipping further & further behind almost to the point of us becoming one of the also-rans. We'd have have been stuck in that rut for decades. Unable to attract quality players, mid-table mediocrity (or worse), lack of trophies, less income in prize money (only TV money from Sky), then unable to attract quality players. There's a pattern there. The only way is up now.