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please dont bring me into this

im a bigomist but i dont mind having another b1tch in the house of shunt.

Im guessing Gerrard and Torres know a lot more than me,and when they said 4-5 Top class players were needed i very much doubt they had the afore mentioned in mind?

Hard to say at the moment.

I'm pleased with Cole who is a better player than Benny.

Jovanovic and Riera- well Riera had his days but I'm hoping Jovanovic will be more consistent and he looks physically a lot stronger to me.

A big loss in quality is in central midfield with Mascherano being replaced with Poulsen. Mascheranno is a world class player (though I am very glad he is gone now after his escapades), Poulsen is 30, couldnt get in the Juventus team most of the time and cost us £7m. I think he'll be cover for Lucas...

Wilson is a good young signing.

Sad to see Aquilani go as I dont think he was given a chance and as our squad still lacks depth getting rid of him makes little sense to me. Owners decision me thinks.

However the key issue is can we keep Torres and Gerrard fully fit. Basically they didnt play last season and having them fit will make a big difference. If we do we'll be challenging for a CL spot, if not...

I can believe we still haven't got more cover for Torres, hopefully that will be fixed by the 31st.

And we need a number 3! Though I want to see Kelly play a lot more this season.

I would loan Wilson back to Rangers. Can't see him playing at all this season. He can play regularly for Rangers in Champions League which will be vital experience especially as they have Man Utd and Valencia.

A decent striker is our only really must have before the transfer window closes, we have nothing beyond Torres (Ngog just doesnt look the part), but in other positions we arent as stretched. Sure quality could be better, but it is a new striker, or lack there of, that is going to dictate how this season pans out.

At left back, Kelly can more than do a job there (if Johnson is going to remain at right back). And Arelio (or however you want to spell it) is good enough when fit enough.

Shelvey is the man for the middle, give him a start in the premiership, and that will be the end of Lucas - and the end of the need to sign somebody in that position. Poulson sitting deep, with Stevie and JonJo playing just in front.

At right midfield/wing stick with Maxi - started to play well towards the end of last season and can see him being better this season. I would prefer to see Johnson filling this role, with Kelly at right-back, but can see Hodgson playing him here.

Left is Cole - better than anyone else at the club in this role - and will get down the wing and get into the box to get his share of the goals.

Jovanovic could do a job for us up front - but I see his role as more coming off the bench when we need to get a goal (so wouldnt have figured at all under Rafa! :-) )

We've moved forwards on manager alone.

Rafa's side would have capitulated in the second half at Trabzonspor whereas under Hodgson (who musta given em a kick up the arse) they came out , took the game to the Turks and went through quite easily.

Just look at how Roy handles the media compared to the media handling Benitez at the end of last season - he became a clown figure.

His only slip up so far is letting Aqua go - for me , the guy never got a chance.

Really hate it when people talk about cole playing on the left. He openly said he came to liverpool to play in the centre, he left for footballing reasons. He doesn't want to play out wide. So left not sorted if you sticking cole out there in your head.

Overall, I really strongly believe we have moved backwards. Benny and Riera out, Jova in. Jova is no better than riera and Benny was better in my opinion and also the opinion of the current english champions who stumped up good money for him. As for cole, he is playing aquilani's position so i will compare them, for me, cole is better but we never got to see the best of aquilani. Mascerano for poulsen is a joke. Once again a player the best team in the world at the moment want, and for 20 mill no less, is a [oops] of a lot better than someone who can't get in the juventus team. Absolute bollox all this they are as good as each other, you guys know something all the top managers don't do ya? We WILL miss him. As for wilson, well who knows what the future holds, but he certainly won't be helping us challenge for honours this year. I honestly can't see how anyone can think we have moved anything apart from backwards so far. I just hope something to swing the balance happens before the end of the window.

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