tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post4898347671654207740..comments2023-12-22T01:47:49.178-05:00Comments on oh you beauty: Why Can't Everything Be Like Last April?natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043601945557998732noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-46179974343399545192012-03-06T01:22:17.115-05:002012-03-06T01:22:17.115-05:00just curious nate, when are you getting off the ca...just curious nate, when are you getting off the carroll wagon (barstool). let me know when that occurs, ill start reading again.rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-66765587171239236252012-03-05T16:10:02.492-05:002012-03-05T16:10:02.492-05:00What a very well-thought out and composed post, I ...What a very well-thought out and composed post, I agree with Edward entirely. I think a lot of how this season will be perceived is just how quick fans can be to accept that things could be a fair bit different with a handful of cherry-picked crossbars and goalposts bouncing in rather than bouncing out...shame Lucas had to play (outstandingly, mind) twice in 48 hours leading into his injury, I think I will have a hard time forgetting that one.<br /><br />TimCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-16167135120089522132012-03-05T12:17:16.364-05:002012-03-05T12:17:16.364-05:00"But Liverpool also gambled when paying £10m ..."But Liverpool also gambled when paying £10m for Alonso, taking West Ham-outcast Mascherano on an expensive loan, and breaking the club transfer record on an unproven-outside-of-Spain Torres."<br /><br />First, excellent write up but to call the acquisitions of Alonso, Masch & Torres gambles is a bit of the mark. Astute is more apt. When a manager spends spends over 20 million on a player, it ceases to be and cannot be a gamble. That player must be proven to deliver. Pure promise doesn't cut it. Take City: Aguero, Balotelli, Dzeko, Tevez weren't potentials. They came with a reputation. We might snicker at Man U for paying through the nose for Berbatov but he still delivers when he gets off the couch in a good mood. Of those we purchased, Bellamy & Enrique were proven and have rightly lived up to their tags. The team badly needs at least 5 more players. Proven to be exact. When Benitez's purchases are gone, i shudder to think how our bench will compare to other teams.<br />The Carling Cup win papered over the cracks but the problem was glaring: a championship team largely outplayed us and only cruel luck ended their spirited challenge.dReXlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322224256296673469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-14811532444947333252012-03-05T12:02:23.463-05:002012-03-05T12:02:23.463-05:00Thanks for the level-headed thoughts, nate. I have...Thanks for the level-headed thoughts, nate. I have nothing to add that hasn't been said. Come back soon Lucas. YNWA.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-21832565722937437492012-03-05T09:39:53.891-05:002012-03-05T09:39:53.891-05:00We have a program when King Kenny came in in Jan 2...We have a program when King Kenny came in in Jan 2011.<br />-Program 1;- Fourth spot is our goal which we MUST achieve this season<br />-Program 2;- Next season we will be fighting for the title of which 2nd spot is the ultimatum.<br />Whether we get the first program(4th spot) or not in May, that does NOT mean program 2 will be rescheduled or re-programmed.Next season 2012/2013 we should be fighting for the title whether we achieve program 1 or not.That is our goals.<br />Now with the calibre of players we hbought last summer,I am still in doubt if program 2 will be achieve if KK still plays the likes of Hendersen,Downing and neither replaces of add to Carrol.I think everyone will agree with me that if we finally get the 4th spot comes May,players like Hendersen,Downing and maybe Carrol are not worth the Champions League status.Adams can play the CL IMO but I still doubt the former trio.That wise we still need to buy a striker and some midfielder(s).<br />As of now I wont join those calling for King Kenny's head for i believe he will soon(est) come to his senses and reason that we cant detrimentally be building Hendersen and forgo the CL spot as Rafa did with Lucas.<br />In conclusion if I were KK with my limited brain I will return with those we had when he came in in Jan 2011 till May 2012 for IMO the summer signings including Carrol have changed our tactics likewise scoring chances.<br />Thank YouMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-29172339692962759522012-03-04T23:01:04.333-05:002012-03-04T23:01:04.333-05:00still feel so different when liverpool not in cham...still feel so different when liverpool not in champion leagues<br /><br />champion leagues : should attract more "interesting" players. more revenue. champion leagues will give u feel something different even though were still not epl champion. right now we already not been there almost 4 years. every body will look at us when we play there.<br /><br />and of-course we like to hold on 19th epl champion :) (but this is should be more patient)<br /><br />the problem is that our king/management buy expensive player but not showing result that we hope.<br /><br />if andy carroll, henderson, downing cost each almost 10m, people will not say something bad. <br /><br />most likely players below than 10m showing unexpected interesting result like adam, bellamy and (if there are players i forgot to mention).<br /><br />people already comparing lucas phenomenon. form zero to hero. but lucas price tag is half less than 3 flops that i mention above.<br /><br />and yet our king still using them with same position. from my view our king already favour expensive british talent (and yet there not so much talented compare to other players)<br /><br />sorry for my long comment;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-6367794150569354232012-03-04T22:28:37.095-05:002012-03-04T22:28:37.095-05:00If you change manager every bloody season you will...If you change manager every bloody season you will win fuck all.<br /><br />Dalglish is a decent manager and deserves more time, not because he is a legend, but because it is the sensible thing.<br /><br />People calling for his head look around and look at the league, the managers who progress with their teams are the ones who get given time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-51736527583850166022012-03-04T17:03:37.829-05:002012-03-04T17:03:37.829-05:00@Purify
John O'Shea, Silvestre, even Fletcher...@Purify<br /><br />John O'Shea, Silvestre, even Fletcher for a lot of his career weren't great players. As much as I hate giving him credit, Sir Alex built a team by buying young and buying players that build chemistry. If it was simple, he wouldn't be a remarkable manager. That being said...i do hate him.Elwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057308934705876637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-77722947404579579512012-03-04T16:13:27.291-05:002012-03-04T16:13:27.291-05:00Sign crap players, get crap results. Sign better p...Sign crap players, get crap results. Sign better players, get better results. It's very simple.<br /><br />Dalglish has made signing these poor players even worse by playing them out of position: Adam is not a defensive/holding midfielder and Henderson is not a winger. Play them in their natural positions. That's simple, too.<br /><br />Then sign quality players at the positions they're in now in midfield. It's not rocket science.purify_the_bodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-48083098517577073312012-03-04T14:17:28.138-05:002012-03-04T14:17:28.138-05:00I think today's firing of AVB over at that oth...I think today's firing of AVB over at that other team in transition really underlines the main point: you can't completely overhaul a team in nine months no matter how much money or talent you have at your disposal. I flail my hands and gnash my teeth in frustration as much as the next person but I agree completely that these things take time. <br /><br />Look at City: it's taken them years of recruitment and gazillions of pounds to build a team that is only <i>now</i> challenging for domestic titles and European championships (and it may be several more years of patience and investment before they win in Europe). I don't know any City fans because they don't seem to exist outside Manchester, but I wonder if their fans were as obsessed with the Instant Results Now™ approach during their transition as LFC fans are this season.Elizabethhttp://killsmedead.comnoreply@blogger.com