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"What Liverpool need to do"

I've been wondering if Liverpool stand a chance of winning the Premiership now that there's been a few changes. I mean, there's always an air of optimism when a new manager comes in. (Looks at Spurs - Jacques Santini and Sean Davies and suddenly it's time for the trophy to be won at White Hart Lane for another season. They're talking of Europe. Here's a tip boys, don't make any tackles. You'll get relegated, but still qualify for the UEFA through Fair Play. Seriously).

It's a bit different with the Pool though, right? All this fuss about £24 million for Didier Drogba and Liverpool have bagged a younger, more internationally experienced striker who's consistently outscored Drogba in the French League for almost half that. You see Real Madrid making any offers for Drogba? No, they've got Raul and Ronaldo, of course. Yet they felt compelled to try and prise Cisse away from Auxerre when he'd given his word to Liverpool. But Djibril's a man of his word, good lad. So we've got him up front. And England's best striker isn't on the blue side of the Mersey. Michael Owen is faster and more clinical than Rooney. He doesn't try and bundle every shot in with a piledriver. He has finesse. He can also control his weight. He doesn't sulk when he gets subbed. He's a better striker. It's a strike partnership equal to Henry and Berkhamp, if you ask me. As for United, Saha wouldn't even have got in the French squad if Cisse hadn't been banned. Alan Smith? Mikey outclasses him in every way. Van Nistelrooy wouldn't score nearly as many if the ref spotted all his 'gamesmanship'. Liverpool are looking good up front. And it's not bad to have the Golden Boot winner sitting in the bench, telling Diao how Karel Poborsky can drink with the best of them.

In net, I'm not sure Dudek, our first choice, is the equal of Howard or Cudicini. But Chris Kirkland is the future England No 1. If he stops injuring his wrist through too much exposure to Stevie's wife, then he'll peform.

I also reckon Sami is one of the best defenders in the Premiership. Stevie Finnan and Riise are superb attacking full-backs. Riise in particular has, I believe, the best scoring ratio for any full-back playing in Britain (correct me if I'm wrong here).

I don't really need to say much about Stevie. Gerrard is better than Viera. And he's loyal, look at Chelsea throwing lots of rubels at him. He's Scouse, through and through, although I reckon it was Carragher sneakily sending those death threats because he needed a drinking buddy and Mikey's mum still doesn't let him out after 9, and Harry Kewell is always diving on the way down to the local.

Can we win the Premiership? No, unfortunately. I've got a lot of respect for Jamie Carragher, but we need a better partner for Sami than him. The midfield needs bolstering too. Didi Hamann would be better limping off back to Bayern Munich while anyone still wants him, and Kewell's too unpredictable. It looks like a good midfield, sure, but another good signing is needed. Benitez needs to do a Mourinho and start nicking players from his old club. Ayala would do the job nicely.

But then again, who knows? If Ant prays nice and hard, Kewell might remember that he was quite good at Elland Road, and then we've got a brilliant attacking winger. If Stevie can replicate last season's form with Cisse and Mikey up front, if Hamann realises that he can still tackle, if Diouf is never ever played, then we've could break into the top 3.

I certainly wouldn't shed a tear for Roy Keane getting munched by Stevie, or Cisse nutmegging Campbell on the way to a hatrick. Could happen...

Anyone got any thoughts bout Liverpool's chances?

i thought it fell through! some legal wrangle about auxerre not liking Roma, and not liking the fee and wanting him to go to england cos we pay more

[URL]http://www.channel2.co.uk/calciolinks/ro.html[/URL]

There you go! Roma's official squad list for next season and he's not on it. Yet prandelli who happened more recently is included.

Yeah, I heard that, but I thought Mexes insisted on Roma. I'll go see if I can find out...

Indeed, you are right.

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3830257.stm[/URL]

Just checked the auxerre site too, my french is a bit rusty but i found his profile and an article saying he hadn't left yet!

[URL]http://www.aja.fr/[/URL]


lol you have to listen to the auxerre intro music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you won't stop laughing of that stryke. It sounds like some cheesy gladiators music!

My speakers aren't working at the moment unfortunately. But you've gotta love cheesy Gladiator style music :)

So if Mexes is still there, and Chelsea have got all the defenders they need, presumably, and Mexes turned Man Utd down...Then I suppose Liverpool still have a chance. Get Cisse on a flight over there...You can work for your new club, Djibril.

Rafa knows it to be true about the Pool having the best strikers.

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/3909405.stm[/URL]

Doesn't Djibril look pretty in his nice red shirt?

[Edit] Quality quote from Rafa on the Liverpool site about transfers. He says he may sign 1 or 2 new players, but "If you have a table with four legs and they are good legs then you don't need another leg."

What a man.

Whats happening with this 60m were supposed to be getting from Thailand, haven't heard anything about it for a while now or has the investment been dropped

Stryke wrote:

Quality quote from Rafa on the Liverpool site about transfers. He says he may sign 1 or 2 new players, but "If you have a table with four legs and they are good legs then you don't need another leg."

What a man.
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I noticed that one aswell; I like the way this guy speaks, he continually stresses the importance of hard work, whereas Houllier stressed the importance of having more Shots on target than the other team.

With Stryke, Virtuoso and Ant, I believe Liverpool fans have the best posting force in this forum.

That's what Rafa would say.