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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?

Stryke wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
> Virtuoso wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
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> More like El Hadji
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> Ok ok Gerrard then
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> It's Diao, Hamman, or noone! :D
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> Give me Kewell and we'll call it quits
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> You fall over and cry when you've run for 20 yards, do you? :)

LOL Baros or Gerrard then

Anonymous wrote:

LOL Baros or Gerrard then
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I took Gerrard in the Annual....player-taking... awards?


*ahem*

Aye, that's where I got it :P

You can take Baros, I can live with that.

I'll take The Stevie honours. Virtuoso can have Mikey. Ant...well, it just screams Bruno Cheyrou :)

Stryke wrote:
> You can take Baros, I can live with that.
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> I'll take The Stevie honours. Virtuoso can have Mikey. Ant...well, it
> just screams Bruno Cheyrou :)

Suppose you have a 'ashely' spot open for him

Stryke wrote:

I'll take The Stevie honours. Virtuoso can have Mikey. Ant...well, it just screams Bruno Cheyrou :)
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Ehhhhhh :D

Oh, and incidentally, boys. If we're looking for another quality midfielder who can defend and attack and isn't too costly and has won the Champions League and perhaps demolished Holland with the best goal I've ever seen...

I'd love to see Maniche walk out to the Kop chanting his name.

Wasn't he being touted by all the big clubs after his Euro performances? If so, how come it's all suddenyl died down again.

I agree though, he'd be a welcome addition. Thing is, I haven't seem too much of him apart from the Euro's.

In regards to who gets Gerrard; I think I'm best suited, he was born and lives closest to me :D

He's awesome on Pro Evo 3, so I watched him all through Porto's campaign. He scored two awesome volleys in the quarter final.

Yeah, Madrid were going to move for him if the other guy had won the presidential elections, but Perez won and is very kindly going to take Viera off Arsenal's hands :) If Liverpool can afford it and Maniche wants to come, it should be done. He's one of the best.

Virtuoso wrote:
> In regards to who gets Gerrard; I think I'm best suited, he was born
> and lives closest to me :D

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I'll toss a coin for it. I called tails. And, would you look at that? I won. Bad luck, Igor Biscan ;)