re: OFFICIAL Liverpool FC 2014-2015 Season Long Thread

I think its unlikely he comes but I can guarantee you we're inquiring.

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I understand we can't spend as much as the four teams above us currently and expansion won't change that position

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The increased revenue will def help, esp with ffp. City could be on the downfall the next few years.

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This club has always punched above its weight class which is one of the reasons a lot of us gravitated toward LFC and didn't just follow the part time sheep to United.

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You need to learn your history and do some research brother.

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I think you can make a case for that last season, but we've underperformed this decade, by and large... Actually, since the inception of the EPL, though we've had nice runs during that time were we are on the verge ('05 and possibly '07 being big exceptions)... I think Rafa could have been the guy, but it's all about timing and he had to live with awful owners...

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I was talking about the whole scale of the club, his jab at United fans being part time is laughable anyway. If you make a statement like that you better back it up with some facts.

Liverpool last year punched above its weight but in general his statement is off by a long shot. Liverpool in the 70's and 80's was the biggest club in England by a long shot and the most wealthy. They bought who ever they wanted, even if he is a post 2005 Pool fan they did not punch above the clubs weight with its European success during the Rafa era. The club was paying big wages and like we have talked about before Liverpool has spent more money on transfers than United since the Premier League started. For starters they broke the transfer record for a British player with Carroll and back in the 90's paid 350k for Jamie Redknapp at 17 making him the most expensive teenager in english history at the time.

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On a side note, I hope it isn't true that we bid £7.2mm for Kovacic.

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o wow

I think right now it comes down to getting the right manager. Players might just not want to play for BR, he has a sit down with Depay and then boom doesn't get him.

I know its beating a dead horse but Klopp is the guy you need but it comes down to timing. Probably why we didn't get him either. The next few years will be interesting if City can hang on bc they can't spend like gang busters and are already having issues with home grown players. Its about to be put up or shut up for the youth academy, if they slip Liverpool need to assert itself in their spot esp with the increased revenue about to flow into the club. It will make much more match day revenue than City and when it comes to real sponsors they blow City out of the water already. But City is sponsored by its owner.

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Not saying the first part isn't true, but Depay is a terrible example.

If LvG wanted him, there was no way he was going anywhere other than United

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I mean he did fly to meet with Liverpool. PSV did say it came down to the player bw United,PSG and Liverpool. So clearly LvG had the inside track.

But BR can't land big names

Oh we were clearly interested despite what BR said. Sure we definitely need a striker, but there's no way we don't make the move I don't think.

But like I said, it didn't matter as soon as LvG showed genuine interest. No way he would've picked anyone else because of his relationship with LvG

2005 we DEFINITELY punched above our weight in Europe. 2007 we vastly underachieved. What was lost in the glory of the miracle comeback was that we were one of the largest underdogs in the history of the tournament in that final. We weren't supposed to even make it out of the groups. Its a testament to Rafa.

Ironically in 2007, Milan and LFC reversed rolls. We were the heavy favorites and Milan were the underdogs.

I will say though, on the large in the PL era, we've vastly underachieved. Especially in the 90s.

If you're in Nola you should come to Finns to watch the games. We have a pretty big regular group there every weekend. Generally it'd be packed for the game tomorrow but we have nothing to play for and its mother's day. I won't be able to make it but I'm sure a good bit of the crew will be there.

We have a Nola supporters Facebook page also that's pretty active. Join up. Its all the expats and locals that watch at Finns.

Starting XI: Mignolet, Johnson, Lovren, Skrtel, Can, Gerrard, Coutinho, Henderson, Lallana, Sterling, Lambert.  

Subs: Ward, Toure, Moreno, Lucas, Allen, Ibe, Sinclair.



I have no clue what the subs are about... None of our typical strikers. Is Lambert playing the whole game?