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Brewlio's fugly sister
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Top is a humourless cunt. There, I said what everyone else was thinking.
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Steve McManaman-Spastic Extraordinaire.
Just claimed Liverpool have the strongest squad, man for man, in the Premier League. And scousers complain when you call them delusional spacktards.
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First Team Sub
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Football is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom
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Babel - meh Gerrard - Hollywood Mascherano - very good but angry, dirty idiot Kuyt - shite Fatty Dossena- shite Hyypia - old Carragher - shite Arbeloa - meh Reina - meh I'd say that's the worst first XI of any of the Top 4 and their squad players are only marginally better than Arsenal's. |
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First Team Regular
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Belfast,Northern Ireland
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When you compare both teams's first 11 man for man, there's no way their squad is better or stronger than ours. The only player of theirs I'd take to improve ours is Torres, that's it.
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Poster of the year: 2010
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Slightly biased don't you think? |
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First Team Sub
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I'm going to hazard a guess you didn't watch their game against Sunderland then?
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![]() I mean, they're not even close. |
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Poster of the year: 2010
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They do have the worst team of the big four, but their team is fairly close in terms of quality to Arsenal's imo. Arsenal have the much better manager though, which makes an almighty difference. |
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"Ronaldo and trophies > Manchester United football club"
Join Date: Sep 2004
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sorry but the odd player aside liverpool have the shitest squad by quite a bit. No great wingers, so-so backup. Average fullbacks who don't really offer an attacking threat. A midfield that's functional rather then dynamic. Gerrard sure - but he's played all over the shop most of the time.
Chelsea Manchester United Arsenal Liverpool Though it has to be said I wouldn't swap a lot of ours for chelsea's - with exceptions like essien, drogba AND drogba aside ...in terms of strikers they're not that convincing. Anelka blows hot and cold, Shevchenko is about as cold as you can get. McManaman is dreaming |
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First Team Sub
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That's not what I was talking about so much as how meh Reina was, how they played a 442 with Gerrard in centre mid, how shit Dossena was etc which you were arguing against. Benitez also said in his interview that Keane would be playing as a second striker not right wing or whatever.
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Desperate
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Liverpools first eleven is very good, and is capable of challenging for the title. But their squad is weak relative to the other top sides (perhaps excluding Arsenal currently)
The Setanta pundit coverage is dreadful. They also managed to talk with a straight face, declaring the Scouse have clearly concentrated on Europe in recent years, and this year they'll turn their attentions to the league. Erm, no Sherwood and Mcmanamanamanawank, they concentrate on the league they've craved but haven't won for nearly two decades, fall woefully short, then rest their players in the league and progress in Europe... So, in conclusion... IT'S ON You can set your watch by the Scouse boom-bust cycle |
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Poster of the year: 2010
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He had one shot to save and did so.And the comment about Keane only makes me think even more so that Gerrard will play on the wings a lot this season. |
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They looked awful today, their squad depth is awful. Torres is pure class though, and will win them some close games this year like today. But Gerrard is awful in a two man midfield. The only place for him now is on the right wing, a place where he is less effective than in the hole behind Torres. I dont see why they signed Keane, they should have kept Crouch and spent their entire kitty on a player like Ashley Young, Mancini, or Silva, then they would be much more balanced, as it is now they arent and they have no where near the squad depth that United or Chelsea do
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First Team Sub
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Torres - 10 Keane - 8
babel - 7 Gerrard - 8 Mascherano - 8 Kuyt - 5 Dossena - 5 Hyypia - 6 Carragher - 6 Arbeloa - 7 Reina - 7 Average = 7.36 Adebayor - 9 Van Persie - 9 Nasri - 8? Fabregas - 9 Denilson - 6 Walcott - 7 Clichy - 10 Gallas - 9 Toure - 7 Sagna - 9 Almunia - 6 Average = 8.09 Drogba - 9 Cole - 8 Deco - 9 Kalou - 7 Ballack - 10 Essien - 10 Cole - 9 Carvalho - 10 Terry - 8 Bosingwa - ?Let's say 8 Cech - 9 Average = 8.82 though it could be lower as I've no knowledge of Bosingwa whatsoever. Rooney - 9 Tevez - 9 Nani - 8 Scholes - 9 Carrick - 8 Ronaldo - 10 Evra - 10 Vidic - 9 Rio - 10 Brown - 8 VDS - 9 Average = 9 At least that's my reckoning. Obviously likely to be biased but there you go. A significant difference and if anyone would care to do their own amendments I'd be interested. |
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First Team Sub
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I think it was obvious to anyone with half a brain that Evra would probably come good as he needed a proper preseason with us and had already shown his class in the Champions League with Monaco. Dossena is not so obvious. He's had a full preseason and he's a fat, 26 year old no mark who has been awful in every game he's played for Liverpool. |
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Poster of the year: 2010
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Babel - 7 Mascherano - 8 Alonso - 8 Gerrard - 9 Dossena - 7 Agger - 8 Skrtel - 8 Arbeloa - 7 Reina - 8 Average = 7.8 Adebayor - 9 Van Persie - 9 Nasri - 8 Fabregas - 9 Denilson - 7 Walcott - 7 Clichy - 9 Gallas - 8 Toure - 7 Sagna - 9 Almunia - 6 Average = 8.1 Drogba - 9 Cole - 8 Deco - 9 Lampard - 9 Ballack - 10 Essien - 10 Cole - 9 Carvalho - 9 Terry - 8 Bosingwa - 8 Cech - 9 Average = 8.9 Rooney - 9 Tevez - 9 Nani - 8 Scholes - 8 Carrick - 8 Ronaldo - 10 Evra - 9 Vidic - 9 Rio - 10 Brown - 8 VDS - 9 Average = 9 |
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Poster of the year: 2010
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...987790,00.html Clearly Alonso didn't recover fro the knock well enough in time so was only put on the bench, as even Benitez knows he is a much better player than Plessis. It's easy to say in hindsight about Evra but if you type in the name Evra in the Manchester United forum and take a look at the first few threads you won't see many people saying he will come good and had "already shown his class in the Champions League with Monaco". There were plenty of doubters. Don't judge Dossena yet. |
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First Team Sub
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from Redcafe (matchfixing department)
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Poster of the year: 2010
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Benitez was being arrogant?
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First Team Sub
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I bet you lots of hypothetical money that Dossena turns out to be a shit buy. Never be more than a 7/10 barring performance enhancing chemicals intervening. |
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Poster of the year: 2010
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Rio would get a 9.5 too. This would be what it's like:
Torres - 9.5 Keane - 8 Babel - 7 Mascherano - 8 Alonso - 8 Gerrard - 8.5 Dossena - 7 Agger - 8 Skrtel - 8 Arbeloa - 7 Reina - 8 Adebayor - 9 Van Persie - 8 Nasri - 7.5 Fabregas - 9 Denilson - 7 Walcott - 7 Clichy - 8.5 Gallas - 8 Toure - 7 Sagna - 8.5 Almunia - 7 Drogba - 9 Cole - 8 Deco - 8.5 Lampard - 9 Ballack - 8.5 Essien - 9 Cole - 8 Carvalho - 9 Terry - 8.5 Bosingwa - 8 Cech - 8.5 Rooney - 9 Tevez - 8.5 Nani - 8 Scholes - 8 Carrick - 8 Ronaldo - 10 Evra - 8.5 Vidic - 9 Rio - 9.5 Brown - 8 VDS - 8.5 |
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