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by **Reds forever** » Wed May 05, 2004 12:44 pm

As we all know this year is a bad season for us,we may be in the 4th place at the end of the season,but the EPL champions points difference with us is about 30pts!!!
thats way to far :angry:

Is he(GH) doin the right thing in managing the players despite all the injuries that we had this season?

does the formula that he use during this season is the most effective one?

by **dawson99** » Wed May 05, 2004 12:46 pm

i think we can alla gree the formula coul be improved, and we can all agree he isnt really doing the right thing... not sure what to say now tho

by **Owzat** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:20 pm

The problem is his buying over the past two seasons. Yes we had a minor injury crisis which has been blown up out of all proportion by some, but the reserves brought in cost £3m or £4m each and should be doing better than they have so far

by **stmichael** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:23 pm

the reserve team we fielded last night cost 27m quid. and none of them have just come back from injury either. that tells you enough about the standard of players like biscan, diao etc.

by **Owzat** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:35 pm

If you take Dudek, Carragher, Hyypia, Henchoz, Finnan, Kewell, Gerrard, Hamann, Murphy, Owen and Baros as the best XI, the reserves would probably be :

Kirkland £6m
Riise £4.6m
Traore £500k
Biscan £5.5m
Otsemobor N/A
Cheyrou £3m
Diao £4m
Welsh N/A
Smicer £4.2m
Heskey £11m
Diouf £10m

I estimate about £40m and what kind of team is it?!?!?!?!

Houllier spent the money on it and complains about injuries when most if not all of that XI was available

by **Redtribe** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:36 pm

I wonder how much chelsea reserves are?

I think much of this season has been down to trying to play a more attacking game with the wrong players i.e defensive ones!
Or players out of position!

I hope that in future squad players are more likely to come through the academy rather the the french divisions!

by **Owzat** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:38 pm

Redtribe wrote:I wonder how much chelsea reserves are?

Probably a lot more but they're certainly better and Chelski are 2nd and not 30 odd points behind Arsenal

They also happen to be (losing) in the CL SF which we're not

by **Owzat** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:39 pm

And how many of Chelski reserves would walk straight into the Liverpool starting XI?

by **stmichael** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:40 pm

if you look at the start of the season the midfield was kewell, gerrard, smicer, diouf. now that's very attacking. and for a while it worked and we were playing some good attacking football.

then as soon as hamann was fit, he walked straight back in the team, kewell and smicer both got injured for a while, and we ended up chopping and changing every week.

we don't have the BALANCE right in midfield, that is the problem.

by **Redtribe** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:42 pm

totaly agree

by **stmichael** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:45 pm

look at manure's midfield in the treble season. giggs, keane, scholes and beckham was the best midfield in europe. you had giggs who was the dribbler, scholes the goalscorer, keane the general and beckham the deliverer.

kewell is our giggs and gerrard is our keane. we need a player who can arrive late in the box and score goals from a central area and a quality right winger with good delivery.

simple really

by **dawson99** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:06 pm

couldnt have put it better myself... so i wont

by **ckay** » Wed May 05, 2004 3:23 pm

stmichael wrote:look at manure's midfield in the treble season. giggs, keane, scholes and beckham was the best midfield in europe. you had giggs who was the dribbler, scholes the goalscorer, keane the general and beckham the deliverer.

kewell is our giggs and gerrard is our keane. we need a player who can arrive late in the box and score goals from a central area and a quality right winger with good delivery.

simple really

Who do you see as the answer?

by **stmichael** » Wed May 05, 2004 3:28 pm

ideally, pablo aimar and andy van der meyde.

realistically, joe cole/steed malbranque and shaun-wright phillips.

by **ckay** » Wed May 05, 2004 3:32 pm

Sound good mate but wil GH have the funds to buy them?

I've heard about the £30 million kitty but i think it's just rumour.

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