08 Jun 2015 16:55:10
Allot of people are moaning that we should sign "better" players than Ings and Milner. First off, we had a chance last season to buy "marquee" players and we blew it! Big time! Pundits were saying last season was a fluke and apparently they were right! Secondly, these people want players like Benzema and Higuain to sign, but why would they want to come to a club that consistently finishes between 5th and 7th and not go to a team that can offer them Champions League and vast wages?! Now, I am not saying we shouldn't aim big, but last season was a disaster and we must be more realistic about our expectations. There are more important thing we need to sort out first before we start signing overly expensive players that may or may not work out

1.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 17:30:33
Steph, you've been moaning for days now about how people have been moaning about the signings, yet I seem to recall that you have moaned for months about the manager.

People are entitled to an opinion, just like your own.

Stop moaning!!!!!!

2.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 17:46:43
We are consistently in world top 10 of the financial league on turnover, but have consistently underachieved on the pitch since Benitez reign. We should still be able to attract top quality players and management if we rationalise the finances and focus on squad quality not quantity.Unless Arsenal or Man Utd have an implosion we're realistically fighting for fourth / fifth at best next season. We need an inspired signing up front , someone to come through from the academy in midfield or defence, nick a champions league spot and build from there in 2016/17.

3.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 17:55:05
Realistically, if we're fighting for fourth at the beginning of the season, we will finish in fifth.

4.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 18:05:02
Davey, the manager had 3 years and failed so whatever critique or moaning went his way was justified.There is nothing we can do about the the manager right now, is there? The powers at be have decided to keep him and I will support him! The reason I am moaning is that there are some who are complaining about the signings and they haven't even played a single game! Let them play first and if they don't work out then you can say they are not good enough or whatever!Support them and give them a chance!

5.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 18:27:54
What do you mean "since the Benitez reign". Oh come on! Whilst we all loved the happenings of 2005 we would all be rather foolish in believing that we never had a very decent stroke of very good fortune (not just in the final)! No - we have underachieved for far longer than that and you have to go back to our last league win - which really is the trophy any real fan could look at and assume a consistency to suggest we are the best of a crop! The league it the trophy which really counts for me - don't get me wrong I'd like a trophy of any description but the league tells a real story. No manager has delivered that for well over 20 years of course, and the closest was last season. But none of that is solely a managerial fault - from Benitez, to KK to BR. It's unfortunately a sign of the times that businesses come first unless you are a "don't care what I spend" owner who gets a kick out of playing a real life game of monopoly. Our owners are not!

6.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 18:38:18
You've got to wonder if there's more to come on the back room staff , manager included - strikes me as odd that its gone all quiet on the assistant position . Maybe it's a big name / big personality that's a direct threat to BRs position.

7.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 18:55:08
Can't disagree we were lucky in the final but genuinely during that time I went into games, particularly in Europe, expecting us to win. We also beat some very good teams on the way to that final. Now I go into games with no expectation at all. Unfortunately for us we are a big club financially on a world stage, but there are four domestic clubs now bigger than us. During the period of time since we last won a league title there have usually only been two major competitors domestically. That says to me the major failings have come under previous managers/regimes when there was less competition, and now we have a manager who's learning on the job and owners whoa re also inexperienced in football terms.

8.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 19:55:30
southportbob,i agree with most of what you have said,red tinted blinkers of,you spoke the truth,unfortunately you put your red tinted blinkers back on when you suggest liverpools failure to win the league was not solely the managers fault,but more to do with business since LFC last won the league. LFC where only second to MUFC when it came to spending money on players and only getting knocked down to 3rd and 4th when chelsea and man citys wealthy ownerS came on the scene,although spurs would be well up there as well.you may not like the owners,but you certainly can't fault any of then including H&G as they all supported the team/managers financially.

9.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 19:55:34
Redmissed - don't confuse turnover with gross profit, and don't confuse gross profit with net profit. It's quite easy to have a massive turnover, a massive gross profit and still be running at a loss - just ask Tesco.

10.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 22:13:09
Why do we need to appoint an assistant when the players are on holiday?
No rush, just get it right.

11.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 22:39:53
southport bob ( sounds like a haircut :-) )we was lucky last year too. You need to stop blowing smoke up Brenda's ar*e. Houllier's team went close and had to fight with a good arsenal and a great manc team. Rafa's team was good too just that we had the top 4 teams in Europe in our league. we wasn't under achieving we was mixing it with "great" teams and holding our own. last years team against rafa's 2007 team or Houlliers 2001 Rodgers loses twice ( handsomely too btw)