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I agree it isn't going swimmingly right now. Perhaps we should compare trophies at the end of the season though.

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That was KK's excuse. They're doing so well is why they're not doing very well. :rofl:

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Time for Souness

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Have you got your K's in a twist? Not KK, KD (Lang remembered and soon to be Lang forgotten).

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Personally I think they should dig Paisley up.

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I thought he'd been cremated and his ashes interred on the centre spot.

If this obvious precaution wasn't taken, then all else follows.

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Still ahead of s*nderland. Still happy.

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How enigmatic. Almost everybody is ahead of S*******d.

Do I detect a new Geordie? If so, welcome.

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What gave it away :thumbsup:

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This piece in the Telegraph pretty much sums up the situation; Damning, harsh, and unfortunately, dangerously close to the truth.

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Good article.

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Ouch.

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But the comments make such amusing reading.

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I didn't get that far. I'll look later.

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Liverpool need to figure our what they are doing with the stadium and get that project going if they hope to return to the top. Right now, despite improbably large sponsorship deals (given the current level of success), they are buying players without a track record of success because that's what they can afford without champions league income. If you were grading them for performance in the transfer market they would get a big fat F. When Craig Bellamy on a free is the standout signing, something has gone wrong. Liverpool need to get the stadium issue sorted in order to get the match day income up to the point that they can play at the top of the spending league. However the "moneyball" background of the owners makes that probably an unrealistic hope. Some of the current crop will hopefully grow into their roles and wont appear to be such a waste of money in a few years, but how long is it reasonable to wait?

There was a piece in the Guardian that pointed out that "If Liverpool finish sixth, it will equal or better the best ever Premier League finishing position for Stewart Downing, Charlie Adam, José Enrique, Andy Carroll and Jordan Henderson – a sizeable chunk of the Liverpool squad. While this does not necessarily prove anything, it does temper somewhat the notion that Liverpool are under-performing."

For Dalglish to use tiredness as an excuse with £50M of "talent" he signed on the bench is pushing his luck. Liverpools "bad luck" seems to have become a habit this season too, but while not wishing to totally absolve Dalglish, its worth remembering that Damien Comolli is the guy at Anfield responsible for identifying and signing the talent, and his record at Spurs at best could be described as a mixed bag. I was sceptical when LFC hired him, and I still wait to proven wrong. The problem in part is that footy is not like major league sports, the best upandcoming players generally only wish to play for successful teams, or teams on the cusp of success that are likely to deliver silverware. Without a "draft" system to try and balance out the talent pool, in footy money is key, and success begets success.