The Toon Army / EPL thread
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I'm glad Iain isn't online much at the weekend.
I think otherwise that when I mention that Liverpool had another disappointing result today, my status would be in jeopardy.
Hopefully he'll have calmed down by Monday, and hopefully Toon will have increased the gap by then too.
I think otherwise that when I mention that Liverpool had another disappointing result today, my status would be in jeopardy.
Hopefully he'll have calmed down by Monday, and hopefully Toon will have increased the gap by then too.

#3026
This piece in the Telegraph pretty much sums up the situation; Damning, harsh, and unfortunately, dangerously close to the truth.
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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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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.
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.
Last edited by iaink; Mar 26th 2012 at 2:31 am.







, here's the top ten rearranged for points per game (perhaps there is a reason academics have post grad students to do things for them
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