A lot will depend on the development of Sterling and Coutinho
I think Ibe as well, his pace and power could be of real use this season and I wouldn't be surprised if he was given a chance this season, especially if he excels throughout pre-season.
A lot of people are saying about the loss of Suarez and an "aging Gerrard" but come on people. We have the second top scorer from last season who was playing brilliantly both with and without Suarez alongside him and was winning us points on his own at the start of the season! Along with Hendo who is starting to turn into a quality player and then there is Sterling who has been incredible where ever he has played. We have a lot more reasons to be optimistic than we did a year ago.
We may have lost Suarez but we have Sturridge, Sterling, Coutinho, Hendo and Ibe who are all young and could make a real impact next season. In the mix with Markovic and hopefully Lallana would carry over his form from last season. Not to mention we are still going to make more signings. We may have lost Suarez but at the same time we are getting a much better balance to the squad. We scored 101 goals in the league last season, Suarez got 31 of them, that means we had another 70 goals spread throughout the team!
It's going to be harder next season, of course it is, but that's why we are getting more depth to the squad and I am starting to feel as though Rodgers is starting by getting in this side of the team and is then gearing up to make one, possibly two major signings that will really show our intent and possibly eclipse the money we paid for Carroll.
What is for sure though, is that he needs to deliver a cup next season because our cup runs haven't been good enough.
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