I remember a time when some teams had standout players and did well, but for Liverpool it hasn't been that way. We won the Champions League with barely any strikers and it seems like having a stand out striker costs us in the long run because when they leave due to us not adding equal quality others don't want to stay. . When Torres left, we lost a bunch of other players right after and now Suares left people are sniffing around what's left and they won't renew. Maybe we should be buying a team of players as good as Henderson, Coutinho and Sterling to keep them here... but not another Suarez type world class player because when they get tempted away we'll lose half our squad again. I'm saying no average players with a couple of greats and an excellent player, we need a group of players that are good that nobody stands out to improve teamwork. I'm not convinced by Rodgers signings as they haven't brought balance to the team I'd hoped for.
Very weird post TBH.
We've always had stand out players in our successful years. Now we have none. And so we aren't successful.
Your comment about not buying top players is like saying "I'll never go on a date, in case she leaves me some day".
If we don't buy top players, we won't win things. And we won't have the regional, nationwide and international fans or the revenue that they give. In short, Lpool will die cease to exist as anything more than a parochial little local club with the odd day tripping grand-dad failing to convince his grandson to support "the storied brand that was once the great Liverpool".
Football is about people. Have the best people, and you are the best team, the best instution.
Become a selling team (I wont even use the phrase "club" because we are no longer a football club thanks to the tw*ts) and you are nothing, just also rans.
Many fans have jacked it in to be replaced by fans drawn in by the pr guff. Especially on the Net.
But this really is a crisis time. If I walked away tomorrow, I can't say I would miss the parody that used to be Liverpool Football Club.
You can't build a good team with all average players. You need leaders, entertainers, goalscorers, heroes. Thats what ALL our good teams were about. Whether it was the Shankly, Paisley, Rafa, Ged, Fagan, even the Suarez era.
Refuse to do that and we are simply an Everton or a Villa or a Newcastle, just with bigger rip off ticket prices.
Liverpool FC? Or Downsize Brand Ltd?