Thanks a lot for the videos. How I missed the time when we had Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun with Torres. Don't forget Sissoko, Crouch, Riera etc too. Liverpool was such a good team, we were..

True man.. Things started to fall apart when we sold Alonso in 2009, without a proper replacement for him. We could have challenged the Premier League properly in 2009-2010 considering how strong the team performed the season before, we just needed some improvement in squad strength, but instead we sold one of the best players in the squad.. Imagine Alonso stayed with us and we got Suarez in the team without Torres leaving.. As much as I respect Rafa as one of the best managers in our history, I just felt he built the team and dismantled it himself piece by piece somehow.. Not sure how long we Liverpool fans have to wait again to see the team challenge the title.

somehow i think joe cole and aquilani should be given the chance to play. both are creative and good players IMHO.

it will be wasted to have both of them and not use them. imagine both can play AM and wing. Very good indeed.

Ive been saying it since forever. No need a club legend to tell u that.

no one can be sure whether KD will eventually bring liverpool back to the heights if he stayed for a few more years, although the same can be said about the opposite. in the end, the owners had only one thing in mind - success. if money is the motivation, the it will be the small trophy that comes with it. i dont see how its a losing situation for the club.

i understand there are a large number of fans who are more sentimental towards the liverpool way etc. even if the owners cannot understand or embrace the liverpool spirit, we, the fans, should never forget it is we who are supposed to uphold the spirit. the club has always been in our hands and hearts, and so it shall be no matter what happens.

the problem is FSG have instant success with boston red sox after he fired the manager after a poor season..

we take boston red sox as an example because i believe FSG apply the same philosophy, after FSG managed to get a new manager in boston they wont the world series 2 years in a row, but the following year they failed to reach the playoff, and then what happen? FSG sack the manager =.= .. the problem with them is they wan instant success and they need the manager to win champions league every year, for me i believe champions league is FSG aiming for and i dun think league title would save our new manager.

@Adryan..how much n how long fer u to get teh new kit? i want Dalglish wan too

but i get a feeling that the next manager who comes in will not have any power in buying and selling players

definitely not the job anyone would take, only those who do it for the sake of money would do it.

Forget Rafa..

How about mourino, josep guardiola, capello, joachim low as some of our forumers most ideal replacement for Dalglish?? 

the best part for me when he talks bout barca philosophy...where world class player not necessarily suitable to the philosophy & he takes Seydou Keita as an example..I think right now liverpool try to emulate that but it will take years to see the result

A long but good read as well. The reason I keep talking about Man Utd is because they have a great system in place which enables them to play almost anyone in the team. They keep losing star players over the years but they keep winning. I seldom get drawn into talks of which player to buy simply because I think it's more important to focus on what type of football we want to play. It isn't about buying the biggest names in the world but rather the right type of player for our brand of football. A system, takes time to implement. Wenger is the other manager who managed to transform a dull Arsenal side into one of the most exciting teams to watch.

Barnes also talks about formations. I think fans are sometimes guilty of taking formations too literally. A 4-5-1 doesn't necessarily indicate a defensive formation. It can easily morph into a 4-3-3 when going forward if you pay attention during matches. Rafa favoured the 4-5-1 and when he was at Valencia, Mista was top scorer one season because although it appeared on paper that he was the lone striker, he had support from the likes of Aimar who would almost play alongside him going forward, and also Vicente and Rufete.

How much is that cost ?
The packaging look brilliant

woo, this is so nice. where you get it from, liverpool club online store?

To be honest I think this whole "English players are crap" stigma is going beyond reason. Whether we made the wrong decision to buy Caroll and Henderson remains to be seen I feel. Henderson has been crap I must admit but he's just on the verge of turning 22. Carroll is a year older and has shown promise in the latter stages of the season. Downing is a mystery. It's more a case of buying the wrong English players but how much would the likes of Lennon, Walcott, Milner, A.Johnson have cost? Consider also the wages they are on. Yes we did splurge on Carroll but does he earn more than any of the four names I mentioned? I really don't know but we do have a wage cap of sorts now. From what I've read, it rose from $20,000 to $70,000 when he joined from Newcastle. Aaron Lennon reputedly earns around $72,500. James Milner is said to earn in excess of $100,000 a week, same as Adam Johnson. So the fault may be in buying English in view of the HG rule, but in terms of which English players to buy, we weren't spoilt for choice.

Having said all that, I refer back I've been saying much earlier about building a system of play rather than concentrating on which big name to buy, whatever the nationality. Given a salary cap, finding good international talent isn't easy either considering that foreign players have the option of staying in their own league and although they earn less, they pay less taxes. Why are salaries so high in England? Because taxes are around %50. How much would we need to play a top player like Mata in comparison to Downing? Suarez was a gamble that paid off. He wasn't on the A list of players mentioned but he's turned out to be a gem. However for every gem, there is a lump of coal. Look at all the failed foreign players we've signed over the years. Traore, Cheyrou, Biscan, Camara, Nunez, Josemi, Krompkamp, Song, Diao, Diouf, Baros, Cisse, Morientes, the list is longer than failed English players.

Unfortunately, the new gaffer, just like Kenny, won't be afforded the time to implement such a system. He won't have time to try and test it. It will either work or it won't. Fergie uses English and British players, he always has been. Gary Neville, Wes Brown, David Beckham, Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Johnny Evans, Phil Jones, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand just to name a few. Half of these blokes would look average in our side but because he's been given the time to develop a method of play, the team looks good despite losing big names. This is what I would like for us to strive and emulate hence my constant call for patience. Unfortunately however, time isn't something we have anymore.

http://www.koptalk.co.uk/201204214418/Live...rt-downing.html

" Reports today claim that Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish turned down the opportunity to sign Juan Mata in favour of Stewart Downing purely because he was British.
*Sources close to former Reds director of football Damien Comolli claim that the Frenchman was frustrated at Dalglish's insistence on chasing British players rather than foreign imports that can often be more cost effective.
One report today claims: 'Comolli feels that the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad.
'For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard's representatives. Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million.'
During that transfer window, KOPTALK continually maintained that Mata was up for a move to Anfield and that his father had met and spoken with the Reds on several occasions. Juan Mata Senior - who is also the player's agent - had commented how his son was in awe of Liverpool's history and status as one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Despite big-money offers from other clubs, we believe Liverpool had a real chance of signing the player, which is why we were adamant about our chances.
* When reports say 'sources close to..', this is often actually the person at the centre of such reports who is commenting off-the-record. In this case for example, this could be Comolli himself, although there is nothing to suggest that is the case."
Seems like Mata was keen on joining us as well. Of course these are just rumours and we can't 100% believe it but if it's true, We missed a big player, one that is MUCH better than Downing. He could have been the star for us. Anyway, I hope this is not true. 

Totally agreed with the above comments.
Whoever is in charge of the Reds should implement a system like what SAF has done for ManU, or PG for Barcelona. The players in these 2 clubs play according to their "system" and if without the key players, the back-up players also can filled the void.
I do not see the Reds play in such a way.