Seriously, we won't have to fear Liverpool for a while now. This just shows that they finally accept the level they have reached. They have become a midtable team and no above-average European player will even consider joining them until they get themselves back into the Champions League. No decent European manager would have considered them either, except for that fat spanish waiter. Also, seems like I'm the only one but I was more worried when Roberto Martinez was the favourite. Brendan is a good manager, but the state the club is in I don't think he can bring them top 4. I didn't fully understand what dropping out of the CL could do to a club but we just have to look at Liverpool's situation. Thank fuck for RDM, Drogba and the rest. We're chasing Hulk & Hazard, 1 year ago Liverpool were chasing Downing & Henderson and the calibre of players on their shortlist will hardly improve by much.