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Unimaginative, but still pretty good.

He would be AVB MkII, just with more respect from the players. Our squad is just not capable of playing tiki-taka, and Pep is not capable of changing his philosophy. The only clubs he can go to and do that are probably Arsenal and to a lesser extent, Roma. You need an exceptional attack, capable of outscoring nearly any opponent, to play that high line, 3-4-3 shit with one recognised centre back. We don't, and virtually nobody else does other than Barcelona.

Thank fuck. Pep would be a disaster the likes of which we have never seen in football, he'd make Benitez's Inter look brilliant.

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To get 7th place spending that kind of money is brilliant. Moyes would probably win the League if he had the kind of money Liverpool do. 43.5 million over a 6-7 year period, I'd imagine? Liverpool have spent 5 times that in 3 years.

What is this PM campaign? You deleted your TX vote and voted Strike, didn't you?

Well then, that's all done. Battersea it is. Sigh.

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Kalou is a strange one. He does have a huge profile in Africa, and was probably better known to most football fans outside Europe than Mata until 2011. I'd imagine much of the discrepancy comes for strictly commercial purposes. Either that or he has one hell of an agent and Mata doesn't.

Surprising to see we still pay that kind of money.

From that thread: What what what what?! We don't WANT to be your rivals, we never hated you, you started it you thick Scouse plebs! No other club chants "You've got no history at us".

Hi Though as a Catholic I find it easier to identify and support Celtic, not that I hold anything against Rangers

I stand corrected. Damn you, football manager! That changes things. FA Cup line up goes out to 115 million. Lineup with Torres to 141 million. Liverpool have spent: Reina- 8.6 million (according to transfermarkt) Johnson- 17.5 million Skrtel- 6.5 million Agger- 6 million Enrique- 7 million Henderson- 20 million Spearing- 0 Gerrard- 0 Bellamy- 6 million (paid in 2006) Downing- 20 million Suarez- 22.8 million 113 million on that lot, 158 with Carroll and Kuyt included, vs. our FA Cup lineup of 115 million, rising to 140 with Malouda and Meireles included. The only 'big' clubs in England that have spent less than us in a while have been Spurs and Arsenal.

Both wikipedia and football manager say that it was 5 million + Cole for Gallas, not the other way around. I am confuse.

It was our FA Cup final line up. Swap Torres for Drogba and it's still only 16 million pounds more expensive than Liverpool and a good 30 less than the two Manchester clubs.

Even Drogba at his age is miles quicker than van Buyten. Sturridge's largest asset is one that's unnecessary because there's already loads of players that can shit on van Buyten in a sprint. Which brings us down to his weakness: defending, and boy, will we need a lot of that if we are to win this trophy.

Well said, no team in the modern era can get away with completely shattering and rebuilding in one window. The process needs to be at a snails pace, over 3-5 seasons. We've got to accept that, 5 seasons of not always being in a position where we can win 4 trophies, and then watch the rewards of patience flow after that gelling period. Of course, Roman has other plans

This would be us: Cech- 7 million Bosingwa- 16.3 million Terry- 0 Ivanovic- 9.7 million Cole- 0 Mikel- 16 million Lampard- 11 million Ramires- 17.7 million Mata- 23.5 million Kalou- 9 million Drogba- 24 million Which gives us a total of just: 110.7. Cheaper than Liverpool's starting 11, and when compared to most big teams, peanuts. Unbelievable, given we're always stereotyped as "That team that bought its trophies".

No red card for that. That was a bigger travesty than any offside goal at Wembley.

Where's the customary victory speech, TX? Shocking etiquette

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If we let him go, we have to replace his influence with the combined efforts of Torres, Sturridge and Lukaku. Even that may not be enough to replace the most remarkable striker of his generation.

Sturridge wouldn't bother to track even a snail's movement. Torres on the wing is a better suggestion. Or perhaps even *gulp* Malouda.

Is that you, Spike? Looks a bit like Torres, does the bogan.