The Platypus
14 years ago
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José Mourinho basically just denied any Mata rumours in his press conference.

And at the same time he's confirmed that Chelsea are in for Willian.
Dutton
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Oscar, Hazard, Mata, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Moses and Willian fighting for 3 places.

Add to that Lampard, Mikel, Essien, Ramires, van Ginkel and Chalobah fighting for 2 places.

Someone's gotta go.
The Platypus
14 years ago
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Chalobah and Moses probably out on loan.

Don't know how that works with the homegrown thing, though.
Ninja
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Reckon the plan might be to drop De Bruyne (possibly Oscar as well) back and develop them as deeper midfielders, Mikel to leave, as well. It's still over kill, though.

Whatever happened to Romeu as well? He started off decently.
Shola
16 years ago
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Can Willian play as a CF?

Seems amazing that Chelsea are going into the season with so many AM's, but no top, proven striker.
Julian.
11 years ago
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Liverpool fans are annoying as fuck now that Willian chose Chelsea over us
Telegram Sam
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Your team maybe stronger but your squad is piss poor.

What the fuck has changed from last season, where we finished twelve points ahead of you?

We've lost no one of note, you still might lose Suarez and the likes of Aspas, Toure and Alberto are average players that aren't going to take you to the next level.
King Luis
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What the fuck has changed from last season, where we finished twelve points ahead of you?

We've lost no one of note, you still might lose Suarez and the likes of Aspas, Toure and Alberto are average players that aren't going to take you to the next level.


You've spent all of the off season crying about how poor your squad is and if you get any injuries you have no first team players to step in, now your saying your squad is fine. Make up your fucking mind
Dutton
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Toure was ace towards the end of last season and I doubt you've even seen Alberto play so I don't know how you can say he's average.

Aspas is certainly better than average too, from what I've seen anyway.
Telegram Sam
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You've spent all of the off season crying about how poor your squad is and if you get any injuries you have no first team players to step in, now your saying your squad is fine. Make up your fucking mind

No, you mong, I've been complaining how our squad isn't good enough to compete for the title not that it's not good enough to deal with a feeble challenge from Liverpool. We need more players to close the gap between ourselves and the top three, as well as making sure Spurs don't overtake us. We were twelve points better than you last season and this window has changed that deficit.
Telegram Sam
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Toure was ace towards the end of last season and I doubt you've even seen Alberto play so I don't know how you can say he's average.

Aspas is certainly better than average too, from what I've seen anyway.

Toure is a good defender but in my eyes a pretty much like-for-like for Carragher who also had a good season last year. Aspas is a decent striker as well but is he really going to have much of a chance to play/ have much of an influence when Suarez is back? I doubt it.

I could be wrong about Alberto but it's not exactly a star name. If Liverpool had landed one of Willian or Mkhitaryan then I'd be somewhat concerned, but I don't see what has changed this summer that can close a twelve-point gap.
Crane
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TS is such a little bitch.
King Luis
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Its funny, TS goes on about Liverpool fans living in the past and being in denial but Arsenal aren't in a much different place to where we were a few years ago.
Telegram Sam
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We have our own problems as a club but we have not fallen in the same way that Liverpool have.

TS is such a little bitch.

I'm devastated you think that.
Dutton
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Toure is a good defender but in my eyes a pretty much like-for-like for Carragher who also had a good season last year. Aspas is a decent striker as well but is he really going to have much of a chance to play/ have much of an influence when Suarez is back? I doubt it.

I could be wrong about Alberto but it's not exactly a star name. If Liverpool had landed one of Willian or Mkhitaryan then I'd be somewhat concerned, but I don't see what has changed this summer that can close a twelve-point gap.


Star names = success.

Arsenal have signed nobody yet Liverpool have gotten rid of a lot of deadwood and brought some young exciting players in, whilst players like Coutinho have settled in more and youngsters like Sterling will have more experience. It's also one more season where Rodgers can let his players get used to his system. There's still time for you to buy but right now I don't think they are as far away as you seem to think.
King Luis
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Well the fact we've had 3 managers in as many years hasn't helped but now with a manager finally being able to build a team were certainly on the way forward, Arsenal are going backwards, not as fast as us sure but still were not two clubs who are as far apart as you would believe.
Telegram Sam
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Star names = success.

Arsenal have signed nobody yet Liverpool have gotten rid of a lot of deadwood and brought some young exciting players in, whilst players like Coutinho have settled in more and youngsters like Sterling will have more experience. It's also one more season where Rodgers can let his players get used to his system. There's still time for you to buy but right now I don't think they are as far away as you seem to think.

I didn't mean that signing star names is the only way to success, but I believe that if they want to bridge a twelve-point gap you need to do more than the likes of Iago Aspas and Kolo Toure. They're good Premier League players but are they really an improvement on what they've got? I don't think so. Rodgers has got them playing good football, and I can see them improving on last year's points total with Coutinho and Sturridge playing their first full seasons. However, lets not forget that we have players who look like they'll improve on their performances last seasons - guys like Ramsey, Wilshere, Giroud and Gibbs - and we look like we will bring in a handful of players who will make us better before the window shuts.

Liverpool have a good side but I don't see much to convince me that they'll make up a twelve point gap and overtake ourselves and Spurs to get Champions League football, unless both sides have some sort of monumental collapse. It's also worth remembering Liverpool haven't finished outside the top five for one season - it's been what, four or five now?
King Luis
18 years ago
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Willian's finally made up his mind

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSWe8yTCcAE8X7L.jpg
Crane
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Apparently that cunt of a agent who is named after a car is trying to get £5m for himself.
VP.
14 years ago
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I would say the only area of the pitch Liverpool are stronger is probably the strikers but that's when Suarez isn't banned, defense is pretty even but our midfield is much much stronger.
Sam
18 years ago
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What a dick Willian is.
King Luis
18 years ago
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Everyone would be the same in his position tbf, you'd want to go to the place that offers you the most chance for winning medals (and the most money would help as well)
Shola
16 years ago
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What's Willian supposed to have done wrong?
Sam
18 years ago
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I know I was only joking really. Found it funny he went to Chelsea after the medical with Spurs.

Pictures coming out of Madrid putting a stage up at the Bernabeu ready for Bale.
Julian.
11 years ago
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Haha I'll laugh my ass off if he won't join Real.
Telegram Sam
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Haha I'll laugh my ass off if he won't join Real.

He almost certainly will though.
Sam
18 years ago
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Sandro apparently unfollowed Willian on Twitter.

Petty, but funny.
Julian.
11 years ago
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He almost certainly will though.

Only if we sign replacements.
Telegram Sam
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Only if we sign replacements.

I think it's extremely naive to assume that the most expensive deal in the history of football hinges on whether or not you sign Erik Lamela or not. If talks are as advanced as claimed then Spurs won't pull the plug this late on.
Poe
18 years ago
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Willian surely would always rather go to Chelsea than Spurs?

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