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Challenge for Europe, realistically. What we've had the couple of seasons should not be where it ends for us before we go back to just being a mid table PL club. Right now there's a combination of things not going right. Some players have shown they're not good enough. Some aren't anywhere near consistent enough. The manager needs to take some responsibility and stop being so stubborn in playing in a way that isn't working time and time again.

Because some of the current players are not good enough. Amartey, Vestergaard, Soyuncu, Bertrand, Soumare, Perez just not cutting it at this level. Three of those are CBs, Evans needs a better player next to him. Soyuncu I still have faith in to come good under a different manager, but all signs point to Rodgers staying, sadly. We need better quality going forward. Barnes and Maddison appear to be the only players to get a tune out of. We can't rely on them all season. Ward doesn't seem great. Iversen is unexperienced. Not saying to go crazy, but a few players to get in through the door won't be a bad thing. Next season is big anyway given the amount of players out of contract or likely to move on. To be honest, another manager does do better with this group of players. But if Rodgers isn't getting the boot, we go nowhere fast without some new signings.

Squad needs reinforcements now though.

A CL quarter-final and two campaigns in Europe not count? We've literally never qualified for Europe through the league before and we did it 3 times in 4 years. Underperformed against what? Look at what we've had to compete against. Its impossible to keep up.

Parameters which are very heavily weighted towards the big six.

I think we won it because Tielemans scored a worldie and you didn't score more than us.

And now Loic Bade

Glad to hear of these links to Tapsoba and Lacroix. Would substantially improve the quality at the back. Still definitely need a RW. Not sure about another midfielder.

This is ironic because I'd love to do that to the politicians themselves, as well as the weapons

Gbamin gone to Turkey as well.

Went to a new restaurant/skybar in Milton Keynes last night. 1 year Indian wedding anniversary on Monday so went out last night to celebrate

Shite that but, to be clichéd, if it's meant to be it's meant to be! Did you tell her about this place? If not, perhaps that's where you went wrong ? All jokes aside, keep fishing!

The games themselves were competitive is what I'm trying to say. Rarely one-sided or dominant, there was always a bite and feistiness to it as a result of the competitiveness between the teams.

You don't have to be to have the rivalry, at the time?

I got where you're coming from to be honest. Liverpool/Chelsea had a rivalry (albeit short-term) in some sorts because of the competitive nature of where both clubs were at. They used to be games that any fan would look forward to purely because it was entertaining and there'd always be some kind of drama or controversy - I think the latter point helped because Jose was in charge and he gave a lot fuel to the fire. So while it might not have been a natural rivalry like Liverpool quite obviously have with Everton/Man Utd. It still had a lot of edge to it, and there was that competitive edge in Champions League. And I think in a few of the cup competitions (I still remember Riise banging in an unstoppable left-foot volley in FA or League Cup final). I'm with you on the reminiscing from that era. Liverpool and Arsenal was a great match-up too. Constantly goals galore in those games.

It's quite reasonable to believe that the sale of Schmeichel doesn't solve all the wage and financial issues. Considering we have to have considerable deductions in the wages, it's conceivable to figure that we need more sales - the likes of Soumare and Vestergaard going helps things. But we've only got a week left. Even those 2 do go, who else is there to bring in and what are the chances we actually get deals done in time? I think eventually we'll be alright whether Rodgers stays or not but this could go down as a big summer for all the wrong reasons. Next summer is massive regardless - lots of players out of contract, and I imagine we'll see a lot of spending as a result.

I know. But unlikely Maddison goes along with those 2. Its quite surprising more hasn't been made of a Tielemans transfer, in the sense that there haven't been further offers. We'll hold our own for Fofana as is our right. No obligation to sell.

The worry being selling those 3, including Maddison (I know you're angling for a sale to Newcastle) really well and truly fvcks us up before the World Cup. And with a very poor start to the season, it's not ideal in the slightest. Not to mention if Rodgers should be trusted with a rebuild. It's just not in our strategy to sell more than 1 asset per summer. It's what we've done with Chilwell, Maguire, Mahrez, Kante etc. We're not mugs when it comes to selling. We'll happily hold our own and so we should. We won't be bullied.

Yep, we do. Some good talents to follow in the footsteps of Chilwell, Barnes, Thomas, Dewsbury-Hall. Will Alves, Sammy Braybrooke, Lewis Brunt, Joe Wormleighton, Tawanda, Maswanhise, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Callum Wright are all tipped to have good careers, some more than others but plenty to keep an eye on. Thanawat Suengchittawon is/was as well - he's already been playing for the Thai national team. But he did his ACL recently sadly so will be out for the season.

Potter plays in a similar way to us with Brighton - a lot of his Brighton tenure has been 'if he had a proper striker he'd do better'. You don't get much more 'proper' than Vardy, despite his age. I want Rodgers to go, but can't see him being sacked as the owners probably don't want the big pay-out, so they're waiting for him to walk, which is equally unlikely. Wouldn't want Benitez or Solskjaer - Benitez's stock has fallen rapidly following his Newcastle/Everton days. Solskjaer isn't inspiring at all. A few other names (alongside Poch despite how unrealistic that is) are Ruben Amorim or Marco Rose. Basically would just like anyone that can get a tune out of these players again - it's gone heavily stale with Rodgers thanks to how he is so stubborn to only play in one way. And that doesn't suit our players.

Her honesty to want to watch the world blow up and burn? Why?

Fingers crossed for her.

Reading the other details coming out of it and it's so, so unfortunate . Can't even begin to imagine how anyone involved can feel after realising a little girl has died as a result.

Legend.

This isn't meant to incite, or provoke, or antagonise. Purely just a reference point and an interesting article about age of squads (Arsenal are used as a comparison). Don't hate.