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thefierycamel

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The difference is that both play a lot of one touch and have players who can't beat more than one bloke. Look at salah, hazard and coutinho and tell me that we have a player who can do what they do. It was apparent last season but we didn't address it and now it's biting us in the arse again. To add to this, woolwich have sanchez, city have 6 or 7 individuals who can beat their men and united have a martial and maybe a couple of others. Son tries his best but he rarely dribbles past players
 

StevePil

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The difference is that both play a lot of one touch and have players who can't beat more than one bloke. Look at salah, hazard and coutinho and tell me that we have a player who can do what they do. It was apparent last season but we didn't address it and now it's biting us in the arse again. To add to this, woolwich have sanchez, city have 6 or 7 individuals who can beat their men and united have a martial and maybe a couple of others. Son tries his best but he rarely dribbles past players


We have known this for years though and Levy just doesn't sort it out.....why? Eriksen will go in the summer IMO and then he will need to do something but why wait til players go, what we could have been if we kept Modric, Bale, VDV etc instead we will only be a selling club under Levy
 

haxman

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Mane and Salah, Liverpool have been fortunate to get two key players like them, game changers.
 

SugarRay

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Mane and Salah, Liverpool have been fortunate to get two key players like them, game changers.

Two types of players we are crying out for. Standing on our heels when it came to buying both though. We paid the same amount for Sissoko...
 

Colonel_Klinck

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May 19, 2004
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Salah is exactly the sort of player we should have been signing. Pace, loves running at defenders with the ball at his feet. Great eye for goal. Come on Poch and Levy this is the type of player we are desperate for.
 

lol

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Aug 31, 2008
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wooo mane and salah. both players i wanted before they even moved to PL.
 

kaz Hirai

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Nov 5, 2008
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What stops them from really competing with man city and united

Just not good enough defensively.
 

SugarRay

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What stops them from really competing with man city and united

Just not good enough defensively.

It’s not a small problem. It’s not like one or two players makes the difference. It’s their entire system that’s flawed
 

Colonel_Klinck

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May 19, 2004
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We wouldn't be in a position to compete for both if it wasn't for Levy.

Exactly this. Levy has a manged to give as a pretty amazing squad without breaking the bank on wages and deliver us a state of the art training ground and 61k stadium. Has he made mistakes, yes. Is our club in a far stronger position after his stewardship, absolutely!
 

ardiles

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Now for Burnley to draw tomorrow and we keep our 4th placing in the table, at least until Tuesday.
 
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