Re: English Football

redbren said:

Post edited 2:43 pm – 08/10/2010 by redbren

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I really think Liverpool will do really well this year.

1. Improved team: It's 15 months since Liverpool finished 2nd in the league, since that we've lost Alonso and Benayoun and gained Jovanovich and Joe Cole. Mascherano leaving is almost iminent I would say now but Christian Poulson is almost definately going to join and Hodgson is looking at some more strikers (Need a left back though)

2. Manager: I really like Roy Hodgson as a manager. He is straightforward and simple and that works a lot better than Benitez's crap – “jyes i think that the team is playing badly but is only 50 mins gone so emm no substitute” The arrival of Hodgson has brought a freshness to the side, all the lads are looking for the ball, looking for space and there's a sense of urgency that just hasn't been there the last year.

3. No Champions League: It would be nice to win the Europa League as the final is on my birthday and it's in Dublin so hopefully I would be able to go, but I still rather the we won the league. If there's a case that a Europa league game sandwiched by two important premier league games, fans wont mind so much if Hodgson puts out a weak team in the Europa league as they would if he did in a Champions League game.

Overall, I am thinking at least 4th for Liverpool this year, and I expect to start with a win against Arsenal on Sunday.

nah, they won't do any better…. at least i hope