The College Dropout

Very good point on him being an honourable man. If it all goes tits up he'll leave

We'll find out in 3 years if it was worth it.

Yeah it is. Deep down, I'm gutted but howay man.. if it fails it will shut some people up!!

Fuck it.... C'MON KING KEV!!!!

I love these emphatic statements. They have one of the best defences in the league, arguably the best midfield, and one of the most potent strikers in the league. They are good enough, at least to put in a credible challenge, but as people have said, the manager and his bizarre methods get in the way. They've had to play the aging Hypia alot this season because of injuries to Agger. A brilliant centre of midfield but the midfield lacks creativity. Benayoun & Babel are very good players but I don't think they'd get in any of the other top 3 teams. Voronin and Kuyt aren't good enough. Take way Torres and you wonder where the goals are coming from.

Liverpool are simply not good enough. Kuyt and Voronin wouldn't make the bench at the other 3 clubs and players like Benayoun and Babel who are both very good players shouldn't be in the first XI. Them not really having the quality to win the league is largely down to Rafa. They do have some of the best central midfielders though. Alonso, Gerrard & Mascherano is probably better than any combo of 3 central midfielders in the Premiership.

Houllier's transfers at Liverpool where often highly shit. He worries me.

lol. No defending that tbh.

He did what was needed to stay up. the next season their play improved dramatically with the introduction of Bellamy as their main player.

First full season he finished 6th and then sold his best player at the time.

He's not foreign is he?

Wait & see.

Getting results in the first division with a squad of first division quality players doesn't devalue the win percentage. I'd give credit to Harry for his first spell at Portsmouth; and Coppell's record shows how good he is No it doesn't devalue the win percentage but the Premiership and the first Division are 2 very different kettles of fish. I would bet ian Dowie's record at Palace or even Keane's would beat a Redknapp because of the amount of time in the Premiership. So is someone going to show me the Premiership records?

You know why we have them.. because they are not at the height of their powers. Duff & Geremi = knackered. Mourinho gave us these "bargains" because they are both knackered and he knew it. Owen = Legs have gone. No pace. Smith & Butt = 1 is shit and the other is knackered. Take your pick as it applies to the both of them. Martins & Emre = Emre has never really produced it for us and I could write pages but the ads and dis of Oba. Beye and Faye are both pretty old aren't they?

fair enough. However i think most of our players are s**** and are passed it.

Are those stats just the Premiership? Or do they include that 1 season where Man City waltzed the First Division? If so, I'd like to see Coppell's record at Reading.

Okay nit pick point #2. Speeds passing in his last season here was terrible. Tugay has ALWAYS been a better passer than Speedo.

Some good points, some of which I don't agree with but I'm too tired to nit-pick. Bottomline for me is. I believe Hughes can take us and himself to a level that I don't think Sam will ever be capable of doing. okay, I will nit-pick on the charisma point. Sven/Arsene and even Sir Alex are hardly great charmers. I'd much rather watch Strachan or Holloway in an interview.