Why Liverpool won't be Champions, by a Liverpool Fan.

 
Being Liverpool manager is a tough job, the expectations of the fans are massive and the club needs to be reinstalled at the very top of the domestic game. After showing early promise with a Champions League win in Istanbul, Rafael Benitez told us it was still going to take time to mount a serious challenge. It's easy as a fan to get swept along with hype and not really look too deep into the harsh facts, that Liverpool simply haven't been good enough as a squad to compete with Manchester United and Chelsea. So, as we look forward to season 2008/09, could this be our year? After last season's failings in the league, I commented to those that would listen that there were certain members of the squad that were simply not good enough to help us win the league. I fully believed that whilst Riise, Kewell, Crouch and Voronin were in the squad and getting games, then we wouldn't be any threat to the top two. I'm being a little harsh on Crouch as he did well for us, but he's not in the top band of ... [link]

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