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jonnymac1979 wrote:We spoke about Souness earlier in this thread about his signings. 

Dean Saunders
Mark Wright
Mark Walters
Rob Jones
Michael Thomas
Istvan Kozma
Lee Jones
David James
Paul Stewart
Torben Piechnik
Stig-Inge Bjornebye
Nigel Clough
Neil Ruddock
Julian Dicks

He was still using players regularly from as far back as the Bob Pailey era though.  They were ancient, and needed to be replaced.  He bought badly.

Players Used Regularly Signed by Kenny Dalglish

Jamie Redknapp
Don Hutchinson
Ronnie Rosenthal
David Burrows
Nick Tanner (until career ending injury)
Ray Houghton (for one season - sold too early IMO)
Steve Harkness
John Barnes (injury plagued)

Players Used Regularly Signed by Joe Fagan

Mike Hooper (Grobbelaar injured for most of Souness' first season)
Jan Molby

Players Used Regularly Signed by Bob Paisley

Steve Nicol
Bruce Grobbelaar
Ian Rush
Ronnie Whelan (Injured a lot)

Souness probably did need to sign a lot of players.  The squad was indeed going stale.  He also had Steve McManaman, Mike Marsh and later Robbie Fowler to call upon. 

Just a lot of his signings never looked like real Liverpool players.  But change was necessary.  Probably the wrong manager at the wrong time.  It's one of the defining moments in our history the appointment of Souness.  He tried to drag the club into the 90's but ultimately failed, making some bad decisions along the way, and we are still yet to recover fully from it.