Liverpool FC Forum

Owzat wrote:Is there going to be a better opportunity? Assuming citeh don't become a big force overnight, that Arsenal won't spring one of their wonder seasons and that the Ronaldo sale and loss of Tevez has done damage to the mancs, then that leaves Chelsea as possibly the biggest threat to our title prospects.

So maybe our players are getting the wrong side of 30, but does that mean they are incapable of carrying on at a high performance level for a few years yet? I think this "30 is past it" mentality is creeping in, as much as "injury prone" and talk of "pay as you play". The mancs won the league last season but aren't their players like Rio, Scholes, Giggs etc the same age or older (Van Der Broken Finger) than our's?

I think we need to replace Xabi adequately, see if Johnson does take RB up a step and need consistency of performance and fitness from Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres and whoever plays the opposite side to Kuyt. Is age the real concern?

heimdall wrote:Xabi was holding us back, now we can get an attacking midfielder which is more what we need, especially against the smaller teams. Also maybe Lucas can step up although I'm not too hopeful about that but then Kuyt surprised the hell out of me last season so maybe it's Lucas's turn this season.

I really think Xabi was a luxury we can and will live without. We can always drop Stevie back into midfield where he can do Xabi's job X 2 and then get a top notch strike partner for Nando.