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Mixed season for Liverpool

Posted by: shockwave17 on: May 12, 2008

On a personal note, there are some highs and lows for Liverpool. The reason why i say ‘on a personal note’ is because this is what i think of how my beloved team did this season. They were tipped to mount a serious title challenge this season and it looked like they were going to with series of wins but then stuttered a bit in the middle of the season by drawing too many games which they should have won easily at home and away. They only managed to get draws on the top 3 teams with the exception of Manchester United which they lost both home and away.

In the Champions League arena, they did pretty badly on the first round but then managed to pick themselves up in the second round by winning the remaining 3 of their games both home and away. They always have the knack of rising to the occasion when it comes to Champions League football. In the end, all top 4 teams from the premier League was in the quarter and semi final (3 teams in the semi because we knocked the Gunners out in the quarter final) and that goes to show how high the standard of football is in the Premier League.

Sissoko was traded to Juventus after failing to establish in the 1st team and in came Martin Skrtel from Zenit St.Petersburg who filled in for the injured Danny Agger. He slotted in perfectly well in the heart of defense partnering Hyppia or Carragher.

Liverpool was knocked off the FA Cup by Barnsley and that was probably the lowest point for everybody in Liverpool.

Of course, the main event of the season would have to be the boardroom wrangling between the 2 American owners. Continued on until the second half of the season with a bid from DIC to take control the club. Rick parry was asked to resign as the CEO of Liverpool after serving the club for a decade. Hicks played around with the media with all the speculations and reported talks with Jurgen Klinsmann to take over the club next season made Benitez’s future seemed unsure. It was later been cleared when Benitez claimed that positive talks were made between him, the owners and the CEO. The future remains uncertain in the boardroom.

The stadium was given a green light finally with a 60,000 capacity. Recently Hicks vowed that he would start construction ASAP this year and the stadium should finish by 2011…

Torres broke the record for the most goals scored by a foreign player in the 1st season by scoring 24 goals. The previous record was held by Ruud Van Nistlerooy of Manchester United.

Liverpool players were also in the hot seat with Benitez planning to chop and change his squad for next season…players include Crouchie, Pennant, Riise and probably Alonso could be on their way out in order to get quality players in for next season.

The future remains uncertain for the Liverpool skeptics but for the believers…Liverpool will always try to fight for honors in the future and put more silverwares in the cabinet…You’ll Never Walk Alone…We believe!

2 Responses to "Mixed season for Liverpool"

In a way a season of improvement but in other ways a disappointing season. Disappointment for it being trophy-less but a success in that we are definitely a better team moving along the right tracks (famous last words-I hope that comment doesn’t bite me in the proverbial next season!!).

Some promising players to watch out for next season from the reserves. Namely Emiliano Insua, Damien Plessis and Krisztian Nemeth (Nemeth has just been named in the Hungary senior squad) are just three to watch out for.

In addition we should see more from Ryan Babel and it is only a matter of time before we start mentioning Martin Skrtel in “one of the best defenders” category. Don’t forget having Daniel Agger back will be like a new signing. As much as I like Carra I think the Agger/Skrtel partnership will prove to be the main defensive foundation next season.

We’ll soon see the new signings arriving and sadly some of the departures will be popular players (eg possibly Crouch and Alonso).

Still roll on the new season. Let us hope it will be one of progress both on and off the pitch.

YNWA

Thanks for the comment Frank. NExt season is the one to look for. Some names must be sacrified but i think its for the good of the club. I will definitely look look forward for the Agger + Skrtel partnership…:)

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