Has Rogers enjoyed a perfect storm?

[bignev]

If it helps Borini, I don't want Liverpool to win the league.

Yes they've played some great football and yes the deserve to win the league. However I would much rather Chelsea or City won it.

Why? Because ultimately it shows that our belief that we have been unable to compete against the money of City and Chelsea is false. We could have competed but we've consistently fallen short

Then of course we come to the fact that Liverpool screwed us over with Suarez. We activated his release clause and you chose to ignore it. Henry even admitted that in public and somehow you got away with it! We missed out on Higuan because we dropped our interest in him because we thought we had signed Suarez.

I can only imagine how good we would have been had Suarez signed for us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why? Because ultimately it shows that our belief that we have been unable to compete against the money of City and Chelsea is false. We could have competed but we've consistently fallen short

If Liverpool stay competitive at the top and grab a couple more (haven't won it yet) titles over the next 5 seasons then I think the point has been made. But if this is a one-off, it ends up making the opposite point, you have to build patiently to sustain the challenge. There have been a couple of seasons where a bit more luck or a few less injuries or a ball bouncing this way instead of that might have seen us grab a title too. But we haven't had the squad over the recent years that could maintain that level.

We'll see. I'm wouldn't be pissed at all if Liverpool showed you could get the better of the comedy cash dopers on a consistent basis. In fact it would be hilarious and show those jokers up in the harshest possible way. It wouldn't be the same as a Southampton winning it, because Liverpool have dumped a lot of cash too, but they are not on the money no object, buy your glory here level that the chavs and the gypos occupy.

[Letters]

They do need to sustain it IMO. Last time they came this close to the title they finished on 86 points (they can get a maximum of 89 this year), the following year they finished 7th with 63.
If they sustain this level then I agree the point has been made but that remains to be seen.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It depends what you mean by sustain; whether it be in a title race every year or "just" finishing in the top 4 again. I'd still be happy with the latter, personally, even if it wouldn't be as impressive a feat. There is something about this season which does feel like a "now or never" opportunity in that if we screw it up it will set us back another few years. Then again that will have been said before. What does work in our favour is that we have a very young team and squad which would theoretically get better with time. Theoretically.

We will be embarking on the stadium renovation, which apparently won't have an effect on transfer dealings but that remains to be seen. Then you have the enigma of Suarez, who could stay here for another few years or he could turn out to be a serial killer. Neither would really shock me anymore. It would be nigh-on impossible to keep him if Madrid cam calling.... but there's actually no real evidence they want him. Or ever want him. It's never been anything more than press bollocks.
As for the release clause, I'm still inclined to side with the way the Gordon Taylor explained it in that it was a good faith clause which obligated us to do nothing.

For the record though, I'm not really offended [for want of a better word] if people did think we were lucky or whatever. It is a rival board after all.

Also; won nothing yet. I'm going to keep saying that.

[Niall_Quinn]

which apparently won't have an effect on transfer dealings

Rings a bell.