Well it helped, obviously. But still, with that squad - compared with City's and Chelsea's - there was no way they should have won the league.
RVP was there the following season too when they finished 7th under a different manager.
Liverpool came close for 2 reasons, they had no European football and they had Suarez on insane form.
We won't win the league this year without a couple more signings, even with them it will be tough because there are 3 other sides who will compete strongly.