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Its a good time to quote me. I got some bits wrong last season. Badly 
Got some bits right though.
Got some bits right though.
Normal service is resumed at BBC Salford HQ.
They asked all 27 of their football pundits/commentators/reporters to predict this seasons top four, 13 of them predicted Liverpool to finish 4th, 10 reckon man yoo will get 4th and the other four reckon Arsenal will get 4th place.
However BBC Salford moved the goalposts and manipulated the survey to suit their local club.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28778605
John Motson and Dion Dublin - what a pair of ****ing tools
'Liverpool. Youre weaker. Much weaker. Also far more games to play this season. All in all a safe bet to finish lower this season. How many places? Could be 1, could be 5.'
How so? Because Suarez has gone. Yes he's a loss but the positives to that are we have been able to bring in quality (admittedly not risky big name players for £40 million +) that has added much neede depth. We have without a doubt strengthened our defense. Good attacking players in Markovic and Lallana and beefed up midfield with Can.
On top of that the younger players now have the experience of competing for the title and that will be invaluable.
But the biggest thing for me is that Rodgers will now be able to have the system he wants instead of having to fit it around Suarez and Sturridge.
I know we will all at sometime this season rue the fact Suarez left but I don't think it will affect us too much. United managed without Ronaldo when everyone thought they would struggle. But others stood up to be counted and I think that's will happen with Liverpool.
I hope we sign another striker and may find it hard if we don't. But we scored 70 goals last season if you take out suarez's goals so we not a one man team as a lot of our rivals make out. If we conceed 20 goals less and still score 70 then we won't be far away.
How so? Because Suarez has gone. Yes he's a loss but the positives to that are we have been able to bring in quality (admittedly not risky big name players for £40 million +) that has added much neede depth. We have without a doubt strengthened our defense. Good attacking players in Markovic and Lallana and beefed up midfield with Can.
On top of that the younger players now have the experience of competing for the title and that will be invaluable.
But the biggest thing for me is that Rodgers will now be able to have the system he wants instead of having to fit it around Suarez and Sturridge.
I know we will all at sometime this season rue the fact Suarez left but I don't think it will affect us too much. United managed without Ronaldo when everyone thought they would struggle. But others stood up to be counted and I think that's will happen with Liverpool.
I hope we sign another striker and may find it hard if we don't. But we scored 70 goals last season if you take out suarez's goals so we not a one man team as a lot of our rivals make out. If we conceed 20 goals less and still score 70 then we won't be far away.
THEBrenRodgers: Inside this envelope, I've written the name of the club who I think will have a **** season. #LFC #BrendanRodgers http://t.co/Fd8o61Kj9w
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Very few people would say youve brought in quality. Lovrens aside, not sure any improve your side nor will the combined impact be equal to or better than suarez.
Perhaps we should have a poll? Of course we have bought in quality. Compared to what we had last season sat on the bench this season we have game changers.
And what quality have united bought in to get them top 4 . Just remember pre season means very little other than fitness. Yes you have a piss easy start to the season so you will have momentum but it will catch up with you.
Both your signings so far are expensive and pretty much unproven.
What do others think are uniteds signings better than ours? UIR seems to think so.
I keep reading about squad depth and bench options being better, but your 1st XI is vastly weaker minus Suarez, and you've not replaced him with a top drawer front man. As it stands up front in your squad - it's Suarez out - Big Lambo in.
I haven't been following Man Utd, apart from Herrera (the only midifelder in the village) and that crocked teenager who have they bought?
Oh wait, "both". So that's it!?
So Can > Herrera and Moreno > Shaw so all our other signings would have to actively play against us for us not to be ahead in quality.
Who isnt quality? Not saying they all are obv but why are they written off?
Markovic, highly rated around Europe
Can, highly rated in Germany (So Bayern didnt want to buy him, no shame in not getting into their midfield)
Manquillo, jury out
Moreno, looked very good last season by things that ive read (not L FC fans)
Lallana, Southamptons capt and in Prem team of the yr
Lambert, we'll see how he gets on
Origi, obv loaned backout, was getting picked ahead of Lukaku though and still v young
So why are they lacking in quality?
We have bought players who have peformed in thus league last yr
Who knows how any foreigner will settle? Costa might not settle, same with Herrar, same with Can etc
I just wont have it that we have automatically made ****e signings
If we're going 4-3-3, I would imagine that Markovic is more the direct replacement, at least position-wise. Haven't seen him, so can't comment on his quality.
I've not seen the lad either, so can't comment on his ability. However, his goal record doesn't suggest he's going to be prolific and if that's Rodgers plan, then it looks likely you are going to be way down on goals scored this season, compared to last. So you're going to have to be defensively much better by definition.
Suarez scored or made 50 of your goals. Whos making those numbers up. Im not even counting the moves he didnt directly assisy or score from but he played an important part of.
Our signings are better. Van gaal is the best striker signing we have made. He alone will have more impact than anyone else in the league.
You wish lad. United faced can last season. He was awful. One of the worst performance ever witnessed. No exaggeration required though he was played out of position for a half.
So Man Utd have replaced Evra with Shaw, Giggs with Herrera, and Ferdinand, Vidic, Buttner, Bebe and Macheda with no one.
Dumping that much garbage has increased the squad #quality but not the starting XI
Look at it this way. Are they better than who they might replace? At first glance, no.
Youve signed squad players. Bar lovrens the rest will spemd most of their time watching.
No bad thing as your squad was rubbish.
I think Can will be used as will Lallana
Moreno im sure and Markovic as well
Sterling, Coutinho, Gerrard etc will require rest at some point and arent going to play well every single game
We now can replace them with decent players rather than looking at the bench + seeing Moses Aspas etc
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