Who will stop Liverpool in the EPL 2002-03?

[Matt Clark]

A monkey with stripes, eh? Cool.

Behave, both of you.

[lion]

Originally posted by MUFCSucks


look ********* the only club in decline is Man Utd!

and hey look this monkey has shown his true stripes!

you ************ stirring manc loving ***************!


"Manc loving"?

What is manc???

Monkey or Man U ???

Get your spelling correct.

In any case, I don't love monkeys and I don't love Man U.

I was only pointing out that Liverpool's fate depends a lot on Houllier's health, that's all.

[MUFCSucks]

Originally posted by lion



"Manc loving"?

What is manc???

Monkey or Man U ???

Get your spelling correct.

In any case, I don't love monkeys and I don't love Man U.

I was only pointing out that Liverpool's fate depends a lot on Houllier's health, that's all.

no it doesnt we did great without him last season.

[lion]

Originally posted by MUFCSucks


no it doesnt we did great without him last season.


Liverpool did well -- not great -- without Houllier last year.

If Houllier did not have his health problems last year, Liverpool would most likely have won the EPL , instead of Arsenal.

[wjschaefer]

Originally posted by lion



Liverpool did well -- not great -- without Houllier last year.

If Houllier did not have his health problems last year, Liverpool would most likely have won the EPL , instead of Arsenal.

Giving Houllier way too much credit. Off the top of my head, I believe it was Phil Thompson who filled in for him last year. He did a fine job while Houllier was away. The reason Arsenal won was not due to Liverpool missing their coach, it was due to Arsenal going on a run at the end of the season and not allowing the other teams back in the race. They won when they had to. This will also be the case this year.

[soccerfan220]

I want Liverpool but I think Arsenal are looking unstoppabke at the moment

[wjschaefer]

Originally posted by soccerfan220
I want Liverpool but I think Arsenal are looking unstoppabke at the moment

Injuries, along with Arsenal, will stop Liverpool. They don't have the depth that Arsenal has. I don't want to discount ManU either, but I really don't think they'll have it this year. Sir Alex is letting his ego get in the way.

[soccerfan220]

It could be man u. When arssenal did the double in 97/98 man u came back and won the treble

[skipshady]

If the past two seasons are any indication, Liverpool will stop Liverpool. Remember that the Reds have a decent record against Man Yoo and Arse, but lost matches to weaker clubs in the Premiership. Hope that changes this season.

[wjschaefer]

Originally posted by soccerfan220
It could be man u. When arssenal did the double in 97/98 man u came back and won the treble

This is very true, but Fergie has tried to buy a treble this time and I don't think it will work. He won't admit that he ruined his side by getting rid of Stam. He didn't need to spend the money on Veron, either. There are still many pieces to Man U's puzzle that are missing. Liverpool is a better side than Man U.

[soccerfan220]

I wouldn't agree that Liverpool are bettrer, despite the fact I like Liverpool and hate manyoo. Man U have an excellent team:
Barthez
Silvestre
Ferdinand
Brown
Neville
Giggs
Butt
Keane
Beckham
Solskaer
Nilsterooy

And look at their depth(exclude forwards):
Veron(name me a team that has a player of veron calibre on the bench!)
Scholes
P. Neville
Blanc
Fortune

[sydtheeagle]

Originally posted by astar24
I think Liverpool will win the Premiership title for 2003 with the new edition of 'serial killer' El Hadji Diouf, Michael Owen & Emile Heskey who will stop them that is a mighty strong offensive trio.

You can make a case for plenty of teams doing it, and at best Liverpool are the third best team going into the season. Individual players DO NOT make teams, by the way, as any Liverpool supporter should know. All their great successes, as well as those of more or less every great team, have resulted from eleven players and not a few individuals, winning things collectively.

The fact is that Arsenal more or less ran away with it last year and they may be stronger this time around. Manure won it before that, and I think we can bet our mortgages that they will be stronger. Diouf looks a good player, but we have no idea how we will cope in a new league, Owen is oft injured, and at some point the predictable Heskey style is going to be nullified. Leeds under Venables will be thereabouts, and there may even be one or two others in the running two (Newcastle, and don't underestimate a couple of dark horses as well). I think it more likely, personally, that Liverpool will finish fifth than first, though they should be in the top four.

[MUFCSucks]

Originally posted by sydtheeagle


You can make a case for plenty of teams doing it, and at best Liverpool are the third best team going into the season. Individual players DO NOT make teams, by the way, as any Liverpool supporter should know. All their great successes, as well as those of more or less every great team, have resulted from eleven players and not a few individuals, winning things collectively.

The fact is that Arsenal more or less ran away with it last year and they may be stronger this time around. Manure won it before that, and I think we can bet our mortgages that they will be stronger. Diouf looks a good player, but we have no idea how we will cope in a new league, Owen is oft injured, and at some point the predictable Heskey style is going to be nullified. Leeds under Venables will be thereabouts, and there may even be one or two others in the running two (Newcastle, and don't underestimate a couple of dark horses as well). I think it more likely, personally, that Liverpool will finish fifth than first, though they should be in the top four.


hahahha yeah okay fool!

LFC are the 2nd best team going into this season, that is just fact.

and there is more chance of us winning it then coming 5 th behind Leeds and Newcastle.

you know *************** about football.

[soccerfan220]

Look at other teams attack trio:
Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu
Forlan, Nilsterooy, Solskaer
Dyer, Shearer, Cort
Viduka, Kewell, Keane

Liverpool's are definitely on the same page as those, plus they have other awesome players, like Dudek, Hyypia, Henchoz, Hamann, and Gerrard.
They are right behind arsenal, about equal with manyoo(forlan drags them down) better than Newcastles and about equal with Leeds also. A forward trio that I think could explode this season is Duff, Cole, and Yorke. Blackburn could easily finish in the top ten this season, with friedel the miracle worker.

[prk166]

Dyer, Shearer and Cort? Cort will be injured. Bellamy, though, now there's an attatcker! Shearer and the rest of the Magpies won't do as well this year, though.

Obviously Liverpool can be beaten by ManU and Arse. The idea of Liverpool running away with anything at this point is silly. That doesn't mean it can't happen. But if no one besides Owen can step up and put them into the back of the net, they're going to have a tough time.

As for ManU, stop talking about them having a terrible defense. They still allowed less goals than most of the teams in the EPL. And they scored tons. They don't need a major defensive rehaul, especially if they keep scoring left and right. A few less goals, some better form from Veron, and they'll make it look easy.

[scouseratheart]

Originally posted by soccerfan220

And look at their depth(exclude forwards):
Veron(name me a team that has a player of veron calibre on the bench!)


Liverpool: Jari Litmanen

[Motterman]

Originally posted by scouseratheart
quote:
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Originally posted by soccerfan220

And look at their depth(exclude forwards):
Veron(name me a team that has a player of veron calibre on the bench!)

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Liverpool: Jari Litmanen

BWAAHAHAAHAHAAHAAAHAHAAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!

[skipshady]

Originally posted by scouseratheart


Liverpool: Jari Litmanen And from what I hear, Baros has impressed in preseason friendlies. We shall see, I suppose.

Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised to see Liverpool finish anywhere from 1 to 4.

[soccerfan220]

Jari Litmanen....HAHAHAHAHAH

[MUFCSucks]

Originally posted by prk166
Dyer, Shearer and Cort? Cort will be injured. Bellamy, though, now there's an attatcker! Shearer and the rest of the Magpies won't do as well this year, though.

Obviously Liverpool can be beaten by ManU and Arse. The idea of Liverpool running away with anything at this point is silly. That doesn't mean it can't happen. But if no one besides Owen can step up and put them into the back of the net, they're going to have a tough time.

As for ManU, stop talking about them having a terrible defense. They still allowed less goals than most of the teams in the EPL. And they scored tons. They don't need a major defensive rehaul, especially if they keep scoring left and right. A few less goals, some better form from Veron, and they'll make it look easy.

man utd have a *************** defence and it will cost them another title !

deal with it jerky!