I still remember the days of watching Robbie Fowler partnering up front with Michael Owen. Then, Liverpool had a wealth of young and promising players, freshly graduated from its own academy. Our current Steven Gerrard is a product of such a system.
However today, Benitez is looking more to purchase players every year. There is hardly anymore English players left on the first team squad and much less any from Liverpool's own youth academy. It is true that the team requires some trimming. However, I do believe that Liverpool needs to strengthen its squad not by bringing in new players. Rather, it is time they return to support the tradition of developing players from within.
It may just be my silly wish but, I had always hoped for Michael Owen to one day return to Liverpool and maybe partnering Robbie Fowler just once more so I can see that prolific pair break down defences like they once did. Today, Liverpool seems more like a Spanish club than anything else.
Instead of selling to purchase more players, I believe they should trim what they need to trim, to keep a core of players within the first team and to develop players from their youth system to supplement and strengthen the squad and at the same time provide replacements for the current core of players. This way, a rapport will be set up between the core and the peripheral players so that they can work and develop together to play the variety of matches ranging from the FA Cup, Barclays Premier League and Champions League. With such a motion put in place, Liverpool will be able to put everything else aside to finally become a Champion that it deserves to be.
If Benitez happens to read this, my 2 cents worth of suggestion would be to purchase Michael Owen at a cheap price and inject some spirit back into the KOP.
However today, Benitez is looking more to purchase players every year. There is hardly anymore English players left on the first team squad and much less any from Liverpool's own youth academy. It is true that the team requires some trimming. However, I do believe that Liverpool needs to strengthen its squad not by bringing in new players. Rather, it is time they return to support the tradition of developing players from within.
It may just be my silly wish but, I had always hoped for Michael Owen to one day return to Liverpool and maybe partnering Robbie Fowler just once more so I can see that prolific pair break down defences like they once did. Today, Liverpool seems more like a Spanish club than anything else.
Instead of selling to purchase more players, I believe they should trim what they need to trim, to keep a core of players within the first team and to develop players from their youth system to supplement and strengthen the squad and at the same time provide replacements for the current core of players. This way, a rapport will be set up between the core and the peripheral players so that they can work and develop together to play the variety of matches ranging from the FA Cup, Barclays Premier League and Champions League. With such a motion put in place, Liverpool will be able to put everything else aside to finally become a Champion that it deserves to be.
If Benitez happens to read this, my 2 cents worth of suggestion would be to purchase Michael Owen at a cheap price and inject some spirit back into the KOP.
Thats why they have employed King Kenny Daglish... to put some British spirit back into a Latino team... never liked Benitez anyway, hes way past his due stay and has made too many mistakes for a top 4 club manager (other than winning the occasional Cup tournament), but then again I don't hear any Man Utd fan complaining ;p
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