You're right. Galling it is that all we have to show for it is tea, sympathy, and fading memories of a once naive team that had blossomed, grew in stature, and played some great football and for the first third of the season walked near the summit.
I suspect that the grammatical and structural crimes in the article were actually a result of this copy being on the website rather than the print paper itself, and set out by some work-experience teen, not the author themselves. If you read the Daily Telegraph website (or any other national daily for that matter) you will find the proof reading and layout to be well below print standards.
Serves Judas Lallana right - he'll now only get one damp squib of a year in CL football as Liverpool sink back to their natural position of 5th-8th.
And watch Lovren back pedal like a maniac...
There's a long way to go in this window, which on one hand is lucky given our problems but also long enough to lose Lovren and Schneiderlin for certain. Furthermore, the departures can only make us less attractive to quality incoming replacements who will generally hold out for more ambitious clubs and keep us as a fall back position for late in the window if that doesn't work out. This means we are likely get the more mediocre players who are coming here late on, feeling somewhat disappointed and with their egos bruised. Not a great basis for the new season.
Impossible to call presently because we simply haven't got a clue what the team will be. We have already lost our 3 best players. The next tier down may also be on their way if the rumours are to be believed. But realistically, it is not looking good in any objective view presently, even if Koeman is a virtual miracle worker and we get some signings.
MLT's - a far more complex set of movements and control.
Gazza's was wonderful and part of a superb tournament - the last decent England tournament and atmosphere in the country - but just not as special in itself.