S-Clarke

I don't think anyone can have any complaints, what we have done this season is the thing of fantasy based on our pre-season tbh. I didn't believe we'd struggle, as Sunderland, Villa, Hull, QPR, Burnley etc were in the league with us, but I thought we'd dip a little and was expecting that, but to do better than last season on every front is truly unreal. A lot of credit has to go to every single person at the club, and most notably the manager for putting his idea's across and getting this team to link so quickly. Next season will be a different situation completely, as there will be real expectation (And potentially more games with Europe). We need to ensure we continue to push on from here and not stand still, we're still the 'best of the rest', but I think we're ready to join the 'best' lot now.

BREAKING: Emergency meeting called at Anfield tonight. I understand Rodgers will be sacked. More online soon.

Proud that we maintained that over the season, the defense has really been the basis of our season. Outstanding organisation and a great shield in Morgan and Wanyama, but there will likely be 1 or 2 big voids to fill in that group for next season. So I hope we focus on working out how to score a fair few more goals as well..!

I think the case of the table doesn't lie is true, come the end. But I don't ever remembering a team outside of the Top 6 finishing with a larger GD than the two above (and by some distance). That, to me, shows how close we are to getting ourselves into that consistent Top 6 level.

I would expect this to be sorted positively, based on the noises I've heard from respected people and posters. Hopefully once the dust has settled on that, he can get his mind back on his game again - as he's seriously drifted over the last 3 months.

All I will say is that if we keep knocking away at the top 6 and top 4, we will eventually get there one day, but it requires a hell of a lot of patience and some massive luck along the way. It is somewhat disheartening when you hear that we spent longer in the Top 4 this season than the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool (who were never in the top 4) and they're both above us. But still, a good position for the club to grow. We mustn't let the tail end of the season blur our season thoughts, as generally, taking everything into account, what we have done is truly amazing tbh. Who'd have thought we'd better every single stat from last season?

Because that's the sensible thing to do. Snapshot an entire season over a few games.

I hope not. Will be one of the first shipped out I'd have thought, get as much as we can for him, but expect to make a huge loss.

To be honest, I didn't really notice him.

Bit disappointing to see us finishing below that rabble, especially with our GD.

Duncan got the exact word i was going to put - anti-climax, that's how it felt towards the end. In fact, most of the game felt a bit like that, a bit of huff and puff but not any real quality or massive intent to score a goal. It played out like an end of season game and I was a bit surprised. But for Djuricic - read Gaston. Looks good, but ultimately isn't suited to PL football. Too lightweight, I'd like us to steer well clear of him and Elia. I thought Pelle had a nightmare, but Long played well in the support role - but he just isn't a consistent enough finisher, we do need another of those in our side for sure. Lots to be pleased about this season, and it should be a much more relaxed end of season as opposed to last year. Let's hope we get some news on contracts in the next week or so and then sit back and see if we make Europe or not. But today - bit of a damp ending really, very anti-climatic.

He's priced himself out of a move to anyone other than a mega-power. 100k + p/'w, we will never pay a player that.

Pretty confident with Clyne, I think they're just waiting until the season is done and dusted before committing on that one, seeing as he's still involved in the first team (was slightly different for Jay). K,billy hasn't been wrong yet, and he said with pretty strong certainty ''Clyne staying''.

Fixed.

Just seen this. He didn't need to do that, so fair play to him. It makes a difference seeing comments like this from Jose and Jay, compared to last seasons ''my head is in Liverpool'' and ''let me sign this Liverpool shirt for you'' cock-fest. Look forward to see him running riot with Mane next season - it could be epic.

Jeremy seems to be the 'mouth piece' for club leaks from what I've seen over the years. Would fully expect what he says to be true, I think all in our hearts we are gearing up for him to stay...but in our heads we know that he's already given us that ''1 more season'. I have confidence that his replacement will be of high quality - well, it has to be! Interesting word on Toby - I thought the agreed fee was more around the figure of 6/7.5m - so maybe we're offering a little more $$ to push Madrid's hand slightly? I would imagine we've got the transfer fees for Elia, Djuricic and Toby budgeted for - so in the likely event we don't make either of the wide men permanent signings, we could dip into those budgets to boost our chances of getting Toby.

Amazing. It's things like this which make you wonder if Markus is looking down..

Absolutely fantastic leadership being shown. He's a born captain.

Where have you seen that?

£250k for their best player, very funny. We could quite easily get £25m for our best player. Never mind.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=321363.5000 this thread is a bit of a laugh if anyone has got a chance to read it. Such symmetry to our ''Lallana'' thread from last year. Love how they're all playing down his ability and that they'll be better off (They don't want him around Coutinho and Ibe, what, the same Coutinho who will probably leave next year? ). As seems to be the case with most fans, if a player starts mouthing off and wants to go, then he's actually not that good anyway.

Yeah I saw that. Deluded bunch of idiots.

This is all great prep for their game at Stoke.

It's not like he can claim he's been misquoted here, so either someone is pretending to be him, or he's backtracking quicker than Dejan Lolvren.

He probably is, everyone is putting in such a tremendous effort and he's proud of how it's panning out. Or something a long those lines.