Yurt, when the fuck do you sleep? I'm sue you've been posting for about 36 hours straight
@Lightning, its disingenuous to say we need more than 2 players to challenge for the title
If we had a really good CM who could replace Lucas to a reasonable degree, and a really good leftback, I genuinely think we'd be 4-6 points better off. I mean, look at you this season. Last year I'd have thought you needed upgrades at rightback, someone to compete with your centrebacks, a backup DM and a new striker. All you did was bring in Ozil and Flamini, who have been good but haven't exacly pulled up any trees, and you're right in there.
For us, its about getting that defensive unit playing like an actual unit, getting them fit and Rodgers nailing down his best back 4 & midfield. With Suarez and Sturridge, the goals take care of themselves almost. Having that one world class player, especially when they're a striker, can make a team that is actually 5+ players away from being title challengers into one that could challenge with 2.
Obviously if we miss out on fourth and Suarez goes, then we'll be up shit creek and need 5 very good players to have a hope of surprising everyone and challenging. We just don't have the defensive platform that you and Chelsea do where you can trust the defense to keep it tight, and take advantage of a couple of chances for routine wins. We're too reliant on scoring 3 or more since we're bound to concede a couple, and those 3 goals just don't happen without Suarez.
We're more than 2 players away from being able to go into a new season as one of the favourites like City and Chelsea, but it would give us a chance* if momentum was favourable. Europe would fuck us up though, then we'd need about 12 new players, let alone 2 :