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Neiler said:
I reamins to be seen mate, lets be honest he has succeded there before but to be honest he inherted a crack team that had years of success before he came along and at Blackburn where he had an open cheuqe book. Newcastle and Celtic he was anything other then successfull despite many of the ingrediants being there.
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He did set up a team of his own... Houghton, Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge... He brought them all into the club. His success wasn't exactly a heritage of a bunch of great players. He did rebuild the squad.
 

I beg to differ on the Dalglish 80s team: I thought they were a dullard team with one or two standout players (Beardsley, Barnes...Molby at a stretch). They were an inferior outfit to Kendall's team - which was THE team of the '80s, no question. The beat us in three cup finals, as even that side couldn't overcome the weight of (relatively recent) history pressing down on them, and that tends to skew people's analysis of them. They (Dalglish's Liverpool) were a hard working outfit exemplified by no-talent cart horses like Craig Johnston and Steve Nichol.

The only team I'd say Liverpool ever had that were remotely entertaining and pleasing on the eye was the Spice Boys era team put together by Evans. They didn't win anything other than a LC, but they came close in the league and they played with a flair I never associate with that club. Fowler, McManaman, Barnes, Collymore, Owen, Ince, Redknapp. Their undoing was a defence that included 'stalwarts' like Phil Babb.
 
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I beg to differ on the Dalglish 80s team: I thought they were a dullard team with one or two standout players (Beardsley, Barnes...Molby at a stretch). They were an inferior outfit to Kendall's team - which was THE team of the '80s, no question. The beat us in three cup finals, as even that side couldn't overcome the weight of (relatively recent) history pressing down on them, and that tends to skew people's analysis of them. They (Dalglish's Liverpool) were a hard working outfit exemplified by no-talent cart horses like Craig Johnston and Steve Nichol.

The only team I'd say Liverpool ever had that were remotely entertaining and pleasing on the eye was the Spice Boys era team put together by Evans. They didn't win anything other than a LC, but they came close in the league and they played with a flair I never associate with that club. Fowler, McManaman, Barnes, Collymore, Owen, Ince, Redknapp. Their undoing was a defence that included 'stalwarts' like Phil Babb.
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THIS. the `Liverpool way` is a very dull style of football.that yard-dog Kyriakos is the type of player they will always go for.and remember- pass the ball back, pass the ball back, pass the ball back liverpool was always sung at them because thats how they played...BORING.
 
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THIS. the `Liverpool way` is a very dull style of football.that yard-dog Kyriakos is the type of player they will always go for.and remember- pass the ball back, pass the ball back, pass the ball back liverpool was always sung at them because thats how they played...BORING.
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Pretty much destroyed Liverpool the back pass rule. They had to come out and play. Souness tried and failed; Evans had a decent go and went close to pulling it off. But they have a very defensive-minded culture at that club. All the media myth about pass and move just clouds the reality that they've always been a deadly dull football organisation who work hard and keep it tight.
 
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Pretty much destroyed Liverpool the back pass rule. They had to come out and play. Souness tried and failed; Evans had a decent go and went close to pulling it off. But they have a very defensive-minded culture at that club. All the media myth about pass and move just clouds the reality that they've always been a deadly dull football organisation who work hard and keep it tight.
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you`ve got their number mate. piss and move was always the kopite strategy, they piss - you move
 

Just in from Portugal - great pics from Anfield on Thursday , set to familiar melody
[video=youtube;iaHvAr-vDz4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaHvAr-vDz4[/video]
 
I think it is pretty daring to say that we were the best side although we were beaten on a consistent basis.

At some point they were dubbed "the uncrowned kings of Europe". Their dominance was something to have it's worth, I'd say.
 
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