- May 7, 2005
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One way of looking at this next season is that last season we really got our High Press/extreme effort system working . You could argue we were the biggest club to do so . Lower teams all had their versions of this .The previous top 4 were not on this particular bus , still going with the 'buy expensive players' route ...
...and look what happened . The top teams' expensive players had no room to be effective . Numerous banana skins all over the shop and a different top 4 at the end .
This season Liverpool are now clearly on the High press/extreme effort bus...but also have some excellent players plus no Europe. They would look , according to this perspective , to be challengers .
The other big teams are still concentrating on the expensive individuals system . They love this system because they can win by outspending everyone using it and have bought so much success over the years . However its shown to be shaky vs the all out assault /pressing game that is becoming more common . So maybe more woe for the usual high spenders .
With regard to us , our system will be less of a surprise than last year , but should ensure we remain near the top .
...and look what happened . The top teams' expensive players had no room to be effective . Numerous banana skins all over the shop and a different top 4 at the end .
This season Liverpool are now clearly on the High press/extreme effort bus...but also have some excellent players plus no Europe. They would look , according to this perspective , to be challengers .
The other big teams are still concentrating on the expensive individuals system . They love this system because they can win by outspending everyone using it and have bought so much success over the years . However its shown to be shaky vs the all out assault /pressing game that is becoming more common . So maybe more woe for the usual high spenders .
With regard to us , our system will be less of a surprise than last year , but should ensure we remain near the top .