I don't get what Comolli is on about with these comments.
The fact of the matter is that our team needs another overhaul. Last summer has proved, with the exception of Enrique and Bellamy, to be a failure. Downing simply isn't going to get us to our help us advance as a CL team. Adam shows flashes of brilliance but is derelict in his defensive responsibilities and is way too ponderous for a team trying to play pass-and-move. Henderson has been anonymous 95% of his Liverpool career. Maybe, maybe these three are an improvement on our bench from last year, but they are clearly a step backwards from our starting XI compared to last year.
Right now, right this second, we are way behind the top four. We're no where near City or United or Tottenham, that's obvious. But we're really not even that close to a poor Arsenal or Chelsea.
Let's assume (and this isn't a guarantee at all without CL football next year) that Reina, Suarez, Agger, Skrtel, etc, all stay. We need, at the very least:
--a new striker
--a new attacking midfielder
--two new wingers
We likely need another deep lying playmaker since Adam isn't cutting it thus far. So we need four player for sure to challenge for anything. We need about five or six if we want to be sure of competing. That is clear right now, even if nothing changes.
And yet, what if Chelsea, Arsenal, and everyone else add to their squads? I think that's a relative certainty. Arsenal are being linked with a lot of top players and will apparently be getting a huge injection of cash. Chelsea will be certain to follow suit as Abramovich doesn't want to be out of CL for too long.
So what Comolli is saying is that even if we don't get CL, and even if the other teams above us improve, we only need 1 or 2 "adjustments" in the summer?
is this a joke?
what kind of message exactly does that send to the CL type players we need? every other team above us (including Newcastle FFS) are showing the need and desire to add players---why? because they want to win, and they know everyone around us is improving. So a big name player sees us in 7th and sees our football which is not exactly the most attractive in the world, and then hears from our hierarchy that we only need a couple of "adjustments."
Yea, I'm sure they'll just be lining up for that "project."