Do we want Liverpool to be a traditional English squad (e.g Charlton)
or a Cosmopolitan squad with players all over the europe/world? (Arsenal/Chelski)
I am not sure myself.
Some people will not care as long as we win.
I am in a dilemma.
I support Liverpool because of its tradition and the way it used to play.
But I think now football has changed alot, it's no longer like the way it used to be. Like Liverpool back in the 70s and 80s, where almost every player is a British.
My personal view : The traditional Liverpool should play a flow of attacking footballl. And the team stay in very united...that show the team spirit, fair play,anti racism and the fans would create an atmosphere in Anfield that scared off any visitor team..and of course..being humble (had u ever heard any football fans that hate Liverpool as a team or labelled them being irrogant??) although we dominated 70s and 80s.
I assume u are same age as me or even younger....and we then look at 80s rather than 70s.
Striker : Ian Rush (Welsh) , Peter Beardsley (English)
Midfielder : Dalglish (Scottish), Barnes (English), Jan Molby (Danish)
Defender : Steve Nicol (Scottish), Mark Lawrenson (Irish), Steve McMahon (English)
Keeper : Bruce Grobbelaar (South African born Irish)
out of 11, 3 english player.
and we have now gerrard...carranger....and Kirsland...about the similiar %.
Btw....I dun see there is a necessary or a culture to have more english based for a englsish club in english premium league. The club also need to be "globalised" nowadays.
Look at MU, Arsenal, Chelsea....the gap between these 3 clubs to livepool are getting wider and wider...We need to catch up..and now we have even a Spanish Manager.
I would rather prefer a mixture of players from the world as Liverpool to lift the EPL trophy for the first time rather than having Owen, Fowler, Heskey, Gerrard, Murphy, Carranger, kirsland to dominate the Liverpool squad but are battling for CL quaqlifier...
Of course each has their own view and I respect that...
however, based on the recent signings and tranafer...it is obvious that the LFC management is moving to the direction of preferring good players (regardless of their natioanlity) in order to enhance the squad rather than keeping english player. I dun assume any of us to have more knowledge/exsperience nor more control than Steve Morgan in handling LFC direction and management.