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Liverpool up for the Cups now they have stronger squad vows boss Rodgers
By David Maddock
12 Jun 2013 22:30
Lack of depth forced Reds to focus on the league last season but now they'll be attacking on all fronts
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has insisted there will be no repeat of last season’s cup chaos.
Rodgers began his first Anfield season with such a painfully thin squad, he was forced to concentrate his limited resources on their league position... and ignore the lure of winning silverware in the three other competitions.
The Reds' manager admitted at the end of last season that he was glad they won't be in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League - his first game in charge was on August 2 away to Belarus side Gomel - as it will allow him to concentrate on building up his playing staff.
And he reckons he will be able to buy enough new faces to avoid last season’s humiliation of crashing out of the FA Cup at League One side Oldham... and challenge seriously for glory.
“This time, we’ll certainly give the Carling Cup and the FA Cup a proper go - we have a much better squad to do that,” he explained.
“We had a paper-thin squad last year, we had kids all the way through. Obviously those players who have come in have added quality and it’s no coincidence that we have kicked on when we’ve had quality in the group.
“We need to improve the group and the depth but that's what gives me great hope for the summer. If we can add that, we can make a real start and then we’re ready to challenge.”
Rodgers has already agreed a deal for free-agent former Manchester City defender Kolo Toure, is closing in on Spanish striker Iago Aspas and will add at least three more new faces - and possibly as many as five - as he looks for the strength required to compete on three fronts next season.
“You can flip it about, but it’s the depth really. We just need to build up the depth of the squad,” the manager added.
“I want to have people who might be disappointed because they’re not even on the bench. At the minute we probably don’t have that so it~s competition we want to get.
“I don’t want a massive group, we want a tight group with a real core of 17 or 18 players who feel they should always be playing and then supported by a few of our top young talents.”
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Heads will roll.
By David Maddock
12 Jun 2013 22:30
Lack of depth forced Reds to focus on the league last season but now they'll be attacking on all fronts
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has insisted there will be no repeat of last season’s cup chaos.
Rodgers began his first Anfield season with such a painfully thin squad, he was forced to concentrate his limited resources on their league position... and ignore the lure of winning silverware in the three other competitions.
The Reds' manager admitted at the end of last season that he was glad they won't be in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League - his first game in charge was on August 2 away to Belarus side Gomel - as it will allow him to concentrate on building up his playing staff.
And he reckons he will be able to buy enough new faces to avoid last season’s humiliation of crashing out of the FA Cup at League One side Oldham... and challenge seriously for glory.
“This time, we’ll certainly give the Carling Cup and the FA Cup a proper go - we have a much better squad to do that,” he explained.
“We had a paper-thin squad last year, we had kids all the way through. Obviously those players who have come in have added quality and it’s no coincidence that we have kicked on when we’ve had quality in the group.
“We need to improve the group and the depth but that's what gives me great hope for the summer. If we can add that, we can make a real start and then we’re ready to challenge.”
Rodgers has already agreed a deal for free-agent former Manchester City defender Kolo Toure, is closing in on Spanish striker Iago Aspas and will add at least three more new faces - and possibly as many as five - as he looks for the strength required to compete on three fronts next season.
“You can flip it about, but it’s the depth really. We just need to build up the depth of the squad,” the manager added.
“I want to have people who might be disappointed because they’re not even on the bench. At the minute we probably don’t have that so it~s competition we want to get.
“I don’t want a massive group, we want a tight group with a real core of 17 or 18 players who feel they should always be playing and then supported by a few of our top young talents.”
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Heads will roll.
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