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When Star Players Leave

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With all the doom-mongers on here you may want to consider what actually happens when the so called star player moves on.

Ronaldo
08/09 last season with Utd 90 points finished 1st
09/10 85 points finished 2nd
10/11 80 points finished 1st
11/12 89 points finished 1st
12/13 89 points finished 1st

Henry
06/07 last season with Arsenal 68 points finished 4th
07/08 83 points finished 3rd
08/09 72 points finished 4th
09/10 75 points finished 3rd

Van Persie
11/12 last season with Arsenal 70 points finished 3
12/13 73 points finished 4th
13/14 79 points finished 4th

Bale
12/13 last season with Spurs 72 points finished 5th
13/14 69 points finished 6th

None of the above suffered a dramatic fall off their normal points after the departures even Spurs who were more of a one man team than any although maybe Arsenal with Van Persie. The test is how you deal with it and I believe we are well positioned to deal with the possible departure of Suarez because off the way the team plays and with what Rodgers is trying to build.
 
There is no rule. Some teams can afford losing a star player some don't.
 
When Henry left that's when they pretty much gave up being a serious threat and were quite content with 4th place every season.
 
Van Persie, spin that one around, went to Man Utd and was the key player in their title win, Arsenal were not fucked about being a serious contender (we are arn't we?), they had been flatlining in 3rd/4th for years.
 
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None of the above suffered a dramatic fall off their normal points after the departures even Spurs who were more of a one man team than any although maybe Arsenal with Van Persie. The test is how you deal with it and I believe we are well positioned to deal with the possible departure of Suarez because off the way the team plays and with what Rodgers is trying to build.
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Ah but none of them dramatically improved either (exception: maybe United since although a one season dip they returned to the top) and in fact most dropped off slightly. We can't afford to do that. We must retain CL status to continue moving forward.
 
United were never going to be any different, they had a manager who had sold his soul to the devil.

It never mattered when they got rid of their big names/players, Ferguson was the (evil) man.
 
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