Many Men

Spurs have a better squad than Liverpool….FACT. I knew that, not this year but last year when they splashed out on what seemed like ten players all of whom cost over £10 million each.

Yes last year Liverpool’s squad was pretty small and in my opinion had no chance of winning the league, maybe a top 3 finish was the best we could have hoped for. Yet I was proved wrong, Rafa failed to rotate as often as he was known for, sold his one major summer signing and with that managed to produce Liverpool’s best season in 18 years.

Football is certainly a squad game but Manchester United had to rely on a Italian youngster to help them virtually win the league last year against Aston Villa, no one had heard of him yet it turned out he was pretty useful.

You see Glenn Hoddle wasn’t saying anything new, Spurs’ squad depth is better than Liverpool’s and attacking wise maybe even better than the other members of the ‘Top Four’, yet as long as your first 13-14 players are up to scratch you won’t find yourself worrying about who is on the bench too much.

That was the mentality that saw Liverpool become the best team ever in the Premiership not to win the league last year, admittedly Alonso is a big void to fill but as long as Alberto Aquilani regains his full match fitness then the void should be filled adequately.

What Benitez needs to do is to make sure his squad players such as Babel, Riera, Vorinin, Insua et al are all ready to perform when their team needs them (something which currently is happening as it should), you don’t need £80 million of talent sitting on the bench to win a league. FACT

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