Living in a Liverpool household is kind of awkward these days. Some of you live in the 1980s, singing tunele sly to Bon Jovi, and waving silk scarves on the way to matches. You think that Liverpool are still in contention for trophies. And some of you live in 2012, are thoroughly depre sed with the state of modern music, andare convinced that Liverpools relegation is just around the corner for a team that will do, as the saying goes, a Leeds.Leeds, of course, were the English champions of 1991, inspired by their talismanic French kung-fu artiste, Eric Cantona. They were one of the best sides in the land, and were still playing European football in 2002, with a squad made up Yasmani Grandal Jersey of exciting youngsters and experienced old hands.Now, of course, they are back in the Championship, the biggest team in the league, the one everybody wants to beat.Liverpool, as many a pundit has said, have fallen quite some way from their 2005 adventure in Istanbul, and their FA Cup win in 2006, when they played with a squad made up of exciting youngsters and experienced old hands . Some people are even spreading harsh, unfounded rumours that Liverpool are even a (whisper it) mid-table team)Which seems fair enough to me. When Dad tells me about Luis Suarez and his tekkers after the 5 minutes in which I tell him not to ever ever ever say tekkers again I tell him to compare his team to Swansea.Goalkeeper Pepe Reina is perhaps the most unfairly disregarded keeper in the Premier League. Time after time he has kept Liverpool in competitions that Joc Pederson Jersey they should have been knocked out of. Michel Vorm had one of the best seasons of any custodian in the league in 2011-12, but nobody is saying thathim and his team will be showcasing their talents in Europe next season.Defenders Ashley Williams is the rock on which Swansea build their team, playing and pa sing better than the Liverpool centre-backs last season. Angel Rangel also had a better season than Martin Kelly although the youngster isnt as bad as he is made out to be. Give him time.Midfielders Steven Gerrard has had the most unrewarding job in Clayton Kershaw Jersey football for 5 years now. He has dragged Liverpool through dozens of games, and still feels the disappointment of defeat more times than the ecstasy of winning a trophy. Or, perhaps in the future, more times than even winning a game. Leon Britton, Joe Allen now at Liverpool and Mark Gower won plaudits last season for the way they played, which is more than what Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam could say. Neither seem to have a future under Brendan Rodgers.Forwards Wayne Routledge, Nathan Dyer and the now-departed Scott Sinclair excited the crowds and quickened the pulse in a way Stewart Downing can only hope for. For 20 million, Liverpool got slightly le s than they had hoped for. Luis Suarez is the perfect example of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, and is the only touch of real cla s in Liverpools outfit. But Danny Graham and the rest of the Swansea forward line seem more settled and organized than Liverpools team, and are certainly le s controversial.I havent heard Swansea talked about as sleeping giants. And I havent heard them being spoken about as European challengers. But hint that Liverpool are a mid-table team and you may as well have said to a group of Yorkshiremen that T20 is better Andre Ethier Jersey than the 3-day game, or that Don Bradmanmight have been a decent batsman.(I should know this because I raised this point at a family gathering, and my grandpa overheard Julio Urias Jersey , looked at me dismi sively, and said that he werent much good, see. E couldnt play owt wit tstraight bat. E were a reight slogger. Pah.. When I talked about Swansea to my dad later, he gave me the exact same stare.)Liverpool have a mid-table squad, as did Leeds, and the latter couldnt get out of their me s. Liverpool fans will say that Raheem Sterling will get them out of trouble, and will be Englands Next Big Hope. Joe Cole was Englands Next Big Hope whilst at West Ham, and couldnt save them from relegation. Alan Smith at Leeds was another.Although it may be to early to say that Liverpool will be a dead cert for relegation, Im just saying this. If they do go down in the next 5 years, Im digging this out and re-posting it for all its worth.
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