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Liverpool (and Rodgers) had a brain fart. Running Carroll out of town then failing to get Dempsey. WTF were they thinking. I'd have to guess Dempsey's wage demands more than the transfer fee killed the deal. Still this mistake could cost them millions. If Suarez gets hurt or suspended they will struggle to make the Europa league. Owen (with his 4 year injury record) seems unlikely to save the day, and probably would cost them more in wages than Dempsey now that they are over a barrel. The report is that Carroll only ultimately agreed to go to West Ham after Rodgers personally told him he had no future at Liverpool. Brilliant.
On the same note, dumping Spearing may hurt them as well (hard though it is to believe). The best player on the field yesterday was Joe Allen. He looked like Xavi out there. They need to get him more forward. To do that they need more defensive work out of a different midfielder. With Lucas hurt that leaves Henderson (who is clueless in defense), Sahin who doesn't look up to the task, or Shelvey who is unmotivated to play defense. If they had held on to Spearing he could have done the job well enough to push Allen up to where he could help the offense more.
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