Not sure what Liverpool squad to put in tbh, the highly successful team of 2001 was a squad of good players and some greats that worked well together. The 2009 league runners up where also a squad but of a higher quality of player and they almost reached the promise land, Benitez messed up fact.
Again there will be some disagreement with the year but it is about great teams not necessarily successful ones. Would the 01 squad fair better than the 09? IMO no they never got as close to winning the league or the champions league as they did that year, had they beaten chelsea that is. comparing the 01 and the 09 squads. (The cl winning squad was the worst for quality but they did work well together)
The thing that, for me at least, makes the liverpool squad of 09 stand out was their dominance and work rate. Torres, Gerrard, Carragher all had stellar years but it was the lack of quality help for Torres up front (Keane was never given a chance) that cost them. The 01 team had some great players but it seemed a flash in the pan year for some (Heskey being the main one) and was broken up soon after. The 09 team would have been champions had benitez be a better judge of ability and talent, he got it right some times but overall he was like houlier, he bought loads in but they never looked able to play at any level. Aquilani, Gonzalez, Nunes. Ultimately it was the financial trouble and the drying up of a youth system that held them back. But 01 was considered.
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Not saying the 01 team was **** just that the 09 team was a wow team. Had the team of 01 gone on and improved then it would have been in but it never. I guess i will leave it up to you all to vote on which of the two to add.
Liverpool 2000/2001 squad or Liverpool 2008/2009 squad.
And all the above is just my opinion sorry if i have offended anyone.
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