The end game

[Lesta2014]

I keep hearing we are building for the future with younger players etc but have been thinking? What is the end target? Champions league qualification? League cup? FA cup? Title chase? 

 

Myself, I just want to see us get better every year if that means we win a cup and get some champions league nights I’m over the moon! 

 

Does Rogers have a certain amount of team to achieve the end game?

 

again fully happy with him just a couple of things I’ve wondered about 

[StanSP]

13 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

Does Rogers have a certain amount of team to achieve the end game?

 

25-man squad each season, yeah

[goose2010]

Surely just to keep on improving. There isn't any any goal I wouldn't have thought. 

 

Champs league, new training facilities and keeping the squad together means an extremely exciting future. 

 

Know one could have predicted our raise 15 years ago so no idea where we will be in 15 years from now, but all I know t will have highs and lows so just strap in and enjoy it. 

[TheCryptoPoet]

World domination

[shailen]

We are building a side that is able to compete in all competitions. The obvious end goal is to win thropies but we need to do be able to compete with the likes of Man City and Liverpool on a regular basis. 

 

I would say we are well ahead of schedule as we have competed in every competition so far and we've built a style of football under Rodgers which should mean success is more sustainable. We look to dominate teams home or away which gives us more chance of winning games, as opposed to a few years back where we had a low block and played on the counter, relying on the quality of Mahrez or Vardy. 

 

Short term priorities for me is keep this squad together and then try to add a few more players and see where that takes us. If we can do this then I can see success being sustainable for at least the next 2/3 years. 

[fuchsntf]

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World domination

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[Guest SO1]

16 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

I keep hearing we are building for the future with younger players etc but have been thinking? What is the end target? Champions league qualification? League cup? FA cup? Title chase? 

 

Myself, I just want to see us get better every year if that means we win a cup and get some champions league nights I’m over the moon! 

 

Does Rogers have a certain amount of team to achieve the end game?

 

again fully happy with him just a couple of things I’ve wondered about 

I would think Rodgers would want to put together the best team possible within the financial constraints of the club. That means developing and selling players with the occasional purchase to fill in what we can't develop. Champions league is a must as we need the money to continue to build the squad for competition on all four fronts.

[StriderHiryu]

22 minutes ago, shailen said:

We are building a side that is able to compete in all competitions. The obvious end goal is to win thropies but we need to do be able to compete with the likes of Man City and Liverpool on a regular basis. 

 

I would say we are well ahead of schedule as we have competed in every competition so far and we've built a style of football under Rodgers which should mean success is more sustainable. We look to dominate teams home or away which gives us more chance of winning games, as opposed to a few years back where we had a low block and played on the counter, relying on the quality of Mahrez or Vardy. 

 

Short term priorities for me is keep this squad together and then try to add a few more players and see where that takes us. If we can do this then I can see success being sustainable for at least the next 2/3 years. 

Rodgers now has a contract until 2025 so Top definitely thinks he's the man to take the club to the next level.

 

Regarding @Lesta2014's question, which is a good one, I think the end game is to be a team like Valencia, Dortmund or Napoli in their respective leagues. These teams are very competitive and win trophies, but don't have quite the clout that clubs like Barcelona, Bayern or Juventus do in the same leagues. For as long as club's like Man U are willing to break the bank on huge signings we can't compete directly in that way, but through being run in a smart manner we can still be competitive, as we have shown this season.

 

Personally I'd be more than happy to see us have seasons similar to this one regularly where we play great stuff and are very competitive. If we had this team in 15/16 we'd have a chance of the title again, but sadly this season we have come across a Liverpool team who will most liekly rack up a record points score for the league. Villa we should have beaten of course, but we were the better team over the two legs even if the final score didn't go our way.

 

I also prefer teams that are built up rather than those that are thrown together with money. Pep turned Man City into an amazing team but I have more respect for Klopp - he made Jordan Henderson look good!

[Tuna]

"The End Game".

What a load of turd.

[Guest SO1]

5 minutes ago, Tuna said:

"The End Game".

What a load of turd.

Absolutely. Maybe we can scapegoat Gray some more. As if I'm not sick of reading that crap.

[Royston.]

Just keep buying and nurturing young talent so he can come back and steal them when he joins a big club.

[urban.spaceman]

I really enjoyed it. Better than Infinity War IMO.

[Stadt]

Feels frustrating that if we had this team in probably any other era than this one we'd be all conquering domestic champions. Liverpool and Manchester City are other worldly and it's f ucking shit. So glad we got the one league title in.

[dylanlegend]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Feels frustrating that if we had this team in probably any other era than this one we'd be all conquering domestic champions. Liverpool and Manchester City are other worldly and it's f ucking shit. So glad we got the one league title in.

The teams good, but not that good. You really think our current team would compete with the Man Us and Arsenals of previous years

[foxfan92]

7 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Feels frustrating that if we had this team in probably any other era than this one we'd be all conquering domestic champions. Liverpool and Manchester City are other worldly and it's f ucking shit. So glad we got the one league title in.

These teams weren't built over night though. Klopps had 5 seasons to build Liverpool up to where it is. We seem to be on a good progressional path of our own. If we can keep improving each season on the team from the season before and buy into the winning philosophy Rodgers is trying to implement we may begin to close that gap yet.

 

Yes what Liverpool in particular have done is fantastic, but think where we were 7 or 8 seasons ago and where we are now. 

[ozleicester]

As a club owned by very business savy owners, there will be without doubt some "KPI's" (how i hate them!). They will be measurable but there would also be some other expectations

 

We know for a fact that CL qualification was a five year goal that was achieved early. Im sure that BR, Rudders etal will have been set expectations for the next 5 years.

 

If i were guessing what the owners would say it would be...

Title challengers

Continued CL qualification

Domestic Cup win/s

Consistent good cup runs (eg semis every year)

X number of wins/points per year

X number of players brought through the Academy

X $$ In Player sales

X Internationals

 

Edited 30 January 2020 by ozleicester

[TheLittleBigMan]

Win. Everything. In the whole world.

[Fox of WA]

When king power came in, didn’t they say directly that the goal was to be regularly competing in Europe? I might be mistaken. But that seems like the only “end goal” that any team can have. Consistent performance at the top end of the table domestically and competing in the champions league means increasing income for the club and attracting better players. With the extra income you can afford to pay those players. You have seasons that are downers like all the top six (besides the obvious two) seem to be having right now. But that level of consistency that they typically have is what we should want. 

[m4DD0gg]

To compete at this end game or with man city/liverpool we need to spend spend spend. Something the owners wont or I suspect cant do.

 

[Finnegan]

9 hours ago, TheCryptoPoet said:

World domination

 

I mean, you joke, but if any professional club is aspiring, long term, for anything less than being serial champions of Europe and the world, then why bother? 

 

I don't care if you're Liverpool or Tranmere, surely you're constantly looking to make your next improvement, then your next improvement, then your next... and so on. 

 

So, end goal? Obviously that. 

 

In the meantime, Rodgers is going to have short term goals which I assume are basically keep qualifying for Europe. I doubt that means top 4 every year, yet. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Silverware. Otherwise what's the point? We won't look back on the glory days of LCFC and talk about how we had a great training ground or how we were financially stable for investors. 

 

You play football to win trophies. Unless you're Spurs. 

[Katy]

I guess constantly finishing in the top 4/6, winning trophies, keep developing our youth and have a club that players want to come to and stay at. I’d be exceptionally happy with that, no ‘end game’ just continual development. 

[worth_the_wait]

10 hours ago, Lesta2014 said:

What is the end target?

 

You might as well ask "what is the meaning of life"?

 

The answer to which is 42, of course.