F***ing hell, want to be any more of a negative git?
I'm just curious as to how anyone can "know" that all the members of the squad "want" to play for Liverpool.
For example, if player X was offered to play for Liverpool without pay, or play for, say Crystal Palace, on £50k a week, which do you think he would take?
They are football players first and foremost, and they want to be paid.
Beyond that I don't really see how anyone can "know" that our squad want to play for us. There are only a handful you can be absolutely certain about; Carra for example, clearly wanted to play for us, no matter what. Stevie, not quite as much, remember how close he was to joining Chelsea? But in our current squad I really don't see how to know that for sure. They may say "ohhh wow, I'm so lucky to be at Liverpool"---is that enough for you? Stewart Downing gushed about how much he loved our club, then he proceeded, week in and week out, to do a £80,000 a week, 90 minute disappearing act for two years.
So when I see some of our players shitting out of challenges and jogging about the pitch, it makes me think they don't really care about playing for Liverpool that much. I could care less what they say, I care more about what they do. The most bizarre thing about this is that the one who works the hardest (Suarez) and puts in a 100% shift every single game is the one who openly said he doesn't want to be here.
Weird how that works.
Even super loyal Agger said a few weeks ago that if he didn't get playing time, he might consider leaving in January. This was just after he professed his love for our club for the umpteenth time and was awarded vice-captain. Gets benched for a few weeks and all that is out the window. Skrtel said last season when he was benched he would consider leaving.
I don't know. I think the days of Kenny and Rushie and Barnes are gone, there aren't any players anymore who would die to put on the shirt and go out there. They want to earn good money, first and foremost, if they can do it at a historic club like Liverpool then great, but I think you're deluding yourself if you think half of our players wouldn't bolt to be at a CL club on bigger wages if the opportunity were offered.