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We’ve lost the goals from last season with Daniel Sturridge being injured and Luis Suarez leaving but we spent a lot of money to try and put it right and we haven’t bought the right players.

We need to go again and we may need to break our transfer record but we’ve got to get it right and we need a striker.

You’ll be amazed what a difference two players can make but we need to make a statement and make sure those two players are the right ones.

We had a big overhaul last summer but it comes back to the old problem that we’ve had for a long time and that’s recruitment.

If you recruit well it’s so much easier. It means that the players will stay at the club longer and you’ll need less and less players each summer but if you don’t recruit well you’re going to have that dilemma.

People are talking about another rebuilding job again. It’s the last thing you want but we need to do something that’s for sure.

Brendan Rodgers will have some input on who is signed. As the manager you would like to think that he has the final input.

We are aware there is a transfer committee and if nothing else maybe doing away with that transfer committee could be the best thing for Liverpool to do because it hasn’t worked and it’s a question as to whether you trust that transfer committee to spend money again in the summer.

Maybe we should give more power to the manager? At least then it’s a lot easier to judge Brendan if we know he’s 100% responsible for all the signings.

It’s been one of those issues that people have struggled to come to terms with what exactly is going on.

You can blame various individuals but it’s nice to know who is actually in charge. British clubs are best designed to have their manager in total control.

Brendan has done enough in his time that maybe we ought to trust him and see how he goes.

Energy has disappeared from our displays

I always thought that motivation was going to be an issue once we were knocked out of the FA Cup.

I know there was a great lot of hope about getting a top four spot but I’m not convinced that the players really believed in it.

Although as a player you never in your own mind think that the season is over, sometimes taking 5-10% off your performance is enough to give that impression.

I think we’re now giving the impression of a team that are desperately in need of some help.

We’re not playing well. The performances are flat and there is no energy. It will be really hit and miss for the rest of the season.

Tranmere need to kick the losing habit

It’s absolutely incredible for all the wrong reasons what has happened to Tranmere Rovers.

I remember those happy Friday nights at Prenton Park in the 1980s and then the 1990s when they were almost promoted to the Premier League.

Now they find themselves as a non-League club and it’s devastating news.

I thought when they brought in Micky Adams that he would have enough experience at that level to do a job to finish third from bottom but maybe the squad in the end got what it deserved and wasn’t good enough to stay up.

They used so many players, particularly on loan. There’s a way of using the loan system but you do need to pay well to do that. If you’re prepared to pay good money for good young players from clubs in higher leagues you can use that.

Tranmere I think brought in a lot of young players simply because it was a cheap option and in the end it hasn’t worked for them.

Now they’ve got to prepare for life in the Conference – or the National League as it will be known from next season. Their fans will enjoy it because they’ll be going to new grounds that they haven’t been to before but it’s a tough old league to get out of and there’s only one guaranteed promotion spot.

Also it’s hard to get out of a downward spiral and they’ve just suffered back-to-back relegations. It affects everybody and you get that feeling within the club as most people at Tranmere have probably forgotten what it’s like to win because all they’ve known at the club whether it’s Mark Palios or the players and staff is losing.