Well I said when we missed out on Salah that I felt we would end up signing nobody, and sure enough, we didnt sign anyone. I also said at the time that if we failed to sign someone then Liverpool wouldnt manage to finish in the top four, and I stand by that still.
All of our major competitors strengthened, we remained the same. That would have been fine if it was them chasing us, but its not, we were already chasing and now they have got stronger (by what degree is to be seen, but stronger none the less) and we havent.
I cannot now foresee us managing to remain in the top four, and I think we will drift away to 5th or 6th. Which undoubtedly will trigger a release in Suarez contract in the summer or some such, leaving him to head off for CL football next season.
I'm not sure who is to blame for the transfer window failings but I think that Liverpool really needs to seriously look at the way we handle transfers. We seem to overly dither, over-haggle and not chase targets with conviction.