Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher admits: We¿re not good enough

15 January 2011 22:29
High standards: Jamie Carragher[LNB]Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher rates the current Anfield squadas only good enough to challenge for Europa League qualification andcalled on the owners to spend. [LNB]Carragher, who will miss today's clash with Everton through injury,wants owner John W Henry to back interim manager Kenny Dalglish whenthey are expected to hold talks after today's Anfield game. [LNB]Carragher said: 'I think we have to remember last season we finished seventh and lost Javier Mascherano. [LNB]Looking at the squad compared to other teams, we have to be realistic and look at Europa League qualification. [LNB]'That really should have been our target at the start of the season.[LNB] 'The squad we've got are not good enough and that can't be down to Roy Hodgson.[LNB]'It wasn't good enough last season for Rafa Benitez and now Kenny haslost two games. It has been the same for all three managers.' [LNB] Liverpool have been linked with Ajax striker Luis Suarez and Blackpool's Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam. [LNB]Carragher said: 'When Liverpool don't win it's a massive crisis. [LNB]'We have to realise as a group of players we have to deliver on the pitch, but we also need help off the pitch as well and hopefully the new owners will do that.' [LNB]Carragher also backed Dalglish to get the best out of Torres.[LNB] He said: 'After he scored against Blackpool, there were signs he was coming back. He was chasing balls, looking more like the old Torres.'[LNB] We need a hero: Dalglish issues battle cry with Carragher and Gerrard outLiverpool have their problems but Everton are also feeling blueLIVERPOOL FC: All the latest news from across the web[LNB] [LNB]  Explore more:People: Kenny Dalglish, Rafa Benitez, Jamie Carragher, Roy Hodgson, Javier Mascherano, Charlie Adam Places: Liverpool, Scotland

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