PARRY: IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N150915051220-1151.htm Rick Parry today insisted Liverpool will make the right decisions over the coming weeks to ensure the club can kick-on and build on an impressive first half to the season. The Reds' chief executive likens the current situation to the one in 2002, when Gerard Houllier's Liverpool were in a position to move up a level after capturing an historic treble. History tells us it didn't work out for the Frenchman after he made mistakes in the transfer market, but Parry insists those mistakes won't be repeated this time around. (在暗示要買人??) "I've been optimistic about our future before, but not more optimistic than now," admitted Parry today. "In 2002 it was also looking good. Just like then, the foundations are there for us and now it's about kicking on and taking the next step. We've just got to keep on doing what we're doing, keep on improving and make sure the players we acquire are of the right quality. That's the key. Not to buy the wrong players and make rushed decisions. "A lot of doubts about the team which were expressed around September and October were misplaced, although just as we said you don't hand out trophies in October, you don't hand them out in January either." Parry, meanwhile, is confident Liverpool's defeat to Sao Paulo on Sunday won't have an adverse effect on their league campaign. "The disappointment of defeat to Chelsea in the Carling Cup final was the motivation for us to kick on last season. That's the way to look at it," he said. "We're already thinking of doing what we can to return to Japan next year. You have to take a lot of pride out of the performance of the boys. Sometimes it makes it harder to bear when you're the better team." He added: "You can't say it was only worth going to Japan if we'd won. It was worth going because we wanted to win. "We'll just have to go back and win next year. We were very professional in our preparation and that was vindicated in the way we performed. Sometimes you have games like the final when you're just not going to score." --

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