On paper we have a better squad, but I think Liverpool have a better team. Let's not forget how long some of their guys have been playing together, whilst we have a brand new team basically.
Given, Bridge, de Jong, and Bellamy have about 100 COMBINED appearances. Kolo and Barry have got 7 games, Lescott and Tevez 6, Adebayor 4. Santa Cruz has about 10 minutes.
Johnson and Petrov missed all last year. SWP was gone for 3 years and has only been back for a year. Zab, Kompany, and Robinho are some of our longest serving players...and were all signed last August. Syvinho's yet to make an appearance.
That leaves Richards, Onouha, and Ireland as our longest serving players, and they are all academy grads, and they are 21, 22, and 23 years old respectively.
Oh and if you want to count Javi, who's never really held down a spot in the team for his 2 years here, or Benji who's been injured much of his 1 1/2, we have a team that's still learning to play with each other. We don't have as good of a "team" as Liverpool, but we sure have a squad that can get there.