Rafael Benitez remains confident that 4th place and UEFA Champions League football are still within Liverpool's reach after a 3-0 win over Sunderland today. He also hailed Maxi Rodriguez after one of the winger's best performances for Liverpool.
''He is a very good signing for the team'', Benitez said. ''He has game intelligence and can keep the ball. He can play in three different positions and works very hard. He is very positive in his approach. I am really pleased with him and he has been good for the team'' he continued. The performance will be seen as part of an overall good team performance, which hasn't been said very much this season. After Liverpool confirmed the 4-4-2 line up and threatened as early as fourty seconds into the game, one could only feel that they were bound to push on and dominate the game. Thirty five minutes and two goals later the possesion statistics showed Liverpool had 71% of the all to Sunderland's measily (a word that also describes Tony Mowbray's Celtic manager record) 29%. Fernando Torres put Liverpool in the lead, just three minutes into the game, with a wonder goal. The Spaniard cut inside Sunderland's Michael Turner and placed the ball in the top corner of the Sunderland goal. The oppertunity was delivered by Pepe Reina's hoof (similar to the ol 'Jack Charlton hoof' that Irish football fans may remember), but the finish thereafter was exquisite. This was followed by a barage of chances from Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Dan Agger, who seemed to run through Sunderland players willingly as if they were ghosts or worse, West Ham players. Eventually Sunderand fell apart and Glen Johnson's shot deflected off Turner, beating Craig Gordon. Torres then bagged his 2nd and Liverpool's third. As amazing as his 1st goal was, this one as equally as impressive. Torres dinked a beautiful effort past the helpless Craig Gordon, who had about as much of a say on the game as Benjani (yup, he's at Sunderland now and his lack of appearences helps my point further!) after being fed by the ever present Johnson.
Strangely Liverpool's control lasted the entire game. So what was different about Liverpool in this game compared to the rest of the season? Well number 1: Steven Gerrard was put back in the center, which should have been done when Alonso left and Aquilani was unavailable, but it only took Rafa 32 games to realise that(well better that than to take 30 games to realise Mowbray shouldn't be a Celtic manager. And number 2: The shackles and Liverpool played attacking football. Rafa even had the guts to bring on Aquilani, El Zahr and Ngog, who had time to miss a sitter... yay. Three attacking players brought on when the team was already 3-0 up which is completely unlike Benitez. It is doubtful however that he will continue this sysem because when important games arise Rafa is far too cautious. Thats why a £17million attack minded Italian midfielder sits on the bench while a £6million not too sure what-minded Brazilian(yeah strange isn't it) starts most games. This attacking approach appears to benefit a majority of the players, in particular Maxi who gave his finest performance for Liverpool, although it could have been the poor opposition. But frankly he linked up well with the other players and got involved as much as he could. Rafa claimed "Maxi can be a big difference. If you get clever movement from him, it can help us'', and although it sounds sort of gramatically wrong, he is right. Maxi has plenty of experience and seems to fit well into the team. Surely the form players such as Torres and Maxi and this attack minded approach,if it lasts, will drive Liverpool onward, hopefully to fourth.
The form of the other teams have led to some encouragement for Liverpool fans lately. With Villa being destroyed by Chelsea and our rivals Everton helping us out by beating City something may be salvaged! Firmly ahead by 7 points, some would favour Tottenham but they still have to play Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. So th 09/10 season has the potential to be one of the most exciting in the Premier League for many years. The 4th place battle has the potential to be a major success story for one cluband if Liverpool were to achieve this it would be an inspirational end (i know that would follow the pathetic start but at least it wouldn't be a Mowbray season [patetic start and pathetic finish]. And an inspirational end to this blog would suite me better than a melancholic end with flashbacks of where it all went wrong.
Nothing is for sure yet apart from the thrilling run in to the end of the season. So Livrpool have to keep on battling and winning and if things go their way 4th place might just be salvaged. So thanks for reading this week's edition of 'What can be salvaged?'. Next edition will be Thursday for the Benfica game, I'll be back discussing the game,tactics and lack of Riera (have fun in Russia where its about as cold as a witches tit) and maybe make another snide comment about Tony Mowbray's unsuccesful Celtic season. I'm just kidding Tony, I'm sure you'll be successful someday. . .
Yours, Dec (The Mowbray basher)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
No walk in the Park for Liverpool
Rafa Benitez has revealed his fears of the struggle for a fourth place (extremely suprising...) spot in the Premier League after a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford. The winning goal scored by Park Ji-Sung came as quite a blow to Liverpool who now sit 4 points behind fouth place Tottenham who have a game in hand and just 1 point ahead of both Man City and Aston who have also played less games. (What a dreadful weekend for football, first Stan sacked from Darlington and now this). Leaving Liverpool with an incredibly difficult run in to the end of the season.
Despite taking the lead in the fifth minute, the team never got going. Lucas returned to his defensive midfield role meaning Liverpool returned to a negative shape. They retreated to the good ol 'we play worse football than you but we might just nick this' style Rafa Benitez seems to be fond of and unfortunately it was unsucessful. Some terrible marking by the Manchester United back line allowed Fernando Torres to head home a percise Dirk Kuyt cross (hmm that isn't said often). But United were soon level after referee Howard Webb(pictured right in his most favourite-est jersey) awarded United a peno after Mascherano's fouled Antonio Valencia, even though the incident seemed to take place outside the box. Despite the efforts of Pepe Reina (and Fernando Torres who returned to his box and clearly kicked a chunk out of the ground where the penalty was to be taken), Rooney scored the rebound after the original shot was saved. The tempo dropped somewhat after that (thanks a lot guys, how will I fill the rest of this blog now?) and after a few kicks in what was a dull start to the second half Liverpool began to feel the pressure. In the 60th minute Darren Fletcher floated in a beautiful cross which was met by the brave head of Park Ji-Sung through a sea of flying boots (sounds like a Kung-foo movie) and after missing a simple header earlier on in the game, he made no mistake with the second effort. Liverpool were gifted a chance to equalize near the end of the game when Fernando Torres got on the end of a Steven Gerrard cross but could only scuff his shot into the air which substitue Benayoun could not convert. This was one of very few chances Liverpol got today because a pure lack of creativity. Steven Gerrard was no where to be seen, instead there was a sign reading ''be back after World Cup....maybe''. The introduction of Aquilani and others was left far too late and they made little impact. All and all a poor performance, a poor season and now a poor position for Livepool.
The passion in todays game was questionable. Jamie Carragher seemed the only outfield Liverpool player who gave his all today. But while the game seemed to flounder on the pitch, the heated battle for toughest manager (sounds like a bad series hosted by Danny Dyer) seemed to begin on the sidelines with Rafa and Fergie exchanging unpleasentries like a more tidy 8 mile. Ultimately Fergie won when he questioned why Rafa started Lucas and Rafa choked. (8 mile sequal perhaps, 8th spot or maybe something a bit more witty?) Strangely Benitez seemed to have no complaints in the post match interview apart from admitting the penalty was questionable. But he seems to have accepted that Liverpools challenge for fourth spot is no longer in their own hands. Not long ago he was guaranteeing the fans 4th place and now all he can guarantee is that it wil be difficult, something someone with primary school maths skills could tell us by looking at the table. So has he lost hope? I don't think so. But Rafa is a smart (well somewhat smart) man. He knows the odds are against him, he knows that the board situation is far from perfect and he certainly knows other clubs are intrested in his services. For now the only thing he can do is concentrate on a tough Europa League campaign and keep winning in the league. As for the players hunger for the game, it definately seems to be fading by the game (like Stevies involvement!). However with a trophy still on the line we may see a somewhat motivated team at the end of the season.
Thanks for reading this weeks post, I'm sorry it was kind of short and sweet (well actually quite bitter considering the outcome of the game) but unfortunately the lads gave me little to work with! I'm also sorry the post was a little late. After the horrible happenings I just couldnt bring myself to write it. I hit the bottle pretty hard when I realized Steve Staunton would no longer be the gaffern(at Darlington)!!! Actually thats untrue. I kind of chuckled and got on with my life. The Liverpool result hurt me like affairs have hurt John Terry's career though. Well although the say laughter is the best medicine I think I'd still prefer 4th place.
Yours begrudgingly,
Dec
Despite taking the lead in the fifth minute, the team never got going. Lucas returned to his defensive midfield role meaning Liverpool returned to a negative shape. They retreated to the good ol 'we play worse football than you but we might just nick this' style Rafa Benitez seems to be fond of and unfortunately it was unsucessful. Some terrible marking by the Manchester United back line allowed Fernando Torres to head home a percise Dirk Kuyt cross (hmm that isn't said often). But United were soon level after referee Howard Webb(pictured right in his most favourite-est jersey) awarded United a peno after Mascherano's fouled Antonio Valencia, even though the incident seemed to take place outside the box. Despite the efforts of Pepe Reina (and Fernando Torres who returned to his box and clearly kicked a chunk out of the ground where the penalty was to be taken), Rooney scored the rebound after the original shot was saved. The tempo dropped somewhat after that (thanks a lot guys, how will I fill the rest of this blog now?) and after a few kicks in what was a dull start to the second half Liverpool began to feel the pressure. In the 60th minute Darren Fletcher floated in a beautiful cross which was met by the brave head of Park Ji-Sung through a sea of flying boots (sounds like a Kung-foo movie) and after missing a simple header earlier on in the game, he made no mistake with the second effort. Liverpool were gifted a chance to equalize near the end of the game when Fernando Torres got on the end of a Steven Gerrard cross but could only scuff his shot into the air which substitue Benayoun could not convert. This was one of very few chances Liverpol got today because a pure lack of creativity. Steven Gerrard was no where to be seen, instead there was a sign reading ''be back after World Cup....maybe''. The introduction of Aquilani and others was left far too late and they made little impact. All and all a poor performance, a poor season and now a poor position for Livepool.
The passion in todays game was questionable. Jamie Carragher seemed the only outfield Liverpool player who gave his all today. But while the game seemed to flounder on the pitch, the heated battle for toughest manager (sounds like a bad series hosted by Danny Dyer) seemed to begin on the sidelines with Rafa and Fergie exchanging unpleasentries like a more tidy 8 mile. Ultimately Fergie won when he questioned why Rafa started Lucas and Rafa choked. (8 mile sequal perhaps, 8th spot or maybe something a bit more witty?) Strangely Benitez seemed to have no complaints in the post match interview apart from admitting the penalty was questionable. But he seems to have accepted that Liverpools challenge for fourth spot is no longer in their own hands. Not long ago he was guaranteeing the fans 4th place and now all he can guarantee is that it wil be difficult, something someone with primary school maths skills could tell us by looking at the table. So has he lost hope? I don't think so. But Rafa is a smart (well somewhat smart) man. He knows the odds are against him, he knows that the board situation is far from perfect and he certainly knows other clubs are intrested in his services. For now the only thing he can do is concentrate on a tough Europa League campaign and keep winning in the league. As for the players hunger for the game, it definately seems to be fading by the game (like Stevies involvement!). However with a trophy still on the line we may see a somewhat motivated team at the end of the season.
Thanks for reading this weeks post, I'm sorry it was kind of short and sweet (well actually quite bitter considering the outcome of the game) but unfortunately the lads gave me little to work with! I'm also sorry the post was a little late. After the horrible happenings I just couldnt bring myself to write it. I hit the bottle pretty hard when I realized Steve Staunton would no longer be the gaffern(at Darlington)!!! Actually thats untrue. I kind of chuckled and got on with my life. The Liverpool result hurt me like affairs have hurt John Terry's career though. Well although the say laughter is the best medicine I think I'd still prefer 4th place.
Yours begrudgingly,
Dec
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Three-sy does it for Rafa's reds
Despite the big success story today being Fulham's whomping (mixture of whollop and thumping) of Juventus, Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 victory over a very poor Lille team.
After the last encounte between the two which saw Lille scrape through with a 1-0, a lot more was expected from Liverpool and they did not dissapoint.
Steven Gerrard leveled the tie early on from the penalty spot after Lucas was brought down in the area. Enquiries are being made into why Lucas was anywhere near the penalty area, but thankfuly he was he was brought down before he could tamely put the ball straight and snug into the the Lille keeper's grasp. Apart from the bright start the remainder of the first half was extremely cagey. Fernando Torres and Dan Agger provided most of the chances but failed to convert. Lverpool fans then had their hearts in their mouths in the thirtieth minute as last week's goal scorer Eden Hazard stormed the goal but was denied by the wonderfuly large head of Pepe Reina. The teams remained deadlocked at 1-1 on aggragate at half time, leaving the Liverpool fans looking nervy and confused as to how Lucas had gotten that far up the pitch.
Every week Steven Gerrard's form is mentioned here on 'What can be salvaged?' he seems to knock his game up a notch so considering the next opponent is Manchester United it would be crazy of me not to do so! (come on stevie, bury won next week and we'll know its thanks to this blog...) But the captain and his team made a strong start to the second half and took the lead quite soon into the half. Fernando Torres slipped a world class finish past Lille keeper Landreau to put Liverool in the lead after the defenders gifted him a great oppertunity. After that the Lille team seemed to flop like an old piece of neck skin on a windy and earthquakey day. They seemed frustrated because their link up play and final ball were Portsmouth (my new word for poor) and at times you could describe their finishng as Dirk Kuyt-esc, although Dirk quickly corrected that by smashing the ball clean over the bar on the volley from about 7 yards out without knowing that he was offside. ''You call that a miss? This is a miss!'', came to mind when Dirk hoofed the ball up into the air.
Liverpool seemed comfortable however and kept pressure on their opponents until around teh 70th minute when the players seemd to take up surrendering possesion at every oppertunity as a hobby! (In fairness I see how it can be enjoyable.) This sloppiness allowed Lille substitute Aubemayang a golden chance in front of goal which he missed causing Lille manager Rudi Garcia to whip out his old HULK impression, it was pretty scary for those who missed it. The remainder of the game was quite Portsmouth (yeah I'm really trying to make it a thing) but Torres put the game beyond doubt in the 90th minute to the relief of the fans and the manager. (Although had they have lost I would have enjoyed seeing Rafa's HULK impression). The goal was followed by a bellowing ''YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE'' from the home crowd who were clearly delighted to be back to winning ways and still in contention for a trophy of some kind.
As the week's go by at Liverpool more and more issues seem to arise. This week, just 24 hours before the clash with Lille, winger Albert Riera criticized manager Rafa Benitez on Spanish Radio and claimed Liverpool were a ''sinking ship''. So as a tribute to Mr. Riera a new feature called 'The Sinking Ship' has been added to the blog, scroll down to see. It will be an update of all controversy, mayhem and general malarky happening at the club and seeing as Liverpool's script is about as obscene as Harchester United's of Dream Team (I'm pretty sur there was murder and everything in that show), believe you me there will be plenty more added to the new feature.
So Liverpool set out to be a nuisance(or Owen Hargreaves knee's as I like to say) to Man Utd's title hopes and nothing would make the fans happier than to stop Utd from winning the league.
Thanks for reading this week's post. I will be back next week, that is if we beat Utd. I think it would be too heart breaking to write a post about a loss like that. You might find that next week the blog (just like Albert Riera's Liverpool career) may no longer exist. No but really, there will be more posts, just none about Riera playing.
Dec
After the last encounte between the two which saw Lille scrape through with a 1-0, a lot more was expected from Liverpool and they did not dissapoint.
Steven Gerrard leveled the tie early on from the penalty spot after Lucas was brought down in the area. Enquiries are being made into why Lucas was anywhere near the penalty area, but thankfuly he was he was brought down before he could tamely put the ball straight and snug into the the Lille keeper's grasp. Apart from the bright start the remainder of the first half was extremely cagey. Fernando Torres and Dan Agger provided most of the chances but failed to convert. Lverpool fans then had their hearts in their mouths in the thirtieth minute as last week's goal scorer Eden Hazard stormed the goal but was denied by the wonderfuly large head of Pepe Reina. The teams remained deadlocked at 1-1 on aggragate at half time, leaving the Liverpool fans looking nervy and confused as to how Lucas had gotten that far up the pitch.
Every week Steven Gerrard's form is mentioned here on 'What can be salvaged?' he seems to knock his game up a notch so considering the next opponent is Manchester United it would be crazy of me not to do so! (come on stevie, bury won next week and we'll know its thanks to this blog...) But the captain and his team made a strong start to the second half and took the lead quite soon into the half. Fernando Torres slipped a world class finish past Lille keeper Landreau to put Liverool in the lead after the defenders gifted him a great oppertunity. After that the Lille team seemed to flop like an old piece of neck skin on a windy and earthquakey day. They seemed frustrated because their link up play and final ball were Portsmouth (my new word for poor) and at times you could describe their finishng as Dirk Kuyt-esc, although Dirk quickly corrected that by smashing the ball clean over the bar on the volley from about 7 yards out without knowing that he was offside. ''You call that a miss? This is a miss!'', came to mind when Dirk hoofed the ball up into the air.
Liverpool seemed comfortable however and kept pressure on their opponents until around teh 70th minute when the players seemd to take up surrendering possesion at every oppertunity as a hobby! (In fairness I see how it can be enjoyable.) This sloppiness allowed Lille substitute Aubemayang a golden chance in front of goal which he missed causing Lille manager Rudi Garcia to whip out his old HULK impression, it was pretty scary for those who missed it. The remainder of the game was quite Portsmouth (yeah I'm really trying to make it a thing) but Torres put the game beyond doubt in the 90th minute to the relief of the fans and the manager. (Although had they have lost I would have enjoyed seeing Rafa's HULK impression). The goal was followed by a bellowing ''YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE'' from the home crowd who were clearly delighted to be back to winning ways and still in contention for a trophy of some kind.
As the week's go by at Liverpool more and more issues seem to arise. This week, just 24 hours before the clash with Lille, winger Albert Riera criticized manager Rafa Benitez on Spanish Radio and claimed Liverpool were a ''sinking ship''. So as a tribute to Mr. Riera a new feature called 'The Sinking Ship' has been added to the blog, scroll down to see. It will be an update of all controversy, mayhem and general malarky happening at the club and seeing as Liverpool's script is about as obscene as Harchester United's of Dream Team (I'm pretty sur there was murder and everything in that show), believe you me there will be plenty more added to the new feature.
So Liverpool set out to be a nuisance(or Owen Hargreaves knee's as I like to say) to Man Utd's title hopes and nothing would make the fans happier than to stop Utd from winning the league.
Thanks for reading this week's post. I will be back next week, that is if we beat Utd. I think it would be too heart breaking to write a post about a loss like that. You might find that next week the blog (just like Albert Riera's Liverpool career) may no longer exist. No but really, there will be more posts, just none about Riera playing.
Dec
Monday, March 15, 2010
Liverpool Four The Win!
Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth, a score that will satisfy fans and the performance to go with it. With goals from the ol' reliable Fernando Torres and two more from Babel and Aquilani, which should act as a confidence boost to them, and suck the last bit of life out of Pompey. (which I originally thought Avram Grant would do as his resembelance to Dracula is quite amazing).
Liverpools season so far seems to have been one disaster after another. But tonight Liverpool showed what they were really capable of, all beit against the wounded woodland critter that is Portsmouth F.C. (Although woodland critters are probably better off financially than Pompey).
It has been little under a week since the first post from 'What can be salvaged?' and it seems the audience is wider than I thought as Steven Gerrard seems to have been reborn since he was criticized here. (Not that it was the definate difference as I have no confirmation from Stevie himself, but thats probably because he's never heard of me or this blog).
Last week Steven Gerrard's performance was so poor it warrented a bit of criticism and a large image illustrating him hiding his face, which wasn't from the same game but frankly helped prove my point. His old lively performances had many suggesting he carried the team on his back but recently he looked sluggish and tired, which suggested he had literally carried the team on his back and was now burnt out from Lucas's daily piggyback ride. (Not a gay metaphor, more a Lucas has been poor and Gerrard would have to fill in metaphor). But this week there will be no criticism and the image is now a more happy, crest slapping Stevie G.
Despite all the work Stevie put in, such as forcing the error from Pompey keeper Jamie Ashdown that lead to the first goal, he was not the star of the show. Liverpool's £17 million summer signing Alberto Aquilani put in a master class performance and bagged his first Liverpool goal. Rafa disregarded his usual negative, boring tactics when he started the attack minded midfielder with Gerrard, Ryan Babel and Maxi Rodrigez all included. And yet it seems to have paid off. Once the shackles were released Aquilani popped up everywhere becoming consistantly involved in everything good Liverpool did. Honestly, 4-1 was a flattering scoreline for Pompey considering Torres and Babel's thunderous strikes both hit the post.
The only negative happenings of the night was the poorly defended goal converted by Belhadj ,who was a contendor for Pompeys best player despite having as much influence on the game as a beach ball at a Sunderland game. (Wait no, bad choice of comparison). And also the clash which saw Gerrard clatter Pompeys Michael Brown with his elbow. It is unclear whether the incident was deliberate, but Rafa seems pretty confident it was nothing and since we have no reason to doubt him ... dot dot dot etc. These incidents are just blips on an important win that will hopefully act as a springboard to Liverpool and help maintain the form in theweek ahead (Lille on Thursday and Man Utd on Sunday).
Well thanks again for reading this edition of What can be salvaged?. As usual, the next blog article will be posted after the game. Good luck against Lille lads!
And Liverpool fans, lets hold our heads high! We beat a lifeless, struggling debt ridden team! Oh yeah! It's like kicking an injured cat, well not quite as cruel but just about as easy.
Dec
Liverpools season so far seems to have been one disaster after another. But tonight Liverpool showed what they were really capable of, all beit against the wounded woodland critter that is Portsmouth F.C. (Although woodland critters are probably better off financially than Pompey).
It has been little under a week since the first post from 'What can be salvaged?' and it seems the audience is wider than I thought as Steven Gerrard seems to have been reborn since he was criticized here. (Not that it was the definate difference as I have no confirmation from Stevie himself, but thats probably because he's never heard of me or this blog).
Last week Steven Gerrard's performance was so poor it warrented a bit of criticism and a large image illustrating him hiding his face, which wasn't from the same game but frankly helped prove my point. His old lively performances had many suggesting he carried the team on his back but recently he looked sluggish and tired, which suggested he had literally carried the team on his back and was now burnt out from Lucas's daily piggyback ride. (Not a gay metaphor, more a Lucas has been poor and Gerrard would have to fill in metaphor). But this week there will be no criticism and the image is now a more happy, crest slapping Stevie G.
Despite all the work Stevie put in, such as forcing the error from Pompey keeper Jamie Ashdown that lead to the first goal, he was not the star of the show. Liverpool's £17 million summer signing Alberto Aquilani put in a master class performance and bagged his first Liverpool goal. Rafa disregarded his usual negative, boring tactics when he started the attack minded midfielder with Gerrard, Ryan Babel and Maxi Rodrigez all included. And yet it seems to have paid off. Once the shackles were released Aquilani popped up everywhere becoming consistantly involved in everything good Liverpool did. Honestly, 4-1 was a flattering scoreline for Pompey considering Torres and Babel's thunderous strikes both hit the post.
The only negative happenings of the night was the poorly defended goal converted by Belhadj ,who was a contendor for Pompeys best player despite having as much influence on the game as a beach ball at a Sunderland game. (Wait no, bad choice of comparison). And also the clash which saw Gerrard clatter Pompeys Michael Brown with his elbow. It is unclear whether the incident was deliberate, but Rafa seems pretty confident it was nothing and since we have no reason to doubt him ... dot dot dot etc. These incidents are just blips on an important win that will hopefully act as a springboard to Liverpool and help maintain the form in theweek ahead (Lille on Thursday and Man Utd on Sunday).
Well thanks again for reading this edition of What can be salvaged?. As usual, the next blog article will be posted after the game. Good luck against Lille lads!
And Liverpool fans, lets hold our heads high! We beat a lifeless, struggling debt ridden team! Oh yeah! It's like kicking an injured cat, well not quite as cruel but just about as easy.
Dec
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Will the real Steve Gerrard please stand up?
Another bitterly dissapointing defeat this time 1-0 at the hands of the all mighty LILLE O.S.C!!!! (thats the cynicism kicking in). And with Stevie G showing off his incredible hiding, skills we never looked dangerous.
Hazard's late, and extremely poorly defended free kick just floated past all liverpool players just as the season seems to have done so far. Despite the luck Lille got with the free kick, they looked an extremely poor team. Liverpool dominated but yet again seemed to flounder anytime they made the move towards the opposition goal! Not a superior kind of domination like beating a weaker kid to the ground , more like walking against a strong breeze and just about reaching your destination.
When it comes down to it Liverpools squad just doesn't look like they have the hunger to play for their club! With recent comments like ''I don't care if I get a new contract'', thats hardly suprising. (That one was from Carra just in case your wondering!) Don't get me wrong, I'm not doubting the teams ability to win this trophy, I just feel that the players attending the World Cup seem to realise that they are not competing for any major trophies and would rather save themselves for the World Cup and the other players...... well lets say they are below par and leave it at that.
For example, Steven Gerrard. I think he is one of the if not the best central midfielder when he wants to be. He carried us many a game! But at the moment he seems completely unintrested!
I'm not sure if he has lost faith in Rafa (like most of the fans have) or is fed up with playing poor football or being isolated in the attacking ''free role'', which seems to hinder his performance!!!
Well thanks for reading! Go enjoy Rafa's '' well i think we were better team'' press confrence. (THAT DOESNT MATTER YOU HAVE TO SCORE TO GO THROUGH! AAAAAAARGH!)
Yup they're pretty painful.
Tune in next time! Same blog time, same blog channel. (hmmm libel? nah I should be alright)
Dec
Hazard's late, and extremely poorly defended free kick just floated past all liverpool players just as the season seems to have done so far. Despite the luck Lille got with the free kick, they looked an extremely poor team. Liverpool dominated but yet again seemed to flounder anytime they made the move towards the opposition goal! Not a superior kind of domination like beating a weaker kid to the ground , more like walking against a strong breeze and just about reaching your destination.
When it comes down to it Liverpools squad just doesn't look like they have the hunger to play for their club! With recent comments like ''I don't care if I get a new contract'', thats hardly suprising. (That one was from Carra just in case your wondering!) Don't get me wrong, I'm not doubting the teams ability to win this trophy, I just feel that the players attending the World Cup seem to realise that they are not competing for any major trophies and would rather save themselves for the World Cup and the other players...... well lets say they are below par and leave it at that.
For example, Steven Gerrard. I think he is one of the if not the best central midfielder when he wants to be. He carried us many a game! But at the moment he seems completely unintrested!
I'm not sure if he has lost faith in Rafa (like most of the fans have) or is fed up with playing poor football or being isolated in the attacking ''free role'', which seems to hinder his performance!!!
Well thanks for reading! Go enjoy Rafa's '' well i think we were better team'' press confrence. (THAT DOESNT MATTER YOU HAVE TO SCORE TO GO THROUGH! AAAAAAARGH!)
Yup they're pretty painful.
Tune in next time! Same blog time, same blog channel. (hmmm libel? nah I should be alright)
Dec
What can be salvaged?
Hi, just a quick intro to this blog. Basically, I will write up these posts after Liverpool play from today 11/3/2010 (yeah i know we just lost but if you give me a minute I'll cover that) commenting on the run in to the end of the season to see what Liverpool can salvage from this nightmare of a season.
I am a Liverpool fan so of course I will be doing the best to cheer on my beloved club, but I won't hold back with criticism and cynicism towards performances (then again no one will at the moment!).
I hope to make this an entertaining read for you all and hopefuly I'll get to create a facebook/Twitter page on which you can leave your own post, suggest improvements or argue with my view if ya want to.
Thanks
Yours Liverpool-fuly (whatever that means)
Dec
I am a Liverpool fan so of course I will be doing the best to cheer on my beloved club, but I won't hold back with criticism and cynicism towards performances (then again no one will at the moment!).
I hope to make this an entertaining read for you all and hopefuly I'll get to create a facebook/Twitter page on which you can leave your own post, suggest improvements or argue with my view if ya want to.
Thanks
Yours Liverpool-fuly (whatever that means)
Dec
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