I didn't watch the match as I've been traveling but I think we can now just concentrate on the league cup to get into Europe and depend on our solid defence against Man City to help us get the required 0-0 score in the 2nd leg and then beat either Crystal Palace or Cardiff on Penalties after another 0-0 draw in normal time.
I'm not trying to upset anyone but I think Mr. Henry is now more upset than all of us with our home form especially against the smaller teams. I was not surprised with yesterday's result. We lack creativity in midfield. That is our main problem. We blame Kuyt and Carroll. They have not been playing many games and they are not our main strikers. Henderson has been playing every game recently and I've not seen him doing anything useful apart from his only forward and defence splitting pass to Bellamy who crossed the ball to Maxi to score the first goal against Chelsea in the league cup. He keeps running away from the ball and keeps passing backwards. In the eyes of Dalglish, Henderson has become our new Alonso.
Why Dalglish is still using his old tactic against the long ball teams. He also used to play with five players at the back against Wimbledon and Arsenal (before Wenger). This shows he has been out for long. We need to bring back Rafa. We all love Dalglish. He is a legend and he saved our last season after a terrible start but we have not moved forward since then.
I'm sure Rafa would have found a way to solve our lack of goals.
No midfield creativity
posted on 15/1/12
I can imagine Mr. Henry pacing around his penthouse office bashing his head against the wall as he watches a stream. On the plus side, if Henderson ever finds a footballing brain, we might have a player.
posted on 15/1/12
I agree we won't finish top4 if we don't sign anyone..
posted on 15/1/12
Let us all hope we get the right players soon.
But I think we have some untried young players who should be given a chance like Morgan, Coady, Sterling
posted on 15/1/12
comment by KPMG Bert van Marwijk (U6960) posted 2 minutes ago
I can imagine Mr. Henry pacing around his penthouse office bashing his head against the wall as he watches a stream. On the plus side, if Henderson ever finds a footballing brain, we might have a player.
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I've been saying this a lot. I know he has potential and has a great engine. But I think he lacks confidence. He can be a good player if he believes in himself and tries something different than the usual simple passes.
posted on 15/1/12
I think Kenny should try Coady but not Sterling as fans will start bashing him if he makes any mistake..
posted on 15/1/12
On the plus side, if Henderson ever finds a footballing brain, we might have a player.
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Could be worse, we could still be playing Poulsen...
posted on 15/1/12
I don't think we're at all short on players with footballing brains. IMO we've got a surplus of of players who can shine with options in front of them and pick out players making a run.
The problem is, they're all standing next to each other waiting for each other to make that run.
In the end, no one does.
posted on 15/1/12
One of the reasons Maxi always scores is his positioning, he always gets himself in scoring positions.
posted on 15/1/12
Maxi is different class finding positions...i said this last year before he started to score that he would eventually bag a load...cannot understand why he doesnt get more ganme time particularly against the likes of norwich and stoke
posted on 15/1/12
Redconn
Exactly the players are passing to each other but not progressing into the area in numbers. FFS Get in the box.