Speaking generally and not just about today's game, we also have no natural wingers, Babel was never really a winger but more of a third forward back in Ajax (as they play 4-3-3) and while Raul can play as a winger cause he did it in Portugal, he’s better as a central midfielder, he does a better job there as well. Same goes for Lucas actually, playing him as a defensive midfielder seems so wrong sometimes… because he plays better when he’s higher up on the pitch but then again I’m not a coach I can’t really say what his exact position should be. With that being said, playing random players as wingers isn’t going to help things get better, we really do need to buy wingers this summer, at least one until the summer so we can progress and regain some creativity and use Glen (I really do hate him as a defender and curious to see if he can pull a Bale on us and be a decent Winger) on the other side.
Where’s the creativity in our midfield? I thought we brought Raul and Milan for this! We suffered a huge blow when we lost Yossi and now we’re definitely feeling it. I think we have become the most uncreative club in PL as of now…. Well maybe not the worst, cause there are always Wolves and Stoke City who cannot create anything to save their lives but you get what I mean by that. I know money was the issue but that's not a full excuse because there are cheap players out there who are quality... look at Valencia for example! Quality players and most were definitely not expensive, Ever Banega, Jordi Alba, Aduriz, Juan Mata, Soldado... I can go on and on! But overall I don’t think our squad is that poor, we have some decent players on the bench that can help us win until the winter window.
Fernando… see I think he’s lacking confidence in himself ever since he got himself that knee injury but he’s not as bad as people make him sound he is (by people I mean the media as of usual, so called “experts” and some of the fans). When you have a midfield that doesn’t feed you any balls, no wonder he doesn’t score goals. He’s being playing as a right winger (honestly he has more assists than goals so far this season) for a few games now because no one is giving him any balls or crosses the ball to him while he’s in the box… which lead us to another problem really… Fernando cannot play on his own, he needs someone he can work with in the hole. We used to have Stevie G there and their partnership is brilliant but yeah….perhaps he needs a partner solely for striking and finishing, while Stevie can stay more behind and control and hand them the shots?
Speaking of the Europa League, realistically I feel that, the most we can do in the Prem this season is avoid getting relegated. We're out of the other tournaments and the most realistic chance for trophy glory we have this season is in the EL. However, come game time, I feel that Roy isn't presenting the best of Liverpool XI he can present. I know he may think that we do not need to tire out star players like Gerrard or Torres in a game against Bursaspor for example, but you've see what happens! We can lose in the away game, and end up winning in the home game, or concede a goal in the first half and then do our famous Liverpool comeback to win....I wish Roy would take this league more seriously, and PUT our best starting XI with our stars like Cole, Gerrard, Torres, Raul, all together on the pitch, as we are Liverpool FC, and we may be faring badly in the Prem, but we are not losing material to teams such as Steaua or Bursaspor.
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Where’s the creativity in our midfield? I thought we brought Raul and Milan for this! We suffered a huge blow when we lost Yossi and now we’re definitely feeling it. I think we have become the most uncreative club in PL as of now…. Well maybe not the worst, cause there are always Wolves and Stoke City who cannot create anything to save their lives but you get what I mean by that. I know money was the issue but that's not a full excuse because there are cheap players out there who are quality... look at Valencia for example! Quality players and most were definitely not expensive, Ever Banega, Jordi Alba, Aduriz, Juan Mata, Soldado... I can go on and on! But overall I don’t think our squad is that poor, we have some decent players on the bench that can help us win until the winter window.
Fernando… see I think he’s lacking confidence in himself ever since he got himself that knee injury but he’s not as bad as people make him sound he is (by people I mean the media as of usual, so called “experts” and some of the fans). When you have a midfield that doesn’t feed you any balls, no wonder he doesn’t score goals. He’s being playing as a right winger (honestly he has more assists than goals so far this season) for a few games now because no one is giving him any balls or crosses the ball to him while he’s in the box… which lead us to another problem really… Fernando cannot play on his own, he needs someone he can work with in the hole. We used to have Stevie G there and their partnership is brilliant but yeah….perhaps he needs a partner solely for striking and finishing, while Stevie can stay more behind and control and hand them the shots?
Speaking of the Europa League, realistically I feel that, the most we can do in the Prem this season is avoid getting relegated. We're out of the other tournaments and the most realistic chance for trophy glory we have this season is in the EL. However, come game time, I feel that Roy isn't presenting the best of Liverpool XI he can present. I know he may think that we do not need to tire out star players like Gerrard or Torres in a game against Bursaspor for example, but you've see what happens! We can lose in the away game, and end up winning in the home game, or concede a goal in the first half and then do our famous Liverpool comeback to win....I wish Roy would take this league more seriously, and PUT our best starting XI with our stars like Cole, Gerrard, Torres, Raul, all together on the pitch, as we are Liverpool FC, and we may be faring badly in the Prem, but we are not losing material to teams such as Steaua or Bursaspor.