Think we can safely say we won't be winning any significant silverware this season. The drive and passion that have always flowed through a Liverpool side is certainly prevalent, but the talent, the sheer, raw quality is absent. We have it. In abundance, yet we fail to capitalise on the chances we are giving ourselves.
This isn't a doom and gloom blogpost. It's optimistic by being realistic. We simply can't recreate that glorious 08/09 season without a season of rebuilding. That's what this season is all about. Getting Torres fit and firing again, not trashing him and his 'commitment'. The midfield is looking very tasty with Cole having another outstanding match in Europe last night. Mireles and Lucas seem to be settling down and Spearing was very close to being Man Of The Match for me. No, I don't think the problem is a lack of talent but a lack of how to use it or tease the best out of it.
With the off-field news taking a sinister twist with the news that Hicks is trying to garner more cash to oust Gilette. This is the last thing that Liverpool FC need as that would prolong the inevitable ownership issue that plagues us from season to season.
Fans who grow consistently irritated with below par performances are more likely to be the same fans who are less likely to be sympathetic to the rebuilding process. Ask yourself the basic question. Would you still support LFC if we were even worse? Why does this current Liverpool squad warrant such harsh criticism? It isn't the same squad as 08/09. We, as fans, are placing far too much responsibility on the shoulders of players who are either coming back from injury or are new.
As a fan I see us finishing 5th or 6th. Unless we hit a
good vein of form I just cannot see this squad doing any better. But I most certainly don't expect them to win against everyone.
Friday 17 September 2010
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Dramatic Ending
Yesterday should have been a very busy day for Liverpool FC, yet it wasn't. If anything yesterday was quite quiet in respects to the rest of the transfer window. Signing Joe Cole, Milan Jovanovic, Christian Poulsen, Raul Mireles and a couple of youngsters was much busier than the one signing of Paul Konchesky.
Most LFC fans are very disturbed by this recent transfer window. The muched touted arrival of a striker, failed to materialise, gladly for some. Many youngsters were sold for no apparent reason. There appeared to be no real motive for many of the moves.
However, I differ in that opinion. To reduce ourselves to sign a striker who is injured more times than Torres, is below LFC. Carlton Cole is not the luckiest striker. Similarly with Mario Gomez, we would have had a striker who has struggled in the Bundesliga and for his country. I see David Ngog as the future striker of LFC. If we get him lots of experience and toughen him up we should see a more fluid striker. Not many goals against Arsenal from Carlton Cole eh?
Some of our youngsters have gone too. I wrote a previous blog post about the exodus of Academy members. I think I was a little off the mark about it. The players we have transferred out are either not good enough or injury prone. Lauri Dalla Valle being the exception to both those rules, I cannot fathom why he has been sold. I can only assume that it is for reasons we will find out in due course. The other recruits, Krizstian Nemeth, injury prone, Mikel San Jose, asked for a transfer, Emiliano Insua, not quite good enough, Aquilani, not quite good enough yet! We have to see this as a positive, we have to see that the wage bill has been reduced, the club has made £10 million profit, the 'deadwood' has been cut out and the team has places and opportunities for the other gifted players.
What was once a lavish ceremoney for LFC has turned into a stripping down of assets and the trimming of the wick. What I would like to see from the board come January is a leaner squad but with a strong, experienced core so that the young players are used with blooding in mind.
Most LFC fans are very disturbed by this recent transfer window. The muched touted arrival of a striker, failed to materialise, gladly for some. Many youngsters were sold for no apparent reason. There appeared to be no real motive for many of the moves.
However, I differ in that opinion. To reduce ourselves to sign a striker who is injured more times than Torres, is below LFC. Carlton Cole is not the luckiest striker. Similarly with Mario Gomez, we would have had a striker who has struggled in the Bundesliga and for his country. I see David Ngog as the future striker of LFC. If we get him lots of experience and toughen him up we should see a more fluid striker. Not many goals against Arsenal from Carlton Cole eh?
Some of our youngsters have gone too. I wrote a previous blog post about the exodus of Academy members. I think I was a little off the mark about it. The players we have transferred out are either not good enough or injury prone. Lauri Dalla Valle being the exception to both those rules, I cannot fathom why he has been sold. I can only assume that it is for reasons we will find out in due course. The other recruits, Krizstian Nemeth, injury prone, Mikel San Jose, asked for a transfer, Emiliano Insua, not quite good enough, Aquilani, not quite good enough yet! We have to see this as a positive, we have to see that the wage bill has been reduced, the club has made £10 million profit, the 'deadwood' has been cut out and the team has places and opportunities for the other gifted players.
What was once a lavish ceremoney for LFC has turned into a stripping down of assets and the trimming of the wick. What I would like to see from the board come January is a leaner squad but with a strong, experienced core so that the young players are used with blooding in mind.
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