Steven Gerrard admits he can sense a different feeling in the Liverpool dressing room this season â and it's giving him the confidence they can close the gap on Manchester United. The Reds play host to the Old Trafford club at Anfield on Sunday afternoon aiming to maintain their 100 per cent start to 2013-14. And Gerrard believes Liverpool are better positioned to challenge at the top of the Barclays Premier League table. The captain told the Liverpool Echo: "That's something we have been trying to do for a long time, not just with changes in the summer. "For a long time, the gap between ourselves and United, Chelsea and now Manchester City has been too big. "Each year we have been trying to close that gap, so really this season isn't any different in that respect. "But it does feel slightly different this year. The team spirit is really good and there is a belief within the squad. "The changes the manager has made during the summer are really positive and hopefully there are still one or two more players to come in." While Liverpool have picked up maximum points from their first two matches, United were held to a goalless draw by Chelsea at home on Monday having beaten Swansea City on the opening weekend. Gerrard added: "United blew Swansea away and played some good stuff on the counter-attack, but against Chelsea on Monday both teams really cancelled each other out," he said. "We know it's going to be a very tough match. I think they'll come here and probably look to play on the counter-attack again, but we're at home and have got to take the game to them. "Our tails are up. We have won three games in a row, even if with the third one we did it the difficult way. Confidence is still high, even if the injury situation is not ideal going into such a big game. But we have got a squad that can cope. "We didn't get what we deserved from the big games last year. To try and improve on that this season, we have to put in the same effort but learn to start turning draws into maximum points. "For me, United and Everton are still the big two games of the season." http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/143751-gerrard-it-feels-different-this-year - - - - - - - - - - - - "It feels different this year" - Could it just be that Jamie Carragher is missing...?
Can someone stop Tobes posting these things, we're happy in the blue section and don't want our delusion shattered.
Didn't Arsene Wenger say the same thing as Gerrard, only he wasn't talking about the mood in the dressing room, or was he?
Better than arguing about squad depth ignoring the players that are out injured and thus, the reason for needing depth Edit: ironically, I just made this thread into one of them
Not to me it ****ing doesnt...it's Groundhog Day and once again we will pay the price for not being decisive enough in the transfer window. Four early signings left us licking our lips. Now top player after top player has turned their backs on us. It hurts and we are now the 'ugly fat girl stood waiting for someone to ask her to dance.'
Definitely think we've been dragging our heels (still are) especially over financial matters. It's not that we're not an attractive club, I think a lot of players (top or not) would jump at the chance to play for Liverpool going off our heritage/history, achievements and brand; currently though it's the inconsistency, recent mediocrity and lack of CL football that's to blame, as well as the dilly dallying.
