Cheers
Didn't realise the season was over.
Lot of points still to play for and I'm still confident we'll finish above you as a club who has the better players and squad depth, and have spent the money that we have spent, should be doing, otherwise the Manager has badly underachieved, of which I'm sure BR will be aware of and perhaps worried about. I mean this with all due respect but I think most fair people would agree that for a club like Liverpool, to finish below Swansea's and WBA's etc in 9th, for the reasons above, would be a huge failure for the club and Manager.
Sunday will be a completely different game than WBA for no other reason than Sturridge is fit again and the difference he makes to our team already is massive, and also a bit of a joke considering he's been here 5 minutes. We play much better in the final 3rd and present a much bigger threat. If he had of played last night I'm certain he'd of scored one of the 27 chances we had on goal and we'd of won comfortably.
I'm worried about us having to play again tomorrow and then again Sunday, after already playing Monday, as some of our best players are starting to look tired, especially after 70 mins, and our squads not the biggest.
If you can keep it 0-0 till half time, the stats suggest you will get at least a draw, as we've only won one game when its been 0-0 at HT. What we've seen this season is that if a team turns up and lets us have the ball and tries to hit us on the counter and from clever set pieces, teams can get a lot of joy against us. If Liverpool aren't winning by 0 mins that atmosphere in Anfield can become toxic and actually make things harder for our team and their heads just drop as their nearly all so mentally weak. ML will play to this as he's a good Manager.
If teams try to play against us and higher up the pitch, we'll match them, get in behind and score goals. This is why we can perform against the top teams like Arsenal and City, but then play Stoke or WBA and fall to bits as they have our weaknesses pinned down. Our other big weakness is against big, strong, target men like Benteke, Lukaku, Kenwyne Jones who are a big threat in the air. The defenders just can't seem to dominate these players. Dunno if you have a striker like this, but if you do, he should play.
I hope you turn up and really try to play against us and not deeper on the counter, as this will give us our best chance of winning now we have a proper out and out striker in Sturridge. If you play on the counter I think you have an excellent chance of getting at least a draw, or even more.
