When you put things in perspective and take a real look at things it’s not as bad as it seems. We have a new manager, new team, new ideas and to have the starting 6 games we have had, it was always going to be tough. If we’d had the same 6 games that Chelsea have had then I’d be very disappointed if we weren’t in the top 4. We are 2 points behind Spurs and 5 points behind Man City and Arsenal who are both currently in the top 4. We clearly have the quality to get us in a top 4 position, so before we all jump the gun lets give it another 6 games and see how we are doing then.
There are plenty of positives to come from our start to the season and one of those positives is Mr David Ngog. At the start of the season I thought it was essential that we got another striker in to cover Fernando Torres if he go injured and when we didn’t sign one in the transfer window I was disappointed. But having watched David Ngog most of this season, I asked myself if any of the supposed targets we were after (Carlton Cole, Gomez etc etc) were any better than Ngog. He has scored 7 goals this season, I know the majority have come in the Europa League but you can only deal with the opposition put in front of you.
He has bulked up and really started to play the lone striker role very well, he’s 21 years old and has only just entered his 3rd season for us. I do agree that at the start of his Liverpool career he didn’t always make the right decisions or always have the best first touch, but looking at him now, he has improved so much. And his improvement is so much that I think he is the perfect back up striker to Torres. When he is called upon off the bench he makes a difference and when he starts he scores goals. I think we do need another striker to give depth to our attack, but I think that David Ngog has proved that any new striker we get in should have no divine right to get a starting place ahead of him.
All in all we should look at the positives on the pitch that have come from the start of our season and start looking with the glass is half full view rather than the glass being half empty.
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I agree!! Although I have to add, it’s clear to me now why joe cole never played at the world cup and chelsea let him go for free! It’s because he’s crap!
I’m agree with Paul.
You know why its doom & gloom? just look how were playing!
If we were playing well and it just wernt clicking i would be posotive but name one game where liverpool where TRUELY hard done by…
What you gonna say, Arsenal where we where out classed in the first 45? other than that weve been AWFUL 8 men behind the ball at all times, allowing other teams to play their football its disparaging watching liverpool right now. Hodgsons got until the end of the season in my eyes. FORGET about the owners for a min, fact is the team aint playing well and as Northampton shown (albeit against argueably a lesser squad) you dont need superstals to play decent football
Sorry for the rant but the Utrect game is just winding me up, yhh its away from home – but evry other game this season has been the same!
every time i try ot think positive roy puts the dampener on it, he is too bloody cautious, he reminds me of moyes.
all this is, is a big huge barrel of excuses. the minimum place we should be is 5th, behind the genuinely better squads. this is shocking crap. I haven’t seen one positive since Hodgson arrived. we’ve beaten a couple of meagre opponents in the Europa. our only league victory was a hard fought victory against Brom. even the displays during draws have been shambolic. and the scoreline against United reflected nothing. we got not 1 chance from open play. a penalty u expect to be scored and the free kick was lucky to go in. United slaughtered us. this season has been a disaster so far. dont start kidding urselves.
sorry to say…but i think better we give Agger his place back and see what Skrtel and Agger can do together to shore up a leaking defensive line. no more carra..he’s time is up!