Glen Johnson
He was poor at the start of the season. He got injured and came back strong, then in the last few games he was poor again. When we needed a reassuring display from an England international, he didn’t deliver. His performances against the lower teams were especially poor.
In the 3-3 draw at Palace I thought he was responsible for at least 2 of the goals, possibly all 3. The deflection , turning his back on a shot when he should taken the shot in the stomach or even in the face, Johnson was poor, he was beaten easily for the second goal and poor positioning played a big role in the third goal. That 3-3 draw ultimately killed our season (if the Chelsea game hadn’t already!). Overall rating for Glen – 5/10
Can we blame Glen for Liverpool not winning the title? Not really.
Where do you start. Senior Johnson and his losing possession 50% of each time he tries to beat a defender is responsible for about 10 goals a season.So, Johnson must be shipped out, along with cissokho and henrique when is fit, if he is ever fit. Right back, Flanagan/Andre wisdom.
Goalkeeper who can’t command the area and scares me each time a ball goes in the box . Competition needed, to push him out if need be. See Hart at city being replayed this season.
Cissokho for being aweful in passing, possession and controlling the ball.
The own goal king that is kolo toure? Never mind that pass v west broom. I so wish young Llori played and messed up instead of him. At least he would grow as a player…..toure is toure and nothing is going to improve.
Skertel and agger haven’t
been the same for some time. Coaching methods?
Moving in from there. Lack of defensive cover has cost us dearly . Hindsight is beautiful. We needed a holding mf player in jan. In the mould of mascherano or Dembele .
Add left back, centre defender, holding mf players x2 and keeper. Maybe a defensive coach needed too to help BR.
Like this article Shaheed, can’t put the blame on any individual. Like the mention of United and Chelsea reading this!
Toure is not the own goal king Skrtel is.Our problem is three things:mobility,concentration and organization/positioning.The way we play requires mobility, so I think Illori and Enrique will solve that,Organization requires a leader like Terry,Carragher.
Ilori is very young and has made some glaring positional errors at Grenada. Could help us but needs to be eased in. Enrique’ defensive concentration is probably the worst of all our defenders. We definitely needs a new left back.
Defending is Rodgers Achilles heel.