Midfield
Steven Gerrard – A mixed game for Gerrard, as his defensive lacking in the deep role was again exposed by the fast and direct opposition but his improvement in the second half was noticeable as he was found further forward, trying to influence attacking proceedings. This is where Gerrard is at his best and many believe that, even if it means he only plays 60 minutes of most games or starts from the bench, this is where he should play. Of course, that then opens up a whole new debate as to who should play the holding role; a discussion for another day. Rating – 7 (scoring the winning penalty made all the difference to his rating)
Philippe Coutinho – Another profligate and wasteful display from the Brazilian who now looks like he’s hit a wall, in terms of improving form. Would benefit from a break at the weekend, perhaps allowing Borini to stake his claim after his impressive cameo. – 5
Jordan Henderson – An impressively industrious display from the new vice-captain, who (like Kuyt before him) somehow managed to be everywhere. Henderson linked well with Balotelli and Coutinho but was often let down by his teammates profligacy. Rating – 7
I’ll go with those ratings. Manquillo was a close 2nd.
We need to play 2 upfront. Ballotelli struggled upfront on his own. He isn’t reading passes from coutinho and that has to improve.
Mignolet ? Bad investment. Pure and simple. Should have stuck with Reina …. Valdes can’t come soon enough . As for lalana looking rusty? Work on the training ground son. This isn’t southampton where 45 points are a good season…giving you time to sharpen on the pitch whist offering nothing.
Let’s be honest here. The last 4 games have been bad! Spurs aside, we look devoid of ideas upfront and defensively shambles.
Moreno, manquilo look solid but bar that, I see no positives. Big improvement needed started from west ham away. Lose that, and confidence will suffer.
Spot on!
Why should you let reina go?poor investment by rodgers and the board of directors,and i do think their ambitions on liverpool is poor,surplus players and they can’t even play rodgers philosophy,they are dull.liverpool will struggle this season with no top four.you should be careful rodgers,else you will lose your job.we the fans don’t want liverpool to go down and we will stand by liverpool.
Agree…. Totally!
Idiot.
Rodgers spend over £100 and buys jack!
Good job.
Our last two matches have shown that we did a very poor summer business. As you can see, the 20m spent on lovren is a big waste – he is way off the standard – continually out of position. IMO, Agger and kolo Toure are miles better than him. The most annoying is the 20m paid on Markovic – he is only but an amateur – even, Jordon ibe is ten times better him. Steven G, apart from his penalty duties, is now the most ineffective player in our team. In the summer, we need to sign a support to SG but,instead, we went and signed a wrestler in the person of emre can. We could have used Markovic money to sign Alex Song who would have impacted heavily to our team.Now, we need a top creative midfilder and a DM in the winter.
Please don’t ever call yourself as Lpool supporter
Let’s give the guys 10 games. But I agree with tony. Gerrard has been very poor.