ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:11 pm wrote:Lallana in Pyjamas » Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:49 pm wrote:Ghost of Shankly » Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:56 pm wrote:I think the point yakka was making is that Hendo, and Milner over the course of the season are not going to win you a title or champions league.
They have zero creativity. If you look back to the CL final in May. When Salah went off injured, Hendo and Milner did bugger all to create any decent chances, so we were doomed.
I wanted to see them phased out this season and replaced by Fabinho.
Hate to disappoint you but they won’t be phased out and they weren’t the reason why we didn’t win the CL last season - it’s lazy typical stereotype to point fingers at them and say they have zero creativity- when it’s clearly false. But then you are the guy suggesting we go 4-4-2
If they aren't phased out we won't win the league it's as simple as that. We finished 4th last year not second, we were 25 points behind City. We are not going to bridge a gap like that by basically playing the same players.
Still struggling aren’t you
We clearly aren’t playing with the same team
Look at last years table and especially before jan 1st - there was a very clear difference between Liverpool and City - as a clue it wasn’t goals scored , we let in over double the amount of goals that City and Utd and Spurs did up until VVD arrived - I believe it was 13 points dropp d due to letting in too many goals and defensive errors which obviously made a massive difference. Then VVD arrived and I believe it made our backline far stronger but still the odd mistake mainly from the man in the sticks and a lack of understanding at the back
Now onto this season - how many goals conceded - zero which equals zero points dropped so far
The difference between last season and this is night and day and suggesting going into the season with the same starting 11 again either shows a lack of understanding or you just haven’t seen any games
The team is going into the season massively improved from last season because of the signings of Alisson and also VVD , Keita adds a different dimension, Fabinho once he is used to the system etc will also add and Shaqiri plus the resurgence of Sturridge just improves the squad
We are going to score goals - that’s never an issue but we are also now going to be strong and organised at the back , we are not going to play free flowing attacking football ever game , at times we will need to grind away and players like Gini , Milner and Henderson are key in that battle. Both Gini and Milner were brilliant on Saturday - it’s a shame that other teams fans and pundits etc can recognise that but some of our own fan base can’t mainly through false preconceived ideas about them
We haven’t earned the right to expect to play Brighton and not have to battle for the win and it’s arrogance to expect that
To win the title we are going to have to battle at times , grind away to get a result as well as a bit of luck - we finally have a very balanced strong both physically and mentally Squad with a great chance to fight City and it includes the “plodders” as you so disrespectfully call them