by stmichael » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:55 am
There are several problems as far as I can see. First of all we defend far too deep but unfortunately that's one of the nagatives of having Carragher in the side. We really need Agger back at centre half as soon as possible ahead of Skrtel as Skrtel is still a liability in terms of his decision making and his tendency to give daft free kicks away in and around the penalty area. We also look woefully vulnerable defending crosses and set pieces again, despite ditching the zonal marking. Johnson is woefully out of form aswell, especially when you compare it to to how he started last season. Positionally he was woeful on Sunday and his tendency to switch off was really alarming. People have questioned the option to push him up to right midfield and play Kelly at right back but personally I don't see anything wrong with this. He can't be any less effectual than Maxi was at the weekend.
We still seriously lack width as we have nobody who can play wide in a 4-4-2. We also lack anybody who can beat a man. Poulsen and Lucas is just a no-no in the centre. Mereiles should be first choice in there from now on. The Gerrard conundrum is still up for debate. We either play him off Torres where he can effect the game but will struggle to get supply or we play him alongside Mereiles in the centre where he can have a lot of the ball but will struggle to relly impact on the game in the final third. Whatever you think about his best position, we need him to be making and scoring goals because apart from Torres, I don't see a lot of goals in the side, especaially with Dirk being out injured.
Oh and just another thing. Hodgson will hopefully learn to make changes earlier unlike Rafa. I was tearing my hair out on Sunday that we didn't make changes earlier, especially we several of our players being so inneffectual. It almsot beggars belief that Ngog and Babel couldn't even get on the pitch.
