RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:Watched the game in work on the Liverpool E season ticket
I thought all in all it was a game which confirmed a few points with crystal clear clarity ...
1, Spearing is simply not good enough for Liverpool
2, Neither is Insua
3, Its apparent to all that Shelvey is going to grow into an exceptional player
4,Joe Cole will be a crowd favourite
5,Roy favours Zonal marking with a passion
6,Gerrard needs a lot more games before he is up to speed
7,Amoo can blow hot and cold with alarming regularity
8,We have to find a striker and integrate him into the team as quickly as is humanly possible
9,The short and direct passing on display was easy on the eye and at times possession was retained for long periods
10, The link up play between Cole and Gerrard looks very promising
11, Johnson's positional sense and who he should be closing down has become no clearer to him
12,Lapses in concentration such as the Ayala gaff should be eradicated before the season starts ....
It was however just a pre - season game so it was for all intents and purposes a good run out for some
it also seems apparent that Hodgson's particular preference is for the 4-2-3-1 formation alternated with the ever popular 4-5-1