RED BEERGOGGLES » Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:06 pm wrote:RedAnt » Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:18 pm wrote:I was speaking more long term. Short term I'd probably agree. Long term though I'm not sure any of our current CM's are good enough (discluding Can; he looks promising). Henderson can do a job as part of the squad, and Lucas and Gerrard can maybe help the transition to a new-look midfield if used correctly. Again, my disgruntlement is mostly with BR.
In the short term BR has to use what we have in the best way he can. He's not doing that and the players end up carrying the can.
So we can agree that Lucas is the most viable option available to us ? We can also concur that the manager is equally complicit in overlooking the most obvious
solutions to our current woes in alleviating the concerted pressure on the defence by not utilising a proper holding midfielder ?
We do agree, yes. Just looking from different perspectives. Some of the money received from Barca should have gone into the holding position. Since it didn't then we must rely on Lucas who so far as I know is not in Rodgers plans. I'm naive to finances and accountancy and so I don't know if there's a financial reason we couldn't bring in a player before being free if Lucas' wage. I'd not have thought so though. Suarez leaving must have freed up significant funds.
The team isn't working out at the moment and we could point to any number of factors as to why. I know Gerrard playing as DM is one of your favourites and I partly agree.
If it was down to me in the short term I'd perhaps drop Hendo. I've said elsewhere I believe he's a very slow player with the subconscious habit of sucking the pace out of the game to better suit his style.
Gerrard should play less, but he still has plenty to offer. His experience, versatility and ability to lift the crowd make him an ideal squad player if we can renogotiatr his contract satisfactorily.
And yes, all of this comes down to Rodgers who fairly or unfairly must answer one way or another for his decisions.
And so we go full circle to wether or not Rodgers can move us forwards or not. What do the Red beergoggles see?