Stuttering Start - but no need to panic
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:56 am
Well I haven't posted much over the last few weeks and I see that the general gist on the forums is that we are now rubbish, our manager is not as good as we thought, our new signings suck, we were only good because of Suarez and the season is a right off.
Amazing what can change in 8 football matches.
In my opinion though, we've just been dealt a really bad set of circumstances.
Suarez leaving was obviously going to hurt. He is one of the best players in the world right now. But he wanted to leave so we had to let him go.
We have signed plenty of players that I personally think will improve the squad. Lallana, Manquillo and Moreno already have. Lovren looks decent. Balotelli will shine when he has a partner. Markovic is my only real concern.
The absolute worst thing that could've happened this season was injuries to key players early on. And of course.., thats exactly what has happened. Sturridge, Allen, Flanno, Skrtel, Coutinho, Lallana have all been injured.
This has forced us to start too many new signings and we are struggling to adapt to so many changes.
We are also suffering from the ridiculous expectations of the fans. People seem to think we won every game 4 - 0 last season when the reality is that we didn't start playing too well until December. Our fixture list was a lot better last season than this season and that helped us gain points early on.
This season we have already played City, Spurs and Everton as well as Southampton and Villa were we also dropped points at Anfield last season. Despite all of the above, we are only 3 points off 4th I believe and we have 4 winnable PL fixtures to follow.
If we are still midtable after those 4 games, I will join the panic. But for now, I remain optimistic that Sturrdiges return and the better performance in the Derby will kick start our season.
Some of you fans have the confidence of an insecure 15 year old girl.
Amazing what can change in 8 football matches.
In my opinion though, we've just been dealt a really bad set of circumstances.
Suarez leaving was obviously going to hurt. He is one of the best players in the world right now. But he wanted to leave so we had to let him go.
We have signed plenty of players that I personally think will improve the squad. Lallana, Manquillo and Moreno already have. Lovren looks decent. Balotelli will shine when he has a partner. Markovic is my only real concern.
The absolute worst thing that could've happened this season was injuries to key players early on. And of course.., thats exactly what has happened. Sturridge, Allen, Flanno, Skrtel, Coutinho, Lallana have all been injured.
This has forced us to start too many new signings and we are struggling to adapt to so many changes.
We are also suffering from the ridiculous expectations of the fans. People seem to think we won every game 4 - 0 last season when the reality is that we didn't start playing too well until December. Our fixture list was a lot better last season than this season and that helped us gain points early on.
This season we have already played City, Spurs and Everton as well as Southampton and Villa were we also dropped points at Anfield last season. Despite all of the above, we are only 3 points off 4th I believe and we have 4 winnable PL fixtures to follow.
If we are still midtable after those 4 games, I will join the panic. But for now, I remain optimistic that Sturrdiges return and the better performance in the Derby will kick start our season.
Some of you fans have the confidence of an insecure 15 year old girl.