Boocity » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:04 am wrote:No they havent and we also have only faced weak opposition, while the like of ManU, Man City and arsenl are facing top European clubs in pre-season we are playing against teams that would struggle in our third division, the question is will we be ready for the opening PL games
For some reason mate we hardly ever start a season well, 2013 was the exception but generally we tend to be slow out of the blocks, I was hoping this season would be different but as you say our preperation hasn't been ideal.
2009 - we were beaten by Spurs at WHL
2010 - we drew against Arsenal at Anfield (last minute Reina mistake cost us 3 points)
2011 - we drew 1-1 with Sunderland at Anfield
2012 - we were battered 3-0 by West Brom at the Hawthorns
2013 - we beat Sunderland 2-1 at Anfield (Mingolet saved us with a late pen save)
2014 - we beat Southampton 2-1 in an unconvincing home win, they were the better side on the day
I don't think it's a coincidence that out of that lot the one season we had a great start is the one season where we finished in the top 4.