by Thommo's perm » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:07 pm
I am not too bothered by the results in pre season, after all why would you expect wins when nearly all of your first team has been missing for most of the games? I am a little concerned that the stand ins havent really impressed or taken their opportunity to shine. Again, maybe thats because there are not enough first teamers in the side when theyve played? Lets be honest, with Mignolet in goal why would anyone think we would be solid at the back anyway? The thing which does bother me is that we dont seem to have anything up front when our 3 main players arent there. I am loathe to criticise Origi for what he did last season, but the plain fact is that he is not strong enough on his own to smash into a defense. Nowhere near. He has some great qualities but as a lone striker he isnt good enough.
Against Napoli we saw the wastefulness and lack of bite that we had seen at certain times last season. The indecisiveness and making of wrong decisions. The lack of confidence in front of goal (Henderson) and slow pace with half hearted pressing. Maybe we should lower our expectations and try to resist the feeling that as current champions of europe we should be steamrollering anyone who plays us? One more friendly before the charity shield and then into the season proper. If we want to hit the ground running we must have our absent best players fit, healthy and raring to go. Hurry up Mo, Bobby, Sadio and Alisson, we need you more than ever...