by alwayslfc » Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:08 am
Each draw and NU and Spurs continue with their winning ways, the lesser our chance of qualifying for CL. I have decided to lower my expectations and without any major signings in the next window, I expect us to finish 5th at the very best, 6th again most likely.
Kenny replaced a striker in Kuyt with a central defender in the dying minutes means Kenny just wanted to avoid a defeat. With over 120 million invested since KD took over, I've noticed our play have improved but our results, should I dare say, are worse. Last year we beat the likes of Man U, Chelsea, Newcastle, Fulham, Newcastle with impressive results. So far this year, we're not getting those kinds of results. So far we're not top 4 quality because Norwich were easily brushed aside by Chelsea and Manure recently and yet we struggled to earn a point playing them and they could have won too.
The best way to compare, at least statistically, is last year when KD took over, we got 33 points from 18 games. So we'll see how many points we will collect after 18 games into this season and see how the new edition of over 120 million spent will have performed. I am starting to doubt whether we can even get 33 points or even near it. But I'll be more than happy to eat my words if we can.
One of our weaknesses is lacking mental toughness to kill off the game. That's why we always seem to run out of steam in the 2nd halves. Our finishing is poor and luck was just not on our side (hitting the woodwork 3 times). Suarez has good ball control skills but his finishing can be poor and our strikers available to partner him, Kuyt, Carroll are not prolific scorers like Rush, Owen, Fowler etc.
I still yearn for Lvp to sign a right winger. Downing seems to be better at the left wing. Hendo and Adam are just average performing players and Hendo was overvalued. We most likely need to sign a quality striker in January to take over the centre forward role. Carroll to me is Liverpool's biggest blunder signing since the birth of the club.
If no quality signings in a striker, right winger at least are made in January and if we don't buck up in our mental toughness, I see this season to be over and the only consolation is, 7th or 6th place finish is guaranteed.