Neil and the usual crowd are joined by the the returning Sean Rogers, our Austrian correspondent Alex Koschier and the ever dapper Kevin Sampson as they pore over yet more points dropped at Anfield and whether patience is indeed a virtue?
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Talking Shite again, they whole lot of you. BR is trying to correct errors that go back to Rafa’s time and he’s doing a brilliant job at it so far. It’s bad enough having to listen to this nonsense on shoutsport & Sky & all our other enemies. They least I expect of anyone calling themelves a supporter is that the man will be given at least one transfer window before this type of moaning starts.
I visited Goodison early last season for their game with Wigan, and they were easily the worst side I’d ever seen live. Despite winning the game I seriously expected them to be relegated. Two good transfer windows later & they are up in the top 4.
One or Two quality signings + the return of Lucas an suddenly everything will look very different.
And we will never have to look at Downing near a LFC shirt again
I am not calling for anyone’s head, but in defense of the boys on the pod they where asking fair questions.
We are not far away but are we progressing? can we progress quicker?
The squad contains good solid technical players but not many athletes (exceptions being johnson, shelvey). I am an advocate of footballers over strong, physical speed merchants but in the premier league you need some.
We lack presence. they don’t have to be donkeys but examples are valencia, dembele, bale, toure types of players. Can we scout the next lot?
1) can we do more with the current squad?
2) do we have squad personnel currently suit the playing style/formation?
3) can we tweak the style to suit the current crop of players?
In simple terms we don’t score enough and we currently concede too many.
2 wins in 10 is not great.
With current personnel 4-2-3-1 would suit better, gerrard behind suarez or coming in from the right, sahin and allen holding.
3-4-3 would also suit us better currently.
the midfield set up and personal is in betwixt and between not bad but neither solid nor a goal scoring threat.
Options to try :
gerrard as a false 9 (fabregas?) can finish, strong , can slot in the wide men.
suarez off the right
use Henderson more, but centrally and deep (next to sahin) then allen or shelvey or suso further forward.
Use assaidi more either as impact sub or from the start.
Rodgers maybe very clever and astute or plain stubborn , he knows playing the kids takes some of the pressure of him, buys him more time and he can dampen expectations.
I don’t care who plays were I just want us to be the best we can be at any given time.
The goal threat we know about and more difficult to solve with current personnel , but can we do better defensively with the current crop
in my opinion abs-a-bloody-lutely!!
Turn those draws in to 1-0 wins would be a start
Have to disagree with you aswell I’m afraid. I did enjoy the depth and thoughtfulness with which the arguments were put but 10 or so games in, this is all pretty much expected. If anything we’re doing better than I thought we would be. You’ve said it before – its like trying to fix the plane while flying.
The other thing is that (embarassingly!) it does seem to me that Lawro got it right – little support for Suarez up front 1st half=few chances, support 2nd half = chances we should have put away. So the quick fix we are crying out for is somebody to play off Suarez in the box, the longer term fix is the whole team playing off him.
I know its got nothing to do with this particular podcast but any chance having a quick discussion on Pacheco. Playing really well for the U21s but yet again left out for the trip to Ahnzi this time. He can play either side of a front man and we’re light up front so why not give him games. If Rodgers doesnt fancy him then surely these games would be perfect to put him in the shop window; if he does like him then play him!! Would like to hear your views on him lads!