by Judge » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:33 am
it was a poor result lando.
nil all against a side that we should, on paper, be beating
After half and hour, liverpool looked out of sorts, and lacked a definitive cutting edge. Even with the introduction Torres, we still didnt look like winning - despite the off the cross bar effort from Gerrard!!
Lucas was dire, as usual, and for the life of me, i dunno why we persist in a player like him that at times would much suit a place in a kitchen as a cook, rather than a footballer. He gave away silly fouls in dangerous areas, and if it had been Ronaldo or Deco on the end of a free kick, then id fear we would have been 1 or 2 down to them. Thank god it was Stoke, and their players lack the finess of the better ones in the premiership.
Imo, Keane shouldve got a run out after the first 15 mins of the second half. Gerrard dropping in the hole behind Torres and keane. Formation shouldve been 4-3-1-2.
This wouldve created far more chances against a static Stoke. I feel we couldve opened them up, and if we'd got a goal, then the floodgates may have opened up for us. But alas, NO!!!
It beggars belief sometimes, that as we are top we should be finishing off lesser teams with more swagger. Although i hate man utd, you have to admire their destruction of chelsea. That was on the back of a humiliation at derby. We need more fight like that if we are to bring the championship home
