Liverpool FC Forum

bigmick wrote:

JoeTerp wrote:Its so hard for me to get my head around the chance that we would be 3 points clear IF we win. It seems like we have been playing so poorly of late, and we started with poor form as well, and in the middle there, it was never "the best of forms" not even reaching the levels of some of our best stretches last season (when we played Babel on the left and Gerrard behind Torres, and Agger out injured).

I guess I would just take the three points tonight in whatever way they may come, but sooner rather than later I want us to play a team off the pitch for 90 minutes

I am absolutely convinced Joe that we can and will play much better than we are. Only Kuyt can really say that he has played to hius absolute optimum (for him) this season, along with obviously Alonso. Even Gerrard despite still being a World beater in almost every game can still do better.

We've been occasionally porous at the back, Reina has let a couple in he should have saved, Dossena has been slow to settle in (it is national understatement day isn't it, or was that yesterday?), Riera has played in fits and starts, Mash hasn't really reached the hieghts of last season, Keane has beena  disappointmment while unsurprisingly, Torres hasn't scaled the hieghts of last season.

The backup players have got worse (Babel and Lucas) while the newbie Ngog has so far been (although I know it's early) cr@p lets be honest.

And yet here we are, about to go top by three points. Lovely fecking jubbly. We can definately play better, and we will. Win here and win our next six, then lets put our heads above the parapet and see who's still with us.

I'm ever more hopeful, I loved Scholari's press conference after the Arsenal defeat. He looked to me like a man in a panic. It's been a long time, God knows it's been a long time but this could be our year.

Fiat Lux my friends, Fiat Lux.

Zidane wrote:My mistake I didn't realize Hyypia is starting, why is that?  Isn't bellamy up front?

Ciggy wrote:

Zidane wrote:My mistake I didn't realize Hyypia is starting, why is that?  Isn't bellamy up front?

See above Aggers got a knock, not fit enough to start.

bigmick wrote:Well it's definately not the starting eleven I'd have gone with, a bit stylie for my liking. I can't really see why we didn't just play Riena, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Dossena, Kuyt, Masherano, Alonso, Gerrard, Riera and Keane. 4-5-1, it's our best team available so play it.

Neither Benayoun nor Hyppia need to play in my humble opinion, they can both have a run out in the FA Cup third round, and Benayoun can play in the next Champions League match. Hopefully the fact we don't have Aggers ability on the ball and his tendency to step through a congested midfield won't be a handicap (didn't he score against these a couple of years back?).

There is probably the feeling that Keane is less than effective up top on his own, which I have some sympathy with. It'll be benayoun on the right, with Keane and Kuyt up top. The team is still good enough IMHO and not sufficiently disrupted to mean we won't win it. Liverpool to get home 2-1.