Again. Outplayed, outclassed, outsmarted, outscored, outwilled, out-what-have-you against relegation fodder. Next weekend we'll get final proof how mediocre we really are when we'll beat ManU. We beat Chelsea away (against all odds) just to drop points at home against Wigan, today we were played off the pitch just to beat ManU next weekend. That's the trademark of an inept, incosistent and mediocre side like ourselves. You can say what you want but you won't see any of the top 6 teams get so outplayed and outclassed as we were today against opposition like this.
Fact of the matter is we're totally disjointed. There is nothing suggesting we're engaged in something called a team-sport. We're a bunch of individualists depending completely and solely on the impact of individuals. I don't care what you say but today (as is almost always the case) it was enough for the Hammers to WANT to win it. They won EVERY second ball, they won EVERY challenge when it mattered. It was the brilliance of Suarez that for a moment had us dreaming of a point until the inept, worthless and pathetic Skrtel had his say. Again, we NEVER looked like a TEAM that could get anything from this game. Why? Because we're a mediocre team who will finish again in a mediocre position, MIND YOU ALL it ain't Roy's fault. It's the horrible mismanagement of this club for years on end that has brought us into a position where we're being outplayed of Blackpool, Wigan, Fulham, West Ham, Wolves what have you. Why? Because they wanted it more than us. That's enough to get a point or three from Liverpool these days.
Player criticism:
Reina - Thought he was a tad slow on their first and third. It's hardly his fault this team can't cope tho.
Kelly - nothing bad nothing special. Was very sad to se him get badly injured. That's prolly the rest of the season on the sidelines for his part.
Carra - Hoof it Carra hoof it. I don't know, I know he's a legend as far as passion and will goes. Footywise he'd struggle to play Chamionship footy. Too many basic errors to be good enough to play for this club.
Skrtel - Is and has been a liability for most of this season. End of.
Wilson - Keeps it simple. Too simple?
Lucas - I don't know. He offers nothing. I don't think any of our CM's has been played as consistently as him. Yet he offers nothing, nothing, nothing. You got to ask more than that of a Liverpool CM.
Gerrard - worst game of the season? For everything he got right he made 10 errors.
Meirerles - Good but not good enough.
Kuijt - As against Sparta he started disastrous and got better.
Johnson - arguably our best player today.
Suarez - Struggled with the physical aspect of the game. Showed he's a class act tho and will get better as soon as the deadwood behind him is cleared out.
Cole - What can you say?
All in all I hope this is a wake up call. We are so mediocre it hurts. We have no cohesion, no consistency, no structure, no will, nothing. Yet people say I'm unfair when I say we're mediocre. Give me proof of the opposite, please.
It's not a case of "NEVER being content".
Rant over.
