Liverpool Without the SAS

..... and our game changers are  .....   ?

Sterling and Studge.

There is hope for Lallana and Coutinho can be on his day too....

..... and our game changers are  .....   ?

That's the problem. To an extent, we would probably now rely on Sturridge, Sterling or even Coutinho.

SAS were our game changers last season and now we've only got a quarter of that left in an injury prone Sturridge.

It's true, but same can be said every quality partnership we have had over the years.

We are LFC and we move on.

YNWA.

ps. things will gradually get better this season, esp. after studger is fit. I can see him, balo & sterling clicking very soon.

No it can't. Look at our past partnerships. Hunt and St John, Keegan and Toshack, Dalglish and Rush, Aldridge and Beardsley, Fowler and Owen, Gerrard and Torres, Saurez and Sturridge; this without mixing the partnerships. Quality replacing quality throughout our history. Somehow I can't see Lambert and Balotelli entering the hall of fame of Liverpool striker partnerships.

the defence is key in winning a title

Question was  Harry  ... 

and our game changers are ?

Sterling and Studge.

and then there was one.

This sobers you up better than the hair of the dog.

Us without SAS = us having not progressed as much as we had all thought.

the defence is key in winning a title

Yes.

Like a dog without a tail, that wags !!

More like a dog walking backwards wagging it's head.

Even with SAS we are far off the standard required to win the Prem. They were on exceptional form last season. Chelsea finished a couple points behind us with no decent strikers. Liverpool without any decent strikers are more midtable quality than top four quality. That's the difference.

We'd need to strengthen other areas anyway, including GK, defence, and midfield. SAS just helped us hide our inadequacies at the time.

You should remember the way the general team was playing,our flowing style.It was an overall excellent team in terms of going forward in attack.The best team in general last season.Our defense however...The 2 thirds of the machine had to compensate.The attacking dream duo fit in that style and were the vital final component.Not just any strikers can fit in that place,play at that speed.We def don´t have 2 in that mold that could play right now, so we would need to use a lone striker formation for a 9,which we could last season.Problem is our current form.Chelsea is working right now because players kept/bettered their form and new boys were also consistent with their former club form.Neither is the case for us here.What is certain is that without a player of Suarez´s type we were always going to decrease goal production,you can´t beat speed,but we are where we are due to form more than a flawed midfield being exposed.

Couldn't help but think that City last night with Aguero reminded me of us  with Luis last season.
Take away Aguero from City and they are a different team.
its clear top sides really need a top man in the side

Couldn't help but think that City last night with Aguero reminded me of us  with Luis last season.
Take away Aguero from City and they are a different team.
its clear top sides really need a top man in the side

Let this be a learning lesson to the club that you do not sell your top players, regardless of what baggage they tend to carry.

We've turned from "There's always next year"

To.....  "There's always last year"

Great teams through the years have taken a team far and added quality to it, making it an unstoppable winning machine.  United are evident of this, Chelsea and Barcelona are now doing this, whereas we let our best striker walk out and add TRIPE to the team.

You lead from the front.
Strikers pressing high up the pitch set the tone for the rest of the team.

Last season the confidence from Suarez and Sturridge surged through the rest of the team.

United struggled. They spent big on attacking players.
Keep the fear factor. Force teams onto the back foot.
Make them think about attacking or not.
Keep defenders on edge.

This season.
Nothing.

Tonight.
Started with Lambert.
Finished with Skrtel.

Feels like Brendan has undone everything in one transfer window,
probably because he, and whoever dictated our strategy, has.

Life without SAS make sus like QPR or Palace

I said it the other day, I feel like Shallow Hal when he realises Gwyneth Paltrow is actually a 5 ton whale. That sums up this season compared to last.

Life without the SAS sucks.

Time to give the false 9 a run out for a few games.

I said it the other day, I feel like Shallow Hal when he realises Gwyneth Paltrow is actually a 5 ton whale. That sums up this season compared to last.

Life without the SAS sucks.

Time to give the false 9 a run out for a few games.

Agree on both the movie comparison and the formation suggestion.
Sterling. False 9.

An important part of the title of this thread is the 'A'.

Bored shitless now of one striker.

From TWO ball playing through-ball-esque strikers to ONE 'try and get it on me head' striker.  Beyond belief.  Thought he had a philosophy?

Agree on both the movie comparison and the formation suggestion.
Sterling. False 9.

I rather a proper #9 in Borini. He is a striker first and foremost with a mind set of a striker that make runs and work hard from the front, this would make a huge difference. We have not had this at all this season, have we?

Him and Lallana up top in a diamond would be interesting as both are intelligent footballers with very good movement, maybe it'll be our temporary answer to the SAS.

An important part of the title of this thread is the 'A'.

Bored shitless now of one striker.

From TWO ball playing through-ball-esque strikers to ONE 'try and get it on me head' striker.  Beyond belief.  Thought he had a philosophy?

If we had a philosophy we abandoned it the moment Balotelli and Lambert arrived.
Both at odds with how we played football last season.
Baffling transfer window.

You should remember the way the general team was playing,our flowing style.It was an overall excellent team in terms of going forward in attack.The best team in general last season.Our defense however...The 2 thirds of the machine had to compensate.The attacking dream duo fit in that style and were the vital final component.Not just any strikers can fit in that place,play at that speed.We def don´t have 2 in that mold that could play right now, so we would need to use a lone striker formation for a 9,which we could last season.Problem is our current form.Chelsea is working right now because players kept/bettered their form and new boys were also consistent with their former club form.Neither is the case for us here.What is certain is that without a player of Suarez´s type we were always going to decrease goal production,you can´t beat speed,but we are where we are due to form more than a flawed midfield being exposed.

Unfortunately, the best team in general were City. That's why they won the league. They scored more goals in total and conceded far less. No other way of looking at it. SAS carried us. That much is apparent. But they also gave the whole team a lift which is now so obviously missing.

We lack...bite

An important part of the title of this thread is the 'A'.

Bored shitless now of one striker.

From TWO ball playing through-ball-esque strikers to ONE 'try and get it on me head' striker.  Beyond belief.  Thought he had a philosophy?

All managers like to have a philosophy.. or so they say. A form of defending themselves when things are not quite up to scratch "we are still working on it blah blah" (translates to "I don't have a clue what I am doing").