Firstly, we didn't lost to a better team but we lost due to our inability to convert chances into goals.
We enjoyed a lot of ball possession throughout the game but as usual, I didn't see any urgency in our game. I wonder why did we played too much on our own half instead of pushing forward. Too many backpasses and allowing them to regroup when we launched an attack. Subbing Torres was quite understandable to me but Benny? It was clear he was unhappy about being subbed. It's not like that Rafa had lost control on his players but sometimes I'm baffled about his selection of substitutions. By subbing Benny, we apparently lost some creativity in our play because apart of Gerrard, Benny has been instrumental in our games. Starting that ponytail sucker was obviously a wrong move as he was totally uneffective. His first touches were disappointedly terrible. He lost too many balls by his lack of control. He's not connecting well with Torres unlike Benny who was extremely working very hard to break the defensive line and provide Torres with good passes. Meanwhile, for me Sotis was the main reason we let in too many goals. I'm not discrediting his efforts but the first goal was totally because his inability to read the movement of the ball. I thought he was totally aware that Zamora was right behind him but yet assuming that Insua would take care of he deliberately let the ball roll pass him. While Insua was thinking the same, Zamora wasted no chances and poked the ball pass the hapless Pepe and left our 2 defenders stranded. Same goes with the 2nd goal. Our inability to close down opponents cost us dearly as Nevland got the better of Sotis and cheekily slotted the ball pass Pepe. It was obvious the only player who's working his a**e off during that time was Carra. He made some decisive tackling and even got the undeserved red card. I think Zamora agreed to Carra's arguement that he clearly got the ball and not him. 3rd goal, well let just say that it was nothing we could do to prevent that.
So say that Sotis was the answer for our beloved Hyypia departure was not even close. Even with his advancing age, Hyypia will still provide us with good enough cover but Sotis on the other hand has failed to give me any impression that he's worth wearing the Liverpool shirt. Babel was brought on to give more spark as Torres clearly is having some trouble with his fitness. But I still saw some glimpse of disappointment from Torres but I totally understand Rafa's reason to sub him. But that's what a real Reds should be. Even if he's not fully fit, Torres still wanting to play. But Babel on the other hand disappeared as soon as he stepped into the pitch. There's no contribution from him, he's never to be seen, no real threat and easily dispossessed. And then after subbing Benny, we clearly lost the plot. What's the point playing your heart out if there still some who isn't fit to wear the shirt? Even when we were down 2-1, I can still see efforts being made by Masch, Lucas, Kuyt and Carra but we were being let down by the uneffectiveness of Babel, Voronin and Sotis.
Some might say Rafa's the reason for Babel current dip of form. It goes down to 2 factor; training regime or the player itself. A good player will never develop under poor training schedule and the player itself has to be working extra hard to prove himself worthy of Liverpool. In his case, I got to say it's his own fault he has not been developed well. If you're to blame our current training, then how on earth could Alonso, Lucas, Benny, Agger, Torres improved? Alonso was a nobody until Real Madrid snatched him. Torres was in average 19 goals per season in La Liga but now he's the most feared striker in PL. Babel should know, in LFC there's no such thing as easy ride. You have to work hard. I think it's about time he think about his contribution to the team and started to work more.
Prior to this match, I think that Manc game was the turning point to our revival but I was proved wrong. It's not Rafa to blame although at times I was a bit confused about his style of management, but solely on the players. More specifically on those who's not performing well. It's about time we change our approach to the game. It was like having 2 kind of mentality. At one time, we played like we wanted to prove something but sometimes we played just for the sake of playing. It's still early November and we got hell lot of time to turn this around.
As a supporter, there's no such thing as a lost cause. Some of us felt like it was a mistake supporting Liverpool, some blame Rafa and the players for everything while others blame the owner for such a commotion we're going through right now. Right now we must stop all these blaming game and continue giving all our support and love for Rafa and our lads to weather the bad moments we're in right now. There's no point arguing who's right or wrong now. Just wait until January or even end of May. Let us just forget about those 2 dickheads or our worst run ever. Being a Liverpool fan is not about the highs but also the lows. If you can't walk on through the pain or through the rain, or you felt that your hopes and dreams were already destroyed then there's no point supporting Liverpool FC.
I didn't asked for anything but just for your undivided support for Liverpool. Nevermind where we'll ended up being come May but the most important thing is to let them know we'll always be there thick or thin.
IRWT YNWA
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