I think there are three categories of underperforming players this season.
Those who seem to be doing their best but are not good enough, with a "no longer good enough" sub-category (ie : Kuyt, Carra), a "not yet" one (ie : Eccleston, Shelvey, N'Gog for big matches) and a "has never been" special for Konchesky.
Then those who can be suspected of laziness as they look clearly not that motivated (ie : Torres about everytime, Johnson, Babel and Skrtel sometimes, and Poulsen -who would be in first category anyway-).
Finally those whose performance seem to be under influence of how others play (I'd say Gerrard, Reina, Lucas, Maxi, Kyrgiakos, all great when the team is globally good, but adding errors to the lot when team is in a bad day - ie : look at Reina pass to an opponent in last match, Maxi missed sitters, Gerrard very poor perfs when the team was struggling in early season, or Soto even losing headers in last match). I find worrying that our two "super captains" fall in this category, more often than they are people influencing others by their good play.
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