Gone are the days of top teams battering lower placed teams in the Prem league as a matter of course. These teams now all can play some good creative and attacking football and all pose a threat.
Some on this forum had perhaps a crystal ball and even said as much before kick off. I think many had a bad feeling about this fixture somewhere deep down where you dont particularly want to go.
Like Blackpool, WOlves, and everyone else, Wigan can hurt you if you dont play well, and for many reasons as discussed, we were not guaranteed to play well. Still, we did enough to win it and twice on the woodwork is always likely to come back and bite you on the bum.
We all know Maxi, Kuyt and Jovanovic are NOT top class. We all know Skrtel is clumsy at times and not the most reliable defender. We all know that Johnson has some nice tricks but was probably in hindsight not great value at 20 odd million.
The jury seems eternally out on Lucas, but he does have age on his side.
International friendlies, injuries, whatever the case we all know its an opportunity missed, because we simply do not accept dropping points at Anfield without disappointment.
The positives are the continued improvement from Meireles, and the spark that Suarez has brought to the team. The comfort that we had Gerrard, Carroll, and Agger in the locker, and that NESV will hopefully invest heavily in the summer.
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