I took a couple days to post in here, but these are my thoughts on the game:
- We desperately missed Coutinho, but we are bringing Suarez back into the fold at just the right time. We lack creativity through the middle without one of these two.
- Johnson's absence throws off our balance, and Enrique's omission killed our ability to possess the ball. Our width is provided by attack minded, overlapping fullbacks. Without having proper outlets on the flanks, it allowed Southampton to put us under intense pressure and our only outlet was to hit it long to the likes of Sturridge/Moses
- We have become more of a counter attacking team than a "death by football" team. I would like to see us get back to possessing the ball more effectively moving forward, especially as Toure/Agger give us a core of ball playing CB's who we can build attacks through.
- We are still on 10 points from 5 games without our best player. No need to hit the panic button yet. If/when we can get our injury problems cleared up and put our best team on the field (Mig; Johno, Toure, Agger, Enrique; Lucas, Gerrard, Coutinho; Studge, Suarez, Moses), I think we really can beat anyone and will win most of the games we should be winning (like at home to Southampton)
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