Are you stuck in the 80's by any chance? Liverpool led the way and the likes of the mancs followed.
You've got every right to be upset and frustrated by the way we haven't been able to kill teams off and get three points this season. Sometimes draws are harder to take than a defeat, especially when we've had most of the play but can't be ruthless up front.
If you've ever played football yourself, you know once you go on that pitch, it's up to you to do your best. It should be instinctive. When I've been at the match these last few months it's looked like a lot of players have lost the instinct. Whether that's down to the managers tactics or motivation is debatable. Whether it's down to pressure of living in the shadow of past glory like Istanbul is also debatable. But when you see hesitation in front of the goal or the lack of desire to stop the opposing team advance into our penalty area and put a tackle in, then that's down to the players on the pitch and not the manager.
It's all too easy to suggest something isn't right in the team talk or we've got many rubbish players. The simple fact is, it boils down to a missing link when we attack. Have a think about Luis Garcia. He could probably define our season so far when you look at the frustration. But he had that extra bit of spark and creativity which could turn draws into wins. We miss a player like that right now. And while he was on our books with his instinct, there wasn't many people calling for Rafa's head.
I'm not saying I agree with everything Rafa does. An example like Saturday. I was baffled why he left Mascherano out and in the game took Babel off for Kewell. I honestly think if Mascherano was playing and he'd brought Gerrard on instead of Kewell, we would have won that game.
But the major factors for me is that some of the players are coasting - not the manager. Which is a disgrace. And we lack bite when the ball is around or in the box. It's up to the manager to identify this and bring someone or some people in who can turn draws into wins. If he's still here in the next transfer window and doesn't address this, it's time to move on. Our league position is not right.
Well said RedKenny, the team that Rafa put out on Saturday should have easily beaten Barnsley, and once those selected to play run onto the Anfield pitch it's down to them to perform, unfortunately as Kenny said, quite a few are underperforming this season, now is that down to the players, the Manager, the unrest behind the scenes, the tw*ts that we have who own our club, no link man from Rafa to the players?
Could be any or all of these, could be things that we don't know about? one things for sure, it needs sorting out and soon.
One thing I do know is that we are becoming a laughing stock at the moment...........BUT hang on a minute aren't we playing in the Champions League this week?
How many teams would give their right arm to be playing in the Champions League?
I know our League position is crap, we all had such high hopes this season, and we are out of the FA Cup, but we have our pride and we have the best supporters in the world, and one of the best Managers, so lets all get behind Rafa and the lads and spur them onto victory tomorrow night against a very good Inter Milan side.
Our season is not dead and buried yet, let's keep it truly alive, aim for that fourth spot and progression in the Champions League.
Logged