NO WAY we're serious contenders at the moment. Tottenham and even Newcastle are playing much much better than us and I don't think they would have lost vs Rangers etc. We have so many good players but if you don't put them on the field or don't play well it's useless.
We'll be title contenders when:
-Carroll will start scoring
-Downing wil start to play well-assists and goals
-Henderson will have enough confidence and freedom to do what he knows best-create goals-
-We'll able to win comfortably against "smaller teams"
-We'll be able to win without Gerrard or Suarez
At the start of the season I was convinced we could challenge but it's clear we cannot win without Suarez; Downing is worse than Maxi in terms of goals and assists; Carroll has not enough confidence because he cannot score from the silly crosses he gets; Henderson is not given freedom to create, Bellamy, Maxi and Kuyt are sometimes unfairly on the bench etc...
I trusted Kenny fully last season but I'm not convinced by the teams he selects at the moment. Maxi was awesome last season and plays well when given the opportunity.
Carroll scored vs Everton and then was benched vs ManU. How do you want him to score?...
I hope we find a solution soon and the 3 next games are ideal to try different team selection etc.
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