Had a gut full. Of the ale and after that performance/result it's the best way to be.
I don't know about anyone else but it felt as though four hours had past watching 90mins of football. In contrast to last season, if felt like 90mins had gone by in a flick of the eye.
A draw was a fair result, as on show were two teams low on confidence. It was turgid at times and the two teams on Merseyside were simultaneously in retreat. No confidence, cohesion or movement in the final third ensured we carried on with our toothless ness.
I think Rodgers in hindsight got it wrong playing Markovic from the off. Not only was the game passing him by but without another striker to support Balotelli we looked dross up top.
This is the first time I've ever got to watch the big Italian over a number of games and I have to say he hasn't convinced. I think we need to see him paired rapid with Sturridge as I believe both players, certainly Mario can/should prove to be more effective upfront than on their own.
The game needed someone to change the game and it was the old guard in Ste-Gerrard to make that change with a sweet free kick. We never looked like scoring in a month on Sundays during play and it fell to the captain to get this dysfunctional Liverpool team outta the poop.
That, said, ten minutes to go and we retreated and invited Neverton onto us. Defending isn't our strongest point and seeing this I wasn't holding my breath, after all the last ten minutes felt like an hour, such was the dire performances of both teams.
Lallana for me was our MOTM, never stopped, didn't shrink and apart from Sterling was the only player to offer quality in the final third. Not totally convinced on Manquillo as of yet but that's by the by, after another forgettable afternoon in front of a forgettable home crowd.
Pished.
Logged