Considering we are missing our best CB (Matip), our only RB (Clyne), and our two best attackers (Coutinho and Mane) -- a point isn't the worst result. We just need to grind out a few results against Plymouth, Swansea, and Southampton to give these players (excluding Mane) a chance to bed back in. Weather this little storm and things will start looking up again soon
At the moment, well the last two games especially we've been conceding chances to our opponents (defensively), if it wasn't for Karius against the Saints, and Mignolet against the Munts both teams could have built up a lead. And that's not forgetting that we're hardly creating the chances ourselves at the minute.
Squad is bare thin, and if we had the quality in-depth there prior to the Christmas and New Year's period, we could have at least been 2 pts, if not 4 better off. Plus, if Karius had been hooked before the Bournemouth game as he did previously have a mare in the game before, I'm positive that would have been another 3pts gained.
Small margins, and all that. But I do believe we've been the makers of our own demise - with re. to the silly blips we have; just as much as we have been in what is turning out to look like a good season.
Still, there's plenty to play for, we've just got to hope this squad can huff and puff it's way through the season without anymore injuries and what not.
It's like we're driving the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a VW Golf turbo-charged, while our competitors surround us with Porsche's, Jag's, Bentley's, McClaren's and Beemers.
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