STOKE BORE DRAW

KNOB HEAD

I was going to give the Stoke game a miss. But I was thinking that it was the perfect game for Liverpool to start my wished run of  hard fought 1 or 2 nil wins . Which is what Rogers hinted the team really needed. But as I predicted in my blog on Friday that it was going to be a 1 nil win. I gave up and headed to Anfield.

 The game was as predicted Stoke playing like Stoke.  If ever a team had come for a draw it was Stoke. So it was no surprise, as it was no surprise to their Woolly Back supporter’s. With constant chants of songs like!!!!WE PLAY LIKE WE WANT!!!!. .But as Liverpool knew how Stoke we’re going to play the game.... Stoke knew how Liverpool would play the game. Stoke got away with it, all very predictable.
 That is all very well but we are despite for a plan B, Stoke don't need one .Liverpool have a pedigree to look after. “We can look on the bright side we don't support Stoke”.  I said to a group of mouthy Stoke supporters in town after the game. We are going through a frustrated period. But I felt sorry for Stoke supporters. As soon as Stoke try to play any sort of descent football they will be in a relegation fight not a future I would want.
 So the game could have been so much of a lift. It was never going to be a Liverpool high scoring win.  But one of those rare 1 nil wins was on the cards. Which as I keep going on about it is what Liverpool need at the moment , a string of them  That is where the plan B comes in ….we don't have one . With Liverpool pressing as the clock passed 80mins a scrambled goal. Could have started a run of hard fought narrow wins.
 But not to be…. it is Reading next. Will Reading be like Stoke? It is a huge a possibility. Do they know how Liverpool will play? Well at the moment they will. So until we show some variety in our game plan it could be a repeat of Stokes visit.
 So I can take some comfort and look on the bright side we are not a Stoke.  But Liverpool must find ways of breaking such teams down.
  As for Suarez diving the thing is he gives his all. It’s just something that prick Pulis can jump on the band wagon for a moan. Too friendly with whiskey nose for my liking. Over half Pulis’s team on yellow cards it speaks for its self. Let’s hope the suspensions add up and he will be forced to play some players that are not yard dogs. You never know they might try and play football. Something your average Stoke fan has not seen for a while. YNWA JF96