PLAYER POWER

At Loftus Rd yesterday we witness a totally different Liverpool. One I would like to see a lot more of. We did carry on  the path that Rodgers wants the club to go, ie a slick passing game. But it was a lot more direct. We did try the long ball when there was something on. A thing that you can tell Rodgers dislikes.  But the passing for passing sake was a lot less in evidence. Especially round the edge of our own box, giving opposition teams a rest bite with a free option to push up on us.  The Rogers way, wanting the team to play through the opposition.

A very dodgy tactic if you’re not Barcelona , as it has showed with the team performances in 2012, more so at Anfield .

But yesterday it seemed like a case of when the cats away let’s mix it up a bit. QPR set up the same as most teams have done against us. Letting us have the ball, "let them try and pass it through us". 

You do not have to be a rocket scientist to work it out. I have watched in horror this year how one dimensional our play has been.

But yesterday the leash was off with Gerrard in control. In dare I say it “a player manager role”. The play was varied something that has been missing in our play. QPR could not cope with this,

I hope this is a learning curve for Rodgers. The team has got to show more variety in their play. If the long ball is on use it. I have watched Suarez from his early days in Holland he loves the occasional long ball. He is a very multi-faceted player so if Liverpool where to mix their play it would suit him down to the ground. Let’s hope this performance kicks us on, But I have said that a few times this year. Then it turns out we have taken one step forward, two steps back. Fingers crossed; let’s carry on in the New Year, as we ended this year. JF96 YNWA

NO COMMITMENT

ARE NIALLS FACE SPEAKS FOR ITS SELF 

Well it has taken 2 days of shaking off disappointment to write this blog about Saturday’s abysmal performance. We had done a lot of season ticket swapping so the family could sit together in the main stand as a pre Xmas treat. This was the game we were to continue the push to the top 4 slots. With pre match pub banter of people saying even 2^nd slot was on the cards. Well how wrong people can be….. Obviously the only people not to share our optimism were the fucking players.

The first 10 minutes we took control as usual. Villa looked a really poor side ……Suarez had 3 goal scoring chances on each occasion he opted to pass.. As if under instructions to do so. From then on it got worse with us failing in the following points.

• ·         COMMITMENT

• ·         SHOOTING

• ·         PASSING

• ·         NOT MOVING THE BALL QUICKLY ENOUGH

• ·         MARKING

• ·         CROSSING

• ·         GETTING BODIES IN THE BOX

To name but a few but it is the commitment that is the most worrying. It falls on the manager to motivate it is a true indication of an unhappy dressing room. We had a chance on Saturday to really get the teams above us looking over their shoulders …But as many times in past 2 seasons may be more we took 2 steps back ….We have turned into Coventry of the 60s 70s and 80s a none moving mid table bag of shite….So frustrating and not good enough.

The day had a bright spot as it was on to the annual Bunnyman show at the academy in town. Which the band showed loads of commitment …..Prompting me to tweet ……AT LEAST LIVERPOOL'S MUSICIANS SHOWED COMMITMENT ……It is shame Rodgers did not drag the team kicking and screaming to the gig to put some fight and commitment into their performances . For me the jury is still out on Rodgers and come to mention it the American owners. As of now for me they still have not brought any think to our club.

But back on to the more Committed music side of things. The Hillsborough justice single is out today so let’s show the team what commitment really means….and make it the biggest seller of the year .YNWA JF96 . 

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