With Brendan
Rogers sticking to
his guns of passing possession football . Sounds good but is it
handing the opposition the game plan before a ball is kicked .
Liverpool’s inability of breaking down the so called lesser
opposition last season was clear to all . Teams came to Anfield
knowing what to expect . They were happy to let Liverpool have the
ball throwing men behind the ball . 9 times out of 10 we were unable
to break them down . The league final standing spoke for its self .
So
with-in his plans does the word unpredictability enter into his
tactics . My biggest fears is 75% possession playing great stuff only
to draw 0.0 or as happened last season the defeat .
The
talk of not playing without a striker is understandable . I can see
a two tier midfield with Suarez and Borini fitting into that . With
maybe Dempsey tucking in behind as extra teeth .
But
Rogers inability to back Carroll with in his plans worry s me
slightly . Carroll impressed me in the later part of last season .
Dropping deep hassling laying balls off putting it about in the box .
My thoughts were if he kept off the piss in the pre-season he would
have a 35 million season this year . But Rodgers seems not to be keen
. Will that in-danger are element of surprise , is his tactics too set
in stone , making it easy for opposition managers to counter act ,
That is my fear , I am all for my team playing attractive football .
But after the last decade I would take a season of grinding out 1.0
victory’s . Keep teams guessing keep the ball but players have got
to be comfortable on the ball .
Spain’s
victory in the Euros was amazing but they played 3 different ways in
their 6 games . The passing Spanish/Barcelona way is great, but it is
on the verge of being sussed hence Spain’s switch in tactics over
the tournament. So I am hoping Rodgers has a few strings to his bow ,
and not just a one trick pony . YNWA
