Ngog is not bought for first team player in the first place. It is Rafa's and team's financial inability not able to have a second striker. (Because Rafa like to play 1 striker so striker department is not the prioriry if Torres is fit)

I share you frustation when Ngog missed some easy chance or contribute nothing time. Little people complain when Voronin didn't score or missed some sitter time. But now Ngog like become a target man when he didn't contribute anything time. For for the sake of record, Ngog's record is better than Voronin, which we have to be fair as well.

No doubt, brain + determination is very important, but to specific target Ngog as spacegoat who has score 7 goals so far is a bit too much. My view only.
I am not supporter of him, but sometimes, we need to criticise the whole team display instead of specific individual.

Yes, determination and chasing down opponent is very important. But if solely with that, won't win you a game either. You need brain as well, passing etc.
While if there is solely Macherano chasing down, while others don't, then it is as good as none, you need team collective effort to close down in order to pressure the opponent team. You cannot do it individually. That's why we need to look at the team. So far, it is the team play which is suck most of the time, and looks no clue in final third, only can hold on ball possession but lacking penetration pass or creativity to score goal.

Some players may look lazy or could be actually lazy (I don't know), but if he did his job ok, then it is about average display.

Just like a company, I prefer my employee that can work efficiently although may look lazy or actually lazy or not, I don't know. But he/she is better than another person whom is very hardworking like working ants, but actually output is lower than the one work in much lazy. The important point is that, delivery or output which matter the most.
That's why we need brain as well.
No doubt, we want it both to be co-exist, hardwork + brain. But in real world, every personnel is different, there is no perfect match. So with available resource, you settle for the best out of the available choice.

Until now, I hardly see Liverpool plays brilliantly and attacking with real threat, it has been 10+ matches, I seldom see real goal mouh threat from Liverpool play.
Yes, there are lot of possession but most of those possession is no real threat to the opponent.
I blame the team and manager tactic more than individual players.

Cheers.

As long as Rafa in charge, I don't think we can see 4-4-2 formation. Rafa is known for 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1 tactic even back to Valencia days.

His favourite would be Torres upfront with Gerrard supporting
Kuyt will play RM, Milan play LM?

My opinion, I seriously think that Gerrard should revert to CM to bossing around midfield and spraying passes and play with 2 striker upfront. Team play more fluent with that. If not lone striker is not something easy to play and players may have difficulty to adapt, you need brilliant and outstanding player to play with lone striker in effective way. Even Torres look out of sort sometime with lone striker role, and being bullied by opponent physical CB.

In cup game, yes, can, as long as don't concede and don't lose, you can lift the title, league game cannot have this kind of mentality.

Torres getting yellow card just little nudge or body checking with MC's defender when fighting for the air ball, and with first offence after being on the field.

6 yellow cards per match, Liverpool is going to be fined with this, if not mistaken.

another.... scappy game.

No goal threat at all.

Again, poor away match and with 2DM and non-adventure fullback like Carra, the match is expected like that.

Liverpool is the among the disadvatage team to fight for 4th, play 1 games more than the rest, inferior GD compared to Spurs and yet to play Chelsea and MU.

It is not about striker role only. It is about midfielder inability to score goal and create goal opportunity. There is no midfielder to score a goal for you currently, fullback also none, you don't expect Carra to score goal, right? You don't expect Lucas, Macherano to score as well.
So just mark the front 3-4 players, (like Kuyt, Ngog, Gerrard, Benny) then almost nobody can score already, except through some brilliant and lucky break. (Liverpool win a few 1-0 through this way)

When you play 2DM and no creative passes or through pass to upfront, then most of the time, you are holding up the midfield and having possession, but no goal threat to opponent.

It is more about system you play, instead blaming individual. When you play 2DM (whom don't score) with lone striker, it is hard to see fluent football especially on the front which can create lot of goals for you.

Yup, kinda agree, it is more like tactic game and battling display from Liverpool set-up instead try to beat opponent.

Season near to end liao, Aqualani was bought during summer transfer windows at the price tag of 20 million, until now, either we heard not fit, this match is too physical for him etc, and resulted not play more than 3-5 matches (even as come from as sub), (those left 5-10 mins don't count).

Losing 2-0 is highly unlikely, as to be fair, defence is quite ok lately. Have several clean sheet, max concede 1 goal only.
May be 1-0 then penalty shootout?

I do not have high hope Liverpool to win, max can hope for is 0-0. Liverpool forget to bring the shooting boot for away match nowadays, they only bring a bus to park in front of goal.

Yup, recently watch Liverpool match time, if concede then can shut down TV already. Not concede, hope some magic and lucky moment to win. At least this is what I feel when seeing live match time.

CL is the centre stage, Europa match like consolation competition only. Little people care.

I don't think this will happen, Premier league will make sure they completed the season, so that all result is valid. It is just about 3 months time before season ended, so can put up some decision to 'buy some time'.

Babel shooting is quite good actually, his weak point is passing game, and awareness of teamates around and don't know how to play one two with teamates to create some space for himself, which often we see he is being crowded out by opponent defender.

Yup

My view,
The reason, why Liverpool lag behind is failing to take the advantage of commercial wise aka you need $ money mind as well, to grow the club and remain successful. You need to market yourself.
Liverpool lose out the golden opportunity to grow and build bigger stadium back late 80's golden age.

At the most basic point, stadium capacity is always important. Every week, compared to rival, Liverpool already lose out around 20K ticket sales. 20K x GBP 20 per week, and accumulated over the year is a huge sum. The longer it goes over the years, the gap become exponantial wide, which eventually in ability in transfer market. Although money cannot buy you success, without money, success even hard to come by.

New modern football, $$ is an integrated part of football already.

My view, I already conceeding that Liverpool won't able to finish 4th, worst still may be 7th and totally missed out Europe place.

The only way to enroute back to Europe is through winning Europa cup, from backdoor again like last time out.

But I do not feel optimistic about it.

On form? Yup, but we haven't seen since the first day of this year league started.

I only see poor performance, scrappy game win with some lucky factor, and only a few occassion play decent football (during the start of the season), but faded away since 10+ matches or so ago.

Sorry, although lately result is better, but I don't see some exciting performance on the pitch.

Beat MU, then next match lose to Portsmouth 2-0, as good as none.

Somemore away match against Chelsea and MU. Fyi, away match for Liverpool is awful to watch since months.

Sorry, I don't share the view Liverpool is on form.

Although for the last 7-8 games or so, based on result and points taken, it is indeed quite ok and especially lot of clean sheet lately which is good, but attacking sense wise, and ability to score goal and walk pass oppoenent is not, so I don't classify as 'on form'.

On form team is ruthless and able to kill off opponent with ease and even trailing also can turn the game around.

Current on form team in the league is Arsenal.

Aurelio is the one that can deliver good crosses, corner and set-piece for free kick. Better than Gerrard in term of corner and free kick delivery. My view.
His crosses and shooting are curling one (some sort like Beckham style) which make defenders hard to defend.

Those shooting skill (thunderbolt), delivery skill (curling freekick) sometimes is inheritant, not something that said want to learn already can learn.

Yes, it can be praticed and learned, but not everyone can master it. Only a small portion of players can.

If cannot, then cannot.

This game is too physical for him?

Please don't buy injury prone players again.

Even the player is very very good, if due to injury prone which the player is not available, and cannot play more than 5-10 matches for the whole season, it is as good as having no player.

Liverpool needs CM that can run the show in the midfield, dictate the match tempo, spraying passes, not just DM doing the dirty job. Arteta can fit the role.

Errr... but those struggle to beat team are all physical, so he has no chance to play?

The way to utilise Aqualani is drop back Gerrard to CM, let him run the show in midfield, and Aqualani sit behind Torres.

Liverpool needs Gerrard in midfield, playing Lucas + Macherano in CM, the whole team could struggle to score a goal, except rely on some magic or lucky moment only.

I don't mind Mascherano playing RB, at least the situation force RB to play Gerrard in the middle and 2 upfront, with 4-4-2 formation.