QUOTE(shamsul_LP @ Sep 12 2011, 08:42 AM)
not a bad performance....very convincing & attacking display but we lose because we cannot convert our chance...luck not on our side...
btw, to calling for carra head its ridiculous. To replace him with someone that so new to this league is so unwise thinking..coates have to be here one or two years first before he can replaced carragher...apart from that, skrtel is queue in front of him.
if reina make a mistake, would you guy call for doni to came out immediately
??
I think in regards to Carra, many still thinks he should play like a young fast centerback. they expect him to chase down opponents and close them down.
He is everything we hope for in a defensive player but he was never pacy to begin with. He's value was the way he read games, took leadership for the back 4 and is still a iron pillar that most of the defensive player fall back on.
Granted he made a couple of mistakes (one at Bolton and another was a very very soft penalty that would not be given any other day) and some spectacular own goals. But he's value goes beyond just the player being on the pitch. he's ability to command the back 4 is one of the major reasons Kenny needs him on the field.
I know there will come a time for Carra to decide that he will be a back up for a younger more vibrant centerback like Coates (Ko-ah-tess
) . But he's guidance for the young protege will no doubt be invaluable. That is why Liverpool needs him, that is why for now he cannot be replaced in all games and that is why he needs to shake of the minor setbacks and move on with more determination already shown by him for all his service being a faithful Red.
His time will come to step down and maybe all too soon (given fans calling for his "retirement"), but i only pray we will have another figure in either Skrtel, Agger or young Coates to wear the Carra mantle with the same confidence shown by the legend.
Added on September 12, 2011, 10:08 amQUOTE(chenwfng @ Sep 12 2011, 09:52 AM)
The team's mentality is not there. They panic every time they attack and seemed a bit clueless at times. We have firepower now but thin on creativity in the midfield. To tell ya the truth, I felt a little bored when watching them play. Although we had more possession and were more threatening in attack, there were lots of misplaced passes, no fluidity and many mistakes by the team.
you are right, but this season is about having 3-4 new players that has not played together in a single season to gel, iron our the chinks, go thru a melding process, join in the brotherhood, male-bonding etc etc. (yeah, that was too much).
anyway to be fair its not the lack of creativity i saw. its more like we are spoilt by choice as who to pass, who to take a shot, which side to go - left or right. we had at a few incidents 3-4 in the middle just outside the box being a bit cluttered whether to cross, shoot or dribble in. We need some faster decisions made on the fly then just moping around the mid waiting for the whole team to camp at the opponents box.
it wasn't boring when the team had not played like this kind of attacking football for so many years. I use to sit thru Woy's tactics and that is boring. So far since he left, i sat down with a "wee bit of optimism" and appreciation that i see some real improvements from a squad that everyone including our own fans in many places has written off as a club not worth the support.
YNWA!
Added on September 12, 2011, 11:03 amJust to share some reading, it's not an excuse but I think it's important to know what the realistic expectations are and hopefully quell some mindless bashing on players that we have gotten this season;
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/844910-...d-to-be-patient?
This post has been edited by REDShaun: Sep 12 2011, 11:03 AM 
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). I disagree with the way we have spent our small fortune - could have done with more variety if you ask me.
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