the way we play is different now. a few points that i see. here are my humble yet maybe not accurate opinion:

1 - teams know how to play us. they know what they must do. learnt from chelsea, which is, to be organized and compact when defend against us

2 - suarez gone. hence, teams have less one major thing to worry. no worry = no panic = better defending

3 - we missed sturridge upfront. hence we lost pace...

4 - sterling now very suspect. can score but now easily play bad passes and make bad touches most of the time

5 - we should regret not signing Remy. he could have offered pace upfront... lambert too slow. to the next point:

6 - the balo we used to know is not known to tracking and defend. now we are asking him to play a new style. will the new style stifle him? we should expect a different balo now. we should maybe also expect less goals from him

7 - mignolet was one of the best when we signed him. now no longer

8 - gerrard really needs to be dropped

9 - lallana and marko - waiting for them to hit high gear

10 - don forget Can...

11 - lovren  - too eager to impress

12 - vice captain should be skrtel

13 - sell lucas to napoli
just my 2 cents on the season so far