re: OFFICIAL Liverpool FC 2014-2015 Season Long Thread

We really need to communicate at the back..

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we desperately need a DM

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Yeah, we've known this for years unfortunately.

It drives me nuts how often Sakho falls down when he hits passes.

Wow. We just don't have it right now. We've got a ways to go. And damn we need Sturridge back and a new GK.

Of course losing Suarez hurt, but damn Sturridge can't get healthy soon enough

Bright side

-That Borini - Balotelli - Lallana front 3 was actually causing a little havoc and creating some opportunities when they were on together
-We have 1 point less than the same fixtures from last year
-We were gonna need time to gel anyway, might as well get the growing pains out of the way early
-Sturridge and Allen should be back soon
-At least we're not United

Stepping back, we knew we weren't one of the top 2 sides into the league this year. Still a long way to go, and we've got a lot of young guys in the squad, so we're in it for the long haul.

With that said, what are the odds we can use what's left from the transfer window we didn't spend convincing Carragher to come back and coach our backline? And hopefully Valdes proves his fitness soon so we can get that deal done. At the very least, Brendan's got a wake up call to evaluate some things. We did fine in games in the past without Suarez, so what's different now?

I agree, just going with how everyone's quick to point out "no Suarez to bail you out now"

Obviously Sturridge being hurt is a big blow, but I think having Allen out is pretty glaring right now too. Wondering how a midfield 3 of Henderson, Allen, and Lallana/Coutinho would work either in a 4-3-3 or diamond

Stevie should never have been playing. He can't play three full games in a week.

But Rodgers feels he has no choice with Allen out, etc.

Would have been great to pick up Song on loan this window, but thats behind us now.

So...on the plus side, pretty much all of our competition for top 4 are also playing like crap right now.

This means one of two things - Either we have plenty of time to sort it out and Rodgers teams have always done much better in the second half of the year than the first - we're in good shape.

Or Villa or someone weird will finish 4th.

Everton, Tottenham, and Man U - none have pulled away. ManU has already played all three new PL teams - their fixtures will just get tougher from here.

Arsenal will have their usual month or so with very poor results.

Despite our poor showing, no one is making us pay for it yet.