Today's forum and footy websites makes for uncomfortable reading. As Man United and Spurs fans jovially go through Monday morning, harsh questions are being asked of Kenny Dalglish's men. Even King Kenny himself is not spared the scrutiny as the honeymoon bed-in period looks to be well and truly over.
I hear chinese whispers which goes along the lines of...
Did Kenny get it wrong to openly accuse referedom of being biased, thus inflicting even harsher judgement on LFC? Why wasn't Kuyt played to protect Skrtel? Why wasn't Flannagan on the bench? Carroll and Adam are two big waste of money?
On issues related to selection, some are making out Skrtel's and Adam's impending suspension as being good for the team. Perhaps now one of either Henderson or Gerrard can partner Lucas in midfield with Maxi or Kuyt on the wings. Coates' buy looks timely now as surely he will get game time due to Agger's ribs and Skrtel's dismissal.For the right back position, we can only hope that Kelly gets fit, with Flannagan in as cover.
More worrying is the fact that Caroll and Suarez aren't clicking yet. The big man can score using his foot so why lob the ball into space all the time? Moving away from the noise, one can only look to the future. A certain Captain who's been away for 6 months is due a return. Will it be against Brighton? Only if he needs match fitness I say.
If one cared to do a fixture-for-fixture analysis of this season's achievement versus last season's, one might find a glimmer of hope. I'ved shared a document that allows you to keep of this is done at http://bit.ly/qDMRdL.
First of, season 2011/2012 has seen 7 points scored compared to 5 points in season 2010/2011 for the same fixtures. There will be games where we are expected to pick up points, as we lost 14 games in all last season. Win most of them and we're in a good position.
For the next three games, we have scored a total of 3 points last season. Beating Wolves at home , Everton away and drawing at Old Trafford is a reasonable aim. 7 points out of 9 is very respectable. Realistically though, it could be 5 points ( 1 win and 2 draws) or 6 points (2 wins and 1 draw). Time will tell
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