Not a regular poster, but just realized fully the difference in quality between our squad this year on last year! Bearing in mind this was Mascherano's only start of the season and he was substituted on 60 mins for..Poulsen!
2010:
..........................Reina.........................................
....Johnson..... Carragher..... Skrtel....... Agger............
..........Mascherano..............Gerrard.......
.........Kuyt............. Cole........ Jovanovic.............
.................. .......Ngog................
As opposed to our possible 11 vs Sunderland: (Bearing in mind Suarez and Gerrard are still to come back!)
.......................Reina.................
Johnson...Agger..Carragher..Enrique
..................Lucas......Adam........
..........Kuyt........Aqua.......Downing
......................ANDY!.............
^^Looking pretty good, Meireles interchangable with Kuyt/Aqua.
Top 4 quality?
Last year starting 11 compared!
posted on 11/8/11
It's a clear improvement. Also the depth is much improved, we now have cover for pretty much every position and could feasibly put out two fairly competitive 11s
posted on 11/8/11
If Jovanovic and Cole had lived up to the hype.. the first team would be stronger.. taking into consideration Lucas and Torres ( who at the time we thought was playing well ) were injured.
The new first team relies on several things working out
Enrique must make LB his own.
Carroll must start scoring goals and not get injured..
Downing's got to prove he's up to the challenge..
Adam's got to prove he deserves his place in the team and Aquilani ( I doubt he'll play, he'll get sold soon ) will have to get used to the premier league.. AGAIN !
posted on 11/8/11
When I meant first team, I mean the old team.. When I mean new first team.. well you know what I mean
posted on 11/8/11
yeah but I'm comparing at this stage last season when, masch leaving was a certainty, and in all seriousness,
enrique>than agger filling in lb
carroll>>>ngog
downing>>>>>>>jova
and adam and aqua are both quality
plus suarez has far more of an impact on games than torres did, as torres was a finsher, albeit a world class one!
posted on 11/8/11
Where is Gerrard in this year XI?
posted on 11/8/11
And where is Konchesky in last year XI?
posted on 11/8/11
I think he is talking about the starting XIs on the first games of each season.
posted on 11/8/11
Yeah I was talking specifically about our team vs Arsenal last year, and our team in a couple of days..
posted on 11/8/11
Biggest difference is on the bench, thats where the big change has happened. And subs are needed to win a game, i believe we can now do that.
posted on 11/8/11
You're missing one other vital ingrediate;
Manager Hodgson
Manager: Dalglish.