BRrrr, Shut That Door

...there's a draft coming in.

For me this is Liverpool's major problem. We need to go back to basics and learn how to defend. From what we have publicly heard, I'm satisfied with how Brendan has dealt with Mario's shirt swapping saga. I have no problem with players doing this at full time regardless of the result but I'm less keen on it at half time but of course because it's Mario it gets very overblown.

What is more important for Brendan to deal with is our defence. As a striker, Mario can be blamed for his lack of goals but the defenders have to take responsibility for the ones we are conceding. This is a problem that stretches back to last season, before Mario's arrival, and it still hasn't been dealt with. One clean sheet all season and some games back into last season is nowhere near good enough.

On current form we are no longer outscoring opponents, so I feel Brendan should perhaps, only for the short term, shift his focus away from (not abandon) our attacking play and onto defending more as unit and keeping possession in midfield.

Just for a few matches starting tomorrow, I would love to see us achieve some clean sheets even if it means winning ugly/ grinding out results. The whole team needs a confidence boost and I think a shut-out would do that. I would also like to see two forwards up front; not too bothered about who is played but it's a Home game against a team we should be looking to beat and the lone striker doesn't seem to be working so far. Surely the diamond can still work with two in front?