After get rid of G&H and with NESV on board the club is moving to the right direction in the long run. But in the short run this is a very disappointing year. We sacked Rafa and RH is a very poor manager. With him there is no hope at all. NESV will do something to reverse the downward trend for sure, but when?
Departmental Comments:
Goalkeeper
Despite the shaky defense Reina continues to excel, with 9 clean sheets in 26 games. However he did conceded 28 games which is very high. In the league, he only had 6 clean sheets with 24 goals conceded in 19 games. This is something we need to address, especially in away games where only 2 clean sheets and 1 win is recorded. Jones is still yet to convince us.
Defender
Very poor. Despite Carra is getting older he is still very important in leading the defense. Kyrgiakos did show some signs of sparkling but is a bit too inconsistent. Skrtel has been very steady, and Agger was affected by injury, but will play a more important role in the 2H. On the sides, both Johnson and Konchesky were not very good at all. Especially Konchesky which is yet to convince the Kop.
Midfielder
With Mascherano left there is a big hole in the midfield, but Lucas and Meireles stepped up and partly filled the gap. Stevie G continues to shine, but Poulsen is awful. On the sides we don't have any good players at all, so the whole midfield played very narrow.
Attacker
Torres is still yet to pick up his best form so we are a bit short of firepower. With only 23 goals scored in the league no wonder we are struggling. Ngog did try to lessen Torres' burden but he is yet to score away from Anfield.
Player Rating (Games played, Minutes played, Goal scored/conceded, Assists/cleansheets, MoM, Rating)
Goalkeepers
Cavalieri: 2G 180M 0GC 2CS 0MoM 7.00
Gulacsi: 3 unused substitutes
Hansen: 6 unused substitutes
Jones: 2G 210M 2GC 1 Cs 0MoM 6.43
Reina: 26G 2340M 28GC 9CS 4MoM 6.87
Defenders
Agger: 10G 724M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.63
Aurelio: 10G 526M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.40
Ayala: 1 unused substitute
Carragher: 21G 1841M 0GS 0A 2MoM 6.79
Darby: 1G 7M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.50
Flanagan: 1 unused substitute
Johnson: 17G 1530M 1GS 0A 1MoM 6.41
Kelly: 13G 1117M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.57
Konchesky: 17G 1405M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.28
Kyrgiakos: 19G 1468M 2GS 1A 2MoM 6.59
Robinson: 2 unused substitutes
Skrtel: 25G 2115M 1GS 1A 0MoM 6.46
Wilson: 3G 300M 0GS 0A 1MoM 6.45
Wisdom: 1 unused substitute
Midfielders
Aquilani: 2G 111M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.87
Babel: 15G 667M 2GS 1A 0.5MoM 6.55
Cole: 18G 11863M 2GS 4A 1MoM 6.49
Gerrard: 17G 1436M 7GS 4A 6MoM 6.98
Jovanovic: 16G 974M 2GS 0A 0MoM 6.54
Kuyt: 17G 1424M 4GS 2A 1MoM 6.76
Lucas: 24G 1813M 1GS 3A 3MoM 6.65
Mascherano: 1G 78M 0GS 1A 0MoM 7.50
Meireles: 19G 1459M 0GS 2A 2MoM 6.75
Pacheco: 7G 341M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.29
Poulsen: 15G 1104M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.15
Shelvey: 9G 439M 0GS 0A 0.5MoM 6.47
Spearing: 7G 497M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.68
Attackers:
Amoo: 1G 83M 0GS 0A 0MoM 7.00
Dalla Valle: 1G 7M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.50
Eccleston: 7G 142M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.01
Ngog: 25G 1520M 8GS 2A 2MoM 6.63
Torres: 20G 1580M 6GS 3A 0.5MoM 6.51
Players of 1st half season (Minimum 1,638 mins (60%) or above):
(1) Reina 6.87
(2) Carragher 6.79
(3) Lucas 6.65
(4) Skrtel 6.46
It is worth noting that injury affected Gerrard and Kuyt and they are about 200 mins short. Should they reach the minimum minutes played, they will get 6.98 and 6.76 rating respectively. Ngog and Torres are about 100 min short and they get 6.63 and 6.51 respectively.
Team: 6.60. We considered last year's 1H of 6.81 as poor, and this is even poorer. We simply need to improve especially away from Anfield. But most fans have already written off this season.
2H Prediction:
League:
1st-5th place teams (Manchester United H, Manchester City H, Arsenal A, Tottenham Hotspur H, Chelsea A) 1W2D2L We simply won't beat them...
6th-10th place teams (Sunderland A, Stoke City H, Newcastle United H) 2W1D
11th-15th place teams (Blackpool A, Blackburn Rovers A, Everton H, West Bromwich Albion A, Aston Villa A) 3W1D1L Finally we can win some away games?
16th-20th place teams (West Ham United A, Wigan Athletic H, Fulham H/A, Birmingham City H, Wolverhampton Wanderers A) 5W1D
Total for 2H 11W5D3L 38 points
Total for the season 63 points
This may be a bit optimistic but with 63 points we should be able to get into Europa. But is it enough?
In FA Cup we draw Manchester United in the 3rd round and it is already the toughest test. Our best hope for any trophy is Europa Cup, but this really depends on the draws.
And finally, can I have a new manager?
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