2010/11 Season Review

Last season we finished 7th with 63 points, and this season we finished 6th with 58 points. Does this mean we did not decline as bad as other teams?

Where points and gain/lost
vs Top 5 (Man United, Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Spur) 4W2D4L 14GS13GC 14 points
vs 7th-10th (Everton, Fulham, Villa, Sunderland) 4W2D2L 15GS9GC 14 points
vs 11th-15th (West Brom, Newcastle, Stoke, Bolton, Blackburn) 6W0D4L 14GS12GC 18 points
vs Bottom 5 (Wigan, Wolves, Birmingham, Blackpool, West Ham) 3W3D4L 16GS10GC 12 points

It is very clear that one concern of the season is that we failed to beat the lessor teams, with only 12 points vs the bottom 5 teams. This is something King Kenny need to address next season.

Departmental Comments:
Goalkeepers
Pepe only missed 4 games in the Cups over the season and had another good season for us, claiming 20 clean sheets in 50 games. None of the other reserve goalie is able to challenge him.

Defenders
During the first half the defense looks really bad, but with King Kenny took office, he is willing to give chances to the kids, and Kelly, Flanagan and Robinson all take their chances with pride. With a switch to the left even Johnson is revived, and Carra and Skrtel also did well in the centre. It is worth noting that Skrtel has played every minute, a feat that no outfielder has achieved for us since Carra in 04/05.

Midfielders
Lucas has his best performance for us and won the Player of the Match in the official website. Notably Meireles and Spearing also did well, Kuyt also revived in the second half with 15 goals scored, with the highlight the hat trick against Man United.

Attackers
After a mad January transfer window the attacking department has greatly improved, with Suarez already claiming a place as Anfield legend. Carroll was a bit slow with injuries, but with a proper off season break he will come back stronger and score more goals for us. Maxi also did very well and scored 10 goals with 2 hat tricks.

Player Rating (Games played, Minutes played, Goal scored/conceded, Assists/cleansheets, MoM, Rating)
Goalkeepers
Cavalieri: 2G 180M 0GC 2CS 0MoM 7.00
Gulacsi: 27 unused substitutes
Hansen: 6 unused substitutes
Jones: 2G 210M 2GC 1 Cs 0MoM 6.43
Reina: 50G 4500M 50GC 20CS 11MoM 7.01

Defenders
Agger: 21G 1547M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.69
Aurelio: 21G 1066M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.56
Ayala: 1 unused substitute
Carragher: 38G 3298M 0GS 0A 3MoM 6.92
Coady: 1 unused substitute
Darby: 1G 18M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.50
Flanagan: 7G 621M 0GS 0A 1MoM 7.22
Johnson: 35G 3068M 2GS 2A 1MoM 6.54
Kelly: 23G 1925M 0GS 2A 1MoM 6.76
Konchesky: 18G 1495M 0GS 1A 0MoM 6.26
Kyrgiakos: 28G 2100M 2GS 2A 2MoM 6.52
Robinson: 2G 147M 0GS 0A 0MoM 7.27
Skrtel: 49G 4106M 2GS 1A 0MoM 6.54
Wilson: 8G 726M 0GS 0A 1MoM 6.54
Wisdom: 2 unused substitute

Midfielders
Aquilani: 2G 111M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.87
Babel: 17G 709M 2GS 1A 0.5MoM 6.54
Cole: 32G 1719M 3GS 4A 1MoM 6.46
Gerrard: 24G 2408M 8GS 5A 6MoM 6.83
Ince: 1G 15 M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.00
Jovanovic: 18G 1081M 2GS 0A 0MoM 6.49
Kuyt: 41G 3468M 15GS 7A 4MoM 6.98
Lucas: 47G 3883M 1GS 4A 3MoM 6.80
Mascherano: 1G 78M 0GS 1A 0MoM 7.50
Meireles: 41G 3240M 5GS 8A 4.5MoM 6.93
Pacheco: 7G 341M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.29
Poulsen: 21G 1471M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.22
Shelvey: 21G 726M 0GS 1A 0.5MoM 6.63
Spearing: 20G 1422M 0GS 2A 0MoM 6.91

Attackers:
Amoo: 1G 83M 0GS 0A 0MoM 7.00
Carroll: 9G 570M 2GS 0A 1MoM 6.86
Dalla Valle: 1G 7M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.50
Eccleston: 7G 142M 0GS 0A 0MoM 6.01
Ngog: 38G 1938M 8GS 2A 2MoM 6.51
Suarez: 13G 1105M 4GS 4A 6MoM 7.70
Torres: 26G 2107M 9GS 3A 0.5MoM 6.57

Players of the season (Minimum 2,445 mins (50%) played):
(1) Reina 7.01
(2) Kuyt 6.98
(3) Meireles 6.93
(4) Carragher 6.92
(5) Lucas 6.80
(6) Maxi 6.78
(7) Johnson 6.544
(8) Skrtel 6.543

Of course, Suarez only arrived at the end of January and played 1,105 minutes. But he has been a sensational player and scored an impressive 7.70 average. He will be the focus of our attack and next season is going to be exciting.

Team Average 6.74, which is a good improvement vs the first half of 6.60, but still fall short of last season of 6.81.

Other Statistics:
Goal conversion. We only played 56 games this season, two less than last season. However, we only registered 789 shots, 150 less than last season. And with this low number, goals only scored dropped from 84 to 77, mainly due to the revival in the second half of the season. In defense, we allowed 659 shots, 50 more than last season, but thanks to the superb effort of Pepe, we only conceded 52 goals which is 2 less than last season.

Match of the season
(1) 4/23/11 vs Birmingham City 7.67
(2) 5/9/11 at Fulham 7.56
(3) 4/11/11 vs Manchester City 7.50
(4) 11/7/10 vs Chelsea 7.49
(5) 5/1/11 vs Newcastle United 7.44


Worst match of the season
(1) 10/17/10 at Everton 5.92
(2) 11/13/10 at Stoke City 5.95
(3) 9/22/10 vs Northampton 6.00
(4) 10/3/10 vs Blackpool 6.03
(5) 12/11/10 at Newcastle United 6.09