Still unbeaten with the calendar on the November page, Christmas looming over the horizon, and eleven games to the good suggest a solid start, but that’s less than half the story of the season so far. Liverpool resemble a decent car which has not broken down so far on the local tracks but has been unable to accelerate so far. The ‘Lost’ column is still nil, but then the ‘Draw’ column is higher than the ‘Win’ column.
Drawing at Ewood Park against an on-form Blackburn side has been acceptable for most of the past seasons, but considering the too many points missed at home so far it feels uneconomical and disappointing. And at the moment Liverpool can be anything but uneconomical. With the most expensive signing in their history currently side-lined Liverpool will have to make the most that is thrown in their direction before the deficit with the top sides gets too disheartening. The first forty-five minutes provided very little for the strikers/advanced midfielders to snatch on, and the ref’s whistle signaling the end of it was secretly welcomed by the red men. Their keeper and ex-Liverpool custodian Friedel was seldom called into action, to the point that had he pockets in his shorts he would have taken off his gloves and put them there to warm them.
The second forty-five minutes were a different story altogether. Liverpool looked more determined and attacked Blackburn’s goal consistently. They were forty-five minutes that enabled Dirk Kuyt to sum up his season and Liverpool’s so far. Kuyt was the busiest lad on the pitch but when he had the sight of their goal he continuously missed he target and proved not to be clinical enough. Like some budget speeches he offered a lot of talk in the way of running but eventually was unable to reduce the deficit with the top positions. I really feel sorry for him, as he is dead intent to make it happen and is a far cry from some of today‘s prima donnas that are found in abundance. Sometimes he looks to be trying too hard and on Saturday it only back-fired. My sympathies for the Dutch though are to be shared with Peter Crouch, who is currently a permanent resident on the Liverpool bench. Whilst last season it was argued that he never scored when he didn’t start, at Ewood Park he made more in fourteen minutes than some did in the whole match. Only Bentley on the line deprived him from opening the score for Liverpool after heading a corner towards goal and his usual providing of knock-downs were all evident and troubled Blackburn’s defence.
Having Fulham next at home should be like having the usually reliable selling stock back for the corner shop to sell, improve their books and eventually reduce the overdraft.
Drawing at Ewood Park against an on-form Blackburn side has been acceptable for most of the past seasons, but considering the too many points missed at home so far it feels uneconomical and disappointing. And at the moment Liverpool can be anything but uneconomical. With the most expensive signing in their history currently side-lined Liverpool will have to make the most that is thrown in their direction before the deficit with the top sides gets too disheartening. The first forty-five minutes provided very little for the strikers/advanced midfielders to snatch on, and the ref’s whistle signaling the end of it was secretly welcomed by the red men. Their keeper and ex-Liverpool custodian Friedel was seldom called into action, to the point that had he pockets in his shorts he would have taken off his gloves and put them there to warm them.
The second forty-five minutes were a different story altogether. Liverpool looked more determined and attacked Blackburn’s goal consistently. They were forty-five minutes that enabled Dirk Kuyt to sum up his season and Liverpool’s so far. Kuyt was the busiest lad on the pitch but when he had the sight of their goal he continuously missed he target and proved not to be clinical enough. Like some budget speeches he offered a lot of talk in the way of running but eventually was unable to reduce the deficit with the top positions. I really feel sorry for him, as he is dead intent to make it happen and is a far cry from some of today‘s prima donnas that are found in abundance. Sometimes he looks to be trying too hard and on Saturday it only back-fired. My sympathies for the Dutch though are to be shared with Peter Crouch, who is currently a permanent resident on the Liverpool bench. Whilst last season it was argued that he never scored when he didn’t start, at Ewood Park he made more in fourteen minutes than some did in the whole match. Only Bentley on the line deprived him from opening the score for Liverpool after heading a corner towards goal and his usual providing of knock-downs were all evident and troubled Blackburn’s defence.
Having Fulham next at home should be like having the usually reliable selling stock back for the corner shop to sell, improve their books and eventually reduce the overdraft.
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