Remembrance of Pitches Past or Looking Back at Your Season

Sorry Mr. Proust, but sometimes things happen and you seem to explain it all away, especially when you wrote

"The sight of the little madeleine had recalled nothing to my mind before I tasted it. And all from my cup of tea".


So from a cup of tea and a cookie he remembered his past. As coaches, and as Liverpool fans we need to be a little more current on our review of the previous season.


Let's look at Liverpool 2010-2011. And we will start small. August 2010, 3 games, 1 win, 1 loss, 1 draw. Two goals for, 4 against.


The specifics are as follows:

Aug 15	FT	Liverpool	1-1	Arsenal	44,722	Premier League
Aug 23	FT	Manchester City	3-0	Liverpool	47,087	Premier League
Aug 29	FT	Liverpool	1-0	West Bromwich Albion	41,194	Premier League

This season, 2 wins, no losses, and 1 draw. The specifics:

Aug 13	FT	Liverpool	1-1	Sunderland	45,018	Premier League
Aug 20	FT	Arsenal	0-2	Liverpool	60,090	Premier League
Aug 27	FT	Liverpool	3-1	Bolton Wanderers	44,725	Premier League

Everything is great, right?


I think so, but don't bet on a top four finish just yet. 


The positives


The squad has scored six goals versus two, and has two wins and no losses in three games, and two goals against versus four. Also, and I think important, an away victory, albeit against a weakened Arsenal. The squad appears to be cohesive, playing as a team, in the Liverpool way.  
There is pace, passing and spirit, things largely absent for the last two years. We are not in Europe stretching our resources. 


All of this is good.BUT.....


Now comes Stoke, the giants of the EPL,  their average height, way taller than Saurez, Kuyt and Adam, Way taller. In fact they may be the tallest nin basketball team in the world.


Now if Liverpool can salvage a tie, or god be praised, a win, then maybe the top four can be achieved. 


I can remember that day, against Stoke, when that beach ball doomed the season, and we lost. Luck had left us, and didn't come back for a very long time.  These are the teams we have to beat, the Stokes, Wolves, Rovers and Boltons of the leagues, and this has been our weakness. Beating the bigs and losing to the smalls, This has not been Chelsea or Manchester's issue. This has been our problem. Liverpool needs to play more consistently against all opponents before they can or deserve to be a top four team. Stoke is where they can begin.


Come on lads, win bug or win ugly, just win!!!


Walk On


Hal White