Where Do We Go From Here?

So the season finished a few weeks ago.  Rather than beast in to have my usual rant, I have given some  time for the dust to settle and reflect. Unfortunately the post season shenanigans hasn't really given much hope for us going forward, which I will get to later. 

Brendan Rodgers comments in regard to Tottenham a while back about when spending £140 million you should be winning the League came back to haunt him with a vengence. Think Halloween meets Alien through a 13 movie marathon!

We spent a £140million and got worse, 25 points, 49 goal for. Yes we even conceded more than last season. No thanks to the shambolic Britannia defeat. 6-1, our worst ever Premier League defeat and our worst ever defeat since 1954. Another Brenda record! 

How do you go from missing out on winning the league by 3 points 1 season to performing so poorly the next. Well here is how as per Brenda Rodgers, Ian Ayre and the other 'Transfer Commitee' clowns. 
1) Sell your best player because you have to and fail to replace him with 2 high quality players. 
2) Sign 3 players from Southampton in an attempt to have a spine to build around and have all 3 fail miserably to perform and produce.
3) Fail to undertake any defensive coaching whatsoever......... AGAIN!
4) Sign Mario Balotelli as a panic buy on the transfer deadline day and watch him do fuck all for 9 months!
5) Waste more money on more kindergarten signings but still pay top money for them....
6) Start contract negotiations with your brightest prospect just after he has changed agent in November and still has 2.5 years on his current deal then remind the WHOLE World he still hasn't signed in January and watch him completely implode and want to get away so fast he will even go sit on the bench at Man City! Genius!!
7) Use the same tactic with your future captain....
8) Continue to think Sakho and Allen are good enough to wear the Red shirt....
9) Have no plan B,C or D.
10) Use midfielders as strikers despite having Lambert and Borini fit......
11) Go from scoring the most set piece goals to scoring the least.
12)  But conceding the most...

Yep that's our season in a nutshell. Liverpool Football Club should be better than this. I am sure Fenway Sports Group don't run the Red Sox in this harem scarem way. The blood letting has started with Colin Pascoe and Mike Marsh going. Sami Hyypia and Bolo Zenden look to be favourites to fill the gaps. At least with Sami we will get defending, although his spell at Brighton wasn't exactly a success.

Not sure where that leaves Brendan Rodgers as the backroom staff will be Fenway's men not his.... Bit like a man marooned on a island in shark infested waters. I cant really sympathise too much. He sold the club on this vision of bringing in young players he can coach and develop. While he has done plenty of the former there has been little of the latter... Even Sterling is outside of his control now and will not be sold for full value as he continues to sulk and be influenced by his moronic agent.

I am not sure what FSG are hoping to achieve by the backroom change. It normally leaves the manager as a straw man, so whats the point of not just letting him go and then give money to the new man? Perhaps the unavailability of Jurgen Klopp was the main driver. Maybe they can line him up in Jan when Brenda has fucked it up again. Hopefully it will be to bring other ideas to the table that hopefully Rodgers will take on board.

I usually do a post reason review on a player by player basis but really when our best player has been Phillippe Coutinho at 8/10 what is the point??? The only bright spot in an otherwise abysmal campaign. Oh what the hell its fun!

Simon Minging-o-let 5/10- Well what can we say about this man. He started poorly, got worse , was replaced by Brad Jones, got back in, was worse still, before having a reasonably steady finish. Hence the 5/10. He isnt a footballer, he doesnt dominate his box, he doesnt inspire confidence from those in front of him. Not good enough. Still don't know if Brendan Rodgers wants a goalkeeper or a sweeper....

Emre Can 6/10 - Initailly sent back early from the pre-season tour to get fit..... Speaks volumes for our recruitment policy. Still he scored against Chelski and found a rather strange niche for himself at the right Brenda's back 3. That worked well until we played actual teams and his confidence and season imploded, much like the teams. A right back he is not, to easily beaten, largely out of position and no idea when to tackle. Glen Johnson's influence has been clear for all to see there! Looking forward to seeing him play in centre midfield going forward where he belongs. One for the future...

Martin Skrtel 7/10 - How this man is able sleep at night is beyond me. He is surrounded by idiots constantly dropping bombs, making fundamental errors with not defensive skills what so ever. If I was him I would be to scared to sleep for the nightmarish thoughts of Sakho, Lovren, Moreno,Can, Johnson, Toure, Mingolet. God how does he do it???? If he played for Chelski he would be keeping JT on the bench! Proper defender, our only one... Nuff said....

Dejan Lovren 3/10 - For £25million I expect to see a World Class centre-back arrive aged 26. While Lovren had a great season at Southampton world class he wasn't. He looked really good against Dortmund in pre-season he hasn't put a foot right since! Doesn't drift across to cover his fullback, doesnt mark, dives in, when jockeying is better. No idea if that's him or Brenda's lack of tactics...

Mamadou Sakho 1/10 - WHY OH WHY do we let this thing on the pitch???? We would be better off being a player short. He makes Djimi Traore look composed on the ball. I have no idea why Brenda thought this clown was worth £18mill. He can pass, header, mark and has no positional sense. Yep Glen Johnson clearly giving tips....

Alberto Moreno 4/10 - Used a left wingback or fullback, has looked good going forward but lightweight and positionally naive in defence. A theme across our whole defence. They are either all useless or they're not being poorly coached in the defensive arts.......

Lucas Lieva 4/10 - Largely injured and off the pace when he did come back. He is Ronseal, does what it says on the tin. But he aint a Matic or a Fernandinho. Club needs to decide what to do with him. I would keep him. If nothing else a bit of experience and hopefully a full season from him next season.

Jordan Henderson  7/10 - The duracell bunny has come good this season. Bringing finishing, astute running and some real quality passing and set-piece delivery. Finally emerging from Stevie G's shadow at just the right time. Not sure about him being captain, surely we have other leaders or men in the squad???? Er other than Skrtel NO!

Stevie G 6/10 - The longest goodbye to a true legend. Istanbul, the Stevie G Final against West Ham and teh million other amazing moments that have littered his long career. The only disappointment is the lack of at least 1 Premier League Medal. An indictment on our club not Stevie G... Its terrible that in his winding down season he still ended as top scorer but was totally outplayed in all the big games. Against Arsenal it was Carola knocking him off the ball.Against Chelski it was Hazard and  Fabregas. Against ManUre he lasted 23 seconds after clashing with 'hardman'.... Ander Herrera...
We will miss you and good luck with the Galaxy...

Adam Lallana 5/10 - Like Can not fit at the start,suffered some injury issues, but has largely flattered to deceive. We have seen some of his potential in the last 6 or so matches but more needed from him going forward.

Joe Allen 1/10 - Absolutely Fucking Useless consistently. He got a run in the team at the back end of the season but other than the game against Man City he was his usual abysmal, overawed,overrated useless, sideways and backwards Welsh Hobbit SHITE self! Wouldn't get in a Sunday League team FACT!

Raheem Sterling 5/10 - This young man has been so influenced by things off the field that its amazing he still turns up every week. His family life is clearly not right, his management is a joke and his understanding of where he is his career is so far off piste it beggars belief. He needs to buck up his ideas. He has achieved NOTHING. 7 goals and 9 assists in the League does not make you a superstar. He just needs to look at Harry Kane, Patrick Bamford and Danny Ings and new teammate James Milner to see how to behave at his age. If he wants to see how not to behave -  Shaun Wright-Phillips, Junior Hoilett, Adam Johnson, Scott Sincalir, Stuart Downing all wasted their youthful talent on big money moves early in their careers. 2 cant get a game at relegated QPR, 1 is on the bench at Villa, 1 is facing underage sex charges and the other is only happy being a big fish in a small pond... Your choice Raheem....

Phillippe Countinho 8/10 - The only real bright light in abysmal showing from our squad this season. Made the Premier League team of the season. What a little player, magic feet, cracking workrate and sometimes on a different wavelength to all the others. More goals would be nice but he has scored some crutial ones and has penned a new long term contract, see Raheem its easy....

Mario Balotelli  -16,000,000/10 - What a waste time, money, organs,skin and oxygen.... I have no idea who decided this moody, angry, young man who has been every opportunity in life, can play football??? He cant pass, he never looks up. He never moves, he never runs, he has absolutely no 1st touch and his shooting is more likely to kill a member of the crowd than trouble the goal... He wouldn't even get in the SHITE Sunday League team that Joe Allen cant get in! How did they ever think this guy would replace Suarez??? EPIC FAIL BRENDAN, EPIC!!!!

No-one else has played or done enough to get rated. So its on to the outs and ins I would like to see. Some are left field and pie in the sky as usual.

OUTS

Glen Johnson and Stevie G - Leaving us, one with thanks and heavy heart the other with a long overdue boot up the arse!
Joe Allen - Please someone in the Championship take this clown back to where he belongs. £18mill for this really??? Be lucky to get a new kettle for the staff canteen for him....
Mario Balotelli - Back to Italy, bibs, cones and maybe a few new balls for him.
Mamadou Sakho - Back to France for some baguettes and few bottles of red wine.
Clear out of the underage SHITE that has and will never threaten the 1st team but that we have spent over £20mill on - Coates, Ilori,Yesil, Alberto and Aspas. Will get some Mothercare vouchers for this lot. Moneyball at work..... NOT.

IN 's

James Milner - Already done. Free Transfer a proper professional. Always gives 100% Can play in many positions. Hopefully with Can and Henderson forming a midfield trio that can dominate.
Yohan Cabaye - Sitting at PSG getting splinters in his arse. He left Newcastle to play in Champions League. He gets on as a sub or plays in dead rubbers.... If Pardew is sniffing around him for Palace we should be all over that.
Mateo Kovacic - looks close to being done. Yep you guessed it £18million! LOL WTF!
Danny Ings - He is free and available and suits the way we play more than Benteke. We dont cross the ball so no point in having him. Fits our model of young talent even if they arent any good. Looks to have his head screwed on.
Javier Hernandez -  Yep totally controversial but he is quick, he knows how to win things and he scores goal something only Daniel Sturridge can actually do in the squad...
We need a left and right back - Itype this every year! For some season Rodgers hates Enrique as he never plays him. So for left back I would go for George Friend at Middlesborough. He is young English strong quick get forward well and can actually defend....
With Flanagan still in recovery mode we need a right back. Andre Wisdom is not the answer. Martin Kelly might have been but we let him go.... So is Nathaniel Clyne the answer?If so, you cant offer £10mill, especially when you gave the same club £26mill for Lovren.....
We also need centreback - A leader who can play football..... Think of any???? Nope me neither especially one that wants to come Europa League Liverpool....... Perhaps thats why we gave Toure another year.... Jesus cant wait to see more of hime and Sakho! LOL

On the plus side Jordan Ibe coming through looks good. Divock Origi is back from his loan at Lille, hardly set the world alight so not sure if we send him on loan again... We also have Jordan x 3 Sinclair, Rossiter, Williams coming through. Its still a squad that looks light even if we got these players in.....

With Europa to deal with. We need to concentrate on top 4 but with Europa League place getting Champions League place maybe its not something to be binned after Jan...... Our big issue is attracting players. With ManUre back at teh top table and having De Gea as a bargaining chip with Real Madrid (Benzema coming the other way). We are a long way from attracting that kind of player. Therein lies the problem. 3 years into Project Kindergarten we have no trophies, look further from Top 4 than ever, with no Sturridge until October whoever we bring in must start scoring immediately.

At this moment we are in yet another crossroads, we either make the jump forward or become Newcastle. Big club, big fan base, no chance of winning anything....


YNWA