Blackpool versus Liverpool - Preview
The last time these two teams met was earlier in the season when Blackpool ran out surprising 2-1 winners at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s home fortress, Anfield. It was a gloomy day in Merseyside as Liverpool surrendered to a club who had just been promoted to the Premier
League and one of Roy Hodgson’s darkest memories as Liverpool manager.
Nobody could have dared suggested that Liverpool and Blackpool would be square on points at this stage of the season and only separated by goal difference. And further adding insult to injury for Liverpool and Roy Hodgson is the fact that Blackpool actually
have a game in hand on Liverpool, after Bloomfield Road could not outdo Mother Nature in the race to host Blackpool’s game against Manchester United.
Roy Hodgson would want to shun that black spot from his memory with an emphatic win over the Seasiders, and to give him some extra belief and firepower, he welcomes back club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international
missed out the last couple of games due to injury picked up in international duty. Hodgson will be hoping Gerrard’s return will be able to propel them towards the top end of the table, but even his return cannot mask the fact that there are serious personnel
problems at the Merseyside club. Some of the players at Liverpool today would never have made it into the side back in the days when they were a force to be reckoned with. It’s hard to imagine that this is the same Liverpool side who just two years ago gave
United a more than decent run for their money as United ultimately won the title. That season they also crucified Manchester United at Old Trafford 4-1, a United side that still retained the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and Carlos Tevez.
But I guess its true how they say; the bigger they are the harder they fall. For Liverpool have fallen so far behind, fallen so hard, that you wouldn’t bet against it causing an earthquake somewhere in Central http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/China-c8926. But a true test of character is if you
can get back up when the chips are down. Now under new owners, Liverpool will be looking for resurrection, and it certainly won’t come overnight, but you feel Liverpool have to start pulling their weight around if they want to be a serious team challenging
for the title in a few years time. I mean let’s be honest here, the title and Champions League spots are definitely beyond them, with the much more equipped Manchester United, Arsenal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur fighting on those fronts.
The best Roy Hodgson can possibly hope for is a sixth place finish, but even that will not be a foregone conclusion in this season’s league.
This season’s league has been the most competitive ever, if memory serves. This year the likes of Bolton, Newcastle and West Brom are above Liverpool, and they deserve to be so. So Liverpool have to pull their act together and get back to winning ways, before
the damage inflicted is irreparable. And they have to start off by taking care of Blackpool, or else the Seasiders will overtake them, with a win.
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