http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 kicked-off their 2012/13 campaign shouldering paramount expectations of the fans and supporters. After experiencing an abysmal prevenient term, the Merseyside club were forced into making major changes in the set up in order to patch up their wounds.
Brendan Rodgers was handed over the Anfield throne in June and tasked with the mission of restoring the club’s lost dominance in English and European football.
However, as things have fared so far, one gets the impression that the Reds are treading the same path as that of the last season.
Despite dominating the games, they have failed to eke out results, which has pushed them down into the bottom half of the table. They only managed to record their first league win of the season in their sixth game, shattering the club’s 100 year record of
the worst start to a league campaign.
Dissecting the team’s performance so far, one won’t be hard pressed to deduce that the major reason behind their shortcomings has been their manifest fragility in the frontline. After failing to bring in suitable replacements for the players who departed
during the summer, Rodgers was forced to blood in a couple of academy players in order to meet his requirements.
Although some of them, notably Raheem Sterling and Suso, have shown plenty of promise, they are still too young to shoulder the heavy responsibility of spearheading the team’s attack. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-Henderson-c19102 have failed to make
any impression so far, mounting further pressure on the fledglings.
Secondly, the Merseyside outfit have also been vulnerable in their defence and guilty of conceding too many goals. However, they are expected to improve on that score as they get more used to their manager’s offensive minded playing philosophy.
One of the positives for the Reds so far has been the performance of their midfield. Strengthened by the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251 and Joe Allen over the summer, the midfielders have been nothing short of exceptional, dominating the play at the heart of the
field and feeding chances for their attackers on consistent basis.
Allen, in particular, has caught the attention of many with his sound possession retaining technique and exceptional pass completion rate.
Besides that, the team seems to be responding well to their manager’s instructions. Although they have struggled to close out the matches, Rodgers brand of ‘tiki-taka’ football is surely seeping in and was clearly visible in their last couple of games.
Liverpool are currently a work in progress. The moment the Northern Irishman took over the management of Anfield, it was expected that the club’s reinvigoration process will require time, and his appointment came with the view of meeting their long-term
objectives.
Gauging the calibre of the new manager and the team so early in the season will be a folly, as the league standings will present a better reading in the second half of the campaign. Till then, the fans and the supporters are surely willing to exercise patience
and will keep their fingers crossed.
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