by COTR Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:38 pm
Alive and Kicking wrote:The problem with Liverpool is that for years they've been relying a bit too much on Gerrard and Torres. When these two don't play well the team sucks...
Totally wrong
For years we were relying on Alonso holding the team together and supplying the dynamic but extremely non subtle style of Gerrard and whoever has been playing up front.
When he left the 'team' fell apart and merely exposed the lack of technique most of our players have. Poulsen and Lucas have not been what you would call adequate replacements since he left. Aquilani could have been, but Roy decided to send him to Juve for nothing. Meireles might yet be, but Roy is currently playing him on the wing.
Main problem is Rafa built a squad based on his favoured formation. When Alonso left it left a gaping creative void which he wanted to fill with Aquilani and Jovetic. He only got Aquilani and he unsurprisingly turned out to be a fitness related failure. Roy is now trying to play his own formation with a squad in no way suited to playing it.