And quite frankly it should not be, but having just
witnessed what I can only describe as a horror story, is the impression I got.
That horror story began three minutes and twenty eight
seconds into our game against Bolton when Mark Davies ran through what I can
only describe as our hapless defence and the ball was in the back of the
net.
Now don't get me wrong, but is that the same defence that
people are saying is 100% better without Jamie as part of it. They appeared to be all over the place, there
was no reading of each other's movements and it seemed as though nobody seemed
to realize what position or indeed what formation the team were playing. Jamie I believe would not have allowed that
to happen and with the score still at nil - nil, the team may well have found
their feet and gone on to get the result they wanted.
That of course is wishful thinking on my part, because for
the next twenty six minutes, Liverpool looked as though they were the team that
was struggling to get out of the relegation zone rather than Bolton who looked
as though they were the team who had fourth place in their sights. Our midfield was as appalling as our defence
and Reo-Coker slotted home Bolton's second.
Our players seemed to have forgotten how to pass or indeed
control the ball at their feet. There
were far too many instances of "oh dear, what is that round thing, coming
towards me, I had better move out of the way"
Except for one of course and that man was Craig
Bellamy. Now here we have a player that
cost nothing and yet his passion and his pride in wearing the red shirt was
shining through. If he felt he could
make something out of a run, he tried and indeed succeeded on the 37th minute
when he picked up a header from Andy Carroll and kicked it into the net.
Would this be the wake-up call the team needed I wondered as
the game headed towards the half time mark. The next ten minutes though were as
bad as the earlier thirty seven and it was a relief to all concerned when Kevin
Friend blew the half time whistle.
There was I suspect a misconception around that Kenny would
give the team a rollicking during the half time break because if he did they
certainly were not listening. Apart from
Craig Bellamy they came out with the same could not give a damn attitude.
An attitude, which led to Bolton scoring their third goal within
ten minutes of the game restarting. There appeared to be no way back now for
Liverpool who despite Stevie G trying to do what he does best when the chips
are down, could not find the enthusiasm or the concentration to turn the game
around.
Kenny who was by now looking rather exasperated made two
changes, replacing Maxi with Dirk and Charlie with Stewart and although the
team seemed to suddenly fall into a better formation it was too late. There was not even the late foray in the
penalty area that we have become used too and quite frankly it was a relief
when Kevin Friend blew the whistle to end the game.
Now Kevin Friend, is not really a friend of Liverpool
Football Club as you all know and today he proved that once again. Craig got a telling off for yelling at
Reo-Coker - oh wait; the world's television audience saw it the other way
around. Stevie got caught by a Bolton
player, but the free kick went to Bolton rather than Stevie and the fourth
official wonders why Kenny was having a go at him.
If today proved anything, it proved that several players
need to be moved on urgently and Kenny has only ten days left to do that. We all have our own ideas of who they should
be and I don't care to be quite honest about what the rest of you think, but if
necessary I will take Andy Carroll back to the North East myself. He is not a Liverpool player and never will
be. His laziness stuck out like a sore
thumb tonight and I certainly don't buy the theory that he is not getting the
service he needs. The players do try to
get it to him, but if the ball is on the ground he jumps out of the way, if its
in the air he does not jump high enough and he certainly can't run. Charlie Adam is another one, who after a fine
start now seems to be saying - you know the premiership really is not for
me. He makes too many mistakes and is
now giving too many free kicks away, as well as being unable to realize that
sometimes you have to give the ball to someone else closer to the goal. If he had done that this evening Maxi could
well have scored.
Some of the other players need to look at themselves as well
and hopefully after hearing Kenny this evening they will: If the following quote does not hit home
nothing will.
"Some of those players won't be in a red shirt much
longer if they carry on playing that way. It was disrespectful".
That red shirt stands for a club that can do a lot better
than it did today. A club that must
succeed and to do that it must win trophies and get to the top of the
Premiership. If the team plays again
like it did today, then not only will once more be a one man team, it will
ensure that Liverpool Football Club will be classed as failure and that is
totally unacceptable.
If Kenny can threaten the players like this , then John Henry should Threaten Kenny and comolli in the same way.
They have spent £100 mill on SHIT players no one else is to blame for that.
So if the players won't be here come 2012-2013 season the question is this ............ Will FSG give more money to spend? Is this the real reason that Kenny hasn't bought ? .....because FSG have refused to fund anymore? They are business men at the end of the day .
I can't see Kenny going out and spending £30 mill on a World Class Striker in this window because they don't trust him ,
You ask why do I think this? Well they done the same with Roy Hodgson .
Lets just all be realastic and admit that maybe Kenny just isnt up to it? Its as if he's immune to critisizm. I'll admit i was over the moon when Kenny came back, but there is no hiding the fact that things are not much better now than when Hodgson was in charge. We are closer to Bolton than we are to Man City so what does that tell you? Im sick of hearing the saying 'Working Progress'. I dont know what the answer is and im not the one getting paid stupid amounts of money to find out, all I no is we are simply average and showing little sign of improvment. To many bad buys and i'll even direct that at Suarez who in my opinion is overated. With a conversion of rate of just 7.2% this season its little wonder I am of this opinion. Ok he works hard but 4 goals in 20 odd games tells its own story and also he's a bad apple who is likely to bring our great club's reputation down to the gutter...........