I was impressed with most of the youngsters.
First Half:-
Jay Spearing and Jonjo Shelvey certainly bossed the midfield in the first half. Even Christian Poulsen was not able to keep up with them. Martin Kelly looked a little rusty but perform well enough to make me a little impressed. He showed some glimpses of his penetrating runs on the flank. John Flanagan was being played in Left Back Position but he is solid enough for the first pre-season game. Same goes to Danny Wilson. Joe Cole and David Ngog was a playing a bit above average yesterday. Peter Gulacsi in goal made 1 point blank save.Jamie Carragher was his usual self.
Second Half:-
Possession was better with Charlie Adam , Alberto Aquilani and Conor Coady in the middle of the park. Decent run out for Adam and Aquilani for their first pre-season game. Coady was impressive with his running all over the field. Defensive was a little problem. Daniel Agger was a little rusty. Andre Wisdom was one of the weakest link together with Soto Krygiakos. Jack Robinson was not given too much problem on the Left Back position. Maxi Rodriguez , Dirk Kuyt and Andy Carroll is still far from their real fitness level but they look decent enough for the the first pre-season game.
All in all , I found 2 major problems in the Liverpool main squad so far this season. First is the Centre Back position. Still needs a good and commanding Centre Back in the form of Sami Hyypia. All who played yesterday apart from Jamie Carragher was not up to the standard of Sami Hyypia yet. Yes , it it still the first pre-season but there are no signs that Centre Back is not a problem position. Soto was the weakest among all. Second weakness is the width. It was very obvious yesterday that the play was very narrow and hopefully with thw imminent signing of Stewart Downing , some of the width problem will be solved.
Just My Thoughts
YNWA...
