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firs hello, i'm new here, and a big Reds fan for better or for worse.

i noticed most new players like Dawning, Henderson, Adam, Carroll all played better last year, what is stranger is that Suarez, a player new to the EPL was on top form starting from his first game.

Hello Eastman

Thats football,nothing is guaranteed,it could take a whole season for players to settle and get used to new clubs no matter what country or league they have joined from but sometimes players just hit the groung running as in Suarez case.

Some teams have peaked early too! we havent yet! but we will just at the right time.

Bit like your posts Eastman they were far better when you used the other name!

Got your Columbo jacket and trademark cigar out today Armi?

Oh please no...not another one, Armi...cant take much more, feel the 'Black Dog' coming on!!

lol, i'm honestly new here, but i'm interested to know who you thought i was.

anyway, my point was their is quality in the players, specially Henderson, Downing and Carroll (this is as good as the team will get from Adam IMOO). but we have to play a specific way to get the best out of them becaus they are not that versatile.

in some detail:

-Downing is a smart player on the wing, but not the best at the dribble or pace, so he needs constant supporting runs from Enrique, and a 3rd midfielder to cover for them.

- at this point in time Henderson can only play at CM

-Carroll will only be at his best as the final man at attack, he also needs to just stay in and around the box, for this to work the team must be better at MF and giving better pass and crosses constantly. he is a hammer that needs to hit constantly, not a reaper that kills with a move like Hernandez

No, no further questions, seems like there was a mess up at the lab... ah just one final question.. if you are new why do you want to know who I thought you were hmmm?

They played better in their old teams because they had been at those clubs for more than a season. Suarez excels at LFC, but only to a certain extent. That's simply because the EPL places a much lower emphasis on individual skill, so flair players like Suarez should excel as long as they don't play for the foul all the time. But we can't really say he's been better at LFC than he was at Ajax anyway, considering how much lower his goal per game average is. Compare that with a certain recently departed No 9, for instance, and that player's effect on the career of our No 8.

Getting back to the point, once a player is settled in a team, and the team is accustomed to playing to his strengths, he will perform well most of the time with only the odd poor game. I honestly can't say that any of our new players look settled, with the exception of Enrique. Having said that, I can't say that any of the new players did not bring something to the squad - we simply haven't found the key ingredients to have them firing consistently together. We've seen flashes, but nothing concrete. We're not better than the sum of the parts at this point in time, but the solution is in there somewhere.

Might be so, but I still wonder if they (Carroll, Downing, Henderson & Adam) have the right individual qualities in them to perform at the level LFC demands from them.

Enrique has IMO already shown that he has it though.