we have all been trying to work out why our form is so bad this season.we talk about bad luck we talk about injuries and all manor of reasons but the plain fact is we have way to many players who are no-where near good enough to be playing for Liverpool.
Kuyt,Insua,Lucas,Ngog,Skrtl to name just a few.every team who plays against us home or away know they have a very good chance of a victory purley based on the fact we aren't very good.
we are clueless going forward and we cant defend very well either especially from set pieces and whats worse is things are not going to change.Benitez is so set in his ways he doesn't know any other way,for example how long are we going to use this stupid zonal marking?how long are we going to play 2 defensive midfielders no matter how little we create going forward?
so to me its very simple we are a poor side and things are not going to change in a hurry infact with the owners we have and the lack of funds it may get worse.
I think you are wrong on many points. Skrtel has improved, Insua is improving all he time, Kuyt is a little down on form this season but he had the most assists and scored 13 goals last season so his effort work in more ways than one! Lucas has show that he can play and needs to do it more often. Ngog is a replacement for the injured Torres at the moment but has shown some reasonable signs. Saying we have no clue going forward is ridiculous as we are the third highest scoring team in the Prem. so how can we be so clueless going forward i ask??
Yes we are struggling defensively but can Rafa actually win? If we play defensively he gets slated because we play boring and now that we are more attacking we are leaking more goals and that's bound to happen.
Agree though that the zonal marking in defense is causing many issues at the moment but it has worked for us in the past so to me it's the players who aren't doing their job!!!
Lack of funds in the transfer market has certainly had an impact because we were on the verge of winning the title and Rafa hasn't been able to strengthen the squad and that has come back to hurt because of our injuries. The owners need to invest so have more depth in the squad!!!