Just prior to WBA's goal, Suarez missed a great chance. If that had gone in it probably would have turned very differently. I thought LFC pressed the ball well and the passing looked crisp for most of the first half. Rodgers has some tough games ahead and I hope he gets through them. If he can get the club playing proper football (and what we saw under KD in the second half of last season was not good) it would be a tremendous achievement. Very few of the present squad performed in the second half of last year, and there's only so much you can do given that we're not spending from a bottomless pit.
Personally, I'd ask for the same again from the players but I'd drop Borini, push Suarez out left and put Carroll in the middle. Given that we're playing a high presssing game, pace could be less important than mindset in front of goal. I have more confidence in Carroll as a goal scorer. Saying that, I can also see BR moving Borini to centre to see how that works
I really cannot understand why, after only one game, we are talking about removing manager again. I saw nothing under Roy Evans, GH, Rafa, Hodgson, or Dalglish that ever looked much more promising. Unless we do get relegated, I'm hoping we'll stick with Rodgers fo some time. He's young, ambitious and has ideas.
Rafa's tactics worked sometimes but even with Torres as a striker, we often struggled to win games and when we did, it wasn't through the domination of possession. Holding the ball has to be central to success and that's what he appears to be building around. I believe in his strategy. Whether he's strong enough to impose success is, of course, still to be seen but we have to give him a chance.
