KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Same old problem.

Ok this is not a moan but just to highlight that again we perform against the top teams but following the opening game against west brom we don't perform against the lesser teams.

Until this problem gets resolved we will never get top 4 let alone win the league.

But on a positive judging from yesterday's game just goes to show we do have a squad capable of achieving a high league position.

am not to worried. rogers seems to be a manager that doesnt take cr&p and the players will be gone if they dont put 100% in. just watch the youtube video where he puts sterling in his place. i know sterling is only a 17yr old and not a seasonal pro but i can see him doing that to any player that doesnt pull his finger out. he doesnt seem like he cares for reputation, his only interested in the team playing well and winning. his got balls just look at yesterdays selection, a club legend on the bench to make way for a 21yr old defender and a england international on the bench to make way for a 17yr old playing his 1st game.

The reason we have the same old problem is consistency. But what is consistency and how do you get it?. By having a manager who motivates and has a system and can adapt accordingly. Look at Utd consistent for 20 years now and what is the denominator? The manager. Hopefully we have that man now a LFC I hope so.

No good having the rite manager if you dont have sufficent funds, they both go hand in hand in todays game, Ferguson would'nt be where he is if he was managing in Brenda's constraints, thats why top four is out of the question until we supply the manager with serious funds.

but you have previously said that Newcastle have a better shout at the top4 than we do? do they have limitless funds? or Everton?

Everton and Newcastle have no chance of fourth, I have said previously the big four are set in stone for the foreseeable for me, they have the best players or most resources in order to stay there, Chelsea and Arsenal were absolutely dreadgful last season yet Chelsea still won the biggest prize in football while Arsenal qualified ahgain comfortably, this is the gulf in class unfortunately. Newcastle are top 6 with good attacking players where there is nothing to choose between Everton and ourselves player for player, none of us will challenge the top four for me.

and what about Spurs?

If you take Spurs, Newcastle and Everton they are nothing like the size of Liverpool or potentially have our transfer budget. So you can forget them. Our problem is Man City a few years ago the top 4 was set in stone now its 4 from 5. Thats our problem beating Arsenal who are the most likely one we could topple and thats going to be difficult.

I agree. Some people are going over the top. Even under Hodgson we played some good stuff against top teams. That isn't Liverpool's issue. Also I didn't think the performance was any better than some of the quality stuff we played under dalglish. We certainly created less chances. That sounds doom and gloom, but im still happy with the performance, everything looks good, Sterling and Allen great to have and so young, looking forward to seeing the progression.

Just compare the signings Hodgson and BR have made at the start of Liverpool careers as manager

Hodgson
Konchesky
Poulson

BR
Sahin
Allen
Assaidi


I think that tells you the major differences between BR and Hodgson and for the life of me I can't remember any Hodgson team playing free flowing passing football as we did yesterday vs Man City