Same old people making the same complaints. I said a few weeks back we will do well to get top 10. But the improvements these players are making is extremely rapid. Look at Wisdom, Sterling, Suso, Shelvey. The rate at which they are improving at is on a par with what happened at Man U 1990's with Giggs, Scholes, Beckham.
Stoke game clean sheet. First one of them for a while. This just needs joining up bit by bit. It will happen but not overnight. As for weakened teams v Udinese/West Brom and Hearts to be honest there was no other way. Unless of course you want to risk further injuries to certain players and are really comfortable with playing the likes of Carragher/Downing and Henderson in the same Prem line up and hoping to get 3 points.
The kids coming in are coming on at a frightening pace. Sterling has quickly become one of the first players on the team sheet from last season not being on the bench. You have to give these guys as many games as possible because they are going to save us tens of millions.
Sterling is as good as Oxtail Chambermaid, Shelvey is as good as Wilshere and has the potential to be better than Gerrard.
As for a strong manager standing up to the owners that is a bit difficult 2 months into a new job when you have a vision. Keeping Carroll would have been the sensible thing to do but the manager had the rug pulled out from underneath him. Play 2 up front? Yep totally agree with that one but when it all goes wrong after 70 mins who do you bring on if your best 2 are already on the pitch? Every manager is allowed one bad signing and unfortunately I think Borini is it.
The day that Wisdom robs say Gareth Bale, pushes a glorious ball through to Shelvey who finds Sterling running down the wing who crosses for Ngoo to score is not that far away. You may see something like it this season. Any other teams out there got potential being fulfilled like this?
Something really special is happening. The players that have made the mistakes this season have been Gerrard, Skrtel and Reina in the Prem. And Enrique and Carragher v Young Boys. The youngsters on the other hand have been more than holding their own. Finishing top 4 is very unlikely but then again you don't start many seasons playing 3 of the top 4 and the biggest bunch of cloggers in the league in your first few games. Not lost away for a while. Perhaps we are better set up for that at the moment? Home form will come eventually.
