Too early to say for me SM. Quick review so far. Borini hasn't played enough and appears a development player. That suggests to me the club priced him wrong. We paid too much. Allen isn't worth 15 million I don't care what his work rate. However when you are rebuilding and under pressure not to drop further behind it is probably inevitable that you over pay. Sahin appears to have been another poor selection so upto now his buys don't inspire confidence. Sturridge should be the shining light fingers crossed.
Other clubs can and have smelt the blood for a long time and played hardball. Instead of being in a rush we should have had the stones to walk away.
He has appeared to have changed the play lately. We aren't playing as high and have added the long ball when it's the best option. Both would point to a guy who is adapting tactically and that is a positive.
The crux is though where do we as supporters feel the current team should finish? 10th isn't good enough, 4th over achieving, I'd say 6th is about right and if Sturridge is bang on from the off in the EPL we may get 5th.
Anything lower than 7th has some explaining in my book.
This is what I think as well. Some people talk about the 'giving it time' and 'we are progressing' subjects, but I think that 6th or 7th is definately a realistic target. So if this year BR can get the team back to those places and maintain it, then we can look at this as an ok season - hopefully even trying to nab 5th place, which would be good.
Another thing I have noticed in the last couple of PL games is that Rodgers has the players pressing for the ball a lot more, something we didn't do a lot of in the earlier games. You could see certain players walk through our midfield in some cases.
