KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Positives from tonights game

Think he should start Marko instead of Phil just till we get a few goals. Moreno will be a star and needs time to settle in. Marq instead of Johnson, we should try to start with our strongest xi.

I see no reason why BR wouldn't start with our strongest XI so for me, based on availability and fitness it was our strongest team, otherwise it would mean that BR doesn't know what he is doing. One thing for sure, the yesterday's team cannot win us the league, we were close last year, but taking Suarez out, we are nowhere near. Our midfield of SG, Hendo and Allen is too average and Coutinho is having problems as teams know his game now.

The only hope that I have is that the new signings will make a big difference else finishing 4th will also be a big challenge. I feel that City and Chelsea are a level above, Arsenal has reinforced without losing anybody and Spurs can go either way, but on paper they have good players.

I don't think we've seen enough of Sakho to say whether he's decent either way. But...Lovren is a massive improvement on Agger. Although we conceded 3, I thought that Moreno, Lovren and Skrtel all played superbly. Moreno in particular.

Positives from tonights game?

The scum are still below us.....and the bitters.

Coutinho is becoming a key player in the sense that when he's playing badly the whole team suffers.

Great ey?

Just what we need so early.

There is no time for players to settle in if we are to improve on last season. The margin for error is minuscule and I will hazard a guess at 3 defeats. Spurs will be a massive game. We need an out of the blocks master-class by both Ballotelli and lallana if we are to genuinely challenge.

I still believe the partial rebuild and all it ALWAYS entails looks the most likely of scenarios and if that plays out it will be 4th place if we're lucky.

Coutinho is a negative for me. Way too inconsistent and most likely the reason we bought Lallana to give some stability to that position.

If that were true, we wouldn't have come 2nd last year - we'd have been relegated. He's a passenger, that's all.

MUST win even?