Amusing to think Brendan Rodgers had no idea how absolutely fucking foolish he'd look six months after criticizing Mourinho and claiming that "it's easy to coach to play defensively." When there's an only an all-or-nothing match against Basel to look forward to it's like time travelling back to the tail end of Rafa's tenure. They ought to have enough to move on, but it sure looks grim. I have no confidence at all left in them.
Yep, totally. Massive case of hubris/schadenfreude with Rogers taking the piss out of Spurs spending ?120 million in summer 2013 and not challenge for the title, only for himself to do the same this year. Obviously Ballotelli is never going to be the same off the ball runner like Suarez is, which unfortunately is what helped Liverpool do so well last season, but equally, he's been played alone a few too many times when he seems to play way better with a strike partner. Still can't work out why Lanalla and Lambert haven't played together at Liverpool since moving from Southampton where they smashed it for a couple of years, or what's going on with Lovren who's having a shocker of a season so far.
Last season they were so amazing to watch, even in the first 10 (?) games without Suarez where Sturridge really surprised everyone. It looked like all the players were genuinely keen to get forward, get the ball to Suarez and let him do the rest. Certainly it was a team that was way bigger and better than the sum of its parts, a bit like Dortmund in recent years, but its like they're all scared and clueless now Suarez is no longer there.
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