IF NOT EXACTLY a poor result against the side that finished fifth last year in the Premier League, Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against Newcastle at Anfield halted a seven-game winning streak for the Reds in this particular fixture.
The home side peppered Tim Krul’s goal throughout, with Jonjo Shelvey particularly guilty of missing an absolute sitter shortly after Luis Suarez’ equaliser in the second half.
Liverpool currently sit in 12th place in the Premier League table, behind such teams as West Ham, West Brom and Swansea City, with their failure to find a replacement for Andy Carroll on the last day of the transfer window seen as the main reason for their dreadful start to the campaign.
Indeed, were it not for the goalscoring form of Suarez, they would be scrapping in the relegation places.
What we’d like to know is this…
Do you think that Brendan Rodgers’ oft-mentioned long term plan for Liverpool will see them challenge for the title in the next three to five years, or is this the continuation of a slump that kicked in during Rafael Benitez’ last season?
And…
Do the American owners really have the club’s best interests at heart, or are they just Hicks and Gillett 2.0?
Let us know in the comments…
Lambs to the slaughter I’m afraid
i wouldn’t say slaughter but i’m not expecting a win. if they are slaughtered it has to be byebye to kidney!
If we don’t come close to the all blacks this test we never will. We have the most experienced side in years and they are in a new era with new coaches and some new players. Mike Ross will be a huge loss. Let’s hope he’s back in time. Come on Ireland
It’s not Kidney’s fault we have a huge injury list, with such a depleted squad we’ll be expected to get well beaten even though I’m sure the younger players stepping up to the mark will put in a good effort
We all know we are going to get a slapping, so whats wrong with sending outa bunch of uncapped potential future internationals, let them experience the pain of a humiliating defeat and hopefully they can grow from that?
First match since new Zealand became world champions !! God help us they will put over 50 points on us unfortunately