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Funny how just a few years ago (rather like at the Albion) we seemed to have a surplus of central defenders whereas all of a sudden it's looking extremely weak there. Cahill aside, it's not inspiring confidence.
I guess we have produced young English centre backs (Smalling and Jones), it's just they've turned out to be a lot more average than we'd hoped (Smalling and Jones). Between them those two cost over £26 million, and yet we're probably going to see veteran backup man Jagielka start ahead of them.
Still, it's nice to be talking about how our attack is the strong bit for a change. Sterling has been awesome this year and Sturridge has a sack load of goals. Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain also offer a good bit of creativity in the middle. Even Henderson, who used to be such a boring player, has chipped in with a few goals and assists for Liverpool this year. And we all know that if he decides to turn it on Rooney can be devastating. Might be nice if he gets the chance to pull some strings in a supporting, roaming role, while Sturridge just sticks up top and smashes them in the goalbag.
I wonder whether Liverpool's season ending as it did will inspire or destroy Gerrard. Many have said the season just passed was his last real shot at a title with Liverpool. Well this is certainly his last shot at winning a tournament with England. Don't think it's likely myself, but you do wonder if he's just going to be extra double nuts up for it, after his costly mistake against Chelsea essentially threw the title away.
I guess we have produced young English centre backs (Smalling and Jones), it's just they've turned out to be a lot more average than we'd hoped (Smalling and Jones). Between them those two cost over £26 million, and yet we're probably going to see veteran backup man Jagielka start ahead of them.
Still, it's nice to be talking about how our attack is the strong bit for a change. Sterling has been awesome this year and Sturridge has a sack load of goals. Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain also offer a good bit of creativity in the middle. Even Henderson, who used to be such a boring player, has chipped in with a few goals and assists for Liverpool this year. And we all know that if he decides to turn it on Rooney can be devastating. Might be nice if he gets the chance to pull some strings in a supporting, roaming role, while Sturridge just sticks up top and smashes them in the goalbag.
I wonder whether Liverpool's season ending as it did will inspire or destroy Gerrard. Many have said the season just passed was his last real shot at a title with Liverpool. Well this is certainly his last shot at winning a tournament with England. Don't think it's likely myself, but you do wonder if he's just going to be extra double nuts up for it, after his costly mistake against Chelsea essentially threw the title away.
(Henderson or Milner)
