Sunday, December 27, 2009

Liverpool 2 - 0 Wolves

Woohoo 3 points in the bag!

There's so much to talk about this match. By the way, it is the first time that I read Rafa's mind about the formation hehe. I was pretty confidence about the formation we were setting in. Well, in the first ten minutes we were dominating and I felt that this is going to last only in the first half. But the misery came sooner. After ten minutes, the players lost focus. We're lacking pace and kept losing the possession too many times.

Rafa was right at the beginning. Players lacked confidence. It wasn't a tactical error, it wasn't the referee. It was the players' mentalities that have been lacking through and through. I've been looking for that word that best describes the situation and until the commentator said it, now I know. It's FRAGILE. We're fragile. We may have started strongly and dominated at first but when something goes against us, we fall apart.

That's what I've been upset about. If us fans are putting so much faith and believe on the team, why can't the players? Isn't Gerrard supposed to be the inspiring captain that lifts up the team? While Torres loses his coolness every time he gets blocked or when the decision goes against him and all other players often lose focus and just go for the ball without thinking of what might work. That's how we're narrowing down the chances.

I've never been so emotional about the way it was until I saw fans in stadium started leaving before it was even half time. It is just heartbreaking to see. And that's when I thought, aren't we supposed to walk on rather than walk off? Come on, we're the 12th man! We're the best fans in the world! Lets say if other teams were in our situation, where everything goes against them in a long period of time. The fans would mock the team, leave the stadium with curses under their breath, and even go for a radical strike against the manager. Don't you think? We are handling this well and better than anyone else. So, keep walking on!



Well I haven't talk about the match yet. But, what the heck after half time, we're gaining confidence. The fans (left in the stadium) have been fantastic. Chanting songs, and cheered for every chances that the players made. And it's back to Captain Fantastic to inspire us again :)





The Villans are next!

1 comment:

Amirul Idham said...

yeah.. but sometimes, it's rafa who always mess with the formation & player selection...

rafa can't blame the player only.. he also guilty for this season bad performance...

it's a combination of fragile player & stupid manager in my eyes...

hope this is a start of a winning streak for reds...

hope to see gerrard & torres score more...

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