- Aug 29, 2011
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So you're saying that if you were missing your best RB and therefore having to play a kid there whose not ready, and your best CB and organiser who is replaced by a player who knows little of his team-mates or system and starting his first ever game that somehow the all conquering Spurs team would STILL be firing on all cylinders and would still beat a team you only just beat due to a penalty?
Behave. Of course it had an effect. we were defensively solid every game this season so far with our first choice defence and had a dodgy defensive display when 3 of our 4 usual starting defenders were out. It obviously made a difference anyone who wants to can see that.
We battered them in the first half as well before putting in an abysmal 2nd half showing were we looked tired and totally unfit, so a draw was a fair result in my book. We didn't deserve the win but didn't deserve to lose either based on our 1st half display.
Its good to know that now were also only taking into account a team's LAST performance when judging a teams ability and chances this season, and all the ones before that are irrelevant. I'll remember that if you only draw or lose your next game after an impressive display against Norwich.
Some people here are so desperate to believe Liverpool are still as bad as the last few years they they are ignoring anything that suggests this obviously isn't true. Like I said we'll be a lot less than 12 pts off 4th this season. I'm confident of that.
If we were without Vertonghen and Walker, and Chiriches and Naughton played instead, and we drew in the manner you had tonight, I would not be blaming the loss of those two defensive players.
I'd be more pissed off about how our midfield failed to last more than a half of football before becoming overrun. I'd be worried about how bad we looked after our number 10 went off injured. I'd be annoyed that a player from Swansea City had to gift us 2 goals so we could draw with them.
Most teams are without a couple of first-choice players every match. It's a squad game and therefore missing 2 players cannot be an excuse.