Top of the League

[Jim D]

Another two points dropped, another disappointing performance at Anfield. Once again Rafa has not learned from his past mistakes against lowly teams that come to Anfield who park the bus in front of our goal.

Four times this has happened, one we got away with against Portsmouth where a silly Dioup handball let us off the hook.

 

Stoke, Fulham and now West Ham have all come to Anfield and been successful without really breaking sweat to get a point. Simple fact of the matter is at home we are too predictable, too rigid, teams know how to stifle us and until we change our game at home this is going to continue.

 

Last season, draws killed our title challenge and again it threatens to do the same this season. Tonight was a chance to set down a marker, to show Chelsea and Manchester United that we will be at the top of the table for the long term. We blew it, we blew it last week against Fulham and we've blown it again.

 

If we are cracking/bottling it at this stage of the season (prospect of moving to the top of the league) then God knows what will be like in March/April. I'm just so disappointed with the team tonight and particularly Rafa, this season is the best chance for a long time that we can win the title. Chelsea and Man Utd are tripping up but we are doing the same and it annoys me we aren't taking advantage of that by throwing away silly points against the likes of Stoke and Fulham at Anfield.

 

Hope someone can bring some positives out of the performance tonight.

Edited December 1, 2008 by Jim D

[Will]

Shut the f*** up