Where Are The Goals ?
It has been so frustrating this season for everyone connected to Liverpool Football Club, with the lack of goals. With seven games drawn at home and a severe lack of goals the problem has to be rectified very quickly if Liverpool is to achieve their ambition of claiming a top four place in the league.
It has really been a conundrum this season, why Liverpool is struggling to score goals. Dalglish strengthened his squad in the summer by buying some good attack minded players, with the likes of Downing and Adam to help provide the ammunition for the strikers. But the creativity has not been a problem for Liverpool , it is taking the chances that is the problem.
The strike rate percentage is by far the poorest in the league. But there has been so many excuses made for the lack of goals, like, bad finishing, and bad luck, and great defending, and great goalkeeping. But whatever the reason, it has to be rectified very soon because you can’t rely on the defence to not concede in every game, although praise has to go to the defence, which has been superb this season.
Goal scoring was not expected to be a problem this season with Suarez, Carroll, Bellamy and even Kuyt as options in attack. But with all Suarez’s brilliance and great form showed, he has been guilty of being very wasteful in front of goal. Andy Carroll has not got going at all and is not looking like a good investment at the moment. Craig Bellamy has been good since he arrived for a second spell at the club, but he has bad knees and therefore has to be used sparingly. Dirk Kuyt has not featured regularly so far this season and has still to find the back of the net after finishing top scorer last season.
Many people have said that Liverpool have struggled to break down teams that set their stall out to defend at Anfield. It might sound strange but I have felt that in every home game except the Stoke and possibly the Swansea match, we should have won. We have created plenty of chances to win these games, it is just that the ball won’t go in the net. It is very frustrating and Dalglish keeps preaching that the goals will come, but it is a big concern the longer the problem goes on.
I just think we have been very unlucky this season with the amount of times we have hit the woodwork and the number of times we have faced goal keepers that have been in unbeatable form. But then “you make your own luck” in football, we keep hearing. It is true and we need to be far more clinical in front of goal and I think we need to bring in a predatory striker this month or we could struggle to finish in the top four. It is easier said than done though to buy a top quality striker in January.
All we might need is one game where everything we hit flies into the net and that just might be the catalyst to end our goal drought and give confidence to our strikers. But one thing we can be certain of is that Dalglish will be doing all he can to get Liverpool scoring again.
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Where are the goals you ask? At the feet of something we don’t possess. A striker, that’s where.
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Henderson Adam
Bellamy Gerrard Downing
Carroll
This should be the squad for tomorrow’s game and i really get a feeling that Carroll’s gonna score.When Luis and Lucas return this should be our starting eleven:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
New RM/Bellamy Gerrard Lucas Downing
Suarez
Carroll
In the new RM,players i’d welcome at Liverpool would be:
1)Adam Johnson
2)Xherdan Shaqiri
3)Ezequiel Lavezzi
And another striker like David Texeira would be welcome at Liverpool.Dirk Kuyt seems to be past it.YNWA
the problem is, there’s no one in the midfield would follow up a run into the pen box..gerrard used to do that but now no more..we have so many central midfielder but none are attacking mid, even gerrard..hendo can play that position..or give some freedom for him to roam..how could u expect carroll to provide play to the team when there’s no one supporting him in the box..we need a fox in the box to compliment carroll..even suarez can’t compliment big andy coz he likes to beat defenders instead of waiting for carroll to knock down a cross ball or two..so when downing,hendo,suarez, gerrard, bellamy, johnson or enrique were busy to feed carroll with a cross, others should pack the box as well waiting for a loose ball..often this season when carroll knocks down a ball, the ball ends up with opposing players..u can’t expect him to score with every cross (even though he should bury a goal or 2)..it’s like lesbians without a dildo, foreplay but no penetration..
d answer to ur question is dat we need a good and competent striker.
Good post,no-one should exclude positive criticism from
there lives and i`m sure even Kenny loses sleep over the whole conundrum!Suarez`s loss,Carroll`s struggles and woodwork,i bet all the forwards confidence is shot BUT turn it round LFC will,i feel like Bill we need a poacher/striker like Aldo was,a toe-poke,volley and header type of player who will score a goal when the god`s are against us and who will kickstart our team into
scorers,i hope KD can find him,oh and Carroll will come good or go! YNWA
I totally agree with you; where ® the goals? W̶̲̥̅ƹ brought in attackers this year but W̶̲̥̅ƹ still can’t score and they ® almost all over rated english players. W̶̲̥̅ƹ have reasonable players in all positions and our bench is also ˚☺k°. Downing; 1/2 of the season neither a goal nor an assist, but W̶̲̥̅ƹ were told on paper he was on of the best attackers. Carroll; its only newcastle that profited from the carroll and torres sales. He’s positioning is wrong Ђδω can a tall striker not head the ball into the net he is suppose to know that all of crosses ® directed to him. Henderson; I really still know which position he is playing. Bellamy; he has been alrite so far but he is suppose to be our spare striker but he is old but he is also performing, keep it up! Adams; the cheapest among them but he has performed best, he has been superb on the ball but please change it to goals cos I think its Ɣ☺ΰ that can do that for us. These season W̶̲̥̅ƹ went for over rated english players if W̶̲̥̅ƹ had gotten players from spain W̶̲̥̅ƹ would have seen the difference, look at mata n aguero, W̶̲̥̅ƹ need a striker from spain or another fancy league that has flair. Also I don’t understand why our last season players not being used regularly, kuyt n maxi should be used more since our new boys are not living up to expectation. Now if W̶̲̥̅ƹ don’t win carling cup am afraid W̶̲̥̅ƹ might not make it to europe, and another season with europe is going to be a big disappointment, since our champions league cup it has been bad management, under performing strikers, hard luck and now lack of goals. KD keeps telling us he is preparing us for the future but I think he should look at our present cos W̶̲̥̅ƹ need help now or there will be no future. I am the only liverpool fan in ♍γ̲̣̣̥ area and lately I find it had to smile Wђέή I watch us play cos W̶̲̥̅ƹ really deserved to win more matches. Liverpool have a good past, a bad present so what’s the future going to be? So please KD W̶̲̥̅ƹ need goals and W̶̲̥̅ƹ need points and most importantly W̶̲̥̅ƹ need them now. No more excuses.