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Originally Posted by PiChiChi
1st half of this season Liverpool lost many points because of mistakes made by Skrtel.
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MS isn't as comfortable dribbing the ball as DA. MS is very good at clearing the ball. We can't blame MS for not being the dribbler that DA is. 1st half of the season, many players aren't familiar with how BR wants the team to play too. Even Reina prefers playing the long ball direct to strikers. Think of how many goals Torres scores when Reina pumps the ball directly to Torres. Don't think Reina is allowed to do that now.
BR's job is safe because the owners promised him time. We then messed up our Aug transfer and ended with 1 striker for half the season. Many games ended with draws because we only had 1 fit striker and the team is adjusting to BR's tactics. BR's job also saved by the success of the Jan transfer window recruits. I think the last factor that saved BR is our goal difference of 28. It's the 5th best in the premier league and we played half a season with 1 fit striker.
It's interesting how well Rafa has done at Chelsea. Considering how the owners chose not to interview Rafa despite many fans asking for him, considering how warmly welcome Rafa was when he came back to Anfield, would the owners be regretting choosing a newbie like BR over a pair of safe hands in Rafa? If Rafa is poor in buying players, BR brought Assaidi, Borini, Allen and played Sahin out of position.