It was never gonna be a classic and the conditions certaintly didnt help. Liverpool are predictable and we contained them for the majority of the game, all they do is try and play it through the center and with Gerrard not exactly in the form of his life and no Xabi this season they struggle to break teams down. They really have no width and are unable to mix up their play. If we had a Torres up front we would of won that game but thats the difference between champions league sides and us, its no big deal that we have lost to Arsenal and Liverpool in what the media would make out to be games that will decide the champions league places but as ive said all along the aim is to finish 6th and of this I am confident. Overall bar the europa league exit I am very happy with the 1st half of this season, the squad has far more depth and I feel we are much harder to break down and are able to change our style of play with Milner in the middle.
To the transfer window I would like to see a central midfielder capeable of taking Petrovs space in the team, he did well last season due to us playing 4-5-1 but in a 4-4-2 he simply isnt mobile enough in my opinion. A move for Scott Parker could work out if he can be kept free of injuries. I would like to see us move for foward aswell, we have been linked to keane as always but I don't see the value in it as he would demand a large fee. In all honesty though I don't see us signing anyone that will go straight into the first team and the signals suggest it will be a quiet window for us although we go about our transfers privately since Lerner arrived.
