All posts tagged "Liverpool"

Liverpool's run of back luck continued on Sunday. One of the world's best keepers clutched and stabbed at the ball but only succeeded in deflecting it back into his own goal. In the 90th minute. After his side had fought valiantly down to 10 -- and sometimes 9 -- men. Throughout the game, Reina had been a steady presence, deflecting the few shots Arsenal managed to put on target with authority. At the other end, Almunia was busy flopping and flapping at corners and generally looking like the kind of mess you'd expect from a player everyone wants to see replaced. Even his coach. If you asked all soccer fans to place the odds of an Almunia own-goal against one from Reina, I doubt even the most ardent Gooner would've plopped a single dollar/pound/euro against Pepe. But here we are.

Boy, Thursday came and went, dinnit? I blame my staycation, which has sapped my Kuyt-esque work ethic and left me a Diet-Coked-up FIFA 10 addict. But enough about me, let's get back to the insights of Liverpool's least hated American associate, nate!

With the World Cup in full swing, it's easy to forget that, as soon as it's over, we'll be thrust back into the cold, uncaring world of club football. Okay, okay, maybe it's not that bad for most of you, but I'm a Liverpool fan, so, yeah, it's that bad. Probably worse.

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Let's see.... debts ballooned to £350m. Steven Gerrard played like someone peed in his Cheerios. Every morning. Fernando Torres missed another half-season with another injury, only this time he started to figure out that playing as a lone striker in the down-and-dirty EPL might be why it feels like crowbars have been taken to his legs every weekend. In other Rafa-is-a-genius news, Lucas Leiva played all season and had precisely 2 memorable moments. Coincidentally, the only link between defense and offense this season seemed to come through Glen Johnson, who did eventually bleed goals at critical times. Liverpool finished 7th. They went 0-0 with the likes of Wolves and Burnley and were arguably the worse side. They were certainly the worse side when they lost to Portsmouth. And Reading. Even when they weren't the worse side, beachballs would descend from the heavens to deflect in goals. Something like 14 players scored the highlight goal of their life against Liverpool, particularly in the first half of the season. Oh yeah, and David N'gog is still the #2 striker.