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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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davek said:
That's exactly what happened too. They bottled that Derby. They drifted back in and and around their box from about the 75th minute.

The sort of mentality that seen them collapse in the title race last year was on display. Basically, they have no character as a team. When it's a tight game (one goal in it) or the stakes are high they look timid and vulnerable.

That starts with the manager and the players bring it onto the pitch in their mentality to deal with crucial situations. Rodgers having won nothing in his career is impartng his failure stink on his own side...transmitting it to them. He's not a winner, the players know it and dont feel like he can lead them to major wins.
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Even last year they often didnt play well but if they got 1-0 up through a set piece rather than a nervy last ten mins and the potential to drop late points, Suarez would make it 2 or 3 -0 and it would look like a cruise.

It worked the other way as well with opposition teams getting on top of them only for Suarez brilliance creating a goal that then allowed them to play on the counter attack.

They barely had to deal with any pressure situations in the whole season until the one game when they couldnt blow the opposition away in Chelsea's B team and cracked hilariously.

Now they are back in the realm of every other team. Nervous if you dont get that goal, nervous if you're only one up, every game a contest up to the end. Wins can turn into draws, momentum is lost, confidence and form wavers, injuries happen.

Last season they just snowballed confidence and form thanks to Suarez and everything fell in with it: dodgy penalties, terrible opposition errors, no injuries, the media love in, the referee love in.

Not this season.
 



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