High stakes. LR A very strong Liverpool team full of real quality Internationals can take the odd injury here and there and continue with their consistent strength of challenging in all competitions and thats what Rafa gave Liverpool. We could lose Torres and he could be replaced him with someone completely different like Peter Crouch, and with a little bit of tactical tinkering from Rafa the team continued to stay effective and challenge any 11 players from any football team across Europe. The same goes for losing Mascherano, then in comes Lucas or Agger gets injured then in comes Skrtel and any player that gets injured, not just in training or matches for Liverpool, but even on International duty for whichever country they play for. Today a Liverpool team cannot take any injuries to any key players because we have a team flooded with young players that are not ready for Champions League and 38 games of a Premier League season as well as any runs in any domestic cup competitions. After one of the biggest failures in modern Liverpool football history, the sale of Luis Suarez has had a devastating effect on Liverpool this season and maybe for a few seasons to come until we find a player close to what Suarez offered. On top of that we lose Sturridge to injury playing for England and now with Hendersons injury Liverpool seem to be down to bare bones even though there are players in the squad, the quality is just not there to keep Liverpool strong and competitive and this is entirely down to Rodgers and his pursuit of young players that may or may not make the grade, Its a gamble, and a gamble that has not paid off. So what this does is make Liverpool fans fear any international games coming up, weather they are friendlies or the Euros or a World Cup, because chances are that any injuries could have a massive effect on Liverpool football club, so these are high stakes at Liverpools expense.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:11:33 +0000