Blackpool VS Liverpool : Match Review

2 defeats in a row for the new Reds manager King Kenny.
For those who expect Kenny to come in and instantly
transform the team from day one with his magic wand,
it is not possible and realistic. He is still dealing with the
same team that Hodgson left, which is down on confidence
and form. Kenny can only turn around this dreadful circumstance
with spending from Fenway Sports Group, and he need
to do so in this critical transfer period.

To me, only 5 players deserve to wear the Liverpool jersey
and they are Gerrard, Carragher, Reina, Torres and Kuyt.
The rest of the players are simply either too overrated or
lack the ability and quality that is required by them by the club.

I was rather surprised to see Johnson playing as the left-back
which is obviously not his natural position, and Poulsen
getting a chance to chance is a shocker to me. One would
expect he was already wrapped up and ready to be shipped
out to whatever club that wants him. Jovanovic got the call
from Kenny to play as the controlling midfieder role but
he clearly disappoints with his performance tonight.

Poulsen is always slow in the match and he was constantly
letting player breeze past him and chasing shadows behind.
This is a player who maybe more suitable in the Serie A,
Spanish League but in the fast-paced Premier League.
Jovanovic really want to show the new manager what he
is capable of, but in the much smaller pitch at Blackpool,
he seems out of sort and his positioning and passing were
woeful at times.

Torres gave the team a great start with an marvelously taken
shot from an acute angle with a through pass from Kelly.
This is the type of shot and goal that Torres is capable of when
he is on the right gear and form. If he continues to play in this
manner, I think he can score more and enable to team to
move up the table standing. When Torres scored in the 2nd
minutes, I was thinking that the goal may have came too
soon, and unfortunately I was proven right when Blackpool
equalised in the 12th minutes with a compound of errors
from Torres, Meireles and Agger "contributed" to Taylor-Fletcher's
goal. It was a soft goal to give away and that is just
what Liverpool got to stop doing so.

The match was played in a pacy fashion and both teams
have equal chances to score but the first half ended in 1-1.
I don't know what Kenny told the players in the dressing
room but nothing has been changed to how Liverpool
played in the match. And in the 69th minute, Blackpool
scored again through DJ Campbell when he headed in
a goal from an unmarked position in what was a very
pathetic defending by the Reds after clearing a corner
seconds before.

Liverpool fight on to regain the lost ground and Ngog and
Shelev was substituted in to help in the attack but the
damage has already been done. Blackpool did a double
against Liverpool in what was only done previously
during 1946-1947 season.

There have been talks that Liverpool is interested in
Blackpool's captain Charlie Adam whom contract with the
team ends in this summer. Judging from his performance
tonight and from what was quoted as a 4 million transfer
fee, he will be a good signing. He will definitely perform
better than Poulsen who I think is another dead man walking
at Anfield and playing on a borrowed time.

Liverpool really need to sign some quality and recognised
players in this month's transfer period to stop the rot and
the repair the very poor start. Henry need to see this
situation and pump in the necessary cash to rebuild and
recharge the team up from to bottom. The team is currently
standing at 13th position and only a mere 4-5 points from
the relegation zone, something got to be done fast, if not....

This Sunday derby match against Everton will be Kenny's
first home match and I hope that the players will be fired-up
for the game. The only consolation that I can see from the
coming derby is Tim Cahill is not in the squad as he is playing
for his country in the Asian Cup in Qatar. Give enough passes
and crosses to Torres, and he will deliver, so this should be
the game plan for now.

The team is facing a crisis at the moment and the fans will
be unrealistically hoping for a drastic change in form.
Give the King some time to establish himself again and I think
he will give the fans a better result at the end of the season.
Liverpool don't deserved to be in the current position and
shouldn't be fighting for any relegation battle whatever.
The team can still finish in a favourable position in the league
with a good run of winners and 3 points, but we really
need some quality players to come into the team NOW!
Form is temporary and Class is forever!

You Will Never Walk Alone!