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At least Saturday’s performance was full of passion, desire, aggression, pride in
wearing the shirt and the will to win... But enough about Roberto Martinez’ Wigan
side, I’m here to talk about Liverpool... The disparity in quality between the two teams
was evident from the get go, which makes the defeat that much more difficult to take.
They were there for the taking.
Once, coming to Anfield and taking all three points would have been pie in the sky for Wigan’s travelling support - a dream for their fans on so many levels :P having never won in front of the Kop before. THE KING (emphasis for those amongst us suffering from selective amnesia) after the match blamed the result on fixture pile up culminating in the tiredness of his players. I guess we can see now the reasoning behind Charlie Adam’s inclusion against QPR to some degree.
Bolton born official Lee Mason wasn’t much help, Martinez called him a ‘strong referee’ but when he’s disallowed a perfectly valid goal, awarded a ludicrous penalty and shown more inconsistencies than an F.A independent report then I can’t agree with the Wigan manager’s assessment. A high foot to Dirk Kuyt’s face went unnoticed, while around five minutes later a similar incident where Martin Skrtel’s foot was around chest height was punished with a spot kick. People may point to Moses leaving the field for the best part of ten minutes as evidence of foul play but the Slovakian's challenge was as innocuous as Marcus Babbel's tackle on Milan Baros at Ewood Park in 2003, which saw him sidelined for weeks.
Kenny blamed everyone from lady luck to the masons, that would be Mr and Mrs Mason that begat young Lee from Greater MANCHESTER 40 years ago - anyone got a shovel? This trowel isn’t quite big enough for a conspiracy this vast... Anyway, whilst The King may have a point in this particular game I’d like to state that for me it wasn’t the results so much as the "weekly whetowic" that Roy Hodgson spouted which saw
me join the masses in demanding nice old man's head on a spike and paraded
outside the Tower of London.
To be fair, in this instance I think Dalglish has a point; there was luck involved, tiredness may have been a factor and refereeing decisions were certainly influential. Not least the Suarez disallowed goal, perfectly legitimate in my view, that
To be fair, in this instance I think Dalglish has a point; there was luck involved, tiredness may have been a factor and refereeing decisions were certainly influential. Not least the Suarez disallowed goal, perfectly legitimate in my view, that
bounced over the Al Habsi’s head and was helped over the line by the chest of our
unpredictable Uruguayan. Once ruled out, our heads dropped and Wigan began to
get the upper hand in the game.
Previous comments from Dalglish cannot so easily be brushed aside though; against Sunderland Dalglish said the match could have been anybody’s, where what I saw was us well dominated and beaten by Martin O’Neil’s side. Against QPR it was a mystery
I can forgive many things of my beloved Liverpool, but lack of effort isn’t one of them, and the manager making excuses for lack of effort is another. When the manager doesn’t seem to be watching the same game as the fans, that is when I start to have doubts. Dalglish is renowned for telling it how he sees it, and right now I can't believe he's watching a different Liverpool from me. Bring back The King from the Bolton match, the one who threatened ‘off with their heads!’ if any player felt the level of football being played at the Reebok was acceptable. I think it's time to make good on those threats.
Previous comments from Dalglish cannot so easily be brushed aside though; against Sunderland Dalglish said the match could have been anybody’s, where what I saw was us well dominated and beaten by Martin O’Neil’s side. Against QPR it was a mystery
how we shipped three goals in quarter of an hour, but according to his version of
events, again it was mostly down to luck. Perhaps it was the fates smiling on a side that had
been unlucky themselves of late? Again though, what I witnessed was a group of players
thinking they’d already won the game and simply stopped playing.
I can forgive many things of my beloved Liverpool, but lack of effort isn’t one of them, and the manager making excuses for lack of effort is another. When the manager doesn’t seem to be watching the same game as the fans, that is when I start to have doubts. Dalglish is renowned for telling it how he sees it, and right now I can't believe he's watching a different Liverpool from me. Bring back The King from the Bolton match, the one who threatened ‘off with their heads!’ if any player felt the level of football being played at the Reebok was acceptable. I think it's time to make good on those threats.
Dave Gill
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