The Bright Side of matters

[SB]

And we've also played away at Villa, Everton, Man City and Chelsea and got a very respectable tally of points. So we're not exactly up against it with the away games for the reast of the season. A draw away at Old Trafford and at Arsenal would be fantastic results for us. Let's not forget that the onus will be on Utd and Arsenal to win those games, which should really suit us and the way we play.

It's not our away form that concerns me though

[breffniboy]

God the voice of Reason

For the last two seasons .. Man United the Champions have bloody well Lost to West Ham .. back to back seasons ... a couple of seasons ago the Hammers did the double on them ... they also lost to Reading and Pompey .. the season before that .. Champions Chelsea lost to Fulham ... To win the lg you need to pick up more points against the top four .. and keep pace .. simple as that .. We are in great shape

Like I said in my previous post, taken at face value, dropping points here and there is part and parcel of any team's league challenge and has to be expected.

The key point, and everyone's missing it, is that these struggles against poor teams are not a recent phenomenon by a long stretch. They have been hamstringing Rafa's Liverpool sides from way back since he took over, and after a very bright opening to the year where it looked to be a thing of the past, it's now back with a vengeance. So although we're in a reasonable position, despite ourselves almost, the evidence of the last few weeks suggests to me that our challenge is on borrowed time unless we pick things up markedly. We've been let off the hook by the other teams also dropping points but we've a hell of a difficult second half to the season to come.

It's not so much the fact we've dropped points but the depressingly familiar manner in which we've done it. The extremely laboured, huff and puff football is also characteristic of Rafa's teams at their worst, the type of play that will not win a league in a million years. I like to be positive and was extremely so at the start of the year but it's starting to unravel just a wee bit now, and we need to get back on the rails and sharpish.

[bobbyfallon]

got over for the match and couldnt believe the booing after - never ever have i seen or heard anything like it

[Neil Young]

I don't see the point getting down about the team or our position when where we will finish in May is simply speculation. It's beyond belief that people will boo because they're disappointed we now stand a marginally worse chance of being champions than we would have done had we beaten West Ham.