cet article fait l'unanimité sur ynwa.c'est la critique du match de lfc.
bascombe déclare qu'il nous manque 3 joueurs pour être une équipe exceptionnelle.on ne passe pas loin de gagner à chaque fois!!!!!
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Birmingham 2, Liverpool 2 (Echo)
Sep 26 2005
By Chris Bascombe
AS ON Liverpool's previous trips, the talk on full-time at St Andrews was of missed chances.
The inescapable feeling remains that the club's greatest opportunity went begging in the transfer market between May and August.
A sense of emptiness lingered travelling back from Birmingham, Tottenham and Middlesbrough because this Liverpool team has been infuriatingly close to enjoying the ideal start to their league campaign.
Three away draws are okay, but not enough to satisfy the appetite of those who have waited 15 years for an Anfield title challenge.
Rafa Benitez made it publicly clear he wanted to strengthen specific positions over six months ago. Lo and behold, it's weaknesses in those areas preventing a statement of intent in the Premiership.
This is the scratched record which will find its way to the turntable every time a significant victory eludes Liverpool and they're forced to settle for an encouraging draw with the long-term promise of better things.
Liverpool are improving with baby steps rather than giant strides. The glass was empty when they lost here last season. Now it's half empty or half full, depending on your mood.
The latest transformation was never going to be without pain, and certainly not rapid enough to make any impression on the leader.
What we're now enduring is Benitez's 'transitional period'.
It's packed with encouragement, but so too was the Houllier and Evans era when they entered their difficult second season.
History may decide to place the summer of 2005 uncomfortably alongside those of 2002 and 1996, when Liverpool Football Club found comfort and complacency in its revitalisation, and failed to grasp the nettles of opportunity to progress even further.
Like his predecessors during those initial, optimistic campaigns, Benitez is leading a good side which looks two, probably three players short of being exceptional.
Once, this fired optimism. Nowadays, we've revisited the same crossroads too often to be immune from cynicism. How often since 1990 have supporters looked towards imminent signings, anticipating mere fine-tuning to turn their side into title contenders?