Sundays Barclays Premier League game between Manchester United and Chelsea could well turn out to be the end of the Premier League season ................well almost.
If Chelsea win at Manchester United - and they may well do - they may as well give Chelsea the Premier League winners trophy.
Chelsea get stronger and even Manchester City look like struggling to keep up. In simple terms, the Chelsea squad is getting stronger in depth, and quality, whilst other teams just look uncertain.
Manchester City seem to be the only team who can even possibly challenge Chelsea to be champions. So they need their neighbours Manchester United can do them -and the Premier season - a big favour.
Chelsea have what all champions have many strengths but one area gives them the edge .............a great defence. The other contenders Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool do not.
I am not a Chelsea fan and so hope Man United win -and keep this Premier League exciting.
Last season Liverpool were tremendous.This season Liverpool are nowhere near tremendous. Infact they have been very, very average.
Some fans are sayings its early in the season so Liverpool fans need not worry.
Cobblers.
Liverpool are in trouble, and this season is already looking like a poor one unless questions are answered - and quickly.
All areas of Liverpool's team look decidedly dodgy. If they do not fix these problems Liverpool will be out of the Champions League and the Premier League title race, and it may take years to get back in contention. There is a serious risk of Liverpool not finishing in the top four of the Premier League this season -and no Champions League football for them next season.
What problems? Firstly,Liverpools defence is simply not good enough. The back 4 and keeper are not average and not able to compete at the top level. Take a look at Manchester City's,and Chelsea back 5 - a big difference from Liverpools?
Liverpools midfield looks like a jumble sale of ideas. Who does what? yes there is a plan in there somewhere, but it just is not working and Rodgers now looks like he does not know his best team, or best formation.
Answers? .......Stevie G is a legend at Anfield, but is it not about time somebody told him he cannot hack it at that level anymore? What does he do now? Dont get me wrong I am a long time admirer of Stevie G but he has struggled now for a season or two - time to be on the subs bench for Stevie?
As for strikers signings of Lambert, and Balotelli also hints at another reason why Liverpool will struggle this season. Simply not good enough. What other top four Premier League squad would those two get into? The workrate and quality of Suarez has been replaced by those two -and so why are people surprised that Liverpool are poor this season.Added to that is that "striker" Fabio Borini is obviously not wanted, or good enough.
Ofcourse there are positives. Sturridge and Stirling are quality players. The bad news is that Liverpool are depending on those two to win them games now. Who else?
Liverpool are faced with a similar choice to what Manchester United had a few months ago. Sink or swim. Manchester United took a long look at their squad, and also saw what Manchester City, and Chelsea were building, and went out and bought proven internationally established players -and will do so in the January transfer window.
Liverpool must do that in January. They dont really have a choice.
Goodbye to Borini, Balotelli, Lambert, Toure, Enrique,Coutinho, Sakho , Johnson and lucas - and thats just a start.
Liverpool made one huge mistake when selling Suarez. It was not that they sold him. It was that they should have bought a striker BETTER than Suarez.Until they do that Liverpool will struggle.
