Everyone knows we need a bit of pace, but this is just dumb.
Liverpool fans go into the new Premier League season with renewed optimism after Kenny Dalglish's return and a summer of big spending.
But for all the expensive purchases, the club has still not addressed one of the fundamental aspects of its underachievement in recent years.
For a long time, the Liverpool team has lacked pace. In particular, the squad is particular short of speed out-wide and up-front.
Now, we can see that King Kenny is a fan of pace players (ignoring Stewart Downing) and we have started playing at a much higher tempo and at a fast pace. Yet it seems that Dirk Kuyt and Andy Carroll are and will continually be constantly picked despite their lack of pace.
The success of Barcelona proves that, to be champions of the world, you need a team full of pace. And our decline over the years has been due to the removal of quicker players like Cisse, Bellamy and Mascherano and the decision to replace them with the likes of Poulsen, Maxi and even Meireles (a very overrated player).
We seem to be willing to pay £35 million for Carroll, yet not willing to pay a similar amount to a by far superior player in Aguero. Also, Mata would be a better alternative on the wing to Kuyt, presuming that Downing will also be on the wing.
Our centre-halves lack pace meaning that we are constantly caught out by quicker, more athletic opposition players, which other Premier League teams recognise they need in those key attacking positions. Our lack of pace without the ball cost us dearly last season.
Therefore, faster centre-backs like Sakho, Kjaer and Richards need to be bought (not all of them, of course) in order to stamp this problem out before the new season starts. Soto and Carra are too old, Wilson inexperienced, Agger permanently on the treatment table and Skrtel... well, Skrtel is just awful in general.
Liverpool fans go into the new Premier League season with renewed optimism after Kenny Dalglish's return and a summer of big spending.
But for all the expensive purchases, the club has still not addressed one of the fundamental aspects of its underachievement in recent years.
For a long time, the Liverpool team has lacked pace. In particular, the squad is particular short of speed out-wide and up-front.
Now, we can see that King Kenny is a fan of pace players (ignoring Stewart Downing) and we have started playing at a much higher tempo and at a fast pace. Yet it seems that Dirk Kuyt and Andy Carroll are and will continually be constantly picked despite their lack of pace.
The success of Barcelona proves that, to be champions of the world, you need a team full of pace. And our decline over the years has been due to the removal of quicker players like Cisse, Bellamy and Mascherano and the decision to replace them with the likes of Poulsen, Maxi and even Meireles (a very overrated player).
We seem to be willing to pay £35 million for Carroll, yet not willing to pay a similar amount to a by far superior player in Aguero. Also, Mata would be a better alternative on the wing to Kuyt, presuming that Downing will also be on the wing.
Our centre-halves lack pace meaning that we are constantly caught out by quicker, more athletic opposition players, which other Premier League teams recognise they need in those key attacking positions. Our lack of pace without the ball cost us dearly last season.
Therefore, faster centre-backs like Sakho, Kjaer and Richards need to be bought (not all of them, of course) in order to stamp this problem out before the new season starts. Soto and Carra are too old, Wilson inexperienced, Agger permanently on the treatment table and Skrtel... well, Skrtel is just awful in general.
