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Originally Posted by canthaveenuf
All the pundits have been saying we are the form team of the moment. No doubt about that. But even though we may have won pretty often lately in the league, sometimes we were not very convincing enuf and had to labour quite hard to get the wins, even against weaker sides. While we may be pretty good in the league, we failed miserably against the Gunners in the FA and Carling Cup. A great team must be able to perform in all competitions, not just the league (even though Rafa says the cups are not his priority -- but he said that becos we lost. If we had won, he would have said something different.)
A team's form will go up and down. We can't possibly maintain a good form all the time. Let's not get carried away by all the talk about "form".
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Well this I disagree. You got to understand the system that Rafa is building. It is a machine. It is not a high tempo or passing game like Scum or Arse. It is a machine that will break you down home or away over 90 mins.
A machine that is meant to run on the whole season.
So we are not just on good form. The machine is working well.
We have conceded one goal in these 12 games.
Scored average of 2 per game - which means we should have won them all.
Drawn one of our home games and won the rest. No one is going to come to Anfield now and hope to get something with ten men in front of their goal.
We have won all the games in which we have scored first.
Away, I admit we got to improve. And also need to show better composure when we concede.
Believe me, Rafa is on to something. In the seasons to come, if he gets the players he wants, we will go on long winning runs. Last season's runs, like this season's run, were no fluke.