zuricity wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:You don't think the two are linked?
If you go out with the attitude that you're going to fight for every ball, give everything you have, stop at nothing to win and put in a performance then the passing and general play follows on.
I'll ask again were you impressed with our attitude against Sunderland and did it strike you as a team who were desperate to win the title?
We were half-hearted at best in that game. We approached it with very little tempo and little passion as if it was a dead rubber.
That explains the poor performance.
No i don't think the two are linked at all.
I don't think James Milner's attitude is wrong, not at all. He gives 100 percent everytime. His passing and decision making was however very poor against Sunderland. Surprisingly, and unexpectedly since he had such a positive effect on the scouse game last sunday when he came on. Milner is just one example from many that played poorly against Sunderland.
Maybe if every other player had put in that effort and desire we would have seen a much better performance.
Do you think every player can say they left everything on the pitch and we were just unlucky not to win?
Look at Sunderland, they wanted it more than we did. What about the crowd? Compare our atmosphere to the atmosphere at Anfield. That game had the same sort of feel as Norwich at home did last season.
Sometimes all it takes to get the team and crowd going is a bit of effort and commitment, someone winning a fifty fifty or winning a seemingly lost cause.
Liverpool approach every game with DESIRE and HUNGER. They are desperate to win. We don't and if you think we showed the same desire against Sunderland, then you need your head checking.
