Keep Chasing

Again we lost deservedly to Man Utd 2-0 over the weekend at Old Trafford. The Title had long gone in the most fans’ eyes. Yet, it’s only 11 games of the season & 29 more games to be play. Had we really out of title chase?

Alex Ferguson been so kind as he warned that Liverpool shouldn’t been written off the title. Even Steven Gerrard & Rafa Benitez keep saying that the title still can be won. We shouldn’t give-up so soon. Rafa even came up with the fact that last season we were trailing leader, Chelsea by 24 points in October. Now, with eleven games & eleven points a drift & still in October, our season not yet over…& it’s not too bad either.

Rafa gave few examples, like 2004/005 season when we won the Champion League. We were indeed playing our worst season at home…I mean EPL. We even lost to Burnley in F.A Cup. Only in Europe we prevailed. Even in Final in Istanbul no one give us a slight chance to beat AC Milan. Worst still we were trailing by 3 goals at half time. But we fought back & WON! & the match became one the of the greatest came back in our history.

Season 2005/2006 was another season to remember. We never had a good run in the league. We even lost to Crystal Palace in League Cup. But we won F.A Cup that year by beating Man Utd & Chelsea along the way. We even had a similar Final in Istanbul. We had to fight back to win the Cup. Everyone happy & it’s does gave the faith that RAFA BENITEZ is the man to bring us the Premiership title. Indeed, I believed again & again this is the ONLY trophy that we want & Rafa is always the man to do it.

When season 2006/2007 starts, we all do believe Rafa would do it this season. Who would deny? With the high profile signings like Kuyt, Bellamy, Pennant, Aurelio, Gonzalez, Palletta etc blending with existing squad (who had won Champion League & F.A Cup), we should be quite formidable. Beating Chelsea in Community Shield had even strengthen our believe.

Judging from the last 11 mathces in EPL, 4 mathches in Champion League plus 1 match in League Cup (not a priority, but won 4-3 against Reading), we are just not good enough. Again I stress here that I’m ardent Liverpool supporter. The fact is I haven’t seen them play like a champion…play like the old Liverpool we known. Rafa might had his way of winning. I don’t know. Some of us had already lost faith in him. Some still believe he can do it this year. To me, he might be the man to bring us to glory but he needs some time to get it right.

I remember when Gerard Houllier taken charge couple of years back. Many say he failed. Had he? I guess not. He did brought us joy by winning 5 cups in a season. He only failed in bringing the title to Anfield. But he is doing well with Lyon. Nobody can deny it. He had brought them the French Title & they are leading their league now. In fact the also doing well in Champion League. He is good, maybe just didn’t have enough time in EPL.

Rafa do had a very good squad. We should be able to challenge Chelsea & Man Utd, even Arsenal for the title. To do that, the players must have the believe. Once they believe, they play well. We always have faith in the team & Rafa. We’ll keep singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”...We’ll keep wearing the REDS jersey…