Liverpool just cant win !

The Liverpool team so far this season haven’t been performing at their best. In 2012-13 Season every Liverpool fan was hoping that their title drought will come to an end which didn’t happen then and I’m sure it won’t happen any time soon. Already rivals Manchester United have powered their way to 20 titles leaving behind Liverpool - who only have 2 major honours. Being so close to winning it last season, fans are wondering what exactly has gone wrong this season.

It’s the lack of goals that they have been suffering massively, someone who can put the ball in the net. Sadly they don’t have that with Mario Balotelli lost in space, there’s no one that can lift Liverpool from their awful start to the season. Brendan Rodgers always insisted that “it wasn’t a gamble buying Mario Balotelli,” but his statement now seems like an uttering of words without any real facts to prove his worth it. In the end it all comes down to the sell of Luis Suarez, which undoubtedly had a positive effect on the amount of goals Liverpool were scoring. They just don’t have the talisman Suarez, who was always a goal threat and a presence on the pitch. With the £75 million they received for the Uruguayan they should have had plenty of money to strengthen the team.

However this wasn’t the case.

Liverpool brought a few players in the summer and there was hope, but sadly the signings they made have had the same effect as the Spurs squad. Tottenham made the mistake of selling Gareth Bale for a world record fee of £83 million and went on misusing the money by bringing ineffective reinforcement that weren’t to the standard of one brilliant player. They suffered by missing the chance of Champions League football, so is the same situation going to happen to Liverpool this season?

The Liverpool players so far are not proving that they are worth the gamble, especially striker Balotelli who has proven to haunt Liverpool rather than excite them. The positive side of all this is that Liverpool brought him for £12 million, which is a plus for a player that has such a bad reputation. In reality Liverpool fans were still expecting the price to come with the goods however Balotelli has not proven himself to be worth a penny. You could understand the fans frustration; it’s the same old Mario Balotelli. Who thought giving him Champions League recognition and putting him in the spotlight would change a man so arrogant as he is. The chances of him achieving his career goals have somewhat gone down the drain; he’s not fooling anyone and he is not mercilessly going to change and get any better.

Everyone knows his body language and his personality isn’t the best but focusing on football, let’s face it, Balotelli is not a clinical goal scorer anymore. Somehow he cannot bring back the form that he once had playing for Manchester City where he looked more interested in football than ever in his career. Balotelli now focuses on entertaining the media rather than entertaining the fans by scoring goals, which is the most frustrating thing ever.

Liverpool’s targets of winning the Premier League has dropped down to them just thinking of staying arms length with teams around them fighting for Champions League football next season. The top four must be their target this season and another target that I must add is the urgent need for them to bring in reinforcement in the January transfer window. This short-term goal must be the means of long-term success if the money gets used wisely.

Maybe there’s some big name player that is going to be brought, maybe Brendan is prepared to gamble to play a more attacking system, whatever it may be it needs to happen sooner rather than later as soon with teams around them putting in good performances and if performances for Liverpool are still poor then there would be questions raised in the media suggesting if Brendan Rodgers is actually the chosen one for Liverpool.

Rumours around Anfield that Wilfred Bony is the likely contender and if the price is right he would be lured to Liverpool. Proven that Bony would be a better buy than Liverpool buying Balotelli-who seems to do nothing than stroll around the pitch and daydream for 90 min- is a good shout and as a Liverpool fan I think Balotelli is the worse signing we have ever made. He’s even worse than Rickie Lambert who don’t get me wrong is a fairly decent player but is not suited for a big club like Liverpool with the history it holds. The pressure has been intense for BalotelIi who is now fighting for a place on the bench rather than the starting eleven.

Brendan Rodgers must think of a solution as games are coming thick and fast. The Christmas period is the turning point of every season. Consistency and determination is what gets teams through this hardcore month of none stop football every week. If Liverpool want to make amends and want to improve their ratio of a win in every three or four games then they have to try at least attempt to bring better striking force.

Liverpool needs to reassess certain things and see where they have gone wrong so far into the season. They have already realised that they have gone wrong with buying Mario Balotelli which is a good start but need to start finding solutions to fix the goal drought that they’re in.

We just have to wait and see if they’re going to improve and be the frightful force they were the previous season. I’m convinced Liverpool will fix their goal drought but how fast they do this depends on the effort and commitment of the players to give absolutely 100 per cent, game in and game out for Brendan Rodgers.