Hank, lately I've always thought the style of our football is the limiting factor- hence why I don't get drawn into the "we need this player" stuff too often. We're not far off- one big player away from being winners- in terms of players. But in terms of style of football? We're not near Man U. When you watch them play these days, they look like they can score after every attack. We don't- nowhere near in fact. Even though we control the ball, control midfield and have a solid defence, we don't look like we can score a goal as a team- we depend on individuals more. Torres, Gerrard, Xabi and to some extent, Reina. They're the players we 'depend' on. Gerrard and Torres to perform alchemy, Alonso to literally breath life into our game and Reina to bail out our defence (which he's had to do all too regularly at times this season).
This side's not improved over this season. We started off on the same page as our competitors, but got a bit luckier with results- neither of the performances of us, Man U or Chelsea were anything to shout about. But we stood strong at the top of the table... but now the Mancs have seriously pushed up a couple of levels, and we're jogging behind still playing poor attacking football and having to beat teams with seconds to spare.
Things need to change dramatically. At the moment, the club doesn't look like a place that's working towards a title. It's full of petty little struggles and battles off the pitch, then you have Rafa trying to manage a team through it. Everyone's making mistakes. We were clear at the top of the table, and now we're 7 points behind. Just a shit, shit feeling to be honest.