A SWOT analysis on Liverpool ahead of the new season

Opportunities

Liverpool could emerge as dark horses next season

This season could well be the time when The Kopites turn out to be the dark horse. With Manchester United filling their voids quite well and Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City having good world class depth in their lineup, Liverpool could be on their way to become a team challenging for the top four spot.

The good thing about this lineup is the fact that it is very young, quite similar to what they had when they challenged for the title. The fact that the squad could be almost a Brit dominated starting lineup helps the fact that the team ethic, climate, language and the connection should not be difficult to establish.

Tis season is also an opportunity for Rodgers and Sean O’Driscoll to prove to the world that they are a force to be reckoned with especially when it comes to making shrewd tactical decisions.

This forward line has potential to thwart a lot of defences if they can click from early on. If all goes to plan the Sturridge, Origi and Ings could form a lethal trio with pace from the wings and the young Belgian international adding the much-required physical dimension to the team. The midfield seems to be a flurry of talent attacking wise.

Threats

Liverpool will have to learn to deal with the void left by their talismanic captain Steven Gerrard

The midfield being strong attacking wise also exposes the fact that Liverpool does not have a Nemanja Matic or a Morgan Schneiderlin who can be terrible to play against and put out fluent attacks. Henderson and Lucas must take up the mantle of combining well to reduce the number of goals conceded or things could go terribly downwards for the Reds.

The biggest concern could be how to manage Emre Can. He is a fabulous talent, no doubt about that, but if Rodgers does not make intelligent positional decisions regarding him, they could be wasting a world class game changer.

Another big threat is the fact that almost all the players in this squad as also the signings have a history of being injury prone players. Rodgers has gambled on the fact that his signings provide him the depth in the squad which would suffice him to make every player to challenge every position in the squad. However, all of this would be put to waste if former Swansea boss does not improve on the horrific performance of his back line.

All this is speculation, Rodgers planning and implementation has not always gone hand in hand. Hopefully, for the Liverpool fans, the club will be able to move on from the glorious chapter in their lives called Steven Gerrard and find new ways of getting themselves etched in the history books in Britain.

Liverpool’s potential XI for next season

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