The more I see of Raul Meireles, the more I like.
He is a player used to playing at a slower tempo in Portugal and who is having to come to grips with the hustle of the Premier League.
But he is quickly figuring it out and is getting better for us by the week.
Most encouragingly, he has just added a couple of important, not to say spectacular, goals to his game. That’s one thing Liverpool has been missing in recent seasons from midfield, Steven Gerrard apart.
Xabi Alonso might have been good for a few goals but Javier Mascherano hardly hit the net at all and Lucas Leiva doesn’t either.
The best teams, including winning Liverpool sides of the past, saw goals coming from all areas. The likes of Ian Callaghan, Steve Heighway, Ray Kennedy, Jimmy Case etc were all good for their fair share of goals.
Even full backs Chris Lawler and Phil Neal scored a tremendous amount for Liverpool.
But unless it’s Gerrard or Torres, maybe Dirk Kuyt, there hasn’t been much of a threat coming from elsewhere for too long.
That may be changing now with Meireles getting forward and in on the act of hitting the target.
He’s still got to toughen up in the tackle a bit for me. But like his new found appetite for goals, that too may well come soon.
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