Boys Among Men

It took under a half hour for Liverpool to earn a convincing 3-0 victory at Loftus Road on Sunday.

Within 16 minutes, Luis Suarez had scored a brace through two splendid individual efforts, and Daniel Agger sealed it with 63 minutes left to play off a decisive header from a short corner kick.

Another painful loss was the inevitable outcome despite over an hour left in the match--the fans knew  it, and judging by their performance after conceding the opener, embarrassingly, the QPR players knew it as well.I would love to have been inside the Rangers dressing room at the break--a gutless performance that lacked any passion or urgency, definitely earned the players a famous Harry Redknapp obscenity fuelled tongue lashing.

Liverpool were without Brendan Rodgers on the sideline barking out orders, due to illness, but, the team responded with a convincing 90 minutes of dominating football. The passing game was superb, and more importantly, the Reds were clinical in front of goal, finishing early chances to put the match out of reach.

Without taking away from Liverpool's positive display, the dismal performance by Rangers on their home ground needs to be mentioned. They offered up zero resistance to their opponents relentless charge--practically ball watching and allowing Liverpool to take 4-5 touches on every possession. It was utterly disgraceful at this level, playing as if they are already relegated.

Heads will roll, especially with Redknapp as manager. Unfortunately, errors from the previous regime has left the team bloated with personnel, with virtually no room for new blood to be purchased during the winter window. Redknapp must find a way to sell at least a half dozen players, most being on fat contracts that are undeserving of their qualities and output this season--making them practically impossible to offload in January.

What makes things worse is the majority of players on massive contracts have no relegation clause written into their deals. Should they drop down to the Championship--which is looking more likely game by game--The long term sustainability of the club comes into question.Owner Tony Fernandes spent heavily to keep his clubs Premier League status, backing his manager almost to a fault, having no experience in running a football club--it's a tough lesson learned.

The best example of this irresponsible behaviour is by looking at Jose Bosingwa's ridiculous wage packet--earning more money than every player currently under contract at Redknapp's former club Tottenham. And the list sadly goes on and on.

Redknapp has pulled off miracles in the past, but,  looks set-up and destined to fail at Loftus Road