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Robertson Return Could Boost Liverpool's Competitive Title Hopes
It has turned into quite a good weekend for Liverpool and manager Jurgen Klopp as our late victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday pushed us up into top spot in the Premier League table, and in the late fixture, Aston Villa's victory over Arsenal, ensured we headed into the new week with our narrow one point advantage still intact.
With four wins in the last five games, Klopp will certainly be pleased with our current run of form and results, even if fans naturally have a few issues with our performance levels (as ably shown by the Palace encounter itself, as at this time of year it is always important to have some kind of advantage heading into the second half of the year. For those who like looking at the best Ethereum sports betting sites, for a potential title tilt now, odds could be in your favour when it comes to ETH sports betting and those sorts of markets.
Maybe more important than usual in the 2023/24 campaign, given that this year there is no real clear leader that you would consider to be in pole position, or a side who has it all to lose. There are only four points separating the current top four of ourselves, Arsenal, Villa and Manchester City, with Tottenham Hotspur on 30, and Manchester United on 27.
There are plenty of fans who believe that this year's battle could again go right down to the wire, but this time it could quite easily be between three to maybe six clubs, and potential success in 2024 will undoubtedly come down to how squad's are managed and how the varying injury situations shape up.
On that front, it is now being reported that the ever reliable Andy Robertson is due to make his long awaited return from injury in the New Year as he is making 'daily progress' since being sidelined back in mid-October with a shoulder dislocation he sustained whilst on international duty for Scotland in their defeat to Spain.
Unfortunately for the 29 year old, it was not a straight forward dislocation and it did require surgery, hence his long spell out of contention and although Kostas Tsimikas, Joe Gomez and Luke Chambers have stepped up admirably in his (so far 12 game absence), it would obviously be a massive boost to our chances when we are capable of getting him fit and back to his best on the left hand side of the pitch.
It is an educated guess that he will continue to miss at least five more matches, and he certainly will not return before we tick into the month of January, if we can get him fit and well, and back into confidence and form before that month ticks out, our chances are massively improved.
The Scottish skipper has now resumed outdoor running at the AXA Training Centre and is believed to be well 'on schedule', but right now his work is treatment, fitness and strength based given his shoulder - he is not yet back in any kind of contact work yet, but right now that is completely understandable and we are right to be a little bit more patient as we build him back up.
With January the aim, depending on when he passes his fitness test, you would still think Newcastle United and Arsenal would still come too early, but after the winter break we have Bournemouth much later in the month and that feels like more of a natural reintroduction match for him, so he can then work on match fitness. If sensibly betting with ETH, that would probably be the game to look at.
It could be an interesting time ahead again.
With four wins in the last five games, Klopp will certainly be pleased with our current run of form and results, even if fans naturally have a few issues with our performance levels (as ably shown by the Palace encounter itself, as at this time of year it is always important to have some kind of advantage heading into the second half of the year. For those who like looking at the best Ethereum sports betting sites, for a potential title tilt now, odds could be in your favour when it comes to ETH sports betting and those sorts of markets.
Maybe more important than usual in the 2023/24 campaign, given that this year there is no real clear leader that you would consider to be in pole position, or a side who has it all to lose. There are only four points separating the current top four of ourselves, Arsenal, Villa and Manchester City, with Tottenham Hotspur on 30, and Manchester United on 27.
There are plenty of fans who believe that this year's battle could again go right down to the wire, but this time it could quite easily be between three to maybe six clubs, and potential success in 2024 will undoubtedly come down to how squad's are managed and how the varying injury situations shape up.
On that front, it is now being reported that the ever reliable Andy Robertson is due to make his long awaited return from injury in the New Year as he is making 'daily progress' since being sidelined back in mid-October with a shoulder dislocation he sustained whilst on international duty for Scotland in their defeat to Spain.
Unfortunately for the 29 year old, it was not a straight forward dislocation and it did require surgery, hence his long spell out of contention and although Kostas Tsimikas, Joe Gomez and Luke Chambers have stepped up admirably in his (so far 12 game absence), it would obviously be a massive boost to our chances when we are capable of getting him fit and back to his best on the left hand side of the pitch.
It is an educated guess that he will continue to miss at least five more matches, and he certainly will not return before we tick into the month of January, if we can get him fit and well, and back into confidence and form before that month ticks out, our chances are massively improved.
The Scottish skipper has now resumed outdoor running at the AXA Training Centre and is believed to be well 'on schedule', but right now his work is treatment, fitness and strength based given his shoulder - he is not yet back in any kind of contact work yet, but right now that is completely understandable and we are right to be a little bit more patient as we build him back up.
With January the aim, depending on when he passes his fitness test, you would still think Newcastle United and Arsenal would still come too early, but after the winter break we have Bournemouth much later in the month and that feels like more of a natural reintroduction match for him, so he can then work on match fitness. If sensibly betting with ETH, that would probably be the game to look at.
It could be an interesting time ahead again.
Written by Alan Spencer
