Togetherness

to·geth·er·ness

     NOUN

     1.     the state of being close to another person or other people

Middlesbrough 0 – 3 Liverpool

This season we are witnessing amazing performances from our players!  Divock Origi had another great night.  Since coming into the starting XI, Origi has scored in five successive appearances – against Sunderland, Leeds, Bournemouth, Leeds, West Ham and now Middlesbrough.  And how aboutAdam Lallana?  After missing most of November due to a groin injury, he returned this month straight back to form.  For the season, Lallana has participated in 10 goals in 14 Premier League appearances - 5 goals/5 assists.

But this is not a team of individuals or of inflated egos.  This is teamwork.  This is togetherness.   Liverpool leads the league in goals scored – now a total of 40.  Eleven players share those goals:  Origi, Mane, Coutinho, Lallana, Firmino, Milner, Can, Lovren, Henderson, Matip, Wijnaldum.   If you throw in League Cup action, add Sturridge, Woodburn and Klavan. 

But they didn’t score those goals alone. The goals would not have come without the assists of Clyne, Henderson, Firmino, Mane, Milner, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Lallana, Can, Sturridge, Moreno, Grujić and Alexander-Arnold (who made his Premier League debut tonight.)

Consider this sequence of events and evidence of how we came together for this December 14^th fixture:
Goal 1 - Lallana with Clyne’s  Assist
Goal 2 - Origi with Lallana’s assist after 8 one-touch passes in a row   
                Then 8:01 minutes later (according to OptaJoe)
Goal 3 - Lallana with Origi’s assist
681 passes with 88% accuracy.
Defensively we won 83% of our tackles and had 18 clearances. 

Togetherness.  This team works together and wins together.  Sure, we’ve seen some heartbreak together too.  But together we are best.  Of course we know that.  It's the singular idea of, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

LFC Chattanooga invites you to gather together with us for games at The Feed co. Table and Tavern on West Main Street, in Chattanooga. 

Platitudes and Catitudes

I was dreaming that I was playing basketball. All of my teammates were cats. They were useless. They wouldn't dribble, they wouldn't pass, they wouldn't shoot. They just sat around grooming themselves and looking disinterested. I was running around in circles, covering every position. It was a most frustrating dream.

Later, I was passing through a hallway with posters covering the walls. The posters were all cats, striking exciting poses with motivational captions. You know the kind - a hang-glider "Aim high," a mountain climber, "You can do it."

I woke up with clarity. Platitudes - or catitudes - are nothing without action. Get busy!