Today was miserable, it was rubbish, it was short of what we had all hoped for after a promising pre-season and an excellent display against Manchester City. We played absolutely awful and didn’t deserve a single point.

However, there were some promising young players who took the pitch today and showed what a bright future we have under Rodgers.

Raheem Sterling was a class above the rest of the team today; skilful, pacey and a brilliant passer as well. He’s the left winger we’ve been searching for, for as long as I can remember. Kewell, Riera and Downing (although he’s only had one season) just a few of the wingers we’ve had that never produced what was hoped for. So there’s our first positive – a youngster who seems to have filled a position that we have had trouble with for the last 8+ years.

Joe Allen, again, showed why he was worth his transfer fee today. Inch perfect passes and some good movement on the ball. No real key passes from the young midfielder today, but as a team we lacked creativity and it won’t be long before he’ll be making Alonso-esque defence splitting passes.

Jonjo Shelvey came on today and looked ready to win games in a red shirt. He was making quick passes and moving in to spaces to drag out Arsenal’s defence. He also wasn’t shy of a shot, which in today’s game was badly needed. I think Jonjo has the ability to become a top attacking player for us, but time will tell if he’s the real deal.

So on the back of a really poor performance and a bad day in general, the positives are there for all to see. I just hope we improve, as a team, quickly!