View Full Version : Liverpool V Boro (23/02/2008)
GaryMc
20-02-2008, 12:48 PM
Well after the great result last night, what will Rafa do this weekend? He should just go with same XI in my opinion. However I would not be suprised to see Riise, Alonso, Pennant and Crouch in the line up.
The next five league games are all very winnable and could put us in the driving seat for 4th. Boro (H), Bolton (A), West Ham (H), Newcastle (H) and Reading (H)
15 points out of 15 required as the next few after that are very tasty....
United (A), Everton (H) and Arsenal (A).
Badman
20-02-2008, 12:59 PM
Well after the great result last night, what will Rafa do this weekend? He should just go with same XI in my opinion. However I would not be suprised to see Riise, Alonso, Pennant and Crouch in the line up.
The next five league games are all very winnable and could put us in the driving seat for 4th. Boro (H), Bolton (A), West Ham (H), Newcastle (H) and Reading (H)
15 points out of 15 required as the next few after that are very tasty....
United (A), Everton (H) and Arsenal (A).
He very rarely goes with the same 11 - i'd expect alonso back, kuyt and torres up top and 2 of kewell, peanut and yossi. Hope Skertl's back 2. If we dont beat these clowns u can throw ure hat at it. 3-0 and the confidence grows
Philly_kop
20-02-2008, 03:53 PM
I'd like to see Riise back in there against boro to give them some more pressure on the attack ... xabi as well ... how about Torres and Crouch up front?
NiallD
20-02-2008, 04:13 PM
I think he will go for crouch and torres up front, with alonso & gerrard in the middle, resting masch. Back to back good preformances with a few goals would do us wonders.
arklowred
21-02-2008, 07:01 PM
We have one game a week for the next 3 saturdays so id expect full strength each of the next 2 saturdays barring injuries. id like to see crouchie start ahead of kuyt for this one,with yossi and babel on the wings and skrtel and carra at the back. gerrard and mascherano in the middle.
Lee Mason is the ref for this one. This is his his 4th time in charge of Liverpool game and all 3 previous matches have all ended 0-0.
This season he was the ref for our home game against Birmingham. Lets hope that changes.
Monty
21-02-2008, 07:14 PM
Kuyt will definitly start on saturday i think...
I hope he still leaves out kewell + riise,and lets build from there.
Important to get the foundations right :D
GaryMc
22-02-2008, 12:08 PM
Carragher is suspended for this so I reckon Arbeloa will play CB with Sami as Skrtel will prob not be rushed back
Reina, Finna, Arbeloa, Hyppia, Auroelio, Pennant, Gerrard, Masherano, Babel, Kuyt, Torres
Bren100
22-02-2008, 01:11 PM
Should be a good enough team to beat Boro at home
stevieg
23-02-2008, 01:57 PM
Only change from Inter game being Arbeloa takes over from the suspended Carragher, Alonso must be finding it hard now I'd say.
Reina, Finnan, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Hyypia, Mascherano, Gerrard, Babel, Lucas, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Martin, Skrtel, Crouch, Riise, Benayoun.
mypost
23-02-2008, 02:17 PM
The honeymoon's over already.
0-1. :(
red1965
23-02-2008, 02:29 PM
torres pure class
9Torres
23-02-2008, 02:31 PM
watching the game on setanta... liverpool shocking... only for the brilliance of torres... we'd have f*ck all
2-1 torres has 2
mypost
23-02-2008, 02:31 PM
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
Goal No. 1 for Liverpool scored in the 27th minute by:
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
LIVERPOOL
1
Middlesbrough
1
mypost
23-02-2008, 02:34 PM
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
Goal No. 2 for Liverpool scored in the 29th minute by:
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
LIVERPOOL
2
Middlesbrough
1 :)
red1965
23-02-2008, 02:39 PM
he should have got red for that. where are our backs.
mypost
23-02-2008, 02:54 PM
2-1 up at the break.
Are the defenders having a day off or something?? :confused: 3 times Tuncay has been put clean through.
mypost
23-02-2008, 03:21 PM
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
Goal No. 3 for Liverpool scored in the 60th minute by:
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
Fernando TORRES
LIVERPOOL
3:)
Middlesbrough
1
red1965
23-02-2008, 03:27 PM
go torres go
red1965
23-02-2008, 03:34 PM
kuyt played well today is confidence seems to be coming back might make it easier to sell him
mypost
23-02-2008, 03:42 PM
3-2 :o
Bren100
23-02-2008, 03:43 PM
Good result, we should be beating the likes of Boro by 2 clear goals
Bren100
23-02-2008, 03:44 PM
Oops, I spoke to soon.
mypost
23-02-2008, 03:45 PM
Aliadiere off. :)
red1965
23-02-2008, 03:50 PM
what a free kick hard luck stevie
red1965
23-02-2008, 03:53 PM
not a great game but 3 good points and nice hattrick
The Chanter
23-02-2008, 03:54 PM
Well done MOTM Torres - really impressive display, nice hatrick.
Good to get a win after going one down. Sloppy performance though.
Alex Raisbeck
23-02-2008, 03:55 PM
Nice one
mypost
23-02-2008, 03:56 PM
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Final Score:
LIVERPOOL
3
Middlesbrough
2
Normal service resumes. :)
obriener
23-02-2008, 04:08 PM
Thought Lucas looked really tired and a little bit lost in the last 20 mins. Reckon Rafa should have taken him off and let stevie drop back into midfield. Good 3 points but we rode our luck at times
redeagle
23-02-2008, 04:36 PM
Happy we won that. Lol arbeloa at cb scares me. Agree that Lucas looked tired.. got beaten too easy and gave the ball away alot during the last 20.
Masch, Torres and hyppia had great games.
conye9980
23-02-2008, 05:15 PM
Great hat trick by Torres, I thought Gerrard and the defence (aside from Hyypia) were below par today. Kuyt I feel is getting his confidence back. Lucas and Babel getting games is good for them even if Lucas didnt play all too well today. Mascherano again was immense, did he touch aliadiaire or just hold his hand in front of his face. The Setanta camera angle wasn't really conclusive.
Alex Raisbeck
23-02-2008, 05:18 PM
Think he squeezed his nose.
titicamara
23-02-2008, 06:27 PM
A good win in the end, a bit dodgy at the back, but I suppose that's to be expected with Agger, Skrtel and Carragher all out.*
I thought Finnan was poor at times, again.* Maybe Arbeloa should get a run at right back. Saying Lucas was tired is being kind to him.* I thought he was poor today, poor first touch on several occasions.*
Torres, pure class again. Nice to see him staying on his feet for the first and the second from outside the box was quality.
Kopite
23-02-2008, 10:08 PM
I cant understand how people are posting on an internet site when the game is actually on? Surley you should be concentrating on the game...just my opinon, FT was super today, not a brilliant performance but who cares, 3 points is 3 points.
Aido82
24-02-2008, 05:10 PM
good win, lets hope citey do us a favour tomorrow
D5Hoop
24-02-2008, 05:52 PM
I cant understand how people are posting on an internet site when the game is actually on? Surley you should be concentrating on the game...just my opinon, FT was super today, not a brilliant performance but who cares, 3 points is 3 points.
Probably using a laptop ?????
the 3 points were crucial, thank christ for torres.
but the display made me uneasy,though i must admit ive been uneasy with a lot of our games this season.(obviously)
Have to say from sitting 4rows from the front in annie road it was a exciting match to watch,
definately agree that lucas should have been substituted he was very sloppy and made to many mistakes, feel reina was at fault for their 2nd goal he came out very early.
think skertal would have done a much better job than Arbeloa did, we more a less fell apart when they got past mid-field with the ball. must say tho torres is a legend, masc did a fantastic job as per usual, dont understand why he made a substitution in the last minute.
the atmosphere wasnt to bad and the boro fans were great craic altho some of their chants a little odd anywho was a good match to go to.
vodkacolly
24-02-2008, 07:53 PM
I cant understand how people are posting on an internet site when the game is actually on?
It helps those who cant see the game know what the score is IMO.
Poor match, good result, well done FT.
irishroey
24-02-2008, 10:53 PM
wat a porformance from the kid again he really is shining in his first season,im not going to rant on about certain players being below average and just be glad it was three points and 2 on the bounce now,well done lads.
Badman
25-02-2008, 07:47 AM
wat a porformance from the kid again he really is shining in his first season,im not going to rant on about certain players being below average and just be glad it was three points and 2 on the bounce now,well done lads.
Absolutecl class performance from Torres - thank Christ we have him cos a crap boro side would've beaten us out the gate without him. His hattrick masks another woeful performance. I didnt think our passing could get any worse...but i was wrong again. Everyone was guilty of it - esp gerrard. The system he's playing now (and vows to play til the end of the season) is calamitous. I wont criticise the defending coz that'll be ok when carra and skertl are back, but kuyt out right is hopeless adn turtle-esque when running after a pass - he MUST be wearing concrete underpants to run that slow - he makes the simplest of touches seem like excruciating hard work.
Lucas was awful - difficult to watch him actually - played like a spare appendix, i'e serves absolutely no function. He's too weak anyway, yossi's stronger than him. How u can keep alonso on the bench playing a formation ideally suited to him is beyond me.
The only positive was the hattrick (love this el nino lad, real world class quality) but torres needs to be surrounded by better quality than there is there at the moment or his form'll drop too.
I agree with picking the same team consecutively - but jaysus pick the right players. Ive a bad feeling kuyt'll b playing a lotta games which worried me immensely.
I'm happy with the win - but also watched the arse and scum games - to say different planets would b an understatement. Kuyt and yossi out wide or ronaldo or hleb - ah hell.....
Meijer the trier
25-02-2008, 09:26 AM
2 defensive midfielders and 1 up front at home to Boro?
We got away with it on Saturday. As badman said, the passing was terrible. There was 5 minutes before Torres 1st goal that we didnt string 3 passes together, it was brutal. 2 of our goals were gifted to us & if Tuncay had decided to use his head instead of his arm things would have been a lot different.
Torres's brilliance masked over another poor performance. Did we create more than 5 chances in the game (two created for us by Boro), other than the 2 goals all I can recall is Lucas header & Gerrards free kick at the end.
I thought Gerrard was terrible also, passing was very poor, attitiude when he lost the ball was lousy also. Defensively, when you have your 3rd & 4th choice centre backs playing theres always going to be dodgy moments.
Going on this evidence if Torres picks up another injury before the end of the season, getting 4th will be a huge ask.
mypost
25-02-2008, 09:42 AM
Probably using a laptop ??
The game was also available on the net. :)
flashm
27-02-2008, 05:14 PM
dont understand why he made a substitution in the last minute.
that was so torres could get a standing ovation from the crowd
RedWally
27-02-2008, 08:05 PM
Managers often do that.
red1965
27-02-2008, 08:19 PM
remember fowlers last game
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