v Spurs (a)

[mypost]

17:30 Local/GMT. Match Thread.

Hopefully FT and RK can resume their partnership upfront for the second of 5 league trips to London.

Game likely to be tough, but it's the one weekend where you want to play away, as it's the reverse of the last game of the season. :)

What reception will Robbie get?

[JOE]

Robbie always had the respect of the crowd at Spurs and i would expect nothing less of them at the forthcoming fixture...

[sean]

Bit quick off the mark posting this in the next match thread aren't we. Lets concentrate on tonights game first!

[corcaigh]

yea mypost, easy on there!

[Gerry]

Bit quick off the mark posting this in the next match thread aren't we. Lets concentrate on tonights game first!

spot on sean the next match is tonight lets think about that first !

[mada999]

calm down calm down! we need 3 points against pompy first!!

[mrpotatohead]

Maybe we should change the Forum to "Next Match/Last Match/ Next Match after the Next Match, and then the Next one after that again".....

[RedMurph08]

God forbid someone else starts a thread about our next game!

[mypost]

spot on sean the next match is tonight lets think about that first !

Maybe we should change the Forum to "Next Match/Last Match/ Next Match after the Next Match, and then the Next one after that again"

Ffs!! Pedantic or what?? :confused: :rolleyes:

Technically it may not be the next match, but it is only 3 days away.

If you're still that offended :rolleyes:, wait until tomorrow to post on it.

[Gerry]

Or wait till tomorrow to start the thread you cabbage !

[RedMurph08]

Or wait till tomorrow to start the thread you cabbage !

:D:D

[mypost]

Robbie always had the respect of the crowd at Spurs and i would expect nothing less of them at the forthcoming fixture...

I don't know tbh. Redknapp was a hero to Portsmouth fans last week, he was booed there yesterday.

Just because we give former players a good reception when they come back to Anfield, doesn't mean that everyone else is that welcoming. They may see him as walking out on their club, and therefore contributing to their current problems.

[Tarabuses]

Spurs will really be up for it now after last night's comeback. We'll need the strongest possible team against them.

[megager]

I don't know tbh. Redknapp was a hero to Portsmouth fans last week, he was booed there yesterday.

Just because we give former players a good reception when they come back to Anfield, doesn't mean that everyone else is that welcoming. They may see him as walking out on their club, and therefore contributing to their current problems.

You may be right. I think the spurs crowd will be hostile to Robbie. If they arent they will be when he scores the 2 goals in our 2-0 win.

[The Chanter]

This week we have to face two clubs with players trying to impress their new manager. It would have been better for us to catch Spurs before 'Arry arrived when they were feeling sorry for themselves and dropping points to everyone. However, we may have benefited from Tony Adams' team selection last night (dropping Defoe and packing the midfield), would 'Arry have done that?

Does allowing managers to transfer mid season distort the Premier League as a competition?

I'm looking forward to Keane going to White Hart Lane fresh and getting his first PL goal. Although I'll take 3 points however they come. I'm hoping to see Torres, Masch and Agger back and delighted Rafa has them rested.

Spurs will be on a high after recent results but I don't think Harry rested too many last night.

[edcarroll02]

This is the most crucial game that we have Torres for, its going to wide open with plenty of space for any of our players that know how to use it and i think that Gerrard,Torres and Keane/Babel should be able to knock in a few goals quite comfortably so it will be up to our defence to keep Spurs at bay.

I'm hoping that Rafa goes there to beat them but as is ofter the case we might be going there to stop them playing and trying to hit them on the break and if thats the plan then it really is essential that Torres is playing because nobody else is near as effective as him at that game plan!

[Phil!]

Got the 3pts against Pompey last night decent result Spurs will be really up for this with the return of Keane and with Harry drivin them on so i think we have a tough match ahead of us but With Torres back and Mach and Agger more than likely back in the startin 11 we have enough strength to beat them and continue our good run. 2-1 Liverpool id say

[Pimboli]

Spurs will really be up for it now after last night's comeback. We'll need the strongest possible team against them.

I wouldnt be panicing too much, having a great team spirit doesnt make up for not being able to defend to save their lives, the Gooners got 4 and probably should have had twice that were it not for all the showboating instead of getting the job done and Liverpools defence isnt as all over the shop as the Gooners.

Im sure they will make it tough and work hard but are we to believe that Liverpool wont be up for it or Keane wont be chomping at the bit to get his first league goal against them. Class should win out in the end (touch wood!)

[mypost]

the Gooners got 4 and probably should have had twice that were it not for all the showboating instead of getting the job done and Liverpools defence isnt as all over the shop as the Gooners.

Somehow, I don't think we'll concede 4 goals in one game, or even two in the last minute.

As for the showboating, that's what Arsenal specialise in, not by winning trophies.

[CrazyHorse]

It'll be a tough game, devoid of quality (From Spuds)..

They'll try to make it hard for us, so its essential Rafa sends a clear signal before the game, by starting the best available 11 to him.

Hoping FT is back in tandem with RK, as I think there'll be goals to be had for our lot if we play well.

If we do, the Spuds wont be able to live with us :)

I'd like to say 3/4-0 win, but Ill settle for the 2-0 win this weekend.

Robbie & Nando on the scoresheet!!
:)

[mrpotatohead]

As said elsewhere, it will be tricky to win here, but we shouldn't be holding any fears. Harry will have Spurs up for the game, as they have some confidence back, but I think that might even help us, because they will maybe commit to attack too much early on, and we will be open to attack on the counter.

We will get chances for sure, their defence and goal keeper are all over the shop, and hopefully we take advantage from these from set pieces as well. If King starts for Spurs they will be a bit tougher to crack, but we will score.

Hoping for a 2-0 win here, but any win will do for me, would be nice to see Keane scoring and nando back, but the 3points is what its all about.

[Fowler's God]

Any sort of a win will do guys to keep the momentum going.

[Niall]

I'll take any sort of win. They'll be up for it but at the same time until they were gifted the 2 goals at the end on Wednesday it must be remembered they were rubbish all game.

[mada999]

yeah a win in a win....gomez og please!

[Daz]

what the hell is going on in the first pic here;)

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N161900081031-1511.htm

[Liverpool-law]

Torres is disabling some guy who ran onto the training pitch with a yellow light-saber

[GaryMc]

My team for tomorrow would be the same as against Chelski.

This Spurs team do not like it 'up 'em' and with a competitive midfield of Kuyt, Masher, Alonso, Riera and Gerrard, we take their fancy dans to pieces. The likes of Lennon, Bentley, Jenas and Modric are good when they have time and space. Nail them (fair and square) early on and they don't want to know.

Put El Nino on the bench and unleash him and Babel in the second half.

[carpe diem]

"Keane is available after his slight (groin) injury, he wants to play every game anyway, but yes, this one is very important to him.
"He would like to see the Spurs fans and say 'hello' again. He was a key player for them for some years, a fantastic professional and gave 100% all the time.
"But I think their fans will appreciate what Robbie gave them when he was there."


http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_4434885,00.html

looks like keane will start tomorrow,well thats the impression i get from the interview,but i dont think he'll get the reception benitez believes he'll get.

[Meijer the trier]

Set pieces very important tomorrow. Gomez is muck trying to deal with corners and free kicks so the delivery from Gerrard/Alonso/Auerilio have to be spot on. 3 points there for the taking, no settling for a point away.

[D-Red]

Set pieces very important tomorrow. Gomez is muck trying to deal with corners and free kicks so the delivery from Gerrard/Alonso/Auerilio have to be spot on. 3 points there for the taking, no settling for a point away.

Yeah they looked dire at defending set-pieces. And that was against Arsenal who are hardly Gods gift at attacking setplays themselves.

Harry will have had them working on that all week but it still isn't enough. We should be able to grab one or two. But Spurs are looking sharp going forward and may cause us the odd problem, I think 2-1 to the Reds

[fermoyred80]

Keane wants to say hello to the spurs fans, feck that get out there and hammer the feckers. Go at them straight from kick off. Play Riera and Babel on the wings with Keane and Kuyt up front with Masch and stevie in the centre. Give Alonso a rest for this one

[zamaguire]

Heads down and keep winning

[bobby benitez]

My team for tomorrow would be the same as against Chelski.

This Spurs team do not like it 'up 'em' and with a competitive midfield of Kuyt, Masher, Alonso, Riera and Gerrard, we take their fancy dans to pieces. The likes of Lennon, Bentley, Jenas and Modric are good when they have time and space. Nail them (fair and square) early on and they don't want to know.

Put El Nino on the bench and unleash him and Babel in the second half.


Agree with every word. Silence the crowd early and run them into the ground.
They're still shite, we just have to remind of that.

[mypost]

Silence the crowd early and run them into the ground.
They're still shite.

We wear teams down, rather than run them into the ground.

A point will keep us top, and I'd be happy with that.

[Shels-07]

"COME ON THE POOL" 3 more points please

[bobby benitez]

We wear teams down, rather than run them into the ground.

A point will keep us top, and I'd be happy with that.

They're bottom because they're shite. You'd be happy with a point? You having a laugh?

[copacetic]

wouldn't describe them as shite myself. they have had a terrible season but have 4 or 5 top class players going forward. Need to close them down early so they don't get any ideas. First home game for them with their new feeling of hope so there will be a big athmo, if we shut them down early, silence the crowd and even get them on their backs it should be a win.

[chopper84]

seriously mypost are you actually a liverpool fan?

[mypost]

They're bottom because they're shite. You'd be happy with a point? You having a laugh?

They were bottom last Sunday, and won. They were bottom last Wednesday, scored 4 goals and got a point at one of our title rivals. They won't be bottom for long.

Tomorrow is a tough game, facing a side with a new boss, at a ground where we've had mixed fortunes over the years. I want a win, but wouldn't say no to a point. It keeps the unbeaten run going, and keeps us top, ahead of a home banker against West Brom next week.

[Molby Is a Legend]

MyPost are you david Moyes????????????

You would be happy with a point against Spurs????? your having a laugh and trying to wind us up again arent ya.......

As has been said before they are bottom for a reason because they have only won one game this season....

We are top for a reason because we are the only unbeaten team in the PL....

Any less than three points will be a disappointment IMO

[mypost]

Should I say that we should win 6-0 then?? :confused::eek::D:rolleyes:

This "wum" and related fantasy statements, that the same posters routinely trot out everytime I dare to raise concerns about the club's on/off-field ability is tiresome. If anything, it's you lot winding me up.:mad:

For the last time on this thread, I believe that this is going to be a hard game tomorrow against a resurgent home side, and on that basis, I'd be happy with a point. Rafa may even play for it, like he did at Villa. In fact, that's the best we usually get at Spurs. It will keep us top, regardless of what the others do.

We know we can't win every game, and this one is a banana skin. Who did we drop our last points to?? They're not getting great results either, and that was at home.

Of course, I would prefer we scored 5 in the first hour like Chelsea did recently, but as we rarely score in the first half, it's unlikely.

[fernsred]

Jesus lads i was confident until i read this post. We have to give them respect but if we do our job right and pass the ball well we should be far too good for them. I hope Rafa plays his best 11 available and hopefully FT will get a run from the bench.
My old man is a spurs fan si i don't want to think about anything but a win and 3 more points. Have just bached Robbie for first goal at 11/2.

[dking]

What reception will Robbie get?

After they way they have just "taken" Arry off pompey and are well chuffed about it , if they boo him they are hypocrites .

[CrazyHorse]

As much as Spurs are a "resurgent" team, and all that, we've gained alot more resurgance and confidence from our run of wins, and being unbeaten so far this season.

Add that to the fact, that man for man, we're a much better team than Spurs, then we should be looking for 3 points here, I will not settle for 1, nor should the team, or its supporters.

We're challenging for the title, and we've a;ready beaten the Blueshit, City, and the Chavs in recent weeks away, so we're capable of going to the lane and looking to win 3 points, nothing less.

Spurs will no doubt make it tough, and I dont see us winning 6-0 or anything like that....
But I do think we will win, with a bit to spare too.

2-0 to the Reds today.
And Robbie to get of the mark in the Prem too.

That is what we want, its what we should want.

Settling for 1 point now is silly.
And Rafa will be telling the players this today.

[marathonman]

Glad about their last couple results.Draw and a win doesn't make them a good side.Arsenal got complacent and just because they now have a manager they can understand.
Now we will go out with a full strength squad and treat them with respect, something I don't think would have happened if Ramos was still there.Rafa would have rested players and then it would potentially have been a disaster.
For this reason I'm glad, as we will now go all out to win this and I think we will do it comfortably.

[Gazelle]

If we win today I'll really start to believe.

[fermoyred80]

If we win today I'll really start to believe.

So todays game is make or break?? Its alright been top now buts its feb or march when things get tight and if we are in the mix around then lets talk about believin

[carpe diem]

we go there fresh today,resting a few players midweek was a bit of a gamble,but a gamble that could have payed off providing we win today,imo it will pay off today,just keep aurelio away from the freekicks and we'll be fine lol,king is pushing to be fit for today,hopefully he doesnt make it as dawson is suspended,i wouldnt read too much into that 4-4 draw with arsenal,we wont make the same mistakes arsenal made,i predict a 2-0 win to the mighty redmen

http://www.football-wallpapers.com/emoticons/liverpool/003.gif

[Andrew]

Can't believe some people would settle for a draw against Spurs today. That's the kind of attitude that's seen us finish 3rd/4th for the past decade. This is another must win (and very winnable) game.
Spurs are bottom of the table. Scoring 4 goals in a derby game doesn't mean they're back in business. And lets not forget, Arsenal's defense is poor AND Arsenal got 4 against them too.
As for their win. It was against Bolton. Let's see, where are Bolton in the table. Oh yeah, 2nd last.

Granted, you can never take a game lightly and you must give a team respect or they can cause an upset. I don't think Rafa or the players will be taking this game lightly. They know Spurs will try to build on their recent "success" but (as has been said) Liverpool are player for player a better team and are a team in form. The points are ours for the taking.

[locallad]

Going to be a tough game cos arry's arrival but I think we should come out on top, maybe 3-1. Defo wouldn't accept a draw thats for sure.

[vodkacolly]

I'd be surprised if the Scum, Chavskis or Gooners dropped points today so its important we stay 3 clear at the top. I think its goin to be tough but with Spurs at home I reckon it should be an open game and that should suit us.
Would love to see Keane grab at least one in a 2-0 win.

[fernsred]

Preferaby the 1st Vodkacolly - €20 @ 11/2 will do nicely. i'd settle for 2 nil and 3 points is the most important but i hope they pass the ball well and really boss the game.

[corcaigh]

no way would i accept just a point, spurs are still poor, just a confident poor side. yes harry has made them better but they beat a crap bolton side who should get relegrated and drew 4-4 with an over cocky arsenal side. i think we should win 2-1.

[MrsStevieG]

If we are serious about being contenders for the title this year we shouldn't be going into any game looking for a point - whether that be against Spurs or the Mancs.
Spurs are a poor side compared to us so we should win this today. We rested some of our best players for this game so they will be going into the game nice and fresh and we should play well and be well up for the win.
We can't afford to slip up today as Chelsea/Mancs/Arsenal should all win handily enough in their games (although Arse are one nil down to stoke as I type!!:eek:). We need to keep a step ahead. Come on Liverpool!!!!

[JFsports]

be disappointed if we can't win this, Spurs have had a shocking start and although people think they've 'turned the corner' after the Arsenal result, they did concede 4!!

[rushiekop]

Utd and chelsea are really racking up the goals against poor opposition in a way we never seem to manage.Could this prove to be a problem for us in the long run

[fernsred]

Any team news yet?

[JFsports]

Reina, Arbeloa, Dossena, Agger, Carragher, Alonso, Mascherano, Riera, Kuyt, Gerrard, Keane. Subs: Cavalieri, Hyypia, Benayoun, Aurelio, Babel, Lucas, El Zhar.

[fernsred]

Just seen the team, happy enough.

[fermoyred80]

Thought Aurelio would start he played well last week. Cmon the reds get a few today

[legend24]

ye, i agree, still struggling badly i tink at left full. dont rate dossena at all to be honest,tink it was complete waste of money selling john arne n payin out 7mil for him when he is less of a player riise was!why not keep the money frm JAR n bring thru insua n save the money,bad signing i tink. hope he can prove me wrong tho

[rushiekop]

Yeah team looks good was hoping Torres might be on the bench. Better not to rush him back though he'll be needed later on.

[fernsred]

Getting nervous now - an early goal would be great with Robbie to score of course.

[legend24]

ye,wud be super to see keano to get off the league mark here,hav feelin he mite as well :) be perfect place for him to do it

[CrazyHorse]

The gauntlet has been set down by the 2 others likely to challenge for the title, Chavs & Scum..

Arsenal have lost, and can all but wave goodbye to their challenge this year.

We now sit 2nd on GD right now, and its a must the team go out with the right attitude, and take the game to the Spuds from the off.

The line up has thrown very little surprises, Dossena aside.
Rafa is right to keep FT out as long as he's not fully match fit, we should not risk our top marksman while we have capable goalscorers in the team atm.

Im hoping afor a big performance, and a big result today.

C'MON REDMEN!!!!

IN RAFA WE TRUST

[Aido82]

time for keane to shine

Our GD is -11 behind the chavs have to do something about this, lets start with a win today then batter some teams at home

[fernsred]

Wont get to the pub until the second half - anyone know a good link to see first half on the PC ?

[Dub13]

I think its a good thing this game is a late kick off with the other 2 in the big 3 (lol) winning it will reinforce how important the 3 points are today.

[GaryMc]

did anyone see the gimpy intro from some c%ck of a spurs fan on Setanta? I hope we kick them off the pitch.

[dking]

the other night v arsenal the spurs back line was poor but especially hutton so hopefully albert can get at him with his fast feet :D

coooooooommmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeee on REDMEN.

(off to the pub :D)

[CrazyHorse]

C'mon lads, another win, keep us at the summit!!!!

:)

[IrishRed1892]

dont have setanta any links? :(

[rev]

Get in Diggler

[carpe diem]

get in there diggler !!!!!!!!

[Molby Is a Legend]

Come on you red men

Well Done Dirk Diggler what a strike

Lets build on this and put the spuds to the sword

[carpe diem]

workin perfectly http://www.iraqgoals.com/en/ch1.html

[Dub13]

Great start

[Fowler's God]

What a goal deadly dirk is now our top goalscorer.

[rev]

Strange that Robbie is getting boo'd! After all the years there!!

[Aido82]

fantastic start, now lets keep the pressure on and work on the goal difference :)

[IrishRed1892]

have it on iraqgoals ch.1

[Molby Is a Legend]

Strange that Robbie is getting boo'd! After all the years there!!


Only way to shut them up is to get a goal then Cartwheel in front of them :D:D
If we get pen i eould like to see Keane take it

[Anthony_1892]

were looking solid

[Dub13]

Another option.

http://www.ustream.tv/videoplayerpopup/channel/294307

[Molby Is a Legend]

Great to hear our boys in good voice........

Always nice to hear "Oh Campione" Getting an airing :):)

[pdesmond1404]

great start. looking confident. lets keep it up

[corcaigh]

what a great start to quieten the spurs idiots, well done Kuyt boy. booing robbie keane, london twats. lets stuff them.

[Anthony_1892]

looking good

[rev]

Great to hear our boys in good voice........

Always nice to hear "Oh Campione" Getting an airing :):)

I can only hear our boys!! Spurs fans have gone very quiet! :D

[south]

some great passing a tackles going in .. well in kuyt great goal.

[fernsred]

They are there for the taking if we can put a few passes together

[carpe diem]

the boys are bouncing well http://emoticons4u.com/crazy/071.gif fair play to them.

[Fowler's God]

Good solid performance so far at half time. Need that second goal though.

[pdesmond1404]

dossena looking a lot more confident on the ball today.

[Molby Is a Legend]

Some good stuff from the boys in the 1st half..........

we are controlling the pace of the game...

Some lovely football played, Pass and move thats the liverpool grove

Silly booking for Stevie there was no need for it but im sure he knows that himself

More of the same in the 2nd half would do nicely couple with another 2 goals Keane getting one of them

[IrishRed1892]

good first half should keep it up id like to see some more goals though

[StevieGisMyIdol]

Does iraqgoals go off air at half time ??

I missed the 1st half ..

[RobbieC]

Some good stuff from the boys in the 1st half..........

we are controlling the pace of the game...

Some lovely football played, Pass and move thats the liverpool grove

Silly booking for Stevie there was no need for it but im sure he knows that himself

More of the same in the 2nd half would do nicely couple with another 2 goals Keane getting one of them

I agree with everything Molby said we are controling the game but need to put this to bed early and not be under pressure for the last 10 like the last two games.

[IrishRed1892]

Does iraqgoals go off air at half time ??

I missed the 1st half ..

ya im watching it on iraqgoals it goes off air at HT

[cianomahony]

It seems ta aright!

[prendy]

good first half from the lads, hopefully get an early 2nd goal and kill them off
spurs dont look at all good, nothing going forward.

[fermoyred80]

Its always dodgy at 1, game is made for Babel up front burn them in the last 20 min

[StevieGisMyIdol]

ya im watching it on iraqgoals it goes off air at HT

alrite kwl thanks mate:)

[Fowler's God]

dossena looking a lot more confident on the ball today.

I agree he has upped his game.

[carpe diem]

good save by gomez

[carpe diem]

fk sake !!!! come on the redmen kill this game off

[Molby Is a Legend]

Dont think poor auld stevies luck is in today

[StevieGisMyIdol]

You can actually hear aul harry screaming !! Haa:D

[pdesmond1404]

super football in the 2nd half. just need to put it on the scoreboard

[carpe diem]

come on babel,terrorise that spurs defence http://emoticons4u.com/evil/teu42.gif

[rev]

C**ts.. Carra own goal :(

[StevieGisMyIdol]

come on babel,terrorise that spurs defence http://emoticons4u.com/evil/teu42.gif

http://emoticons4u.com/evil/teu42.gif

Nice hehehe

[Fowler's God]

There you go, thats what happens when we don't take our chances

[carpe diem]

wtf is happening here,composure lads,we have a winner in us !!!!!

[Molby Is a Legend]

Time for the rest of the boys to get carra out of a hole he has got them out of enough

[pdesmond1404]

plenty of time. just keep the heads

[corcaigh]

we always needed that 2nd goal. unlucky carra, king did well to put pressure on him. we need arbeloa to help out kuyt down the right, spurs dont look good down their left.

[RobbieC]

Come on Yossi grab a winner

[StevieGisMyIdol]

Whats the ****ing story with iraqgoals??

Changed to channel 5 but quality is shit

[paddypower111]

we were alover them and were after blowing it jesus i hope we can get a late winner we need 3 points . we should be 4 or 5 up and were leavin them back into the match

[StevieGisMyIdol]

Come On,do What Wer Famous For,late ****ing Goals !!! Come On !!

[Aido82]

bloody threw this game away. Not clinical in front of goal.

[Molby Is a Legend]

Christ i hope we get that late winner or MyPost will be all over this :D

[RobbieC]

****

[rev]

We threw this game away!

[MrsStevieG]

Oh my f**king god.

[paddypower111]

f sake what are they doing gifting the game to spurs

[pdesmond1404]

b*llox!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fowler's God]

Now lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom.

[carpe diem]

http://emoticons4u.com/violent/sterb207.gif

[Molby Is a Legend]

we throw it away but still we have that defeat now lets see how we react to it

[StevieGisMyIdol]

Now lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom.

Shut up man

Seriously,encouragement is the word..Not ****ing negativity

:mad:

[RobbieC]

Didn't deserve that should have been 2-3 up when they got going

[corkkopite]

Absolutely gutted after that. Threw the game away. Never really looked in trouble in the first half but just sat back in second and invited them onto us.:mad: The sooner Torres is back the better.

[IrishRed1892]

Shut up man

Seriously,encouragement is the word..Not ****ing negativity

:mad:

how is that negativity?

[Fowler's God]

Shut up man

Seriously,encouragement is the word..Not ****ing negativity

:mad:

Why would I shut up, I don't think what I said was negative, we got beat end of and now lets see how we react to it. We got beat in a game we should have clearly won, I said earlier on this thread if we didn't take our chances it would come back to haunt us.

The change of the game occurred when Keane was taken off, our possession of the ball was disappointing thereafter.

[paddypower111]

dissopointing leaving chelsea back into it why we had,nt torres is a bollocks even as a sub he,s fit isint he . thats just wrecked my head we were alover them , anyways keep our heads up we can still get back 2 winning ways that result is a wake up call no more slip ups or we can kiss the title good luck

[edcarroll02]

Well i hope everyone that wanted to see us hit form was happy because for about 65 mins out there today we we're fantastic, creating plenty of chances but lacking a cutting edge in front of goal.
Game should have been dead and burried much much earlier and i wasn't surprised to see us lose the way we played when they scored. Babel didn't do much when he came on and the sooner torres gets back the better because he would have wrapped that game up by half time i reckon.
Forget about it and move on, on paper its one of the toughest away ties in the league so its not the end of the world but we do need to bouce back well on wednesday and next week against wba.

[Aido82]

Didn't deserve that should have been 2-3 up when they got going

should have BUT we werent, robbie keane cant seem to shoot for some reason. Brings him off throws on babel who didnt have a touch of the ball.

we didnt take our chances at 1-0 nil

Conceded a corner from which they scored for no reason.

We need torres back, we need to start hammering the f*** out of teams when we have the momentum

[paddypower111]

Why would I shut up, I don't think what I said was negative, we got beat end of and now lets see how we react to it. We got beat in a game we should have clearly won, I said earlier on this thread if we didn't take our chances it would come back to haunt us.

The change of the game occurred when Keane was taken off, our possession of the ball was disappointing thereafter.

its just one game lads rafa will get us going again

[Fowler's God]

its just one game lads rafa will get us going again

Yes it's just one game and our first defeat. Its how we now react to that defeat will show our credentials.

[StevieGisMyIdol]

how is that negativity?

Why would I shut up, I don't think what I said was negative, we got beat end of and now lets see how we react to it. We got beat in a game we should have clearly won, I said earlier on this thread if we didn't take our chances it would come back to haunt us.

The change of the game occurred when Keane was taken off, our possession of the ball was disappointing thereafter.

"Lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom "

So you're saying you think we'll lose to WBA aswell ?
Maybe i misunderstood what you said but tbh i dont want to hear,five minutes after we lose to Spurs, that like imagine how we'll react whenwe lose to WBA..

That aint very positive..

[Aido82]

Yes it's just one game and our first defeat. Its how we now react to that defeat will show our credentials.

And thank god we have west brom next week, we have to demolish them to get the belief back. If torres is fit he has to play end of

[IrishRed1892]

chelsea scored 5 after their first defeat its that mentality that we need we need to go out there next week and torres gets a hat-trick!

first half we were playing very well but just werent taking our chances infront of goal the lads need to work on their finishing , i know when torres gets back we'll have a good finisher but everyone should be a good finisher

[StevieGisMyIdol]

Ok,is there anyway i can delete my posts and hide in embarasment?

My bad Whoops i understand what you mean now..

Cyber handshake?

[Aido82]

"Lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom "



he means lets see how this will effect us against WBA i think

[Fowler's God]

"Lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom "

So you're saying you think we'll lose to WBA aswell ?
Maybe i misunderstood what you said but tbh i dont want to hear,five minutes after we lose to Spurs, that like imagine how we'll react whenwe lose to WBA..

That aint very positive..

I think you mis-understand what I said and meant. After that defeat tonight let see how we react to it against West Brom next Saturday. We did play well today but it was one of those days and how we react to it next Saturday at home will be vital.

[IrishRed1892]

"Lets see how we react to this defeat against West Brom "

So you're saying you think we'll lose to WBA aswell ?
Maybe i misunderstood what you said but tbh i dont want to hear,five minutes after we lose to Spurs, that like imagine how we'll react whenwe lose to WBA..

That aint very positive..

i dont think thats what he was saying he wasnt being sarcastic he was sying "lets see how we react" as in he wants to see how we react:rolleyes:

[Aido82]

Ok,is there anyway i can delete my posts and hide in embarasment?

My bad Whoops i understand what you mean now..

Cyber handshake?

im embarressed for you :D

[Judas Souness]

Team looked flat and exhausted for the last 20. I feel bad for them. We missed Torres cos he could have allowed us to hold the game up longer. Lucky OG and you know the rest yourselves. Worst part of it is that we had a chance to go 9 clear of Arsenal. Setanta Sports....**** off.

[Fowler's God]

Ok,is there anyway i can delete my posts and hide in embarasment?

My bad Whoops i understand what you mean now..

Cyber handshake?

:cool: :p

[Judas Souness]

Everything that could have gone for Spurs today went for them. Everything that could have gone against us did. Spurs had what, 2, 3 shots?? I bet RTE are creaming themselves right now. Its a pity. I suppose they will say "it was coming"......the truth is we have had a mini injury crisis and deserved better.

[GaryMc]

That is the most sickening result in a long time. I am ready to bloody explose. All we will hear Harry Houdini this. My ****in hole, it was our lack of clinical finishing that was the difference. Them pricks had three shots in the whole match. Dirk had two chances to boot it up field before their winner and both times he hit out for a throw. He probably had no the energy to do anything else.

Was a good performance up to the 60 minute mark, but Benayoun and Babel contibuted jack when they came on. WE need Torres back asap. Robbie tried his heart out, but he is too slow for lone frontman.

In fairness, we have had a our fair share of the rub of the green this season, tonight we had no luck whatsoever. Spurs have already drew with Arsenal and Chelsea away and a draw would have been a reasonable result today. Feel sorry for Carra as there was little he could do about the og. Dossena again was at fault for the winner, how Bent got that ball back is beyond me.

Sick Sick Sick..............

[Judas Souness]

That is the most sickening result in a long time. I am ready to bloody explose. All we will hear Harry Houdini this. My ****in hole, it was our lack of clinical finishing that was the difference. Them pricks had three shots in the whole match. Dirk had two chances to boot it up field before their winner and both times he hit out for a throw. He probably had no the energy to do anything else.

Was a good performance up to the 60 minute mark, but Benayoun and Babel contibuted jack when they came on. WE need Torres back asap. Robbie tried his heart out, but he is too slow for lone frontman.

In fairness, we have had a our fair share of the rub of the green this season, tonight we had no luck whatsoever. Spurs have already drew with Arsenal and Chelsea away and a draw would have been a reasonable result today. Feel sorry for Carra as there was little he could do about the og. Dossena again was at fault for the winner, how Bent got that ball back is beyond me.

Sick Sick Sick..............


Thats how I see it. Lots of shit skidding off surfaces, and the width of a post. Harry Redknapp is still a Spiv, in my opinion, of course,only.

Media smiling about this.....keep smiling Angus shitbreath on Setanta.......RTE...fukcing cants

[Judas Souness]

its just one game lads rafa will get us going again

If Torres was fit he SHOULD HAVE TRAVELLED.

[carpe diem]

whats a balls of a game but theres lessons to be learned,how to kill a game off for one and how 65 mins of brilliant football doesnt win you a game,but we live and learn,was going to go out tonight but think i'll give it a miss.http://emoticons4u.com/sad/1361.gif

[MrsStevieG]

Well summed up Kopirish. I'm too pissed off to type rationally at the moment. Just sick with that result, when it was a draw it was bad enough but to go on and lose the game in that way....arrrrgghh!!!!.
I suppose let's put this one behind us and get on with it - support the lads in good and bad. Next game, WB with Torres back - let's f**king hammer them. Bring it on

[Judas Souness]

whats a balls of a game but theres lessons to be learned,how to kill a game off for one and how 65 mins of brilliant football doesnt win you a game,but we live and learn,was going to go out tonight but think i'll give it a miss.http://emoticons4u.com/sad/1361.gif

The truth is we controlled it. They got lucky with the woodwork. Could have been 2-0 after 5 mins. Fact of the matter is that the team is absolutely ****ing shattered tired. Its the truth. We did very well but Carragher is always good for one stupendous **** up a year.

[The Chanter]

Liverpool were excellent up until the 65min. They looked comfortable and could easily have been 3-0 up. After Keane came off on 65mins the game changed. Babel for Keane didn't seem like a bad swap but it didn't work out - we lost control of the game after that.

We were likely to get turned over at some stage, I just didn't expect it to happen after scoring in the 3rd minute against the bottom team in the league.

[GaryMc]

whats a balls of a game but theres lessons to be learned,how to kill a game off for one and how 65 mins of brilliant football doesnt win you a game,but we live and learn,was going to go out tonight but think i'll give it a miss.http://emoticons4u.com/sad/1361.gif

I'd say my neighbours thought there was killing match going on when them shitheads scored the winner. Not watching any football for the rest of the weekend.:mad::mad::mad:

[Judas Souness]

Well summed up Kopirish. I'm too pissed off to type rationally at the moment. Just sick with that result, when it was a draw it was bad enough but to go on and lose the game in that way....arrrrgghh!!!!.
I suppose let's put this one behind us and get on with it - support the lads in good and bad. Next game, WB with Torres back - let's f**king hammer them. Bring it on


Torres SHOULD have been on for this game. At least bring him, if you play him we have something to send on in the last few moments to distract the opposition and force them into errors. Major tactical mistake by Benitez not to at least bring him.

[Molby Is a Legend]

Ok,is there anyway i can delete my posts and hide in embarasment?

My bad Whoops i understand what you mean now..

Cyber handshake?

I Like it tying to keep us upbeat after thst :D:D:D:D:D

[Judas Souness]

I'd say my neighbours thought there was killing match going on when them shitheads scored the winner. Not watching any football for the rest of the weekend.:mad::mad::mad:

Personally, I got up and stormed out of the house. Its not the losing I mind so much, but the manner of the loss and the fact that it allows our detractors to mouth on about the brilliance of the oft-investigated Harry Redknapp, who is in fact a wheeler dealer, and that is putting it politely. We had no ounce of luck.

[NotTooXabi]

Hard to stomach that & still cant believe we were beat, f*ck it, forget about it and as Rafa says lets focus on the next game were in a good position after gettin those results against City & Wigan so it could be much worse....a shed load of ale is in order....agggggggggggggggghhhh how the fook did we loose that!!!!

[carpe diem]

I'd say my neighbours thought there was killing match going on when them shitheads scored the winner. Not watching any football for the rest of the weekend.:mad::mad::mad:
match of the day can go fly up my hole and the same with the papers over the next few days lol,oh gutted isnt the word,my young fella wont come near me,better go down and give him a hug.:D

[Judas Souness]

Hard to stomach that & still cant believe we were beat, f*ck it, forget about it and as Rafa says lets focus on the next game were in a good position after gettin those results against City & Wigan so it could be much worse....a shed load of ale is in order....agggggggggggggggghhhh how the fook did we loose that!!!!

Hard to say, by rights, Spurs should have been more tired, what can I say, its obvious, Redknapp is the man and Benitez knows jack shit and England and old Harry forever, right???:rolleyes:

[MrsStevieG]

Torres SHOULD have been on for this game. At least bring him, if you play him we have something to send on in the last few moments to distract the opposition and force them into errors. Major tactical mistake by Benitez not to at least bring him.

If he is not fit, he's not fit end of story. Rafa said before the game he was not ready to play. The last thing we want is him being brought not fully fit only to pick up another injury and be out for more weeks.
Anyway I don't really feel today had much to do with Torres not being there anyway. We have won games without him befeore - we certainly should not be depending on him against the likes of Spurs. We had more than enough quality out there today to beat them. Bad day at the office.:mad::mad:

[Judas Souness]

If he is not fit, he's not fit end of story. Rafa said before the game he was not ready to play. The last thing we want is him being brought not fully fit only to pick up another injury and be out for more weeks.
Anyway I don't really feel today had much to do with Torres not being there anyway. We have won games without him befeore - we certainly should not be depending on him against the likes of Spurs. We had more than enough quality out there today to beat them. Bad day at the office.:mad::mad:

What could have gone wrong in fact went wrong. I think El Zhar should have got a look in, clearly, Dirk was jaded and he was jaded as early as last Wednesday. The simple fact is that we just aint scoring enuff goals. The surface, conditions did not help. Ironically, we have become a passing team as of recent and that broke down badly today.

[corcaigh]

god this was a sickening result. to think that we didnt even get a point from that is unbelieveable. the team did look wrecked towards the end and couldnt get the momenteum up again.

that said, im not worried yet. we played some excellent stuff today, im not worried about our future if we can keep this standard up. we will be so dangerous with torres back. lets take the positives into west brom and get a solid victory.

[Aido82]

remember we spend 20mill on keane a striker who hasnt scored yet, he didnt have one shot today. he plays to deep, there were time tonight where we had no forwards in the box when dossena and arbeloa were on the flanks tring to cross a ball.

Kuyt is in great form why not throw him up there with keane besides playing 5 in the midfield, so many unreal decisions and questions that i could ask.

Look at our bench tonight, no one there that can change a game, thats the facts of this defeat, our first 11 is decent our backup aint great and when we are down and out we need good option. Yossi and babel may as well watched the game at home for all they did

:end of rant

[GaryMc]

god this was a sickening result. to think that we didnt even get a point from that is unbelieveable. the team did look wrecked towards the end and couldnt get the momenteum up again.

that said, im not worried yet. we played some excellent stuff today, im not worried about our future if we can keep this standard up. we will be so dangerous with torres back. lets take the positives into west brom and get a solid victory.

Athletico to come before that, I would rest Carragher, Alonso, Kuyt and leave Torres on the bench for that one. As much as I love the champs league runs I am not as up for it this season, its all about the Premiership for me.

[Judas Souness]

Athletico to come before that, I would rest Carragher, Alonso, Kuyt and leave Torres on the bench for that one. As much as I love the champs league runs I am not as up for it this season, its all about the Premiership for me.

Jamie messed up today so it might send the wrong message dropping the chap to the bench. Besides, who would partner Agger? Hyppia cant play.

Kuyt needs a rest.

However Torres will need some match fitness, so he needs a game before West Brom.

Aurelio should have played vs Spurs. I am guessing that will be the root of the attack for the media tonight, even though Dossenna had a decent game.

[GaryMc]

remember we spend 20mill on keane a striker who hasnt scored yet, he didnt have one shot today. he plays to deep, there were time tonight where we had no forwards in the box when dossena and arbeloa were on the flanks tring to cross a ball.

Kuyt is in great form why not throw him up there with keane besides playing 5 in the midfield, so many unreal decisions and questions that i could ask.

Look at our bench tonight, no one there that can change a game, thats the facts of this defeat, our first 11 is decent our backup aint great and when we are down and out we need good option. Yossi and babel may as well watched the game at home for all they did

:end of rant

For me at the moment our best 11 and formation does not contain Robbie, although he did setup the goal today.

I thought Babel for Keane would be a good move as he could catch them on the break. They played deep, so that did not work. Riera played well and was an outlet, however was out on his feet. Lennon for Modric was a good move by Harry Houdini.

[corcaigh]

Athletico to come before that, I would rest Carragher, Alonso, Kuyt and leave Torres on the bench for that one. As much as I love the champs league runs I am not as up for it this season, its all about the Premiership for me.

carra will play against athletico, sami isn't on the squad and who wants to see arbeloa centre-back? not me anyway.

[GaryMc]

Jamie messed up today so it might send the wrong message dropping the chap to the bench. Besides, who would partner Agger? Hyppia cant play.


Good call, he will defo play:cool:

[Judas Souness]

For me at the moment our best 11 and formation does not contain Robbie, although he did setup the goal today.

I thought Babel for Keane would be a good move as he could catch them on the break. They played deep, so that did not work. Riera played well and was an outlet, however was out on his feet. Lennon for Modric was a good move by Harry Houdini.

Lennon was diving like a duck on a pond out there, looking for free kicks and getting them. I just f&&king knew we would be the team to go there and get ass f**cked for the benefit of that corrupt old **** and his corrupt bosses.

[Bren100]

Agger again.

[Judas Souness]

Good call, he will defo play:cool:

He has to. Otherwise its Agger home-alone, and his confidence aint high even though he just played.

Anyone else know what the scum bags on RTE are saying???

[Aido82]

He has to. Otherwise its Agger home-alone, and his confidence aint high even though he just played.

Anyone else know what the scum bags on RTE are saying???

no not watching that shower, barca v mallaga for me

[MrsStevieG]

I'm watching the x factor:D. No more football for me today, I've seen enough!:(

[RobbieC]

Liverpool were excellent up until the 65min. They looked comfortable and could easily have been 3-0 up. After Keane came off on 65mins the game changed. Babel for Keane didn't seem like a bad swap but it didn't work out - we lost control of the game after that.

We were likely to get turned over at some stage, I just didn't expect it to happen after scoring in the 3rd minute against the bottom team in the league.

Agree that sub was the turning point Babble was poor and its not the first time this season he has come on and not got into the game as he did last season.

[Bren100]

For me at the moment our best 11 and formation does not contain Robbie, although he did setup the goal today.

I thought Babel for Keane would be a good move as he could catch them on the break. They played deep, so that did not work. Riera played well and was an outlet, however was out on his feet. Lennon for Modric was a good move by Harry Houdini.

Babel did nothing when he came on today.

[GaryMc]

no not watching that shower, barca v mallaga for me

X factor for me:D:D:D:D thats how mad that game has made me:eek::eek:

[Bren100]

I'm watching the x factor:D. No more football for me today, I've seen enough!:(

JLS get voted out tonight ;)

[GaryMc]

Babel did nothing when he came on today.

He was puke, however last week against Chavs, I thought he had a very good game.

[Judas Souness]

Babel did nothing when he came on today.

In fairness, in the pissings of rain, being asked to play up front on his own for a team who was dropping deeper and deeper and deeper...what was he supposed to do????:confused:

Hitting the woodwork twice when either of them could have gone in....was more influential in the result than the Babel-Keane swap.

[Aido82]

anyone talking about the x factor should get a life time ban

[Judas Souness]

He was puke, however last week against Chavs, I thought he had a very good game.

once again, what could he have done??? If I was Benitez, maybe, Keane should have stayed and El Zhar come on for Riera instead.

[GaryMc]

anyone talking about the x factor should get a life time ban

the g/f is watchin it and who the fcuk is playing a Wii on one of the ad breaks. Fookin Harry Houdini and Jamie. Jesus Christ!!!!:mad::mad:

[Judas Souness]

the g/f is watchin it and who the fcuk is playing a Wii on one of the ad breaks. Fookin Harry Houdini and Jamie. Jesus Christ!!!!:mad::mad:

The English are full of shit. They stand around telling us to "Kick Racism Out" and them make national saints out of the like of the subjects of Police investigations like Redknapp and Adams and heap shite on foreigners like Benitez and Ramos.

[fernsred]

Just in from the pub and inconsolable - had to listen to me old mam spouting on. Just had a row with the mrs and put the kids to bed so dropped in to see are you guys feeling as bad about that result

[Judas Souness]

Just in from the pub and inconsolable - had to listen to me old mam spouting on. Just had a row with the mrs and put the kids to bed so dropped in to see are you guys feeling as bad about that result

The result is annoying as hell but the performance was, up to a point, excellent. We are in a better position than we were this time last year but the truth is we should be better. We had some atrocious luck tonight and still deserved a lot better than what we got. Its always nice to be able to come in here for solace and to keep like-minded company. When one is not banned, that is.:D

[James]

Todays result/scenario has been threatening for a while. Its hard to take, they had a quarter of the shots we had but our luck was due to run out. Now is the time for the fans to play their part. Lets not blame players and create scapegoats. Get behind the lads and we'll be top of the pile again very soon.

[Judas Souness]

Todays result/scenario has been threatening for a while. Its hard to take, they had a quarter of the shots we had but our luck was due to run out. Now is the time for the fans to play their part. Lets not blame players and create scapegoats. Get behind the lads and we'll be top of the pile again very soon.

Those are my sentiments too. Cant wait for Tuesday now. Get the win, get the hell out of the group and get another win over WBA.

Get Torres back.

Get back on track.

[Bren100]

He was puke, however last week against Chavs, I thought he had a very good game.

Agreed, he did, just saying he did nothing today.

In fairness, in the pissings of rain, being asked to play up front on his own for a team who was dropping deeper and deeper and deeper...what was he supposed to do????:confused:

Hitting the woodwork twice when either of them could have gone in....was more influential in the result than the Babel-Keane swap.

Im not having a go at him, just saying he did nothing when he came on. He is in the country long enough to handle a bit of rain.

[Judas Souness]

Agreed, he did, just saying he did nothing today.



Im not having a go at him, just saying he did nothing when he came on. He is in the country long enough to handle a bit of rain.

Thats not what I meant.:rolleyes:

[RedPaddy]

IM DEVASTATED AFTER THAT.......I KNEW all thos missed chances would bite us on the arse ! :(our luck ran out ! were not demolishing teams like we should be:(

Benayoun shouldn't be getting a look in in the team >
for once i agree with a Dumphy comment " he was a west ham player & is still a west ham player"

he looks like & plays like a woman......if i were on the team i'd give him & Dossena & Arbeloa good kick's up the arses !
Arbeloa saunders about with his shirt hanging out playing half arsed ! > he gets under my skin.....look back, almost all of the goals scored against us have come from his side......tonight & Cashley Coles shot last week....Madrid last week, a shot hit the post, an offside goal & the equalizer ALL from his side ! .....letting Finnan go was a HORENDOUS Benitez mistake !:mad:

both our corner backs are weak links

[Digger88]

Terrible result, real kick in the teeth - even a point would have been bad in context of game - although he helped make the goal - Keane for 20 million is starting to look like a dodgy deal, needs to really start chipping in with a few goals sooner rather than later.
Thankfully Torres will be back soon.

[James]

Lads would you get a ****ing grip. We lost, it hurts but get over it. This is how Boro, Wigan, City etc felt. Grow up and stop blaming players, they've all been brilliant up to this point in the season.

[Judas Souness]

Keane had a great game. He set Dirk up for the opener. His flick almost found Dirk in the 2nd half when it was still 1-0. What we need is the 3 days off after the Atletico game to get everybody rested, then come out and destroy WBA with the 4-4-2 which served us so well against Everton

---------------------------------REINA------------------------------------

----Arbeloa-------------------CarrAgger---------------------------------AURELIO

-------------------------------Mascherano-------------------------------------

---------Dirk--------------------Gerrard---------------------------------RIERA

------------------------Keane-----------------Torres------------------------------

[James]

Keane had a great game. He set Dirk up for the opener. His flick almost found Dirk in the 2nd half when it was still 1-0. What we need is the 3 days off after the Atletico game to get everybody rested, then come out and destroy WBA with the 4-4-2 which served us so well against Everton

---------------------------------REINA------------------------------------

----Arbeloa-------------------CarrAgger---------------------------------AURELIO

-------------------------------Mascherano-------------------------------------

---------Dirk--------------------Gerrard---------------------------------RIERA

------------------------Keane-----------------Torres------------------------------

If we are to play that formation then Xabi must play ahead of Masch.

[SignoraFrasi]

a very disappointing day.when keane came off i felt we had no one who would just be a poacher as it were.i remember a ball going across the six yard box with no one there to get on the end of it.this defeat may well be critical.a game we looked to have won that we ended up losing.i hope we can bounce back next week now.its so important that we get back on the winning trail as soon as

[CrazyHorse]

Dissapointing, thats the only word I can summons at this time that wont see me getting a ban or kicked off this site!!! :mad:

By 65 minutes, we should have been outta sight.
Spurs were so bad in the first half, it seemed only a matter of time before we got more goals.
Lucky, lucky Spurs.

But....

We've had the rub of the green in alot of games this season, it was only a matter of WHEN it would come back & bite us on the bum.

There was a valuable lesson to be learned after that defeat, and thats we MUST bury a team when we're so on top.

In my opinion, those 65 minutes were the best minutes of football we've produced in 1 game this season.

We totally controlled the game, with and without the ball, and Pepe had hardly anything to do for that time.

Look, this season the big teams are gonna drop points in games they shouldn't drop points in, today, for us, was just one of them.

Lets hope we can go another 10 games now without a defeat.

Its ta times like these, as the Chavs have proved, that show your title credentials.
We must now bounce back with gusto, and theres no better opportunity than at home to WBA.

If we play like we did for the first hour tonight, we will slaughter the baggies, hopefully with FT leading the attack.

We've had a great run up to today lads, Liverpools best ever start to a Prem campaign....
Its at times like these, we need to get behind our team as much as possible.

[Judas Souness]

If we are to play that formation then Xabi must play ahead of Masch.

Yes, I meant the formation, not the team, as such. Just get Torres alongside Keane, Gerrard behind, Riera and Alonso stirring it up. Mascherano might be needed for a chop job in midweek:D

[Judas Souness]

Dissapointing, thats the only word I can summons at this time that wont see me getting a ban or kicked off this site!!! :mad:

By 65 minutes, we should have been outta sight.
Spurs were so bad in the first half, it seemed only a matter of time before we got more goals.
Lucky, lucky Spurs.

But....

We've had the rub of the green in alot of games this season, it was only a matter of WHEN it would come back & bite us on the bum.

There was a valuable lesson to be learned after that defeat, and thats we MUST bury a team when we're so on top.

In my opinion, those 65 minutes were the best minutes of football we've produced in 1 game this season.

We totally controlled the game, with and without the ball, and Pepe had hardly anything to do for that time.

Look, this season the big teams are gonna drop points in games they shouldn't drop points in, today, for us, was just one of them.

Lets hope we can go another 10 games now without a defeat.

Its ta times like these, as the Chavs have proved, that show your title credentials.
We must now bounce back with gusto, and theres no better opportunity than at home to WBA.

If we play like we did for the first hour tonight, we will slaughter the baggies, hopefully with FT leading the attack.

We've had a great run up to today lads, Liverpools best ever start to a Prem campaign....
Its at times like these, we need to get behind our team as much as possible.


Did it remind you of any game in particular last season for any other top 4 side? For me, West Ham 1 2 United after United had the lead and Ronaldo missed a pen when it was 0-1 to United.

[Judas Souness]

a very disappointing day.when keane came off i felt we had no one who would just be a poacher as it were.i remember a ball going across the six yard box with no one there to get on the end of it.this defeat may well be critical.a game we looked to have won that we ended up losing.i hope we can bounce back next week now.its so important that we get back on the winning trail as soon as

Am I correct in suggesting that we are better off than we were this time last year?

[Judas Souness]

Anyways, f**k it, going for a shave, a shower, and the sack.

Torres back, roll on Tuesday.

[shibox]

i'm really pee'ed. i had got used to winning all the time!!
A loss anytime last season, and you'd get over it after a while, but this one is really sore. I suppose the manner in which we lost doesn't help, having bossed the game for the first hour.

[stiffler]

Im sick as a bus to knock.

Cant believe we didnt have that game dead and buried, lets hope this is a one off. Is up to the fans to get behind the team now, time to push on.

[SignoraFrasi]

Am I correct in suggesting that we are better off than we were this time last year?

im not sure.off top of my head id say yes.

[Judas Souness]

Will wake up in the morning:), rub my cock, smile:D.....and then remember what happened today:(. A flacid beginning to Sunday, for sure.:mad:

[MutantNinjaSkrtel]

i was totally mentally prepared for what unfolded today.we got a fantastic start but once those shots hit the woodwork i knew straight away that theyd come back to haunt us.once spurs equalised,there just wasnt that same sense of confidence or inevitability that we'd come back.

yes,we should have put the game to bed,but i knew we were going to lose eventually and of course,if we were told at the start of the season that we'd be the only undefeated club in the english football league come november 1st ,having defeated chelsea and the mancs,while also making our best ever start to a prem season we'd all have been doing cartwheels around the kitchen.

this isnt the end of the world.it just wasnt meant to be today.dont forget that both chelsea and arsenal have dropped points at home against these.

we've got a few handy league games coming up now which could give us some real momentum in the build up to christmas.lets give west brom a good thumping at anfield next weekend,with nando back.

maybe this will just take the spotlight off us for a few weeks.we're right in the mix lads.lets just try and stay there till march or so and give the title a real good go from there!

[SignoraFrasi]

your spot on mate.my immediate reaction was there goes our title chance but looking back now it was emotions at the final whistle taking over.we just had a day where it didnt happen for us.we must bounce back.we cant let this knock our belief or confidence in the future.look at what chelsea have done since we beat them.two wins with an aggregate score of 8-0

[MutantNinjaSkrtel]

your spot on mate.my immediate reaction was there goes our title chance but looking back now it was emotions at the final whistle taking over.we just had a day where it didnt happen for us.we must bounce back.we cant let this knock our belief or confidence in the future.look at what chelsea have done since we beat them.two wins with an aggregate score of 8-0


far from over mate.im normally suicidal after games like this!come home,get tanked and go to bed!but not today-every club has these results at some stage.like the stoke game it falls into the ''one of those days'' catagory.our next 6 games are west brom,fulham,bolton,west ham,blackburn,hull.we have every chance of getting 18 points before our trip to the emirates,where at this paticular moment in time.....id ****in fancy us bigstyle:cool:


Off topic i know but..........seen that gallas,adebayor,walcott all got injured and van persie suspended so i was delighted.that was until i saw who they were playin next week.you guessed it.jammy fookin mancs.:mad:

[donelli]

Was sick watching the end of that game.
Not many complaints in regard the performance.

at the time i thought it was a bad idea bringing keane off at 65mins (the lad was rested for the week). Thought he was playing well and would score (if he would shoot that is!!). 9Even put money on the inrunning betting to score the next goal)

Once he was taken off, spurs seem to have most of the ball. Dunno how coincidental that was. Perhaps spurs werent as concerned at teh back and pushed that bit more up.

We had riden our luck in some games this season, and it has kinda evened out today. Should have had the 3 points today, but still up there. We didnt lose a league game until december last year, but are in a lot better position this year.

full points should be taken from the remainder of the games in november..

[mypost]

Keane for 20 million is starting to look like a dodgy deal, needs to really start chipping in with a few goals sooner rather than later.
Thankfully Torres will be back soon.

It was a banana skin and we slipped on it. I would have taken a point at the start, and given how the game ended, even more so. And we're back there again in our next away game.

Rob has scored twice, although it's hard for him to score many, when the boss insists on taking him off every game well before the end. :mad:

What I can't understand, and this is going back years and years is, how can we beat the mancs and Chelsea, yet not beat Stoke and Spurs?? :confused:

That Christ we've got the Albion next week. We always beat them.

[CrazyHorse]

It was a banana skin and we slipped on it. I would have taken a point at the start, and given how the game ended, even more so. And we're back there again in our next away game.

Rob has scored twice, although it's hard for him to score many, when the boss insists on taking him off every game well before the end. :mad:

What I can't understand, and this is going back years and years is, how can we beat the mancs and Chelsea, yet not beat Stoke and Spurs?? :confused:

That Christ we've got the Albion next week. We always beat them.

Judging by the first hour or so, it was not a banana skin, it shouldve been a game we put to bed way earlier when their first goal went in.

The general concensus here before the game was that we are a better team than Spurs, full stop, and that 3 points was there for us.
We lost the game by several strokes of luck on Spurs, in fact, bucket loads of luck.

The performance was top notch until JC's untimely intervention.

We should still be top.

I do agree that I also do not know how we can get beat by them, it shouldn't have happened.

[mypost]

Judging by the first hour or so, it was not a banana skin, it shouldve been a game we put to bed way earlier when their first goal went in.

The general concensus here before the game was that we are a better team than Spurs, full stop, and that 3 points was there for us.
We lost the game by several strokes of luck on Spurs, in fact, bucket loads of luck.

We can hardly complain about luck. We needed it against some of the teams we've beaten this season, despite the gulf in class between us and them, notably against City, Boro, Liege, and Marseille.

[CrazyHorse]

We can complain about luck....

In those games mentioned, we've held our own, and at no time were we outplayed like Spurs were in the last game.

We made chances in those games, and dominated for parts, again, unlike the Spurs game.

[noodge74]

ah well - as has already been said , we`ve rode our luck plenty this season winning games we had no right to and then ironically play arguably our best of the season and get beat, but hey,thats football and why we love it so much............as one old ex-tottenham striker used to say "its a funny old ........! NO I CANT SAY IT!!:D...................
anyway if we only lose 1 in every 11 games AND cut out the silly draws at home by playing our strongest team this could well be our season! lets start another run now starting with the baggies at anfield next week - I`ll be there cheering the lads on! YNWA

[fernsred]

The morning after the night and i still feel depressed about that result.
How did we lose that game - should have been 4-0 after 60 mins. Ah well hopefully they will show their character now and bounce back with a few more wins.

[The Chanter]

It’s still hard to take but there was nothing unlucky about it - We conceded too much posession in the last 30mins and when you do that you risk conceding goals. A 1-0 lead is always risky but even more so when you don’t have the ball.

Keane was getting on the ball in the final third, allowing us to keep posession in their half. Rafa will know this as well as anyone and Babel will need to offer more in terms of keeping posession if he is to break into the first team on a regular basis.

Liverpool can be happy with the first hour of football though - they looked very good.

[noodge74]

It’s still hard to take but there was nothing unlucky about it - We conceded too much posession in the last 30mins and when you do that you risk conceding goals. A 1-0 lead is always risky but even more so when you don’t have the ball.

Keane was getting on the ball in the final third, allowing us to keep posession in their half. Rafa will know this as well as anyone and Babel will need to offer more in terms of keeping posession if he is to break into the first team on a regular basis.

Liverpool can be happy with the first hour of football though - they looked very good.

suppose its hard to disagree with that though its still frustrating as the game should have been out of sight by the time the got a sniff of a goal

[kazzermac1]

very disapointed 3 points droped when we should have been sailing clear
sloppy play , given the ball away 2 easliy , missed oppertunitys
letting the chavs think there in with a chance of the title
bottom beten top
come pool we need to punish teams like spurs
there fans are scum poor robbies face every time he got the ball he was booed
they even booed him coming off dirty yids

[Block102]

they even booed him coming off dirty yids

No need for the offensive language mate - there were a few boos alright but that was quickly drowned out by the majority of their fans standing and applauding him off...

Big test of our credentials now. The reaction will be the important thing - next few games are West Brom, Bolton, Fulham, Blackburn and Hull. Five wins going into the Arsenal game on December 20th will get us back on track.

There are a few big games coming up - Arsenal play United next week and Chelsea a couple of weeks after so let's see how the table looks on December 13th....

[denashpot]

terrible result! liverpool could of been 4 or 5 ahead. jammy jammy spurs! hopefully we bounce back in the next few weeks. plenty of time and games left anyhow.

[dking]

Should have finished the game off when 1-0 , unlucky with some of the chances and poor finishing with others . Plus the subs weakened us when they came on instead of giving us a boost . Sickening defeat.

[chopper84]

rafa left it too late to bring babel on, when he came on spurs were getting back into the game, but we had to lose sometime,and ill be happy if we dont lose for another 11 games! got few good games comin up west brom fulham bolton and west ham if we lose to any of them then ill eat my hat!

[SUPERFAN]

We can hardly complain about luck. We needed it against some of the teams we've beaten this season, despite the gulf in class between us and them, notably against City, Boro, Liege, and Marseille.

can't agree with City,Lpool were by far the better Team all through that Game,even at 2-0 down.
thought Boro should've beaten Lpool at Anfield,they were p1ss poor that day,but they won and the Performance was glossed over.
we know now how Boro must've felt that day.
it's not the end of the World,i'd be more worried if they played badly and got beat.it was just one of those days....

[dazzlermac]

we have it out of our system now,bring on WBA...

[red raw]

dissappointing result, but first defeat this season so cant really complain, now lets see what we are made of and put this game out of our system and lets win our next 5 games.

[Pimboli]

We have had plenty of luck this season so there is no point complaining when it deserts us. We should have beaten them out of sight but so should the gooners.

What im interested in finding out now about this side is has it all been luck up to now? are we best suited chasing games? Didnt yesterday look a lot like the old liverpool of the last few seasons creating tons of chances. missing them and getting caught out at the end? Or was yesterday just one of those days (that we have had a lot of in recent years) and will now bounce back?

These are questions now the next few games will answer and show what our title credentials really are

[bobby benitez]

Yesterday was one of them games we were just destined to lose. It was a bit like Barnsley last year. Sometimes the god's just are'nt on your side, altough it might be easier if Robbie would get his hole into the box.

2 Home wins next week and it will be rosey again.

[siflood]

Played well for sixty mins should have been four up
A lesson learned need to get back to winning ways on tues against A. madrid and then hop off west brom next saturday

[mada999]

IM DEVASTATED AFTER THAT.......I KNEW all thos missed chances would bite us on the arse ! :(our luck ran out ! were not demolishing teams like we should be:(

Benayoun shouldn't be getting a look in in the team >
for once i agree with a Dumphy comment " he was a west ham player & is still a west ham player"

he looks like & plays like a woman......if i were on the team i'd give him & Dossena & Arbeloa good kick's up the arses !
Arbeloa saunders about with his shirt hanging out playing half arsed ! > he gets under my skin.....look back, almost all of the goals scored against us have come from his side......tonight & Cashley Coles shot last week....Madrid last week, a shot hit the post, an offside goal & the equalizer ALL from his side ! .....letting Finnan go was a HORENDOUS Benitez mistake !:mad:

both our corner backs are weak links

I'll agree that Arbeloa and Dossena are crap...Finnan was getting too old and I don't think he would hang around to be on the bench :(

[Judas Souness]

It’s still hard to take but there was nothing unlucky about it - We conceded too much posession in the last 30mins and when you do that you risk conceding goals. A 1-0 lead is always risky but even more so when you don’t have the ball.

Keane was getting on the ball in the final third, allowing us to keep posession in their half. Rafa will know this as well as anyone and Babel will need to offer more in terms of keeping posession if he is to break into the first team on a regular basis.

Liverpool can be happy with the first hour of football though - they looked very good.


I despise the pundits, so I ignored them last night, naturally, my guess is that they never stopped to pick up on how good we looked in large parts. Spurs are no small outfit that spent pennies and are trying to survive......Riera, at £8m, looks to be a class act who is probably just jaded.

We need to get something out of Atletico and then just push on against WBA.

We are still alone at the top with Chelsea, worth remembering that.:)

[mada999]

Off topic i know but..........seen that gallas,adebayor,walcott all got injured and van persie suspended so i was delighted.that was until i saw who they were playin next week.you guessed it.jammy fookin mancs.:mad:

poxy utd as usual

[Judas Souness]

Yesterday was one of them games we were just destined to lose. It was a bit like Barnsley last year. Sometimes the god's just are'nt on your side, altough it might be easier if Robbie would get his hole into the box.

2 Home wins next week and it will be rosey again.

Thats is kind of the feeling I had, and Dirk scored and all.

I was over at www.thisisanfield.com and they had a list of positives, one of which was that Dirk is scoring again.

As for Robbie getting "his hole" into the box...where was he when he set Dirk up??

[Judas Souness]

poxy utd as usual

Yeah but it is at Emirates right? Gallas was shite to begin with and lets face it Theo just is not cut out for the grind that United offer.

I would be happier if Wenger fielded a team of total steroid monkeys- Cygan-esque dudes like Abu Diabi who will just kick rather than be kicked.

[Judas Souness]

No need for the offensive language mate - there were a few boos alright but that was quickly drowned out by the majority of their fans standing and applauding him off...

Big test of our credentials now. The reaction will be the important thing - next few games are West Brom, Bolton, Fulham, Blackburn and Hull. Five wins going into the Arsenal game on December 20th will get us back on track.

There are a few big games coming up - Arsenal play United next week and Chelsea a couple of weeks after so let's see how the table looks on December 13th....


Spurs are well known as "The Yids";)

[bobby benitez]

Thats is kind of the feeling I had, and Dirk scored and all.

I was over at www.thisisanfield.com and they had a list of positives, one of which was that Dirk is scoring again.

As for Robbie getting "his hole" into the box...where was he when he set Dirk up??

I think most people would be happy with Robbies work rate and the odd assist, but thats because we kept winning. Now that we have a defeat on the board, he needs to stop hiding out on the left wing and get his fat hole into the box. Time to start justifing his price tag.

Can't help but think if he was'nt Irish and a reds fan, he would be getting all sorts of grief. No league goals in 10 matches - not good enough.

I was asked last night if he has even been denied by the post or a great save? Ten games in I could'nt think of 1.

[dubit10]

Lot of doom and gloom around today but i've got a really good feeling about the league this year. Think our fans need to be more positive this season more than any before as the team needs that from them. Really think we have an excellent system at the moment lets face it if it wasnt for 2 very jammy spurs goals we would all be saying we are going great guns this season. Well guess what, one result doesnt change anything in the grand scale of things. We have had on paper a hard start to the year (away to Chav's,Everton and City as well as the Mancs at home and not one of that bunch could take a point off us. For me if anyone had said what was the goal this season, it was to stay in the chase come the change of the year and take it from there. We have had fantastic form on the whole in the second half of the season under Rafa and i dont see that changing this year. In fact in several of those years we have amassed more points than the eventual league winners in the second half so if we can be say within 3 points of Chelsea/Utd come January then i really believe that we will go all the way. There where times yesterday when we played Spurs off the field and lets not forget this was a Spurs side full of bravado and confidence given their recent plight. With a small bit of luck we could have been 3 up yesterday but the post and Gomes saved Spurs from a hiding. Our response is now key to the rest of the season and i dont mean against Madrid i mean against West Brom. If we can go out and get the 3 points (dont matter the score) it will put us back on track and give the players a much needed boost. The word from some well known posters on other Liverpool sites is that the team was truely gutted about the result yesterday but this can be seen as a positive going forward. The fact that they know just how important it is to the fans and to the club to bring home number 19 this season is reflected in the dispair felt in the dressing room under the stands at white hart lane. In my opinion true champions are born out of such moments. True champions (just like a kid learning to cycle but keeps falling off the bike) get back up when they are down and go forward in the knowledge that it can be done and it will be done.I for one believe it can and very well might be our year this season so maybe we can stop the nitpicking (Keane,Dossena etc..) and most will do well to remember Kuyt was almost to a man slagged off by most last season as a hasbeen and the now almost inevitable "he's not a Liverpool play" line whenever a player goes through a bad patch.Also see Alonso for Kuyt last season. So lets get behind the players and be positive for a change and maybe they will prove the media,the bookies,the pundits,the doubters and a shit load of our own fans wrong. YNWA.

[IrishRed1892]

thats it im sick of this shite! sack rafa he doesnt know how to handle the premiership what with his rotation shite. . . :D:D;);):rolleyes::rolleyes:

[carpe diem]

yesterday was disappointing,but am over it now,went out in the end,free bar was too much temptation for one who likes to drink lol,roll on the champions league and west brom next week,we were going to lose some time,but we can take alot of positives from the defeat,and work on the negatives.

this will help ease the pain ......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH0qz2PYFFk

[rushiekop]

thats it im sick of this shite! sack rafa he doesnt know how to handle the premiership what with his rotation shite. . . :D:D;);):rolleyes::rolleyes:

Is the lack of rotation telling against us now or to be more exact our lack of been able to afford to rotate because of the lack of depth in the squad. Dirk looked tired yesterday and Riera faded as well. Why does he seem to have stopped going outside defenders and crossing from endline in favour of cutting inside. On Robbie no one can dispute his work rate but we paid 20 million for goals and he's not scoring any.

[fitzpatrickgary]

of course like everyone else i am disappointed with the result yesterday
it just wasnt our day ,hitting the woodwork so many times and an unlucky own goal
was our downfall.West Brom now is a big game that we must win to get back on track and get confidence back in the team.

[robbie st leger]

played well for the first 60 mins but sat back and asked for trouble - keane worked hard but was poor overall - dossena wtf was he at lettin bent get that ball back and then to compound things agger lets that plank get to it before him- before the game i would have classed a point a good one to get regardless of their position - they were always going to get back to decent level and before the last 2 aways would many have complained with 3pts - dont think so - so glad we have a home banker next( with the greatest respect to wba) good run of 5 wins and all will be rosey in the garden with torres back to terrorise and rest of big teams to face each other in that period.

[Judas Souness]

I think most people would be happy with Robbies work rate and the odd assist, but thats because we kept winning. Now that we have a defeat on the board, he needs to stop hiding out on the left wing and get his fat hole into the box. Time to start justifing his price tag.

Can't help but think if he was'nt Irish and a reds fan, he would be getting all sorts of grief. No league goals in 10 matches - not good enough.

I was asked last night if he has even been denied by the post or a great save? Ten games in I could'nt think of 1.

Well, he has scored twice, so far, in the CL, and that is a beginning unto itself. I think he has deputised very well so far, and has endeavoured to strike up a relationship with Kuyt to no small effect. Whilst I share your sentiments, I do feel Keane has performed to the best of his ability in trying circumstances and will "come good" at some stage.

[Judas Souness]

played well for the first 60 mins but sat back and asked for trouble - keane worked hard but was poor overall - dossena wtf was he at lettin bent get that ball back and then to compound things agger lets that plank get to it before him- before the game i would have classed a point a good one to get regardless of their position - they were always going to get back to decent level and before the last 2 aways would many have complained with 3pts - dont think so - so glad we have a home banker next( with the greatest respect to wba) good run of 5 wins and all will be rosey in the garden with torres back to terrorise and rest of big teams to face each other in that period.

How was he "poor"??? He cutback well for Kuyt in both the first and second halves and did well all things considered. Its funny, I think we were poor from Reina to Keane, but no individual should be shouldering too much blame.

[fermoyred80]

Keane is playin like a man with no confdence. He had half a chance in the 2nd half and shouldve takin it. Last years Keane wouldve chanced it