we really need to come through the internationals with a clean bill of health and hit the blue noses hard hopefully Alonso will be back to tidy up the midfield I'd welcome Dagger back too - really suprised with both the spurs goals - Hypia been beaten to a header on both occasions. What do you guys think about throwing Stevie out on the right (dropping pennant) and playing alonso and Masher in the middle ??
To be fair for all his pace problems Hyppia is commanding in the air so im 100% certain Agger wouldnt have done any better and the goals were conceeded because of Keane being lost in the box twice which wasnt Hyppias fault. Id agree with your midfield selection, and you never know, the only thing we can be certain of with Rafa selections is that our team will never match his one that gets put out
agger takes the ball better and distributes it better than sami. that said sami has done well since he came in. and yep time for stevie to hit the right midfield spot...the only problem would be alonsos match sharpness.
I agree with your comment - i wasn't slating Hypia He commands the high balls in every game - but as i said i was suprised Berb beat him to both headers to set up Keane who did his usual trick against us.
Hyypia is superb when the ball is played in front of him which is why it was uncharacteristic that the 2 goals we conceded on sunday were they way they were. Thats why Rafa was so annoyed as he understands where Sami's strengths are. As for the Everton game a must win. Good news that Alonso and the Dagger could be back. Major boost for us if that comes to fruition.
The problem with the spurs goals were that both balls were played towards Carragher, Hyppia moved across to head them and Robbie was left free. Carragher should have been going for both of those headers. Regardless of who won the headers the defending of the 2nd ball was awful
in fairness to Sami, Berbatov is a quality striker, very intelligent and good in the air, i'd question what Finnan and Carragher were at for the goals but you only have to think back to Goodison last year when the reliables had a 'mare but then went on a great run, our defence is quality and will be alright again, i predict we'll pip the Toffees 1-0 with a Fernando special
I just hope they dont out battle us and knick a win. Arteta is the real quality they have, he could conjure something, jesus they are always a big game but if we are having designs on the title we have to win it.
I think a win against the blues would do a lot for confidence and at the moment we need it! I reckon 2-1 to the Reds. Kuyt and Gerrard
A result akin to the 3-0 win 2 years back when Crouch was in great form would be nice. To be honest I'd take any kind of win out of this game to get our season right back on track.
I really think this game could kick us on again. Agger and Alonso back, Torres eager to be fit, its gonna be one big week for LFC! YNWA!
I have a funny feelin that we are going to batter the blue sh**e on saturday. "There only a small club" anyway!
everton depends on what team he picks, is agger back? hyppia would get destroyed out there, sissiko sholdnt start either.
Been holding off on giving my opinion for ages. I think the return of alonso is great but will he last the full 90? Think gerrard had a bad game with engeeerland tonight..seems somewhat out of form. Hopefully torres will be fit but non of that matters if we cant muster up a good performance in the cm area. COME ON!!!!
Does anyone actually enjoy these bl**dy Derbies??!! Unless we're about 3-0 up I'm just sick watching it, same with the Scum games! But nothing is better than beating them on their home turf!
I'd say Rafa is gona play 4-5-1 saturday as the blueshite usually just come for a battle, Gerrard behind Torres could be the way to go with masch and alonso behind Babel and Yossi on the wings, saying that as much as I hope he plays masch is on his way back from south america so Rafa might leave him out with our trip to Turkey midweek.