Big match and so early aswell. Drogba looks like he picked up from where he left off. Although I have to say they look a little soft at the back and midfield without essein. I for once truly believe we can hammer them in the premiership and lets face it, we owe them a few (1-4 at anfield remember ) reina finnan cara agger arbeloa gerrard mach alonso babel kuyt Torres Think Crouch would be worth a go aswell although he struggled a little yesterday, probably due to the heat. YNWA!!
I agree with your above team, except for Babel...i think Riise always does well in these games, and I liked by Rafa...If Wright Philips is on the right, he would cause problems for such a young player in Babel... EDIT:Terry will definitely play...
Gerrard may miss Chelsea match after foot injury Gerrard may miss Chelsea match after foot injury Link Louise Taylor in the Stade Municipal Thursday August 16, 2007 The Guardian Steven Gerrard fears he will miss Liverpool's crucial Premiership match with Chelsea on Sunday and England's friendly against Germany next week after injuring his foot during yesterday's Champions League qualifying tie in the south-west of France. The midfielder flew back to Merseyside last night with his right foot heavily bandaged having been the victim of a cynical stamp from Toulouse's Achille Emana during the second half ...
Just posted a skysports link to the same story on a new thread, didn't see this one. I'd say he will do everything he can to ba back for Sunday, didn't see the stamp myself in the game. Rafa was planning on taking him off anyway when it happened which is the most frustrating thing!
Stevie is down for some serious ankle treatment at Melwood today, fingers and toes crossed he makes it cos this game could prove to be huge in terms of points and mindset come next May.
good news, hope he's near %100 though and it doesn't mean he's going to make it worse. Sacrificing him for one game if he was then to miss 6 wouldn't be worth it imo.
A huge game for us, lose and we are already 6 points behind chelsea. I think a draw is the best we will achieve here. Would be happy with that.
Maureen said something interesting last night. Something along the lines of 7 points from our opening 3 games would be a good return. Looking for a draw??
I would take whatever he says with a pinch of salt. Rafa came out and said that Sundays game won't decide our season, which could also be interpreted as being happy with a draw. Managers can talk all they want, but in the end its the 11 v 11 on the pitch who will ultimately decide the outcome. And ours are better. So we're gonna win
Big game alright. Big players are needed. It'll be close I'd say, maybe the odd goal will settle it. Have to be wary of them on the break because Malouda and Wright-Phillips will give them pace and width. I'd like to see Babel play to give their wide players something to worry about. A lot people will be saying how important centre midfield will be and this may be true but not in the usual way midfield is important - the last few games against Chelsea have seen a lot of floated balls up to Crouch & Drogba so the importance of midfield could be in getting the knock-downs from the front men and not in controlling the pace of the game as you'd expect... Being at Anfield and our 1st home league game I can see us dominating the opening 10mins or so and perhaps getting an early goal. It's important to remember that it's not the be-all-and-end-all if we don't win. Utd's record against top teams last year was 50/50 (2W, 2D, 2L) so I'm not too sure about some people saying "we have to beat top 4 if we realistically want to win the league". It'll certainly help the mentality of the team to beat the likes of Chelsea, Utd and Arsenal on a consistent basis but I don't think the result will shape our season... 2-1 Liverpool YNWA
Holy fuck! Have yis seen the starting line up! Looks like one hell of a pool team! Torres and Kuyt up front Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant and Rise midfield Reina in goals (duh) And I think Agger, Carragher, Finnan and Arbeloa I'm off to watch the match then! See yis!
never felt as cheated in all my life- they couldn't even muster a chance in the whole game an absolute joke- Styles should not ref another PL game- SHOCKING
Stiles you plonker, we were robbed there. I cant even blame chavski for it, it was downright stupidity from the ref, does he want to be the new Graham Poll or something?, cos he is going the right way about it. On another note, we look very good dont we, ok we should have got a second, but in tight games like that one could (and should) have easily been enough.
I hope there are some ramifications for Styles after this performance.I hope these two points dropped don't come back to haunt us.