The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[corn02]

Yeah he has been merced.

BC dutch love child or not, Kuyt is the sort of grafter needed for this match, especially if our full-backs are going to be Arbeloa and Dossena.. The vastly under rated player will start and I think Xabi will be on the bench.

[brokencrossbar1]

corn, I actually have been one of his fiercest backers since Rafa bought him, and I know he goes through a load of work, but £12m or whatevcer it was for a workhorse.  He was bought ot score goals, has failed miserably at that, he is pushed to right sided attacker, has no touch, questionable pace and can't cross copnsistently.  He remionds me a lot of the type of player John Rafferty was for Armagh when he played wing forward.  Could run all day but did feck all with the ball.  He would be a great man for winning break ball in the middle of the field though!

[magpie seanie]

Intersting stats for some of you guys on Newstalk the other night. Robbie Keane has never scored a league goal in August and hasn't scored in the first 5 weeks of the season for the past few seasons (forget but think its 3). So no need to panic that yer money is done just yet.

[Hound]

reina

Carra,Skertel, Agger, Dossena

Gerard,Masch, Alonso, Riera

Torres,Keane.

We know he won't play that team as his dutch love child will play not matter what, so fcuk knows how they'll line out!

That's what I'd go with, but I reckon Dirky will be in and Robbie benched.

[supersub]

reina

Carra,Skertel, Agger, Dossena

Gerard,Masch, Alonso, Riera

Torres,Keane.

We know he won't play that team as his dutch love child will play not matter what, so fcuk knows how they'll line out!

That's what I'd go with, but I reckon Dirky will be in and Robbie benched.

id say dirt will be in instead of alonso and mash and stevie in the middle. tactical genious....

[corn02]

reina

Carra,Skertel, Agger, Dossena

Gerard,Masch, Alonso, Riera

Torres,Keane.

We know he won't play that team as his dutch love child will play not matter what, so fcuk knows how they'll line out!

That's what I'd go with, but I reckon Dirky will be in and Robbie benched.

id say dirt will be in instead of alonso and mash and stevie in the middle. tactical genious....

As genius as your spelling. By the way rhyming Dirk with dirt - superb.


I said the other day that I expected Rafa to go 4-4-2 - only surprise is that he has not rotated so very strong team out, but no Mascherano.


Yeah BC not getting at you, just I know plenty of Liverpool fans who just say Kuyt is shite. His goal return, champions league aside, is not good enough. Although he is playing out of position he still ain't getting enough, but his crossing has improved dramatically. I said he suits this game becausae it will be the sort of match he can prosper on. I would not play him against the likes of Stoke etc were a bit of invention is needed to unlock the door - but he has proven a big game player and maybe he will win it today.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Nando 

Nando x 2 

Mike Riley is a clown 

[GalwayBayBoy]

Great win. Finally got going in the second half. Pity Riley robbed Torres of his hat-trick. He really is a useless ref. Better team throughout really but only confirmed it once we decided to go at Everton after the break.

Torres brilliant finishing. Gerrard was very good. Keane had a hand in both goals. Better from him. Stoke result looks even more bizarre sandwiched in between beating Man U and Everton.

[Minder]

I thought we may have paid for not turning the first half dominance into goals when they were on top, Everton are brutal in fairness. Very good performance though. I felt sorry for Torres in the first half, some of the crossing from Arbeloa and Kuyt was poor. Those two goals should set him off on a run of goals now. Riley is a clown as Gab said, Kuyt never touched Lescott & it was harsh sending off Cahill. All pales into comparison though when you hear fo the stories coming from Salford Park today and Rob Styles gifting United a penalty. All in all Liverpool passed it well and were in total control, Alonso seems to be getting back to something like his best.

[stevo-08]

A good win and a good performance today especially considering we were missing mascherano who would have thrived in the game. It made Rafa's team selection easier and it's still debatable what team will line out when he finally does have everyone fit and available.

Thought skrtel was superb at the back and showed why Agger is finding it difficult to break into the team, Arbeloa had another good outing at RB, Dossena did better but I wouldnt like to see him up against an opponent with pace. Alonso & Gerrard totally bossed the central midfield battle and actually I would have given MOTM to one of them instead of Torres who i thought was very poor in first half. Great to see alonso back to form and he's proving all his critics (me included) wrong. I'll be the first to admit I was in favour of buying Barry to replace alonso but Im now damn glad that didnt happen - fair play to the spaniard, keep it up. Riera didnt have his best outing on the left, Kuyt got through his usual workrate on the right and played well. Up front it was looking like a very frustrating afternoon for torres but thanks to a great cross by Keane, Torres got the chance he needed and the finish was excellent.

Riley was absolutely atrocious today - never even looked like allowing the game to flow and made ridiculous decisions - Fellaini's "challenge" on reina in first half, Torres's disallowed goal, Cahill's red card.

anyway, a crucial 3 points and badly needed after the draw to stoke. In fairness, we'd all have been happy with 7 points from Man U, Stoke & Everton so job done. Another big one away to City next week.

[J70]

Arsenal lose at home to Hull, United only beat Bolton thanks to a foul and penalty no one except the referee saw. Looks like Liverpool aren't the only ones struggling to break teams down this season.

[magpie seanie]

United only beat Bolton thanks to a foul and penalty no one except the referee saw

Obviously Rooney's goal doesn't count because......why exactly? It was never a penalty but there was a very strong chance United would have got the win anyway.

Mike Riley was a complete joke again (for both teams). He hands out cards for nothing. 7 bookings for United last week. Crazy red and yellows again today.

[J70]

United only beat Bolton thanks to a foul and penalty no one except the referee saw

Obviously Rooney's goal doesn't count because......why exactly? It was never a penalty but there was a very strong chance United would have got the win anyway.

Mike Riley was a complete joke again (for both teams). He hands out cards for nothing. 7 bookings for United last week. Crazy red and yellows again today.

Seanie, for someone who generally appears to be an intelligent fellow, you really need to take the blinkers off when discussing United. Its a cliche that every ten year old knows that the first goal in a game like that is THE important moment of the game. Maybe United would have scored anyway, but it was certainly not a given, particularly when you look at Liverpool's struggle last week or Arsenal's today.

[The Real Laoislad]

Didn't get to see game today as I was working most of the day.
Great result and its good to get back on the horse after a very poor result against Stoke.
Looking forward to Match of the Day tonight.How did Keane fair out today?

[stevo-08]

Didn't get to see game today as I was working most of the day.
Great result and its good to get back on the horse after a very poor result against Stoke.
Looking forward to Match of the Day tonight.How did Keane fair out today?

Keane did well, weren't many clearcut chances in the game (not 1 shot on target by Everton for the whole 90 ), but he set up both goals including a peach of a cross for Torres to score the first. Obviously he could do with a goal to ease the pressure and settle down a bit but he's doing alright.