The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[magpie seanie]

I wouldn't call them a "very" good team but they were really organised, tough to score against and when they hoofed the ball forward Shearer terrorised defenses with his pace and power. Wilcox delivered great set pieces for the likes of Berg, Hendry and Sutton to attack. They were compact and not too flashy and had a gameplan that they stuck to. United handed them that title though several things that happened in the run in would make you think that Blackburn were just meant to win that year.

[corn02]

I wouldn't call them a "very" good team but they were really organised, tough to score against and when they hoofed the ball forward Shearer terrorised defenses with his pace and power. Wilcox delivered great set pieces for the likes of Berg, Hendry and Sutton to attack. They were compact and not too flashy and had a gameplan that they stuck to. United handed them that title though several things that happened in the run in would make you think that Blackburn were just meant to win that year.

Did United get 'nervous' and 'fold'? 

[magpie seanie]

Not that season. That only happens to teams who haven't won it before/in a while e.g. United did when Leeds won it in '91-92 - both teams folded but Leeds just fell over the line ahead of United (largely dueto big Eric). Blackburn tied up badly late the season they won it but United had left themselves too much to do.

[corn02]

Not that season. That only happens to teams who haven't won it before/in a while e.g. United did when Leeds won it in '91-92 - both teams folded but Leeds just fell over the line ahead of United (largely dueto big Eric). Blackburn tied up badly late the season they won it but United had left themselves too much to do.

Note the smiley, was only jesting my man.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

The team that Jack bought.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Man Utd are favourites - Torres

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres believes Manchester United are favourites to win the Premier League title after their 3-0 win over Chelsea.

The Anfield outfit head the table but United, who are five points behind in third place, have two games in hand.

"They are the favourites and the champions right now and have shown over the years they are a very powerful team," said the 24-year-old Spaniard.

"They have two more games to play. If they catch up they will be top."

Torres, who was one of the nominees for the Fifa Player of the Year award, which was won by United winger Cristiano Ronaldo, believes Liverpool's match at Old Trafford on 14 March could decide the destination of the title.

"We know we have Old Trafford waiting for us and Arsenal and Chelsea at home - we have to fight until the very end," added the forward.

"The match at Old Trafford could turn out to be the decider and we hope we can be on an equal footing when we go there and try to win the match at a place that has not been advantageous for us in the past."

United play host to Wigan on Wednesday before visiting Bolton on Saturday.

Wins would result in Sir Alex Ferguson's side gaining the advantage in the title race, with Liverpool not playing their next Premier League match until Monday - when they face Everton in a Merseyside derby at Anfield.

[supersarsfields]

Feck me Torres has lost it. He's cracking under the pressure....

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Feck me Torres has lost it. He's cracking under the pressure....

Ees gota fax 

[Minder]

Feck me Torres has lost it. He's cracking under the pressure....

Mr Alex "Sigmund Freud" Ferguson will be having a quiet, evil laugh at Torres. Round two to Mr Ferguson.......

[Billys Boots]

That only happens to teams who haven't won it before/in a while e.g. United did when Leeds won it in '91-92 - both teams folded but Leeds just fell over the line ahead of United (largely dueto big Eric).

Ah, I can't let that go Seanie, on two points.  Leeds won that title by four points, hardly falling over the line - though Utd did get walloped on the last day of the season in Anfield.  It wasn't largely due to big Eric either - he did have a great season, but most neutrals would have attributed the success to the midfield of Batty, McAllister and Strachan, and of course Chapman was top scorer.

[magpie seanie]

Well from my memory United were stumbling in the run in including that 2-0 defeat at Anfield and I definitely remember Leeds getting thumped 4-0 or 4-1 by QPR in the run in. Leeds beat Sheffield United to clinch the title with a couple of bizarre goals I think. Cantona scored a few goals in the run in and they were crucial. No doubting the players you mentioned had fine seasons - my point was that Eric was vital in the run in. Leeds kept their nerve better but it wasn't an imperious run to victory.

[Billys Boots]

Fair enough, Leeds left the imperious running far behind in the 70s.

[pintsofguinness]

Rumour has it over here that there's video evidence Gerrard went over to yer man in the bar, hit him knocking him down, started to kick him when he was on the ground.  Gerrard's mates waded in and he went away and came back with a bottle and threw it at the boy on the ground.

Bad if that's true but could be bullshit.

[corn02]

Rumour has it over here that there's video evidence Gerrard went over to yer man in the bar, hit him knocking him down, started to kick him when he was on the ground.  Gerrard's mates waded in and he went away and came back with a bottle and threw it at the boy on the ground.

Bad if that's true but could be bullshit.

Yes that rumour has been doing the rounds for a while now - bullshit until proven otherwise. I think it would have been mentioned by police by now.

[pintsofguinness]

Could well be bullshit corn (probably is) but why would the police release evidence to the media?