Topic: Liverpool - Middlesbrough confirmed team

[Helsinki Red]

The Reds line-up in full is: Reina, Arbeloa, Dossena, Carragher, Skrtel, Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, Benayoun, Torres, Keane.

Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Agger, Babel, Ngog, El Zhar, Plessis.

[DonkeyWan]

Nice, looks good

[freedom]

Good team! Come on the REDS!

[Rille]

Have to say I'm surprised that Agger is not included...

[fredfrop]

how can you be a serial pessimist?

[Phoenix06]

Another chance to see whether Kuyt and Benayoun are up to the job.

I hope I'm proven wrong, but I'd rather see a new right and left wing after September 1st. Kuyt and Benayoun should be backups.

[Jefecito - Little Chief]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

[FOWgamR]

Another chance to laugh at how shit Kuyt and Benayoun are.

Benayoun's not shit, he just needs to play in the center.

[Jacketh]

S K R T E L

[Helsinki Red]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

You. Fuck off.

[Paul JH]

fuck off Rafa...........

God help us all.... 4 posts in and this pops up....

[anoop]

whats boro's lineup

[Zaffarious]

Nice to see Skrtel back. Guess stevie had to play with mash lucas away. Would have liked to have seen babel thrown in inplace of Kuyt

Keane will score today.

[rowan_d]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

Fuck off. That is all

[Phoenix06]

Benayoun's not shit, he just needs to play in the center.

Even when he has done, he never shoots, he just tries to walk his way to the net.

Not a fan, but I'll say again, I hope I'm proven wrong.

[liverbird_soph]

Hurrah for the return of Skrtel!

[Wewonit6times]

Have to say I'm surprised that Agger is not included...

I'd be surprised if he was. He played in midweek, there is absolutely no need or point in rushing him.

[Jefecito - Little Chief]

You. Fuck off.

Fuck off. That is all

Be prepared to finish 4th or below again this season and cite the owners fault for not providing with money.....................

[bospheros]

Are we playing 442 or 4-2-3-1 or a mix of the two?

[Cruiser]

Looks like a straight 4-4-2 with Babel to be unleased in the 2nd half.

[NornIron!!]

looks good apart from the wings, but thats all we've got, hope to see Babel in the 2nd half

[The Nihilists]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

You fuck off.

Babel's only just back from Beijing, and still not 100%.

I'd be surprised if he was. He played in midweek, there is absolutely no need or point in rushing him.

Exactly. Patience people.

[Rille]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

Seriously....
I for one hope that Kuyt gets the winner today so that some people start to realise that getting behind the players instead of the opposite is the way forward if we want to be contenders this year.

[Jacketh]

Be prepared to finish 4th or below again this season and cite the owners fault for not providing with money.....................

I think, you should Fuck Off

[The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society]

wonder what's going on with Agger, easing him back in slowly or rotating our two footy playing centre-halves to keep them fresh?

Interesting and attacking line up, I'd quite like to see 4-3-3 employed with this line up. Kuyts work rate could be very useful in the middle... but likely 4-4-2

[macmanamanaman]

fuck off Rafa how the heck Kuyt in the team..............................after last 2 games...............what a load of tosh...........

Agree with the poster.
Kuyt - our fantastic defensive-striker-turned-right-back-who-plays-right-side-attacker-not-winger - is not going to be effective against Boro. We need a more attacking, skillful, and generally non-Kuyt option, esp Home against Boro. And Rafa persists in playing him. So yeah...

[thredworm]

Be prepared to finish 4th or below again this season and cite the owners fault for not providing with money.....................

How about you be prepared to shut the fuck up every now and then, support the team and the manager, and stop being a whiny pessimistic little fuck?

[Oingy Boingy]

shite... aggers in my dream team 

[BIGdavalad]

The Reds line-up in full is: Reina, Arbeloa, Dossena, Carragher, Skrtel, Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, Benayoun, Torres, Keane.

Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Agger, Babel, Ngog, El Zhar, Plessis.

Another chance to laugh at how shit Kuyt and Benayoun are.

Three minutes and 1 second for the first twat in the in match thread. Surely that's a new record even for an ingame thread?

Have to say I'm surprised that Agger is not included...

I take full responsibility for that - he's in my fantasy football team.

[Sami]

Another chance to laugh at how shit Kuyt and Benayoun are.

I hope I'm proven wrong, but I'd rather see a new right and left wing after September 1st. Kuyt and Benayoun should be backups.

That's the spirit to support you team and its players, well done...

Where the fuck do these dickfaces come from? And now I'm talking about generally all the twats who have nothing but complaining to do here

[cuppatea]

Thought Agger would be in there but other than that same as I expected.

[Red Heaven]

cmon lads big win this one

[rowan_d]

We can......better than Kuyt. I don't doubt that for a second. BUT.......he's in the team.....I will support him.

[incredibleL4ever]

The quality, or lets say lack of eaperience on the bench is concerning. 4 of the seven have hardly played a premier league game (ok, Plessis played 2 and a half i think).  This is a reflection of the lack of strength in depth. 

The continued freezing out of Voronin, Finnan and Pennant is noted.  If the end up staying coz no one else wants them the will not be happy campers.

[Finn Solomon]

Be prepared to finish 4th or below again this season and cite the owners fault for not providing with money.....................

Shut up, you utter 'tard.

Nice to see Alonso in again. Hope he gives a great performance.

[Paul JH]

Agree with the poster.
Kuyt - our fantastic defensive-striker-turned-right-back-who-plays-right-side-attacker-not-winger - is not going to be effective against Boro. We need a more attacking, skillful, and generally non-Kuyt option, esp Home against Boro. And Rafa persists in playing him. So yeah...

Who would you play on the right then? Out of everyone that's available now?

[bospheros]

I'd be surprised if he was. He played in midweek, there is absolutely no need or point in rushing him.

Fair point.  Its great having 4 quality CB's who we can interchange without reducing the quality of the defence.  We've been missing that at least since Rafa arrived and before as well.  I think it was a mistake selling Henchoz in 2004, should have kept him for that season.  But alls well that ends well.

I'm hoping Babel gets on before 60 mins.

0-0 first half, 2-0 ft.

[Rille]

I'd be surprised if he was. He played in midweek, there is absolutely no need or point in rushing him.

Not like he was the only one playing ni midweek was he? But I agree we should not rush him back.

[The Nihilists]

Agree with the poster.
Kuyt - our fantastic defensive-striker-turned-right-back-who-plays-right-side-attacker-not-winger - is not going to be effective against Boro. We need a more attacking, skillful, and generally non-Kuyt option, esp Home against Boro. And Rafa persists in playing him. So yeah...

Because Babel, our winger who fits the bill, only got back from the Far East this week, and isn't 100% after his injury.

And if Kuyt can be effective there against Arsenal, Chelsea and Inter Milan, why not against the mighty Boro?

[The Nihilists]

Not like he was the only one playing ni midweek was he? But I agree we should not rush him back.

No, but he's the only one recovering from a year-long injury that recurred three times.