Topic: Next league game v Wigan

[liverpoolfcmike]

We're actually second la, but I get your point.

Joint top!

[Flame1845]

It'll end up being a draw.

[Ecuared]

Wigan are a tough game, we should win, and I think we will, but we shouldn´t expect to win based solely on the fact we are currently top of the table.

[Indian Red]

rafa has never beat steve bruce in a league game.

He hadnt beaten whiskeynose in a league prior to Sep. 13th either


EDIT: Just saw this

tis a season for changes, ask Fergie.

[liverpool_21]

Torres will overtake Zaki as Prem top-scorer with this game. No doubt.

mate, correct me if i'm wrong but isn't Defoe the top scorer?!

ps ; king cally.. are ya malaysian?!

[robbie96]

It'll be a draw.

Eek! Bite your tongue, we'll pull out a scrappy victory....come on you Reds

[steve1664]

I do indeed think Bruce has a BIG fat head....however if we are talking fat heads, on a personal level I think 'BIG' Sam 'Cowhead' Alladyce's head is the king of BIG fat heads......

Thoughts...?

[slickman]

mate, correct me if i'm wrong but isn't Defoe the top scorer?!

ps ; king cally.. are ya malaysian?!

   
Top Scorers

Barclays Premier League Top Scorers
     
Team                           Total
   

Defoe    Portsmouth    5
Torres    Liverpool    5
Zaki    Wigan    5
Agbonlahor    Aston Villa    4
Anelka    Chelsea    4
Carew    Aston Villa    4
Davies    Bolton    4
Adebayor    Arsenal    3
Bednar    West Brom    3
Cole    West Ham    3
Crouch    Portsmouth    3
Elano    Man City    3
Fuller    Stoke    3
Geovanni    Hull    3
Mido    Middlesbrough    3

      
      

[sat]

This will be a tough game, we only got a point last season and they are lot stronger this season with the addition of Zaki.

Lets hope we dont get any injuries in the internationals and if all are fit I would expect:

                  Reina
Arbs    Carra    Agger   Dossena
Kuyt     Xabi    Stevie    Riera
          Keane    Torres

1-0 Keane

[phoenixblood]

This will be a tough game, we only got a point last season and they are lot stronger this season with the addition of Zaki.

Lets hope we dont get any injuries in the internationals and if all are fit I would expect:

                  Reina
Arbs    Carra    Agger   Dossena
Kuyt     Xabi    Stevie    Riera
          Keane    Torres

1-0 Keane

I hope Danni-boy is back on his game, Zaki is a real handful.

[Dr. Beaker]

I do indeed think Bruce has a BIG fat head....however if we are talking fat heads, on a personal level I think 'BIG' Sam 'Cowhead' Alladyce's head is the king of BIG fat heads......

Thoughts...?

Hicks - game shot.

[Ste Gerrard 8]

It'll end up being a draw.

be possitive lad

[its cold in the stands]

I hope Danni-boy is back on his game, Zaki is a real handful.

thats`s a good point, if agger does have a weakness in his game it`s that he can struggle a bit against physical forwards who are strong in the air.
zaki and heskey are big lads and carragher cant mark both of them, i`d seriously think about putting sami in for the wigan game.

[ac]

Although Agger is slightly prone to struggle against big men I'd play him as we will probably monopolise possesion depriving Zaki of much service. So far we have still struggled to break teams down in the first half, so with all that possesion at home, hopefully Agger increase our ability to break teams down, through better passing from the back

[STORMTROOPER]

defo agger to play for me, hopefully bringing the ball out from the back to good effect.  hopefully babel to start and us to go for wigans throat from the 1st minute.  it's about time we fucked up a team good and proper.

[sat]

Definitely Agger to play, if we were away then I would have gone for Carra/Sami to negate the Heskey/Zaki combo

[RyanO2151]

Does anyone else think that Aurelio has played himself out of the starting squad for the forseeable future? He was really exposed on Sunday, but was it a matter of a "bad matchup" for him or a sign that he is not good enough?

[The Jackal]

Does anyone else think that Aurelio has played himself out of the starting squad for the forseeable future? He was really exposed on Sunday, but was it a matter of a "bad matchup" for him or a sign that he is not good enough?

I think he was also carrying a slight calf injury, which probably didn't help...

[abhred]

I'd absolutely love to see Rafa go at them with two wingers in Babel and Riera, as they're most likely to have 10 men behind the ball. Not going to happen though.

[RyanO2151]

I think he was also carrying a slight calf injury, which probably didn't help...

Didn't know that, thanks for the info. That would help to explain what I'd seen as a dismal effort.

[axlrose]

got a feeling Lucas will play. dunno why. also think that next time we'll see Aurelio in the first team it'll be away game at Spurs, in Carling Cup

[Ozzy_Red]

Not bothered who plays as long as we get 3 points and Chelsea fuck up and lose and we go top

Who are Chelsea playing?

[Franck Le Poof]

Have to take the fucking PSAT's when this is going on, two weeks without Liverpool

[Ozzy_Red]

Unlike most of you, International break's aren't that bad in Oz, yes I would rather have LFC play, but the national team is worth following here.

[Xabinator]

Unlike most of you, International break's aren't that bad in Oz, yes I would rather have LFC play, but the national team is worth following here.

The international breaks are a killer for me. I like watching the Socceroos play as well, but I can honestly say if Australia were playing Argentina on one channel and Liverpool were playing CSKA Albuquerque on another I'd be watching the Reds without fail. Can't stand weekends without Liverpool.

[Xabinator]

Reina

Arbeloa     Carra     Agger     Dossena

Kuyt       Gerrard     Alonso      Riera

                Torres     Keane

Is what I'd like to see. Reckon this is the game we might see an early goal from us (a corner mind you!!) and the floodgates open. 4-0.

[Ozzy_Red]

The international breaks are a killer for me. I like watching the Socceroos play as well, but I can honestly say if Australia were playing Argentina on one channel and Liverpool were playing CSKA Albuquerque on another I'd be watching the Reds without fail. Can't stand weekends without Liverpool.

So would I, just I can live on the Socceroos every now and then.

[Ozzy_Red]

Reina

Arbeloa     Carra     Agger     Dossena

Kuyt       Gerrard     Alonso      Riera

                Torres     Keane

Is what I'd like to see. Reckon this is the game we might see an early goal from us (a corner mind you!!) and the floodgates open. 4-0.

                                           Torres
                    Riera               Keane             Gerrard
                             Alonso               Masch
               Aurelio                                              Arby
                                   Agger      Carragher
                                           Reina

Bench:
Babel
Kuyt
Benayoun
Lucas
Dossena
Hyypia
Cavalleri

Agree. I think we will trash em 3/4-0. Torres and Keane, before we Babel time them at the end. Aurelio was poor against City because of a calf strain, but will be fine for Wigan so The Doss is still on the bench.       

[Xabinator]

Yeah..... Dossena and Aurelio was a toss up for me. One or the other, not fussed which one. And I assumed that Masch would be playing in some faraway place so mightn't be so fresh.

I wonder how things would go if we started Babel and bought Riera on for him later instead of the other way around?

[Ozzy_Red]

I wonder how things would go if we started Babel and bought Riera on for him later instead of the other way around?

Riera has been playin well, wouldn't be fair to drop him, Babel is better off the bench, but I wouldn't be overly upset if that was the case as we should beat Wigan regardless.

[Xabinator]

we should beat Wigan regardless.

Agreed, but what we should've done and actually have done in previous season's hasn't always matched up!!

[Redshadow]

Settle for a draw as long as we beat Chelsea the week after!

[Fernando09]

ok my mum told me if you had a nightmare you say it out and it won't come true
so here i go..

i dreamt that we lost to wigan 1-0!
NIGHTMARE!!!

[rocco]

                             Reina

Arby         Carra        Agger      Aurelio

Kuyt        Gerrard       Alonso    Riera

                   Keane

                             Torres


1-0       92min benny

[Martyn.]

Remember Titus last season?

I certainly do. This is a very important game, as is everyone if we are going to push ourselves further this season.

[kingkenny79]

Wigan, its like a mini North-West derby for us.
So far we have won 2 of the north-west derby. ManU & Neverton..

I'm convince we can pull this one off. with Torres will score another brace & Keane will get one goal

[otitito]

It'll be a draw.

0-0

[carling]

It's so far away.  10 whole days!

 

I hope we score our first first-half goal of the season against them, although I can't see it!

[Evo1975]

its all about tempo this game and how we start. Obvioulsy theyre gonna come and sit deep, 10 men behind the ball and make it hard for us to break them down as usuall with the small clubs who come here.

if we come flying out the traps and try to get an early goal it will make them change their tactics and draw them out to try and get something from the game, we will then go on to win this comfortably.  It was the same with Stoke, if Gerrards Goal had stood we would have gone on to win comfortably but the longer them game goes without scoring the deeper they get and the harder it is to break them down.

we need to get straight at these from the KO, really high tempo and try and get an eraly goal, if we do we'll win no problem.

[stevied]

I think its obviously a must home win but even more with the fact that its Chelsea the next game up, it would be good to go there with the same points, they have got Boro away on the day we have got Wigan and with all the hopes in the world i cant see Boro doing us any favours although the russians kick off early on the Saturday so we will know their result before we kick off