Topic: Birmingham vs Liverpool - Sunday 4pm KickOff - Half-Time chat

[steveeastend]

I know it's early in the season, but this game is massive for us.

To go 2 points ahead of both City and Spurs (and just 1 behind United), even at this stage, would be a big boost to the team.

Yes and it would take the pressure off before the Mancs game...

[greatbritton]

fukc this..was getting excited to see raul pacheco or babel..

i can understand not starting raul, but do we need two static midfielders against birmingham? and don't get me wrong, i think lucas is an outstanding player, but needs a more dynamic midfielder alongside of him, right now gerrard or raul. really hope this isn't the team, where is djphal (sp?) i wont believe it until he confirms it (or roy does)...no offense to the other sources.

[Twelfth Man]

Agger or Carra to partner Skrtel?

[Fordy]

Agger or Carra to partner Skrtel?

No Carra and Agger at CB with Skrtel on the bench.

[Bavaria]

Agger or Carra to partner Skrtel?

No, Carra or Skrtel to partner Agger?

[Twelfth Man]

No Carra and Agger at CB with Skrtel on the bench.

Skrtel and Agger need to learn to play with each other sooner or later.

[newterp]

the middle of the team worries me - same lack of creativity as always. 

[Fordy]

Skrtel and Agger need to learn to play with each other sooner or later.

Yeah but the next 2 games are certainly not the time to test it out.

[Cybertom]

Agger and Carra start for me.. they can be rock solid.
Gerrard, Meireles in the middle would be nice; but that leaves questions about the hole. No Aqua or Cole, and we sold Benny :/

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Konchesky
Rodriguez Meireles Lucas Babel
Gerrard Torres

[Bavaria]

the middle of the team worries me - same lack of creativity as always.

Our centre could well be Gerrard and Raul if Roy persists in playing Cole behind the front man. With those two in the middle we should have plenty of creativity from there. I dont think Roy rates Lucas much and would have sold if the right offer had came in, but for sure we can say  to Lucas in January. Poulsen will come in like the 70-80 minute mark to shore things up.

[Bavaria]

Agger and Carra start for me.. they can be rock solid.
Gerrard, Meireles in the middle would be nice; but that leaves questions about the hole. No Aqua or Cole, and we sold Benny :/

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Konchesky
Rodriguez Meireles Lucas Babel
Gerrard Torres

What about Pach for the hole? Risky I know but we have to find out at some point if the boy has it or not,

[Cybertom]

Yeah, I like that - I would be happy to see Pacheco there.

Rodriguez Gerrard Merieles Babel
 Pacheco Torres


How about that for attacking, creative football?

[blah]

It would make my day to see Meireles get a start tomorrow.

[LIVusa34]

It would make my day tomorrow to see Meireles get a start tomorrow.

When?

[jimmyjr86]

It would make my day tomorrow to see Meireles get a start tomorrow.

me too but according to the team posted before its lucas/poulsen in the middle

[Bavaria]

He has to start tomorrow, I honestly dont see why he would not start. Unless Roy is going to switch Cole to the left then Gerrard and Raul are going to be the teams engine this year and we have to get them playing together as quickly as possible. We've got an opportunity to leap the yids and Manchester City tomorrow and we have to take it. Very few teams are going to get points at St Andrews so it is one of those fixtures that makes a difference at the end of the season and we have to go for it.

[HarryLabrador]

Last Night of the Proms NOW with You'll Never Walk Alone!

[dnkw]

Last Night of the Proms NOW with You'll Never Walk Alone!

Yeah! - Did you see the Liverpool scarf?

[RJH]

Last Night of the Proms NOW with You'll Never Walk Alone!

Yeah, but it's the awful version.
I know it's the original, but I still really dislike it. Sounds depressing rather than uplifting.


And completely irrelevant, but I spotted a guy I was at Uni with in the choir. Small word.

[Groundskeeper Willie]

Yeah, but it's the awful version.
I know it's the original, but I still really dislike it. Sounds depressing rather than uplifting.


And completely irrelevant, but I spotted a guy I was at Uni with in the choir. Small word.

If? I? Is?

[HarryLabrador]

Yeah! - Did you see the Liverpool scarf?

Yeah, but it's the awful version.
I know it's the original, but I still really dislike it. Sounds depressing rather than uplifting.


And completely irrelevant, but I spotted a guy I was at Uni with in the choir. Small word.

Yeah, I was in FULL voice and found myself out of step with the original version. I saw the scarf and some without scarves were swaying as expected.
Cheered me up.

[Tonyh]

I hope that we can play well and get the 3 points. Would be great to have something positive to read for a change.

[Bavaria]

Last Night of the Proms NOW with You'll Never Walk Alone!

They have not got a clue, that is one of the worst renditions of YNWA I have ever heard. There's is only one place to hear it and we all know where that is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Y7xvegPH_Lw&feature=related

[RJH]

Yeah, I was in FULL voice and found myself out of step with the original version.

If they played the original version at Anfield, everyone would finish about 3 minutes earlier than the recording.



Random fact - apparently Birmingham is the only team Torres has played against more than once in the Premier League and not scored.

[PepesProdigy]

Looks like it will be this:

Reina
johnson
Konchesky
Carragher
Skrtel
Lucas
Poulsen
Maxi
Gerrard
Jovanovic
Torres

what was the actual point of sacking rafa?

[Bavaria]

If they played the original version at Anfield, everyone would finish about 3 minutes earlier than the recording.



Random fact - apparently Birmingham is the only team Torres has played against more than once in the Premier League and not scored.

I like that fact, surely that means his due a goal or 3 

[PepesProdigy]

Looks like it will be this:

Reina
johnson
Konchesky
Carragher
Skrtel
Lucas
Poulsen
Maxi
Gerrard
Jovanovic
Torres

what was the actual point of sacking rafa?

[kelevra]

The team lacks creativity but lets get behind the boys. Anyway if Torres and Gerrard perform we always have a chance

[NorthamptonKopite]

Why are people moaning about the team line-up when it hasn't been announced yet? What is wrong with some of you? Support the f***ing team!

[lukeb1981]

what was the actual point of sacking rafa?

to give cecil a horn

[TOMMO86]

Let's be honest. throwing Raul into the game from the start would be a wrong move for me. Never played for us. lets see how we get on during the game and then bring him on. give him 30 minutes.

[Gigantic Lamb]

Let's be honest. throwing Raul into the game from the start would be a wrong move for me. Never played for us. lets see how we get on during the game and then bring him on. give him 30 minutes.

Exactly Tommo,but things need to change with Lucas in the middle

[Bavaria]

Let's be honest. throwing Raul into the game from the start would be a wrong move for me. Never played for us. lets see how we get on during the game and then bring him on. give him 30 minutes.

I would go with that except that would mean are central partnership (presuming we stay 4-5-1) will be Poulsen and Lucas and that worries me because we now have a player who can actually link the back to the front. Unless Gerrards will be dropped back then I think we need to play Raul. We need to take advantage of this weekends results and that requires we attack Birmingham.

[Red an White Tea Party]

YNWA @ The proms!
Its an omen!!!
 The season starts here?..
After chopper cole & 10 men against the arse, The macherano massacre & the international wilderness. Am positively/drunkenly, drooling at starting 90 mins with eleven men, including a left back! A chance to assess our situation?..
So I comes in rolling drunk, an someone moots Pacheco in the ole? F it why not. W'eve got a left back!..  may not be The face or pricey enough to be taken seriously by some 'fans' but hes a left back! Get behind the team (we can afford)(try..if you still can)This is hard typing this gone. Suffice to dribble GET BEHIND THE TEAM! SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR THE RED SHIRT!...Bitch afterwards.
Did you send any e mails today? Well.. did ya?

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

How does Jovanovic continually get a place in the team?? Dont understand why someone else isnt tried.

He was the best thing sliced bread against Arsenal, wasn't he. He had a couple of below par games and now he's shit?

Fuck me, give the lad a chance.

[Barneylfc∗]

Bollocks to not starting Raul. He's a portuguese international with bags of European Cup experience. Not as if were talking about a 17 year old south American with no experience of european football for fuck sake. I'll be gutted if the line up posted is what Roy puts out. Thats a team going for a draw if he can get it.

[Popcorn]

Throw Raul in, he'll cope.

Seems as though we'll be seeing Carra Skrtel Lucas Poulsen again though. No idea why Agger's 3rd choice there.

[Gus 1855]

Good god, most of you need to join a cult.

Seriously, Roy is in the job because he is supposed to know more about the job than us lot. Give him the benefit of the doubt eh? Also where the hell has all this anti-Jovanovic stuff come from? I rather like what I have seen so far.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

Good god, most of you need to join a cult.

Seriously, Roy is in the job because he is supposed to know more about the job than us lot. Give him the benefit of the doubt eh? Also where the hell has all this anti-Jovanovic stuff come from? I rather like what I have seen so far.

He was shit in the last two games according to some of these oracles on here. Oh and the fact he was free means the jury comes out 6 months earlier.

[bakstabba]

The Guardian seems to think that Meireles is starting... Why is everybody saying the contrary? Is it djphal or something?