Liverpool Rumours And General Discussion 2007/2008

mike65

Cool.

HK to Fulham in the papers.

Mike.

Tusky

I thought it was on sky ? Ahh feck.

Kanney

Yeah me too, its on Sky Calcio apparently. TBH I know its not going to be the most competitive match but Derby and Bolton on live? My god.
I am confident of three points tonight. Altho Steve Bruce has come to Anfield this season with a lesser squad and took a draw, we didnt have Fernando back then for that match but hopefully he will play tonight.
Did I read right that Ujfalusi doesnt want to join Liverpool?

zing

Kanney wrote: »

Did I read right that Ujfalusi doesnt want to join Liverpool?

Yeah but according to Tony Barrett he was never a target

Despite speculation, Tomas Ujfalusi is not a target during this transfer window and the Czech international has not had any offer from Liverpool.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2007/12/31/rafa-benitez-targets-defender-100252-20298552/

darkskol

Team according to F365:
25. Jose Reina
3. Steve Finnan
17. Alvaro Arbeloa
23. Jamie Carragher
12. Fabio Aurelio
16. Jermaine Pennant
14. Xabi Alonso
20. Javier Mascherano
7. Harry Kewell
8. Steven Gerrard
9. Fernando Torres

(subs:
30. Charles Itandje (GK)
6. John Arne Riise
11. Yossi Benayoun
15. Peter Crouch
18. Dirk Kuyt )

Pennant back?
Torres loan striker with Gerrard playing behind him?

Chardee MacDennis

5 man midfield of Jermaine Pennant, Harry Kewell, Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano and Steven Gerrard with Torres up front by himself according to the BBC.

Zapp Brannigan

It's the 4-5-1! I like that very much! Didn't think Pennant would be back for awhile yet though.

Unearthly

Looks a decent team to me. Enough to beat a poor Wigan side anyway

mike65

yep, Kuyt has paid for his poor showings in front of goal.

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Reina
Finnan--Carra-Arbeloa-Aurelio
Pennant-Alonso-Masch-Kewell

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Gerrard

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Torres

Bench- Itandje Riise Crouch Kuyt Benayoun

They kept Pennants return quiet!

Mike.

darkskol

I didnt know that Pennant was fully fit back again

Tusky

Dont like Gerrard in that position but its a strong enough team. Good to see Pennant back, he came out of nowhere..!

darkskol

Heres hoping Gerrard gets a few goals to help me out in my fantasy football

Zapp Brannigan

darkskol wrote: »

Heres hoping Gerrad gets a few goals to help me out in my fantasy football

Yeah he's my captain this week! 2 assists, a goal and 3 bonus points would do nicely!!

But let's not get ahead of ourselves, we need to win this game and Wigan won't just roll over for us.

darkskol

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

we need to win this game and Wigan won't just roll over for us.

Very true if we can nick a goal early on that should settle the nerves out there.
Looking forward to seeing how this formation plays tonight.

Tusky

Could it possibly be 4-3-3 ?

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Reina

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Finnan--Arbeloa--Carra--Aurelio

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Alonso--Monster

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Gerrard

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Pennant

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Kewell

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Torres

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~Rebel~

Strong team, quite happy with it. Would be a disgrace to drop any points here with that 11. Good to see Rafa clearly putting this as priority over the 2 cup games in the next week.

Could also line up with
----Masch---Alonso

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Gerrard
--Pennant

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Kewell

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Torres

<edit> snap tusky

Tusky

Also, any idea on the best quality stream ? Im using sopcast to watch starsports. Showing tennis atm.

mike65

I'm going to try

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/footyfirst

Mike.

Melion

Delighted Pennant is back in, i thought it was late January before he'd be back. Hope he hasnt been rushed back.

Tusky

mike65 wrote: »

I'm going to try

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/footyfirst

Mike.

Let me know when its up and what the quality/sound is like.

Zapp Brannigan

mike65 wrote: »

I'm going to try

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/footyfirst

Mike.

Using that myself due to no good p2ptv apps for Mac!

DeadSkin

mike65 wrote: »

I'm going to try

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/footyfirst

Mike.

Yep, still sayin' it's off air.

Like the look of the team tonight, 'cept I'd have Babel in there instead of Harry.

mike65

Its up and running a bit choppy but watchable

Babel/Crouch for Luton Town game I suspect.

Mike.

~Rebel~

the true sports one on rojadirecta is looking good at the moment anyway. showing the team walking onto the pitch at the mo. English quality and decent in full screen. Im watching it through VLC as my sopcast is a bit dodge. If you have it, all you need to do is open the sopcast link, then open VLC and in "open network stream" add this http://127.0.0.1:8902 and it'll show your sopcast stream there.

DeadSkin

The sound on ustream, started off all screwed, but has settled nicely now. Decent picture too

darkskol

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Reina

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Finnan--Arbeloa--Carra--Aurelio

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Alonso--Masch

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Gerrard

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Pennant

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Kewell

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Torres

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Is this the way they are playing cant get to see/listen to it myself.

Chardee MacDennis

darkskol wrote: »

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Reina

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Finnan--Arbeloa--Carra--Aurelio

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Alonso--Masch

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Gerrard

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Pennant

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Kewell

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Torres

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Is this the way they are playing cant get to see/listen to it myself.

pretty much

playing some nice stuff just cant make the break through.

DeadSkin

Pool are playin' some nice football tonight, shame can't see it on real tv

Unearthly

You are playing crap according to Sky Sports News soccer special

DeadSkin

Unearthly wrote: »

You are playing crap according to Sky Sports News soccer special

Pfft......Sky Sports News

~Rebel~

Unearthly wrote: »

You are playing crap according to Sky Sports News soccer special

heh, and there was me believing what i saw with my own eyes. I should have known better,

Tabloid journalism ftw!


Masch starting to look much more assured when he goes forward, had a great little link up with torres a few mins ago.

mike65

Well I'm watching and the only thing missing is the important bit - a goal.

Wigan are parking the bus whenever Liverpool have posession.

Mike.

Zapp Brannigan

Torres is gonna score. He looks up for it tonight!

elbow316

Just an update on Shamrok's earlier post:
"SUPERSPORT - WMP * User: saturday3pm Pass: soccer *"

The username is indeed 'saturday3pm' but the password is now 'www.livesporton.tv
'
It might be an idea to bookmark http://www.livesporton.tv/free3pm.asp

Unearthly

~Rebel~ wrote: »

heh, and there was me believing what i saw with my own eyes. I should have known better,

Tabloid journalism ftw!

Don't shoot the messenger

tibor

Looking well dodgy at the back. Giving away possession very cheaply.
Playing with a very slow tempo, far more urgency about Wigan when they're on the ball, and they look dangerous.

Torres and Gerrard linking up well when they're bothered.
Should win this easily if they all switched on and upped tempo a bit.

Chardee MacDennis

Pennant is look very sharp, could be the missing piece?

Melion

I can see Kirkland having the usual wonder performance that former Liverpool keepers have when they go back to Anfield

mike65

Pennant is full of running and good control.

Gerrard needs to be a bit higher up the pitch, some good near misses.

Mike.

Chardee MacDennis

elbow316 wrote: »

Just an update on Shamrok's earlier post:
"SUPERSPORT - WMP * User: saturday3pm Pass: soccer *"

The username is indeed 'saturday3pm' but the password is now 'www.livesporton.tv
'
It might be an idea to bookmark http://www.livesporton.tv/free3pm.asp

nice one for that, why does WMP say it cannot play the file. EDIT: NO NEED GOT IT THANKS

back on topic. a goal before half time would be nice

~Rebel~

Unearthly wrote: »

Don't shoot the messenger

skysports news was more the target, hope there was no offence to your good self



i can see Michael Brown being an important player for Wigan this year

tibor

The lack of movement off the ball is shockin.

Melion

I can see it being one of those nights, too many missed chances.

Attractive Nun

~Rebel~ wrote:

i can see Michael Brown being an important player for Wigan this year

I would just like to add that I really don't like Michael Brown.

DeadSkin

tibor wrote: »

The lack of movement off the ball is shockin.

Eh, I'd have to disagree. What's lacking is goals.

~Rebel~

Attractive Nun wrote: »

I would just like to add that I really don't like Michael Brown.

Neither do I, but he's just the type of player a dog fighting lower table team needs. Bit of the "Robbie Savage"s about him.

Zapp Brannigan

Some glimpses of quality, but still not playing to our potential.

mike65

Patience!

Mike.

tibor

DeadSkin wrote: »

Eh, I'd have to disagree. What's lacking is goals.

You watching the same game?
I've lost count of the amount of times Carra had to resort to a backpass or a hoof cos the midfielders weren't interested in showing for the ball and he was being pressured.

Peyton Manning

Attractive Nun wrote: »

I would just like to add that I really don't like Michael Brown.

You and me both. One of, if not THE dirtiest player in the league.

Funny how it was mentioned that Liverpool ex-goalkeepers always play well against them, just got me thinking that a lot of goalies who havent made it at Liverpool for some reason or another always end up being good quality keepers once they leave - James, Friedel, Kirkland. Id imagine Scott Carson could be added to that list in a few years.