Liverpool Rumours And General Discussion 2007/2008

mike65

Crouch would be like Carew or Koller on le continent I guess.

I wonder does Rafa read the sporting press, when sober chaps like Hugh McIlvanney are pondering Benitez mentality maybe he should have pause for thought.

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

Thing is though, i dont see what he offers over other players , the fact that he can jump or head a ball means his height advantange is cancelled out. Any defender with half a brain should be able to cop on and just play him likle he would any other player.

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote:

Crouch would be like Carew or Koller on le continent I guess.

I wonder does Rafa read the sporting press, when sober chaps like Hugh McIlvanney are pondering Benitez mentality maybe he should have pause for thought.

Mike.

I think he gets more stubborn, often to his own detriment the more things written about him in the press/said abolut him by pundits. The more said about his rotation and letting the team gel, the more he seems determind to change the team around. It's not something I'd consider a strenght in his character.

mike65

Can't jump or head the ball shirley?

Mike.

HashSlinging

redspider wrote:

For example, how many of us would have put Leto into the starting 11? Maybe 1% of us, if that? Leto AND Sissoko AND Benayoun .... maybe only 1 person, and that was Rafa!

C'mon Rafa, get it right next time ......

Redspider

I'd be interested to hear what you think the effect of the departure of Paco has had on Rafa's team selection, IMO we have been lucky so far as we have recently had mediocre opposition in the prem. How do ye feel about our last seasons No1 goal scorer being left on the bench? I think its a confidence thing and given some real runs, crouch can perform well.

I know today is going to be a massive test for liverpool, its make or break time for the over-all well being and confidence of the team, if we can't beat Spurs (a top 10 team) today I will have serious doubts of how things are being managed now, and will be over the rest of the season.

Personally I dont think teams like wigan have improved that much this season (beaten 4 - 0 to utd) its a lame excuse for rafa's recent short comings. Maybe this is new territory for rafa because as far as having great resources to work with, its never happened before, he has always been working with the fishes and the bread in that regard... i.e limited resources.

Skittlebrau

Today's team sheet.

Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Arbeloa, Pennant, Riise, Gerrard, Mascherano, Torres, Voronin. Subs - Itandje, Benayoun, Kuyt, Babel, Lucas.

Pennant's back which is good. Would prefer to see Babel on the left though.

whatawaster

aaaaaahhhhhhhh. No Babel. I want to slap Rafa.

Tusky

I wish Rafa would stop rotating the front two on a weekly basis. Im not as against rotation as a lot of people seem to be but how are the front two supposed to form a partnership if they are different every game.

~Rebel~

agreed. its infuriating! I really want to see Torres and Kuyt given a run of 3 or 4 games straight together. Having said that, under the Benitez method, technically Voronin will be better suited to Spurs playing a bit higher up the pitch, seems a fair bit faster then Kuyt. But still.

Really annoyed Riise is starting before Babel. Has Babel done something?! Hope to see at least 30mins from him anyway..era all in all, the team looks good, Riise the only somewhat weak link (besides Sami's pace but nought we can do about that).

HashSlinging

5 changes, still a strong team veroinin and torres play well together. Tight changes.

No place for Sissoko. Good.

whatawaster

Riise should only play in case of an emergency, and then only at left back. Kuyt and Torres should play most games together.

Dub13

This game is Live on Newstalk....

~Rebel~

any working vid streams?

copacetic

this is the first game of the season not on standard TV channels..

Dub13

~Rebel~ wrote:

any working vid streams?

Here is a decent list of them,I am going through that list now if you come across one that works let me no.

http://84.51.233.73/forums/showthread.php?t=203

~Rebel~

sopcast channel 887 in theory works, but its terrible, get about 3 seconds every 20 or 30! and you have to stream it through VLC (have sopcast open and playing, then open VLC and put this; http://127.0.0.1:8902 into the network streams part and you'll get it. Crap today but works other times when Sopcast is acting up)

~Rebel~

This http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/sun7.10/Liverpool_Tottenham3.html is slowly slowly working its way through buffering so might get through.. appartantly bad weather in Asia is mesing up P2P's

HashSlinging

yes

~Rebel~

All is forgiven! Voronator sticks it in!

Skittlebrau

Goal Voronin!!

Followed up a Gerrard free kick. Robinson couldn't hold it!!

Dub13

Good man Voronin....1:0

~Rebel~

still n luck with a stream..just listening to audio. anyone else find anything?

Dub13

~Rebel~ wrote:

still n luck with a stream..just listening to audio. anyone else find anything?

Nothing yet.

Dub13

Interesting to see (or should I say hear) how Robinson plays now...you kind of pity the lad while hoping he concedes a few today.

~Rebel~

Dub13 wrote:

Interesting to see (or should I say hear) how Robinson plays now...you kind of pity the lad while hoping he concedes a few today.

the lads on sky sports before the reading-derby game were talking about the differences with the synthetic pitch the England team will be playing on in Russia, saying it'll be difficult for the keeper the way the ball zipps off the ground. Already making excuses for him

Skittlebrau

Gerrard just hit the post from another free kick.

Robinson was well beaten.

Carragher just cleared off our line. Pretty open game. There's more goals in this for sure.

tonc76

Newstalk gone back to rugby

Radio link anyone or stream

Tusky

Its not on newstalk...rugby is on. Or am I wrong ? Cant seem to find a good stream.

vietnamtv.com and VTC1 works but its really slow. Unwatchable. Would love to see this game, why isnt it televised ?

Tusky

Skittlebrau wrote:

Gerrard just hit the post from another free kick.

Robinson was well beaten.

Carragher just cleared off our line. Pretty open game. There's more goals in this for sure.

How are you watching it ?

Aquos76

Tusky wrote:

Would love to see this game, why isnt it televised ?

Because it is a re arranged game. In all fairness its the first pool match not been shown live on either Sky or Setanta this season.

Its a good game mind you. I am watching in on Digialb

~Rebel~

Tusky wrote:

How are you watching it ?

Im gonna hazard a guess at Aurtrailian TV.

Dub13

first goal

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VHA5Szy2FNI

Skittlebrau

Tusky wrote:

How are you watching it ?

It's on tv over here.

Have the equivalent of Sky Digital (called Foxtel). It's bloody brilliant. I can watch any of the games that are on now.

Doesn't help you guys though. Sorry!

We've cut them open twice in the last few mins. Torres and Voronin both should have scored.

We look a completely different team to the game during the week.

Nunu

Dub13 wrote:

first goal

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VHA5Szy2FNI

...that was diabolical goalkeeping!

Skittlebrau

Dammit. Keane equalised.

Kick out nodded down by Berbatov, Keane raced between Finnan and Carragher and flicked it by Reina.

Spurs look occasionally dangerous. We really need to take our chances to make sure of this.

Aquos76

Robbie keane equalises for spurs

darkskol

Just at half time too

Skittlebrau

Keane again. 1-2

This is going wrong.

Another knock down from Berbatov. Him and Keane have the sort of understanding that I can only dream of for our strikers.

Aquos76

G'won Robbie Keane;)

shatners basoon

Aquos76 wrote:

G'won Robbie Keane;)

You really chose the right thread for that mate!

Aquos76

shatners basoon wrote:

You really chose the right thread for that mate!

Ah cant beat a bit of banter:D

darkskol

Kuyt on for pennant

HashSlinging

spurs fans will be out of the woodwork for this one.

~Rebel~

http://www.myp2p.eu/Matches/Match2.htm The second RealPlayer one is working for me! It might say server is full, but press play on realplayer and it might work (did for me!)

Skittlebrau

Super sub Yossi coming on for Voronin.

We're overcooking it every time we get near their box.

~Rebel~

the commentary from that strea, is perfectly synched with the newstalk feed. Nice!

Xavi6

Come on Spurs! City to cement third spot. Love it!

Aquos76

Xavi6 wrote:

Come on Spurs! City to cement third spot. Love it!

Well they have 3 added mins to hang on

Skittlebrau

Torres!!!!

2-2

darkskol

get in there!!!! Torres 2-2