Chelsea -v- Liverpool Match Thread

MagicMarker · 04-10-2009 1:56pm

Is Joe Cole fully fit, is he expected to start today? That would be great for England.

CHD · 04-10-2009 1:59pm

SlickRic wrote: »

i do admire your willingness to say it how you see it, with no fear of having comments like this bite you in the ass.

fair play.

on paper, yes Chelsea probably have the best squad. and they've had a good start. that does not automatically mean they will be the main challengers.

They are the main challengers buddy.

jesus_thats_gre · 04-10-2009 2:01pm

CHD wrote: »

Yep, and i reckon we will be favourites in 2022 aswell. Whats your point? Its not too early to say Chelsea are the main chalengers. You know why? Cause Chelsea are the main challenegers.

Was one thing being arrogant when ye had Jose in charge and the majority of your players were in their prime but times have changed.

It's too early to put any faith in them being the main challengers too. You would have thought that you would have learned your lesson from last season.

SlickRic · 04-10-2009 2:01pm

CHD wrote: »

They are the main challengers buddy.

oh ok, you win.

04-10-2009 2:01pm

Kuyt first scorer 15/1
Benni first scorer 16/1

CHD · 04-10-2009 2:03pm

SlickRic wrote: »

oh ok, you win.

Yes!

SWAR · 04-10-2009 2:03pm

CHD wrote: »

They are the main challengers buddy.

You keep missing the point...Chelsea may be favourites for the league at this moment in time but it is too early to say whether they will be the main challengers...not the same thing you know :rolleyes:

CHD · 04-10-2009 2:05pm

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Was one thing being arrogant when ye had Jose in charge and the majority of your players were in their prime but times have changed.

It's too early to put any faith in them being the main challengers too. You would have thought that you would have learned your lesson from last season.

Seriously? Too early to have faith?

Your right.... We might scrape 4th.

Thanks for the laugh.

CHD · 04-10-2009 2:06pm

SWAR wrote: »

You keep missing the point...Chelsea may be favourites for the league at this moment in time but it is too early to say whether they will be the main challengers...not the same thing you know :rolleyes:

I said they are at this early stage. Cause they are!

jesus_thats_gre · 04-10-2009 2:08pm

CHD wrote: »

Seriously? Too early to have faith?

Your right.... We might scrape 4th.

Thanks for the laugh.

Jeez, you are excitable today, aren't you.

Kess73 · 04-10-2009 2:39pm

It is hardly worth arguing over though.

A Chelsea fan will believe that they are the team to take the title this season. A Liverpool fan will think that they are in with a shot to do it this year. A Man U fan will think that they will retain the title this season.

CHD · 04-10-2009 2:48pm

Kess73 wrote: »

It is hardly worth arguing over though.

A Chelsea fan will believe that they are the team to take the title this season. A Liverpool fan will think that they are in with a shot to do it this year. A Man U fan will think that they will retain the title this season.

Exactly, but Chelsea still are the main challengers at this early stage. Only people who disagree are Liverpool fans. Funny that.

stevoslice · 04-10-2009 2:55pm

can't wait for the transfer window in january and the african nations cup, should be a good laugh.

monkey9 · 04-10-2009 2:56pm

Can everyone just agree that Chelsea are the main challengers so that we may be spared the tedium of this pointless arguement.

Anyway, Liverpool to win two one. Torres and Kuyt!

whatawaster · 04-10-2009 2:59pm

Chelsea are favourites for the league.
I'm sure not all their fans are sickeningly arrogant about their chances however.
After all, they've won little of note in several years. I'd want my team to quietly go about things if it were me.

Hopefully it'll be our standard first 11 today. Benny on the left ahead of Riera

CHD · 04-10-2009 3:04pm

thebhoy wrote: »

can't wait for the transfer window in january and the african nations cup, should be a good laugh.

Suppose you gotta laugh at something while waiting for a title

Headshot · 04-10-2009 3:06pm

going to be a fun day

i cant wait now

whatawaster · 04-10-2009 3:08pm

Liverpool team:

Reina

Johnson

Carragher

Skrtel

Insua

Mascherano

Lucas

Kuyt

Gerrard

Riera

Torres

surprised Benny is on bench

Subs: Cavalieri, Agger, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog.

tok9 · 04-10-2009 3:08pm

Lads, theres a lot of sh*t being posted in this thread.... lets stick to the match.

Still think it could be 2-1 to pool.
Any team news?

CHD · 04-10-2009 3:09pm

Its banter :P

2-1 Chelsea!

tok9 · 04-10-2009 3:10pm

whatawaster wrote: »

Liverpool team:
Reina

Johnson
Carragher
Skrtel
Insua
Mascherano
Lucas
Kuyt
Gerrard
Riera
Torres

surprised Benny is on bench

Maybe it's because Riera did pretty well against boswinga(sp?) last season but still i'm surprised myself

mike65 · 04-10-2009 3:10pm

Yossi to come off the bench and score the winner.

Tusky · 04-10-2009 3:11pm

Id love to know what Riera has done to get in the team ahead of Benayoun. I would have played both though.

Masch---Gerrard

Kuyt

Benayoun

Riera

Torres

monkey9 · 04-10-2009 3:13pm

CHD wrote: »

Suppose you gotta laugh at something while waiting for a title

The wait for the title is tough alright. I just hope it doesn't stretch to fifty years and become so desperate we have to resort to buying it!

CHD · 04-10-2009 3:13pm

Would you not prefer to have Benayoun to bring on if its not going well?

monkey9 · 04-10-2009 3:14pm

mike65 wrote: »

Yossi to come off the bench and score the winner.

I vote we reintroduce the Yossi Smells campaign

whatawaster · 04-10-2009 3:14pm

CHD wrote: »

Would you not prefer to have Benayoun to bring on if its not going well?

would you prefer to have Lampard on the bench to bring on if it's not going well?

Tusky · 04-10-2009 3:15pm

CHD wrote: »

Would you not prefer to have Benayoun to bring on if its not going well?

Id want him on from the start. He is now firmly among our best players and has been for quite a while now. Almost everything goes through him - he got 2 assists last week if Im not mistaken.

whatawaster · 04-10-2009 3:17pm

Tusky wrote: »

Id want him on from the start. He is now firmly among our best players and has been for quite a while now. Almost everything goes through him - he got 2 assists last week if Im not mistaken.

i think Riera did too though, in fairness. According to FF anyway.

Paddy@CIRL · 04-10-2009 3:21pm

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selpher · 04-10-2009 3:23pm

Deco starts! The diamond looked its best this season with Ess, Lamps,Ballack and Deco in it.

~Rebel~ · 04-10-2009 3:25pm

This chelsea team are very physically strong and i think Riera in for Yossi is to match this. Every player out there for pool today is physically quite strong, and i see this being a fairly draining game, so having Yossi and Babel in reserve could prove important to more effectively take advantage of tired players then they could from the start.

Great to see Agger back in the squad.

mike65 · 04-10-2009 3:32pm

Looks like Chelsea will be very narrow, with the FBs being relied upon to provide the ammo.

04-10-2009 3:38pm

mash playing is massive for us.

Tight game 1-1

selpher · 04-10-2009 3:38pm

Don't know how much ammo we'll get from Ivanovic going forward. He'll be good to have for set pieces though.
Hate these games. Thought after Jose left they'd be less tense affairs, but theyre just as bad now. I suppose a draw would be okay..