Liverpool FC v O'M 2nd Leg (Result)

[LiverpoolFanatic]

I thought this deserved its own thread as it is such a big match. For some reason I feel pretty confident about this one. I think we'll go through and win fairly comfortably.

My bold prediction LFC 3 O'M 1

Owen with a brace (32, 57)
Gerrard (83)

Drogba (62)

4-2 on aggregate.

Unfortunately, I will be at the hospital getting the results of an MRI during the match, and then my wife is leaving for a year to go to Afghanistan, so I'll miss the match.

[RedKnight]

............................Dudek

...Carragher--Dr. Henchoz, DDS--Hyypia--Riise

.......Murphy--Hamann--Gerrard--Kewell

.....................Owen--Heskey


Subs: Luzi, Diouf, Traore, Cheyrou, FSP, Biscan, Baros

Although I wouldn't be surprised to see Cheyrou start

PS: Take care, LF. Hope all works out well.

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[liverbird]

............................Dudek

...Carragher--Dr. Henchoz, DDS--Hyypia--Riise

.......Murphy--Hamann--Gerrard--Kewell

.....................Owen--Heskey


Subs: Luzi, Diouf, Traore, Cheyrou, FSP, Biscan, Baros

Although I wouldn't be surprised to see Cheyrou start

PS: Take care, LF. Hope all works out well.

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Red knight I'll go along but I think Biscan may play over Henchoz and i'd play Baros over Heskey.

Ditto to the best wishes to LF and to Ms LF in a dangerous place!

[usscouse]

I thought this deserved its own thread as it is such a big match. For some reason I feel pretty confident about this one. I think we'll go through and win fairly comfortably.

My bold prediction LFC 3 O'M 1

Owen with a brace (32, 57)
Gerrard (83)

Drogba (62)

4-2 on aggregate.

Unfortunately, I will be at the hospital getting the results of an MRI during the match, and then my wife is leaving for a year to go to Afghanistan, so I'll miss the match.I like your predictions and score so I'll accept that.

Good luck on you MRI. Sorry about your wife leaving for Afghanistan. Hope it's a good thing. My buddy returned home from there just last week. so we hoisted a few Newcastle Browns to celebrate.

[usscouse]

I don't know if anyone is up for comms today, if not you can usually get a text report on BBC Radio Five Live web. It's updated every 2 minutes. You have to weave your way through their site to find it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/
I usually have 2 pages going one for comms and one for 5 live.

[Dr. Wankler]

--Dr. Henchoz, DDS--

Just because quality like this is expected on the Liverpool boards doesn't mean it should go uncommented upon. Nicely done.

usscouse, I'd be up for it, but after about 15 more minutes, I'm away from my computer for most of the rest of the afternoon, alas. If someone does them, I'll appreciatively read the later, of course.

LF: best of luck with the MRI in the short-term and the long-distance marriage in the longer term.

[655321]

Alright, alright, alright...let's hope the boys silence all 60K of the "real fans" and get past this big hurdle. I'd expect we're going to go with some experience in the starting eleven, so I'm gonna agree with the general consensus that is RedKnight's lineup...

Good luck, LF...that's some tough stuff...

[RedKnight]

Just because quality like this is expected on the Liverpool boards doesn't mean it should go uncommented upon. Nicely done.


Thanks; just trying to live up to expectations, of course. Doctor.

Actually, it turns out that the Doctor will not be in today, at least not right away. The Teamsheet is in:

Dudek

Carragher
Biscan
Hyypia
Riise

Murphy
Hamann
Gerrard
Kewell

Owen
Heskey

Subs: Luzi, Dr. H, Traore, Diouf, Cheyrou, Baros, FSP

Conference call will interfere with my doing comms, but I'll try to chime in on occasion. Who has "Rowan duty" for this match?

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[darrens7]

Best wishes to you and your wife. Hope all goes well for the both of you.
My prediction for the line up
Dudek
Carrager Hyppia Henchoz Risse


Diouf Gerrard Murphy Heskey

Owen Baros

[Lanky134]

I've got comms. I'm just finishing up something but should be ready by kickoff.

[Lanky134]

28 Fabien Barthez
23 Habib Beye
3 Manuel Dos Santos
2 Demetrius Ferreira
26 Laurent Batlles
32 Mathieu Flamini
6 Brahim Hemdani
12 Abdoulaye Meite
7 Sylvain N'Diaye
11 Didier Drogba
20 Steve Marlet

30 Jeremy Gavanon
5 Philippe Christanval
21 Johnny Ecker
8 Sebastien Perez
29 Fabio Celestini
18 Camel Meriem
9 Ahmed Mido

[Lanky134]

This Quick Reply feature will come in very handy during comms.

[Lanky134]

Teams coming out now...

[Lanky134]

Some technical problems, but they seem to be resolved now.

Almost...

[RedKnight]

LFC not wearing "Carlsberg" on their shirts due to French anti-brewery laws, or something.

[Lanky134]

We're underway...

[Lanky134]

Marseilles playing a defensive formation. LFC playing without "Carlsberg" on their shirt, because you can't advertise breweries in France. I guess because beer is inherently inferior to French wine.

[Lanky134]

Free kick to LFC deep in the OM half.

Kewell offside...

[Lanky134]

Crowd getting on LFC at every opportunity.

Drogba gets away from Biscan but Dudek gets to it first.

Barthez clattered by Beye, his own guy, and he's gone down injured.

[Lanky134]

Hunter saying that OM crowd even more hostile than Galatasaray.

7 mins. 0-0