See I am not Scouse -- I have simply become a fan but this doesn't really seem like the Liverpool way I have read about -- it feels like Chelski -- I mean singing about the owners. We should sing about the team,the players, and the gaffer. Original songs that are ours. That is the Liverpool way I have come to admire.
No kidding. Thank goodness we have Peter Crouch if Nando is out. He will come through for us. If Crouch starts, I definitely would want Pennant and Babel on either side of StevieG. Pennant and Crouch have good chemistry and Babel would help offset the lack of pace from the forwards. Of course it is tough to deny Benyouen a run-out against his former side. But there will be time in the second half.
Riise is starting tonight. I believe _SC is refering to the Italian/Brazillian thing. Aurelio carries both an Brazillian and Italian passport. Does anyone have a good stream for this one? Don't really want to be stuck watching Chelsea/Olympiakos...
Liverbird was talking about "Arbeloa and Aurelio" - in that order - being "Spanish and Brasilian". Does anyone read before they correct anymore?
Kuijt crosses into the box and Torres first time hammers into the net. 1-0. Blink and you'll miss it. 8 minutes.
Arbeloa ball watches Boa Morte waltzing past him and Skrtel just clears off the line. Crickey, that was suicidal.
West Ham are giving as good as they are getting. Cole's shot is charged down by Skrtel and bounces off Cole for a goal-kick. Kuijt is looking good. Crosses a ball to Babel whose shot just flashes past the back post.
We need that 2nd goal. West Ham are playing well. Solano concedes a free-kick close to the box. Gerrard over it but Carragher mis-kicks. Too much kick and hope by us.
Babel surges into the box and Neill clears for a corner. Skrtel almost converts. Poor corner, though.
Poor referee. Misses two consecutive hand-balls right in of him. Babel, twists and turns lays it off to Gerrard and his shot is just tipped over. Referee misses another handball in the box. Poor, poor refereeing.
39 minutes. Carlton Cole catches Alonso in the face. Free-kick. Riise's cross into the box and finds nobody. We need bodies in that box.