Match preview here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2245880.stm Smicer's out, of course, with the toe. Dudek should be ready. Carragher is in the squad. No television in the US.
It is on Sentianna... i always mispell that company but they are the ones who always hold the pay per view matches.... most bars and pubs have them as a supplier or people with those massive dish's in their back yards.
Team Sheet Dudek Traore Hyypia Henchoz CARRAGHER Riise Hamann Gerrard Murphy Owen Diouf SUBS: Diao Heskey Baros Berger Kirkland
You can listen to it by going to Socceraudio.com then to the UK then to Briminghan. It is free. It is 1-0 Liverpool in the 36th
F'ing son of a bitch. Morrison puts one in the net with seconds to go to produce a 2-2 draw. Full time, folks. The Reds let another victory slip through their grasp.
ahh..it was agonizing following that on soccernet's scoreboard. hate to say it...but these kinds of results are what costs you the championship...
Traore didn't look so hot out there....helping to prove my point that Hamann has been playing for both of them. Berger was an instant spark on the pitch and did well to give some much added creativity...I hope he gets a few more chances to shine throught out the season. Owen again has me wondering when he'll finally hit his stride and find his finishing touch. Berger put a few nice passes to him , only to have Owen find the keeper , instead of the back of the net. To be fair to Owen though, everyone on the pitch was unlucky in the finishing department....again. We really folded in the end though...the same mistakes were made tonight as were made in the Newcastle match. For some reason we don't seem to stop pressing forward, even with out backs against the wall. As an Irishman I was happy to see Clinton do well, but I wishing he would show up next week and not against us. Vassen (mispell) the keeper for the Blues was impressive as well. Also I don't think I have seen so much energy from Robbie Savage in one match in my time watching him...he was the main spark for the City tonight. We got the point which is nice, but again we should of had 3 points from this one. It's these blown chances for 3 points that will kill us come the end of the season.
Here's an impartial 3rd party story of the match..... http://www.soccernet.com/england/2000/20020911/reports/54461_full.html Some Words from GH himself..... http://www.ananova.com/sport/soccer/story/sm_668925.html?menu=sport.football.latestheadlines
six points lost...really people?? How could Owen, in this form, be the reigning European Player of the Year????
Yeah, coz that's a proven means by which to get a striker back in to form. The reactionary attitude of some fans amazes me. This time last year, we were getting dicked 3-1 by Villa, for Chrissakes. We’d already lost to Bolton. We have dropped silly points this time out, yes. And yes, it is not good enough. But let’s not lose sight of the big picture here - we are trying to progress the style of play and the fluidity and authority with which we take on opponents. In the pursuit of that next stage of our evolution, we will drop silly points. Yesterday, we dropped silly points. Instead of being on 11, level with Arsenal, we are on 9, two adrift of Arsenal. Which is hardly panic stations. And, playing as we are at the moment, we will win far more points than we lose. Once Owen finds his shooting boots, he will be on his way to another 20-25 goal haul and then everyone will be wanking on about how great a striker he is and how you wouldn’t swap him for anyone, yadda yadda. Owen is playing exceptionally well, bar his finishing touch. His overall play is much improved on last season. It’s not his fault that the team, 2-0 up with half an hour to play, conceded two goals. Nor is our problem a lack of goals in general. We have scored 10 goals in five games. Where they come from is more or less irrelevant. The blame is, as always, collective, but in this instance the defence is to blame. Morrison’s first was a direct consequence of a woeful back-header by Traore and his second was a nothing header form a nothing cross that should never even have been put in. That’s what happens when you go to sleep - piss poor nobodies like Birmingham City score goals against you. It happens. But it could be worse and it will get better. Lest we forget, we could have been losing to Bolton at home instead …
Crazy stuff. How are Owen and Heskey to blame for conceding two late goals? Yes we should have scored more, but we shouldn't be conceding goals like this at home. Heskey only played the second half and came in at left midfield because of the injury to Henchoz so I don't think he can blamed. The consensus seems to be that Traore was to blame on the first, a whole team falling to sleep on the second. But let's look at the bigger picture here for a second. It is fairly obvious GH has radically changed our playing style this season, we are gonna see some teething probems. But to drop Owen is wrong. He will find his scoring boots very soon and it isn't like the midfield isn't chipping in. Remember we are still unbeaten! If we lose god knows what these boards will be like.
Good God, but you are an imbecile. Well, no, that’s unfair, you’re clearly just a kid and not from these parts, so you have had neither the time nor the opportunity to formulate a proper understanding of this game of ours. Your girlie tantrums are going to get very old, very quickly though. I won’t bother trying to educate you because there’s plenty of time for you to grow into this whole lark, but do please bear in mind that this little corner of Bigsoccer distinguishes itself by having a bunch of people who a) treat each other with respect and b) know their shit. That is fantastically rare on this rabid zoo of an Internet site and, as mod of this forum, I aim to keep it that way. You are welcome to post your opinions as long as you behave yourself and although the quality of your observations at the moment is not going to equate to much credibility for you amongst the senior members of this Liverpool thread, there is, I suppose, some hope that over time you will learn enough to be of value to the people you have chosen to spend time with.
Everyone knows that Owen should be finishing his chances. I posted a few weeks back that we need to rotate strikers, but if you take Owen out now, it will shatter his confidence (not competely, he's a pretty confident fella), and it'll be even harder to get him started on his inevitable streak. He's creating TONS of chances, so keep him in until he's back in his normal finishing form, and then maybe experiment a bit later. smoke it?? (jesus, you are a young guy, aren't you??)
Excellent point 655321, I know we disagreed when you said he should be rotated. But the point you make about his confidence is an important one. I took heart from the fact that the Kop were really getting behind him last night. Continually singing his name and knowing he will come through this bad patch. If he was playing poorly, dropping him maybe justified, but he is not. He is actually more involved and playing better than last season.