Re: Fulham vs Liverpool, 16-10-04 [R] Fulham lineup: 1 Edwin Van der Sar 2 Moritz Volz 6 Zat Knight 3 Carlos Bocanegra 30 Adam Green 4 Steed Malbranque 7 Mark Pembridge 14 Papa Bouba Diop 11 Luis Boa Morte 8 Brian McBride 17 Tomasz Radzinski Hmmmm... Is that Boca in CENTRAL defense?
Er, yeah, that's what I meant... Oh, wait... That's what I SAID!!! Anyway, I've heard several times so far "McBride up for the header, various Liverpool defender wins the ball". Come on, McHead!
Live audio from Fulham's site here Gentleman Jim on the PbP... and Macca's getting praise for his work rate in defending as well as attacking, so far. "Doing his job so far," reports Gentleman Jim, as Macca's playing as a lone striker for the Cottagers.
Good compliments from the announcer for Bake. "McBride's a lot better player than people realize", big props for the run he made, and the pass to Boa Morte.
2-0, Fulham-- "Boa Morte makes it look so easy"... Malbranque with the hard work, and The Dead Snake gets his second.
More props for Brian from Gentleman Jim after a nice flicked header: "He's a handle for any defense, McBride is...".
Thank goodness Gentleman Jim is as opinionated as he is. Case in point, Cisse's debatable yellow card. An absolute joy to listen to, even without our interest in Fulham with Boca and Macca there.
Apparently a great flickon from mcbride through to Malbronque, but it comes to nothing. Boca concedes a corner.
One minute added time... "And once again, a wonderful flick-on by Brian McBride," as he looks to feed either Malbranque or The Dead Snake again. This is the recurring theme of the match, folks. Halftime, 2-0 to the home side, Boa Morte with a brace, with our man Macca laying on for the first of those two goals. Gentleman Jim: "McBride has been instrumental" in a lot of Fulham's moves so far up to halftime.
How many times do I have to explain this? "Macca" = Brian McBride... as in our Macca. Pretty simple, really.
Sounds a lot better on a goal call, too... just wait for it. Second half about to start... Fulham is unchanged.
2-1, as Liverpool hit back, Baros' well-hit but speculative shot deflects off Knight and into the back of the net. "What a fluke," opines Gentleman Jim.