Blooz coming off the first league defeat of the year and crashing out of Europe, going to one of their least favorite grounds. Liverpool brimming with confidence at the moment. Will Baros be recalled to partner with Owen despite Heskey's performance in midweek? Can LFC's recuperating defense shut down the tiny Sardinian currently enjoying the Indian summer of his career? What are the odds that LeToss will throw an elbow when the refs aren't watching? Tune in to FSW to find out...
I'll be at Summer's. Can catch the Old Firm at 9 and Liverpool at 11. I think Emile will go back to the wing with Baros in. Remainder of the side unchanged from Wednesday.
Blue, I'm glad you threw in the smile when you compared LeSaux style of play with Heskey. Even your glasses couldn't be that tinted... Liverpool and Chelsea have had some good games in past seasons. I think we'll see more than one goal though, not for the OAP's but for the reds.
This should be our toughest challenge so far in the Premiership. Our form is on the upswing, and Chelsea's is a bit down. Chelsea in general seems to be one of those teams that can be brilliant one match, and really pretty sorry the next. And they haven't won at Anfield in . . . ten years? Henchoz picked up a minor groin strain in the Moscow match, but reports suggest this should not keep him out of the lineup: ...............Dudek Carragher--Hyppia--Henchoz--Riise Murphy--Hamann--Gerrard--Heskey ..........Baros--Owen If Henchoz can't make the squad due to that injury, then I'm OK with Djimi Traore in his spot. Liverpool 2:0 Chelsea. .
Im thinking Heskey will remain up top...his performance against Spartak was incredible. ....................Dudek Carragher--Henchoz--Hyypia--Riise Murphy--Gerrard--Hamann--Cheyrou ...............Heskey--Owen But there is the possibility that Riise could move up to LM with Traore coming into the LB spot and Cheyrou moving to the subs bench.
from the official site: Gerard Houllier has named an unchanged side for this afternoon's clash with Chelsea at Anfield. Team: Dudek, Carragher, Henchoz, Hyypia, Riise, Murphy, Hamann, Gerrard, Cheyrou, Owen, Heskey. Subs: Kirkland, Diao, Diouf, Baros, Traore
Live on PPV ($15) Live on Big Blue Internet Radio I believe this is free. and live on liverpoolfc.tv (if you have the money)
COME ON YOU BLUES Yep, big blue is FREE Chelsea (probable): Cudicini; Melchiot, Gallas, Terry, Le Saux; de Lucas, Morris, Lampard, Zenden; Zola, Gudjohnsen. Let battle commence May the best team win and all that good luck scousers I bloody hope we win
do you mean us? "Liverpool and Chelsea have had some good games in past seasons. I think we'll see more than one goal though, not for the OAP's but for the reds." OAP's ? Le Saux and Zola are old, but still decent players. The rest of the team are young
Lightning strikes twice!!!! Chelsea are going to be in real trouble one day soon. Zola is 36, Le Saux 34, and Desailly is over 30. How old is Petit? They have three KEY players in the twilight of their careers, and 97 million pounds of debt. Things could get ugly at the Bridge. www.LFC365.com
Indeed. Great win as it is important to get the three points when you don't play that well. Very important victory.
That was annoying. Boring, stupid game. Thankfully it wasn't too rough. Still, I'll take the points. First MOTM of the year to Sami. Awesome shot from 30, and kept Jerzy from being too tested. Dave
Annoying, yes, but I don’t know about boring. I’d give Chelsea some credit for a decent job of denying time and space to our midfielders. Gerrard looked almost human, and Murphy—well, he was mercifully subbed near the end. Service to the strikers was shut down pretty effectively as a result; I don’t think Owen possessed the ball for more than 30 seconds the whole match. Carragher was solid; Traore came on and replaced Henchoz effectively. Riise again looked a little bit shaky, but no harm came of it. I agree with Sami as MOTM—he was really stellar today. Cheyrou worked hard, and showed some great individual skill, but he’s still figuring out where to go, and what to do in the run of play. Chelsea tied to keep it close and steal a win. They almost did—Lampard got away from the hobbling Henchoz and missed on a header in the first half that might have been the difference. We didn’t really turn it on until Baros came on to pair with Owen, and Heskey went out to the left wing. Earlier this year we managed to turn three wins into draws; today, we got two of those points back. .
To me it was boring because we resorted to boring play. After about the first 15 minutes you could see the way the game was going to play out, only it turned out to have a happy ending. Chelsea's defense was easily able to deal with us playing classic English longball (the result of The Temptation Of Emile) and our reaction to that was to continue to do it. It wasn't until Baros came in that we were able to begin breaking them down. Dave
That's fair. I was drawn into the game because I knew the earlier result that day. And maybe I tend to resist calling anything I paid $16 to watch boring. They did force us to resort to the old "Route One" approach. The Temptation of Emile --Hitchcock, right? Agreed. For the first time this season, I can point back to my pre-match lineup post without embarrassment. --------
Re: Re: do you mean us? And where'd those Chelsea trolls from page one go? Guess they don't have any interest in us, now.