We have Olympiakos. But I am still thinking about this game already. The bluenoses have had a good start but we have owned them at their place. Including the thrashing last year. Kewell's breakout game
Kirkland Finnan Sami, Jamie, Riise ...........Didi Xabi........... Nunez............... Kewell ............Gerrard........... ..........Baros............... unless injuries force us to make changes.
I'm gonna get up at 4:30 am to watch this. I think the central midfield battle with Gravesen is going to determine the outcome of this game.
yeap,its going to be a good mathc!!!Its all going to depend on the outcome against Olympiakos!If we win,the players will all be pumped up for this game,full of confidence and in great form!But ,if we lose,then comes the problem!The lads will all be depresed ,and i dont see a positive outcome coming out from a match like that!! But both teams are in great form at the moment,so it should be a cracking match!
I hate to ask a stupid question (but this won't be the first or last time) but how acrimonius is the rivalry between Liverpool and Everton? From reading this forum, it doesn't appear that the fans are as viciously antagnostic as other derby rivalries. More like I'm familiar with between Michigan and my beloved Buckeyes - serious rivals, but respect on both sides.
Key Battles:- CARRAGHER----BENT:-Its going to be very interesting indeed whos goign to win this battle!Bent is very,very quick,so carragher has to watch his back,but carragher has been in great form,so i think carragher will win the battle! Gravesen----Gerrard:-I think who ever wins this battle is going to help his team control the match!Gravesen is great,but i think Gerrard is going to be to hot to handle.Gerrard has been great so far,and im shure hell put another good performance! Stubbs-----Baros:-I think this is going to be a 1 sided afair!Baros is a top-class player,quick and with alot of skill!With gerrard back,and alonso in the pitch,he should get lots of quality balls up there,so i do see him scoring here!Stubbs is not the quickest out there,so i think baros will definetly dominate stubbs!
Supporterss of both clubs sit together during a match, no separation, no violence... then commute in the same transport, probably drinking in the same pub?
Actually, the derby has an historical reputation for being the "neighbourly derby" but in reality it has become increasingly acrimonious since about the mid-1980's. In truth, whilst there is none of the hassle you get at, for instance, the Manchester derby, the atmosphere at the game itself is pretty poisonous these days. And there is an increasingly bitter undertone in the day-to-day rivalry between the clubs. Everton are known as "the bitters" in fact, due to them still whingeing about the fact that the Heysel stadium disaster deprived them of a European campaign that, according to them, would have been the precursor for a lasting run of glory. They really don't like us anymore these days. Having said that, it is still also the case that we all live in amongst each other in this city of ours so only in extreme cases will you get acrimony that spills far beyond the game itself over the long run. But gloating rights are fully and mercilessly exploited.
its not a stupid question ,the merseyside derby is often referred to as the friendly derby , we used to be able to sit next to each other and go to the game together ,the FA cup final in 86 was probabaly the peak of this ,when chants of "merseyside" was heard. in recent years there is no such thing as a friendly derby ,it gets more bitter and vicious every year , the chants ,the abuse are very personal ,its a shame but thats the way it is . I went to the pub last year with a couple of my mates to watch the match in liverpool town centre and there was so much trouble maybe I was in the wrong street ,but there was liverpool and everton pubs facing each other ,bottle getting thrown ,fights breaking out and police charging in the pubs and police horses everywhere ,and one of the lads in my group got beat up by a couple of evertonians ,hardly friendly ,but saying all this it will never be as bad as celtic and glasgow cos you get liverpool and everton supporters in the same families.
For some levity, I quote the late George Harrison, "there are three football teams in Liverpool, and I support the other one". If nothing else the general wit and humour of the native Scouser keeps the acrimony lower than in some other more beknighted areas -- or so I've been told.
The more things change, the more they remain the same. It was so bad in 1314 that this proclomation by the Lord Mayor was made banning it in the city.....And No! LB. In case you ask. And one more...
It was soon copied, like everything else, by the scum. There still are many lewd and disordered persons in Manchester...
Friendly,nice,acrimonous?ask Gary Naysmiths leg if its friendly after contact with a Mr Gerrards studs(all 12 of them). seriously though this one will have more to it because of evertons excellent start to the season and that liverpool really need to catch them up or get swallowed up into a fouth place dogfight again..or worse.
Well, now that we're in the UEFA Cup, maybe we can scrape our sh!t together and try to do something in the league. Or, we can curl up into a little ball and die. I think Saturday will go a long way to showing us whether this side has the teeth to come back fighting, or if we're going to pack it in and resign ourself to 6th.
HAHAHHAHA,i guess you wrote that at HT!!!!i guess your question¨showing us whether this side has the teeth to come back fighting¨was answer today ,wasnt it????Great second half performance,but the first half wasnt that bad,its just that again we couldnt score in our early chances(and there goal was from a free kick,not from a defensive eroor,which is good!)!!!Now im very optimistic for this match!!!!The players will be all pumped up for this one!!! this is my line-up! ---------kirk --finnan--carra--hyypia--riise ------alonso-----DiDi------ ---SNP----Gerrard----Kewell ------------Baros with mellor coming in in the second :- 1 if we are loosing,then he should come in for kewell 2 if we are winning ,he should come in for baros! YOULL NEVER WALK ALONE
it was a defensive mistake by nunez for breaking up the wall. if he held his position that ball would of hit him and not the net.
yeah, i know,but i ment ¨the back four¨.The four in the back have been very solid alomost the whole season!