September 8th, 2007

International Round-Up

By: Stop. |

Well, today is the day plenty of Liverpool fans will dread. Frankly, the thought that one of our first-teamers could pick up an injury whilst away on international duty is worrying, but with the sheer number of players away, it is increasingly likely.
Pepe Reina is away with Spain, and after last month’s appearance in the [...]

August 31st, 2007

The six biggest surprises so far as the transfer window closes

By: Brian |

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6. Crouch wasn’t sold
Okay, so this isn’t much of a surprise as Rafa has said again and again that Crouchy isn’t going anywhere. I guess this is more wishful thinking and hoping on my part more than anything else. Oh well, looks like ole lank stank is here to stay, at least until January.
5. [...]

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August 31st, 2007

Liverpool vs Derby County: What will Rafa do?

By: Brian |

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Broken record alert: Stevie-G and Carra are out for this one. God I hope this means Gerrard sits out the England qualifying matches. Come on, Stevie, let Limp foot Lampard get some playing time. Moving on, I first expect to see all those who weren’t featured against Toulouse on Tuesday start, which [...]

August 28th, 2007

Liverpool vs Toulouse II: What will Rafa do?

By: Brian |

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Apparently both teams will be missing their respective captains as well as other key players, but this being at Anfield and Liverpool being clearly the superior squad, the Reds should win this one and advance to the group stages of the Champions’ League. With that being said though, stranger things have happened. Anyhow, [...]

August 25th, 2007

Liverpool vs Sunderland: the line-up

By: Brian |

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Reina
Arbeloa
Hyypia
Carragher
Finnan
Babel
Alonso
Sissoko
Pennant
Voronin
Torres
Subs:
Itandje
Agger
Riise
Kuyt
Mascherano
No real surprises except for maybe Hyypia for Agger. I sort of expect Agger to come in for the second half. I wasn’t sure how much Voronin played on Wednesday for the Ukraine, but I did think he would be somewhere on the team today. It’s his and Babel’s first Premiership starts. [...]

August 24th, 2007

Liverpool vs Sunderland: What will Rafa do?

By: Brian |

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The most obvious thing Rafa will do is start the players who did not participate in mid-week international friendlies which was Carragher, Arbeloa, Pennant, and apparently Sissoko. As far as I know, Momo did not play for Mali against Burkina Faso. I can also seem him playing players who did not play the [...]

August 17th, 2007

Liverpool vs Mickey Mouse FC: What will Rafa do?

By: Brian |

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I doubt I’ll get around to doing this tomorrow so I might as well get it out of the way. First and foremost, the Gerrard dilemma. I personally hope he doesn’t play, but I’m not Rafa. I kind of think he won’t start and will be on the bench just in case. [...]

August 16th, 2007

Anfield Banter: Gerrard available for Chelsea but not McClown, Finnan & Agger to face off, McClown warns Crouch, & another keep signed? What the…?

By: Brian |

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* Apparently, despite a slight hairline fracture of his toe, Stevie-G will be available for the Chelsea match come Sunday. Honestly, I don’t think we need him and this might even be some sort of ploy to keep Mourinho guessing. A midfield tandem of Xabi and Mascherano should suffice, especially with Kuyt and [...]

August 15th, 2007

Liverpool vs Toulouse: the starting line-up

By: Brian |

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Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Arbeloa
Benayoun
Gerrard
Mascherano
Babel
Voronin
Crouch
Subs:
Itandje
Agger
Riise
Torres
Alonso
Kuyt
Sissoko
Good to see Mascherano out there. The only surprise for me is Hyypia over Agger, hopefully that won’t hurt us with the lack of pace back there. We do have Masche to curb that though, if it gets out of hand. Looks like we’re going to try and end this round today.

August 14th, 2007

Liverpool vs Toulouse: What will Rafa do?

By: Brian |

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Well, Jermaine Pennant and Harry Kewell will definitely not be in the line-up, that’s for sure. JP was given a rest and Harry Kewell is injured again, shocking, I know. The question is, did Rafa bring any youngsters and if so, is he going to play any of them? Looking at who’s [...]