LIVERPOOL v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

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[honourablegeorge]

Is this one on TV at all?

[Guest Lennon]

Come on boys, we need a win.

[Guest Lennon]

Fabio out injured again.

Edited October 5, 2007 by Lennon

[Cooldude]

Fabio out injured again.

 

Bad luck to him but not overly fussed, defensively he's awful as a left back and apart from a good long pass/cross he has no real pace.

 

Perhaps this would help Babel actually get a game, as long as Riise stays on the bench and not come off it

[psl]

Can't see Torres starting this but haven't taken him out of my fantasy team yet.

[Guest Lennon]

Bad luck to him but not overly fussed, defensively he's awful as a left back and apart from a good long pass/cross he has no real pace.

 

Perhaps this would help Babel actually get a game, as long as Riise stays on the bench and not come off it

 

Wouldn't say he was awful defensively, he's just never had a long run of games to prove otherwise.

[The_Adder]

Any ideas who's gonna be up front cause I'm baffled?!

 

Kuyt and someone??

 

If we don't win / play well the pressure could really be on Rafa from some quarters, which would be a tab stupid.

[Guest Lennon]

Any ideas who's gonna be up front cause I'm baffled?!

 

Kuyt and someone??

 

If we don't win / play well the pressure could really be on Rafa from some quarters, which would be a tab stupid.

 

So stupid you had to mention it. Good one.

[anfield11]

Can't see Torres starting this but haven't taken him out of my fantasy team yet.

 

 

 

If he doesn't that proves the rotation is dumb. It should be Torres and Kuyt. We need to win this.

[M4TTA]

If he doesn't that proves the rotation is dumb. It should be Torres and Kuyt. We need to win this.

 

i agree with this, we need attackers that can get behind this lot and these two have the right qualities i think (no doubt i'll be proved wrong) but i think beny on the right, babel on the left, kuyt and torres up front with Gerrard and Masch in the middle for me.

 

thats what i'd love to see just hope we win regardless, really need to keep the pressure on, come on lads, lets have a good one eh?

Edited October 5, 2007 by M4TTA

[The_Adder]

So stupid you had to mention it. Good one.

 

[Hassony]

has to be kuyt and torres for this one, kuyt and voronin doesn't work and crouch is sulking

 

thier defence is worse than derby so there shouldn't be any excuses not to win this game

[Cooldude]

Sadly I can see Rafa not starting Torres in this one

[CarraLegend]

Sadly I can see Rafa not starting Torres in this one

 

Do we have to have this every game we play now?

[Cooldude]

Do we have to have this every game we play now?

 

Yes, because we can't score goals and our best chance from even scoring comes from our best striker, like?

[Guest Kaizer]

Yes, because we can't score goals and our best chance from even scoring comes from our best striker, like?

 

Play Voronin with our other best players and the problem will be solved.

Edited October 5, 2007 by Kaizer

[st.johns]

Hope Benitez makes at least 3 changes from the Marseilles game, even 5 wouldn't upset me.

More rotation please !

[CarraLegend]

Yes, because we can't score goals and our best chance from even scoring comes from our best striker, like?

 

Yeah we had never scored a goal until Torres arrived. Prick.

[Nebraska Red]

Any ideas who's gonna be up front cause I'm baffled?!

 

Kuyt and someone??

 

If we don't win / play well the pressure could really be on Rafa from some quarters, which would be a tab stupid.

 

ex players are already applying the pressure . Yahoo

 

Kennedy: Time for Rafa to deliver

Fri 05 Oct, 02:45 PM

 

 

Alan Kennedy believes Rafael Benitez could be on his way out of Anfield if Liverpool fail to win the Premier League in the next two years.Although Benitez has led Liverpool to two Champions League finals in three years, winning the competition in his first year in charge, he

 

has been unable to halt the Reds' wait for another league title, with

 

the 18-time champions having not won the league for 17 years.

 

Despite making a mixed start to the current campaign, with successive 0-0 draws against Birmingham and Portsmouth stalling their progress, Anfield legend Kennedy is confident Liverpool will be genuine title contenders this season.

 

The former Reds left-back, who scored the winning goal in the 1981 European Cup final, believes Benitez has assembled perhaps the most

 

talented squad in the club's history.

 

But Kennedy has also joined the growing chorus of Liverpool followers showing dismay at Benitez's rotation policy.

 

Star signing Fernando Torres was left out of the starting line-up against Birmingham and Portsmouth, while Benitez made five changes

 

for Wednesday's dismal Champions League defeat at home to Marseille.

 

And although Kennedy stands by Benitez, he believes the Spanish coach

 

will have a case to answer to if his persistent changes fail to deliver the right results.

 

"I think they're there, I really do, but they have to go out to win every game," said Kennedy. "They have really got to go out there and aim to beat the team in front of them, whether it be in the Champions League or the Carling Cup.

 

"If Rafa wants to rotate and he feels he can get the best out of his players that way, I can't argue with that.

 

"What I can say is that results at the end of the season will determine whether he's doing the right thing.

 

"He's already left Torres out on a couple of occasions. If he feels the team can do without Torres, then all well and good.

 

"But I think we've seen how good Torres is, and if you ask the fans, the majority will say Torres is the number one striker."

 

Kennedy feels the Kop craves a championship success after watching bitter rivals Manchester United lift the title nine times since Liverpool's last league triumph.

 

The former England international knows what it takes to win the title having won five in his seven years at Anfield - and believes Benitez's men are now primed for league glory.

 

But if Liverpool's wait for the title continues in the next two years, Kennedy reckons the Spanish coach will be ready to admit defeat in his bid to bring the title back to Merseyside.

 

"I don't think Liverpool would get rid of him but by the end of next season, Rafa would have been there five years," he said.

 

"I wouldn't say it's now or never but in the next couple of seasons they have got to win the Premier League.

 

"He's made big strides, he really has, and people might say he's spent money, but Sir Alex Ferguson has done that as well and so have other clubs like Tottenham.

 

"Rafa strengthened in the areas we needed strengthening and he's built a squad that's based on ability. It's as good a squad as we've ever had and it's one that's good enough to win the Premier League."

[Knox_Harrington]

Christ Kennedy has been very moderate there. I can see why NEBRASKA RED is upset.

[redjersey]

Anyone else share my suspicion that Momo might play some part against Spurs? I just have a feeling that after the nasty fall Momo took on Wednesday, Rafa will want him to get straight back on the horse and build up his shattered confidence. I reckon he'll at least be on the bench for this one and will play at some stage.

[Dan]

Dropping Torres before an internatinoal break would be f*cking daft.

 

And Momo should not be anywhere near the team.

 

Same team as against Derby please but with Mascherano for Alonso.

[Sion]

Same team as against Derby please but with Mascherano for Alonso.

 

 

Mascherano and Alonso started versus Derby, Gerrard didn't. Agger also started and Carragher didn't.

 

Team was

 

Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Agger, Arbeloa, Pennant (Benayoun 61), Mascherano (Sissoko 77), Alonso, Babel (Voronin 73), Torres, Kuyt.

[Alonso]

If Torres doesn't start this one I'd like to see Babel given a go up front in his place. Give the lad a chance to shine in his preferred position. As to who partners him I'd probably say Kuyt as they should have a better understanding due to their time with the national side.