Liverpool Fc @ Anfield - Reds Supporters Gatherings

[_AXL_]

Originally Posted by NZL97

I was reading the forum from the official LFC website & they were all saying the youngters like nemeth, pacheco, insua, plessis.......etc are not ready for 1st team football....

bro, they r not that ready lah... i agree sometimes u need to throw young players into the deep end. u see them play well in inconsequential games, thus the pressure is off. but when the pressure is on, like when u r jostling for position on the league table, their teammates will be different, the opposition will be different and every single minute mistake will be glaring... and then they lose confidence.

robbie fowler was not created in a day. souness kept him for as long as he could, he was under pressure to play fowler from all corners but he waited till all his options were dried up so that fowler could play without any pressure to perform.

players like owen, rooney, messi, pato are good recent examples & do you guys remember a young man utd side that won the EPL in the 1990s with beckham, scholes, neville......etc

owen, the granny lover, messi and pato r all from different teams and if u realise, the teams will only blood 1 young player at a time, not a whole bunch or even a few together.

talking about manure, it was a time nothing like that was done before. thus even everyone, shearer and co included, underestimated them. ask the scums to do that again and i m sure they will get a real hiding from everyone else, well except for wigan and west ham.

sincerely hope gems like nemeth, ngog, plessis & pacheco show their true potential & "established" youngter like babel to really step up a gear this season...........

benitez is concentrating on blooding babel at the moment. if pool sells alonso, then i suspect he will blood lucas and plessis in the near future. otherwise, it will just be the odd one here and there. youngsters will take time.

Originally Posted by rahl

I haven't seen Dossena play yet. Can lah, the advantage of attacking is greater than defending in this case. Someone else like Lucas or JM can cover the side when Dossena attacks. I hope he really has a fantastic cross as you said!!

can lah, he can cross lah, nice whipping crosses... in the last televised game, i saw something like 4 out of 5 were good crosses. but his defending sucked!!! but whilst i was complaining about dossena during the game, he prevented an almost certain goal from a snacky nacho, i think. thus, his bad defending was forgotten as i tried to decide whether that was the miss of the century or the one by mario gomez... ok, i m rambling again...

I think Pennant is better than most fans think - his great weakness is he can't score for nuts. The only thing I'm unhappy with is if he leaves Pool for 4m. A good English player for 4m!!! That's just bonkers lor.

pennant is yr "favourite" type of player, one who hugs the touchline type how to score from there??? unless u r roberto carlos... but he has done more than most people would give him credit for.

i dont want to see pennant go also due to the fact that my wife and i have his number on the back of our jerseys

[rahl]

Originally Posted by Jopet

I dont doubt Pennant's ability as a player. When he was in Birmingham, he was a solid performer. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when he came over to Liverpool. The guy's got a fantastic cross but as I've said many times, a lot of them fail to get pass the first defender. Perhaps it is a case of not playing sufficient 1st team games to get into the groove. If he ever leaves, I'll probably only remember him as the guy who scored a great goal against Chelsea. Sad..

Originally Posted by _AXL_

pennant is yr "favourite" type of player, one who hugs the touchline type how to score from there??? unless u r roberto carlos... but he has done more than most people would give him credit for.

i dont want to see pennant go also due to the fact that my wife and i have his number on the back of our jerseys

Yo AXL, Pennant's not my 'favourite type' player ok Agreed with Jopet that he has not put in a good cross for a long time - most of his crosses hang in the air or drop five yards behind the player.

But I think he is a smart player who can bring the ball up and test the defense with his probing and dribbing. His fatal weakness is he doesn't possess enough threat himself unlike Kuyt who is also much more useful defensively.

[ANDYSIAO14]

Halftime...

Valerenga IF vs. Liverpool FC

Liverpool leading 0-1....

Goal thru Xabi Alonso....
SHOOT outside penalty box....
Gerrard limped off 25 mins....
recurrence injury...

[ANDYSIAO14]

darn...level...

1-1 (47mins)

42mins to fulltime....

WOW...
Torres make it 1-2 (49mins)
got the ball from outside penalty box , cut one defender slot it calmly just like he always did past the keeper


Youssi shoots went over keeper...and made it 1-3 (60mins)

30mins to fulltime........

[darkafac]

Gerrard worry for Liverpool boss



Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez could be without captain Steven Gerrard for next week's Champions League qualifier against Standard Liege.

The England midfielder suffered a thigh strain in tonight's 4-1 friendly victory over Norwegian side Valerenga.

Gerrard limped off in the first half of Liverpool's comfortable victory and Benitez hopes he will recover in time to face the Belgians, but he cannot yet be inked in for the game on Wednesday week.

'It is a thigh strain. We need to wait but it could be one week,' Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv: Official Web Site.

Liverpool would not want to take any risks with Gerrard, however his presence against Liege would be welcome as the Reds attempt to take a big stride towards the group stages.

Goals from Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso, David Ngog and Yossi Benayoun carried Liverpool to a comfortable victory against Valerenga, three days after they hammered Rangers 4-0 at Ibrox.

Benitez said: 'It was another good work-out. It was a good game, with four goals for us and good play.

'But the players aren't 100% yet - that would be difficult right now. The other team were fitter than us but you could see we were passing, pressing and the understanding between the players was better. I am really pleased with the result.

'Normally when you have quality, when you are playing well and creating chances, you will score goals.'

Liverpool's next opponents will be Lazio, who visit Anfield on Friday in a match Gerrard appears sure to miss.

However Benitez is optimistic about the talent emerging at Anfield, and has hailed his scouting network for finding players such as 19-year-old Ngog, the summer recruit from Paris St Germain.

'They are finding players like Ngog, players with quality who are not a high price,' said Benitez.

[Jopet]

Just saw the goal highlights on youtube. I must say, the liverpool attack looks damn impressive. Another 4 goals scored - amazingly the same four players that scored against Rangers.

Alonso's goal was class - solid patient build-up followed up by a superb curling finish.

Torres's goal - well, it was typical Torres. Stroking the ball through a defender's leg into goal

Benayoun - Another superb goal from the Israeli. Not such if he really meant to chip the keeper as the slow mo replays showed the ball took a sight bobble when he struck it, but we'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Ngog -Man, this guy looks good. Cool finish from the frenchmen following a great pass from Pacheo. He's young, cost under 2 million and clearly knows how to score. A real bargain!

[ANDYSIAO14]

Good morning bros...
sorry never update ngog goals ya...already logged of from here...wifey wakes up suddenly la
i saw the match live and i said that im very impressive when the mighty reds start to play attacking football(2ndhalf)...even when the home team levelled , we immediately take the lead again...
lets wait for the lazio game at anfield...that will show how consistent the team are....

hope this time keano get to score in front of the kop

[Xgenre]

Originally Posted by ANDYSIAO14

i saw the match live and i said that im very impressive when the mighty reds start to play attacking football(2ndhalf)...

Can you update us on when's the next match and on which channel? Will love to watch it. Needed a 'live' pool game to ease this addict lar. So long since the last season ended.

[ANDYSIAO14]

at the moment since starhub no let us see live ,
me see streaming ones...just like today morning...
not sure if against Lazio , starhub got take live...in any case below is link for next game bro

MyP2P.eu :: Liverpool vs Lazio ((A station is available and will appear here from 16:00 on the day of the event.))


yesterday game the site stated at 19:00 - 21:00 (spore is Wed 1am -3am)
so against Lazio , it stated at 21:00 until 23:00 (spore is Friday 3am-5am)

btw click on the search button right on the top and can see other games live too...

Originally Posted by Xgenre

Needed a 'live' pool game to ease this addict lar. So long since the last season ended.

[yellowmilk]

Originally Posted by Jopet

Benayoun - Another superb goal from the Israeli. Not such if he really meant to chip the keeper as the slow mo replays showed the ball took a sight bobble when he struck it, but we'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

in myopinion, benanyoun is under rated. To think that benitez wanted to sell him. lucky this little fella didnt want to leave. i hope that he will feature more regularly this season.

[rahl]

Originally Posted by yellowmilk

in myopinion, benanyoun is under rated. To think that benitez wanted to sell him. lucky this little fella didnt want to leave. i hope that he will feature more regularly this season.

Correction bro, Rafa never said about selling Yossi. It's the press.

[_AXL_]

Originally Posted by rahl

Yo AXL, Pennant's not my 'favourite type' player ok Agreed with Jopet that he has not put in a good cross for a long time - most of his crosses hang in the air or drop five yards behind the player.

haha... i remembered u said u dont like out and out wingers mah...

but i still think he is an useful option and his crosses r not that bad lah... but then again, he is not too useful without the ball.

His fatal weakness is he doesn't possess enough threat himself unlike Kuyt who is also much more useful defensively.

now u r talking. kuyt is my favourite player in the pool team now. he has taken over the mantle of showing what made liverpool great... his unselfishness, his determination, his willingness to run his heart out, his eagerness to support his teammates when attacking and most importantly, his tracking back to help out his defenders. rght side, strong side!!!

Originally Posted by ANDYSIAO14

MyP2P.eu :: Liverpool vs Lazio ((A station is available and will appear here from 16:00 on the day of the event.))

wah lau!!! should have asked yesterday afternoon. i could only check livescore for updates on the score. thanks very much for the info.

[rahl]

Originally Posted by _AXL_

haha... i remembered u said u dont like out and out wingers mah...

but i still think he is an useful option and his crosses r not that bad lah... but then again, he is not too useful without the ball.

Wah lau, bro, Pennant is no out and out winger la. keeps cutting inside (maybe he knows he can't cross for nuts). Shall we say, Ronaldo without the goals hehehe. In fact Kuyt keeps to the flank much more

[Jopet]

Originally Posted by rahl

Wah lau, bro, Pennant is no out and out winger la. keeps cutting inside (maybe he knows he can't cross for nuts). Shall we say, Ronaldo without the goals hehehe. In fact Kuyt keeps to the flank much more

I totally agree and that is what's so frustrating when it comes to Pennant. The boy will sprint down the flanks and you would think he'll whip one in for the likes of Crouch and Torres but NO... he will suddenly stop, doing a couple of jinks and step-overs, then suddenly, will cut inside to the middle? For what?

That said, when he gets his crosses right, they tend to be very good crosses. just that percentage wise, its not fruitful.

As for Kuyt, I think everyone likes him. No nonsense performance - always working his socks off to help in any way he can. I always want him to score because his work ethic deserves it. Hopefully this year he'll bag a couple more than he did last season.

[hendrix69]

So, what is the ideal first 11 you will field?