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by **JoeTerp** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:52 pm

s@int wrote:
JoeTerp wrote:
s@int wrote:Whatever the team, in all likelyhood our bench is going to look cr@p, so hopefully we come away without any injuries or we may have problems come Stamford Bridge.

hopefully Agger will be back by the weekend

Bench maybe....... can't see him starting Joe?

you were just talking about our bench looking cr@p

by **RedBen** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:32 pm

Apparently Benny is available:

From the official site:

Benitez was also keen to clear up any confusion over Yossi Benayoun's availability after the Israeli was missing from this morning's flight - but is included in his 18-man squad.

"He is fit," said Rafa. "He just arrived early and was already here when we landed."

by **tubby** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:57 pm

SSN were saying he didn't even fly and he infact got there before the rest of the squad? :laugh:

by **DrPepe** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:50 pm

so it's mascher with the "hamstring injury" :;):

and yossi's got the all clear...

by **Scottbot** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:42 pm

Redman in wales wrote:-----------------

So

Reina

Johnson Carra Skrtel Aurelio/Insua

Babel Gerrard Lucas Reira

Kuyt

Torres

Was just about to post up the same team! rafa doesn't have much choice but to play the skipper in the middle again (which suits me) and Babel has looked a bit sharper the past 3 games so I'd like to see him get a run out on the right flank where he looks more comfortable.

I think it will be a tough game, Mutu is a clever player who will cause our somewhat dodgy back four a few problems but i'd expect us to come through 1-1 or 2-1. This is our toughest game in the group so a draw would suit me just fine.

by **ruskiy playmaker** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:51 am

I think that this may be a repeat of Atletico away last season, if our defense doesn't improve. We are a much better side than them, but they'll try to prove a point against one of the best teams in Europe.

by **bigmick** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:09 am

It'll probably be a draw or something, hopefully nobody gets injured that's the main thing (I really can't get fired up about these group/cash gathering games in the initial stages of the Champions League). It must surely be only a matter of time before fans and the TV companies vote with their feet and put an end to the whole nonsense.

It's the equivalent of putting teams in groups for the FA Cup and putting us in a group with Portsmouth, Wolves and Blackburn and expecting people to get excited about the fact that you have to get into first or second in order to move on in the competition. The whole thing doesn't start proper until the last 16, and you could even argue the last 8 really. At that point you run into English teams and the better Spanish ones, and if you come through three ties you win it.

Anyways, hopefully it's a good game and all that stuff.

by **JoeTerp** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:10 am

by something do you mean a win or a loss ?

by **bigmick** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:14 am

JoeTerp wrote:by something do you mean a win or a loss ?

yeah kind of Joe. I actually went back and explained myself a bit better after you'd posted. Sorry though you're right, my original statement made little sense really

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by **Roger Red Hat** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:46 am

this should be a formality for us at the moment. We're scoring plenty however our defensive qualities have dropped in standard recently.

bearing this in mind, the climate and the fact we're better than them, I predict...

Fiorientina 0 - FC Liverpool 4 (Torres 2, Babel, Kuyt)

by **stmichael** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:24 pm

according to the bbc website, yossi is in the squad so it'll be interesting to see if he starts or not.

by **JoeTerp** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:13 pm

I think he had to fly early because of a Jewish Holiday, Yom Kippur. He wouldn't be allowed to travel on this day so he had to fly early and I think the press just got it all mixed up when he wasn't on the flight with the rest of the team

by **TheLad** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:03 pm

We should rest as many key players as possible for the Chelsea game. A draw is enough imo if that's the price we have to pay for players not getting injured or exhausted, but losing is not acceptable.
Torres, Gerrard, Yossi/Kuyt off as soon as possible.
1-2 to us is what I hope for. :cool:

by **stmichael** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:11 pm

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