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by **Ciggy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:58 pm

I think Gerrards injured aswell he didnt train tonight, or maybe thats just Rafa playing mindgames after that press conference.
Hope he's fit. :sniffle

by **woof woof !** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:00 pm

Ciggy wrote:And that other fella saying he wants to put pestiside in our changing room
.

WTF, I missed that Cig , tell me more . :veryangry

by **Ciggy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:07 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
Ciggy wrote:And that other fella saying he wants to put pestiside in our changing room
.

WTF, I missed that Cig , tell me more .

Heres the article woof LOL @ Chickenpool :laugh:

Champions League / Haifa set for payback game against Liverpool

By Moshe Harush

KIEV - Maccabi Haifa said there would be no holds barred as it looked for victory over Liverpool in tomorrow's Champions League third qualifying round second leg, which it is hosting in Ukraine because of the UEFA ban on matches being played in Israel.

Coach Roni Levi said he would be happy with even an ugly win as club officials said it would be pay-back time for Liverpool's unhospitable reception at Anfield two weeks ago, where the English club won 2-1.

Haifa officials said that Liverpool had freshly painted the visitors' locker room, leaving a noxious odor, had switched off the lights an hour into Haifa's final training session, and had cut short the post-match press conference just as Israeli journalists were questioning Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez.

The officials said that Liverpool would see tonight that its training session would be cut short exactly after 60 minutes, and that questions from English journalists to Roni Levi would be cut off before they managed to complete a sentence.

One official went as far as saying: "If it was up to me I would spray the locker room with pest-control spray."

Haifa goes into tomorrow night's match needing a 1-0 win to stun Liverpool and to go on to the Champions League group stage at the expense of the English side.

"I hope we pull off a sensation," said Maccabi striker Yaniv Katan, "but our chances are not great."

Haifa held a short training session at the Valery Lobanovskiy Stadium on arrival in Kiev, where it was greeted by surprisingly warm temperatures and high humidity that should at least make it feel at home.

Levi told his players that they had to look for Liverpool's weak points in tomorrow's match. "We know those points and we must take advantage of them," he said.

One thing Levi will have to work on is Haifa's defense. The team has made a habbit of conceding late goals and a strike from Liverpool's Mark Gonzalez cost it a draw in the first leg.

"I wish I had an explanation for it," Levi said. Perhaos we don't no how to play ugly for a result. Perhaps in soccer sometimes you have to play ugly."

There was bad news for Liverpool yesterday as it transpired that it will be without defensive duo Jamie Carragher and John Arne Riise, who both picked up ankle injuries during Saturday's 1-1 Premier League draw with Sheffield United.

Riise's problem looked particularly serious and scans have revealed torn lateral ligaments in his left ankle. Carragher has strained the medial ligament in his left ankle and both are expected out for at least two weeks.

Mark Gonzalez, who scored a late goal to give Liverpool the win in the first leg, said Liverpool would be a different team this time around.

"The second leg will be hard, but we will be different this time," Gonzalez said. "We are fitter now and have played a few more matches, including last weekend's win over Chelsea. And Haifa will have to come out at us to get the goal back. That will leave more gaps for us to exploit with our pace."

Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez added: "We are further down the road to full fitness and will be better for it. Haifa did very well at Anfield, but they were able to sit back and try to frustrate us. They will not be able to do that so much in this second game. They will come forward more and we have the players who can take advantage of that."

by **Kash_Mountain** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:33 pm

Not an easy game, we won't underestimate them, though I think we'll start the game in high tempo mode and take control, as the players will most certainly be fired up for this.

by **woof woof !** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:36 pm

Ciggy wrote:One official went as far as saying: "If it was up to me I would spray the locker room with pest-control spray."

Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't that a quote from Adolf Hitler ?

Sounds like one .

:kungfu:

by **Ciggy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:43 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
Ciggy wrote:One official went as far as saying: "If it was up to me I would spray the locker room with pest-control spray."

Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't that a quote from Adolf Hitler ?

Sounds like one .

Exactly Woof, IMO they should be thrown out TBH, the way they have carried on over this game.
I am still raging over that press conference with Rafa though, they certainly stuck to their word from that article and would'nt let him finish a sentence, and kept bombingarding him with question why we wont play in Tel Aviv.
Hope we tw@t these everywhere tommorrow.

unleash MOMO the Muslim Rafa :cool:

by **buxxy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:48 pm

i think we will draw this game 2-2

by **Kash_Mountain** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:55 pm

buxxy wrote:i think we will draw this game 2-2

Why?

by **buxxy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:58 pm

Kash_Mountain wrote:
buxxy wrote:i think we will draw this game 2-2

Why?

soz i had a moment of mentalness :blush:

by **buxxy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:59 pm

we will win it 2-1

by **buxxy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:02 pm

gerrard wiv the first and then gonzales will score

by **buxxy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:17 pm

we will win this definately no dought

by **Effes** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:32 pm

buxxy wrote:we will win this definately no dought

by **weringo** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:44 pm

Lets face it, Kromkamp is :censored:

. The first few times he played I thought "This guy looks :censored:

but lets give him a chance", a bit like when we bought Morientes. The thing is with Morientes was that he had proven quality, thats why he was allowed to stay for so long, Kromkamp has no proven quality and IMO along with Zenden aren't good enough for Liverpool.

If Finnan is unfit the way to counter playing Kromkamp is to play 3 at the back. This has worked in the past very well and I know it isn't really a time to try a formation that we have only used once in the last year but imo is less of a risk than playing Kromcrap.

The team I would like to see tomorrow is

Reina
Agger Hyypia Paletta
Pennant Alonso Sissoko Gonzales
Gerrard
Crouch Bellamy

by **Ciggy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:49 pm

weringo wrote: Reina
Agger Hyypia Paletta
Pennant Alonso Sissoko Gonzales
Gerrard
Crouch Bellamy

Paletta is injured.
Back 4 will be Finnan, Agger, Hyypia, Aurelio.

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