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by **account deleted by request** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:13 am

I think this will be a tough game today, we really need to start the game well and get an early goal.

I think Masch will be brought back for this game with Gerrard moved up to partner Torres.

Reina

Johnson Carra Skrtel Aurelio/insua

Kuyt Masch Lucas Benny

Gerrard
Torres

Hopefully we will keep a clean sheet and grab the vital goal.

by **DrPepe** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:49 am

I'm not too optimistic about this game, we've never had a consistently good record there

Looking optimisticly at the "2 games lost already" angle, its prob best to compare our stats with the champions last season (who lost 4? Last season). Which means we have at least 2 "spare" defeats left this season to be on track with last years winners!

by **bigmick** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:37 am

DrPepe wrote:I'm not too optimistic about this game, we've never had a consistently good record there

Looking optimisticly at the "2 games lost already" angle, its prob best to compare our stats with the champions last season (who lost 4? Last season). Which means we have at least 2 "spare" defeats left this season to be on track with last years winners!

It doesn't really work like that though mate unfortunately. Quite simply, come February you are either in the title hunt or you aren't, and if you aren't it is impossible to keep pace with those that are. Either a team puts together a sustained run pulls clear and wins it, or a couple of teams settle down for a dogfight as happened last season.

The match which turned the season around for us was the Mancs away. We went into that game almost out of it, and managed to get ourselves almost back in it with that win. As we were back in it, we then went on a sustained winning run but unfortunately for us we had already handed the title to the Mancs earlier in the season and they weren't about to hand it back, so they won many matches too.

That's the way of it. If you're in contention you roll over teams relentlessly as you home in on winning the thing, buoyed by the extreme belief, confidence and desire that you go into each match expecting to win. You boss matches from minute one, all in pre flop and the smaller stacks are happy to step aside and avoid getting beaten up.

I'll tell you this for free. If we draw at West Ham and Chelsea win, and then lose at Stamford Bridge we are absolutely dead in the water. We'll only have lost three so you could argue that we can "afford one more defeat" but you'd be wasting your time. We'd be eleven points behind Chelsea, between 3 and 9 behind the Mancs and well adrift of City.

At that point you wouldn't quite be resting people in favour of Cup matches, but you wouldn't be far off. Under those circumstances, IMHo we'd be gone for all money, regardless of the number of defeats.

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:03 pm

Just havin a sandwich before i go , im dead exited , its gonna be my first game of the season, Ill be sitting with mainly West Ham fans so im gonna be good, got a feeling Javier might replace Lucas today an possible Fabio will get a run out,

Ill be havin a word with Parker after the game to find out why he didnt sign for us :laugh:

An if Stanislas plays for them an has a good game ill be walking home :laugh:

Gonna put a bit of mazzie an lippy on though , they might mistake me for a WAG :laugh:

WE BETTER FECKING WIN THOUGH ,

An Bav best pub to go is the Central

by **JC_81** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:28 pm

s@int wrote:I think this will be a tough game today, we really need to start the game well and get an early goal.

I think Masch will be brought back for this game with Gerrard moved up to partner Torres.

Reina

Johnson Carra Skrtel Aurelio/insua

Kuyt Masch Lucas Benny

Gerrard
Torres

Hopefully we will keep a clean sheet and grab the vital goal.

I can see that being the team aswell mate. Benitez is always tempted to play the two sitting midfielders away from home.

I hope not though. I think the team has more width and balance with Riera in it, but at the same time Benayoun and Kuyt are both in form and I wouldn't leave either out. I'd try and accomodate all three, which means either Lucas or Mascherano doesn't play and Gerrard starts centre mid. I'd keep the same team as midweek, with Masch in for Lucas and perhaps Aurelio in for Insua if he's fit enough.

This is another must win game.

by **Madmax** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:37 pm

common liverpool... 1-2 to us!!

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:53 pm

ha Doesnt look like Stanislas is playing for them , hes got a bad back :nod

by **redsince2001** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:08 pm

come on ...m all charged up ...we must win !!!!!!!!

by **Fauxy** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:22 pm

Think Rafa will stick to the formation we have had in the last few games but have Mascha instead of Lucas.

Can see Torres having a good game after what he has said in the press recently.

by **Reg** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:34 pm

Keep your head down Nan, they're all like Alf Garnett there!

Come on Reds, lets bag a few goals to keep the confidence up.

by **Tim LFC** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:47 pm

When does the game start?

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:51 pm

Sees yehs later

COME ON REDMEN

by **andy_g** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:49 pm

well if the guardian site is to be believed, the subs bench is suddenly looking a lot more healthy:

Cavalieri, Aurélio, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Voronin, Riera, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Dossena, Ayala

by **roberto green** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:03 pm

Any decent streams me lado's

by **Greavesie** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:22 pm

roberto green wrote:Any decent streams me lado's

hold your horses lad

its only half 3

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