by Owzat » Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:52 pm
The other week I was watching ssn I think it must have been, and they were going on about how relatively few red cards there had been this season............................
BOOM, Saturday there were EIGHT red cards, a Premiership record number of reds in one day. And the nine over the weekend was the first time in 10 years when coincidentally Liverpool had two players sent off in the same game
27/09/09 Liverpool 0-1 bitters (Westerveld and Gerrard sent off)
It's funny we should criticise Rafa for tardy substitutions, 0-1 down in the derby after just four minutes, Houllier didn't bring Gerrard and MEIJER on until the 66th minute and Camara four minutes later. The bitters were so in awe of our tactical changes that they didn't use any subs! How does the team of that day compare with Fulham on Saturday?
Westerveld (sent off 74)
Heggem
Staunton
Carragher
Hyypia
Smicer (Camara 70)
Berger
Hamann (Meijer 66)
Redknapp
Owen
Fowler (Gerrard 66, sent off 90)
Unused subs : Nielsen, Henchoz
I reckon Staunton, Hyypia, Berger, possibly Hamann, maybe Redknapp, definitely both Owen and Fowler would in or serious contenders to make our current XI. No way would Westerveld get in ahead of Reina, Heggem not much hope (is Degen the new Heggem?), Staunton wasn't so great later in his career but I'd still consider him at LB, Hamann offers more variety than Mascherano, Owen and Fowler might not be as good as Torres, but still in their prime were in the same bracket. Camara was ok but nothing special, did Meijer ever score in the league? A young Gerrard would not get in ahead of the modern day version. Boy was he reckless back in the day
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