Reds international fallout
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:17 pm
updates of injuries and performances of our players during the latest round of qualifiers and friendlies:
AGGER: comfortable show against a spirited NI side. one minor blip but otherwise continues to impress. cool-cat this fella.
HYYPIA: again, a goalless encounter with Armenia saw little trouble for sami. was booked though.
CARRAGHER: unused sub for england.
CROUCH: performed well alongside a cart-horse struggling for form...until we play em at OT took a bit of a battering but emerged OK.
GERRARD: had a reasonably good game and was unlucky with a trademark thunder-bolt late on. i thought he lacked a bit defensively. which is no surprise considering his 'chopping and changing' recently for both club and country. did well enough. unlucky to get 2nd yellow- not for Liverpool though!
RISSE: played 90 mins in 1:0 reverse home to greece.
GARCIA: got half an hour in spains 2:0 defeat. booked also.
ALONSO & REINA: unused subs.
FINNAN: whole 90 mins in dissapointing defeat in Nicosia. what can you say...at the moment its VITAL he stays fit.
BELLAMY: seems to have taken the whole world onto his shoulders at the moment. and quite obviously has other things preying on his mind outside football. i thought he worked extremely hard and was unlucky to come up against a decent shot-stopper having a good day on 2 or 3 occasions. didnt deserve to have a 5:1 reverse for his first game as stand-in skipper. but better for the experience? he seems hard-faced enough to overcome it. he's going to have to.
KUYT: unfortunately turned an ankle fifteen minutes into the holland v bulgaria match and looks doubtful for Liverpool.
link: http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/164761779?-11194
overall a fruitless day of mixed performances unwanted knocks and silly yellow cards. i cannot wait for all these games to be out the way, leaving a clear run for the premiership to finally get going.
AGGER: comfortable show against a spirited NI side. one minor blip but otherwise continues to impress. cool-cat this fella.
HYYPIA: again, a goalless encounter with Armenia saw little trouble for sami. was booked though.
CARRAGHER: unused sub for england.
CROUCH: performed well alongside a cart-horse struggling for form...until we play em at OT took a bit of a battering but emerged OK.
GERRARD: had a reasonably good game and was unlucky with a trademark thunder-bolt late on. i thought he lacked a bit defensively. which is no surprise considering his 'chopping and changing' recently for both club and country. did well enough. unlucky to get 2nd yellow- not for Liverpool though!
RISSE: played 90 mins in 1:0 reverse home to greece.
GARCIA: got half an hour in spains 2:0 defeat. booked also.
ALONSO & REINA: unused subs.
FINNAN: whole 90 mins in dissapointing defeat in Nicosia. what can you say...at the moment its VITAL he stays fit.
BELLAMY: seems to have taken the whole world onto his shoulders at the moment. and quite obviously has other things preying on his mind outside football. i thought he worked extremely hard and was unlucky to come up against a decent shot-stopper having a good day on 2 or 3 occasions. didnt deserve to have a 5:1 reverse for his first game as stand-in skipper. but better for the experience? he seems hard-faced enough to overcome it. he's going to have to.
KUYT: unfortunately turned an ankle fifteen minutes into the holland v bulgaria match and looks doubtful for Liverpool.
link: http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/164761779?-11194
overall a fruitless day of mixed performances unwanted knocks and silly yellow cards. i cannot wait for all these games to be out the way, leaving a clear run for the premiership to finally get going.