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Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:35 pmby club_Levis
s@int wrote:Reina
Finnan Carra Hyypia Arbeloa/Riise
Benayoun Gerrard Mascherano Kewell
Torres Babel
Buy another striker please Rafa
That team would surely give us the the three points Saint with arbeloa preferred over Riise.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:48 pmby MilitiaRusher
Toffeehater wrote:MilitiaRusher wrote:Foximus wrote:An important game which could go either way, hopefull our class in torres, gerrard and co will shine through, id go with
Reina
Finnan Carragher Arbeloa Riise
Alonso, Masch,
Gerrard, Kewell
Torres.
2-1, Kewell and Torres
You're right, the inclusion of Voronin/Kuyt can literally mean we're one man down from the get go.
Thats very harsh mate , kuyt at least helps with the defending and stuff , but its his ability to poach goals now that has let him down , i have been very patient with kuyt and if he does not get 10 goals in the league by the end of it , i say sell him for whatever we can get
I really do not foresee Kuyt scoring anywhere near 10 goals by the end of the season and I think most on this forum will agree with me.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:26 pmby Elchris
I think the only good thing i can say about kuyt is that he and Torres link up really well , Torres seems to play much better with Kuyt then any other strikers in the squad.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:37 pmby GOAT
MilitiaRusher wrote:Toffeehater wrote:MilitiaRusher wrote:Foximus wrote:An important game which could go either way, hopefull our class in torres, gerrard and co will shine through, id go with
Reina
Finnan Carragher Arbeloa Riise
Alonso, Masch,
Gerrard, Kewell
Torres.
2-1, Kewell and Torres
You're right, the inclusion of Voronin/Kuyt can literally mean we're one man down from the get go.
Thats very harsh mate , kuyt at least helps with the defending and stuff , but its his ability to poach goals now that has let him down , i have been very patient with kuyt and if he does not get 10 goals in the league by the end of it , i say sell him for whatever we can get
I really do not foresee Kuyt scoring anywhere near 10 goals by the end of the season and I think most on this forum will agree with me.
I think he's scored 7 or 8 already
edit: oh the league you mean, yeah i cant really see him getting 10
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:31 pmby Emerald Red
For me, I wouldn't bother picking Crouch, Voronin or Kuyt. I'd have Torres as a lone striker and flood the middle to stop them passing. Knick possession and feed it to Torres for a 1-0 tight game win to us.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:37 pmby JoeTerp
my crazy concoction for this week, sounds like Hyypia is out:
Reina
Finnan Carra Arbeloa Riise
Gerrard Mascherano Alonso Kewell
Yossi
Torres
Subs: Itandje, Aurelio, Lucas, Babel, Kuyt
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:59 pmby Ciggy
That Petrov looks frigtening have to keep an eye on him on sunday, City 2-1 up.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:34 pmby bigmick
TBH I actually fancy us here quite strong. We've had an extra day to recover, we've had our little scare and I think if Rafa goes with somewhere near his strongest team, we'll get home. I think he'll go with Alonso and Masherano in the centre, with Gerrard on the right and Kewell on the left (I wouldn't. I'd play Gerrard and Masherano central with Benayoun right side) and I think he'll play Kuyt and Torres up top. Despite all our misgivings about Kuyt, he is clearly a better bet than Voronin as although neither offer any discernable goal threat, the Dutchman runs about a bit more 
so as far as that's concerned, unless he takes a punt on Babel he has no choice really.
I don't think Agger will play and I think Hyppia will recover. The fullbacks will be any two from four with the only certainty being that Arbeloa will play. Like i say, a good sensible team selection with a formation within which the players have sort of idea where they should hang about, and I think we'll have too much for them. We are going to need to because at this stage and where we find ourselves, anything less than a win simply isn't enough. A good performance and a comfy 2-0 is my prediction. Just for those who think I jinx the team 
if you prefer I'll predict a 3-0 Man City romp.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:35 pmby username
2-2, if it wasnt for the fact he signed a 4 year deal when brought in the summer, i would be asking if anyone fancied Santa Cruz to join us in jan?
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:37 pmby Sabre
Ciggy wrote:That Petrov looks frigtening have to keep an eye on him on sunday, City 2-1 up.
The atletico fans will confirm it to you better, but Petrov, despite being a decent-good player, and pacy on the left wing, I wouldn't consider him to be in the realms of frightening.
He's pacy yes, but a good marker, will know to push him to the wing, at some point he'll reach the end, and you'll see that while running, his crosses are not good. With the dead ball his waist is a bit of Iron, meaning he hasn't that dribbling with the waist that our Kewell has for instance.
Then Man city have that Garrido, the ex RS player. I predicted failures both for Mikel Alonso and Garrido in the premiership and this time it seems I was right. Garrido is technically decent, but he has fear to tackle. He doesn't have trust in his turn so he gives you a lot of meters, he's not a very "close-up" marker. It would have been an easy target for any of our players, and I was wishing our players face him. Garrido is the kind of player that could make Pennant a world class performer, if you see what I mean.
Unfortunately in the Chelsea game all this aspects I've mentioned became evident, and I think the 6 goals came from that right wing. It's a pity he doesn't play because I wanted Liverpool humillated his wing. 
Afterwards he's been sat down.
The good news is that "Ball" that plays instead of him must not be much better either.
Come on Liverpool!
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:41 pmby The Manhattan Project
City just drew 2-2.
We retain fourth place.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:42 pmby username
Sabre wrote:Ciggy wrote:That Petrov looks frigtening have to keep an eye on him on sunday, City 2-1 up.
The atletico fans will confirm it to you better, but Petrov, despite being a decent-good player, and pacy on the left wing, I wouldn't consider him to be in the realms of frightening.
He's pacy yes, but a good marker, will know to push him to the wing, at some point he'll reach the end, and you'll see that while running, his crosses are not good. With the dead ball his waist is a bit of Iron, meaning he hasn't that dribbling with the waist that our Kewell has for instance.
The reason he was praised in the match was cos his cosses were great 
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:44 pmby Sabre
username wrote:Sabre wrote:Ciggy wrote:That Petrov looks frigtening have to keep an eye on him on sunday, City 2-1 up.
The atletico fans will confirm it to you better, but Petrov, despite being a decent-good player, and pacy on the left wing, I wouldn't consider him to be in the realms of frightening.
He's pacy yes, but a good marker, will know to push him to the wing, at some point he'll reach the end, and you'll see that while running, his crosses are not good. With the dead ball his waist is a bit of Iron, meaning he hasn't that dribbling with the waist that our Kewell has for instance.
The reason he was praised in the match was cos his cosses were great
Must have been taught to cross in England then, , because in the 6-7 complete games I saw of him (1 of them live), he was cráp in that sense!
Well, you never know mate. Torres never had great numbers in Spain at the end of the season, and now his goal ratio is comparable to the Liverpool legends in the past, and Liverpool have some legends!!
Still, not that frightening IMHO.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:45 pmby Ciggy
Bit more confident of getting 3 points on sunday now, cheeky b@stard City fans booing their players off its the first time in 50 years they have gone on a ten game run at home unbeaten.
We retain fourth, fingers crossed Chelsea get beat, we win on sunday we go 3rd with our game in hand we are right back in the mix. 
Oh and Id throw a bid in for Santa Cruz or swap him for Crouch if Hughes is interested.
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:57 pmby Ciggy
Sabre wrote:Then Man city have that Garrido, the ex RS player. I predicted failures both for Mikel Alonso and Garrido in the premiership and this time it seems I was right. Garrido is technically decent, but he has fear to tackle. He doesn't have trust in his turn so he gives you a lot of meters, he's not a very "close-up" marker. It would have been an easy target for any of our players, and I was wishing our players face him. Garrido is the kind of player that could make Pennant a world class performer, if you see what I mean.
Unfortunately in the Chelsea game all this aspects I've mentioned became evident, and I think the 6 goals came from that right wing. It's a pity he doesn't play because I wanted Liverpool humillated his wing. Afterwards he's been sat down.
The good news is that "Ball" that plays instead of him must not be much better either.
Come on Liverpool!
Garrido came on with 20 mins to go, didnt do much and Mikel Alsono is out of contract at Bolton in January he hasnt impressed but then again he has hardly played.
If we score early doors sunday it will be a rout, dont think City will play for a draw it will be a very open game, Torres will get loads of space and Dunne will be sh!tting his kecks at the prospect of having to mark him.