I wondered what he was laughing at... he was trying to stop himself but you could see him smile. Meanwhile John Terry is right next to him with a deadly serious face.
Cappello.
One of the greatest mysteries of our time.
Along with appointments at the FA.
Seriously - after the World Cup subbie fiascos?
Hope he scores for you though - looked like not a bad wee system at the Newcie Broons.
Seriously - after the World Cup subbie fiascos?
Hope he scores for you though - looked like not a bad wee system at the Newcie Broons.
Yeah, and we've flippin suffered since he left. Grrrrrr
Andy Carroll isn't totally match sharp yet, he has only played a game and a bit for us since coming back from injury.
Doin all right now though
Well done! Now lets hope thats Andy Carroll back to his best 
Reasonable first half, delivery into the box has been pretty poor though. Downings not offered much.
Good atmosphere by the looks of it... all Wembley needs now is some vuvuzela's
Stewart Downing MOTM?
What a f*cking piss take.
Great goal by Carroll. Odd nobody mentioned that he pushed their defender to the ground before taking his shot. Even better goal by Gyan. Roman, get your wallet out.
Surprisingly entertaining for a game with nothing riding on it.
Also better off with Dawson, Terry and Cole at back.
Ghana walked through at times tonight.
Cahill seems to be getting (mostly) positive reviews for his performance last night. I fear it may result in heightened interest over the summer though.
Cahill seems to be getting (mostly) positive reviews for his performance last night. I fear it may result in heightened interest over the summer though.
I hear both him and Baines are in Liverpool's sights- apparently Baines is a lifelong Liverpool supporter.
Lucas has just signed a new deal with us! get in!! Severely underrated player.
Lucas has just signed a new deal with us! get in!! Severely underrated player.
Under rated by most non Liverpool fans, but over rated by a lot of Liverpool fans. Some scousers I know talk about him like he's Zinedine Zidane.
Stewart Downing MOTM?
What a f*cking piss take.
An absolute joke that was, he seen so much of the ball but did just about nothing with it and the one good thing he did came from him miscontrolling the ball!
The funny thing is Tyldsley & Townsend agreed with it 
Lucas has just signed a new deal with us! get in!! Severely underrated player.
Under rated by most non Liverpool fans, but over rated by a lot of Liverpool fans. Some scousers I know talk about him like he's Zinedine Zidane.
He is still treated with contempt by a lot of Liverpool fans who still don;t see him as a good player, but its no coincident that when Lucas is playing well Liverpool is too. Him and Agger have a great connection on the pitch.
Lucas has just signed a new deal with us! get in!! Severely underrated player.
Under rated by most non Liverpool fans, but over rated by a lot of Liverpool fans. Some scousers I know talk about him like he's Zinedine Zidane.
He is still treated with contempt by a lot of Liverpool fans who still don;t see him as a good player, but its no coincident that when Lucas is playing well Liverpool is too. Him and Agger have a great connection on the pitch.
I think most of the hardcore Liverpool support do rate him from what I've seen/heard/read. There'll always be a few who can't see the value he brings to the team simply because he isn't called Steven Gerrard and will never get 15+ goals a season.
I think most of the hardcore Liverpool support do rate him from what I've seen/heard/read. There'll always be a few who can't see the value he brings to the team simply because he isn't called Steven Gerrard and will never get 15+ goals a season.
Most who don't rate him don't really look at a football team as a whole, Lucas is a defensive/holding midfielder he isn't really expected to score goals, most are comparing him too much to Alonso who was a free kick taker and Penalty taker and they seem to want Lucas to emulate him. However Lucas breakss up play, he is a fantastic tackler in fact I saw on a statistics table that he was the top tackler in the premiership this Season. He does all the unseen work which doesn't get put into the end of match statistics such as goals or assists, his confidence has soared recently with Brazil and it has showed in his Liverpool performances. I'm happy enough that it is just Liverpool who rate him because when a player becomes noticed he gets singled out and put on a pedestal a la Rooney, Bale even Carroll.
Lucas is a good player. I don't watch him often enough to comment on exactly how good. All I can say is football fans know sweet fekk all so don't bother listening to them. Chelsea fans were screaming for Ramires to be sold after he only played a few games. Idiots.
Really missed the Premiership games. How did all your teams players play over the weekend? Off the top of my head Dirk got 3 and Carroll got one. Not too bad! Dirks in great form at the minute and I hope Carroll back from injury now will hit the ground running.
There's a good chance of that Joe. Typical of the type of player who does well in the PL and should be hard for foreign teams to handle (great strength). I'm happy Benayoun got 20 mins the other day. I was beginning to think he was dead 
I think most of the hardcore Liverpool support do rate him from what I've seen/heard/read. There'll always be a few who can't see the value he brings to the team simply because he isn't called Steven Gerrard and will never get 15+ goals a season.
Most who don't rate him don't really look at a football team as a whole, Lucas is a defensive/holding midfielder he isn't really expected to score goals, most are comparing him too much to Alonso who was a free kick taker and Penalty taker and they seem to want Lucas to emulate him. However Lucas breakss up play, he is a fantastic tackler in fact I saw on a statistics table that he was the top tackler in the premiership this Season. He does all the unseen work which doesn't get put into the end of match statistics such as goals or assists, his confidence has soared recently with Brazil and it has showed in his Liverpool performances. I'm happy enough that it is just Liverpool who rate him because when a player becomes noticed he gets singled out and put on a pedestal a la Rooney, Bale even Carroll.
Exactly, but even Alonso although rated quite highly, often wasn't given the credit he deserved. It was always '2 man team' Liverpool Torres and Gerrard, if either of them don't play they've no chance. They soon realised the value of Alonso once he'd gone! As important if not more important than both of those 2 to the success of Liverpool finishing 2nd. In my opinion of course.
Lucas is a good player. I don't watch him often enough to comment on exactly how good. All I can say is football fans know sweet fekk all so don't bother listening to them. Chelsea fans were screaming for Ramires to be sold after he only played a few games. Idiots.
It's like the idiot England fans and even BBC pundits who used to criticise Sven for having Hargreaves in the squad. Linekar even opened up BBC's WC2006 coverage with a german line followed by 'Thanks to Owen Hargreaves for the translation - at least he's useful for something!'. Total numbskulls like!ο»Ώ He soon proved them wrong in that tournament though!
I bet he won;t get game time for England, Rooney and Bent and Defoe will all be in before him. I don't know why they persist with Rooney he couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo in the Internationals stage.
Exactly, but even Alonso although rated quite highly, often wasn't given the credit he deserved. It was always '2 man team' Liverpool Torres and Gerrard, if either of them don't play they've no chance. They soon realised the value of Alonso once he'd gone! As important if not more important than both of those 2 to the success of Liverpool finishing 2nd. In my opinion of course.
Liverpool fans worshipped the ground Alonso walked on, he scored the equaliser in 2005 ffs!! Rafa, as much as I still like the guy made a major mistake in trying to whore Alonso about. I would goes had Rafa not tried to purchase Gareth ****ing Barry Alonso might still be at Anfield today. I still think Alonso will come back to Liverpool in some capacity in the next few years, he still speaks highly of Liverpool on Twitter, welcomed Kenny to the Managerial Post etc.
Crunchy: totally agree, Hargreaves is exactly what England need if he ever resurfaces.
RR: Rooney is an amazing player, only a defensively minded thick Italian plonker would put him out on the left thus nullifying his immense attacking threat. No way will Bent start over Carroll, Defoe might, depending whether we need strength (Carroll) or skill (Defoe).
Exactly, but even Alonso although rated quite highly, often wasn't given the credit he deserved. It was always '2 man team' Liverpool Torres and Gerrard, if either of them don't play they've no chance. They soon realised the value of Alonso once he'd gone! As important if not more important than both of those 2 to the success of Liverpool finishing 2nd. In my opinion of course.
Liverpool fans worshipped the ground Alonso walked on, he scored the equaliser in 2005 ffs!! Rafa, as much as I still like the guy made a major mistake in trying to whore Alonso about. I would goes had Rafa not tried to purchase Gareth ****ing Barry Alonso might still be at Anfield today. I still think Alonso will come back to Liverpool in some capacity in the next few years, he still speaks highly of Liverpool on Twitter, welcomed Kenny to the Managerial Post etc.
Yup, Liverpool fans did, but the media and so called 'experts' were always spouting the 2 man team nonsense about Gerrard and Torres, while pretty much ignoring Alonso and even Mascherano.
Yep, horses for courses is the best approach. I feel sorry for Carroll much like Torres both have massive price-tags on their heads.Andy is still young and brimming with confidence but and it all seems to be water off a ducks back for him. But Prom, what do you make of Torres? I actually feel really sorry for him, he's not being played as the main danger man any more, Torres isn't used to being in a paired up strike force and everything he does looks laboured. I really think it is all psychological, he needs a long break to clear his head and he doesn't look like getting it anytime soon with Euro qualifiers and apparently Chelsea Liverpool and Arsenal are going on a ten day tour to the middle east, I doubt he can drop out of that as he will be Chelsea star attraction and main way of attracting new fans.
Yup, Liverpool fans did, but the media and so called 'experts' were always spouting the 2 man team nonsense about Gerrard and Torres, while pretty much ignoring Alonso and even Mascherano.
You are right, pundits rarely recognise the players who do all the graft. Agger, Lucas and Meireles have been our core for the majority of this season and when these 3 are playing together out win percentage is higher, but very 'pundits' and 'experts' would recognise these as key Liverpool players, which like I say is probably a blessing in disguise.
Crunchy: totally agree, Hargreaves is exactly what England need if he ever resurfaces.
RR: Rooney is an amazing player, only a defensively minded thick Italian plonker would put him out on the left thus nullifying his immense attacking threat. No way will Bent start over Carroll, Defoe might, depending whether we need strength (Carroll) or skill (Defoe).
Alex Ferguson was the one who stuck him out on the left for United because he was playing so sh*te... then everyone started claiming Rooney was best playing at CAM and that he was the playmaker. It was all nonsense and he doesn't look anything like the player from last year and before. I think its a confidence issue, it all started around the time of the WC with all thats going with his personal life.
Theres been glimpses of what he's capable of doing, but he's still got a long way to go before he's back to his best... the good thing for him is that he is still quite young and it can quickly change.
I don't know what's happened to Rooney Mincey but sticking him out on the left is basically saying to him 'you're shit, you're playing here as punishment'. It's hardly going to help the confidence issue. Fergie doing it doesn't justify Capello who clearly has no mind of his own doing it.
Rooney lost a lot of fan after his antics handing in a transfer request. Also, the idiot that called him the White Pele must be choking now. There is a jinx if there ever was one.
