Hm, I wouldn't rant about how RH positioned the team yesterday.

Started 4-2-3-1. Conceded 2 goals, no change, but there's still time. Luck was on our side for that few minutes and we converted both dead ball.

At 2-2, RH not only maintained the formation, removed lesser productive Maxi with Ngog and from there we were 4-4-2. He was definitely going for a win. Next, he replaced Meireles with Jovanovich which I believe was because of Jova's pace and strength to hit on the counter.

Anyone disagree with me he was going for the win? Very unfortunate, Berbatov converted another chance.

On another note, a change of manager means new players. Yesterday we had 4 new players(Cole, Meireles, Konchesky & Poulsen) on starting line-up. We've gone lesser than 10 competitive games if I'm not mistaken. Without Kuyt, I think we would need a little more time to gel and play as a unit. How much time? No one can tell.

We had the fighting spirit yesterday. We didn't just die. We attacked and gained the penalty and freekick. My opinion, defence was very unusual but we tried to fought back and got that 2 goals.

Good having you there buddy. As much as you think it's the organisers that make an event a success, the fans play a more important role. It's like I said last night, it's only half time. They still have to come to Anfield. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing but we're a different proposition at home.

I've got a sore jaw man. When we scored our 2nd, some over exhuberant bloke grabbed my face with his arm and darn well nearly dislocated my jaw
You're like an energizer bunny dude Keep your enthusiasm but it's like I said lah, we need to be realistic as well. Your prediction of a win over the mancs didn't come true unfortunately. In fact, we are getting worse. I don't remember playing this bad at Old Toilet is a long time. The only time Van Der Sar had anything to do was when he picked the ball from the back of the net. We only scored because the mancs gave away some silly fouls. Having said that, I don't know how O'Shea managed to stay on the pitch. Some 4 seasons ago, Hyypia was sent off in the 4th minute for a similar offence, and this was out wide. O'Shea's foul was clear and it was in a central, more threatening position. That aside, we offered nothing as an attacking force and I can now understand why Hodgson's Fulham were abysmal away.

In one of my moans last week, I brought up the issue of how fragile we look in the air and Berbatov exposed it like a sore thumb last night. It was as though our players were 5' nothing. Torres was too busy humping Berbatov and Carragher had lead in his boots.

Here's another moan. Maxi was invisible last night. Also, I think we should have brought on Babel when play opened up late in the game.

Que Sera Sera.

and cole,though he is nonexistent yesterday

and gerard

and pepe

It was AFTER NGOG that Liverpool leveled.
We scored with a formation of 4-4-2.

Hyppia's foul on Ruud was central and in the box Duke, it resulted in a peno. And it was not 4 seasons ago, it was 2003.

The only defense I can think of on why O'Shea wasn't sent off because it was probably not a clear goalscoring opportunity seeing that VDS would have gotten there first anyways??

I still can't really comprehend the red card appeal, Torres was nowhere near the ball and was only running towards it (not even with the ball towards the goal), so it is not a foul of preventing a goal scoring opportunity..or maybe i'm just not clear with the rule. It does seem like a last man foul, but the fact that he is not even targetting the goal makes the "goal-scoring opportunity" part invalid and thus not a red card? 

I still can't really comprehend the red card appeal, Torres was nowhere near the ball and was only running towards it (not even with the ball towards the goal), so it is not a foul of preventing a goal scoring opportunity..or maybe i'm just not clear with the rule. It does seem like a last man foul, but the fact that he is not even targetting the goal makes the "goal-scoring opportunity" part invalid and thus not a red card? 

u are referering to the foul lead to a penalty...?

last man fouls is lead to free kick and yellow card.. 

the rule is that last man tackling a player = red card. it appears that oshea is the last defender by using the same outside rule where oshea is in front of vidic or evans. oshea was given a yellow to my opinion was either he thought he is not the last man? or that no way torres could have gotten the ball. but whatever the ifs are gerrard scored the fk.

no the one by Oshea on Torres. Evan's foul is a yellow card and penalty, no questions asked

---

Added on September 20, 2010, 7:30 pm

ah ok. i tot that rule have to come hand by hand, like the rule of handball and the term "intentional" etc.

Good having you there buddy. As much as you think it's the organisers that make an event a success, the fans play a more important role. It's like I said last night, it's only half time. They still have to come to Anfield. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing but we're a different proposition at home.

Surprisingly, he can still lunge in on Konchesky...Thought, that would at least break his tissue-paper-made legs into pieces.

Anyone read Agger's interview to some Danish press?