Can you imagine how loud the crowds would chant KD name at Anfield this Sunday?

Hope KD able to sort out the line up problem. LB for Glen Johnson just doesn't work IMO, if Aurelio not available I would choose Konchesky instead, at least that's his natural position.

While Maxi Rodriguez should start as LM for this game. Jovanovic on our previous game is pretty rusty. Joe Cole maybe can play an attacking role linking up Torres or as RM to replace the tired Kuyt.

i heard ajax claimed that the striker valued around 15 million pounds and i hope we can get him. he is strong right? and young?

i think KD replace Agger is the biggest mistake because Agger player better than Skertel (or maybe Skertel cannot perform without Agger)... Both goals are from Skertel's fault. On other note, Lucas is too slow... i am very tense when Lucas got the ball, eventho he played key role in midfield in stopping Everton's attack but his controlling really needs to improve and speed up because opponents press him very fast and easily he lost the ball... anyway, Anfield was very lively because of KD, not necessary to win game but to impress the fans is more important (remember "Gladiator" movie - win the spectator)

They are a different team. This was the first derby since 2002 that they entered without the men deemed their heart and soul. Minus Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, Dalglish ensured the natives had two representatives. A couple of surging runs furthered Martin Kelly's burgeoning reputation but Jay Spearing was the surprise inclusion. Compared to Gerrard, whose position he occupied, Spearing is the second-rate Scouser. But one man with an affinity to the club selected another.

"Steven might not get [back] in, you never know," said Dalglish mischievously. "But I don't care where they're born. If Jay had been born in Scotland, he'd still have played."

wanna bet???
under King Kenny..even spearing getting a start!

Maxi is ok actually, he moves from left wing to the 'hole' position to assist in attacks and he's always in the penalty box to try score goals. If we were to replace, I'd say Dirk Kyut. He has the stamina of a horse but even with that, his performance has been lacking. The only reason Liverpool put Kyut at RW is to help defend the RB position. We need some new faces and new attacking options. Joe Cole has been a MAJOR let down this season. I was all hype-d up about him and thought he'd be raining crosses and passing for Torres but dammit we really need someone at RW!

Honestly, I cannot seem to accept the fact that we are selling Babel and at the same time are keeping folks like that Jovanovic, Poulsen, Cole and even to a certain extent Maxi and Kuyt on the payroll...

I suppose those lot are old timers waaaay pass their sell by date whereas Babel is young enough to warrant a gamble

I think Konchesky and Kyriakos should also be sold, but then again we are pretty thin at the back... sigh.

@cherroy football manager also need to have bidder only can sell lor. Damnit we sure have a lot of players that nobody wants

However, with players like Joe Cole and Jovanovich (free signings on massive wages iinm) we could probably 'earn' more than selling Babel just by giving them away to any takers who are willing to offer them a replacement contract.

Most delicious @ 7mil Euro? Thats like half the price we bought him. Might as well keep him, since the fees not going to help much in pursuing other attackers.

Yeah, Malaysia time is on 8.45pm, the early match! Waiting to see what King Kenny will do for this match. Will Gerard playing this Saturday? Or need to wait another match?

Aye and the ressies beat your team as well, Man City 

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Added on January 20, 2011, 10:20 amReading several threads here, I see one commonality. Posters are always talking about which positions to bolster. Seriously, new players come secondary to me. To what you say? To developing a system of play. The latter is long term of course but every new manager should work hard on getting whatever players he has at his disposal to play his way. The reason Liverpool were so successful in the past over 4 managers i.e. Shankly, Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish, is because we played good football and regardless of which players came or left, our style never changed. It is also the reason Man Utd are doing so well despite fielding average players in various positions over the years. What I would like to focus on is what Dalglish is trying to do to address this issue. Its been said to death that we used to pass and move, and with Dalglish focusing on 5-a-sides, I'm hoping it will only be a matter of time when we see the team attacking in pockets of 3-5 players. We've already seen signs of this. When we have an established style, you don't need too many expensive big signings because each player makes the other stronger and better.

Actually, I would love to see how Martin Kelly will do there. From what I've seen this season, he's more physically adept than Martin Skrtel. Both are the same height but Kelly has been stronger in the air, and he's definitely the quicker of the two. Skrtel doesn't read the game particularly well either and with a little more exposure, Kelly could just turn out to be Carra's replacement. No need to look elsewhere unless we absolutely have to. Having said that, signing a centreback is crucial to address our immediate defensive woes what with Skrtel out of sorts, Carra looking like he's getting on and Kyrgiakos vulnerable against quicker forwards.

Sami Hyypia? Fantastic player but I've nothing against the club letting him go. He constantly found it a struggle to keep pace with the game in England and I do think it was time for him to find greener pastures. Looking forward to him returning in the capacity of a coach though.

damn devil linesman, Sian Massey had better eye(s) 

Its suprising consider we hate Poulsen a month ago. Now subbing him out was a bad choice last night.

Poulsen = Legend!

gerrard has been playing well with torres, feeding him with direct passes or through balls down the middle, its going to be seen as to whether gerrard can be as effective in feeding torres from wide areas

another thing is, iirc, when gerrard starts from the wing area, he tend to leave the RB exposed at time, or perhaps my memory failed me

Alonso, Masch and Hyypia 'left' the club, not 'sold'... we're not even thinking of offloading Torres, the club have rejected Chelsea's offer and stated that he's not for sale.. but rumors suggesting Torres want the club to negotiate with Chelsea...