next derby against the devil

cant wait after exam finish

The Good
Happy to see Dirk Kuyt start. It was a wise decision given the threat of Leighton Baines. Can't blame him for the penalty miss as it was a good save from Howard. Good also to see Martin Kelly back. He had a solid game and one reason why Tim Cahill's kangaroo impressions only earned him one clear opportunity off his nut. Less I'm mistaken, Kelly was marking him during corners. I'm a big fan of Kelly and I imagine he'll make the England senior team by the end of the season if he can stay healthy. Carra has a good game as well. He was strong in the air and with exception of the occasion where he and Skrtel backed off Saha to present the Frenchman with too much room, he marshaled the defence pretty well. Jose Enrique had another good game and once again, you have to ask why he hasn't earned an international cap yet? I mean even Arbeloa who is a right sided player gets picked ahead of him. Baffling. Another player worth a mention is non other than Luis Suarez. He's been a revelation since signing for us and was once again a live wire up front. Was gifted a goal in the end by Distin and finished with aplomb.

The Bad
Well may "bad" is too strong a word but here are players I don't think had a good game. Carroll offered little with the exception of his goal. I think he spent more time out wide than he did in the Everton box. Adam had a quiet game and until he thumped Tim Howard's goal post, I forgot he was on the pitch. Stuart Downing was surprisingly innefective as well. Linked up well with Enrique but his delivery was off the mark on a number of occasions. Stayed out wide was much of the match to my dismay.

The Ugly
Martin Atkinson has a reputation of being card happy which can sour derbies and it kinda did last night. The Merseyside derby has produced more red cards than any other Premiership fixture and you just knew that Mr. Atkinson was going to flash someone a red. In truth, it was a harsh decision and Suarez made the most of it but you know what? I could care less. It's about time we had the rub of the green after having had several decisions go against us in recent games. There are few sights I like more than the vision of Tim Cahill in misery.

Not always easy on the eye but it was a derby after all and it had all the ingredients of one - crunching tackles, flared tempers, Tim Cahill being a ****, and bitters throwing rubbish on their own pitch no less. Always thought that Woodison was a dump.

Hope all the carroll doubter can see his glimpses of potential.I back him to score against man utd.
The last game he played well but failed to score,now he scored,i expect him to build on this and keep improving.

Just wanted to ask everyone here,will you start gerrard for the man utd game?

This post has been edited by Rotuham: Oct 2 2011, 04:24 PM

What i like about Carroll so far is he looks like a good finisher. He's not blessed with talents for gorgeous moves, fancy flicks or dribbles...but his finishing looks convincing.....at this stage..i think the battle is in his mind....whether he wants to fully make use of his career at Liverpool and develop into a fearsome striker or will he end up as one of those wasted talents...


Admit i was racing to be on the first page last night....it was my first time seeing a thread getting updated so i couldn't resist the temptation.. ..

....but i do give my a fair share of comments here...

hoping the spuds and gunners will battle out to an entertaining draw tonight...

This post has been edited by nando: Oct 2 2011, 05:30 PM

This reminds me something.
We bought 2 key players of Newcastle.
It seems Newcastle is doing fairly well without these key players.

They have better formation and tactic than us at the moment, IMO. Dunno what happen with Liverpool. They are playing at a slower pace this season compared to last season. KD needs to rethink about how he's playing...



Also, epic acting skill



This post has been edited by bitebug: Oct 2 2011, 06:20 PM

Well looking at it again and again, Rodwell did catch his ankle and anyone who is into sports can tell you that bending your ankle even at a slight ankle can hurt. Sprains can hurt more than breaks. Suarez milked it no doubt but that can hurt.

looking at the replay again,I'm glad Suarez jumped.If not,we will miss him for weeks due to ankle problem.

the acting after he fell on the ground is .....

like he was hit by a car

This post has been edited by demamkuning: Oct 2 2011, 07:23 PM

that is contact la.. can't you see that?

I like to keep each incident separate. I think we'd all agree that Suarez does a little too much remonstrating and play acting. Thankfully, he's a very good player and we can therefore be a little more forgiving. Whilst Rodwell's challenge was not deserving of a red, there was obvious contact and I hope that those commenting on it not hurting have actually experienced ankle sprains before. It can hurt like a b**** and from that replay, you can clearly see that his ankle was bent if even for just a second.

I think you guys din follow much of Suarez back in his time with Ajax. That time, the play acting was far worse than now. Not that I m encouraging any play acting in game but as far as I m concerned, he reduced the number significantly after he joined the premier league. Anyway, he is a fighter who want to win any game on any day regardless of who the opponent is. We have seen him keeping uruguay alive in world cup by being a part time goalie and that sent Ghana out. We all did know that he is controversial type of player, din we even b4 he join us. So, why keep harping on it and repeating it non stop for the last 12hrs or so?

Just look at the teams they have played so far.They wont be able to keep by christmas when they have played all the big teams.
The fixture list has been pretty kind to them.No chelsea,mc,manu,spurs,us and stoke at britannia.

you should listen what the commentator said during the halftime..its not suarez fault..there was contact..maybe the act was too much..but again,got contact..the one should be blame was martin atkinson..poor judgement throughout the match..eg. fellaini fault on lucas and hibbert fault on adam..definitely a card..

Spot on.. The worst was when he was banned for few months for biting another players ears

Yups..correct..their early fixtures have been relatively easy..only facing arsenal in their first game..

I thought it was shoulders

Shoulder. He was banned for 7 games. Great game though

An opposite example will be to look at bolton.They are bottom of the table.In their first 7 games they have already faced and lost to Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea & Man Utd.
But this doesnt mean they will be in a relegation fight.Their fixture list will ease up after this and they will climb up.

This post has been edited by Rotuham: Oct 2 2011, 11:56 PM