I concur. Maybe some brief info on historical figures and moment.

Phil Thompson might have had a few choice words for them given that Robbie almost decapitated him in training

Mike you're TS now so don't let everyone tell you what to do. You gotta be like a DJ who receives requests from everyone asking for all sorts of tunes.

I'd like to suggest a video in honour of Hillsborough. I reckon this clip is special because it is one of our more well known songs, and is sung at every game. Also this one pays homage to Hillsborough at the end and it involves celebrities and former greats including King Kenny.

Might want to give some sort of tribute to the 96 who went to a football game and never came home. Gone but not forgotten.

A couple of Shankly quotes might be nice as well.

My 2 cents mate. You make the call. Good luck on being TS.

Sawadeekap! Just got back from Bangkok, the city that never sleeps. Met a chick who after seeing my LFC tattoo was overcome by joy. Lot of Liverpool fans there. I'm going back next month. I've decided to find a Thai wife

Merseyside derby. Our 1st pick, Roberto Martinez vs. Brendan Rodgers. No Sturridge? #gutted.

I'll do a ball check first though with the technological advances in surgery these days, I might need to get her to do an x-ray.

Baffled over the sacking of the two but there's no point in speculating now. Official word should be released days from now. Considering the number of young players we've had feature in the first team recently, I'm amazed that they've been asked to leave. When was the last time we saw this many academy graduates in the first team? Not since I've followed the club, that's for sure.

I agree with your choice of fullbacks. Kelly is a competent defender, arguably a better one than Johnson and he'll have Pienaar in his back pocket. Worried about the double threat from Lukaku and Mirallas. Our choice of centrebacks will be key here. I fancy Dagger back in the squad. He used to play really well against Drogba. I reckon Skrtel will definitely get the nod as well.

It's going to be a close one this.

That's for sure. I reckon he'll cost us somewhere between $17 - $20 million pounds. Maybe Stevie could have a word with Sami.

Let's just wait to see what the official story is on the sackings. It can't be that BR is adverse to promoting lads from the academy seeing as he's already given so many of them a chance.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...ea-selfish.html

can't do alcohol. too much champagne in soju room last night. will watch from home

What does Kelly have to do to get a game?

Everton are still unbeaten at home this season and this good run of form included a win against Chelsea at Goodison. Couple that with the fact that this was a derby, this was always going to be a tough game. I would have taken a draw prior to kickoff and fortunately, we were able to snatch a late equaliser. Earlier this season Brendan Rodgers was criticised for being negative in his substitutions. Well yesterday, he brought on Sturridge even though we were level and no one would have faulted him for trying to hold on to the point especially as Everton were all over us. I give him credit for being positive. I'm sure some will criticise him but I think it's worth pointing this out. With Sturridge on, we started to press Everton higher up the pitch, relieving some pressure on our defence. Spurs and Southampton are leading the league in balls won in the opposition half and it's something Rodgers wants us to emulate. Steve McMahon commented that Ian Rush was our best defender at the time because he would defend from the front. With both Suarez and Sturridge on, Everton didn't have as much time to pass the ball about at the back.

Game changing moments
1) Mirallas receiving on a yellow for that reckless challenge on Suarez. It was worthy of a straight red, no question. Phil Dowd got that one wrong. I feared for the worst as Suarez was already clutching his knee before that. He may go down easy but our Uruguayan is a sturdy bloke.
2) Allen's point blank miss. No sugar coating this. It was a poor poor effort.
3) Suarez's powered header at Howard's glove. Anywhere else and it would been a goal.

Positives
1) Simon Mignolet was immense. I counted some 5 one-on-one opportunities he defused. Didn't deserve to concede 3 goals did our Belgian.
2) I thought Daniel Agger did particularly well against Lukaku. Barring the 2 goals he scored from setpieces, he didn't threaten much. Consider how he tormented us for WBA last season. Was hoping prior to the game that Agger would get the nod because I've always felt he's played well against Drogba and Lukaku is similar. Agger won a fair share of challenges in the air against a much bigger opponent.
3) I was hesitant that Jon Flanagan got the nod at left back but what a game he had. Defended well and got forward to support the attack when needed.
4) Lucas Leiva was playing almost as a third centreback and made some really vital challenges after the defenders had been beaten.
5) Suarez doesn't look like he suffered a serious injury. I'm running out of superlatives to describe him.

Negatives
1) Joe Allen. Baptism of fire of sorts as he hasn't had any competitive games in awhile and he was thrust straight into of the most competitive derbies in world football. Failed to gain any stranglehold on the game and his miss could have cost us the game.
2) We lack steel in midfield especially seeing as how Henderson was playing wide right and limited to chasing long balls. Stevie tried but he doesn't have the legs to match the youthful exuberance of Ross Barkley or James McCarthy so it was left to Lucas and Allen as as we know the latter had hard time keeping up with the pace of the game. He needs more games to get back up to speed but the Merseyside Derby was not the right time for it.
3) Pienaar was a constant threat which leads me to what I said earlier about Johnson being suspect defensively which is why I prefer Kelly. Johnson did well going forward but he had no answer for Pienaar and Baines. Henderson wasn't providing too much support here either to be fair.
4) There was a moment in the match when Suarez went into a sideline challenge with Mirallas. I suspect he was trying to get back at him but Mirallas jumped out of the way. Damn. Would have loved to see Luis win the ball and send Mirallas into the stands at the same time.

It's a month to go till the transfer window and we're at 2nd just 4 points behind the league leaders. A big improvement over last season and despite some unhappy sentiment, who can honestly say they thought we'd be where we are at this stage of the competition?

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Nov 24 2013, 10:47 AM

John Flanagan made 9 tackles, winning 8 of them, more than anyone on the pitch. He also made 3 clearances and 4 interceptions. Well done lad. With Enrique out for a couple of months and Cissokho failing to impress, he may get more games.

Football is a funny game. Who would have thought Barca at the Nou Camp back then? On paper we were camel fodder.

Rocket Ronnie's miss still stands out. Allen did miss an absolute sitter. With his pass completion percentage, he could have just passed it into the back of the net. I guess the occasion got the better of him.

Wished also that Suarez directed his header further wide of Howard, who looked like an eskimo in the middle of central park as the ball struck his glove.

From what I noticed Hendo was playing wide right in tandem with Johnson, a role as we all know he's useless in

Based on the squad we currently have, I can see the merit in fielding Allen occasionally if only to give one of either Gerrard, Henderson or Lucas a breather. However expecting a player who has just returned to fitness not too long ago and hasn't had any competitive games this season to put it an impressive shift in the Merserside Derby is asking a lot but with Sturridge not fully fit, someone had to come in. Could have been Moses but he made very little impact on the game. We could have fielded Alberto but I've only seen glimpses of him and will leave it to those who see him in training day in, day out to assess when he's ready to start.

Allen did himself no favours by squandering a guilt edged opportunity. Fans are more forgiving when you bag a goal. If Suarez had not scored for instance, more attention would be given to the fact that he missed an easy opportunity when he hit his header right at Howard. Still, Allen isn't fit for the first team at the moment and January will be crucial if we are to last the duration of the season. I simply don't see Henderson, Lucas and Gerrard staying fit the whole season especially with international commitments in light of the upcoming World Cup.

Hard to disagree with Nicol's opinion after Mignolet's performance against Everton. Aside from the first one v one situation where he dived at the feet of Lukaku to deflect it wide, he did what a keeper should do in one v one situations - he stood up for as long as he could, made himself big, and only committed at the last instance. Did the same when he blocked the follow up shot after saving a penalty against Stoke in our opener, he sprang back up to his feet and made himself big, narrowing the angle for the striker.

Not sure about Lukaku. He scored 2 but they were from setpieces and when he was sent through on goal, it was more about the creator or bad defending than it was about his prowess. If he had scored each time he were put clean through, that would be another story. All in, I think Agger did a pretty good job marking him.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Nov 25 2013, 11:10 AM

Agreed but I'm commenting based on the limited options we have at our disposal right now. Makes me bring up the question again on whether or not we should have sold Jonjo given that we're wafer thin in the middle of the park?