Holysmoke Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 So, "this is our year" chants from Liverpool have come to an end, as usual, before mid-october. Arsenal and the youngsters on a roll :regular_smile: Post match interview after the Sunderland - Arsenal game the reporter asked Roy Keane "is there a better team in the league based on that opening 20 minutes?" Keano 'Yeah, theres one':wink_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Liverpool 2-2 Tottenham Fernando Torres' injury-time header rescued a draw for Liverpool. Liverpool went ahead after Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson spilt Steven Gerrard's free-kick and Andriy Voronin pounced to snaffle the rebound. But Keane's goals at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second changed the game's course. On both occasions Dimitar Berbatov's headers unsettled Liverpool and Keane's eye for goal proved deadly, but Torres' downward header rescued the home side. Liverpool might have been three goals up before Keane got to work but Gerrard hit the post and Voronin missed a reasonable chance. Manager Rafael Benitez made five changes for this game, with Peter Crouch deemed not even worthy of a place on the Liverpool bench. Voronin and Torres might have scored for Liverpool but this was a performance that will raise further question marks about Benitez's rotational policy. Overall it was a disjointed performance from Liverpool and Spurs were unlucky not to leave with their first away win of the season. Prior to Sunday's game, Spurs had won just one league match and Jol's side got off to the worst possible start. Robinson is having a difficult time of it at the moment - he was at fault for three of Aston Villa's goals in the 4-4 draw on Monday - and he will wince if he looks at the video replays of Voronin's goal. True, Gerrard's free-kick took a deflection, but Robinson should have held his England colleague's effort. Instead the ball squirmed out of his hands and Voronin had the simplest of tasks to put Liverpool ahead. Later in the game Robinson spilled a Steve Finnan shot, though this time he was rescued by Michael Dawson. With 13 minutes remaining Robinson did better in dealing with a Javier Mascherano shot, getting down quickly to make a good save. Another Mascherano effort - this time from distance - had Robinson worried, but the ball faded away from the goal at the last moment. Had Liverpool taken their chances in the first half Benitez's side might not have had such a worrying afternoon. On the half-hour Gerrard was unlucky not to score when his curling free-kick cannoned back off the post. A sweeping move involving Gerrard, Torres and Voronin dissected the Spurs defence but the Ukraine forward elected to pass rather than shoot and the opportunity to score passed. In first-half stoppage time Liverpool were made to rue those missed chances when Berbatov's flicked header released Keane, who clipped the ball past Jose Reina. Sami Hyypia was badly at fault, barely managing a challenge on Berbatov. The Spurs strikers were quickly back to work at the start of the second half when Berbatov flicked on again and Keane acrobatically volleyed past Reina. But Torres proved equally adept in the air and when Finnan crossed from the right, the Spaniard headed the ball past Robinson to give Liverpool the draw. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez: "We made two bad mistakes. "I'm disappointed. We were controlling the game and we didn't take our chances - you can't explain that. "The second goal was especially bad - we need to learn for the future as the small details change games." Tottenham manager Martin Jol: "I feel rotten about the result - we gave them a big fright. "If you attack the spaces behind them you can cause Liverpool problems. "We're in the last 16 of the Carling Cup and in the group stages of the Uefa Cup and now we have to start winning games in the Premier League. "There is a lot to come from this team, but we must start climbing the table." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 spuds fans were chanting "there's only one keano" after his second goal .. class :D arsenal are doing well .. but its not gonna last the entire season .. united's injury list VDS, foster , brown , neville , vidic , Oshea , silvestre , fletcher , park , hargreaves , gibson , carrick , saha WOW .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Arsenal don't have the depth to maintain that lead. Although i have to admit, they are playing some stunning football. Fabregas is unstoppable and in Adebayor/Van Persie they have a striker combination which can produce goals against any defence. A few injuries will kill them though. They need Gallas back if they are to challenge for the title. Likewise with Manchester City, who have had a superb start as well but like Eriksson said yesterday - they need more squad players. If Elano or Richards are shot down, they will plunge. That is why Manchester United will be up there no matter how poorly they are playing - especially with Gary Neville set to make a comeback once the boring international week is over. They have decent squad players in most positions. So do Chelsea, I don't know what to make of them, to be honest. They are playing awful football at the moment. Basically, it's still an open race. You can't count any team out, especialy Liverpool. Remember - they have a game in hand. Wait 'til Boxing Day before you make your bullsh*t predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Wait 'til Boxing Day before you make your bullsh*t predictions. :confused_smile: whom is that for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 :confused_smile: whom is that for ? Everybody :wink_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 the only prediction i see in this thread is that arsenal wont be top the whole season due to the lack of depth in their squad .. which you agree with :p hate the international breaks .. no CL next week either ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 uVb2gbMtN3I :haha: :hysterical: : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Nice one. Gerrard is a moron. That dive against Bolton is one of the worst i have ever seen. Don't forget that wonderfully engineered foul in the '05 Champions League final. Gattuso barely got a touch on him, but Captain Marvel went down tumbling like a sack of sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 :D :D :D :D popat ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Gerrard wearing an Everton shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 yup . was a blue growing up ... overrated pos http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gordon_Strachan Reporter: Gordon, can we have a quick word please? Strachan: Velocity. :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 What a win by Liverpool over Everton today. Victories like that can do wonders for a team's morale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateik Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 it wast a pen .. was a red card tho .. and lescott was denied 2 penalties ... **** ref .. they got an equaliser in stoppage time against spuds and a winner today .. a late goal against villa ... verdict : liverpoop still average.. united were brilliant :D resting ronaldo , no vidic , no neville .. no hargreaves,carrick and starting with anderson over Oshea and fletcher ... great performance ... top 4 won today .. united were the best team , arsenal were in control of their game .. didnt watch chelsea-boro ... liverpool were lucky again .. doesnt matter .. bring on arsenal .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Wigan Athletic boss Chris Hutchings has revealed he made a cheeky bid to sign Manchester United stars Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez on loan! The Manchester Evening News have revealed that Hutchings made an approach to United boss Sir Alex Ferguson after last weekends game. "We had a glass of red wine and I just said 'could we borrow Rooney?' Hutchings revealed. "I also asked what were the chances of taking Tevez and, when Saha is fit again, could we have him for a few months as well!" :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 So looks like the game of the season so far tomorrow. Any predictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tendulkar Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 So looks like the game of the season so far tomorrow. Any predictions? Spurs will beat boro. Ramos in his first league game will get a win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 How good was the Arsenal-Manutd match ? Best match of the season so far. What a controversial finish. What a relief for Gallas - the goal he scored in the CL semi vs Liverpool was disallowed back then, but today it was called correctly Spurs will beat boro. Ramos in his first league game will get a win! Boro 1-1 Spurs. Well done, Nostradamus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
living Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 How good was the Arsenal-Manutd match ? Best match of the season so far. What a controversial finish. What a relief for Gallas - the goal he scored in the CL semi vs Liverpool was disallowed back then, but today it was called correctly Boro 1-1 Spurs. Well done, Nostradamus. match was great except for the fact that sissy ronaldo scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERGKAMP Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 come on arsenal! hahaha @ spurs. they are so 5hit its unbelivable. ramos is a plum and they are going to get relegated LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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