Liverpool Thread - Premier League Champions* 2019/20 (Part 1)

Not too keen on that, but defo keen on the added money!

Noooo!

Definitely have to buy the current red shirt before the end of the season. I can see this being the first of many changes, short contracts bigger money...

Best of luck tonight lads.

YWNWA

Doh!

It's only game one... it's only game one...

Torres was average, Carra was poor... Reina, Johnson and Insua were all really good. And Benayoun! He was quality when he came on and I really think he should have started. Spurs played well and we were ruibbish. But the League isn't won on the first day, and we'll just win the rest. Onwards and upwards!

lol

Xabi....where are you

Great weekend for Liverpool (Blue and Red)

Don't know why Arsenal fans are taking any joy at seeing Spurs win!!

Dirk is wondering about his smelly breath

Anyhoo...

Changes for midweek? Babel on the bench, start with Benny?
Torres to lift his game.

Mmm, he struggled a little bit at the start of last season and there was talk of him leaving. Always liked the little guy, he was West Ham's best player in the FA Cup Final a few years ago and was well dangerous. But he simply exploded at the start of this year and hasn't looked back. "His feet are two yards ahead of the defender, but his brain is ten yards ahead!" and also "Brave as a lion" are two of the quotes which aptly describe him. He defo should start at Stoke. Wonder who will play at the back. We need 3 points from this game! I'm hoping for no repeat of last season's result!

Looks like Skrtel is out for two weeks. Great...

Rumours that Barca are targeting Reira and Hertha want Voronin back permanently. I'm really not sure if we can let anybody* go at the moment. We need some depth to stay on top of injuries.

*Except for Babel.

It looks like you guys just got a great defender...!!!!!! Da Boss2009-08-19 09:49:19

Looks like his statements been pulled from his site. Not bad for $3m Euro though. I wonder if he can get to Anfield in time for Stoke tomorrow...

Yia it was made official about 6.00 am NZ (9 pm European time) I certainly hope so as according to my sources he was leaving Athens for London at 11 pm tonight...so yia he may well be available...hope he makes a difference to the team...however he may a bit short on match fitness...

Good to get the defender for short term, but would have liked to spent money elsewhere, if Voronin leaves then a reserve striker is needed.

'Kase-K' rumours stopped circling. I thought it would be good move to pick him up, in terms of a set piece player and shirt seller.

Real and Barca linked to Riera, not sure why Real or Barca need a left winger. Real already stocked with attacking players and Barca play a different shape.

We won't sell Riera. We need to beat Stoke tomorrow! Not sure about this Greek lad, but I think he's huge? Anyway, hope he can be decent cover for anybody if called upon.

Nice work this morning lads!! Much better performance. Johnson, Kuyt, Benny looked lively (Johnson was on form) Gerrard and Nando assisting well. Really only saw the second half but I can't recall Johnson being back that often, he was playing upfront and looking hungry.

Oh and Onya Burnley!!

Johnson was amazing today, couldn't ask for a better performance from a right back. Ayala looked good. Some really good interplay between the whole team. Was a little concerned by the amount of fouls given away in dangerous areas and Torres' head is a slight worry, but nit picking now.

Great day of football

Happy days! What a performance- that was a team like last season. Lucas was brilliant, and obviously Johnson was too. Great goals... That was a great, great performance!

Lets hope he can help us get that trophy in the background back

Could do with a haircut, like... Nah, all class.

My oldest brother John Gerrard will be at Anfield for the Villa game, he is presenting Stevie with the fans player of the year award before the game. He won the honour after winning a competition when voting for stevie in the PFA awards, he was also invited to the PFA awards dinner earlier this year but there were no Liverpool players there, he got to meet Ryan Giggs, Luke Young and some grumpy old b-----d with a red face who chewed alot, he said he didnt like him.

Two losses in 2008/09. Two losses in three games in 2009/10? 

It'sonly half time...

I hate to say this, but if you lose this game, the press are going to turn on you all season long. Arsenal have been the media whipping boys for so long i forget what its like for another top four team to get ripped into.

Gargh!

How many chances? Many, many, many...

Credit to Freidel. The guy was a barn door.

Grumpy

But it was your year wasn't it?

Hahahahaha

Horrible performance, you could say really unlucky with the penalty appeals we had turned down, own goal and manner in which they scored. Villa came in sat deep and were gifted 3 goals from our boys. Gerrard was particularly crap today as was Benayoun, hardly completing a pass and generally misdirected.

They hate Rafa already, no? We can still win it, of course, but we need to improve very quickly. Not much you can say about that game that I really want to talk about! Except special mention to Cuellar and the referee- nicely done, taking Torres out of the game. If in doubt, smash the f*ck out of him. And what was Gerrard thinking?! Ah, here I go. A big f*ck off for people who say our title chances are gone already, as well.

Too early to claim title chances gone for sure, but hardly an aura of 'hard to beat' about the Spion boys now, is there?

holy crap even the spurs fans are getting cocky

. Exactly. Three games in, like.