Special Juan 28,182 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 BREAKING NEWS: Steve Holland will be taking charge of the team Sunday as Rafa will be watching from the Liverpool bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,152 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 BREAKING NEWS: Steve Holland will be taking charge of the team tomorrow as Rafa will be watching from the Liverpool bench.The match is on Sunday anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,182 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The match is on Sunday anyway...God damn you, ya pissed right on me chips ya swine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,152 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 God damn you, ya pissed right on me chips ya swine.Shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Since Rafa joined Chelsea it has become a better team than LFC this season. Chelsea should beat LFC on Sunday based on form. But this will be a high pressure match for a number of reasons and the pressure may affect the performance of both teams.Chelsea have the best manager - Brendan Rogers is only a wet-behind-the-ears apprentice compared to Rafa never having won any trophy apart from a play-off from the Championship with Swansea. He is from Mourinho's coaching staff at Chelsea. He seems to have Mourinho's belief that matches are won by PR or in press conferences - but he lacks the nasty jealous edge of much of Mourinho's utterances. Rogers is not very good at making in-game decisions. He sticks to a rigid formation. He doesn't seem to have control over his team. Hence LFC has been very inconsistent this season - sometimes attacking with verve and scoring freely and the next week unable to get going.At their best LFC attacks at speed and with some trickery. Suarez is the leader and the highest scorer but his shooting can be wild an innacurate and he wastes a lot of chances. He also fails to pass to team mates in better positions. However, he has a knack of nutmegging defenders and scoring from impossible angles. He would enjoy nutmegging Terry and drawing a red card and penalty from him but doubt that Rafa will select Terry.Since January, LFC have been joined by Coutinho who is probably their greatest threat after Suarez. He is tricky, direct and aggressive. He outshines Oscar - as a 20 year old Brazilian. He is due for another goal.Sturridge from Chelsea has settled well and has had some very good games, adding a dimension to the LFC attack. But he is not a guaranteed starter due to his inconsistency and injuries. But this match will motivate him and he might do damage.LFC will attack at speed from the start. If things go their way early on then I think they could win this match. But their attacks often come to nothing. They lack composure and accuracy in front of goal and have many near misses (e.g. see my remarks about Suarez). If I were manager I would take them by surprise and attack them from the start but in a controlled way suffocating their midfield.Their midfield is weak and uncertain under pressure and they can be overrun if Chelsea attack as a unit. Their central defenders are suspect. Carragher is on his last legs. Agger has been inconsistent. Their full back Johnson is also inconsistent. Torres will feel the pressure and I think Rafa will consult him before selecting him. I think he would get the better of Carragher and co this time, but I'm not sure of his temperament in this one. Demba might be a better choice for starter with Torres to be brought on in the second half.The crowd will give Rafa an enormous welcome. They love him not only for his great skill and achievements as their greatest manager in the last 24 years but also because he is a good, honorable man who has contributed to the community and quietly donated 100,000 pounds of his own money for the Hillsborough cause and much more to other causes in the Merseyside area. They will then cheer Rogers - not because he is held in the same esteem as Rafa but to show Chelsea away supporters how to behave towards a manager even if he comes from a rival team. LFC have played far fewer games than Chelsea and should be fresher. But they lack motivation. They have played lately as though they are on holiday. It will depend on whether this game rouses them and whether they get off to a good start. They have not scored lately. They should be capable of 1 or 2 especially from a penalty. Chelsea should be capable of 2 or 3.My first prediction is for a Chelsea win of 3-1 but would not be surprised if it is 2-2You should be interviewed for opposition views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Well the big teams who I am assuming you are counting as United, City, Arsenal and Spurs... Liverpool have only won one of those games against Spurs which was 3-2. The others have been a couple draws and they have lost the rest.Even though Liverpool have won only 1 of them, they actually did well in those games and unlucky not to pick up all 3 points especially in the away matches against Man City and Arsenal where they were quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Good news. Didn't know Marin was out injured tbh. Picked up a minor thigh injury last weekend IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtiesAreCool 16 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 For me, this would be my ideal first XI:CechAzpilicueta - Terry - Luiz - BertrandRamires - LampardMoses - Mata - HazardTorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit 3,176 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hazard just got a bit carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hazard just got a bit carried away. What did managers say, never dive into challenges like that! And wasn't that from some time ago?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,578 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What did managers say, never dive into challenges like that! And wasn't that from some time ago??YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,182 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I'm more surprised Torres scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit 3,176 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What did managers say, never dive into challenges like that! And wasn't that from some time ago??YESDidn't know! Found it while surfing the net, thought may be it could be from today's training session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Some interesting stats from the Guardian...http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/19/liverpool-chelsea-squad-sheetsChelsea have won only one of their past six top-flight games at Anfield and failed to score in three of themLiverpool have been caught offisde more times (100) than any other side in the divisionChelsea's defenders have contributed 13 Premier League goals this season – more than at any other clubLuis Suárez has gone 429 minutes without scoring, while Fernando Torres has gone 907 minutes since his last goalBranislav Ivanovic has scored Chelsea's earliest (1min 48sec) and latest (94min 33 sec) league goals this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Manager's PC if anyone is interested:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjz1_FMcM_E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,578 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Manager's PC if anyone is interested:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjz1_FMcM_EHe's not the manager... Cammon S.Holland!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,453 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Good news. Didn't know Marin was out injured tbh. Isn't he always? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Remember the old days of teletext? Took this picture on my phone back in the day lol. Nowadays i use the 'text' button on my remote to switch the living room light on. How times change, eh. Anyway i think we'll lose. Drogba was an absolute beast in that game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,522 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Torres owns Hazard in training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NishC300 1,865 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Well the big teams who I am assuming you are counting as United, City, Arsenal and Spurs... Liverpool have only won one of those games against Spurs which was 3-2. The others have been a couple draws and they have lost the rest.They lost some controversially and were unlucky to lose some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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