Everton are even worse.
― run it off (run it off), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
I liked Ian St John's claim that Houll the Ghoull is transforming the Anfield faithful into 'zombies', traipsing across a mist-shrouded Stanley Park.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:46 (twenty years ago) link
That's nine misses in nineteen attempts! Who else would have him?
Everton - the Grand Old Relegation Struggle again. We can't even comfort ourselves with the notion that it's us and a dozen others because a gap has developed in the last couple of weeks and we're on the wrong end of it. I'm going to see them on Saturday - my first trip to Goodison in a decade - and hopefully it'll be our first league win of 2004. If not, I don't see us keeping the likes of Leeds, Wolves and Leicester at bay with any ease - none of them are in freefall, they're still snaffling up points here and there.
We seem to miss a similar proportion of chances to Liverpool, we just create a third as many. And we're leaky at the back in a way not hinted at by 02-03. This season we possession-dominate 0-1 defeats; last season we pinched even-steven games with late wonder-strikes. Gravesen is the most frustrating player to watch - occasionally inspired and inspiring, he misdirects more passes in 90 minutes than Paul Bracewell did in his whole career.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:57 (twenty years ago) link
What I've seen of Cisse he's been great, but always with the backing of Kapo while playing for Auxerre, maybe Kewell will provide similar service if he ever decides to start being a decent player again.
― chris (chris), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link
I'm not sure about that - he only played a dozen or so games last campaign but started this season in great form (the hat-trick against Leeds being the highlight) and then got injured. But, yes, terribly ineffective since his return. We've missed a fit Kevin Campbell this year but we're going to have to get used to that - it's twilight time for KC.
Ha, just checked the stats on the website and Gravesen makes 77% of his passes, making him EFC's Mr Accuracy. Sorry, Thom!
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:19 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
Mike - I hope you're taking a camera!
(Not Titi.)
― the roonfox, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link
Did I hear him say at the weekend that he had lost his job hosting hospitality suites because of being critical of Houllier last year?
― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago) link
Liverpool revived their bid for a Champions League spot with a convincing victory over Portsmouth. A stunning volley from Dietmar Hamann and two goals from Michael Owen lifted the Reds into fifth place, a point adrift of Charlton.
Owen tucked away his first from six yards before sealing a welcome return to form with a second-half header.
Emile Heskey might have made it four late on when he headed against a post, while Portsmouth offered little.
Defeat left Portsmouth in the bottom three, still two points adrift of safety.
― the liverfox, Thursday, 18 March 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago) link
But have Liverpool now turned another corner?
And has Merseyside sent Portsmouth down?
― the roonfox, Thursday, 18 March 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago) link
I read today someone espousing Heskey for Centre back - this smacks of twisted genius
― chris (chris), Thursday, 18 March 2004 14:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 March 2004 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
Chris, I wouldn't say losing 4-0 at home to Villa constitutes form for Wolves.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 18 March 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
Unless Boro have one hell of a run in. And no one wants that.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 18 March 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link
I can't work out if this makes sense or not. I am dumb.
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:28 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:32 (twenty years ago) link
― the cupfox, Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:46 (twenty years ago) link
Are you positing yourself, or me, as the middle-class know-nothing?
I am middle-class but re. football I know something more than nothing.
― the cupfox, Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:48 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:49 (twenty years ago) link
― the byrdfox, Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 18 March 2004 20:19 (twenty years ago) link
Arsenal vs Liverpool
Everton vs Tottenham
TWO BIG MATCHES
CAN HOULLIER'S MEN STOP GUNNERS IN THEIR... TRACKSUITS?
― the roonfox, Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:07 (twenty years ago) link
Can someone tell me what's happened to the Southampton-Newcastle fixture? Bobby R made some reference to that now being NUFC's last game of the season, but surely there can't be games beyond 15/5?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
― the cupfox, Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
Yes, but even the defeat vs Marseille was a reasonable performance until the bizarro red-card-penalty incident. Better than the home leg, I thought. I thought the 3-0 vs Pompey and 4-0 vs Blackburn were universally acclaimed in a way few winning L'pool performances have been this season. Or maybe that was just the media pendulum swinging back from the Houll Crisis position.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago) link
― the bluefox, Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:43 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
― the liverfox, Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
Maybe the long spell of patience should have been kept for Roy, I don't know. GH has to go this summer anyway, regardless of the position the team finishes in.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
Oh, my heart skips at the notion of "joint manager".
Liverpool under Evanshoullier, Aug-Nov 1998:
P13, W4, D4, L5 - 12th in Prem, out of league cup at home to Spurs.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:55 (twenty years ago) link