False dawn!
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 16 December 2002 03:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
Losing to Sunderland though, sheesh.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 16 December 2002 07:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 16 December 2002 09:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
I don't know quite what to make of the Liverpool slump - previous winter blips have always carried an air of inevitability about them, as if LFC were riding their luck a little to be where they were, and a rough patch balanced things up. This season, Liverpool could (and should) have won their opening 12 league games and yet now seem utterly bereft of ideas - the swing seems more extreme than before. Alan Green is not a man to be trusted, but he was scathing about both teams on R5 yesterday.
So, on the one hand, Liverpool seem ripe for the picking by an organised, fluent Everton side full of confidence. On the other, they're, erm, spawny gets who might not lose again until March.
I dunno. I plan to go on a long walk next Sunday.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 16 December 2002 12:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 12:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
Final whistle goes at Anfield in a match described by the BBC as "tedious". Of course, I was a great big knotty bundle of scrunched-up bags of entangled nerves, so no trip to a Sky-sporting pub or earphones blaring R5 for me... contented myself with housework, a couple of Sea and Cake LPs and the 'live text' updates on the Beeb's website.
Seemed like LFC edged it, Rooney hit the bar and there were a flurry of nasty tackles and yellow cards at the end.
Thank God that's over. Merry Xmas everybody.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 22 December 2002 18:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 22 December 2002 18:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
Blackburn beat United 1-0, with a first-half Flitcroft goal. Some ex-international who's been knocking around the MUFC reserves came on for the last half-hour, to no great effect.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 22 December 2002 19:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 22 December 2002 23:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
It was specifically Jim O'Rourke's "I Took The Opportunity To Antique My End Table" remix off Two Gentlemen that got me through the last seven minutes, if anyone's interested. It could work with, say, Brum-Villa too.
Any thoughts on just what Stevie G was trying to do with that 'tackle'? Apart from end Naysmith's career, that is.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 23 December 2002 11:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
For what it's worth I agree with Radio 5, neither team deserved to win it, but as the Guardian said this morning, Moyes bringing on Roonaldo just as the uintroductyion of Heskey and Smicer (who would ever have thought I'd write that sentence?) was a tactical masterstroke.
― chris (chris), Monday, 23 December 2002 11:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 23 December 2002 11:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 23 December 2002 11:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Let's hope they survive.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Still never mind, they'll be able to concentrate on the league... must practice saying that for when Chris gets in....
― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Fantastic. They'll be dancing on Westow Hill tonight.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 6 February 2003 10:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 6 February 2003 10:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 6 February 2003 10:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zemko (bob), Thursday, 6 February 2003 11:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 6 February 2003 11:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
Word is that Reebok are sponsoring Liverpool to the tune of 100 million and that iit's going to be spent on players (hmmm, and not the new Anfield), but if we ain't in the hampions league, we ain't gong to get the best.
― chris (chris), Thursday, 6 February 2003 11:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
Maybe it depends who's choosing them. Houllier spent 43 million on the following outfield ten:
Heggem, Xavier, Traore, Vignal; Cheyrou, Diomede, Biscan, Smicer; Diouf, Heskey.
What a team, eh? To be fair, in a few cases, they helped win LFC those three cups. But a few more were intended to take LFC to the next level. Next level down, I guess. Houllier does seem to be becoming increasingly paranoid and delusional though (not necessarily about the shots-on-goal thing - they do waste a lot of chances, think of the 0-0 home draw with Sunderland).
Or is this a False Dusk?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
Out of those ten, I would keep Vignal (will be good in the future and was pretty cheap, he was flying before he got injured), Diouf (apparently had his best 45 minutes for Liverpool in the first half last night) and of course Heskey, who is a god to me (but I haven't seen *that* miss yet).
Smicer though? the sooner we're rid of him the better, he's rubbish. And I ain't too sure about Cheyrou either.
― chris (chris), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
diouf is sadly maligned but i don't think he'll ever be the ticket. squeezing a bit of value out of him by playing him on the wing won't fool anyone
i love cheyrou!! don't u think he looks really good in possession
― zemko (bob), Thursday, 6 February 2003 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 6 February 2003 16:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chris (chris), Thursday, 6 February 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
If it's good enough for Dudek, then it should be good enough for Golden Boy.
― Venga, Friday, 7 February 2003 11:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zemko (bob), Friday, 7 February 2003 11:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zemko (bob), Friday, 7 February 2003 11:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
Stick him in the reserves, let him net a few and get his confidence back. This is a good plan, just ask Milan Baros. Although, I still have a sinking feeling that Houllier will insist on picking MO against Boro tomorrow. Bah.
― Venga, Friday, 7 February 2003 11:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think the manager needs to stop the slide pronto, or he could be in for a rough ride.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 18 February 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
(Nipping this in the bud... any potential Championship Manager 2001/02 talk perhaps deserves its own thread. Or contempt.)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
It's the Goodison derby in five days' time and to my pleasant surprise (and, no doubt, to the Rednoses' astonishment) Everton remain a sliver ahead of Liverpool in the table going into it. Reading my cautious blabberings above I think I expected us to be about 11th by Easter weekend.
So, what do we reckon? EFC still grinding out narrow victories, LFC vacillating between brilliant and dismal. I suspect a lot rests on Radzinski's fitness and Hyppia's suspension status.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 14 April 2003 11:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 14 April 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 April 2003 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
what are you thinking re: chelsea now dr.c?
― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 11:44 (twenty-one years ago) link