Liverpool v Birmingham - Match thread

[The Erectile Banana]

Must be the most hard-working strike partnership in the world.

And the one with the worst haircuts.



The Crow will score today.

[disco]

anyone got a decent stream?!

[JohnDoe]

Voronin and Kuyt are quite similar be interesting to see how they link up.

Must be the most hard-working strike partnership in the world.

[Red_Polo]

You say that polo but in the last 3 years we've lost 1-0 and drawn 1-1 with them at home. Without winning the away games.

And if you look at the team from that 1-1 draw I'm not even sure the current one is significantly better when you consider we had Reina, Finnan, Hyppia, Agger, Riise, Garcia, Gerrard, Hammann, (a fit) Kewell, Crouch and Morientes.

The names on paper might not be better but the team is.

RP Rafa has never beat them in the league.Bit of a bogey team they are in the league.We should take them but it makes it a little bit harder with our top striker on the bench.If the arguement is he did'nt play well midweek then him and 9 others could have been rotated.Maybe Rafa knows what he is doing so we will wait and see.

I'm not convinced Birmingham have some hoodoo over us, regardless of those results. If we don't rest Torres for Brum at home, then just how often are we going to rest him in the league? Ideally he'd play every game, but you have to draw a line somewhere, and Brum falls under it for me. It does make us less likely to win today by not playing Torres, of course, but to keep conditioning high and enable players to train better they have to miss some games, you pick the ones you are most likely to win without them.

If we fail to win today, people will say Torres should've played, but it's about playing the percentages - the slight drop in points we get playing without him on numerous occasions now will be worth it if he then shows good form and fitness toward the end of the season when all the games are vital.

[Jayesh87]

Voronin and Kuyt are quite similar be interesting to see how they link up.

Cameron Jerome pace will be a problem.

FLMAO at Rafa in the press conference yesturday (if you watching lfctv you know what i am on about)

[paulcooper4]

Torres looked in bad shape against Porto, I'm not surprised. He's not resting him for the league cup, that's for sure.

We should be able to beat Brum at home with or without Torres playing.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

We should be able to beat Brum at home with or without Torres playing.

[JohnDoe]

Torres looked in bad shape against Porto, I'm not surprised. He's not resting him for the league cup, that's for sure.

[paulcooper4]

Maybe Rafa knows what he is doing so we will wait and see.

[Jayesh87]

Gary Mac in the studio on lfc tv

[JPK]

I haven't really got a problem with that team tbh. Torres can't play every game, so you rest him in easier games. Birmingham at home is a different story to Pompey away.

RP Rafa has never beat them in the league.Bit of a bogey team they are in the league.We should take them but it makes it a little bit harder with our top striker on the bench.If the arguement is he did'nt play well midweek then him and 9 others could have been rotated.Maybe Rafa knows what he is doing so we will wait and see.

[bigfooty]

You say that polo but in the last 3 years we've lost 1-0 and drawn 1-1 with them at home. Without winning the away games.

And if you look at the team from that 1-1 draw I'm not even sure the current one is significantly better when you consider we had Reina, Finnan, Hyppia, Agger, Riise, Garcia, Gerrard, Hammann, (a fit) Kewell, Crouch and Morientes.

[JPK]

Rafa is just weird.Torres has got 3league goals and was on fire.Dropping him can do no good for his confidence.His goals have all come at Anfield too and I just cant believe this.

[Red_Polo]

I haven't really got a problem with that team tbh. Torres can't play every game, so you rest him in easier games. Birmingham at home is a different story to Pompey away.

[bigfooty]

What like Chelsea, Sunderland, Villa and Derby? As it stands he's started all the Prem games bar coming on as a sub in one. We dont know what the story is with today yet.

I would much rather he sat out a game like Derby than ones against teams that have caused us problems in recent years.

And also I think Crouch should have started against Porto.

But anyway, if that team we have put out cannot beat Birmingham we don't deserve to challenge for the title.