Liverpool v Barnsley match thread

[Joe King]

Xabi is back

Good save from Crouch at the back post

[bigfooty]

Solid defending by Sami wins a goal-kick.

[Shaggy]

Superb flying save to deny Crouch a good header.

[Joe King]

HT Liverpool 1-0 Barnsley

Dirk Kuyt

Thats no typo

[Shaggy]

Half time. Not bad. 7/10, plenty of room for improvement.

[smither]

one for the cameras there

[bigfooty]

Huddersfield have equalised against Chelsea.

We end the half attacking, Xabi returning for the last few seconds.

Kuyt does well to play in Finnan, his cross to the back stick, Crouch stretching gets to the header but a good save tips it for a corner.

Yossi's corner is low, into the middle, cleared. Half-Time.

[Reece]

Chelsea 1 Huddersfield .......... 1

[MrMichael]

Learning the trade sort of thing?

Yeah. Evem his biggest fan can see just how raw he is. Physically, he just isn't capable of making 90 minutes in English footy yet, he's said it himself (he'll be off today by 70mins, almost guaranteed). Theoretically, played out wide with licence to cut inside and switch sides occasionally should give him more opportunity to actually get involved in the pace of games, in fact, in Rafa's on pitch setup, out wide is probably the role with the most potential freedom.

I'd like to see him starting wide and making 90 minutes early next season, playing upfront a bit by this time next year, and looking at 2009-10 as his season to really kick on as a forward.

[MrMichael]

Chelsea 1 Huddersfield .......... 1

[RedProf]

Perhaps Kuyt has been working in his 1st touch - took it well from Babel - gave himself time to pick his spot.

[Joe King]

Yeah. Evem his biggest fan can see just how raw he is. Physically, he just isn't capable of making 90 minutes in English footy yet, he's said it himself (he'll be off today by 70mins, almost guaranteed). Theoretically, played out wide with licence to cut inside and switch sides occasionally should give him more opportunity to actually get involved in the pace of games, in fact, in Rafa's on pitch setup, out wide is probably the role with the most potential freedom.

I'd like to see him starting wide and making 90 minutes early next season, playing upfront a bit by this time next year, and looking at 2009-10 as his season to really kick on as a forward.

Will he be in the Holland squad in the Euros?

[Shaggy]

Will he be in the Holland squad in the Euros?

Almost certainly.

[MrMichael]

Will he be in the Holland squad in the Euros?

*pulls out crystal ball*

[Ataturk]

anyone got a link to the goal?

ta