I'm not sure I want him to start to be honest. If he felt dodgy midweek then it will probably be still less than perfect at the weekend. I'd rather he was fully fit for a stretch of games rather than risk him for a game against West Brom. On the other hand I have to say we badly need to win this game to regain momentum and it is all too easy to say 'it's only West Brom' but that is part of the problem in situations like this, we need to be fully up for games like this and part of doing that is to play your strongest available team. It's a difficult call.
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Originally posted by dww View Post
fully agree
then again my previous post says FACT, so it must be a 1000% true
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There is always that possibility tooOriginally posted by Snigger View Post
Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.Comment
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What's Spain ever done for him?Comment
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Nah, Rafa won't let Spain take him for a friendly this time. He will pull him outComment
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Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what has Spain ever done for Torres?Originally posted by slimbimjim View Post
So I shouldnt put him back into my fantasy team then no?I saw a dead fish on the pavement and thought "what did you expect?"
There's no water round here stupid, should have stayed where it was wetComment
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he will be a sub saturday. no way will rafa play him from the start and ill bet my house on that.
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Recon he will start and be taken off after 60 mins or so.It's easy to distract fat people. It's a piece of cake.Comment
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- Six meetings between the two teams in the PL, Liverpool have won six and are yet to concede a goal. Goal difference: 19-0
- We have won the last nine meetings, goal difference 30-2
- Liverpool haven't lost in the last nineteen meetings at Anfield. The last West Brom victory was 41 years ago.
- The last meeting was in 2005-06, we won 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a Peter Crouch goal. At the Hawthorns Robbie Fowler and Djibril Cisse made it 2-0.
- The 6-0 victory away in April 2003 is Liverpools biggest victory over West Brom.
- Robbie Keane has scored six goals in the last five starts for Spurs against the Baggies.
- West Brom have eleven points from eleven games, their best start in the PL ever.
- All three victories have been by a single goal, West Ham, Boro and Fulham.
- West Brom have picked up 4 of a possible 15 away points.
- They have scored only two away goals, together with Fulham, less than any other team in the PL.
- only the "big four" and Fulham have conceded less than West Brom's seven away goals.
- Goal scorers so far: Bednar 4, Miller 2, Morrison 2, Brunt 1, Koren 1, Olsson 1.
Meetings in the Premier League:
At Anfield:
05/06 1-0 Crouch
04/05 3-0 Gerrard, Finnan, Garcia
02/03 2-0 Baros, Riise
At The Hawthorns:
05/06 2-0 Fowler, Cissé
04/05 5-0 Riise 2, Sinama-Pongolle, Gerrard, Garcia
02/03 6-0 Owen 4, Baros 2
All from memory of course
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The offal:
Rafa Benitez believes the expected return of Fernando Torres against West Brom this weekend comes just at the right time after a week of spurned chances.
Profligacy in front of goal meant Liverpool took just one point from a possible six against Atletico Madrid and Tottenham.
Now, after six games without his star striker, Benitez is hopeful of a goal rush.
He told Liverpoolfc.tv: "I think Torres will be fit. He is training with the team. We'll have to talk to the player again but I think he will be okay.
"It will be very good for the team to have him back. The competition is really important, especially for the strikers. We are playing really well but we're not taking our chances.
"Hopefully it will be just the right time. If he can score a lot of goals, hopefully the other strikers can do the same."
Torres was initially expected to miss three or four games after tearing his right hamstring on international duty.
Instead the number nine has been absent from six fixtures.
Benitez added: "The injury was not very serious but he didn't have the confidence in his fitness. Because he's had similar injuries three or four times before, we didn't want to take any risks."Comment
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Originally posted by pondus View Post- Six meetings between the two teams in the PL, Liverpool have won six and are yet to concede a goal. Goal difference: 19-0
- We have won the last nine meetings, goal difference 30-2
- Liverpool haven't lost in the last nineteen meetings at Anfield. The last West Brom victory was 41 years ago.
- The last meeting was in 2005-06, we won 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a Peter Crouch goal. At the Hawthorns Robbie Fowler and Djibril Cisse made it 2-0.
- The 6-0 victory away in April 2003 is Liverpools biggest victory over West Brom.
- Robbie Keane has scored six goals in the last five starts for Spurs against the Baggies.
- West Brom have eleven points from eleven games, their best start in the PL ever.
- All three victories have been by a single goal, West Ham, Boro and Fulham.
- West Brom have picked up 4 of a possible 15 away points.
- They have scored only two away goals, together with Fulham, less than any other team in the PL.
- only the "big four" and Fulham have conceded less than West Brom's seven away goals.
- Goal scorers so far: Bednar 4, Miller 2, Morrison 2, Brunt 1, Koren 1, Olsson 1.
Meetings in the Premier League:
At Anfield:
05/06 1-0 Crouch
04/05 3-0 Gerrard, Finnan, Garcia
02/03 2-0 Baros, Riise
At The Hawthorns:
05/06 2-0 Fowler, Cissé
04/05 5-0 Riise 2, Sinama-Pongolle, Gerrard, Garcia
02/03 6-0 Owen 4, Baros 2
All from memory of course
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My memory?Originally posted by BG1973 View Post
Yes, I believe you are right, since I pointed out the statistics, we will lose...
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timely return, think he'll bag a few against a very mediocre wba side.Comment
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What, your cardboard lean to down near Lime St station !Originally posted by Darth Marty View Post
No thanksMe, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.Comment
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