Stoke game build up

[Shaggy]

Your quotes are a bit mixed up there

[-V-]

Very funny, you edited it quick. The Carlo Ancelotti bit you had in the middle of the Redknapp comments

[Shaggy]

Very funny, you edited it quick. The Carlo Ancelotti bit you had in the middle of the Redknapp comments

It was one of those quote bubble things, whatever the **** you call them, that float in the middle of the BBC's articles.

[Shanks]

So Babel is apparently not even in the squad for Stoke and yet we are struggling big time for some attacking threat.

I know neither have been prolific but both are in fact Dutch International forwards.

I wouldn't mind see him play up front with Kuyt for this one.

Maxi on the right and Lucas, Aquilani in the middle.

[Craig_H]

Exactly. If you're a public figure and let people have access to your twits, and if you're thick enough to spout **** like this, then you're prone to people having a go at you.

I agree with your comment here, but the 'access to your twits' bit made me laugh

[-V-]

Under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez faced a new headache on Friday - how to deal with Ryan Babel revealing on Twitter that he had been dropped.

Before Benitez had announced his squad to face Stoke, the Dutch Star tweeted his displeasure at being excluded.
"The Boss left me out," Babel told his Twitter feed. "No explanation."

Benitez later retorted: "Everyone has a Twitter. It's impossible to stop people talking. It's not like in the past. It is more than just football."
The Dutch winger's omission was a surprise given Benitez's mounting injury problems with striker Fernando Torres and midfielders Steven Gerrard and Yossi Benayoun all missing over the next few weeks.

One day, you will see what I'm capable off (sic), will it be at LFC or somewhere else...I have faith
Ryan Babel
After Benitez's media conference, Babel, who has scored three goals in 16 appearances this season, resumed his tweeting to complain about a lack of first-team opportunities.

"What happened after a first good season?" he asked. "Scoring 10 goals, being young talent of the year, and then second and this season don't play at all?"
Babel, who joined Liverpool from Dutch side Ajax in 2007 for £11.5m, came on as a second-half substitute in the midweek FA Cup defeat by Reading but he failed to make an impression as the Reds were beaten 2-1 after extra-time.

That defeat was Liverpool's 10th in 20 games, another turn for the worst for the club with the Reds already out of the Champions League and the Carling Cup and struggling to qualify for Europe's top-tier competition next season.
The FA Cup defeat by Reading prompted many fans and Liverpool legends to call for Benitez's sacking.
Benitez, who signed Argentina winger Maxi Rodriguez from Spanish side Atletico Madrid this week, has ruled out selling Babel in the January transfer window, rejecting an £8m bid from Birmingham for the forward.

However, the player, who insists he has never had a fight with the manager, added: "One day, you will see what I'm capable off (sic), will it be at LFC or somewhere else...I have faith."

[Craig_H]

Babel's acting like a complete bellend.

What part of 'because i am the manager and i pick the team' does he find confusing?

If he really wants an 'explanation' then he only needs to watch a video reel of his performances for the last couple of years.

[Shanks]

Not sure how accurate this is from The Guardian but you have to wonder where our goals are going to come from.

Aquilani playing the Gerrard role?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...l-squad-sheets








Subs from:

Cavalieri, Gulacsi, Riera, Darby, Kyrgiakos, Degen, Ayala, Rodríguez, Spearing, Plessis, Pacheco.
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[The_weatherman]

Not sure how accurate this is from The Guardian but you have to wonder where our goals are going to come from.

Aquilani playing the Gerrard role?




Subs from:

Cavalieri, Gulacsi, Riera, Darby, Kyrgiakos, Degen, Ayala, Rodríguez, Spearing, Plessis, Pacheco.
.

Hope to see Maxi and Riera starting this one with Kuyt upfront with N'Gog, think they play better together than Torres and N'Gog.

And I have an admittion to make. Reading was my fault, you know how we sometimes say we'd rather lose this match and win the next two, well I did that deal with the football gods - so no worries about this one

[B!SC@N]

We've got **** all to lose today.. But we know Rafa will set his team for a point & we'll concede in the 88th min!
Go on Rafa shock me.. 3-5-2... please la!
Reina
Carra Skrtel Agger
Maxi Lucas Aquilaini Mascherano Aurelio
Kuyt Pachecho

Babel is a lazy *******, who should be ripping teams like Reading..
If Brum offer £5mil I'd snap there hand off!

[Bender]

We've got **** all to lose today.. But we know Rafa will set his team for a point & we'll concede in the 88th min!
Go on Rafa shock me.. 3-5-2... please la!
Reina
Carra Skrtel Agger
Maxi Lucas Aquilaini Mascherano Aurelio
Kuyt Pachecho

Babel is a lazy *******, who should be ripping teams like Reading..
If Brum offer £5mil I'd snap there hand off!

Not sure were you have been but Birmingham offered £10million.............

[B!SC@N]

Not sure were you have been but Birmingham offered £10million.............

I know they offered £9mil.... But that was last week!!

After weds, we'll be lucky if it was a straight swap for Lee Bowyer!

[Leyton388]

Dont have much hope for this game TBH. We are ****ed. We need a striker ASAP but i dont think we will get one.

[el matador]

Not sure how accurate this is from The Guardian but you have to wonder where our goals are going to come from.

Aquilani playing the Gerrard role?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...l-squad-sheets








Subs from:

Cavalieri, Gulacsi, Riera, Darby, Kyrgiakos, Degen, Ayala, Rodríguez, Spearing, Plessis, Pacheco.
.

how can anyone expect us to score with that team ?

.....................................reina........ ........................

.....degen...........carra................agger... ..........aurelio...........

..........................lucas..............masch erano.......................

...........kuyt...................aquilani........ ............maxi..............

....................................ngog.......... ...............................

even looking at my own team makes me wonder how we're going to score

[Reece]

Play Pacheco behind N'Gog