Liverpool v Unirea match thread

[Woobus]

Strong team hopefully bag a few in the first half then take off Gerrard and co in the second.

[Kenneth]

Well I for one am happy to get a chance to see Riera get the nod. He's one player, like aquilani, that will benefit from game time, especially against weeker opposition.

[Rich]

Come on you redmen!!

[Matt]

The team is seemingly being picked on form, and Babel isn't on form. We're picking our best team available, and he isn't in it.

You're basing his 'form' on a handful of minutes he's had coming into games and a very occasional start.

The only reason I can think of is that we couldn't find an appropriate replacement this window and we needed the cover.

Probably right Matt.

Or that the money wasn't going to be available to be reinvested in the squad.

I think it would have been based on Purslow's SOS interview.

[Assassin]

You're basing his 'form' on a handful of minutes he's had coming into games and a very occasional start.

Rafa picks players based on form, fitness and how they train.

I really do not think babel has missed out just on form

[Woobus]

Oh good start

[Exiled_red]

Good move there, Gerrard shot well saved

[calvoboy]

That's the way - straight at them from the start. Keep it up lads!

[DKdan]

any decent streams? (not sopcast or ants)

[Rich]

Forgot about the 2 additional assistants tonight

[Exiled_red]

You're basing his 'form' on a handful of minutes he's had coming into games and a very occasional start.

He's hardly shone in those though. For me any player wanting to break into the team (as Babel is) has to perform well when they get chances, be they 9 mins or 90 mins, the better they do the more time and chances they'll get. For me Babel hasn't done that.

There's also how he's performing in training, obviously we don't know this, but if he was regularly amazing in training I imagine Rafa would stick by him thinking he'll eventually come good.

I think it would have been based on Purslow's SOS interview.

I meant in January (should have said that). I doubt we'd have spent then especially after what Purslow said about the January market.

[Woobus]

Good play by Kuyt won a corner.

[Exiled_red]

Kuyt with a shot deflected across goal

[lickedlollipop]

Forgot about the 2 additional assistants tonight

what, really?

[Exiled_red]

Forgot about the 2 additional assistants tonight

Me too, why do they come so far onto the pitch? the one at Reina's goal is coming close to the edge of the penalty area