itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

i disagree, it was houllier turned heskey into heskey, before that he was p much unstoppable at leicester

ie you still have to coach a big man, even if what they do seems simple

a poor man's emile heskey

That's gotta hurt

how long until we get to say lol buying in form strikers from holland

with regard to suarez? pretty long time i should think.

Huh xp? Have you seen him, he's playing well.

Have you watched the game yet pandemic? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on Carroll in this performance specifically.

Can't tell if Carroll is doing things well or if we're just desperate to pounce on anything half decent and claim it's a sign he's gonna be bloody fantastic.

he's excellent at fouling opposition defenders tbf

Ismael - Performance in general was alright, though a bit disjointed and lacking in control. Henderson is better than I thought him to be when we signed him.

Carroll was okay, bordering on almost good. But we have one CF who causes mayhem in the opposition half but isn't finishing well enough. Pairing him with a partner who supposedly causes mayhem in the opposition defence (but does so about 1 game in 5 as far as I can see) and who is a far far worse finisher than the guy who isn't finishing well enough is a road to nowhere.

he could be awesome, i think he will be awesome again, being a 35m striker without a goid run of games in a pretty unsettled team may not be the necessary circs

some really easy games coming up for us so plenty of chances to get on the score sheet i'd imagine. ahem.

some really easy games coming up for us

words you should never see in print

i didn't think henderson was great or anything last night, but would agree that he looks better centrally rather than out on the wing where his relative lack of pace is exposed.

Do lfc have pace for wide positions?

Downing? There was that driving run at the Sunderland defence on the opening day, and that shot that Schwarzer tipped on to the post last night. Bellamy?

Not exactly Bale or Lennon types though I suppose.

Krasic is on the outs at Juve

y'all can have arsh

krasic should be on the outs at Juve, he's been terrible for nigh on 12 months.

richard scudamore came into the shop today. I refrained from telling him where to stick his 39th game.

so chelsea tonight eh? Last minute equaliser by valencia to knock them out and drogba protesting in his flip flops is what I'm looking forward to.

nah, Drogba doesn't give a toss anymore. Probably none of em do

Feel like not making the next round might make Nando snap. He'd be the one I'd look out for anyway. He's been so passive, somethings got to be boiling underneath there.

I am a nerd and r gonna watch our kids. Mainly because I like Frimpong and am interested to see who plays back-up RB. Yennaris? Coquelin? Eastmond? Some other DM out of position?

so, the better to be able to co-ordinate the 'trap out' campaign, me and three mates are organising a campervan sojourn to the euros.

SPIN-OFF POTENTIAL.

can't be any worse than 'max and paddy'

is it feasible to travel around poland/ukraine by campervan and actually get from game to game?

Ireland are only in Poland luckily enough

what about the q-final?

and it's like 300km between Gdansk and Poznan which are the two venues

oh that'll work then. Are the games likely to sell out? Wonder what the pricing is like and if the locals can afford it.

they can in Poland but can't in Ukraine is the word

Pretty big country, Ukraine

Just don't mention that you contribute to message board that contains the The Official Prime Minister Of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Picture Thread

and the QF featuring the runner-up of Group C is in Warsaw. As long as Ireland don't go and win the bloody thing it should work out nicely

Actually wait, read that wrong it's in Kiev. Thankfully it won't come up

it would be just like Trap to ruin Darragh's well laid plans and get to the final. No consideration.

Surely they are virtually guaranteed to beat Italy 1-0?

planning for ten days tbh, looking at flights- berlin fave for poland access, but f'furt easier to get to, and cheaper. Basing ourselves in poznan and taking a day or two in gdansk for the middle game. All up in the air as yet, anyone on ilx got the polish or experience re camper hire etc?

I know a lot of Poles here in Chicago, some of whom are traveling for the tournament. I can ask around.

ya i'll be asking around tesco myself

I know a lot of Poles here in Chicago, some of whom are traveling for the tournament. I can ask around.

― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 17:39 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

I used to ask myself if Blanco was dan. Now I don't need to =)

Blanco's second post, iirc, was a dig at Columbus Crew. never in doubt.

Who else still remembers Brad Guzan?

1Petr Cech
4David Luiz
26John Terry
3Ashley Cole
2Branislav Ivanovic
16Raul Meireles
7Ramires
6Oriol Romeu
10Juan Mata
11Didier Drogba
23Daniel Sturridge

in nu-ilx can we get a replacement for 'luiz' with http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110702195012/wildonesgame/images/2/20/Lolz!.gif

:D

guzan is a sad case imo, wasted potential sitting on the bench

How do you pronounce Cuauhtemoc anyway?

kuwautamuck

Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Andre Santos, Coquelin, Frimpong, Benayoun, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh, Arshavin. Subs: Mannone, Rosicky, Park, Eastmond, Miquel, Ozyakup, Yennaris.

Dull team, hope we aren't over-using Santos or Vermaelan - especially considering the game is pointless. Glad to see we are playing 4-3-3 instead of 4-4-2 like we did against City.

Hm, watch that lot or Chelsea on the rack? Tough 'un.