Wonder what Kenny will do about Gerrard's absence... Perhaps straight swap with Cole.


--------------Torres------------
Maxi---Meireles-Cole---Kuyt/GJ
---------------Lucas------------
Fabio--Dagger--Skrtel--Kelly
---------------Pepe------------

Switching to a 4-2-3-1 with Meireles alongside Lucas when not in possession.

Yeah... but the next option is... Poulsen :shock: Anyway, as we saw last night, Lucas, Meireles and Gerrard were all very fluid in the way they moved up an down the pitch. And our next option on the left is Babel

You're from Liverpool aren't you? Looks like you lived there for a while from the extent of your knowledge and the way you speak.



Edited by imnofreak: 10/1/2011 06:54:30 PM

Srong words that Steve Clarke will be appointed as Assistant manager, replacing Lee. Nothing confirmed though.

Isn't he set to be named as first team coach replacing Mike Kelly, not as assistant manager.

Should be announced in a couple of hours, according to The Mirror.

I know it's a shit paper, but they get their footy right.

NEW Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish last night vowed to restore the winning mentality at Anfield after his side bowed out of the FA Cup.

The Reds were edged out by a single goal at Manchester United yesterday in a controversial third round tie at Old Trafford.

A Ryan Giggs penalty in the first minute of the game was enough to dump Liverpool out of the competition at the first hurdle.

The Reds also had to cope with the loss of their captain Steven Gerrard after he was shown the red card by referee Howard Webb in the first half.

But Dalglish, has promised to do his utmost to find the formula that he believes will see his side turn round results on the pitch.

After the game, the 59-year-old told the ECHO: “As great as the effort and commitment was great today, the football club isn’t in the habit of losing games.

“Even down to 10 men at Manchester United, and having lost the game to a diabolical penalty kick, we can’t accept that and we won’t accept that.”

Dalglish’s words will be welcomed by Reds fans who believed expectations were being altered under Roy Hodgson’s troubled reign.

And the Scot described the honour he felt after being invited by Liverpool’s American owners to guide the club into calmer waters.

The manager has been installed as temporary manager at Anfield until the end of the season in a bid to end an alarming run of results, which has signaled the worst start to a Reds season for 57 years.

Recent losses against Blackburn and Wolves persuaded Boston Red Sox chief John W Henry to wield the axe against Hodgson on Saturday.

Dalglish, who left as boss under emotional circumstances back in 1991, said: “I don’t think it’s unfinished business. I said before there were unfortunate circumstances in which I left the last time. This time it’s Roy that’s lost his job and he’s a real good man with integrity and dignity and a friend.

“That was the disappointing thing for me that Roy came here and it never worked out as well as everyone hoped for.

“But for me it’s a great honour to be back and for the supporters there’s no way we’re not going to do as much as we possibly can and get some positive results.

“The players want to go on and win games because the people at this football club deserve that. There’s only one way we can do that, working hard and producing the goods on the pitch.”

Dalglish recalled the Liverpool glory days of previous decades when he was a player and then manager at Anfield.

And he indicated his desire to bring back more success to the club for the younger generations of supporters to savour.


He said: “We’ve got to get the fans singing, we’ve got to make them proud of us. And that’s what we want to do.

“We’ve not been great but I think the memory sometimes plays tricks.

“People think back to the glory days of the 80s and 90s, or the 70s and 80s, saying, ‘Remember that? That was fantastic’.

“But we were rubbish in games then, sometimes as well.

“We want to give them some happy memories as well, that was the big thing about Istanbul wasn’t it?

“That generation of supporter had never witnessed a European Cup. We want to give this generation their own tales to tell, of fantastic football.”

Interesting backline there, Johnson on the left, Aurelio on the right and Konchesky in the centre of defence :?

Oh and does anyone know when Aqualani comes back from loan, or is he looking to make the move permanent?

um left is < right is > so, and konchesky played center back for fulham in 08
Johnson in my Form. is RB and Aurelio is LB:? [-x

Edited by nhub24: 11/1/2011 03:45:49 PM

----------Reina
-FabioA----Konchesky------Agger---GJohnson
---------------Lucas
----Maxi-----Meireles-----Cole
----------------Kuyt
----------------Torres
4-1-3-2
With Kuyt playing just behind torres and meireles being the workhorse, attacking and defending.

Konchesky needs to go. Doesn't matter where, send him on loan to Dagenham or something.

Weren't you the one saying he should be playing for England:lol:

http://www.footylounge.com/films/milankakabaros/fernandez-suso-v-crystal-palace-08012011-video_abf4ead08.html

Suso the other night in the FA Youth Cup. This kid is absolutely immense. Reminds me of Messi the way he works the ball with his left foot. Stunning. He's got a real future. There's a link to another vid of him there if you want to see.