Articles tagged with "rafa benitez"
The Final Choice. Who will Manage YOUR CL XI
By Rob | May 14th, 2008So all week, you've been voting for the players you want to make up your CL XI. There have been some fun, interesting and insightful results all of which you will see soon. But first we need you to choose the manager to lead this team, by voting for ...
Chelsea try 'cheeky' Torres bid
By Rob | May 13th, 2008With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he's wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea's general unwillingness to play Andriy Shevchenko, they need a striker. Apparently Roman Abramovich has decided that Fernando Torr ...
How Much Should Pompey Pay for Crouchy?
By b-man | May 10th, 2008How Much would be 'Reasonable' for Peter Crouch? ( polls) ...
£15million for Peter Crouch? Is Rafa Drunk?
By b-man | May 8th, 2008With Pompey continually linked with Crouchy, Rafa Benitez has decided to offer what he considers a "reasonable" price tag. Reasonable? Reasonable??? Half of that sum is pushing the boundaries of reasonable! £10million would be well over-the-top. ...
The Other Photo Of The Day: Who's a Diver?
By Rob | April 30th, 2008After Rafa Benitez tried to influence the ref earlier in the week by saying us that Drogba was 'theatrical' (well, duh) the Ivory Coast hitman reacted in exactly the right way, not only putting in a fantastic performance, but paying resp ...
Chelsea Vs Liverpool Preview - The Battles That Will Be Key.
By Rob | April 30th, 2008Its time to step up and be counted. Can Liverpool break that 'Not Scoring At The Bridge' duck? Will Chelsea finally lose at home? More importantly, will the match be any good? Well Hopefully It will be some kind of entertainment, even though the trac ...
Birmingham Result and Diving Drogba
By CSD | April 27th, 2008Sorry for the delayed post, but I really couldn't think of anything to write other than, "it happened like I thought it'd happen." Rafa rotated out key players to give them a rest before Wednesday and they drew, securing their spot in Champions Leag ...
Benitez the Stalker
By Rob | April 27th, 2008You would think, after 19 matches against Chelsea, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would know Wednesday nights opposition very well. Not, apparently well enough. It seems that the Spanish coach is stalking Chelsea striker Didier Drogba saying that ...
Fulham Result and What Not
By CSD | April 19th, 2008My normal video link site didn't have the highlights for the Fulham match (Reds win 2-0 surprise surprise), so I decided to post the new home kit instead. Ta-da. Now you don't have to wait another 5 days or whatever it is to find out. Thanks to An ...
Off to the US--err London We Go
By CSD | April 16th, 2008While disgracing myself while looking at midget porn my buddy sent me, I suddenly remembered that we have a match Saturday. Before meeting Chelsea on Tuesday, the Reds shall face the other other club from London, Fulham. I'm expecting an exciti ...
Liverpool's Most Dangerous Man
By CSD | April 15th, 2008Little Fernando turned 30 over the weekend. They grow up so fast. *sniff* That's 30 goals, not 30 years. At this point the £26 million to bring him over is seems like a bargain. So you might think, "This is going to be another we all have man ...
Photo of the Day: Who Got the Call?
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008We'll give you three guesses as to which manager will be sending the referee champagne after this game. This is, of course, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during their teams' Champions League game on Tues ...
Sunday Snippets - Totti out, Jose not yet in , Anelka's return, Wembley can wait and more
By Rob | March 30th, 2008I've not updated for a bit, so here's alot of tiny pieces of news for you from the last couple of days. Roma lynchpin Francesco Totti looks like he'll miss the first leg against Man United. But is there more to it than that? And with a cer ...
Merseyside Derby!
By CSD | March 28th, 2008It's the most wonderful time of the year, when our neighbors, Everton, come to visit at Anfield. In the first meeting, LFC squeaked out a win at Goodison Park 1-2. You might remember the controversial switch when Rafa took out Steven Gerrard beca ...
Poll: Who should own LFC?
By CSD | February 26th, 2008It must be a slow news day because the biggest story I've seen flying around is about how Hicks isn't selling Liverpool FC. Or is he? Well, what do you guys think? Now keep in mind all the possibilities when you vote. The rumors are that Rafa and Hi
The Pressure is On
By CSD | February 19th, 2008I have mixed feelings when it comes to Rafa. On one hand, he did get us to two Champions League finals in three years, on the other, he does silly things that keeps us at #4 (or worse) and gets us knocked out of the FA Cup. What silly things? Wel
Liverpool transfer news - shrewd move for Rafa
By ed | January 8th, 2008If what we read in the media is true, Rafa has pulled off a nice bit of business this last week. Out goes our Malian midfielder, Momo Sissoko, to rejoin old boss Claudio Ranieri at Juventus for a reported 11m gbp and in comes young Slovenian (sorry, Slova
Technique (and luck) trumps tactics
By ed | December 16th, 2007That was...infuriating. Rafa clearly had the game plan to beat Man Utd today. The team had been well briefed and everyone did what was asked of them, from a tactical perspective. However, Rafa's penchant for buying" seven out ten" players - players who wi
Liverpool vs. Manchester Utd Preview
By ed | December 14th, 2007Last night, Liverpool beat Manchester Utd 1-0 at Anfield. Jermaine Pennant slotted home a 25 yard free-kick from just to the left of the "D" of the penalty box. Tevez went off injured, which helped, and both Reina and Gerrard put in great performances. Th
Manager vs Owners: Who will win
By ed | November 27th, 2007If you work, as I do, in a big company, you know two things. One, that shit rolls downhill and two, never pick a fight you haven't already won. Rafa is, seemingly, the latest in a long line of managers who should have known better than to pick a fight
Nothing Important Happening At Anfield
By ed | November 26th, 2007...which is why there've been a lack in posts. My bad guys; my bad. Solid win over the Toon over the weekend. My wife managed to fill up the PVR with episodes of Oprah, CSI (bizarrely, all three varieties) and a load of other assorted crap which meant
England's National Team: A Rant
By Matthew | November 15th, 2007I know this isn't about Leeds, but hell, I'm angry. What planet is Steven Gerrard on? The England captain (in the absence of John Terry) has declared that there are too many foreign players in the Premier League and the only way to make the English nation
Benitez: Nice Guys Finish Last?
By ed | September 25th, 2007Over on the always excellent This is Anfield, Neale Graham has a really long, very thoughtful post on Benitez's potential legacy, should he leave today. Neale says that Benitez is a good manager who's career is being undermined by two factors: 1. Hi
Xabi should have had a hat-trick
By Brian | September 1st, 2007Did you expect me to be optimistic about our 6-0 thrashing of Derby County today? Okay, so I'm a little pleased. Okay, so I have a smile on my face right now that plastic surgery probably couldn't take away. More so because I picked up Xabi and Torres
The six biggest surprises so far as the transfer window closes
By Brian | August 31st, 20076. Crouch wasn't sold Okay, so this isn't much of a surprise as Rafa has said again and again that Crouchy isn't going anywhere. I guess this is more wishful thinking and hoping on my part more than anything else. Oh well, looks like ole lank stank is h
Liverpool vs Derby County: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | August 31st, 2007Broken record alert: Stevie-G and Carra are out for this one. God I hope this means Gerrard sits out the England qualifying matches. Come on, Stevie, let Limp foot Lampard get some playing time. Moving on, I first expect to see all those who weren't fe
We've drawn FC Porto, Marseille, & Beşiktaş J.K. for the CL
By Brian | August 30th, 2007Not a bad draw and I don't foresee us having many problems advancing to tell you the truth. FC Porto worries me a little being a Portuguese side, but two teams advance from the group stage and Marseille and Beşiktaş J.K. just don't have the talent nor
Liverpool 4, Toulouse 0
By Brian | August 28th, 2007I'm not sure whether I should try to watch this match again, the final score almost says it all though it could have been worse for the French side. Toulouse sort of dug their own grave from the get-go by coming out with all guns blazing. That's not how
Liverpool 1, Toulouse 0: halftime thoughts
By Brian | August 28th, 2007Wow, after the first leg, I don't think anyone could have predicted such an entertaining first half. It hasn't exactly been good football, but with both sides missing key players, that should be expected. The ebb and flow at times though, has been heart
Liverpool vs Toulouse II: the line-up
By Brian | August 28th, 2007Leto to start!!! Now I'm freakin' pumped for a match I was otherwise dreading. If Leto plays as well as he did in the preseason, this should be a hella fun match to watch. The kid has the ability to wreak havoc on opposing defenses almost at will. Luca
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