Articles tagged with "rafa-benitez"
Champions League: The Morning After
By Martha | May 24th, 2007In Italy, needless to say, the papers are all sweetness and light, full of appreciations of The Great Maldini and his comparatively youthful friend, Super ...
The CL Final: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | May 22nd, 2007I think he'll go with this line-up: - - - - - - - - - - Reina - - - - - - - - ...
What? Nothing better to write about it?
By Brian | May 22nd, 2007On the eve of our seventh European Cup final, the media has decided that it's a grand time to talk about the players who will ...
Player ratings for the year (pt 3): Forwards
By Brian | May 21st, 2007Dirk Kuyt C+ It's too bad you can't teach pace, because if you could, Kuyt would probably be the best forward in the Premiership next year. ...
Transfer Tumors: Bent & Giuly
By Brian | May 17th, 2007Please, please, please tell me that we're not going after Darren Bent. Not that he's a bad player, but let's face it, he's not ...
The CL Final Squad: Who will be the odd man out?
By Brian | May 16th, 2007Eighteen roster spots and nineteen fit players makes Rafa's life a whole lot easier. The question is who he'll leave behind. Keeper is ...
The Daily Diatribe: A Holiday in Spain, Senior Alex's vote of confidence, UEFA is full of shit, & Playing as a team
By Brian | May 9th, 2007* Sometime next week, Rafa is going to take the boys on a five day holiday to Spain to condition them for warm weather. ...
Amauri's Agent Starts Rumors, Hopes They Result in Money
By Martha | May 8th, 2007In an exclusive interview inexplicably given to Goal.com, Mariano Grimaldi, the agent of Palermo's broken Brazilian Amauri, talked rather smugly of the zillions of HUGE ...
Liverpool at Fulham: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | May 5th, 2007Rafa has already come out and said he plans on resting key players until the Champion's League Final which probably means Gerrard, Carragher, Kuyt, Mascherano, ...
The Daily Diatribe: Dissent in the ranks?, Gattuso's brainless rants, Seeing red, Contract negotiations for Gerrard, & Holloway's on our side
By Brian | May 4th, 2007* ESPNsoccernet has reported that Steve Heighway, who I'm not sure is still the Academy Director since he announced his intentions of retiring after leading ...
Buddha and the penalty box (vid)
By Brian | May 2nd, 2007Rafa was just classic yesterday during the penalties, sitting Indian style, calmly looking on. My favorite part is when he checks his watch. ...
Liverpool vs Chelsea: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | May 1st, 2007This might be the most predictable line-up Rafa has ever chosen or it might not be? I have a feeling he's not going to ...
May Day Mojo
By Brian | May 1st, 2007It would be fitting if today our boys from Liverpool, the working man's town, defeated the boys from Chelsea, a millionaire's mecca. If you ...
Holy Shite... Rafa outdoes himself again
By Brian | April 28th, 2007Rafa found his balls again. Thank God. Insua is starting! Wow. Pretty cool though. Surprise he didn't throw Huth in there as well ...
Liverpool at Portsmouth: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | April 27th, 2007Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, and Pepe didn't even make the trip and it's highly doubtful that Rafa will use Agger since he's needed to mark ...
Why do I have a feeling our season is over?
By Brian | April 26th, 2007Maybe it's because I'm sitting here listening to depressing music. There's nothing like some Jackson Browne to kick that chair from underneath you as ...
Chelsea 1, Liverpool 0: the postgame reactions
By Brian | April 25th, 2007Benitez is counting on the Anfield crowd: "Now we look forward to Anfield and the chance to play in front of our own fans. We ...
Chelsea 1, Liverpool 0
By Brian | April 25th, 2007I'm not sure what to say about this match. I'm not wholly unhappy with the result. We're more than capable of winning the ...
Liverpool-Chelsea Preview: What will Rafa do?
By Brian | April 25th, 2007This is going to be interesting. Rafa has come out and said we're going to go for the win instead of trying for the ...
Mourinho loves to hear himself talk
By Brian | April 24th, 2007Excuses, excuses, and more excuses. It's as if he's given up on even having a chance tomorrow. Yeah, right. If he thinks ...
The Daily Diatribe: Delusional Dudek, Milestones & records, Essien is the new old JP, & another 'Mourinho is crazy' story
By Brian | April 24th, 2007* I will always be appreciative of Jerzy Dudek and his amazing Champion League's final performance, his first half was forgettable but the second half ...
The Daily Diatribe: Sad, sad Chelsea, Simao Sabrosa: a dream signing, Kids win warm-up, Pennant gets recognition, & Spectator banned for racial remarks
By Brian | April 23rd, 2007* Oh, those crazy Chelsea fans! First, they try to claim Benitez is reigniting the never ending war of words by responding to the Chelsea ...
Liverpool 2, Wigan 0
By Brian | April 22nd, 2007This match felt and looked a lot like a scrimmage with Mad Scientist Rafa performing little experiments and slightly letting loose the grip on his ...
What will Rafa do?
By Brian | April 21st, 2007This is pretty much my preview since I don't have time, sorry. Word is Gerrard may be on the bench with the return of ...
The Daily Diatribe: Bells is back, Our Man U curse continues, & 'Oh, you silly little Chelsea fans'
By Brian | April 20th, 2007* Craig Bellamy will be fit and ready to play tomorrow against Wigan. Just in the nick of time. Crouch has been playing ...
The Daily Diatribe: Add Saviola to the list, Rafa wants one more?, Real the rejected, & Real the jealous brother
By Brian | April 19th, 2007* Apparently, the newest striker added to our ever expanding wish list is Barça's Javier Saviola. His contract expires at the end of the ...
Liverpool 0, Middlesborough 0: first half thoughts
By Brian | April 18th, 2007The first half of this match was pretty much the epitome of all our problems this season. Our spacing was horrible, our positioning was ...
And the envelope reads...
By Brian | April 18th, 2007Reina Arbeloa Carragher Agger Riise Pennant Sissoko Mascherano Zenden Gerrard Crouch Subs - Dudek, Hyypia, Fowler, Gonzalez, Kuyt Looks like a sort of vee-formation like last game, unless Gerrard is going to be a supporting striker? I ..
What will Rafa do?
By Brian | April 18th, 2007I have no freakin' idea what Rafa will do today. After Saturday's performance, I personally would put Gerrard on the bench, but that's not ...
The Daily Diatribe: Bells still out, Rafa gives Real some reality, Bolton want Cisse, & Crouch wants to stay
By Brian | April 18th, 2007* I apologize for not posting for the last few days, but honestly, I just haven't felt like it. I didn't have electricity for ...
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