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Daniel Agger
The Danish centre-back is still only 25 and, with Jamie Carragher looking like he is slowly on the
way out, Agger is perfectly primed to make himself the defensive main man at Anfield for many
years. Now the Slovakian Martin Skrtel needs to get up to scratch alongside Agger, just as Agger
has done alongside Carragher and Sami Hyypia in the past.
Charles 'don't call me Insomnia' N'Zogbia for Captain?
A
very very
hectic few weeks here at work and so I won't be able to go into the depth I'd like to with this
midweek Fantasy Premier League preview, but I'll give you a taste of my thinking and hope it goes a
long way to inspire some decision making on your part.
photo credit: Kim Bach
The Team: Some people call Denmark's national football team "Danish Dynamite."
I on the other hand think that moniker sounds more appropriate for some strange shot of liquor than
a soccer squad. The fan in the pic has apparently had a few too many such concoctions, and now he
is physically ill.
2.45pm ET. Not on live TV in the US. As usual with these games, check myp2p or LFC Globe for
streams tomorrow.
Guess at a line-up
Cavalieri
Kelly Skrtel Kyrgiakos Agger
Amoo Lucas Spearing Jovanovic
Aquilani
Ngog
"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Agger
Kuyt Gerrard Lucas Jovanovic
Ngog Torres
Goals:
Barry 13'
Richards 53'
Tevez 68' (pen)
Dominated, embarrassed, humiliated. Tactically out-classed, overrun in midfield, passed to death,
and toothless in attack.
Normally, Soccernet's graphics are infuriating, often incorrect or unhelpful. But comparing the
average position of Liverpool's starting XI in Saturday's match to last March's 3-0 win is a
perfect encapsulation of the tactical differences between last season's team and the current
version.
Click on the image to see it full-size, where the player numbers are actually legible.
2:45pm, live in the US on Setanta
Last 4 head-to-head:
1-1 (a) 01.02.10
2-1 Liverpool (h) 03.15.08
1-3 Reading (a) 12.08.07
4-2 Liverpool (a; Carling Cup) 09.25.07
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 1-1 Reading (a); 1-0 Villa (a); 2-0 Wolves (h)
Reading: 1-1 Liverpool (h); 1-4 Plymouth (a); 1-1 Swansea (h)
Goalscorers (all competitions):
Liverpool: Torres 12; Benayoun 7; Gerrard, Kuyt, Ngog 6; Babel 3; Johnson 2; Insua, Skrtel
1
Reading: Sigurdsson 7; Rasiak 6; Church 5; Bignall, Hunt, Mills, Mooney, Pearce 2; Cisse,
Howard, Kebe, McAnuff 1
Referee: Phil Dowd
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Darby Carragher Agger Insua
Lucas Aquilani
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres
So much for no winter break in English football.
Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Lucas, Mascherano, Maxi, Gerrard, Babel. Subs:
Cavalieri, Torres, Benayoun, Aquilani, Riera, Aurelio, Kelly.
Ladies and Gents, Following the big success that was Chelseanazionale (I'm talking about the
post, not the Oh so wonderful result that was Chelsea getting eliminated) we figured we might as
well give BBC a run for their money with a Live Feed in what we like to call BigFourZa's inimitable
style. What we're going to do here today is put a Scouse and a Red Devil in the same space and
watch as the fireworks fly.
10am ET, live in the US on espn2 (HD!)
Last 4 head-to-head:
1-3 Fulham (a) 10.31.09
1-0 Liverpool (a) 04.04.09
0-0 (h) 11.22.08
2-0 Liverpool (a) 04.19.08
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 4-1 Benfica (h); 1-1 Brum (a); 1-2 Benfica (a)
Fulham: 1-0 Wolfsburg (a); 2-1 Wigan (h); 2-1 Wolfsburg (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 18; Kuyt 9; Gerrard 7; Benayoun 5; Ngog 4; Babel, Johnson 3; Aquilani,
Kyrgiakos, Skrtel 1
Fulham: Zamora 8; Dempsey, Duff 6; Murphy 5; Gera, Nevland 2; Elm, Greening, Hangeland,
Konchesky, Okaka 1
Referee: Andre Marriner
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Mascherano
Maxi Gerrard Aquilani Babel
Torres
Had you told me this would be a match-up of the last two English teams in European competition, I'd
have laughed right in your face.
Tonights Liverpool team to lineup against West Ham United at Anfield: Reina, Johnson, Carragher,
Kyrgiakos, Agger, Benayoun, Lucas, Gerrard, Maxi, Aquilani, Kuyt. Subs: Follow the Liverpool VS
West Ham match LIVE using our BRAND NEW, Live Match Centre.
In the last two days, following the incredibly depressing sale of Insua, we've seen Joe Cole sign,
Gerrard commit to the club, and now the Danny Wilson transfer finally near completion (news broken
by Robbo Huyton of Well Red and confirmed by the Telegraph's Rory Smith – yes, Twitter links, but
Twitter links from those two equal confirmation in my book).
Liverpool: Cavalieri, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Skrtel, Kelly, Jovanovic, Lucas, Spearing, Amoo, Aquilani,
Ngog. Subs: Gulacsi, Darby, Shelvey, Dalla Valle, Eccleston, Ayala, Ince.
Todays Lineup against Arsenal for the opening game of the 2010/2011 season. Reina, Johnson, Agger,
Skrtel, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard, Cole, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Lucas, Babel,
Torres, Kelly, Maxi, Aurelio.
By Amy Quinn, writing from Dublin
Liverpool were forced to come back from a deficit once again in Turkey, as they recorded
only their second ever win in the country against Trabzonspor in the Europa League third round
qualifiers.
From the outset, it looked as if Liverpool fans' week was about to get significantly worse.
Liverpool lead 1-0 on aggregate.
1:30pm ET; not on TV in the US. Again. And so far, my DirecTV guide only has Sunday's West Brom
game on delay: FS+ at 7pm. Not good. I'm blaming Purslow for this, too.
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-3 City (a); 1-0 Trabzonspor (h); 1-1 Arsenal (h)
Trabzonspor: 3-2 Fenerbahce (h); 0-1 Liverpool (a); 2-0 Ankaragucu (a)
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Aurelio
Lucas Poulsen
Kuyt Cole Pacheco
Ngog
The traveling party, announced this morning, seemingly tells the world where Liverpool's priorities
lie.
Liverpool bought six players in the summer of 2008 for a total of roughly £39m. With the sale of
Dossena to Napoli, two of those – the first and third most expensive – are no longer with the
club. The other four – Riera, Cavalieri, Ngog, and Degen – have made a combined 64 league
appearances (100 games in total) in a season and a half, with Riera accounting for 37 (58%) of
those.
Rafa Benitez has named his side to face Reading in the FA Cup replay at Anfield tonight, with
Alberto Aquilani again in the starting line up. The team in full is: Cavalieri, Degen, Carragher,
Agger, Insua, Aquilani, Lucas, Benayoun, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Aurelio, Babel, Ngog,
Spearing, Skrtel, Gulacsi, Pacheco.
Cavalieri, Degen, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Aquilani, Lucas, Benayoun, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs:
Aurelio, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Skrtel, Gulacsi, Pacheco.
Cavalieri
Degen Carragher Agger Insua
Aquilani Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres
Goals:
Bertrand (og) 45+1'
Sigurdsson 90+3' (pen)
Long 100'
Comical. Unfortunate. Deserved. Typical. And no, there's no acronym there.
It looked like Liverpool would hold onto the one slice of luck received – a chance deflection in
the last minute of the first half – but not this season.
7:45am, live in the US on espn2
Last 4 head-to-head:
4-0 Liverpool (a) 08.19.09
0-0 (a) 01.10.09
0-0 (h) 09.20.08
8-0 Liverpool (a; League Cup) 11.29.2000
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-2 Reading aet (h); 1-1 Reading (a); 1-0 Villa (a)
Stoke: 3-2 Fulham (h); 3-1 York (h); 0-1 Brum (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 12; Benayoun, Gerrard, Kuyt 5; Ngog 4; Babel, Johnson 2; Skrtel 1
Stoke: Beattie 3; Etherington, Faye, Kitson, Shawcross, Tuncay 2; Fuller, Huth, Sidibe,
Whelan 1
Referee: Lee Mason
That would be the same Lee Mason who sent off Carragher and Degen at Fulham and Masch at Pompey in
his only two Liverpool matches this season.
2:45pm, live in the US on Setanta.
Last 4 head-to-head:
2-0 Wolves (h) 12.26.09
1-0 Liverpool (h) 03.20.04
1-1 (a) 01.21.04
0-1 Wolves (h) 01.14.84
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-0 Spurs (h); 1-1 Stoke (a); 1-2 Reading aet (h)
Wolves: 2-2 Palace (h); 0-2 Wigan (h); 1-0 Tranmere (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 12; Kuyt 7; Benayoun, Gerrard 5; Ngog 4; Babel, Johnson 2; Kyrgiakos,
Skrtel 1
Wolves: Doyle 5; Craddock 4; Milijas 2; Ebanks-Blake, Edwards, Keogh, Maierhofer, Stearman
1
Referee: Peter Walton
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Carragher Skrtel Kyrgiakos Aurelio
Mascherano Lucas
Rodriguez Aquilani Riera
Kuyt
If it ain't (that) broke, don't fix it.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has alluded to the possibility that the club will be unable to add
to the signing of Maxi Rodriguez during the current transfer window, but believes his squad can
still fulfil their ambitions.
The mid-season market ceases trading on Monday, and Liverpool - despite being linked with a
multitude of Europe's big names including Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, David Silva and Milan Jovanovic -
are yet to seal a second deal this month.
Reina, Carragher, Insua, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Mascherano, Lucas, Gerrard, Kuyt, Rodriguez, Ngog. Subs:
Cavalieri, Aquilani, Riera, Aurelio, Babel, Degen, Skrtel.
Rafa Benitez has named his starting line up to face Everton at Anfield today; with N'Gog starting
upfront in the absence of Torres. The team in full is: Reina, Carragher, Insua, Agger, Kyrgiakos,
Mascherano, Lucas, Gerrard, Kuyt, Rodriguez, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Riera, Aurelio,
Babel, Degen, Skrtel.
Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Insua, Skrtel, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Maxi, Kuyt, Gerrard, Ngog.
Subs: Cavalieri, Riera, Aurelio, Babel, Spearing, Degen, Kelly.
Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Aurelio, Kuyt, Aquilani, Mascherano, Riera, Gerrard, Ngog. Subs:
Cavalieri, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Lucas, Insua, Degen, Pacheco.
Tonights lineup against Unirea Urziceni in the early kick off in the Europa League. Reina, Insua,
Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Lucas, Mascherano, Babel, Benayoun, Gerrard, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri,
Aquilani, Torres, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Kelly.
Reina, Johnson, Agger, Carragher, Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Babel, Torres. Subs:
Cavalieri, Aquilani, Riera, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, El Zhar, Kelly.
Liverpool take on Portsmouth at Anfield tonight, this is the Liverpool Starting Lineup: Reina,
Insua, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Aquilani, Gerrard, Babel, Rodriguez, Torres. Subs:
Cavalieri, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Benayoun, Kuyt, Lucas, Kelly.
Rafa Benitez claims he never doubted Liverpool's potential to produce the kind of football
witnessed against Portsmouth.
The Reds thumped Avram Grant's strugglers 4-1 on Monday with a performance reminiscent of last
year's run-in.
Benitez said: "You know we've had too many injuries to important players this season.
Tonights Liverpool team to face Lille in the Europa League: Reina, Insua, Carragher, Agger,
Johnson, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Babel, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos,
Ngog, Degen, El Zhar, Kelly.
Reina, Insua, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Gerrard, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Torres. Subs:
Cavalieri, Aquilani, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog, Kelly
The line up to face Man Utd at Old Trafford has been announced; with Maxi Rodriguez replacing Ryan
Babel in the starting 11. The full squad is Reina, Insua, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano,
Lucas, Gerrard, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos, Babel,
Ngog, Kelly
Todays team to face Sunderland at Anfield: Reina, Johnson, Agger, Carragher, Insua, Mascherano,
Gerrard, Kuyt, Babel, Rodriguez, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, El Zhar, Ngog, Benayoun, Lucas, Aquilani,
Kyrgiakos.
Daniel Agger Sends Us to Athens! SEASON SUMMARY The 2006-2007 season was about the Champions League
and yet another 3rd place finish... yet it was clear that something was missing in this squad.
Never has 3rd place looked so much like 10th. Away from Anfield Liverpool were absolutely dreadful,
not scoring a goal or picking up a [.
Tonights Liverpool team to face Benfica in the Europa League Quarter Final 1st Leg: Reina, Johnson,
Agger, Carragher, Insua, Lucas, Mascherano, Kuyt, Babel, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri,
Benayoun, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Plessis, El Zhar, Pacheco.
I'm more confused than anything else.
In my last post I asked that we maintain the good form, no matter what the outcome of the
season. I should have added we must cling to clear-headed decision making from now to the end. The
last two outings for Liverpool were derailed by bad judgement by Ryan Babel and (and I rarely say
this in writing) Rafa Benitez.
Tonights lineup against Benfica in the Europa League: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Kygriakos, Agger,
Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Benayoun, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Degen, Ayala, Aquilani,
Pacheco, El Zhar, Ngog.
Benfica 2 Liverpool 1 (1st leg) Cardozo 59 (pen) – Agger 9 Cardozo 79 (pen) This was a weak
performance from Liverpool even if you give them some credence for being down to 10 men for most of
the match. We gave Benfica the psychological advantage that was at least double the player deficit
the game was [.
