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LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has been fined £10,000 ($15,800) and warned about
his future conduct by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct
relating to comments and images posted on Twitter concerning referee Howard Webb. Babel incurred
the wrath of the governing body when tweeting a doctored photo of [.
Liverpool have confirmed that they've accepted a bid from Hoffenheim for Ryan Babel. Media reports
put the fee at €7m, or £5.8m, which is almost exactly 50% of what Liverpool paid for the
winger/striker/professional Tweeter in the summer of 2007. The deal's not done yet – Babel still
has to agree personal terms – but I expect we're past the point of no return.
3pm ET, live in the US on FSC
Last four head-to-head:
1-2 Blackpool (h) 10.24.10
2-2 (h) 01.09.71
0-0 (a) 08.17.70
1-3 Blackpool (h) 05.13.67
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-1 United (a); 1-3 Blackburn (a); 2-1 Bolton (h)
Blackpool: 0-2 Southampton (a); 1-2 Brum (h); 0-1 Man City (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 6; Gerrard 4; Kuyt, Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole, Johnson,
Skrtel 1
Blackpool: Campbell 6; Harewood, Varney 5; Adam 3; Taylor-Fletcher 2; Baptiste, Eardley,
Evatt, Phillips, Vaughan 1
Referee: Michael Oliver
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio
Meireles Lucas
Kuyt Cole Maxi
Torres
The return of the King in the league, in the midst of a crush of games where we're sure to see
rotation of some sort.
In the previous post on Babel and the worst transfers of the last decade, I should have better
differentiated between a "bad player" and a "bad signing." Buying Alberto Aquilani was an awful,
awful deal, but Alberto Aquilani's an outstanding player. Philipp Degen is a terrible full-back but
was a free signing that didn't cost Liverpool much more than wages and overtime for the medical
staff.
The Liverpool FC line up v Bolton Wanderers for the Premier League fixture at Anfield on
Saturday January 1st 2011, has been confirmed as follows:
Starting 11:
Reina, Johnson, Aurelio, Agger, Skrtel, Lucas, Meireles, Maxi, Kuyt, Ngog, Torres.
Subs:
Jones, Cole, Babel, Kelly, Poulsen, Gerrard, Kyrgiakos.
As the Liverpool players were booed off the pitch on Wednesday night after a woeful display
against Wolves resulting in defeat, it was the name of "Dalglish" that resounded from the stands,
a cry for help from the Anfield idol.
Today the players take to the pitch once more against Bolton, the King having spoken, the
clubs current ambassador and head of football development asking for unity within the club.
For the fifth year running. Not for those with weak stomachs.
Points total after 19 games:
10/11: 25
09/10: 30
08/09: 42
07/08: 37
06/07: 34
Results over 19 games:
10/11: 7 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses
09/10: 9 wins, 3 draws, 7 losses
08/09: 12 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss
07/08: 10 wins, 7 draws, 2 losses
06/07: 10 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses
League position after 19 games:
10/11: 9th
09/10: 7th
08/09: 1st
07/08: 4th
06/07: 3rd
# of points behind 1st place:
10/11: -16
09/10: -12
08/09: +1
07/08: -10, with a game in hand
06/07: -13
Goals scored after 19 games:
10/11: 23
09/10: 36
08/09: 30
07/08: 33
06/07: 28
Goals against after 19 games:
10/11: 24
09/10: 25
08/09: 12
07/08: 12
06/07: 15
Home Goals:
10/11: 17
09/10: 26
08/09: 16
07/08: 20
06/07: 20
Away Goals:
10/11: 6
09/10: 10
08/09: 14
07/08: 13
06/07: 8
Clean Sheets:
10/11: 6
09/10: 6
08/09: 11
07/08: 10
06/07: 10
Goal scorers:
10/11: Torres 6; Gerrard, Kuyt, Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole, Johnson, Skrtel
1
09/10: Torres 11; Benayoun, Gerrard, Kuyt 5; Ngog 4; Babel, Johnson 2; Skrtel 1
08/09: Gerrard 6; Keane, Kuyt, Torres 5; Alonso, Riera 2; Arbeloa, Benayoun, Babel,
Carragher 1
07/08: Torres 9; Gerrard 7; Babel, Kuyt, Voronin 3; Alonso, Benayoun 2; Hyypia, Sissoko
1
06/07: Kuyt 6; Bellamy 5; Alonso, Gerrard 3; Crouch, Garcia, Gonzalez 2; Agger, Carragher,
Fowler, Riise 1
# of games Liverpool failed to score in:
10/11: 5 [Wolves (h), Stoke (a), Everton (a), Brum (a), City (a)]
09/10: 4 [Chelsea (a), Sunderland (a), Blackburn (a), Pompey (a)]
08/09: 4 [Villa (a), Stoke (h), Fulham (h), West Ham (h)]
07/08: 5 [Pompey (a), Birmingham (h), Blackburn (a), United (h), City (a)]
06/07: 7 [Everton (a), Chelsea (a), Bolton (a), United (a), Arsenal (a), Boro (a),
Portsmouth (h)]
Home form:
10/11: 6 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses; 20 points out of 30
09/10: 6 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses; 20 points out of 30
08/09: 6 wins, 4 draws; 22 points out of 30
07/08: 4 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss; 16 points out of 27
06/07: 8 wins, 2 draws; 26 points out of 30
Away form:
10/11: 1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses; 5 points out of 27
09/10: 3 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses; 10 points out of 27
08/09: 6 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss; 20 points out of 27
07/08: 6 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss; 21 points out of 30
06/07: 2 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses; 8 points out of 27
I guess it's not all bad news.
3pm ET, live in the US on Fox Soccer Plus
Last four head-to-head:
2-1 Liverpool (h) 10.24.10
2-1 Liverpool (h) 02.28.10
0-0 (a) 12.05.09
4-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-1 Bolton (h); 0-1 Wolves (h); 0-0 Utrecht (h)
Blackburn: 0-3 Sunderland (a); 3-1 West Brom (a); 0-2 Stoke (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 6; Gerrard, Kuyt, Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole, Johnson, Skrtel
1
Blackburn: Kalinic, Pedersen 4; MB Diouf, Nelsen 3; Emerton, Roberts, Samba 2; Benjani,
Dunn, Givet, Nzonzi 1
Referee: Andre Marriner
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio
Kuyt Gerrard Lucas Maxi
Torres Ngog
The ankle injury which saw Meireles removed from Saturday's match in the 20th minute rules him out
of Wednesday's match at Blackburn.
By Chris Wright
Thanks to Dimitar Berbatov's world-class 'Bulgarian Shuffle', yesterday's damp
squib of an FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Liverpool was effectively settled after just
30 seconds had elapsed which, all-in-all, precipitated a fairly dire subsequent 92-and-a-half
minutes of featureless toil.
Everybody may be on pins and needles watching the transfer front, wondering if the rumoured
Suarez deal will finally go through, wondering if the Babel to Hoffenheim deal will finally go
through, and maybe even wondering if the agreed price with Hoffenheim was always just a way of
setting Babel's value as a bargaining tool in negotiations with Ajax over Suarez.
9am ET, live in the US on FSC
Last four head-to-head:
0-2 Everton (a) 10.17.10
1-0 Liverpool (h) 02.06.10
2-0 Liverpool (a) 11.29.09
0-1 Everton (a; FA Cup) 02.04.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-2 Blackpool (a); 0-1 United (a); 1-3 Blackburn (a)
Everton: 5-1 Scunthorpe (a); 2-1 Spurs (h); 0-2 Stoke (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 7; Gerrard 4; Kuyt, Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole, Johnson,
Skrtel 1
Everton: Cahill 9; Arteta, Coleman 3; Baines, Beckford 2; Pienaar, Saha, Yakubu 1
Referee: Phil Dowd
The last time Phil Dowd took charge of a Merseyside derby was March 2006.
7:45am ET, live in the US on espn2
Last four head-to-head:
0-1 Wolves (h) 12.29.10
0-0 (a) 01.26.10
2-0 Liverpool (h) 12.26.09
1-0 Liverpool (h) 03.20.04
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-2 Everton (h); 1-2 Blackpool (a); 0-1 United (a)
Wolves: 5-0 Doncaster (h); 3-4 City (a); 2-2 Doncaster (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 7; Gerrard, Kuyt 4; Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole, Johnson,
Meireles, Skrtel 1
Wolves: Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher 4; Doyle, Foley, Hunt, Jarvis, Milijas 2; Edwards, Jones,
Ward, Van Damme, Zubar 1
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Kelly Skrtel Agger Johnson
Spearing Lucas
Kuyt Meireles Maxi
Torres
With Gerrard suspended for one more match, my best guess is the same XI which drew with Everton
last Sunday.
3pm ET, live in the US on FSC
Last four head-to-head:
0-0 (h) 04.11.10
1-3 Fulham (a) 10.31.09
1-0 Liverpool (a) 04.04.09
0-0 (h) 11.22.08
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 3-0 Wolves (a); 2-2 Everton (h); 1-2 Blackpool (a)
Fulham: 2-0 Stoke (h); 1-1 Wigan (a); 6-2 Peterborough (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 9; Gerrard, Kuyt 4; Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Meireles, Ngog 2; Babel, Cole,
Johnson, Skrtel 1
Fulham: Dempsey 6; Hangeland 3; Baird, Davies, Dembele, Kamara 2; Etuhu, Gera, Hughes,
Johnson, Zamora 1
Referee: Lee Probert
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Kelly Skrtel Agger Johnson
Meireles Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Maxi
Torres
This is Liverpool's other game in hand thanks to the winter postponements.
By Chris Wright
Liverpool winger @RyanBabel has completed his move to Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, after signing
a two-and-a-half year contract at the Rhein Neckar Arena last night.
'Pool accepted a £6 million bid for the Dutch forward last week, but the deal appeared to be
wavering until late on Monday, when the player flew out to finalise the contract details.
BERLIN, Italy — German Cup holders Bayern Munich booked their semi-final berth on Wednesday with
a comfortable 4-0 win at second division Alemannia Aachen as the German giants began life without
Mark van Bommel. After their Dutch captain's shock exit on Tuesday, when he signed for AC Milan
until the end of the season, Germany [.
