The Liverpool vs Chelsea thread!!

1st leg:

---------------Cech/Cudicini
Belletti--Carvalho--Terry--A Cole
--------------Makelele
-----------Ballack--Lampard
J Cole---------Drogba-----Anelka/Malouda

2nd leg:

--------------Cech/Cudicini
Essien--Carvalho--Terry--A Cole
-------------Makelele
----------Ballack--Lampard
J Cole--------Drogba------Kalou

I honestly think Chelsea will go through this time. If Anfield was the second leg then I'd have no worries about getting through and that's my honest opinion. It's massive that the unbeliveable atmosphere will not be in the 'deciding' leg, the first leg never really sorts much out, it's the second that's the key and I think Chelsea being at home with revenge on the cards again they'll manage to get past Liverpool this time.

Having said that it's pretty much 50/50 and something such as a penalty decision, red card or anything like that could change the whole matter.

It's completely open. You're perfectly capable of winning at home and getting a draw at the Bridge. I never doubted that we'd beat Olympiacos or Fenerbahce at home, but Liverpool? Completely different story because Benitez is very good at finding ways to progress in this competition.

S4P wrote:It's completely open. You're perfectly capable of winning at home and getting a draw at the Bridge. I never doubted that we'd beat Olympiacos or Fenerbahce at home, but Liverpool? Completely different story because Benitez is very good at finding ways to progress in this competition.

Certainly agree there. I just think unless it's 2-0 or more to us at Anfield Chelsea will go through, surely for the third time Chelsea will be able to unlock the Liverpool team, it's going to be a nervous encounter watching the second leg, at least the last two times I was able to share the nerves with 40 odd thousand other Liverpool fans!!

I fancied Arsenal to dispose of Liverpool in the last round so I am saying nothing. Liverpool always seem to get it right in the CL.

Hope Chelsea do it though.

Fake Genius wrote:Hope Chelsea do it though.

We're gonna have to be playing 5x better than we currently are in order to get through.

S4P wrote:

Fake Genius wrote:Hope Chelsea do it though.

We're gonna have to be playing 5x better than we currently are in order to get through.

Bit of a difference between getting up for a monday night game with Wigan and a champions league semi against bitter rivals Liverpool.

Luis wrote:

S4P wrote:

Fake Genius wrote:Hope Chelsea do it though.

We're gonna have to be playing 5x better than we currently are in order to get through.

Bit of a difference between getting up for a monday night game with Wigan and a champions league semi against bitter rivals Liverpool.

Not just tonight mate. Both games against Fenerbahce, Middlesborough and to a lesser degree Arsenal have all been awful displays.

Fair enough, I'm shitting bricks to be honest already, I detest these games.

United will be resting players pre Barca too. It's not coming home Lulu

Glenn Hysén wrote:United will be resting players pre Barca too. It's not coming home Lulu

I have no doubts that United will be in Moscow, if we can get there then that's 50/50, on league form though United would win.

Luis wrote:Fair enough, I'm shitting bricks to be honest already, I detest these games.

Each game will be decided on one mistake and frankly at the moment we look the more likely of the 2 teams to make mistakes.

Didier Drogba is a major injury doubt for Chelsea ahead of next week's Champions League semi-finals against Liverpool.

While it was thought that the striker was rested for Monday's Premiership meeting with Wigan, it has emerged that he is still struggling with a troublesome knee injury and is not expected to feature at Everton on Thursday night. The news at least explains why, even if he was being rested, Avram Grant didn't take the insurance of naming Drogba as a substitute against Wigan.

Without their talisman striker, Chelsea's prospects of recording the victory at Goodison Park that is essential if their faltering title bid is to be maintained would be much diminished, but The Independent claims that 'the priority now is to get the player fit to play at Anfield next week.'

Were Drogba to be ruled out, his place in the Chelsea team is likely to be taken by Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman, an £11m recruit in the January sales, remains the only player in the current Chelsea squad who can be described as an 'Avram Grant player'. However, on the evidence to date, he can also be described as a failure: after scoring 11 goals in a relegation-threatened Bolton team before Christmas, he has managed just two goals since his move to West London.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WAFoaWmsM1U

Got my ticket confirmed today for tuesday so i should be there

mocky wrote:Got my ticket confirmed today for tuesday so i should be there

Same mate.

Can't wait!! it will be a less nervy game than against Arsenal because it probably wont be settled on the night, so i'll be able to enjoy it a bit more. Can't see any game eclipsing that Arsenal game though, definately a winner for the best game been to

One thing's for sure : Kuyt will be MOTM

Luis wrote:

mocky wrote:Got my ticket confirmed today for tuesday so i should be there

Same mate.

Can't wait!! it will be a less nervy game than against Arsenal because it probably wont be settled on the night, so i'll be able to enjoy it a bit more. Can't see any game eclipsing that Arsenal game though, definately a winner for the best game been to

Saying that i was still confident we would get past Arsenal, im not so much vs Chelsea, just think it maybe their 'go' to beat us

i really hope i am wrong.

be amazing atmosphere no matter what

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7356746.stm

Great news for Pool, big blow for Chelsea.

Steven will make it.

Let's hope so. Masch and Alonso are ideal to have in the CL (who can forget Masch versus us last year and Alonso versus us in 2005?), so hopefully one of them will be dropped for Stevie if he recovers in time.

Don't remember sitting like that!!!

And how high does Stevie want to get his legs?!?!?!?!?

S4P wrote:Let's hope so. Masch and Alonso are ideal to have in the CL (who can forget Masch versus us last year and Alonso versus us in 2005?), so hopefully one of them will be dropped for Stevie if he recovers in time.

Masch and Alonso in the middle, Stevie behind Torres in a 4-2-3-1, Masch and Alonso will start anyway.

S4P wrote:Let's hope so. Masch and Alonso are ideal to have in the CL (who can forget Masch versus us last year and Alonso versus us in 2005?), so hopefully one of them will be dropped for Stevie if he recovers in time.

Are you being intentionally stupid spee?

COTR wrote:

S4P wrote:Let's hope so. Masch and Alonso are ideal to have in the CL (who can forget Masch versus us last year and Alonso versus us in 2005?), so hopefully one of them will be dropped for Stevie if he recovers in time.

Are you being intentionally stupid spee?

Coater, we all know who the danger men are going to be for t'Liverpool.

Carragher will be immense at the back, particularly in the game at Anfield. Masch will work tirelessly to stop Essien driving forward in the 2nd leg, Torres will keep our back 4 busy all night and hell, even Babel might be a bit of a threat if he plays against Ferreira.

I really think Stevie will do very little to influence these 2 games.

Does this explain why one of alonso or mascha will be dropped ?

Do you watch any football ?

Or will Valdano be proven wrong for once?

blutgraetsche wrote:



Or will Valdano be proven wrong for once?

Where the hell did you find that gem of a picture?

I hope it is poo on a stick and we go through

So you are scared that it will be a good, interesting match because you may not go through if it's not $h!t on a stick part III? $h!t on a stick - Liverpool are through. Chocolate on the cake - Chelsea win?



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