Chelsea vs. Liverpool - CL quarterfinal discussion thread

Luis wrote:

Rosicky wrote:Ive mentioned it once

I hope to god liverpool crash and burn tonight, it will be unbearable on here if they go through.

If we go through, your balls are the first I will slice off.

Its gonna be tears, tears, tears for you tonight luis.

Saying that i hope you get an early just to get your hopes up.

If Keane starts we have a chance.

Luis wrote:rumour that Gerrard isn't even on the bench. If that's true I will cry.

WHAT? WHO? WHERE?

RUMOURS

Ahhhhh!

I think the lineups are announced soon. Hopefully we can get 3 or 4 in the first half to calm our nerves and then finish them off in the 2nd half with N'Gog and El Zhar getting a brace apiece.

Lovely thing going into this game, which I haven't had for some time, is no expectations, nothing to lose. We're out, I've done my grieving, all we have to do tonight is enjoy the game.

Marlo Glennfield wrote:

Luis wrote:rumour that Gerrard isn't even on the bench. If that's true I will cry.

WHAT? WHO? WHERE?

RUMOURS

Ahhhhh!

I think the lineups are announced soon. Hopefully we can get 3 or 4 in the first half to calm our nerves and then finish them off in the 2nd half with N'Gog and El Zhar getting a brace apiece.

Lovely thing going into this game, which I haven't had for some time, is no expectations, nothing to lose. We're out, I've done my grieving, all we have to do tonight is enjoy the game.

I still have a bit of hope unfortunately so there will still be a bit of pain

If chelsea are winning at halftime then we can get on with the rest of our night

Marlo Glennfield wrote:

Luis wrote:rumour that Gerrard isn't even on the bench. If that's true I will cry.

WHAT? WHO? WHERE?

RUMOURS

Ahhhhh!

I think the lineups are announced soon. Hopefully we can get 3 or 4 in the first half to calm our nerves and then finish them off in the 2nd half with N'Gog and El Zhar getting a brace apiece.

Lovely thing going into this game, which I haven't had for some time, is no expectations, nothing to lose. We're out, I've done my grieving, all we have to do tonight is enjoy the game.

The only way is up. As long as we don't get battered again.

Six wrote:

The only way is up. As long as we don't get battered again.

there is as much chance of that as there is of us qualifying so be prepared.

Gerrard has bottled the 2nd leg.

Owen Hargreaves has bottled a whole season.


Steven Gerrard has not even made the bench as Liverpool look to overturn a 3-1 first leg deficit in tonight's Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea.
The skipper is struggling with an adductor injury and does not make the 18.

The Reds XI in full is:

Reina, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Kuyt, Lucas, Alonso, Mascherano, Benayoun, Torres.

Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Riera, Babel, Ngog.

strange line up, is Lucas going to play behind Torres or on the left wing?

Agger should have known better than to score last weekend.

Marlo Glennfield wrote:Steven Gerrard has not even made the bench as Liverpool look to overturn a 3-1 first leg deficit in tonight's Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea.
The skipper is struggling with an adductor injury and does not make the 18.

The Reds XI in full is:

Reina, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Kuyt, Lucas, Alonso, Mascherano, Benayoun, Torres.

Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Riera, Babel, Ngog.

Well that's all my hope wiped out

What else is on the tele tonight ?

Good luck Liverpool anyway. Hope you make a good game of it. Would be amazing to actually turn over chelsea. Just can't see it happening though. An early goal could get Chelsea rocking though

Oh god, this just means they will treat us to endless shots of Gerrard sitting on the bench and the commentator saying 'What might have been' or 'I wonder what he's thinking' in wistful tones. FUCK OFF!

Rafa is trying to keep it at 0-0 until the 65th minute then blitz them with babel

It suddenly all makes sense

debaser wrote:Oh god, this just means they will treat us to endless shots of Gerrard sitting on the bench and the commentator saying 'What might have been' or 'I wonder what he's thinking' in wistful tones. FUCK OFF!

so spot on.

Anyway bit of a mind game by Rafa saying he'ld risk him...

Come on you Reds!

@COTR
Do really think that's your best chance. Lull Chelski in some false sense of security and then scoring halfway the 2nd half & turn on the heat.

debaser wrote:Oh god, this just means they will treat us to endless shots of Gerrard sitting on the bench and the commentator saying 'What might have been' or 'I wonder what he's thinking' in wistful tones. FUCK OFF!

you know it's true.

Such a bizarre line-up you would think Liverpool were protecting the scoreline they already have, could be a really horrible first hour as Benitez might be planning a late rape with Babel, Riera and NGog.

De Guzman wrote:

so spot on.

Anyway bit of a mind game by Rafa saying he'ld risk him...

Come on you Reds!

Our midfield has lucas, kuyt and mascherano in it so eh yeah, three goals it is then

COTR wrote:Rafa is trying to keep it at 0-0 until the 65th minute then blitz them with babel

It suddenly all makes sense

Then we would have to put up with all the pundits asking why he wasnt on the pitch all game (or all season).

COTR wrote:

De Guzman wrote:

so spot on.

Anyway bit of a mind game by Rafa saying he'ld risk him...

Come on you Reds!

Our midfield has lucas, kuyt and mascherano in it so eh yeah, three goals it is then

Hope so (I was laughing at debaser post)

De Guzman wrote:
@COTR
Do really think that's your best chance. Lull Chelski in some false sense of security and then scoring halfway the 2nd half & turn on the heat.

It's all about babel


I am searching for logic in what he has done and can find nothing else

Babel it is then

COTR wrote:Our midfield has lucas, kuyt and mascherano in it so eh yeah, three goals it is then

Surely you can't doubt Kuyt in his big game credentials! He's bound to score

Kuyt is shite, he'll miss 5 open goals and before finally bundling in a 90th minute consolation which probably would have crossed the line without his interference.




this is not a game for Kuyt, where is El Zhar?

Good lineup from Rafa 'progress' Benetiz.

Its what makes Liverpool unique after all

Let's just hope it is one of these baffling decisions Rafa makes in europe that somehow work

He made a superstar of Igor Biscan, he made Djimi Traore into a Juventus beater, now he is attempting to score 3 goals with Lucas Leiva providing the creativity

Tim Vickery said of Lucas that he was 'too similar' to play alongside Gerrard.

Well let's see if he was right. I have an inkling that he'll play on the left with Benyanoon behind Torres. If he does it's a bit of a kick in the balls to Riera, Babel and Dossena.

COTR wrote:

Marlo Glennfield wrote:Steven Gerrard has not even made the bench as Liverpool look to overturn a 3-1 first leg deficit in tonight's Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea.
The skipper is struggling with an adductor injury and does not make the 18.

The Reds XI in full is:

Reina, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Kuyt, Lucas, Alonso, Mascherano, Benayoun, Torres.

Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Riera, Babel, Ngog.

Well that's all my hope wiped out

What else is on the tele tonight ?

A full strength Barça

(with not much motivation against a stronger Bayern)

1 Petr Čech
2 Branislav Ivanović
3 Ashley Cole
5 Michael Essien
6 Ricardo Carvalho
8 Frank Lampard
11 Didier Drogba
13 Michael Ballack
15 Florent Malouda
21 Salomon Kalou
33 Alex

Substitutes
40 Henrique Hilário
9 Franco Di Santo
12 John Mikel Obi
20 Deco
35 Juliano Belletti
39 Nicolas Anelka
42 Michael Mancienne

Lucas >>> >>>

No Agger.

Benitez

Super Madrid wrote:No Agger.

Benitez

Only Kuyt, Torres and Gerrard are exempt from the "if you score this week, you don't get to play next week" rule.

They had a prematch interview with Kenneth Monkou (ex-Chelsea, was very positive how they still treated him, he still plays with some old-Chelsea guys team), he now runs a pancake restaurant