The 212th Merseyside Derby

Malam ne Liverpool akan bertandang ke Goodison Park dalam pertemuan kali ke 212 diantara dua kelab yang berjiranan di Bandaraya Liverpool. Kedudukan diantara Anfield dan Goodison begitu hampir; hanya dipisahkan oleh Stanley Park. (tapak cadangan pembinaan stadium baru LFC????...yang entah bila nak jadi kenyataan)

Perlawanan malam ini menarik kerana kedua-dua pasukan sedang mengalami penurunan dari segi prestasi dan perlu memenangi perlawanan untuk mengembalikan semangat demi menghadapi cabaran cabaran seterusnya untuk musim ini. 

Bagi Liverpool, kemenangan malam ini akan merapatkan kedudukan dengan Spurs, Villa dan Man City yang semuanya hanya berjaya mampu seri didalam perlawanan mereka semalam.... dan kemudian kita harap Arsenal akan dapat 'memperlahankan' kemaraan Chelsea.

Liverpool di percayai akan turun tanpa Torres.....dan di harap Aquilani akan diberikan peluang untuk membuktikan kemampuan sebenar beliau.

Perlawanan antara jiran terdekat ini (local derby) tak pernah tak sengit dan selalu nya berakhir dengan  kontroversi. 

Berikut sedikit statistik menarik menurut liverpoolfc.tv;

• Liverpool have won 82 of the 211 meetings in all competitions with Everton winning 65 and 64 ending all square. 
• Today will mark the 181st league meeting with the Reds having won 68 to the Blues 56. It is the most played derby in English league football. 
• The Reds are looking to win three league games in a row at Goodison for only 3rd time in club's history. 
• Liverpool have lost just two of the last 11 derbies at Goodison winning seven of the last nine.  
• The Reds have kept two clean sheets in the last nine league visits to Goodison but in that time have scored 18 goals. 
• The Reds have lost just two of the last 19 meetings in the Premier League home and away. 
• Only four of the players currently at the two clubs have scored in a Merseyside league derby. Steven Gerrard (4), Fernando Torres (3) and Dirk Kuyt (2) have scored for the Reds while the only Everton player to do so is Tim Cahill (4).   
• Steven Gerrard and Phil Neville are the only players in Derby history to be sent off twice.
• 17 players have been sent off in the 34 Premier League meetings between the clubs with eight men seeing red in the last nine clashes.  
• Steven Gerrard made his Liverpool debut 11 years ago today as a substitute against Blackburn at Anfield. 
• This game could see him make his 499th appearance for the Reds.  
• Fernando Torres is two goals away from recording 50 in the league for the Reds. Should he score them in the next 12 games he will have achieved the feat quicker than any other Liverpool player ever, beating the record of 80 games held by Sam Raybould in 1902 and Albert Stubbins in 1949. 

Untuk statistik lain, baca disini.

Statistik menyebelahi kita. 

LFC's Probable line-up ; Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Aurellio, Mascherano, Lucas, Gerrard, Benayoun, Kuyt, Ngog. 

Subs ; Cavilieri, Skrtel, Spearing. Insua, Aquilani, Torres(doubtful), Kyrgiakos

Predictions;    Everton 0 - 3 Liverpool

YNWA

the reversed "Michael Owen" situation...

Khabar angin bertiup kencang menyatakan bahawa Ruud Van Nilsterooy bakal menyarung jersi Liverpool Januari ini.

Beliau akan di pinjamkan untuk bermain sehingga tamat musim 2009/10 dan akan di serapkan/dibeli terus pada musim panas akan datang. Juga di beritakan beliau yang kini ketinggalan di belakang C. Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, Higuain dan Raul dalam senarai penyerang utama "Kelab Haloba" Real Madrid telah memilih untuk ke Anfield walaupun telah menerima tawaran yang sama dari Arsenal.

Jika benar berlaku, apa yang menariknya adalah berulang nya peristiwa yang berlaku kepada Michael Owen......reversed!!!

Kedua-dua adalah pemain berbisa di EPL, Owen untuk Liverpool dan Nilsterooy untuk MU... lalu menarik perhatian Kelab Haloba dari Sepanyol. Kedua duanya telah menyertai Kelab Haloba tersebut tetapi kurang menyinar. Owen balik ke EPL, cuba memancing Liverpool untuk mengambil beliau semula tapi tidak berjaya kerana ketamakan gaji lumayan. ..lalu datanglah Newcastle Utd yang menjadi Pak Sanggup. Setelah Newcastle jatuh ke Liga Coca Cola, Owen sekali lagi merisik peluang ke Anfield tapi tidak dilayan. Maka dia yang dulunya hero Anfield sekarang dah mendarat kat Old Trafford.

Van Nilsterooy pula agak berjaya di musim pertama di Kelab Haloba, tapi menjadi mangsa apabila terjadi pertukaran pengurus (Kelab Haloba ni tukar Pengurus macam tukar seluar dalam jea..) dan juga Presiden di Kelab Haloba...dan kini ingin bertukar pasukan untuk mendapat peluang bermain secara 'regular' demi mengintai peluang untuk bermain untuk Pasukan Belanda di Piala Dunia 2010.

....kalau benar, kita akan lihat situasi berikut....;

Michael Owen  : Liverpool - Kelab Haloba - NU - Manchester United

Van Nilsterooy : Manchester United - Kelab Haloba - Liverpool

..tentu dia kena booooo sakan kat Old Trafford!!!!...hehe

YNWA

..ryan babel membebel..

In an in depth interview with THE SUN  Ryan Babel has accused Manager, Rafael Benitez of unsettling the Team by playing mind games;

This is a guy who likes to complain and has failed to deliver.

Ever since his arrival at Anfield, he has failed to impress me. What I can see is just flashes of his undoubted talent and a few brilliant goals..that's about it. Most of the times, he failed when given the chance.


Now he complained that the Manager is playing mind games with him. What he should do  instead is to look into his own miserable performance when ever given the chance.


He complained that there are factions in the team, and he could not get along with the Spanish players cos' he could not understands them. But in the same breath he said that Dirk Kuyt is close to the Spaniards and get along well with them. Well!!..if Kuyt, being your own country man can adjust to the environment, why not you Mr Babel???


The team performance is hampered by selfish attitudes and jealousy, he said. Because of that, he has stopped passing the ball and will shoot at the goal himself most of the time. Now!!..who is selfish here??? ..as far as I noticed, Mr Babel himself is a player who 'over dribbled' and lose the ball most of the times. So he should stop pointing fingers and again look himself in the mirror.


He also complained that the team is peppered with petty rules & regulations and cited the Rules that prohibit him from wearing his favourite 'blue' boots as the color is banned at the club due to its association with rival Merseysiders' Everton. Well... is that what's stopping you from performing all this while???


...Mr Babel has timed his rant very well!.. the day Liverpool's crucial Champions League match with Debrecen. 


Now he says he want out in January...and I think Rafa will let him GO!!! My suggestion to Rafa is to give him may be a last chance!!! He is now injured, but if he gets fit before January, start him in an EPL game and this time please bend the rule a bit.... Let him wear his 'blue boots' !!!....... who knows.. Rafa might change his mind.


"GOOD LUCK MR. BABEL!"


YNWA

WIN!!....no two way about it

..the team arrived in Budapest for the must win EUFA Champions League Group Match with Debrecen early Wednesday morning. The squad consists of 18 players - Pepe Reina,Diego Cavalieri, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Emiliano Insua, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel, Andrea Dossena, Alberto Aquilani, Steven Gerrard, Yossi Benayoun, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva, Jay Spearing, Dirk Kuyt, David Ngog.

Missing is Fernando Torres, Albert Riera and Ryan Babel.

The game is  very important and Liverpool must win and hope for Lyon to beat Fiorentina in the other Group Match in order to keep their hope of progressing to the knock-out stage. As at the moment, it's beyond Liverpool's control as it is still depending on the outcome of the Fiorentina vs. Lyon game. If both Liverpool and Lyon wins, then the team's destiny will be back in Liverpool's own hand where they will progress to the next stage if they beat Fiorentina in Anfield on December 9.

My personal feeling is that we will win against Debrecen but I am a bit worried about the Fiorentina vs Lyon game.... fingers crossed!!! 


YNWA

LFC's WAG of the week (01)

Alex Gerrard

ABU

..kepada semua pembaca budiman.

Blog ini adalah blog mengenai bolasepak . Orang Putih kata football dan orang Amerika panggil 'soccer' sebab di Amerika kalau football tu dia orang main dengan menggunakan tangan. Dalam istilah football kita, cuma Maradona (Hand's of God) dan Thierry Henry (Hand's of Frog) saja yang menggunakan tangan. Seorang untuk menang World Cup dan seorang lagi untuk qualify ke World Cup.

Tajuk Blog saya ABU yang membawa erti "anything but United" atau "Aku Benci United"
maklumlah..sebagai penyokong tegar Liverpool FC, Manchester United merupakan pasukan bolasepak yang paling aku menyampah!!!....jadi aku akan sokong apa dan siapa saja melainkan United. Aku masih boleh 'tolerate' 18 team lain dalam EPL tapi bukan United!!.....and of course Liverpool is the Ultimate Team!!!

Timing aku start blog ni agak 'kurengg!!' kerana buat masa ini Liverpool sedang demam...tapi aku percaya demam ini sementara dan akan sembuh segera.

YNWA