Liverpool vs Everton

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:I currently feel as we might just as well get this game over with and then try to get out of the relegation zone the following game.

Can't recall another derby where my expectations have been much lower.

May be this is a good thing
When we expect more we are often disappointed
So hopefully the reverse will be true

The President wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:I currently feel as we might just as well get this game over with and then try to get out of the relegation zone the following game.

Can't recall another derby where my expectations have been much lower.

May be this is a good thing
When we expect more we are often disappointed
So hopefully the reverse will be true

Let's hope so.

But I do feel for you locals. Like in your case, both your sons being supporters of the dark side. Do they give you hell when they beat us?

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:I currently feel as we might just as well get this game over with and then try to get out of the relegation zone the following game.

Can't recall another derby where my expectations have been much lower.

I feel the same too. Almost sick about it!

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

The President wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:I currently feel as we might just as well get this game over with and then try to get out of the relegation zone the following game.

Can't recall another derby where my expectations have been much lower.

May be this is a good thing
When we expect more we are often disappointed
So hopefully the reverse will be true

Let's hope so.

But I do feel for you locals. Like in your case, both your sons being supporters of the dark side. Do they give you hell when they beat us?

They try but I'm still bigger than them

The President wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

The President wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:I currently feel as we might just as well get this game over with and then try to get out of the relegation zone the following game.

Can't recall another derby where my expectations have been much lower.

May be this is a good thing
When we expect more we are often disappointed
So hopefully the reverse will be true

Let's hope so.

But I do feel for you locals. Like in your case, both your sons being supporters of the dark side. Do they give you hell when they beat us?

They try but I'm still bigger than them

I don't see what all the fuss is about.

VERY CONFIDENT.

Has anyone heard the guff Roberto has been coming out with about the 27th Sept being the last time we beat the shite at anfield and how it's 'spooky'? It's embarrassing, if Bodgers was saying it we'd be giving them heaps. Omens shouldn't be part of a manager's reasoning it should be all false number 4s and overtrapping full backs, midfield rhombiods and shit.

Winning or losing the derby is down to the players A: Being good and B: Playing well. We can harp on about refs and in fairness we've had a few shockers, but it's usually a combination of the players either being crap or playing badly that loses us the game. He's starting to grate a little with all his positivity, sometimes a performance is just shite and needs to be called such.

7-0 Everton COYB!

Important day today

Win and we can start to look forward this season.

Repeat of last season ... well,,....

The President wrote:Important day today

Win and we can start to look forward this season.

Repeat of last season ... well,,....      

Stop living in the past guys , Me not superstitious , think Lukaku think Mirallas think Naismith think 0-3 the mighty blues .

COYBB'S

#IMWT

Looking forward to my flu jab this morning more than this game , wish I could feel optimistic.

So Hibbert and Besic, eh? Interesting.

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:Howard, Hibbert, Baines, Jagielka, Stones, Barry, McCarthy, Besic, Mirallas, Naismith, Lukaku
Joel, Gibson, Eto'o, McGeady, Browning, Osman, Alcaraz

Shite
Mignolet, Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana, Markovic, Sterling, Balotelli

Oh fuck.

Not really sure I understand the midfield. Barry and McCarthy being the DMs, but that's what Besic does as well, right? Mirallas and Lukaku out wide then and Nais up front. I hope that formation will generate enough creativity and not just mass confusion.

As per the BBC:

There are six Merseyside derby debutants in Liverpool's starting XI at Anfield today - Dejan Lovren, Javier Manquillo, Alberto Moreno, Mario Balotelli, Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic. Everton fan Lallana and....

Is that true?

Any links yet?

As soon as I ask for a link I found this one.

http://www.eplsite.com/stream10.html

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:odds on a Besic red card ???

The odds on a booking got to be 1/5.

Got my Cahill jersey on and about to finish the first English breakfast cup of tea. I'm ready...

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:As per the BBC:

There are six Merseyside derby debutants in Liverpool's starting XI at Anfield today - Dejan Lovren, Javier Manquillo, Alberto Moreno, Mario Balotelli, Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic. Everton fan Lallana and....

Is that true?

Seems like it's true.

If Adam Lallana bags one today, he might be forgiven for feeling a little bit awkward. That's because he grew up supporting the blue half of Merseyside.

"Yes, it's true, I was an Everton fan," Lallana said. "Growing up my dad used to support Everton in the Gary Lineker days, when they were doing well so that's the reason I started following them. But when I was supporting them Everton always seemed to be fighting relegation. I seem to remember there were a lot of tears!"

But will he shed a tear for the Toffees this afternoon? Probably not...