Quick! Throw Avram to Pompey
The Red half of Mersey host the in-the-red Portsmouth club now owned by the taxman. Liverpool already showed its ineptitude against Pompey this season losing 2-0 in December. Maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance Liverpool can reverse the course of its already dismal season against this beleaguered relegation bound side.
There are discussions of new investment in the club, which isn’t necessarily new or novel, but this time there is a name attached to the discussions and it is not a Middle East oil sheik–it is a mid-level investment fund out of New York. Hopefully the players can help H&G out by getting a victory to up the price.
Anyway, play in the comments below.
Kuyt finally benched.
Still a 1-1 draw though.
Rafa has never won on a Monday with Liverpool.
I won’t say I don’t want Pool to win, I just don’t want Spurs to occupy that fourth spot come May 9.
Yeah you guys are really banking on us considering we still have United and Chelsea left.
This is actually on ESPN2, right? My guide says it should be First Take or something.
I’ve been laid up with work most of today, but I will pull myself out from the chaos to watch my dearly beloved team underwhelm today
Don’t worry, EF. Villa are here to save the day! (despite the “fans” on Villatalk and The Villa Blog suggesting that a point against Stoke means we’ll be relegated tomorrow)
It’s cute how Gooners are just as obsessed with our place in the league as their own.
Well, between Merseyside Red, Citeh, and Villa, I’m fairly confident Spurs will be in Europe next year – playing against Aalborg and Groningen.
@phil: I just really like St. Totteringham’s Day – its a wonderful reason to drink.
ESPN provides Soviet era mics in England, apparently.
@Georger: Spurs have ManU, Spartak, and l’Arse left, so this thing is far from a given. Spurs and ‘Pool could very well s**t the bed and let Villa or Citeh sneak in.
@EF: fair enough
Yeah Phil I just mean it would be to Arsenal’s benefit for Liverpool to win out, noooot so much Spurs.
Holy s**t these Pompey jerseys are hideous.
Funny, I was just thinking how much Pompey’s shirts look like Germany’s World Cup kits.
Yeah, they are very 1987.
4-2-3-1 against a 4-1-4-1. I like the DMCs of Aquilani and Masch.
Is the ball pink?
Spurs and Rovers have the most to say abut who wins the league inasmuch as they both play all three teams in contention. Blackburn even has the distinction of hosting all three.
He moved his arm away from his body, f**k you announcer that’s a penalty.
I’m enjoying this bright start. Without the creative voids that are Lucas and Kuyt, it already looks more menacing. All those two do is stifle any kind of rhythm. Plus, with Benitez coaching to save his job, the least he could do is stop being scared with his team selections.
Impressive rugby tackle by Michael Brown.
Not watching but my guess would be that it’s that Red limited edition ball from Nike proceeds of which go to fight AIDS in Africa or something like that.
Here comes the opener from Pompey.
Wow that was an MLS-level bad corner.
Geroger, what’s it going to be like when the sky actually does fall on you?
I love how Mascherano is unafraid to shoot from 40 yards yet seems crippled with fear about trying a pass longer than 15 yards.
You’d think I’d be prepared for it by this point.
He’ll stand up and say, “See. I told you so.” He’ll then proceed to tell us that the ground is going to give way.
Oh this game…..either way, I get to laugh at someone
The only thing I’d say I told you so about was the Aquilani signing. But I’d much rather be wrong about that. I still had us winning the league.
Piquionne is doing very well for someone on his own island
Winning, fifth or sixth… Pretty much the same, no?
Did he just say we finished fourth with 72 points last year?
Has Gerrard played on the right at all this season?
Yes, and finished in fourth. WTF?
Once or twice after substitutions, don’t believe he’s started there no.
Holy s**t that would have been a hell of a first goal.
almost incredible-ness from Aquaman
Hahahah, Steve Finnan!
Georger, Ryan, EF: Are Pompey wearing the white change kits? Because those are among my favorites for this year.
So liverpool have had like, 18 penalty shouts…..
Yeah they are Keith. They’re growing on me, I was just shocked to see them. I don’t like the collar and vneck but that stripe isn’t bad.
Yes, Keith, they are. And you have horrible taste.
So no replay of that tackle in the box? Even if it was clean I’d like to see it. Guess they spent the budget on tracking distance ran in a game instead of production.
see, I’m just a sucker for a collared jersey. Like your Gunners’ aways and thirds (or even Everton’s Bret Hart tribute pieces).
lame call
Piquionne flagged for……..running?
SPACE COYOTE!!!!!
And there’s a nice gift.
Ye gods. Pompey’s defense makes baby Jesus cry. That was an atrocious clearance leading to the goal.
I’m just wondering it it would be smarter to have Aquilani play higher up in a dedicated attacking mid role, with Gerrard on the right. But then I remembered Maxi, and realized I don’t know enough about the squad to start making ill-advised recommendations.
eek. ah well, I guess. Phil, thoughts on O’Hara?
BABEL FISH!!!!!!!!!
get in, boys! 2-0!
wow that was awful defending.
Great move from Babel
And there’s the second, and Pompey are likely going down.
so yeah, keep Kuyt and Lucas on the bench bc they make us dour as f**k
Andrew I’ve suggested the same in the past, you’re not crazy.
thoughts on O’Hara besides that awful stab at the ball?
More awful defending. ‘Pool may hit 8-9 today.
Or we’re both crazy.
Is the BBC down for anyone else?
And there’s the second, and Pompey are likely going down.
Really going out on a limb there, huh?
Is it okay to proclaim my love of Fernando Torres?
No?
Oh well.
@Steve: I think O’Hara is an industrious player who will always give full effort. He’s a nice player to have on the bench, and I’d have him back at Spurs for the reason, but there’s not a lot of room for his three-touch style in our current squad, and we have Hudd and Wilson around to fill the “powerful but inaccurate shot and no sense of when not to use it” role, so I don’t envision O’Hara as a starter.
yuck.
AQUADUCT BREAKS THE DUCK FOR F**KING FINALLY!!!!!!
Pompey aren’t even trying now.
The first time they’ve scored three in a league game in SIX MONTHS?!
So, I think I’ll turn this off, as there’s not much else to watch lol
get in, fellas! There is hope! Just don’t go back to that Wigan s**te next week.
Now I really wish I went to the campus bar to drink and watch this. Stupid work.
Isn’t that Aqueduct?
This is the kind of performance this squad needed so badly.
Now, keep it up for another 60 minutes.
“I can’t see Portsmouth getting two.”
Great response.
PR: I like pointing out fait accomplis.
Ha! They just described Avram Grant’s face as “hanging.” Wonderful.
How many are Pool putting in?
@phil, yeah that seems a fair assessment. Might be nice to make 5 mil on selling him.
Giving away goals like Peter Storrie gives away jobs to family members.
Hey I demand slack for any spelling mistakes in made up nicknames, I’ve earned as much by thinking of Sideshow Raheem for Raheem Sterling.
Brown is really amping up the c**tery. He may not finish this match.
KILL CLOUSEAU! KILL CLOUSEAU!
The play by play guy’s pronunciation of “Belhadj” (spelled wrong) reminds me of John Rhyes Davies’s pronunciation of the bad guy’s name in Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Belloq as Bellosh.
While we’re discussing it, I’ve always wanted an opportunity to use, “Asps. Very Dangerous. You go first.” and have everyone in the room laugh uproariously.
I’ve always wanted to kick that Nazi monkey’s ass.
Nazi monkeys suck.
Is everyone else seeing the three-wheeled motorcycle commercial right now?
3 goals in 9 minutes? Who do Liverpool think they are? Aston Villa?
Let’s not leave out the classic Harrison Ford can’t be bothered to learn sword play, so he’ll just shoot the guy scene.
Neither the BBC or Soccernet have anyone covering this game. Must be a busy Monday.
Just got done with jury duty selection (the defense is not fond of persons who are closely related to federal prosecutors – shocking!) and saw the score. Come on you Reds! Suck it, Spuds!
@HL: One of the unwritten perks of having a JD is never having to serve on a jury.
Its not a motorcycle, Michael, it’s a “roadster.” With three wheels.
One of my friends had jury duty for the first time today and someone set a fire in the bathroom when she was there. Needless to say, the courthouse is no longer open for business today.
I see Danny Agger inherited the trademark Burns family liver-spots.
A better ball from Babel and Liverpool have a fourth. Maxi was in there completely unmarked.
Babel and Aquilani are sodomizing their way back into this first team. No, there is no better way to describe it.
Gerrard hasn’t been his usual mediocre self this game.
/wants on Arsenal
Apparently this guy hasn’t played FM before or he’d know about loan fees.
Good luck meeting that minimum release fee of 200 million pounds assface.