Jump to content
By fans, for fans. By fans, for fans. By fans, for fans.

Liverpool vs Spurs - Sat 11th Feb @17.30

Molby

By Molby
in Liverpool FC

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 271
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Molby

Molby

Posted
  • Author
Posted

all the big teams try to play against us

 

these won't if they know what's good for them; not saying they hoof it - but they ought to sit nice and deep and hit their front players quickly...not too intricate in MF, not that we're pressing much these days

 

if we're to win, need Coutinho to be back on song, Mane too, and corresponding benefits throughout the team, especially to Lallana, Firmino and Milner

 

at the back, need Matip immaculate and to drag everyone else up, and maybe score a header from a corner or two

 

not much to ask

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cam

Cam

Posted
Posted

Play Karius as the nominated goalie but have a defensive back three of Mignolet Manniger George.

 

Obviously they won't be able to handle the ball but should have the skillz to save the ball with head, body, feet etc.

 

Then play seven forwards, no midfield, all based at least one yard into Spurs' half at all times.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Will

Will

Posted
Posted

Double Agents

           

In advance of our third meeting of the season on Tuesday, YNWA looks at the careers of some of those who have represented both Tottenham Hotspur and the reds. There have been quite a lot of players in this situation, with most of the traffic being from north to south.

           

Current double agents

Alex Inglethorpe joined Spurs’ coaching staff from Exeter City in June 2006, spending a short time as Assistant Manager to Clive Allen when he was in the top job as Caretaker between the reigns of Martin Jol and Juande Ramos. He moved on to the reds in November 2012 as Reserve Team Head Coach, taking over as Academy Director in August 2014. Defender Kevin Stewart joined Spurs’ Academy in July 2010, moving to the reds on a free transfer in July 2014, playing his first reds game in our friendly defeat at Brøndby IF later that month. He has now made twenty senior reds appearances since debuting at Exeter City in January 2016.

           

Brad Friedel made 31 first-team appearances for us after signing from US side Columbus Crew for £1m in December 1997, moving to Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in November 2000. He joined Spurs for free from Aston Villa in June 2011, turning out 67 times before retiring at the end of the 2014/15 season, aged 44 years old. He still works for Spurs as a Club Ambassador in the USA.

           

Recent double agents in North London

Peter Crouch spent two years at White Hart Lane as a professional before joining Queens Park Rangers in July 2000 for £60,000, without having made the first-team. He arrived at Anfield from Southampton for £7m in July 2005, and struck 42 times in 134 games, helping us to claim the FA Cup and FA Community Shield before rejoining Portsmouth for a fee of up to £11m in July 2008. However, he returned to north London in July 2009 after just one season at Fratton Park, bagging 24 goals in 94 outings before being sold to Stoke City for £10m in August 2011.

           

Robbie Keane joined the reds for £19.3m from Spurs in July 2008, having helped them to claim the Carling Cup earlier in the year, notching 107 times in 254 games since arriving from Leeds United for £7m in August 2002. He struck seven times in 28 reds outings before returning to north London for an initial £15m fee in February 2009. He grabbed fifteen goals in 52 games in his second spell with Spurs, scoring their consolation in our 3-1 Anfield victory back in May 2009. However, he moved to LA Galaxy in a £3.5m deal in August 2011, after loan spells with Celtic and West Ham United.

           

At the back

Ray Clemence left Anfield while still at his peak in August 1981 for £300,000, after 665 appearances, having won five League titles, three European Cups, two UEFA Cups, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and four FA Charity Shields in his fourteen years at Anfield. He won a second FA Cup winner’s medal in his first season with Spurs, playing on until 1987 and making 240 League appearances for them. He had signed from Sc***horpe United for just £18,000 in June 1967. His son Stephen also represented the north London side.

           

John Scales joined Spurs for £2.6m in December 1996 after four goals in 94 reds games, having signed from Wimbledon for £3.5m in September 1994. He only made 37 appearances in nearly four years in North London, notching once as he continued to struggle with injuries. Fellow centre-half Neil Ruddock had two spells with Spurs prior to his big move to Anfield in July 1993. He played 61 times for them, netting five goals, while he struck twelve times in 152 reds games.

           

Left-back Paul Konchesky joined Spurs on loan from Charlton Athletic in September 2003, turning out fifteen times without scoring. Roy Hodgson paid £3.5m for him on transfer deadline day in August 2010, as well as transferring Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kacaniklic to Fulham as part of the deal, who were valued at a combined £1.5m. He made eighteen reds appearances without scoring, being sold to Leicester City for £1.5m in July 2011 after a loan spell with Nottingham Forest.

           

Short-lived reds left-back Christian Ziege left Anfield for Spurs in July 2001 for £4m. He only made 55 appearances for them, bagging ten goals, before returning to his native land in June 2004, signing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He had netted twice in 32 games in his one year with the reds, helping us to claim the Worthington Cup. Full-back John Stephenson played for our second string in the Lancashire Combination, without ever making our first-team. He joined Spurs from Swindon Town in April 1901, but could only make four Southern League appearances for them.

           

Centre-back Steven Caulker joined the reds on loan from Queens Park Rangers last January, having his temporary spell at Southampton cut short to accommodate the move. He made four reds appearances. He had come through Spurs’ Academy, signing pro terms in July 2009. He moved to Cardiff City for a club record fee in excess of £8m four years later after two goals in 29 outings. Chilean keeper Lawrence Vigouroux joined Spurs’ Academy in 2012, moving on to the reds two years later. He left for Swindon Town last July after a successful loan spell with the Robins.

           

North London bosses

Keith Burkinshaw became Spurs manager in July 1976, staying in the White Hart Lane hot-seat until June 1984, leading them to two FA Cup wins, and the UEFA Cup. He made only one reds appearance in his four years at Anfield after signing from Denaby United in November 1953, against Port Vale in April 1955. Doug Livermore signed from Bolton Wanderers in November 1965 and made just eighteen appearances in our midfield without scoring before joining Norwich City five years later. He spent several years on the coaching staff at White Hart Lane before becoming their Manager for the 1992/93 season, working with Ray Clemence and leading them to eighth in the Premier League. He returned to Anfield as Roy Evans’ assistant in 1994, helping us to claim the Coca Cola Cup the following year, but left at the same time as Roy four years later.

           

Striking stars moving south

Paul Walsh left Anfield for Spurs in February 1988 for £500,000, having struck 37 times in 112 reds games, and winning a League title in 1986 and the Screen Sport Super Cup after arriving from Luton Town for £700,000 in May 1984. He spent four years in North London, but only grabbed 21 goals in 156 appearances, before moving on to Portsmouth for £400,000 in June 1992. Ronnie Rosenthal netted 22 times in 97 appearances in a red shirt, before joining Spurs for £250,000 in January 1994. He stayed for three and a half years, helping them to an FA Cup win at Anfield in March 1995. He notched just eleven times in exactly a hundred outings for the North London outfit, before moving on to Watford on a free transfer in August 1997.

           

Harry Bradshaw, the first red to win international honours, scored 51 times in 138 games for Liverpool, helping us to two Second Division titles before joining Spurs in May 1898, who were then in the Southern League. Frank O’Donnell guested for both clubs during the Second World War, netting once in two reds games during 1940/41.

           

In the middle

Graeme Souness started his career at White Hart Lane, but failed to make his mark, and so moved on to Middlesbrough. He arrived at Anfield from the north east in January 1978 for £352,000, and went on to play 359 reds games, scoring 55 goals as we won five League titles, three European Cups, four League Cups and three FA Charity Shields. Spurs added to their treatment room woes when they took on Jamie Redknapp in April 2002 after he had made 308 reds appearances in his eleven and a half years at Anfield, scoring 41 times. He played just 49 times for the Lilywhites, bagging four goals, before joining his father at Southampton in January 2005. He had started out as a schoolboy with Spurs before starting his professional career with Bournemouth, from whom he signed for the reds for £350,000 in January 1991.

           

Nick Barmby started his career at White Hart Lane, netting 28 times in 110 games before moving to Middlesbrough in August 1995. He crossed Stanley Park in July 2000, grabbing eight goals in 58 reds games before moving on again to Leeds United in August 2002. Øyvind Leonhardsen struck seven goals in 49 reds games before moving to Spurs for £3m in August 1999. He struck eleven times in 72 games for Spurs, before joining Aston Villa three years later. Paul Stewart spent four years with Spurs before moving to Anfield in July 1992 for £2.3m. He had bagged 38 goals in 173 games for the North London outfit, including one in the 1991 FA Cup Final. However, his reds career was far less successful, as he scored just three times in 42 games during his four years in L4.

           

Danny Murphy arrived from Crewe Alexandra for an overall £3m fee in July 1997. Spud was nearly on his way out early into his Anfield career, but later established himself as a vital squad member. He made a total of 249 first-team appearances, notching 44 times, and helping us to claim the UEFA Cup, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FA Charity Shield as well as scoring the winning goal at Old Trafford three times in four seasons, before moving to Charlton Athletic for £2.5m in August 2004. He then switched to Spurs for a fee of up to £2m in January 2006. He only played 29 times for the North London outfit, finding the back of the net just twice, moving across town again to sign for Fulham in August 2007.

           

Other double agents

Damien Comolli became Director of Football with Spurs in 2005, before being dismissed in October 2008 along with Manager Juande Ramos and the rest of the senior coaching staff. He helped to bring in Gareth Bale, Dimitar Berbatov, Heurelho Gomes, Luka Modrić and Roman Pavlyuchenko, amongst others. He was appointed in a new role with the reds of Director of Football Strategy in November 2010, before being promoted to Director of Football four months later. However, he left by mutual consent in April 2012. Zaf Iqbal left White Hart Lane in the summer of 2010 to become the reds’ First Team Doctor, remaining at Melwood until last January. His first break in football came at Leyton Orient before spells with England’s youth teams attracted the interest of Tottenham Hotspur. He began working with Spurs’ Academy before becoming their First Team Doctor in 2008.

           

Joseph Brough signed from Port Vale in August 1910 and struck three times in eleven senior outings before joining Stoke in January 1912. He had played twice for Spurs in 1908 prior to joining Vale. Forward Charlie Hewitt left Spurs to join his brother Joe at Anfield in August 1907 for a £75 fee, a year before they made it into the Football League. He netted six goals in sixteen games, including one on his debut at Nottingham Forest, before joining West Bromwich Albion for the same fee in April 1908.

           

Outside-left Fred Hopkin netted twelve times in 360 reds games after signing from Manchester United for £2,800 in May 1921, helping us to back-to-back League titles in the early 1920’s before re-joining former club Darlington in August 1931. He had guested with Spurs during the war. Frank Brettell was on the administrative staff between 1892 and 1896. He became Spurs’ first ever Manager in March 1898, overseeing their transition into a Limited Company before leaving for Portsmouth in February 1899. Early twentieth century reds reserve Tom Soulsby also played for Spurs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
PhilM

PhilM

Posted
Posted

no match thread, for this former title-shaping game?

our spirits are through the floor 

 

anyway, what's the sketch for this game?

 

Smash the absolute piss out of them. With the money he earns, I'm not sure why Klopp hasn't tried this tactic over the last month.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Will

Will

Posted
Posted

Down Memory Lane

           

YNWA takes a look back at past memorable home League encounters as we welcome Tottenham Hotspur for their 74th League visit to Anfield on Tuesday. Our all-time home League record against Spurs is exceptional, reading 46 wins, 21 draws and just six defeats to date.

           

Most recently

We were held to a 1-1 draw last April as Harry Kane equalised following Philippe Coutinho’s goal. We won 3-2 in February 2015 with Lazar Marković opening the scoring before Harry Kane equalised. Steven Gerrard scored from the spot, with Moussa Dembélé again drawing the visitors level. Substitute Mario Balotelli nabbed the winner, his first League goal for the reds.

           

We triumphed 4-0 in March 2014 to return to the top of the table. Younes Kaboul turned in a Glen Johnson cross early on before Luis Suárez doubled our lead. Philippe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson both struck after the break. Jamie Carragher played his 500th League game as we won 3-2 a year earlier. Suárez opened the scoring with his fiftieth reds strike, before centre-back Jan Vertonghen bagged a brace to put the visitors in front. Stewart Downing netted his seventh and last reds goal following a wayward back-pass before Steven Gerrard converted a spot-kick awarded after Suárez was fouled.

           

We were held to a goalless draw in February 2012 as Suárez returned from a nine-match ban. Lucas Leiva played his hundredth reds game as we won 2-0 in January 2010, with a fans’ guard of honour greeting the team coach on its way into Anfield. Dirk Kuyt scored a twice-taken penalty in the final minute, having opened the scoring early on.

           

Sami’s farewell

We won 3-1 in May 2009 in our final game of the season, with Xabi Alonso playing his 210th and final reds game and Sami Hyypiä making an emotional farewell after his 464th and last appearance for the club. Fernando Torres headed in the opener with his fiftieth reds goal, in just his 84th game. We extended our lead after Alan Hutton deflected in a Dirk Kuyt effort to register our 150th own goal, before ex-red Robbie Keane reduced the deficit with his fifth and most recent goal past us. Yossi Benayoun rounded off the scoring before Sami made his entrance.

           

Also recently

We suffered our thousandth draw in the League in October 2007 with Fernando Torres heading a late equaliser after the visitors had come from behind following Andriy Voronin’s opener. Future red Robbie Keane struck twice for the visitors. Mark González struck our 200th League goal against Spurs in September 2006 after the ball came back off the post from a failed Craig Bellamy tap-in, before Dirk Kuyt and John Arne Riise netted to complete a 3-0 victory.

           

Paul Stalteri was sent off for the visitors in January 2006, with Harry Kewell bagging the only goal of the game with a spectacular volley. Luis García and Sami Hyypiä were on target as we came from behind twice in a 2-2 draw in April 2005, with Steven Gerrard missing a penalty in front of the Kop. This was Steve Finnan’s fiftieth League game for the reds, and Stephen Warnock’s fiftieth game in total for the club. The opening goal was a 35-yard screamer from Erik Edman, with Robbie Keane also scoring for Spurs.

           

Clinching the title

We clinched our seventeenth League title in April 1988 with Peter Beardsley curling home the only goal of the game. Our 3-1 win in May 1982 ensured that we claimed our thirteenth League crown with a game remaining, thanks to goals from Kenny Dalglish, Ronnie Whelan and Mark Lawrenson after a superb Glenn Hoddle strike, one of his four goals past us. Ray Clemence made his first return to Anfield in this game.

           

Clem to the rescue

David Johnson and Steve Heighway were on target as we won 2-0 in September 1976. Ray Clemence saved a Keith Osgood penalty to maintain his clean sheet.

           

Hefty wins

Spurs suffered their worst ever Anfield defeat in September 1978, despite including their new World Cup winners Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricky Villa. Kenny Dalglish and substitute David Johnson both struck twice, added to by Ray Kennedy and a twice-taken Phil Neal penalty, before Terry McDermott rounded off a brilliant team move to make it 7-0. Fred Pagnam scored four goals in our 7-2 win in October 1914. Jackie Sheldon added a brace, with William Banks completing the scoring. This was Spurs’ hundredth League defeat as they reached a century of away games in the League.

           

We won 4-0 in November 1997, despite the game being goalless at half-time. Steve McManaman, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Jamie Redknapp and substitute Michael Owen all scored, with the latter netting his first in L4. Robbie Fowler was playing his 200th reds game, while beleaguered Spurs boss Gerry Francis was greeted with chants of “we want our Tottenham back”.

           

Spurs were beaten 6-2 in our final game of the season in May 1993, with many fans expecting this to be Graeme Souness’s last game in charge, although he was actually watching Coventry City entertain Leeds United at the time. Ian Rush and John Barnes grabbed a brace each, with Rushie’s first being his 300th reds goal. Mark Walters also netted with the reds also benefitting from a Stuart Nethercott own goal that was initially credited as Steve Harkness’s first reds goal. Bruce Grobbelaar saved a Teddy Sheringham penalty, our first spot-kick save at Anfield in the Premier League. Sheringham had already struck one of his seven goals against the reds, with Steve Sedgeley also on target.

           

Reds milestones

Dietmar Hamann played his hundredth League game for us in October 2002 while Jamie Redknapp made his first return to Anfield. We won 2-1 with future Spur Danny Murphy on the scoresheet and Michael Owen converting a late spot-kick. The three points gained from our 1-0 win in September 2001, thanks to a rare Jari Litmanen strike, included our 5,000th in League football. Stan Collymore struck his 35th and final reds goal with Patrik Berger also netting in the first half as we came from behind to win 2-1 in May 1997, our final home game of the campaign.

           

Phil Boersma scored a first-half hat-trick as we triumphed 5-2 in September 1974. Emlyn Hughes was on target in his 300th League game for us, with Ray Kennedy also on the scoresheet. Martin Chivers bagged the last of his seven goals past us, with Steve Perryman also scoring for the visitors. Centre-half Laurie Hughes played his 200th reds game in a 2-2 draw in January 1954. Billy Liddell and John Evans scored with full-back Frank Lock putting through his own net and Sonny Walters nabbing the last of his four strikes past us.

           

Winger Chris Harrington played his fourth and final reds game as we were held to a 1-1 draw in March 1921, with Dick Forshaw on target. Forward Joseph Brough grabbed his third and final reds goal in our 2-1 defeat in October 1910, with Jack Parkinson missing a penalty. Defender Tom Chorlton made his 121st and final appearance, while Billy Minter netted the first of his five goals past us, with Percy Humphreys grabbing the last of his six against the reds.

           

Stalemates

Steve Staunton made his reds bow in our 1-1 draw in September 1988, with Peter Beardsley scoring and Terry Fenwick nabbing one of his four goals against us. Spurs keeper Pat Jennings made a double save from a Tommy Smith penalty in March 1973, as the game also ended 1-1 with Kevin Keegan scoring our equaliser. We secured our nineteenth League draw of the season in April 1952, our most in any one season, with Billy Liddell on the scoresheet.

           

Ending runs

Peter Beardsley played his 175th and final reds game in May 1991, coming on as a substitute for John Barnes, with Ian Rush and David Speedie on target in a 2-0 win. Jamie Carragher scored an own goal in May 1999, after scoring one in the away meeting earlier that season, before Stefan Iversen doubled the lead. Mauricio Taricco was sent off for Spurs just before the break and we came back to win 3-2, thanks to a Jamie Redknapp penalty, Paul Ince and Steve McManaman. Stig Inge Bjørnebye played his 184th and final reds game as a late substitute, with the young Steven Gerrard instrumental in our comeback after coming off the bench at half time.

           

Kenny Dalglish played his 147th consecutive League game as we won 2-1 in December 1980, thanks to goals from David Johnson and Ray Kennedy, as Steve Archibald bagged the first of his six strikes past us. Kenny then missed our next two games with injury having come off after an hour. Jimmy Melia bagged a brace in April 1963 with Willie Stevenson, Ian St. John and Kevin Lewis all also striking as we came from two goals down to win 5-2, with Gerry Byrne making his 117th consecutive appearance, before he missed the next four games. Cliff Jones scored the first of his five goals against the reds, with Terry Dyson also netting.

           

Starting and ending

Alan Hansen was confirmed as club captain in place of Phil Neal before our September 1985 meeting, which we won 4-1 thanks to goals from Mark Lawrenson and Ian Rush, before Jan Mølby struck two penalties. Jimmy Case scored his first reds goal as we came from two goals behind to win 3-2 in August 1975. Kevin Keegan scored from the spot, with Steve Heighway also on the scoresheet after John Duncan and Chris Jones had given the visitors a half-time lead.

           

Winger Jackie Sheldon debuted in our 2-1 win in November 1913, with Jimmy Dawson grabbing his first reds goal and Tom Miller also on target. Ken Campbell saved a penalty from Jimmy Cantrell, who struck the visitors’ goal. Keeper John Jones played his fourth and final senior reds game in April 1925, keeping a clean sheet as Fred Baron struck the only goal of the game. Forward Harry ‘Smiler’ Chambers was playing his 200th League game for the reds. Our 2-0 win in April 1928 relegated the North London side, when Tom Bromilow and Gordon Hodgson netted. Bill Murray played the first of his four reds games. Spurs’ first visit resulted in a 2-0 reds victory in March 1910, when Jack Parkinson and Jimmy Stewart scored.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

Home

Notifications

PMs
×
×
  • Create New...