Jim D

Talking about money spent, heard today that Liverpool's and Chelsea's starting line ups cost approximately £50million and £140million respectively! Chelsea's front two alone cost more than our entire starting eleven.

Don't think it will be the end of it, wouldn't suprise me if the rest of the season we get the "boring" jibe thrown at us. Particularly from the Mancs who are high and mighty about being successful means every game should be played where it is open, fast flowing football. Unfortunately it is mainly the Sky generation who thinks a game isn't boring unless it continually entertains for every second of the game.

Phewww...Terry got it.

Little concerned about the defence, everytime Haifa counter attacked us we didn't look comfortable at all. It is one of the areas in which we have to be ontop of our game if we are to challenge for the title. 2nd half was better but considering the performance, 2-1 is a good result. I feel we will need to score on the road to progress.

Can't argue with that, there have been some good individual performances particularly Pennant and Sissoko. Team performance woeful, I think we have only worked their goalkeeper three times.

Agree the left hand side has created little and not looked comfortable at all.

1st Chelsea 2nd Liverpool 3rd Man Utd 4th Arsenal

Thinking along the lines of confidence, also what worries me is Rafa has played little of the first teamers together in preparation for the Haifa game. I don't know maybe Rafa has something up his sleeve.

So the list gets bigger and bigger 1. Hobbs 2. Paletta 3. Riise 4. Traore 5. Kromkamp all making individual mistakes leading to goals over pre season. This does not bode well for the game against Haifa, 5-0 defeat in pre season is shocking, don't care what anyone says. What effect will this have on the team, if anything?

Still concerned though, our next game is the Champions League qualifier and we are making schoolboy errors in defence. OK they are pre season games, but losing them isn't exactly installing any confidence into the team for next Wednesday.

SACK THE DEFENCE!

Yep, they have already kicked in their "Only won it two times without killing anyone......." nonsense. I'm sure they have been singing about Arsenal as well. Don't they ever sing about their own team apart from the tedious chant of UNITED UNITED.

I don't think the lack of service was a problem. Apparently last season Liverpool created more goalscoring opportunities than any other team in the League. What let us down was our conversion ratio (one of the worst in the League), we weren't clinical enough in front of goal. Hopefully we will make a difference in this department this season. Another thing, remember the whole argument about zonal defending not working? Well Liverpool last season were the best team at defending set pieces, so lets put that to bed.

Agree I feel Arsenal will have a similar season to last season. Some excellent individuals in their team and they will probably get a good record at the Emirates. But again their away form will let them down, I can see some of their players getting intimidated and bullied by the opposition. They have stilll not found a replacement for Vieria, expect a poor away record. It is between us and the Mancs to challenge Chelsea's crown.

Yep! Don't know how he has survived Was signed by LFC in February 1999. Well unbroken service....Fowler doesn't count.

Yes Who is currently (in the squad, playing first team football) the 2nd longest serving player after Carragher at Liverpool?

Before 1984-85, what was the last season Liverpool finished trophyless in?

Well we all know Rush scored 4 against Everton in November 1982 at Goodison Park. But who scored the other goal in that 0-5 win?

Yes, two of the flukiest goals you'll ever see at Wembley. First one was a goal mouth scramble and the second was totally freakish!

I remember now, that cup game was played 4 days before the we met them in the League, the famous 5-0 demolition.

I thought it was Webb, If I remember it took a delection which Brucie could only stop just inside the post, or was that the 1989 Semi Final?

Dinamo Bucharest and.........ermmm

He also scored the first goal in that 2-1 win

7 Years.......... What a joke. 7 years since knocking down the old stadium and building the new one.

Doesn't matter anyway, it all adds up in the end, well £300million of them!