Logic

Neville has realised he has joined a team going as fast as they possibly can to relegation. Seems very irritated:D

Everton have looked so so and get a few chances. Cisse heads wide.

Cisse just over with a volley after Crouch heads it to him!

GERRARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2-0!!!

CROUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0!!

Up again though it seems. Posts merged: Feck! Close call. Shot from outside the box (P. Neville?) Reina with a good save but can't hold it and Beattie shoots over from the rebound (but he was offside).

Cisse with a volley just wide from a SG freekick. Posts merged: Yobo stays down after making a good tackle on Crouch.

Not a yellow second kit please! Never liked them.

You are all wrong. Carra will score tonight.

Magic 8 ball time?

22 Jan, 2006 -- Manchester United 05 Feb, 2006 -- Chelsea With Birmingham in between. Let me see. Two weeks when the FA considers if they should charge Gerrard, one week for him to appeal and then ...........

The booing was a little over the top but the chants were just fine IMO. Just think about it. Do you want to play against an Owen who's calm and focused knowing the fans are still behind him or do you want to play against an Owen who is shocked and bewildered? No question about that to me. He was nervous when he entered Anfield and the "reception" he got took him by such surprise that he looked shocked (and sad) the whole game. I'd rather have a player like Owen that way when playing against us.

Has Owen spoken about yesterday yet?

Agree. Was a bit worried about him signing but he's proved himself to be a very good player. Much better than I thought he would ever be. Just sad that the media and FA seem to have jumped on the ABC campaign. Anyone But Crouch gets his goals.

Yup, it seemed to me he was angry at Crouch for not just hitting it himself.

Reina: 7 - little to do but dealt with the few things well. Finnan: 8 - Solid as always and got forward well. Carra: 8 - Solid as always. Hyypia: 8 - Solid as always. Riise: 7 - Good in defence and good going forward. Average game for him but that is good enough most of the time. Garcia: 7 - Great movement, not lucky today with his little tricks but overall a good game. Kewell: 8 - Best so far (ignoring the first few months for us). Beat his man on a regular basis and whipped in crosses. Something we've been lacking for some time. Getting better with each game. Alonso: 8 - He's simply mastered the art of passing. And he's getting better each game at tackling back. Gerrard: 9 - Great performance in every aspect. Defended Alonso as well and got stuck in. No more Mr. NiceGuy from him. Crouch: 8 - Again, great performance. But he'd score more goals if he just shot at goal instead of laying it off to other players (example: layoff to Garcia today instead of shooting himself. Morientes: 8 - Getting better and better. Great passing, great movement and perhaps most importantly showing more aggression than before. Flo-Po: 7 - Good touches and movement. Cisse: 7 - Looking better each game. Obviously trying to be more of a team player, but is it too late? Josemi: 7 - Short time but did what he had to do well.

hehe, cool. I always liked him but that was a couple (several actually) of years ago. Sweden and Spain the teams to follow this summer. Since my own national team seem unable of producing a crop of players capable of anything.

Teddy Lucic still playing for Sweden? Perhaps you're right though, haven't been able to watch Sweden as often as I can since I moved from there.

Doubt he's want to move to us in Jan. He would know he'd get few games which would possibly result in him losing his place in the Swedish team. He won't risk that. We should have gone for him a couple of years ago. He's not the same player as he was.

Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't mean it's right or sensible though.

OK, smackdown time. Cisse: First 39 games for Liverpool resulted in 15 goals. ca. 40% ratio First 17 games for France (11 as a sub) resulted in 5 goals. ca. 30% ratio Owen: First 38 games for Liverpool resulted in 19 goals. ca. 50% ratio First 22 games for England resulted in 7 goals. ca. 31% ratio Where's the great difference? edit: grrrr, forums don't support all symbols.

That's the best you can come up with?

A more important question is what team will score most?. And there is no doubt in my mind what team that will be. But I'm confident that Cisse will have a higher goal ratio this season than Owen.

Cisse is getting close to that ratio.