Fortress Anfield

[Jezzman]

... has been outstanding since Rafa took over. 67 games played at Anfield since August 2004, 49 won (73%), 11 draws and only 7 defeats - impressive!!

[_00_deathscar]

If we played 38 games at home every season, we'd have 90 (89.6) points every year.

[keno]

It's a good record but the games agaist Chelsea & Man U are poor.

[shanks59]

The vast majority of teams who come to Anfield defend deep. Creativity is not our greatest asset. IMO, that makes our home record even more impressive. Rafa has clearly got the team working VERY VERY hard, to mitigate against our lack of invention. Unfortunately we are often NOT very pretty to watch. Away from home teams USUALLY (boro being a topical exception) don't sit back as much. Rafa needs to handle this major difference. More PACE up front? (Cisse did well away for the last few months of last season, could Bellamy do the same?)

[Suth]

It's a good record but the games agaist Chelsea & Man U are poor.

 

apart from when we knocked them both out the cup last season and chelsea out the european cup the season before.

[_00_deathscar]

We didn't knock Chelsea out of the FA Cup at 'home' though.

[ricflairandy]

we where shocking against blackburn.

[Shadow Moon]

[excerpt]

 

DUBAI, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Liverpool's brand of soccer is serving them well in European competition but could cost them in the Premier League, according to former Anfield striker John Barnes.

 

The best the club could expect from their domestic campaign was a fourth-place finish, the ex-England international said on Sunday.

 

"It is interesting how well they are doing in Europe and I suppose the way they play is better suited for Europe," Barnes told reporters in Dubai ahead of a business and sports conference.

 

"It is very difficult...what you want from any team is consistency and that is where they fall down because when they play well they do play well.

 

"Put is this way, look at the way Arsenal play -- at their height -- they are better than Chelsea, but they are not consistent and that is why Chelsea are the best team because they play consistently well and that is the key."

[Guest Sabre]

We need someone creative like Van der Vaart

[meepins]

The system would work if they were better players implementing it, but that could be argued of any system.

[Big G Superhero]

We need someone creative like Van der Vaart

 

Why have we never been linked to him or discussed him on here then?

Edited November 26, 2006 by Big G Superhero

[danny]

Who can name the 7 defeats??

[Hightown Phil]

Benfica

United

Chelsea

Chelsea

Birmingham

Graz

Sofia

[Internationinteroperability]

Benfica

United

Chelsea

Chelsea

Birmingham

Graz

Sofia

 

Had long forgotten at least half of the above games. Damn

 

Birmingham winning at Anfield

 

Now I have the Watford and Barnsley games in my mind too........... Make it stop!

Edited November 26, 2006 by Internationinteroperability

[Will]

we where shocking against blackburn.

Rubbish

[Gunga Din]

Rubbish

 

Rubbish as in we were crap, or rubbish as in we werent crap?

 

if you think we weren't dire against Blackburn then you are quite clearly wrong. we were also dire yesterday

[keno]

apart from when we knocked them both out the cup last season and chelsea out the european cup the season before.

 

The league is our bread and butter.