October Month Report

3 Wins and 3 Loss in the month, we are out of League Cup but we are very close to qualify in Champions League, and We lost 2 league games. This is not a good month, but finally it's all over. Now we need to win the Anderlecht game and wish Chelsea also beat Real Betis, and we can focus this month on the league. With 4 league games it is time to pick up points, especially playing away.

Players of the Month:
(1) Alonso 7.1 (2) Gerrard 6.83 (3) Cisse 6.75. Xabi ruled the midfield very well especially when Stevie G was injuried. When he is back, Stevie G always give his best to the team and scored 2 goals. And Cisse shown some sign of how good he could be in scoring 2 goals.

November Prediction:
11/1 Anderlecht (a): Win it and cheer for Chelsea, and we will both qualify.
11/5 Aston Villa (a): A potential banana skin vs Milan, but we need to start winning away.
11/19 Portsmouth (h): Should be a relative easier game of the month.
11/23 Real Betis (h): Hope by this time we can send a team B for ths game. Give Carson another chance.
11/26 Manchester City (a): Another tough away game, but we need to win.
11/30 Sunderland (a): Sunderland is one of the favorite team to go down and we definitely need to get 3 points from this game.

Match Report 051029 vs West Ham United: A well derseved win

2-0 and this is a well deserved win. From start till the end we are in cruise control, although it was not until 81th minute that Zenden scored the 2nd goal to kill off the game. The defense is more stable will Riise at left back once again, and Rafa played Gerrard as right midfield and it seems to be working. Although the strikers did not scored, Nando did play one of his better game with us. Needless to say, Alonso and Luis Garcia are just fired up. This is the performance we fans all demand Liverpool to play like, and Rafa please stick with a similar formation for at least a few matches.

Player Rating:
Reina: 6 No saves need to be made, but his distribution are very poor and fortunately he was not punished.
Finnan: 6.5 Shows why he is the #1 right back for the Club.
Carragher: 6 One of his rare off day, but never mind in this occasion.
Hyypia: 6.5 Just when Carra is not playing well, Sami did played very well.
Riise: 7 Rafa should play him as left back more often.
Gerrard: 6.5 Right midfield is not his best position, but he is willing to sacrifice a bit for the team. Well done.
Alonso: 7.5 Scored a beauty and control the midfield very well.
Sissoko: 6.5 Doing well without really excel.
Luis Garcia: 7 His movements are great, his motiation is high, and his corners are much better than Stevie G's. Lead almost all the attacks in 2H.
Cisse: 6.5 Sometimes he tried too hard in doing fancy things, but maybe just a simple shot will do.
Morientes: 7 Worked very hard and the only thing lack is the goal. Well deserved standing ovation from the crowd.

Substitutes:
Zenden: 7 Provided some freshness to the team and captured a nice opportunity when the West Ham defense committed an error and scored his first goal for the Club.
Crouch: Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: 7 He had it right this time in playing the suitable defense, put Stevie G on the right, and plays 4-4-2.

West Ham: 6 They come here for a point and even without a shot on target. But overall they should have enough strength to finish above 15th place.

Man of the Match: Alonso. Scored a beauty and we never looked back. Luis Garcia is not too far behind though.

We need to get a result

With 2 losses in a row already, losing the 3rd game in a row will probably be considered a tragedy. West Ham seems to be doing quite well this season but we should still win this game. Players, please play for your shirts.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Warnock
Sissoko
Gerrard
Alonso
Riise
Luis Garcia
Cisse

Result: 2-0

See you in the concert, Sandy

This is so true...

當我發現到一個位，係冇辦法再同呢個人行落去，我就要決定要忠於自己，定係繼續唔開心咁保持『結婚』呢個無形枷鎖。




林 憶 蓮 披 露 離 婚 內 情

林 憶 蓮 最 近 忙 為 十 一 月 舉 辦 的 演 唱 會 宣 傳 及 排 練 ， 她 日 前 接 受 吳 君 如 主 持 的 有 線 節 目 《 再 睇 星 期 五 》 訪 問 ， 大 談 感 情 事 。 憶 蓮 表 示 現 階 段 的 她 喜 歡 有 才 華 及 成 熟 型 男 士 ， 而 其 現 任 男 友 陳 輝 虹 就 是 最 佳 例 子 。

「 冇 辦 法 再 行 落 去 」
當 君 如 表 示 父 母 有 責 任 讓 孩 子 有 個 完 整 家 庭 時 ， 憶 蓮 首 次 透 露 她 與 李 宗 盛 離 婚 的 心 情 ， 她 說 ： 「 呢 個 係 一 個 好 長 時 間 決 定 ， 未 結 婚 前 覺 得 係 一 輩 子 事 ， 但 當 我 發 現 到 一 個 位 ， 係 冇 辦 法 再 同 呢 個 人 行 落 去 ， 我 就 要 決 定 要 忠 於 自 己 ， 定 係 繼 續 唔 開 心 咁 保 持 『 結 婚 』 呢 個 無 形 枷 鎖 。 」
憶 蓮 謂 她 與 李 宗 盛 是 性 格 和 溝 通 上 都 配 合 不 來 ， 她 謂 ： 「 大 家 背 景 有 差 距 ， 小 事 上 合 不 來 ， 大 事 上 有 分 歧 。 」 憶 蓮 還 表 示 不 知 道 自 己 還 會 不 會 結 婚 。

Match Report 051026 at Crystal Palace: Away woe continues

1-2 and this is another disappointing display. Our domestic away form need to be improved. As Stevie G said the players should play hard for the fans who pay a lot of money to watch the team play. The strikers also need to start to score goals.

Player Rating:
Carson: 6 Conceded 2 goals.
Raven: 6 Not too convinced when pressured.
Whitbread: 6 A fair performance.
Hyypia: 6 Did OK.
Warnock: 6 A fair performance.
Potter: 6 Have a good chance but hit the bar.
Gerrard: 7 Lead the team by example.
Hamann: 6.5 Another typical performance.
Kewell: 6 Not back to form yet.
Morientes: 5.5 Wasted a lot of chances.
Crouch: 5.5 Same as Nando.

Substitutions:
Sinama-Pongolle: 6 Try hard but not succeed.
Luis Garcia: 6 Only come close.
Traore: Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: 5.5 He needs to think of ways to improve the away form and the lack of goals.

Crystal Palace: 6.5 Deserved winner of the game, and their goalie played exceptionally well.

Man of the Match: Gerrard. But only him playing well is not enough.

Youngsters to be given a chance

It's League Cup time again and although Rafa said he is going to send a strong team I still expect a lot of young guns will get a chance. After the dismal display in the weekend the players need to play much better. Let's start another winning streak.

My Team Prediction:
Carson
Josemi
Whitbread
Traore
Warnock
Sinama Pongolle
Gerrard
Hamann
Zenden
Crouch
Luis Garcia

Result: 2-0

Match Report 051022 at Fulham: We need to score

0-2 and it is a very poor result. We created lots of chances but could not convert any of them. We have some careless defensive mistakes as well and so we are well beaten. Rafa need to improve the squad as soon as possible.

Player Rating:
Reina: 6.5 Not much he can do for both goals.
Josemi: 6 Covered the offside position and led to the first goal.
Carragher: 6.5 Not much he can do this time...
Hyypia: 6 A dull performance.
Traore: 6 Dull peformance.
Kewell: 6 Tried a clever lop but just hit it over.
Alonso: 7 The better player in the team.
Sissoko: 6.5 Energitic performance.
Riise: 6.5 Had a few chances but couldn't convert.
Cisse; 6 A dull performance.
Morientes: 6 Still searching his form.

Substitutes:
Luis Garcia: 6.5 Had lots of chances but couldn't convert. But he seems to have started another form run.
Crouch: Not enough time to shine.

Rafa: 6 How can we score more?

Fulham: 7 They have a determined team and so they won. Whether they can survive is another story. Old Boy Warner played extremely well in keeping us goalless.

Man of the Match: Alonso. But he is just the better player on this day.

Let's build on

Away at Fulham last year saw we came from 0-2 down to win the game, with Biscan scored a goal with only his 2nd touch in the game. This time we should be better in defense, and with Cisse on fire, the other strikers need to do their job as well to keep their place.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Josemi
Carragher
Hyypia
Warnock
Zenden
Alonso
Sissoko
Kewell
Luis Garcia
Cisse

Result: 2-0

Match Report 051019 at Anderlecht: One step closer

1-0 and another goal from Cisse see us one step closer to qualification. Should both Chelsea and us win in the next game, we will both qualified and we can give some young lads European experience in the final 2 games.

Cisse's form is getting better and better and Rafa should play him more. The only thing to worry is that Reina picked up another yellow card. Maybe he should waste time again next game so that he can sit out the next game without bring the cards into the next rounds.

Player Rating:
Reina: 7 Made some good saves before Cisse's goal.
Josemi: 6.5 A good performance.
Carragher: 7 A rock at the back.
Hyypia: 6.5 His European streak continues, and he deserves it.
Traore: 6.5 A good performance.
Alonso: 7 Another good performance.
Hamann: 7 Doing well with an assist.
Sissoko: 7 Energetic as usual.
Riise: 6.5 Good performance even with a rare right foot shot.
Luis Garcia: 7 Surely this hole between midfield and attack is his best position.
Cisse: 7.5 Another winning goal. His form and mood is getting better and better.

Substitutions:
Kewell/Zenden/Warnock: Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: Good job, although he still need to solves the problem of wastage in front of goal.

Anderlecht: Sadly, they seems to be on the way out.

Man of the Match: Cisse. Rafa should make him the first choice.

Win it and we will be very close to qualify

As Ian Rush said if we get at least 4 points from the 2 games against Anderlecht, then we will be very close to qualification. So let's aim at it. I hope Hyypia can maintain his European streak, but Rafa is ruthless and no doubt he will decide based on the best decision for the team.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Warnock
Sinama-Pongolle
Alonso
Sissoko
Zenden
Cisse
Morientes

Result: 2-1

Match Report 051015 vs Blackburn Rovers: Not convincing, but it's still a win

1-0 and we finally get a win, although it's not very convincing. As Stevie G is injuried Rafa finally opted to play a 4-4-2 with Cisse and Crouch up front. Crouch was very quiet and Cisse was very wasteful but fortunately he scored the winning goal. The game is skewed as Blackburn has one man down (although before that they already come to play for one point), but with a genius free kick Cisse managed to win us the 3 points.

Player Rating:
Reina: 6.5 Only one half chance save to made.
Josemi: 6 Doing OK but Blackburn has almost no attack.
Carragher: 7 A superb captain performance but his 2 shots were not in.
Traore: 6 Typical Djimi, horrible one moment, and brilliant the other.
Warnock: 6 A good display overall.
Finnan: 6.5 Provided a few good crosses.
Alonso: 7.5 Running the midfield and taking the free kicks very well.
Sissoko: 7 Energitic and controlled the midfield.
Zenden: 6.5 A very good game, and he was unfortunate that his free kick hit the bar.
Crouch: 5.5 Very quiet game.
Cisse: 7 Wasted so many chance but at the end his only goal saved us.

Substitutes:
Luis Garcia: 6 Providing some needed attacking sense to the team.
Morientes: 5.5 Could have scored a hat trick, very wasteful.
Riise: 6 Lively performance.

Rafa: 6.5 Finally he tried a 4-4-2 and it worked. But he still need to work out on providing more service to Crouch and others.

Blackburn: 5.5 Come for one point, and deserved none. But Friedel's performance was very good apart from too slow in set pieces.

Man of the Match: Alonso. Shown his skills.

Let's start to pick up points

After a long fortnight break now it's the time to start doing business. Blackburn will be defending well and with Stevie G injuried, perhaps Rafa will try 4-4-2 this time and Crouch to open his account?

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Warnock
Sinama-Pongolle
Alonso
Hamann
Zenden
Cisse
Crouch

Result: 2-0

Match Report 051002 vs Chelsea: Learn the lesson

1-4 and it was a long time since we last concede 4 goals at home. The score line probably flattered them, but we should learn the lesson with heart and improve from now on.

We actually started the match confidently and were the better side, but a stupid mistake from Traore changed everything. Reina tried hard and was close to save the penalty, but that's life.

Stevie G reacted well with a nice taken bullet and we equalized. And suddenly the Kop roared - but only for a few minutes. After that Chelsea regained possession and Hyypia's slowness was explored and they took the league at half time.

2H we tried to equalize and left lots of holes at the ball. Chelsea did well and scored 2 goals courtesy of our defensive mess. The nice thing was at the end the fans were singing YNWA. But I think they should be more vocal through the whole season.

Player Rating:
Reina: 6 Almost saved the penalty, and couldn't do much for the other 3 goals.
Finnan: 6 OK defensively but no contribution up front.
Carragher: 6.5 As usual played well at the back. Also had a nice assist to the equalizer.
Hyypia: 5.5 It's really sad to see him exploired by others because he's too slow.
Traore: 5 Stupid mistake and from that point on we lost.
Alonso: 6.5 Played with a big heart. One of the better player on the pitch.
Hamann: 6.5 Typical Didi performance.
Luis Garcia: 6 Should do better.
Gerrard: 7 Scored a nice equalizer but at the end it was not enough.
Riise: 6.5 Tried very hard, but was only close to scoring.
Crouch: 6 Have a good chance but didn't score. It's time for him to deliver.

Substitutions:
Sissoko: 6 Player quite well but couldn't change the result.
Sinama Pongolle: 6 Tried hard but no impact.
Cisse: Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: 5 Get it all wrong? I really hope he can play Cisse more - maybe as a AM?

Chelsea: 9 Well deserved winner although the scoreline flattered them. We should learn the lesson.

Man of the Match: Gerrard. Nice goal, but what are the other players doing?