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heres another version of that aldo celebration

May I also add that Chelsea's fans ALSO got schooled. While the best they could offer was a carbon copy of our El Nino banner (including Shankly Gates) in blue, the following banner was reported to be hanging proudly in the away end.

"Torres: A Pawn On Our Chess Board But The King Remains"

Damn that makes me feel 10 feet tall!

If anyone has a picture of it, please, please share.

I am absolutely staggered by yesterday's game. Everything about the way the players handled the game and the pressure spoke of pure class. How many teams come away from the Bridge with 3 points and a clean sheet? If there was ever a reason to give Kenny a long term contract, that was it.

I'm not having a dig here: but those of you who wanted Torres injured or were happy to accept one or more cards for challenges on him, ask yourselves if such petty antics can compare with the manner in which we handled ourselves for the entire game, the image of Torres being subbed after an ineffective 60 minutes, and the way he hung his head in defeat at the end? That game was one of my proudest moments as a Reds supporter.

Why not indeed?
That lot have got some very tricky games coming up, and oh, it'd be so so sweet to finish above them.
Shouldn't keep going on about that rat lad 2 t****s now, but wouldn't it be great rubbing his little piggy snout in it even more?

Tell you, I think Tottenham have more chance of gaining 4th place than chelski have of retaining it.
Can just imagine the uproar if they fail to qualify for the CL next season!?

Yep, it will be a very interesting spring!

If we in the end don't make it up to 4:th, then don't be surprised if Spuds hammers the Vodka team down to 5:th!

Will make my (our) day that!

I randomly browsed around for a few match reports and came across this analysis. It's an interesting read for those who follow football strategy, and it's far more objective than I expected to real from a Chav (I expected something a bit more like this). Apart from Dalglish kicking Ancelotti's arse tactically, the thing that jumps out at me is how the author highlights the role Lucas played in both games against Chelsea this season (yes, his reference to the game at Anfield is a passing comment, but still). Really kinda made me realize how other people view his contributions, and they're not of the "yes! They've picked Lucas, we're certain to win!" type

Interesting reading that was!

A person commenting on the analysis thinks we'll have plenty of problems against other teams if we use the 3-4-2-1 formation as he calls it.

What he is missing is that this clearly was a tactical game from our side, partly depending on the fact we didn't have much choice since Carroll wasn't fit and Suarez just got back from a 7 game ban.

I'm sure we'll see much more offensive formations fielded in the upcoming games - at least against weaker opposition!

Yeah, I read the comments as well - like we're going to play 3-6-1 with Carroll defending from the front. It's like the guy forgot we spent the money they gave us. LFC won't go 4-3-3? We could with Suarez-Carroll-Kuyt ahead of Gerrard-Lucas-Meireles. We have a versatile squad, and this was a tactical finesse; Kenny knew they would play Torres-Drogba and he even gave us a warm-up game against Stoke to practice 3-6-1 for it. He may use the same formation again or he may not, but I'll bet that LFC just became the most unpredictable club in the EPL.

thunder it was more out of anger than getting scared of what he could do to our defence...

if there was any doubt about kenny's credibility as manager...its gone after this match,,,,totally outplayed them...tactical genius..and with that formation we were still pushing forward...FACT

Yeah, and isn't that the most important thing?

Like old Glenn Hysén often is stating: Number numbers numbers - that's only on paper! On the pitch it's more about adapting to the situation. A left back can for exemple go on an offensive walkabout and end up on the right side.

How do You put that down on paper before the match starts?

The important thing is the mindset. Offensive thinking instead of waiting for the opposition to score goals on us!