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Mellors goal V. Olympiakos mind.... at the Kop end..
Wish you could've been in his boots???
Came home late from work that night, knowing we needed to win by two I just about lost my [oops] when I clocked us already one down.... And Traore. We were 3 down in the final and it was already midnight, was thinking, should I just go to bed, then thought, getting to the final was a great achievement already, i'd better watch to see if we could play better to have some hope for the following season. The rest was history and I ended up shouting from my window at 2 am, and some of my neighbours thought that my house was being robbed...and woke up to query. Went to the office wearing mt LFC shirt...
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neil mellor , florent sinima pongnolle, igor biscan , steven warnock and scott carson and Anthony le tallac for juve at home , we good post. i think smicer is unsung too, people often vent frustration wiht him, and he did underperform, but he took his goal and got his peno, fair play to him. biscan was terriffic in the quarter finals in gerrards absence too.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
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I think we had something like 13 or 14 players that season who missed 6 to 8 weeks out injured. The names mentioned in this thread were excellent cover for those out injured.
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Smicer was a massive enigma - didn't really think much of him as a Liverpool player - didn't rate him, at the same time, didn't hate him.... he was just there.
He had that Czech / Baltic gig - Berger (loved Berger) Smicer & Baros never got injured for us - always came back injured from the Republic...
Every..
Single..
Time.
In all honesty, loved Berger / Smicer (when they played / were fit) as for Baros..
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Fair play Faz, just playing devils advocate.
Biscan for me was a favourite all season long - got shifted about positionally and never gave less than 100% - felt for the lad on occasion when he got red carded that season, thought he got hard done by. Couple of harsh decisions.
Dare I say it, was Spearing a poor mans Biscan?!?!?!?
Hahahaha..... bit of a back hander, but a hell of a compliment at the same time. I think Spearing is a poor man's anything  lol
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When I went to the 2005 champions league final the players who were not playing sat near me at the airport. It was about 5am and I was next to Neil Mellor in the queue at the cafe ordered bacon on toast. I always thought they had strict diets.
Fascinating fact for you
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I definitely agree on Mellor, Sinama-Pongolle and Biscan. Especially Biscan - the other two will always be remembered for their Olympiakos goals. It's easier to overlook Biscan's contribution. Having previously been sh*t for us, he was immense for us in the CL run that season, and in some ways, was unlucky to not get on the pitch in the final. I always resented Harry Kewell for getting the nod to start in that final - and the FA Cup final the following year too
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neil mellor , florent sinima pongnolle, igor biscan , steven warnock and scott carson and Anthony le tallac for juve at home , we all remember the heroes from the big games luis garcia , steven gerrard and jerzy dudek etc , but without the names mentioned above liverpool might not have got out of the group stages , on this day when reds are remembering 2005 just let remember the unsung heroes of the 2004/05 CL run , i always remember fondly dibril cisse scoring the first goal at anfield against monaco being the start of the adventure . Mostly Houllier's players so why couldn't he get them to perform? It takes one hell of a manager to turn the mediocre into European Champions in his first season. Who says the managers need a few years to settle in and implement 'philosophies'?? RB won european success with us and chelsea right from the off. Hats off to Rafael and no mistake!
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neil mellor , florent sinima pongnolle, igor biscan , steven warnock and scott carson and Anthony le tallac for juve at home , we all remember the heroes from the big games luis garcia , steven gerrard and jerzy dudek etc , but without the names mentioned above liverpool might not have got out of the group stages , on this day when reds are remembering 2005 just let remember the unsung heroes of the 2004/05 CL run , i always remember fondly dibril cisse scoring the first goal at anfield against monaco being the start of the adventure . Mostly Houllier's players so why couldn't he get them to perform? It takes one hell of a manager to turn the mediocre into European Champions in his first season. Who says the managers need a few years to settle in and implement 'philosophies'?? RB won european success with us and chelsea right from the off. Hats off to Rafael and no mistake! Agree, but, you should also ask the question why RB didn't repeat that performance, especially after buying more than 50 of his own players following which, the team should have significantly improved.
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neil mellor , florent sinima pongnolle, igor biscan , steven warnock and scott carson and Anthony le tallac for juve at home , we all remember the heroes from the big games luis garcia , steven gerrard and jerzy dudek etc , but without the names mentioned above liverpool might not have got out of the group stages , on this day when reds are remembering 2005 just let remember the unsung heroes of the 2004/05 CL run , i always remember fondly dibril cisse scoring the first goal at anfield against monaco being the start of the adventure . Mostly Houllier's players so why couldn't he get them to perform? It takes one hell of a manager to turn the mediocre into European Champions in his first season. Who says the managers need a few years to settle in and implement 'philosophies'?? RB won european success with us and chelsea right from the off. Hats off to Rafael and no mistake! Agree, but, you should also ask the question why RB didn't repeat that performance, especially after buying more than 50 of his own players following which, the team should have significantly improved. good answer vish , plus this was not a benitez thread just a thread to acknowledge the unsung heroes , but i will note if it wasnt for houllier leaving liverpool with a team in the champions league position for the 2004/05 season istanbul would never have happened so maybe it should be allez allez gerard houllier .
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