please log in to view this image Vs please log in to view this image Hello and welcome to the official Not606 match thread for the Boxing Day encounter between Liverpool & Blackburn Rovers. Preview. Liverpool & Blackburn Rovers both go into this festive needing the three points for very different reasons. The home side, Liverpool, need to get back to winning ways to continue their push for a top four place and return to the Champions League. The away side, Blackburn Rovers, currently sit bottom of the Premier League table and need to start picking up points or they might find themselves being cut adrift at the bottom. Liverpool have enjoyed a mixed start to the season. We currently sit 6th in the Premier League table with 30 points from 17 games. We are only 3 points off 4th place but dropped points, at home, against teams which we should be beating. This has left many Liverpool fans frustrated and we can see that there are areas that need to be addressed. Our lack of finishing has also caused concern amongst the Liverpool faithful. We've had some good results this season (The two wins over Chelsea, an away win at Arsenal and a derby victory over Everton) but like I have already said, Liverpool's problem is against the teams they, on paper, should be beating. Home draws against Norwich City, Swansea City & Sunderland have been fraught with missed chances and if we were able to pick up wins in two of those games, Liverpool would be sitting 4th in the table. Blackburn Rovers have endured a extremely difficult season so far. Steve Kean's side sit bottom of the Barclays Premier League table with 10 points from 17 games. It's been a poor start to the season for Blackburn with just two wins so far and that has left the manager, Steve Kean, under a great deal of pressure. The fans have made their feelings known by staging a series of protests at Ewood Park against Steve Kean and the owners, Venky's. Blackburn have some good players (Samba, Yakuba & Hoilett) but a defensive injury crisis has left Kean short of players at the back and this has contributed to Blackburn's poor form. It's quite obvious that Blackburn need players but you have to ask: Do Venky's have the money to invest into the squad? Will they give any money they have to Kean when his position seems so insecure? Injury News. Liverpool. Steven Gerrard- Ankle/Foot Injury. Lucas Leiva- ACL Knee Injury. Blackburn Rovers. Paul Robinson- Calf/Shin Injury. Scott Dann- Groin/Pelvis Injury. Michel Salgado- Rib Injury. Martin Olsson- Hamstring Injury. Gael Givet- Heart Condition. Vince Grella- Hip/Thigh Injury. Ryan Nelsen- Knee Injury. Liverpool 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers Goalscorers: Blackburn Rovers... Charlie Adam Own Goal. (45th minute) Liverpool... Maxi Rodriguez. (53rd minute) Liverpool: Reina Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique Bellamy Henderson Gerrard Downing Suarez Carroll SUBS: Doni Kelly Carragher Shelvey Adam Kuyt Maxi Charlie Adam off and Steven Gerrard on. Maxi Rodriguez off and Craig Bellamy on. Blackburn Rovers: Bunn Henley Samba Lowe Hanley Pedersen N'Zonzi Petrovic Vukcevic Formica Goodwillie SUBS: Rochina Blackman Morris Kean Hoilett Dunn Yakuba Junoir Hoilett off and Simon Vukcevic on. David Dunn off and Radosav Petrovic on. Yakuba off and David Goodwillie on. YNWA.
Will Suarez be starting his ban or will it be put back because of his appeal? Either way it's surely going to be a Liverpool win. Blackburn are in turmoil and the Manager is under huge pressure (not to mention the disgusting treatment he's been receiving from their fans). Liverpool away followed by a trip to Old Trafford. I can't see things getting better for Blackburn anytime soon.
Good for my Fantasy Team Mind you, I'm losing interest in the Fantasy Football. How can a team full of Man Utd and Man City players be doing so badly
Big squads so you never know who'll bloody play any given week, and because they're flying everyone else has players from the mank teams. Blackburn do have a couple of players that can hurt any team (Yak on current form, Hoillett's pretty nifty, Nzonzi is hit and miss but good when on form and Sambas aerial threat always there from set-pieces) but in reality we couldn't be meeting a team at Anfield that is at a lower ebb than Blackburn are at the moment. Will ****ing ruin my xmas if we lose this one...really should be only one outcome and that's 3 points for us.
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RHC finding the missing physics thingys is more likely than any of my drunken predictions coming true mate.
Not from our official website. I expect him to be on the bench, perhaps getting last 1/4 hour if we're winning. I think its extremely unlikely we will get forth now after the saga, but all we can do is make the best of what we can. This game, I have decided, will end 3-1 to us. Suarez brace, Kuyt Penalty. Pedersen free kick.
Well, I'm of the opinion that we could well win this one 6-0, Suarez Brace, Hendo, Adam, Shelvey and Carroll off the bench. I'd just like to add to this that I'm not normally one for dramatics but if we don't win i'll steal three donkeys off Blackpool beach, get Igor Biscan, Erik Meijer and Istvan Kozma to ride them up to a farm in Aughon where I'll then steal a black new born baby from the maternity ward and recreate the birth of Christ. I shall also be recruiting Suarez as Joseph and Kelly Daglish as the virgin mary, I'll then send a photo of Him cradling his beautiful new born ebony child with Istvan, Igor and mad erik cradling imaginery baby's in celebration just out of shot to the FA.
Ive got a bad feeling for this game and the 0-0, Robinson motm seems as likley as any sort of victory for us... Hope im wrong...
