Ah! Real Madrid are easy- we beat 'em 4-1 last time... even Dosenna got a goal! Legend has it, if you place you bum hole over the pointy top and sit down it will give your hog warts.
A certain referee called Graham says that into the mirror every morning. Like your good self, he's not convincing anyone. This will no doubt be a Welsh joke that us Englanders don't get. Any idea, Luv?
Tidy! If the match is on the Tuesday I'll be able to stay overnight and will fit a trip to St Rupers Tower into my schedule If it's Wednesday, it'll be up and back in the day. Anyone know the confirmed date yet?
Ah, gotcha. What a load of Polacks! Like 25g Unicorn Gripper Style 2's fitted with 30mm Target Storm Points?
Got my PJ's packed and looking forward to my stay at St Rupert's Tower ................see you Tuesday lads
Sadly I think this game will start a streak of losses. Swansea are playing well and can score, 2-1 to Swansea.
Who do we play up front? I want Balotelli out of the team for a few matches and Lambert cant play 2 full games in a week. I'd like to see Borini but he's not involved. I reckon he has a transfer lined up. Jones Johnson Toure Lovren Enrique Can Lucas Allen Markovic Borini Lallana
After being turned over by Madrid and held to a draw by Hull I have a sneaky feeling that Brendan may put a strong side out. When the draw was made I thought you would put the Under 12's out (due to the Madrid fixtures), but with pressure building he may well be desperate for a win and a few goals.
Various news: Liverpool will aim to continue an outstanding record in the League Cup when they host Swansea City in the fourth round this evening - here are all of the pertinent pre-match facts and figures. The club's all-time record in the League Cup shows 130 victories, 43 draws and 44 defeats from 217 fixtures, with 438 goals scored and 213 conceded. This tie is a meeting between two of the three most recent winners of the competition - Liverpool in 2012 and Swansea the following year. A win tonight would put the Reds into the last eight of the tournament for the 20th time in their history. The Reds reached this round by defeating Middlesbrough 14-13 in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw, with Jordan Rossiter - on his debut - and Suso scoring their first goals for the club. Liverpool have now played in seven penalty shootouts in the League Cup, losing only twice - to Wimbledon in 1993 and Northampton Town at Anfield in 2010. This is the third time that the teams have met in the competition; Liverpool won in the third round at Anfield in 1968 by a 2-0 scoreline, while the Swans won 3-1 in round four, also on the Reds' ground, two years ago. The Reds have scored in all but two of their last 50 League Cup games, a sequence dating back to 1998, and at Anfield in the competition have found the net in all of the last 26 matches. Martin Skrtel's only goal in this tournament came in 2012 against Welsh opposition - Cardiff City - in the final at Wembley. The defender scored an own goal in Liverpool's 4-3 league win against the Swans in February. Swansea reached this round by winning two home games, firstly beating Rotherham United 1-0 before goals from Nathan Dyer, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marvin Emnes accounted for Everton. Only once in their history have the Welsh side gone beyond this stage of the competition - in 2012-13 they beat Liverpool on the way to the final, where they beat Bradford City 5-0. Current boss Garry Monk came on as a second-half substitute in that Anfield win. Jonjo Shelvey played for Liverpool when these two sides last met in the League Cup in October 2012. He has scored in both of Swansea's meetings with his old club since he left in the summer of 2013. The two teams are separated only by goal difference in the Barclays Premier League having won, drawn and lost the same number of games, as well as scoring the same number of goals - 13. Lazar Markovic is hoping to get the nod from Brendan Rodgers to feature against Swansea City this evening and stake his claim for further first-team action over the coming weeks. The Serbia winger has made seven appearances since completing a summer switch from Benfica, but has been named on the bench for each of the Reds' last four outings. If selected for the Capital One Cup fourth-round tie, Markovic will take to the pitch at Anfield aiming to show exactly what made Rodgers so eager to secure his services in the summer, though primarily looking to help Liverpool bolster their silverware hopes by moving into the next stage of the tournament. "I have to play well and in doing so earn a place in the team - and hopefully the Swansea game is an opportunity for me to show what I can do," the 20-year-old told Liverpoolfc.com. "My targets and ambitions for this season haven't changed since I joined the club, and I still have the same drive and motivation. "Swansea are a good team. I've watched them a few times. It is going to be a difficult game but I am confident we can get the win. "The League Cup is an important competition, as well as any other the club are competing in. "It's evident we haven't been consistent up to now, but I feel that our up and coming games are an opportunity for us to gain composure, confidence and consistency."
Sterling needs to be rested Asap. Especially away to Newcastle on Saturday. Brendan will drop Gerrard so he's fut for Saturday alothiugh I would prefer it if he played today and didn't Saturday. -----------------Ming Johnson--Skrtel--Toure--Enrique --------------Lucas --------Can---------Coutinho/Suso Markovic---Lambert--Borini
