Musings on the Fiorentina match

At the risk of rubbing anyone the wrong way (not a first for me), I think it would be fair to suggest that Fiorentina deserved to win. They were much better than us in the first half and defended very well in the second.

Another 3 points in the bag

I almost felt sorry for Hull City who we destroyed 6-1. A hat-trick from Torres, a wonder (did he mean it) goal from Gerrard, plus a brace from Babel. It's a great result, which leaves us with the best goal difference in the league.

Lucas has done well, but Aquilani is coming

Lucas is maturing nicely and has been one of our better performers so far this season. Should he maintain that form, it's inevitable that he'll end up silencing many of his critics. I like him alot, but...

Sense of impending doom from set pieces

Every team goes through periods of poor form throughout the season, that's just a fact of life. Certain aspects, such as our attacking play has improved greatly, but our defensive frailties are still being badly exposed.

Disappointing scoreline against Debreceni

Surely none of you really thought that Debreceni were going to present Liverpool with any obstacles. For the vast majority of the match it was all one way traffic against the whipping boys of the group.

Musings on the Burnley match

Despite a nervy opening several minutes from Liverpool, once the first goal went in, it was highly unlikely that Burnley were going to add us to their list of high profile scalps (Everton & Man Utd)...

Smart or tacky shirt sponsor for LFC

LFC will be announcing a new shirt sponsor to take over from Carlsberg next season. George Gillet says it will be a sponsor that fans will be pleased and surprised to be associated with Liverpool...

Another international break is over

International breaks are usually long and tedious affairs where we await news of potential injuries to our players. Thankfully this one passed without incident and none of them got injured.

Liverpool's Champions League squad 2009

There's no real surprises here, but it's interesting to note that Kelly got the nod over Degen for the group stages. Aside from that, it's business as usual and there's just 10 days left before we start our campaign.

The problem with Babel

Babels latest outburst is that he feels that Rafa has broken promises to give him more playing time, and he now wants to go out on loan to Ajax. Which makes a mockery of his talk about fighting for a place at LFC.

Sweet FA are a funny little lot

When you've got millions of viewers witnessing some very incompetent refereeing decisions during games, is it really all that big a deal for a manager to point it out also ?