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I have the feeling the mentality in the team is such that if Lennon is out someone else will step up to the plate, and we will beat them. Not a goal fest, just a roll of heavy-duty plastic for the kill-room, some extra-strong horse-sedative and a surgical knife kit. When the victim is suitably bound and chastised, a clinical slit throat and 1:0 score, bleach away the bloodstains returning home to hide the 3 points safely behind the central heating grille, while a man-hunt begins in Liverpool for the mugger.
Lawro's Prediction for Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday, 16:00 GMT)
Liverpool have clicked lately, helped by the return of midfielder Lucas.
The Brazilian came back into the team following a long injury lay-off in December's match against Southampton and has rarely missed an important fixture since.
He's allowed key midfielder Steven Gerrard to play his own game, while winger Stewart Downing is contributing more and new signing Philippe Coutinho is performing well too.
They're starting to get goals from different areas instead of just from Luis Suarez, although the Uruguayan did score three of their four in the win over Wigan last week.
The Reds haven't got the greatest of records against Tottenham - in fact, their last win over them was in January 2010.
But Spurs are due a bad result and I feel they will lose at Anfield on Sunday.
Brendan Rodgers's side will have to try to diminish the threat of with Gareth Bale, who has scored 11 goals in his last nine games for club and country. The way round that problem is simply by sticking close to him.
Lawro's prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs are on a run of 12 undefeated Premier League games and Lawro has us down for yet another defeat?
He now has us in 8th place level on points with bloody Newcastle!
The man has lost it.
Mark Lawrenson's Premier League Predictions 2012-13
Liverpool have clicked lately, helped by the return of midfielder Lucas.
The Brazilian came back into the team following a long injury lay-off in December's match against Southampton and has rarely missed an important fixture since.
He's allowed key midfielder Steven Gerrard to play his own game, while winger Stewart Downing is contributing more and new signing Philippe Coutinho is performing well too.
They're starting to get goals from different areas instead of just from Luis Suarez, although the Uruguayan did score three of their four in the win over Wigan last week.
The Reds haven't got the greatest of records against Tottenham - in fact, their last win over them was in January 2010.
But Spurs are due a bad result and I feel they will lose at Anfield on Sunday.
Brendan Rodgers's side will have to try to diminish the threat of with Gareth Bale, who has scored 11 goals in his last nine games for club and country. The way round that problem is simply by sticking close to him.
Lawro's prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs are on a run of 12 undefeated Premier League games and Lawro has us down for yet another defeat?
He now has us in 8th place level on points with bloody Newcastle!
The man has lost it.
Mark Lawrenson's Premier League Predictions 2012-13
Always expected him to put his team down to beat us. because one he is biased and two he seems to hate us.
I'm really buzzing for this game after the result last night now. If we show anything near that work rate they won't know what hit them. People are saying how bad Inter were, now let's not forget that Inter are 3rd in Italy, and they still had a lot of experienced players in their team.
Liverpool will certainly show us a sterner test, but lets not under sell our selves, we are in good form, and they will have to worry about us.
Only concern for this game is the fact that Pool with have 11 men behind the ball
Hopefully one of them will be Carragher.
Tottenham Hotspur player's goals & assists 2012-13 updated after the 3-0 win against Inter Milan (boy, does that feel good to type!)...
Tottenham Hotspur Player's Statistics 2012-13
Tottenham Hotspur Player's Statistics 2012-13
This is possibly my favourite line of "analysis" ever. Why hasn't anyone else thought of that :avblol:
Love all the Bale frenzy. He did fuck all for most of the game yesterday, yet we spanked Inter 3-0.
I hope Pool put 3 men on our "one man", and let Dembele, Parker, Defoe and Lennon rip them apart
I hope Pool put 3 men on our "one man", and let Dembele, Parker, Defoe and Lennon rip them apart
Utd at home. QED (would have helped if we had of buried them like we should have, but still)
Gonna be a tough one. 'Pool have a lot of weak individuals but have been playing well as a unit of late. Sturridge gives them that goalscoring edge they need, Suarez is on a tear and their passing game has been great. I'm not sure we'll be able to break them at Anfield possession-wise, but luckily their defence is their glaring weakness and on the counter especially we should be able to exploit gaps and nick one or two.
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Luis Suarez can win Sunday shootout of Premier League’s best
SUNDAY’S game at Anfield is a shootout between two of the Premier League’s finest players but I can see Luis Suarez being a lot more involved than Gareth Bale.
There is no end to Suarez’s talent and I certainly wouldn’t swap him for anyone else in the top flight.
Suarez is unplayable at times and Spurs will find that on Sunday. Liverpool will cope better with Bale better than Spurs do with Suarez.
In last week’s column I said how ridiculous it was that you could get 40/1 on Suarez to be crowned Footballer of the Year. Unsurprisingly, after his hat-trick at Wigan that price has dropped considerably but he’s still the outsider in a three-horse race and I find that quite amazing.
I’m a great fan of Robin van Persie and he gives you guaranteed quality but he doesn’t give you the all-round package like Suarez.
I think people are warming to Suarez – you can’t help but marvel at his talents. He paid his dues for what he did wrong last season and this season he’s been exceptional.
I was very impressed with Liverpool’s display at Wigan last weekend.
There have been times this season when people have gone overboard when Liverpool have won but there’s been nothing flaky about their performances in recent weeks.
Liverpool FC paying the price for absence from Champions League
LIVERPOOL’S accounts this week rammed home the importance of getting back into the Champions League.
If you aren’t in the top four but you’re paying out big wages then the figures just don’t stack up – hence the fact Liverpool suffered an annual loss of £40million.
It’s great winning trophies but we all know the serious money is earned by competing with Europe’s elite teams on a regular basis.
Not long ago, we were a well established Champions League club, consistently reaching the latter stages of the competition. In recent years we’ve dropped away and we need to get back to that level.
It might not happen over the coming months but there are signs we’re going in the right direction and can achieve that next season
Read more: Liverpool Echo http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/lfc-player-profiles/joe-allen/2013/03/08/jan-molby-stop-gareth-bale-and-liverpool-fc-will-stop-tottenham-100252-32945867/2/#ixzz2MxSoI0oT
SUNDAY’S game at Anfield is a shootout between two of the Premier League’s finest players but I can see Luis Suarez being a lot more involved than Gareth Bale.
There is no end to Suarez’s talent and I certainly wouldn’t swap him for anyone else in the top flight.
Suarez is unplayable at times and Spurs will find that on Sunday. Liverpool will cope better with Bale better than Spurs do with Suarez.
I’m a great fan of Robin van Persie and he gives you guaranteed quality but he doesn’t give you the all-round package like Suarez.
I think people are warming to Suarez – you can’t help but marvel at his talents. He paid his dues for what he did wrong last season and this season he’s been exceptional.
I was very impressed with Liverpool’s display at Wigan last weekend.
There have been times this season when people have gone overboard when Liverpool have won but there’s been nothing flaky about their performances in recent weeks.
Liverpool FC paying the price for absence from Champions League
LIVERPOOL’S accounts this week rammed home the importance of getting back into the Champions League.
If you aren’t in the top four but you’re paying out big wages then the figures just don’t stack up – hence the fact Liverpool suffered an annual loss of £40million.
It’s great winning trophies but we all know the serious money is earned by competing with Europe’s elite teams on a regular basis.
Not long ago, we were a well established Champions League club, consistently reaching the latter stages of the competition. In recent years we’ve dropped away and we need to get back to that level.
It might not happen over the coming months but there are signs we’re going in the right direction and can achieve that next season
Read more: Liverpool Echo http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/lfc-player-profiles/joe-allen/2013/03/08/jan-molby-stop-gareth-bale-and-liverpool-fc-will-stop-tottenham-100252-32945867/2/#ixzz2MxSoI0oT
I really hope we embarrass them to the point that Rodgers bursts into tears and admits he's a fraud & they have to rease a charity single to feel better
yeah, that part of the article was less pertinent than what I posted tbf.
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/form-guide.html
Our away form is immense and we play better on the counter, we need to stop their attacks early by pressing high up the pitch.
I feel like vomming with that tactical shit!
Our away form is immense and we play better on the counter, we need to stop their attacks early by pressing high up the pitch.
I feel like vomming with that tactical shit!
Aside from the Suarez v Bale angle I agree, but it did follow on the vein of raw propoganda from the first page which I find highly amusing
