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Just a couple for starters - Twat le Tissier shown himself up as being the classless. bitter little cunt that he is by predicting a 6-0 Chelsea win over Southend. Apparently he has some history with Southend. They've just awarded 'performance of the week' to fucking Peterboro', whilst Thommo sat there aghast saying "5-1 away in the Premier League and you give the award to Peterborough?" To which Stelling replied "Peterborough couldn't score 5 in the Premiership because they're in League 1." Stupit twat. Thommo was bang on. How we didn't pick up that (ultimately fucking worthless) award is a bit of a joke really.

Agger and N'Gog start. Eccleston and Ngog up front maybe with Irwin or Degen in midfield? David Martin Philipp Degen Stephen Darby Daniel Ayala Daniel Agger Steven Irwin Nathan Eccleston David Amoo David Ngog Victor Palsson Alex Kacaniklic Subs Emmanuel Mendy Martin Hansen Chris Mavinga Nikola Saric Zsolt Poloskei

No Spearing in the starting 11? Is he injured or has been in really poor form? Liverpool team: David Martin Stephen Darby Steven Irwin Daniel Ayala Chris Mavinga Victor Palsson David Ngog David Amoo Nathan Eccleston Damien Plessis Alex Kacaniklic Subs Emmanuel Mendy Martin Hansen Jay Spearing Nikola Saric Christopher Buchtmann NGOG STARTS V MAN U: WATCH LIVE ON LFC TV

YouTube - RYAN BABEL LIVERPOOL GOES MAD AT AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS

Liverpool: Reina, Mascherano, Skrtel, Carragher, Insua, Benayoun (El Zhar 90), Gerrard (Babel 82), Alonso, Riera, Kuyt, Ngog (Lucas 70). Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Aurelio.

Angus Deayton, Zoe Ball, Ian Brown, , Edith Bowman, Terry Christian, Mick Hucknall--we have beaten them all. We have beaten them all. Terry Christian can you hear me?" Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!"

This man... ...is going to make you his bitch* * unless Torres plays instead.

Taken from Rawk: Diario AS - Torres Interview Tomás Guasch | 02/02/2009 What is Gerrard's condition? - The word is that he’ll be out for three weeks but hopefully it won’t be as long. But you never know with a hamstring injury…and I speak from personal experience. What gives me hope is that he asked for the substitution five minutes after it had happened. Whenever it’s a serious injury you know you’re done right away. I hope and wish that he can be back sooner. In time for the Bernabeu match. - He has no natural replacement. Every great team has a reference player, homegrown, who’s been with the club all his life. Others come and go but he’s always there. Here, that player is Gerrard. Liverpool is him and ten more. He means everything to us. The loss against Everton in the FA Cup spoiled the league win against Chelsea. Yesterday your team won with a last-minute goal from you. Is the team going through a spell of inconsistency? - We started the season really well but right now we’re not having the best of times. But I wouldn’t say we’re doing poorly, if anything we’re struggling against teams of a lesser profile who are just happy to come away with a draw. We do better against big teams and that’s what we need to show against Madrid. We’ve gotten back some players who spent some time on the sidelines injured, which was my case. Everything depends on how you look at it… Right. - You can be a pessimist and think that we’ve been knocked out of the FA Cup and we’re struggling to win games, or you can be positive, which is what I do, and see that we’re in the race for the League title, in the last 16 of the Champions, and that collectively we’re doing better than past years. That’s my view. And what does Benitez say? - He’s there, preparing everything. The best thing is that he gets 100% out of his team. We play at a high tempo, with velocity and strength…We do what we know best. He has achieved that Liverpool can compete with teams that were much superior when he arrived. In Cup competitions, with the exception of the other day, he moves like fish in water. The League is more difficult, there are other clubs with more economic resources and that it’s a noticeable difference. But mano a mano…. Liverpool supporters made a song for you. What do you feel when you hear it? - That it’s a beautiful feeling when they sing your name. I’m not Gerrard or Carragher, who are [like]blood of their own. And when you receive so much affection and it all happens so soon, the sensations are very special. It’s a great pride. It’s an extra motivation to give back as many good things as I’ve received from them. In the shape of goals, and titles…The other day I was walking my dogs on the street and I walked past two gentleman; I had not gone ten meters past them when they started singing the song. It was beautiful. Goals, like the two you scored against Chelsea. - My first two this season at Anfield. And last season I scored 20 in 18 matches that we played here…These were special too because we were drawing at the time, they’re a direct rival and had we failed to beat them would’ve been a big disappointment for us. I had been out for months without playing, without scoring and a game like this can do one of two things: sink you or lift up your spirits. And the game against Madrid? - It’s the most beautiful tie in the Champions, facing the team with the most history in Europe versus one of the heavyweights in England, and only one will advance. For me it’s not just one more game and not because of my ‘atletico’ past: for anyone it is an extra-motivation to face Madrid in European competition. I’ve never won a match in the Bernabeu and with all due respect, the same they feel for us, I’m yearning to go there and face them as equals. There are no favourites here, perhaps each team at their own stadium. Playing the second leg at Anfield could be an advantage…but it doesn’t always work that way. You follow their games, correct? - Yes. And I know that in the Champions they will be very dangerous. Like they’ve always been… Which one of their players is the most special for you? - Raul. He always answers the call, specially in Europe: Incredible stats! And breaking Di Stefano’s record too!...It’s the norm now to talk about other players and this is acceptable since they always sign the best players but at the end he always eclipses everyone else. It’s a pleasure to watch Robben play, but for me Raul is the key. On one occasion you told me of your regret of having abandoned your studies of Business management. - Yes and I would like to continue one day. Or to study something else: Psychology, Social studies…I really liked the atmosphere of the University. I’m getting older and since I’ve always been very home-loving perhaps I’ll take some distant education courses. But it’s complicated to do while you’re playing football. Home-loving, and still with the same girlfriend, Olalla. You’ve been together since you were 17. - I used to go see her in Santiago de Compostela, where she lived. I didn’t have a driver’s permit so I could only fly back and forth. When I was promoted to Atleti’s first team it became more difficult…but here we are. Your first and only girlfriend. Very unusual for a footballer eh? - There’s a bit of everything. I know many who still hang out with their childhood friends, the same girlfriend. Who visit the same pubs and stores as when they were kids. Others have a different lifestyle. I don’t like a lot of noise and I’m happy with Olalla, with my people: I would like for all of them to be always beside me. For my friends to remain the same I had when I started off in Fuenlabrada, Atleti’s youth teams…Faithful, loyal. People who come visit me and thank God, it’s a lot of them. It’s those friends that you can go two or three weeks without talking to but you know they’re there for you. And that I’m there for them. I’m telling you: nothing would make me happier than for this to remain true for the rest of my life. What you’re learning in Liverpool in terms of club organization and else, do you see it as feasible at Atletico? Could Torres the business manager dare to try it at the Manzanares? - Going abroad and getting to know the structure of other big clubs gives you experience. Atleti do some things well and others not so much. It’s true that Liverpool have a good club structure, but you have to take into consideration the difference in cultures. For example: here I spend many days from 9 to 3 at the club; there I would arrive ten minutes before the training session and leave home as soon as it was over. The ‘colchonero’ supporters have their standards set in that the club has been a great one and think it will always be that way. There is no patience to sit down and think: let’s build a team, find out style of play and don’t rush things. It’s difficult to explain this to people and for them to accept it. Why should we wait if we are a great club? Well, you have to wait and look at the examples of the old Depor, Sevilla, Villarreal, Benitez’s Valencia, who won titles over Madrid and Barcelona. At Atleti there is too much anxiety and that contaminates and complicates things over and over again… I couldn’t have put it any better my friend. Another thing. Nadal, Gasol, Alonso, Sergio Garcia, yourself for example, are proud Spaniards, part of a new Spain, with no divisions. Does it influence that you all spend so much time away from here? - When you’re away you learn to value it more. And this past year has been fantastic in the world of sports. You feel proud of all of them. The Australian final we watched from the team’s gathering: we were screaming as if every point was the final one! Rafa, come on Rafa! Because he’s one of us. Like Contador, Sastre, Pau…Yes: we feel more united than ever. Let’s continue that trend. You have no idea how well the English speak of Spain’s sportsmen…! What about your lifestyle? - My lifestyle isn’t much different to what it was in Spain. I eat at the same hours, I go to bed past midnight…and on our free time, which isn’t very often I like to travel. I’ve visited Wales, Dublin, Manchester… Which one is your favourite? - London. I like the cosmopolitan aspect of it, nobody is looking at you differently because of who you are or how you dress. Since there are so many famous people there I can walk about and nobody recognizes me. How many times has Florentino called you lately? - Ha, ha! None. It’s surprising to see how much expectation is being raised around him; meanwhile he hasn’t even declared himself as a candidate for R.Madrid elections yet. And hows your English coming along? - It’s improving. But with so many Spanish speakers around it’s a bit harder. There are days in training I only speak Spanish! Have you spoken to Luis[Aragones] again? Would it surprise you to hear the phone ring, answer and hear his voice? - Yes it would surprise me because we’ve barely ever spoken on the phone. Face to face, many times. And I follow his work. I like that he’s more stable now in Turkey, without the struggles of the beginning. How many times have you seen the video of your goal in the final of the Euro? - Since I’m back in England, less. On photos because of the people that come to me for the autograph. It’s the biggest thing to have happened to me as a footballer. I like to remember everything, starting with the good atmosphere at the team’s hotel. Hopefully the best is still to come, in the World Cup I mean. But that…We’ve lived through something you’re never sure you’ll be able to experience! And our Huesca? - Very good eh? I have friends there (one of them, Rodri, his brother-in-law and Paula’s father, Fernando’s niece. Before her Hugo arrived, son of Israel, his older brother) Hopefully they’ll settle well in the second division, which is the most difficult thing for a newly promoted team. See you on the 25th. - Don’t miss it! Torres : "El Liverpool es Gerrard y diez más, no tiene sustituto" - AS.com

New series tonight at 7:30pm on ITV. Used to enjoy this show as it was a good test of people's all round abilities with mental ability, response, observation, general knowledge and physical ability making up the rounds. Anyone else tuning in tonight. That Ben Shephard is fronting the new show

Seriously, what was the point?

Heard today on the Kop towards the end of the game when one of the Bolton players was down and a few players got a sing song in their honour. NGOG, NGOG, NGOG NGOG NGOG HE TUCKS HIS COCK IN TO HIS SOCK NGOG, NGOG, NGOG NGOG... to the tune of "Hi Ho, Hi Ho". Fuckin superb, the whole stand was pissing themselves. Best player song. Ever. Honourable mention for.. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY EL ZHAR

Babel must be goimg surely

I think today's win was VERY important and the value of it can't be stressed enough, why? Well, allow me to explain - In August, we beat Middlesbrough to go briefly top only to be displaced by Chelsea, then we do the same in October v the Mancs only to again be dislodged soon after and again (TWICE) in October we go to the top of the league (first by beating Chelsea, then Portsmouth 3 days later) only to be knocked off by that ridiculous defeat at Tottenham. Since then? We've had TWO more opportunities thanks to Chelsea aiming the rifle squarely at their own feet v Newcastle and Arsenal :yes: - and if you think that's the last time they'll drop points, think again doom mongers - they STILL have to come to Anfield (6)), TWO prime opportunities to not only take control at the very summit of the table but also to banish what I think is a HUGE part of why we haven't even challenged for, never mind won a title since 1990 (although I thought we'd done it in 1997 until David bloody James got involved :(). What is this obstacle I speak of? Well it's OUR mentality - I think up until today despite all our stirling work in coming from behind to win games, ending Chelsea's imperious home run AND snapping United's record against us (not to mention putting Everton in their place at the Wooden Shack :yes:), I think we've always played like a side that was happy to either contest the places UP to top spot - but never top spot itself or when we have had it, we've either relinquished it at the first couple of opportunities possible (ala v Spurs) or played like we're terrified of actually FINALLY announcing ourselves as on the way back FINALLY as a credible, powerful and frighteningly efficient league force (which we are - we HAVE to be to be where we are now). But today? Well after the first half, I noticed all that changed, we played in the first half, the same turgid, go-slow, fear an opposition goal more than you want one of your own crap but then? We gradually came out of our shell, found our range and in the end swatted Blackburn aside as if they weren't there ;) - (good goal from Yossi to and the type of finish I think he SHOULD have produced on Monday rather than an upwards volley) and THAT is what I've been waiting for us to do - not to get TO top spot, but to HOLD ONTO it, THAT is what we've finally found today, the determination to hold onto top spot AND the necessary nous and toughness to ride the storm of our poor form and then seize the game (and the table for another week anyway ;)) by the scruff of the neck; You could see it in the players, as soon as Xabi scored, not only were the celebrations long and loud, but it was like a valve that had been blocked since the Fulham match was released and with it the pressure on the team, after that they expressed themselves and showed that we are THERE and not bloody moving from top spot. Basically today, I think we convinced ourselves that we're there to win it. Yes, it wasn't pretty at times, yes it could have been more emphatic, BUT we did win and win quite easily in the end :yes:. And THIS huge victory (the one in our heads as well as on the pitch) might just in May prove to be the most important of all this season....................

Is there one for him? Probably should be. Possibly to a Gloria Gaynor tune.