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Amongst all the Olympics, it's the start of the footy season for some of the Premiership sides tonight.

The Liverpool match is on ITV1, and The Arsenal game is on Setanta.


Relatively comfortable first legs, or could there be a slip up?

This is it then.......the season is up & running.

I think we will win 1-3 & get off to a great start & really can't see Arsenal slipping up either.

can't see either slipping up here really..

both Liege and Twente will feel confident. They might slip up but both should go through against their English opposition

;carlocitrone;

rotflmfao

I wonder if the pool match will be shown in Ireland on itv1 , had a gander at the TV guide yday and found no sign of it

I'm assuming it will be a relatively drab 1st leg tonight , liverpool to edge it or maybe a draw , but obv the home leg should be a rollover

Arsenal have NINE first team players missing through injury and will most likely field Ramsey(17) and Denilson(20) in midfield so this may not be the stroll in the park that it appears to be on paper.

I'm actually quite relieved that Twente's perennial top scorer is out suspended for both legs.

I always assume that watching Liverpool will be drab

I enjoyed the quarter final matches in last year's Champions League - didn't you?

Liverpool are probs layable tonight @4/7

If you've got Sky in Ireland, you can try this:

http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk?title=How_to_get_the_ITV_regions_on_Sky_Digital&diff=0&oldid=1205

Thats some going before the season has even started!

You have enough strength in the squad though.  Some of your youngsters look very good.

+ Twente is shit.

Cmon dan , don't be like that!....I enjoy watching the gooners you's play super stuff , don't be turning me against you's with those remarks !

I'm pleased to hear that but if you check our bench tonight you will see how stretched we are.

I know you're in a spot of bother with your first team..and your bench..but Twente really is an awful team...and they sold Engelaar so that really leaves them in a spot of bother. I don't epect you to win 5-0 but 0-2 1-3 should be possible.

LOL yes the powers of SKY have made there way across the water and on to the shores of Ireland , I appreciate the link m8 but just checked the rag and the game will be shown on itv1 here , so yayyyyyyyyyyy!

Speaking of liverpool games on tv .....just got an email of lfctv earlier on, and they said that setanta is shown NINE l'pool matches before xmas which is super sweet, nevermind the games that will be on sky,

Thank you god for setanta best channel ever ever ever

It's better than ninetene.

made me giggle, that did.

Who's the tit on Skysports special that just compared Robibie Keane to Dalglish and Bearsdsley - I like Keane I really do I think he is a top player but not in the smae league as the other 2.

Glad Alonso's playing.  Looks like he's almost certainly going to be staying at Liverpool then.

;yippee;

sorry mate, just a little joke.


Or his transfer fee has just been reduced by about 4mil

Talk on the Radio regarding Barry if he plays tomorrow he cannot play in Europe for anyone else until Feb?
Assume same for Alonso - seems if you play in Prelims you can still play for another team in European comps post Feb - is this new or even correct?

If Barry plays tomorrow he CAN play in the Champions League for another side, because it's a different competition.

However, the way we played in the first half if he joined us he wouldn't be getting Champions League football...

He CAN'T play unless they have changes the rules since last year.

in wich case he could still move to Arsenal,although they too are p poor tonight.

Players ARE allowed to represent one club in the Intertoto competition, without becoming ineligible to play in other European football for different clubs.

Are liverpool allowed to move the goal line back 3 ft if the ball goes over it ?

Liverpool Arbeloa par tonight.

Shocker!!!!

not as bad as this one from BBC online ...

"Will Liverpool still be so Keane Torres(t) Gerrard in the second half?"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/7559117.stm

Cup tied for any Euro comp it seems.

And here comes Gerrard...

Utter Garbage Liverpool- c'mon stevie G, need Liverpool to win for my Acca

Yeah but tomorrow is NOT an Intertoto game.

FAIR enough. 

Can the Ref deem the box to be 20 yards long if he see's fit to give a pen ?

Liverpool were woeful yesterday..if they keep this up they'll be 30 points behind ManU and Chelski again.

FYP

Thought he was lucky not to get  a straight red instead of the booking - that challenge last night was malicious.

[ ] We were good

that is all

Why is Benitez popular with the Liverpool fans ?

Probably the Champions League win helped matters , though i must admit he can be highly frustrating at times

I don't think we will do that well this season , it was so obv last season that we needed some wingers , and we have not signed any , kuyt and benayoun do NOT cut the mustard, i'm hoping that babel will have a good season so he should take care of one side , still leaves us short tho

Fellow pool  fans what do ya reckon ?

Im waiting to see how the start goes before making to much of a rash judgment...  We should win the 2nd leg at home, but in terms of the league, I would like to see us out of it for 1 season just so that I can see what Rafa has got, without having the C/L to fall back on..
I know this is probably financial disaster.

Because he's a world class manager doing very well on a restricted budget.

Our team when he took over was:

            Dudek

Finnan Carra Hyypia Riise

Murphy Hamann Gerrard Kewell

         Cisse  Baros

And more shockingly considering what Houllier spent we had Traore Biscan Henchoz Mellor Le Tallec Warnock Smicer and several others too bad to even remember as squad players.

Now we have:

            Reina

Arbeloa Carra Agger Dossena

Benayoun Gerrard Mascherano Babel

        Keane  Torres

But more importantly we have Cavalieri Skrtel Finnan Degen Aurelio Alonso Kuyt Pennant as well as very promising youngsters like Plessis Insua Ngog El Zhar Nemeth Lucas Spearing.

I know Kuyt and Benayoun dont exactly cut it a wingers and that this isn't a title winning team. But is it better than the teams we've had? Yes. Can another manager who isn't already at a huge club do a better job on the same budget? No.

Along the way he's won trophies and made us capable of putting together 10 or 11 game winning streaks. Comparitively in terms of improvement vs money spent he's up there with the best. We've gone from struggling to qualify for the Champions League to the ranked number 1 team in Europe. (ie In the last 5 years in Europe our record is the best)

The truth is outside of Liverpool Benitez is underrated in England. (Although not so in Europe at all) People just see him as a rotation monkey with no idea of his best 11. This couldn't be further from the truth and Liverpool fans who watch the team every week and can see the improvement year on year know how good he is. What he's done for the club is work wonders. Financial issues aside, the team is in very good hands to push on to be a brilliant side with a good signing or two, which will probably be next summer now.

This season I'm happy with 3rd but within 6 points of the winners, a CL run that may or may not go to the final, and a domestic trophy.

Hey mate , I have to say i agree with 99.9999% of that post , nh wp ..........My only problem is WHY oh WHY did we not sign any wide players, rafa's persistence in playing dirk kuyt on the right is really really annoying.There was talk of david silva and bentley at some stages during the summer , either would have been ideal imo.Don't get me wrong i was excited about the possibility of stevieG and his buddy Barry playing alongside each other , but with bentley on the market i can't see why we didnt make a move for him .Think about it how sweet would a midfield of Babel , Mascherano, Gerrard and Bentley have been , v classy imo

Since you leave Alonso out, I prefer Barry...

Why to people insist we need a right winger.

Ray Houghton was an amazing right midfielder for us his style down the right with Babel on the left makes more sense to me.

Well it would be a case of who we were playing to see if alonso or mascherano was needed

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Mr Potata!... If that is your real name. I agree 100%.

I would have gone all out for Silva and moved Babel right and used BennyandJoon as an impact player.

If we'd signed Barry I think it'd have been Gerrard on the right though unfortunately. Although he did score 23 goals there when he last played there. Why is it when Gerrard plays right it's a waste but when Ronaldo plays right he's a drifter? lol When effectively they play the same role from the flank...

Yes! that is my real name! Yes benayoun drifts in and out of games too much , so he would deffo be better off been an impact player

Obviously when gerrard is named in the team and we have 2 other central midfielders also playing , that means gerrard is confined to the right wing where he must at all times have chalk underneath his boots and never ever come inside and get goals or anything like that , just has to make sure to hug the touchline thats why its a waste