LIVERPOOL VS BIRMINGHAM - THE LUCKY 100TH MEETING!

I MEAN WHAT A GAME!

Awesome performance by the lads with an unlikely rebound strike by Maxi and Kuyt the workhorse netting the 2nd!

The kids were on fire with Robinson, Spearing and Flanno having a solid performance and it was a toss for man of the match from Lucas and Meireless
he Reds kept the pressure on with Birmingham literally playing with 11 men in their own half the majority of the 1st half. A call for a penalty was brushed a side by Howard Scum Webb!

Ben Foster was replaced by Doyle in goal for Birmingham. By this time I was thinking of a dejavu 7-0 route by the Reds! Hey you never know right?


THE SECOND HALF - started off without the intensity of the first but you could see the Reds pressing. Liverpool gave away a free kick and a yellow card to Robinson who is turning out to be a regular Scouser! 
Suarez with his trickery was fouled by Carr and he skyed the free kick. Still a great performance by Suarez minus any BITING hahaha! His brilliant solo run in the 59th minute was almost fruitful and you could see the frustration on he man as he is looking for his next goal!
Defensively, I cannot remember when we looked this solid even with the absence of Kelly and Johnson.I think the commentator put it aptly when he said that although most of Lucas' performance is not mindblowing, it is definitely valuable to the team.
Maxi netted his second on the 65th minute and the Argentinian seems to be finding himself in the right place at the right time in typical Owen fashion. In Fact he almost netted his hattrick from a Suarez cross in the 69th minute.
David Bentley( WHO?) came on in the 70th minute but one could feel that this is just to give him some playing time.
Well Maxi netted his hattrick on the 73rd minute and yes - right place right time. However Spurs were ahead 2-1 against WBA damn!
Robinson was replaced by Jonjo in the 80th minute and the gambles with the lads has paid off. Now Cox equalized for WBA in the 81st minute and it was looking rosy for the REDS
Joe Cole came in and scores a delightful goal in the 90th minute!
And yes SPURS drew with WBA 2-2 and thats the best thing Hodgson has done all season for the REDS!


Man of the match anyone? Mine is Lucas!


YNWA!

CONFIRMED TEAM VS BIRMINGHAM - CARROL INJURED

CONFIRMED TEAM


REINA, ROBINSON, FLANAGAN, SKRTEL, CARRA, MAXI, MEIRELESS, LUCAS, SPEARING, KUYT, SUAREZ
SUBS :GULASCI, COLE, KYRGIAKOS, NGOG, POULSEN, JOJO, COADY


Looks like Andy is injured!


Let's hope the juniors kick ass and hope Meireless is back to his goal scoring form!

ITS ABOUT TIME!

I have been a RED and a mad Liverpool fan as long as I have known football!
That's like almost 40 years! I have seem them in their greatness and magnificent run all through the 70's till the early 90's.

Although the love of my life has had more then a decade of a hexed run, you CANNOT abandon your team- no matter what.
We have endured the RAFA ' so called revolution' and we have survived the torment of almost being split by a manager who, although tactically brilliant, had no heart and let his emotions get the better of him. This killed the club.
Hodgson was I believe like a rebound love affair- and then the ANFIELD gods shone upon us again in the form of King Kenny!
All in all, I am still here and am patiently awaiting the glory days to come again. There is much talk about the 2011/2012 season to be the dawn of a new beginning- I would want to believe so!

Back to the present, we have 5 games left and a potential 15 points for the taking. We have 49 points and are 5 points away from Spurs ( although they have a game in hand) and a possible Europa spot!
A 25 million pound Shirt deal with Warrior has been sealed for the 2012/2013 season and things are already looking promising

Tonight we take on Birmingham who we have not beaten in a bit and there is promise ( we are playing at Anfield) of 3 points although the defensive injuries seem to plaque us - Johnson, Kelly. Aurelio butthe kids - Flanno and Robinson( who) have been stellar!

Liverpool v Birmingham City – Head to Head

	Liverpoool Wins	Draws	Birmingham City Wins
League	46	25	28
FA Cup	6	2	1
League Cup	3	2	0
Other	1	1	0
Total	56	30	29

  

I am predicting a 2- 0 victory with Suarez and Kuyt to provide the goals
Let's wait and see! YNWA and once a RED, always a RED!


BTW The REDS will be in Malaysia China ad South Korea for a tour in JULY! Awesomeness as I caught them last year in Singapore( and got something signed by Jay Spearing!)


What's your prediction for tonight?