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[Reynard]

Pretty good stream today - prone to the occasional jitter.

This one may turn out to be better (especially if it doesn't have Sky's commentary) - showing the end of Milan's match at the moment, though.

[Dandy_Sephy]

I chuckled at Rafa's comment regarding Barry. To paraphrase "He is a good player, but hopefully he will play badly today, and then play well after todays game". Perhaps rafa still wants him in Jan.

[ryodi]

Torres off with a possible hamstring injury

[Reynard]

Could be a twinge.

If it was anything serious, he wouldn't have been walking off (didn't look like he was limping too much).

International break coming up, so his recovery should hopefully be mostly covered by that.

[utero2001]

Pretty good stream today - prone to the occasional jitter.

This one may turn out to be better (especially if it doesn't have Sky's commentary) - showing the end of Milan's match at the moment, though.

cheers for the links, I've been trying to find a good link for the entire first half, seems like I haven't missed much

[rjpageuk]

Hasnt been the greatest first half but I am sick to death of Andy Gray already.

Apparently Liverpool's tactics have allowed Aston Villa to have a lot of possession, with soccernet putting them at 45% to Liverpools 55%

We do look devoid of options though, hopefully Babel will come on to mix things up a bit but he looked quite rusty against Leige.

[glb]

Andy Gray was, is and always will be a bitter bluenose twat. Keys is another no-mark, really don't know why I keep paying Sky subs, their coverage gets on my tits. Ah well, stuck with them until we move.

As for the game, fairly insipid so far, neither side has really clicked (save for the Carew chance, then the Ngog one late-on). Impressed with Ngog but needs the midfield to provide more, would have thought Monster being back would have freed up Xabi but not the case so far.

[Dandy_Sephy]

Hasnt been the greatest first half but I am sick to death of Andy Gray already.

Apparently Liverpool's tactics have allowed Aston Villa to have a lot of possession, with soccernet putting them at 45% to Liverpools 55%

We do look devoid of options though, hopefully Babel will come on to mix things up a bit but he looked quite rusty against Leige.

Usually we have more like 65% in this sort of game, so he has a point albeit a small one

[utero2001]

are there any sopcast feeds working? for me none of the mediaplayer links work too well, more jitter than video

[hub2]

Try... http://www.justin.tv/smbond

Quality is pretty poor though.

[DC]

Quality is pretty poor though.

[utero2001]

shame, its really bad, might be my internet connection

radio 5 live is the best for me, sounds like a much better second half

[Meat]

I'd like to see Babel on

[Meat]

Shit! Keane misses a 1 on 1

[utero2001]

well played REO

[Meat]

I dont understand this substitution

[Twyford]

Benayoun on for Keane

That'll be 0-0 then.

[rjpageuk]

Indeed it was.

We are missing some creativity and look too narrow most of the time.

I think it was a pretty poor performance from Villa too, if they were more up for the game I think Liverpool could have been in trouble.

[dam_aks]

As is usually the case when watching Liverpool, that was totally depressing.

[glb]

Okay, I hold my hands up, I hexed Ngog - he was replaced with the spirit of Heskey in the second-half.

Would have taken a point before the game but having seen Villa, supposedly one of the leading contenders to break into the top four, we should be disappointed. Average performance, at least we're only playing United next. Arse.

[Pilotwings]

Unlucky Mic palsters

[Dandy_Sephy]

Okay, I hold my hands up, I hexed Ngog - he was replaced with the spirit of Heskey in the second-half.

Would have taken a point before the game but having seen Villa, supposedly one of the leading contenders to break into the top four, we should be disappointed. Average performance, at least we're only playing United next. Arse.

The win would have been a nice bumper, but at least they can't pass us on points.

[Thumbcandy]

Shit! Keane misses a 1 on 1

I may be rubbish at spotting these, but I've seen it again and again from different angles in HD, and I can't see anything other than Reo-Coker taking out Keane without touching the ball.

Don't get me wrong, we didn't really deserve to win the game, but Gray dismissed it straight away in his usual bluenose way, and afterwards they didn't mention any controversy. Am I just biased? Well, obviously I am but in this case I think I'm right too. Penalty.

[Reynard]

shame, its really bad, might be my internet connection

Must've been - the streams were fine for the majority of the match.

A point's not bad, but considering Villa were only slighly less unambitious than us, we could've gone for the win.

Quite glad for the international break (injuries-wise).

Guess this just leaves the floor open for ramone - see y'all in two weeks.

[glb]

The win would have been a nice bumper, but at least they can't pass us on points.

This is true. Hopefully Nando II will be up-and-running, although Gerrard less likely to be. Sod it though, don't care who's fit as long as they're up for it. Was it October 1863 when we last scored against that shower in the league? Ojoj.

[rjpageuk]

I may be rubbish at spotting these, but I've seen it again and again from different angles in HD, and I can't see anything other than Reo-Coker taking out Keane without touching the ball.

Don't get me wrong, we didn't really deserve to win the game, but Gray dismissed it straight away in his usual bluenose way, and afterwards they didn't mention any controversy. Am I just biased? Well, obviously I am but in this case I think I'm right too. Penalty.

I can see where you are coming from with this but I think Keane had effectively shot by the time Reo-Coker made his "tackle" which ended up just being a lunge to block the shot which he missed.

I dont think you are ever going to see a penalty for it, maybe if Keane had instead tried to control the ball and then was tackled like that he would have more of a case.

[utero2001]

I may be rubbish at spotting these, but I've seen it again and again from different angles in HD, and I can't see anything other than Reo-Coker taking out Keane without touching the ball.

Don't get me wrong, we didn't really deserve to win the game, but Gray dismissed it straight away in his usual bluenose way, and afterwards they didn't mention any controversy. Am I just biased? Well, obviously I am but in this case I think I'm right too. Penalty.

well if it was a foul it makes up for gerrards dodgy dive at villa park last year which got them a late free kick which he put in the net

[Kelthink]

That was pretty pish. Start the game with Keane, Torres and Kuyt on the attacking front and end up with Benayoun, Ngog and er, Aurelio? Alright, Torres got injured but fuck, that was lacklustre substituting. Should have put Babel and El Zhar on, at least.

[dogsout]

I agree.

[ras el hanout]

I thought this was going to be Babel's year? Last year was Rafa just being brillinat by getting him used to the Premiership bit by bit, that's what you guys said. And surely Lucas is better than what we've seen. I've never seen him be anything but very average. You don't become Brazil under 21 captain by being very average do you? It's the Benitez effect in full... in full effect. And Agger, what's up there?