EPL ~ Roy : That's the best we have played since I arrived!

• zocoss

  13 Oct 10, 12:29

  LIVERPOOL DUO SUFFER INJURIES
  

  

   

  Merseyside derby

   

   

  Sunday, October 17 2010

   

  Everton v Liverpool      8:30   Mio Channel  102 / 110 

   

   

   

   

  
  
  Dirk Kuyt and Daniel Agger were both injured on international duty on Tuesday night, giving Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson more to worry about ahead of the Merseyside derby on Sunday.

  Kuyt's injury could be the more serious as he lasted only 29 minutes of Holland's game against Sweden before leaving with what appeared to be a bad ankle injury.

  Agger, making his comeback from a groin problem, lasted only 39 minutes of Denmark's game against Cyprus.

  According to the Liverpool website, both players will be assessed on their return to Melwood before any decision is made about the weekend.

• zocoss

  13 Oct 10, 18:08

  NETHERLANDS 4-1 SWEDEN

  Netherlands injury set to sideline Kuyt until 2011

  By ESPNsoccernet staff

   

  

  Rushed to hospital: Dirk Kuyt landed awkwardly on his ankle after jumping for a header

   

   

  Liverpool's season appears to have gone from bad to worse as Dirk Kuyt suffered a serious ankle injury that could rule him out for the rest of the year in Netherlands' 4-1 Euro qualifying win over Sweden.

  In a further blow for Roy Hodgson, defender Daniel Agger had to come off in the first half of Denmark's clash with Cyprus, throwing his comeback from a groin problem in doubt ahead of the weekend's crucial Merseyside derby against Everton.

  Dutch forward Kuyt was taken to hospital in an ambulance after landing awkwardly following an aerial challenge in the first half. Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk said he feared the injury was "serious" and that initial predictions forecasted a long time on the sidelines for Kuyt.

  Kuyt's absence will test Liverpool's attacking depth as the club, currently languishing in the relegation zone.

• zocoss

  14 Oct 10, 21:30

  Goodison doesn't scare me! Liverpool defender Glen Johnson relishing Merseyside derby against Everton
  

   

   

  

  Up for the fight: Glen Johnson is targeting a Liverpool win on Sunday

   

   

   

  Glen Johnson cannot wait to sample the 'intense' atmosphere in Sunday's Merseyside derby, declaring it unique in the football world.

  The England defender has experienced London derbies while a player at West Ham and Chelsea but says nothing compares to the passion in Liverpool for their two clubs.

  Johnson got his first taste of the clash between the Red and Blue halves of Merseyside in Liverpool's 2-0 win at Goodison Park last November, and far from shy away from the hostile atmosphere, the right-back insists he enjoys the friendly confrontation with Everton fans.

   

   

  

  Form at last: Everton go into the derby on the back of their first Premier League win of the season, 2-0 at Birmingham earlier this month

   

   

  'The Merseyside derby is different to any other I've played in,' he said. 'The Liverpool area is so passionate about football. You're either a Red or a Blue.

  'Where I grew up in London people supported all different teams but here it's one or the other. It's what you live for.

  'You can sense when a derby is coming because of the build-up the week before. It's so intense.

  'I've got to know plenty of Everton fans since moving here and they aren't afraid to give you some stick. The guy who I rent my house from is a Blue and he loves it. But the banter is great and unique.

  'To win any derby you need to fight and stick together. That's what we'll do.'

  
  

• zocoss

  15 Oct 10, 23:33

  Everton's Marouane Fellaini out for six weeks with hamstring injury

  • Midfielder injured playing for Belgium against Austria
  • Phil Jagielka also likely to miss Merseyside derby

   

  

  Belgium's Marouane Fellaini during his country's game against Austria, which he failed to finish after sustaining a hamstring injury. Photograph: Thierry Roge/Reuters

   

   

  The Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury sustained while on international duty with Belgium.

  The 22-year-old was hurt playing in Belgium's Euro 2012 qualifier against Austria in midweek, in which he scored one of his country's goals in a 4-4 draw. The injury is a fresh setback for Fellaini, who missed the final three months of last season after damaging ankle ligaments in a Merseyside derby against Liverpool. The Everton manager David Moyes said: "It is a very big blow because he is an important player for us."

  Liverpool are Everton's next opponents at Goodison Park on Sunday. The Everton defender Phil Jagielka is also unlikely to feature after suffering a hamstring injury in training with England. Moyes added: "He is not as bad as we first thought but it may just come too quick for him – that is the way it is looking at this moment in time."

  Louis Saha, who has been out since August with a calf problem, is also unlikely to return. The new injuries came in the same week the youngster Ross Barkley, who has been on the bench for the last four games, broke a leg.

• omgukilledkenny

  17 Oct 10, 20:08

  Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Heitinga, Arteta, Osman, Cahill, Yakubu.

  Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Bilyaletdinov, Beckford, Gueye, Mustafi, Baxter.
  

  Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Konchesky, Gerrard, Lucas, Meireles, Cole, Maxi, Torres.

  Subs: Jones, Aurelio, Jovanovic, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Kelly.
  

  Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

• zocoss

  17 Oct 10, 20:32

  Starting... Lets hope Everton win this, but Pool have not lost to them for a long time already...

• zocoss

  17 Oct 10, 20:36

  3 mins in and already quite boring... Liverpool becoming a regular pass-back team... Play with United also the same, so boring...

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 20:48

  since like everton are the one who is attacking like crazy

   

  

• zocoss

  17 Oct 10, 20:53

  Everton are burning a lot of energy in this half and if they don't get something from it, they could be made to pay for it in the second half when they become tired.

  And Gerrard again not for the first time got away with another bad tackle... I wonder what he must do to be given a card... ?

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 21:09

  1-0

   

  for everton

• omgukilledkenny

  17 Oct 10, 21:13

  Nice finish by Cahill.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 21:17

  Torres seem veri weak wor

• sg_forum

  17 Oct 10, 21:31

  i will also fed up if i'm him..no service at all from center or flank...how can u score a goal when only him in the box versus 5-6 everton's defender?
• Y_Shun

  17 Oct 10, 21:35

  Yup thats why...

   

  I think unless Hogson improves the tactic or sign a striker to partner Torres, I expect him to leave Liverpool by Winter.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 21:36

  Is Babel inj or wad?

   

  he seem MIA.....

   

  Where e free transfer Milan?

   

  

• dragg

  17 Oct 10, 21:38

  coleman is good.
• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 21:41

  2-0 for everton

   

  Arteta...

   

  Liverpool is ......................................................

• trolol

  17 Oct 10, 21:48

  relegation time!

• Junyang700

  17 Oct 10, 21:52

  Morale low.. they dunno what the new management would do to them... They are like being sold here sold there....

• dragg

  17 Oct 10, 21:58

  everton look more hungry for a win.
• fudgester

  17 Oct 10, 22:01

  Let's face it.....

  The other teams all see Liverpool and their ownership troubles leading to low morale....

  They also saw how Blackpool could defeat them..... at Anfield, no less.

  So now everyone has become a lot more bold and daring when it comes to facing Liverpool.

• Rooney9

  17 Oct 10, 22:04

  its clear that managing liverpool is clearly out of depth for Hodgson. dun get me wrong, he is a good coach/manager, but at a big club, you need a winner.

• dragg

  17 Oct 10, 22:10

  that youngster beckford really jialat. hope he can finish the game without a red.
• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Oct 10, 22:11

  wala0

   

  nw then i see Babel  sub in for 10mins

• charlize

  17 Oct 10, 22:12

  Once the new owners have taken over and have scrutinised all aspects of the club in another few weeks time, they will be looking for a new manager.

   

  In these sorts of situation, you won't wait until the team becomes a real relegation candidate with 5 games remaining before you make drastic changes.