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Redmen TV : Liverpool v Chelsea 2012/13: Uncensored Match Build Up ShowThe Uncensored Match Build Up: Sunday sees Rafa Benitez returns to Merseyside as his “interim” side Chelsea take on Liverpool. Ahead of the game the lads discuss… The Redmen TV is Uncensored LFC Television…
Friday Apr 19Posted by: Antoine Zammit Comments Off
Liverpool vs Chelsea (Sunday)Kick off 16:00 - Liverpool face Chelsea on the back of successive 0-0 draws against Reading and West Ham, and are now ten points off fourth place and a champions League spot. - Those back to back 0-0 draws don’t tell the full story though, as in the game against Reading Luis Suarez got five shots on target, more than any other player in the games taking place last week and in midweek, so this may be the game when those chances start hitting the back of the net again. - That was the fourth time this season that Suarez has had five or more shots in target in a game, taking his tally of shots on target for the season to 98, and putting him course to have his 100th shot on target against Chelsea. - Suarez is now just one goal ahead of van Persie in the race for this season’s golden boot on 22 compared to van Persie’s 21. The number behind those goals make interesting reading, as Suarez is the more accurate shooter (60.1% on target compared to van Persie’s 57.8%) yet he needs more shots for each goal than van Persie (7.4 shots per goal compared to 5.5 shots per goal). That may suggest that Suarez has just been held up by inspired goalkeeping performances this season, as he gets his shots on target more but has not been reaping the rewards. Suarez is 11/1 with 888sport.com to score in both halves against Chelsea. - Chelsea should be especially wary of Liverpool regaining possession, as Lucas made 21 interceptions and Carragher 20 against Reading to rank second and third in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index for interceptions in the last week of games. - Only two Liverpool players had made 20 or more interceptions in a game before Lucas and Carragher’s - Lucas is also ranked 7th in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index’s midfielders for tackles won with 62, despite having played around half as many minutes of any of the players above him. Lucas has played 1,573 minutes this season, while the top tackling midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has won 80 tackles in 3,044 minutes. On his current average, if Lucas has played as many minutes he would have won 120 tackles this season. - Chelsea, on the other hand, hit three past Fulham in their last game, but all from their defence as John Terry scored a brace and David Luiz a goal of the season contender. - Luiz’s goal shouldn’t have come as a surprise, as the Brazilian has never been shy of a shot at goal. He’s had 43 efforts this season, more than any other defender in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, with 51% on target. - Remarkably, Terry now has four goals this season from just 6 shots at goal. The only defender who can rival that conversion rate is Manchester United’s Jonny Evans who has thee goals from 7 shots at goal in the Premier League. - Fernando Torres has returned to his best this season after enduring a tough season last year, and will face his former club on Sunday. He’s won 25 tackles this season, the fifth highest by a striker in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index and proof of his tenacity and desire to win the ball back. Torres is an industry best price of 11/4 with 888sport.com to score at any time against his old club.
Thursday Apr 18Posted by: Antoine Zammit 4 Comments »
RIP Anne WilliamsVery sad news this morning. Hillsborough mum and justice campaigner has passed away after losing her battle with cancer.  RIP Anne Williams Anne’s son Kevin was one of the 96 who lost his lives at Hillsborough, he was just 15. Anne refused to pick up Kevin’s death certificate and for 24 years campaigned to get the Attorney General to give Kevin a proper inquest as she would not accept his death as “accidental”. Kevin could have been saved if he had been attended to. An e-Petition earlier this year received over 118,000 signatures triggering a discussion in the House of Commons, now a new inquest is on the fast track as the old one was quashed. Unfortunately Anne wasn’t able to see justice in her lifetime, she was at the Hillsborough memorial on Monday and I am sure she found solace knowing that Justice will be done soon. RIP Anne, give Kevin a big hug. -Antoine
Wednesday Apr 17Posted by: Guest Writer 3 Comments »
Who will replace CarragherBy Mobeen Kamran With club legend Jamie Carragher will be retiring at the end of the season and with Martin Skrtel not playing at his best Liverpool are in desperate need of a Center back if they are to even think of qualifying for the CL. Two names that have been strongly linked with Liverpool F.C are Ajax’s Toby Alderweireld and Vasco Da Gama’s Dede. 1. European experience Alderweireld plays for Ajax a team that wins the Dutch league every year. A team that has produced some of the best players in Europe and has won the CL four times. To play for a team like that gives Alderweireld a big advantage over Dede. Dede will take some time to settle into the side time that Liverpool do not have. Lucas leiva took over two years to finally come good for LFC and Dede could take longer. 2. Presence of a huge center-half Since the beginning of the season Liverpool have struggled against teams that have had a big center-forward, in fact one of the reasons Liverpool lost to Oldham Athletic, Stoke City, Aston Villa was the inability of coping with the huge front line that these teams possessed. And standing at 1.93m Dede can end the problem. 3. Versatility While Dede can only play as a center-half Toby Alderweireld has the ability to play as a full-back an ability that could be very useful during a long season in which many players could get injured. 4. Buying players directly from Brazil is a gamble Buying players outside of Europe is a huge example especially Brazilian players if you take the example of Robinho who was bought from Santos by Real Madrid for 24 million euros only managed to score 25 goals in over a hundred league games. Even Neymar has failed to impress with Brazil and in his performance against mexico last year led to Pele who once said Neymar is better than Leo Messi criticizing him. 5. It can pay off Two players were signed from Brazil and went on to become legends of the game, the two players are Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. Even Lucas Moura and Oscar from Chelsea are showing signs of becoming great players in the future. 6. Promise of goals Check out the following videos to see some spectacular goals from Dede and Toby Alderweireld:
Monday Apr 15Posted by: Antoine Zammit 1 Comment »
Bill Kenwright’s Speech at Hillsborough Memorial [video]For those who missed it or those who want to watch it again, here is the brilliant speech by Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright at this year’s Hillsborough Memorial.
Monday Apr 15Posted by: Antoine Zammit Comments Off
Never shall we forget The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield April 15th is a day when talking about football is irrelevant. We remember the 96 who went to a game and never returned. RIP John Alfred Anderson (62)
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