BENITEZ V WENGER

This FA cup game could be very good for all the right reasons, two of the top four big names in English football meeting in the oldest cup competion in the world. But what makes this football occasion a little bit special is the fact that these two teams and supporters have very little animosity towards each other. First of all i think we have finally got over the Michael Thomas goal we even signed the man.
Arsenal are a hard team to hate (manure im with u till u lose supporters, and i am also prone to the odd prawn sandwich) and to the newest kids on the block Chelsea fc (dont really know what football is but my company got a tax deduction on a season ticket for me, but its a bit unruly nothing really like a good game of rugger played with some chums).
But Arsenal have a lot of similarities to Liverpool, both managers are underfunded compared to the 2 top twat teams, ok we still cant fund a Theo Walcott type transfer 5 million rising to 12.5 million on a kid, but both managers are trying to compete with the crazy money of chelski by scouring the globe for the best young talent to have a real chance of building for the future.
Whereas Alex has based his buys on whatever the tabloids say, and the special one took whatever his Russian master bought him, Wenger has been by far the best in the English game for spotting and nurturing talent, but Rafa`s young gun buys should be starting to break into the first team next year and then we can really compare the 2 managers on their talent spotting.
I hope its a good game because the fans deserve it, for too long we have been preoccupied with chelskis money and manure arrogance and ignorance, would be nice to finally after a long time.....enjoy the game of football between 2 great teams with 2 non arrogant non ignorant managers....for once lets just sit back and enjoy the sight of 2 great teams playing football

LIVERPOOL 2 NEWCASTLE 0

Welcome back Xabi.
Alonso had been very disappointing so far this season nowhere near his usual excellence but on Wednesday night he was back to his best, it was not his wonder goal that impressed me so much, it was his pass to Finnan to set up the first goal and his overall passing and play that showed he seems to be back to his best.
Another man that impresses me more and more every time i see him play is Kuyt, he scored the first but it is his all round play that catches the eye, he is a bundle of energy wanting the ball at every opportunity and if it is not passed to him he is not afraid to get stuck in to win the ball back and once he gets it he has what all the greatest strikers have, the courage to take a shot from anywhere. Yesterday he tried a bicycle shot from outside the box, if that was anyone else i would be cursing them, but with Kuyt there is always that feeling that he will score.
A good result but it was against a very bad Newcastle side, Tottenham will be much tougher, they are a much better squad than their performances indicate and they will play a lot better this season. I just hope their good run dos`nt start tomorrow.

STRIKER DILEMMA?

Liverpool Fc have a problem that we have been waiting years to have, who do we play up front today in the merseyside derby.
Kuyt and Crouch both scored midweek in the internationals but Bellamy is very hard to leave out while Fowler has been training to reach his peak fitness for the past 2 weeks and must be chomping at the bit to get a game.
While i think Kuyt and Crouch should get the nod for todays game, Rafa may surprise us all again with his selection.....this is the new look Liverpool Football club and what a great problem to have!