It's been a wierd few week at Liverpool FC. I mean they put 6 past hull (26 Sep, 2009 Liverpool 6-1 Hull City) where Torres plays for just over an hour and bags three goals and then his replacement Babel plays for just under half an hour and scored 2 goals. Why didn't they just keep Torres on the pitch then he could have had a hatful. I reckon the score would have been higher than it was if Torres has played till the end of the match.

Then it seemed to go wrong. Firstly we played Fiorentina in the Champions League, played badly and deservedly lost 0-2.
Next we played Chelsea and played much better but still managed to get beaten 0-2. This wasn't through lack of trying on ouor part though, Torres was well and truly silenced, and Gerrard himself only had a couple of chances, but defensively we let ourselves down (again) and leaked the two goals.

The international break was next and this caused major problems as both Torres and Gerrard were injured on international duty. Aqualine the player bought in over the summer is also still injured which isn't helping matters either so we went into the game against Sunderland without G&T and lost to the freakest goal imagineable (involving a beach ball of all things) 0-1. Of course we had enough chances to win the game, and had 7 minutes of time added on and still didn't manage to make the chances count so perhaps we didn't deserve this one either.

Last night we played Lyon and scored the first goal of the game. The problem is that Lyon got two goals and we were consigned to our fourth successive defeat, something that has apparently not happened for over 20 years. So at the moment things are not looking good for us and we could well go out the Champions League at the group stages and not even qualify for the champions league this season if we carry on playing the way we have be doing.

What is most frustrating is that we can beat teams without Torres and Gerrard, its just that at the moment we aren't which is just fuelling the media's insistence that we are a two-man team and that we are missing Alonso. We are not missing Alonso really, the problem there is that the player we signed to replace him is injured and can't play at the moment, which is a bit of an arse really.

The title race is more open than it has ever been and I believe we are still it, we just have to stop losing matches and win every game from now till the end of the season.

Its Scum on Sunday, that would be an excellent place to begin a wining sequence. 

It's been a funny old couple of weeks for LFC. We tonk Hull 6-1 then lose two matches in a week.

Reviews to follow during the internation break.

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Leeds 0 Liverpool
Carling Cup 3rd Round

As usual this match saw 9 changes from the previous squad and once again we scrapped through with a less than convicing performance. Leeds could well have got something out this game.

I just don't know why we don't take this cup more seriously and play Torres and Gerrard from the start and really scare the opposition.

Still we are in the next round though.

So two games this week and two wins. Both hard fought and both could have gone either way to be honest.

Liverpool 1 Debrecen 0

We bossed this game for the majority of the time and probably should have had four or five goals but we didn't and Debrecen got back in the game in the second half and could have easily got an equaliser but luckily for us they didn't.

West Hame 2 Liverpool 3

Now this was a close call. We had two good goals and then made a couple of defensive cock ups that let West Ham get back into the game. Then Torres scored his second and we managed to prevail.

Our defense is our major problem at the moment, but it isn't really our best back four, not that is in anyway an excuse.

Still we are now back to winning ways, which is always a good sign.

Liverpool 4 Burnley 0

Another good win for us, and another game that we dominated. If truth be told we should have had five or six or even more goals such was our domination of this game. Yossi Benayoun had a hat trick and should have four or five himself. Still he probably won't even start against Debrecen on Wednesday.

We are looking more solid at the back now and are playing much better than the first two games. If we can keep this up then I am sure we will be challenging for the title once again!

This morning I have signed up to Work Solutions in Wigan a programme designed to help you get back into work. You know the sort of place and if you don't watch the programme Benefit Busters on Channel 4 and you will see what I mean.
 
It has to be worth a go and it will keep me out of mischief for a couple of days a week untill I can find that elusive job.
 
You never know.

I have been reading a lot of Charlie Brooker lately and have decided that I would love to have my own telly review blog. However I am not sure if it is worth doing or not on my own. Is there anywho who would like to collaborate on such a venture?

Bolton 2 Liverpool 3

We left it late in this game, but after Sean Davis got sent off in the second half we could have had a hatful of goals. Our defense is still a little shaky but the new guy Kyriacos (not sure how to spell it) had quite a good debut and our passing was more fluid. Our goals were scored by Glen Johnson, Torres and Stevie G so business as usual. This was not a convincing win by any means, but it was a win and hopefully now we have got over our shaky start so can start the season proper once the international break is over.

I am not keen on these internation breaks. I mean they have only been back for three games and they get a week of already. I mean come. Having said that if they didn't do this when would they get time to play international fixtures? Therein lies the problem.

Liverpool 1 - Aston Villa 3 August 24th 2009

Eeek. This is not good enough. Not good enough at all. Not only did we have a shocking first half, but we let in three goals that we normally wouldn't even entertain. We played much better in the second half and had numerous attempts on goal, but it was in defence that we let ourselves down yet again. This is now two defeats in three games, the same amount that we lots in total in the league last season. Now if we don't lose again this season then it wouldn't have made a great deal of difference would it, but given our current form that doesn't look very likely. I hope that this is just a blip and we start playing like we did last season and soon.

Villa were though and Friedel was a collosus in goal. Great keeper.