GREAT SCOTS! King Kenny Returns

#55773 Glenn T : Hey mate, how do you post pictures from the net onto this website? Like the pic of King Kenny, Keita, Joaquin.

When I add a post, I go back and click 'edit', that will give you an option to add your files that you have uploaded from your computer, so just go ahead and choose one that you have saved to your files. It works for any file too
The one problem is, it seems to only work when editing a post, eg. you can't add the files on the first "attempt".

AUTUMN UPDATE:

I looked at the calendar, and then at my squad list. The month was bound to get harder and harder as it wore on, so resting my stars early would be vital, but who could I rest without any worries of ruining our form?

We played fairly, I thought, against Fulham, who are not an easy side to play against. Although, I was very disappointed we fell behind to them when Dembele scored, I was also worried slightly; they had played very well defensively, could we get it back? Well, yes, apparently. Suarez grabbed the equaliser just three minutes later. That put us level until the hour mark. From a free kick, we worked the ball very well until Rodriguez took a powerful shot from the edge for the area. I have never seen a better goal by a Liverpool player. Unfortunately however, Suarez was injured with 10 minutes remaining. We managed to pull through for the three points, still.


We got off to a flyer against Bolton with Adam making the most of a close-range free-kick. Our joy did not last long though, as Boyata finished a beautiful cross with a powerful header. We regained the lead again through Kuyt, who powered home another penalty. In the second half, the game was made a lot easier for us as Robinson suffered a red card. We took advantage of the extra man, and finally made it three from another free-kick, which Adam scored.


The dreaded Everton. Although we were bitter rivals and they were bound to up their game, I had no real worries. We were a strong side and, if we wanted to, we could beat anyone and everyone. It was a close game though, and both sides had a number of shots early on.Luckily however, Jamie Carragher stepped up to power a header past Tim Howard. The erupted as we on the bench did, jumping for joy and shouting our heads off! The game settled down after that, and we began to assume control before half-time. The second half was a different story. Everton came out looking for revenge, and took hold of possession for long periods of time. The next goal only came in added time, when young Jordan Henderson snatched an insurance goal. It was lucky he did, as Gueye scored two minutes later.


The Red Devils. Now I was nervous. We were tied top on points, but they led on goal difference. I knew this game would set the tone for the season. If we won, we could go on to win the league, but if we lost, well...
It was a tight back-and-forth game, with both teams getting chances. Man Utd seemed to be shooting from everywhere, luckily half of them missed. It remained level going into half-time; we still had a chance. I told the players they were playing well, and they had a chance to win it here, but they needed to be more clinical in the box. Once again, both teams were going at it with no rest, but we had control of possession. But then they had a chance. Jose Enrique was sent off. I was distraught! This could be the undoing of all our hard work! But it turned out to be a motivational red card for most, and we went down three minutes later and scored! Dirk Kuyt slotted it into the right corner of De Gea’s net! Despite having just 10 men, we still had a hold of possession at times, but they were pressing us hard. It wasn’t until the 93rd minute that we got some rest. Vidic threw himself into a nasty tackle and earned another red card. We had just scraped through with a win!



I knew this game would be a bore-fest, but Stoke could prove tough to beat. Although, my confidence was high after dispatching Manchester United the previous game. The proved to be pretty easy for us; especially since Suarez scored just 13 minutes in. That put my worries to rest following his yellow card before the goal. There was nothing else worth noting, although Kelly was injured late on. The only thing I had trouble understanding was our lack of goals. We dominated possession and had over 15 shots. What was preventing us from scoring?


We made another long bus journey to Norwich to face the newly promoted Canaries. This was bound to be an easy game for us, the points were in the bag. The only thin we had to do was try to keep up with United on goal difference: it could be the difference at the end. I chose this as a chance to field our youngster Jordan Henderson. He proved to be well up to the challenge and proved his worth with a 19th minutes goal. Despite the good start and constant domination, Norwich broke quickly and scored the equaliser! Once again, we dominated but could not find the net. Finally, however, Agger and Kuyt scored one each 2 minutes after one-another. Suarez added the fourth not long after the hour mark, it was a nice win for us.


The next two fixtures were also bound to be easy, and I liked that; we could rest our stars for the big games. Meeting Swansea at Anfield was bound to be a win, but by how many? Unfortunately, we only managed two. It must have been the most frustrating match I have ever been involved in. Although, a nice surprise was an Andy Carroll goal! We had to wait until the 77th minute to grab our second, but hey-ho. It was Seydou Keita who netted it for us.



The League Cup 4th round was never going to be a difficult, but Birmingham was a team that could throw up a surprise or two. As a matter of fact, we played perfectly, and easily secured our place in the 5th round. Although, it has to be said we started slowly, and didn’t score until Joaquin netted one just before half time. He added his second with just less than ten minutes remaining, and two minutes after Rodriguez got his own. The domination was so complete for us that they didn’t even have one shot on goal.


Everton. Once more, we had a massive derby on our hands. The previous time, we had scraped through with a win in the League Cup, but this time I was determined that we would win by more. We got off to a superb start as Charlie Adam smashed home a superb volley. We continued to dominate and scored two more goals before half-time! Although, both goals were recorded as own goals as the ball deflected off Everton players after the shot. Even after half-time, we continued to get chances and were rewarded when Phil Neville failed to block the ball on the line, and it bounced into the roof of the net. It was a fantastic win for us and kept us top!

WINTER 2011 UPDATE:

Although November was thankfully very short, we would have a packed month in December. I knew it would be tough on the guys, but I also knew they were good enough to handle it. But what I didn’t know was whether we would get the results or not. We were meeting Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, all in December! We needed points in all three, but I knew that was unlikely.

The first two games ere easily winnable for us, but both teams ere known to have turned up the heat against the bigger clubs. Luckily, we came through both West Brom and Newcastle with no real worries. Andy Carroll gave us the win against West Brom, although it could have been more as they gave us numerous free kicks and chances in the 2nd.


Newcastle, who were tired and stiff from their long journey, which had been made worse and longer by bad weather, we under pressure from us almost from the off. Both Kuyt and Lieva scored in the 1st half, setting us up for more goals in the 2nd, but i was juts not to be. Shoala Ameobi grabbed them a consolation with two minutes to spare.


The Gunners, in their imposing Emirates Stadium, were always going to be a tough task, but after a run of great performances and a win over United, I was thinking it was possible we could get all three points. The game didn’t start well though. Arsenal controlled the play right from kick-off almost. And after Glen Johnson was injured, they made the break-through. Gervinho netted a well placed side foot past a sprawling Reina. But, right after the goal, things seemed to look up for us. We began playing our own game and creating chances, but our only reward for that was a yellow card for Sagna. Eventually, we even began dictating play, but only after I gave them an encouraging half-time speech. But still, we were firing blanks. When we really began pushing, they began getting more chances again, and Chamakh finally put the game to bed with a powerful shot.



Now we really needed the points here. Even one point would do for me. Only that would keep us safely in 1st place. The first game of the month was going to be tough, but I knew we could come through with a win. The whole team wanted to bounce back with a win. The first half was a real bore-fest. Neither team wanted to take what could prove to be a fatal chance. The teams were so evenly matched that one wrong move, one weak pass, could make it 1-0. But finally we made a break through. A decisive attacking manoeuvre resulted in a corner—something we had perfected throughout the season. Centre back Martin Skrtel got his strong forehead on a Joaquin cross and put the bullet past Cech. But it was bound to happen in a match like this. Especially against a team like Chelsea. And it was bound to be Didier Drogba. He put in a header to rival that of Skrtel’s, giving Reina no chance. The ended in a tense 1-1 draw, leaving both sets of fans wishing of more.



Both the next two games came and went without anything significant to note really. Despite it being the League Cup quarter final, Fulham didn’t put up much of a fight, and we cruised to a 2-0 win. Daniel Agger grabbed two great goals, one a header and one a brilliantly times deflection. The same could be said of Wigan, minus the quarter-final or the Agger goals. Kuyt tucked away a 15th minute penalty and Suarez added the second just passed the hour mark.



Next we would welcome United’s “Noisy Neighbours”. Could they turn up to volume by beating us? I certainly hoped not, but they were a quality team. We would have to play very well. Like the Chelsea match, both teams seemed to be taking it slow, no matter how much yelling I did. City were capable of destroying us, but they seemed tentative and scared of us. We had to take our chance. At last I got my message through, but they broke quickly and finished the break with a James Milner goal. It almost destroyed us, luckily it was halftime just a minutes later. But we were Liverpool—the new Liverpool. They Kenny Dalglish Liverpool. I knew we would get the points here, and if I needed to go out and score for us, I would. But I needn’t. We regained the lead after some back-and-forth play through Suarez, and tallied a third with two minutes remaining as Kuyt powered one home. Now we had beaten our two main title challengers and built up a strong points lead.



The next three games were all straight forward wins for us. Despite their undoubted quality, Aston Villa were in the middle of a dire season, thus dampening the effect they could have on our in-form players. Both Blackburn and QPR were inexcusably weak for the Premier League. The only challenge we had was getting goals. But we ended with four goals from three games with only one goal against and with all nine points ours. Lucas Lieva grabbed our win when Villa visited Anfield, and Kuyt got two away at Blackburn. Veteran Welshman, Craig Bellamy secured the points against QPR.





And that was the month over. Only Arsenal had put a blot on our results chart, also taking away our run of being unbeaten.

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WINTER 2012 UPDATE:
Early 2012 would be tough we knew, but only because of the overload of must-win games. We were scheduled to play three extra games in the cups, but that number could rise all the way up to another eight games.

Thankfully, the first two games should be simple enough for us. Wolves and Millwall (obviously in the FA Cup). But Wolves turned up the heat to earn a 1-1 draw. After Enrique was sent off in the second half, Carroll gave us the lead, but Doyle levelled it late on. Millwall however, we easily dispatched. A solid team effort produced a 3-1 win, with goals coming from Aurelio, Carroll and Coates scoring for us.




We would open up the two-legged League Cup semi-final at home which, in my opinion, was an advantage. We could limit their chances, all but taking away the risk of losing on away goals. Playing at home also gives us a chance to really get a great start in the best of two. We started very well, again, and were eventually rewarded when Lieva put in a bullet header just before the quarter hour mark. Unfortunately though, that was tied less than 15 minutes later. But we were determined. And we showed the difference in class to be greater than originally thought. We completely dominated until we put ourselves into the lead again, this time Skrtel was the one to head home. I have to say the rest of the game was disappointing. No matter what I did, the team just seemed to turtle when pressured even the slightest. However, it must be said it was one of the best defensive efforts I have ever seen.


Then we had a preview of the 2nd leg. Away at Sunderland in the Premier League didn’t provide as much of an atmosphere as the semi would, but both teams were determined to put themselves in the position of favourites for the upcoming semi final. Jamie Carragher gave us an early lead from a free-kick header, which was a nice surprise, but we couldn’t reward him by holding the lead. Just before half-time Jack Colback gave Sunderland an equaliser. It was a savage game. Both teams were committing fouls everywhere, but it was only Sunderland who got the yellow cards—they ended with four to their name. For a second time, Carragher’s head gave us a goal, but we could not hold it even this late in the game. The game was tied seven minutes later, and ended that way.


It was a trip to Anfield by Tottenham that preventing it being three Sunderland games on the trot. Spurs, who were pushing for at least Europa League qualification, needed a win just to keep up the challenge on Chelsea. We got off to a flyer with Kuyt netting within just one minute. We were brought sharply back down to earth when Charlie Adam suffered what could be a major injury. Once again, the game turned out to be really aggressive and we barely escaped with four yellows (one which resulted in a red). Adebayor netted a great goal to make it 1-1 after a quick break following a corner. With 15 minutes remaining, Daniel Agger put our position under pressure when he lunged in, earned a second yellow and left the field early. Thankfully, however, Suarez scored a powerful edge-of-the-area shot to win us the three points.



I told the players, although they had to score, not to stretch themselves and take too many risks because I felt that would leave us too open to counter attacks. We just couldn’t risk losing this one. Sunderland got off the a great start with a goal inside the first ten minutes. Following Bendtner’s goal though, we went on the attack. 14 minutes later Suarez grabbed the equaliser with a beautifully placed shot. Once again we settled back into a very defensive formation, but still had chances. After half-time, I decided we needed to create more chances and score a few goals. I had to wait until the 76th minute for the goal though, eventually it was Gerrard who obliged. Then we lost concentration. They equalised and dominated for the rest of the game. It must have been agony for the fans, because I know it was agony for me. But still, we got through on goal difference. Thank God.


Luckily, our tired group had been blessed. The next three games were bound to be wins, I though. We would face Derby, Fulham and Bolton before Man United. Unfortunately, Derby put up a great fight in the FA Cup 4th round. After two early Dirk Kuyt penalties, Derby were facing elimination at 2-0. But, even before half-time, they netted two. Ward and Davies gave them a surprising draw that lasted the full 90. The same happened with Fulham. After Rodriguez gave us the lead, we started to dominate, but became careless and conceded a Dembele equaliser. Things brightened however at home to Bolton as Carroll, Gerrard and Suarez led us to a simple 3-0 win. The 4th round replay came and went almost with no one noticing. It was such a simple game, it made you wonder how we managed to fail to win. Kuyt, Agger, Carroll and Bellamy scored.




The Theatre of Dreams was as imposing as ever when we stepped out for the 2nd of two season meetings between us and United. The last game ended 1-0 in our favour, but I knew we would be hard pushed for another win after last month’s tiresome cup games. It seemed like both teams were overly tired, but still both fielded a full strength side. After United’s European games, I was not surprised. We still had a chance for at least one point, maybe three. I think it was clear we were the more tired, we were slow, sluggish and were forced into needless fouls. For that, the only thing we got was another three yellow cards. However, before that, things had got bad already. After Carrick’s 12th minute opener, things were looking ominous until Leiva knocked home a corner. We had scraped a draw with nothing more than a minor injury to Suarez. Once again, thank God.



The next two games, in the run-up to the League Cup final, were pretty simple. We even managed eight goals in two games, while conceding just two. QPR came and went in the FA Cup as Kuyt, Bellamy and Carragher added to Ferdinand’s own goal. Stoke provided a slightly bigger challenge, but not still not much of one. Following an early lead built by Gerrard, Kuyt and Carroll, Stoke made it a game through a John Walter’s goal. After Gerrard’s second made it 4-1, Coates’s own goal made it 4-2.



So that wrapped up the month. After scraping through to the League Cup final and proceeding through three FA Cup rounds, we were ready for the League Cup final and a relatively easy month of March.

LEAGUE CUP FINAL


Wembley. Packed to the rafters with the red supporters of Liverpool, and the black and white of Newcastle’s. You could just feel the tension in the air. I just stood there, in the mouth of the tunnel for about five minutes, drinking in the atmosphere. Eventually I went back to the changing room. The boys were all ready. Some were sitting there fiddling with sock tape, others with their shirts, and some looked asleep. I had to pick and choose my words carefully, the boys were ready, but one wrong word could destroy their confidence. I could hear the booming of fans competing with each other for the loudest song. Finally, “you’ll Never Walk Alone” prevailed. It echoed through the silent changing room.
“Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that’s what you have here tonight: that’s what you have earned here tonight.” I let them sit and think, I let the song take centre stage once more. “Just listen to that.” I paused. “Listen to their belief. They think you can win this, they know you can win this. Let’s make this happen here boys!” A great cheer overcame the singing. As the player exited the tunnel, the crowd roared. The national anthem, in all its greatness, all its patriotism, took over Wembley.


Then the football began, finally. Both teams were going at it tooth and nail. They football was so ferocious, so aggressive. Neither team was going to give in quietly. The game was a blur around me. I was finding it difficult to concentrate. The noise reverberated through my head.





Suddenly the game was over. It seemed to have taken no time at all. Apparently we had played well, creating chances, controlling possession, but not scoring. The same could be said of extra-time, we were continually knocking on the door, but the Newcastle defence, backed by Tim Krul, held strong. They had chances too; we weren’t at our best. Our tired legs barely held up at times, but we made it through to penalties.

Penalties:
Ben Arfa: SCORED
Kuyt: SCORED
Santon: SCORED
Gerrard: SCORED
Ba: SCORED
Carragher: SCORED
Coloccini: MISSED!
Bellamy: SCORED
Cabaye: MISSED!

LIVERPOOL HAVE WON!!!

Great quote: "Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that’s what you have here tonight: that’s what you have earned here tonight." From Herb Brooks, before he led Team USA to the ICe Hockey Witner Olympic title in 1980 as massive underdogs.

SPRING AND SUMMER 2012:
Finally the season was beginning to slow down. We had the busiest part of our schedule behind us and now we just had to get enough points to stay ahead of our title rivals. Luckily for, the month would start easy, but get progressively harder, culminating in April and May with three league games against top clubs.

We dispatched Swansea and Norwich easily with a total of nine goals in two games. Kuyt grabbed a hat-trick (with a penalty) and the other two goals came from Coates and Carroll. When Norwich visited Anfield, young Jay Spearing grabbed two, Kuyt got one and Joaquin got another, Andrew Surman got their only goal.

Then we met Sunderland, again. After our three-match extravaganza in the previous months, I was started to get sick of the Black Cats. Luckily we dispatched them fairly simply through playing our top form which seemed to be joining us for the best part of the season. Both sides had two bookings and we suffered an injury, but it was Bellamy’s early goal that survived for our three points.

I was pretty confident in the run up to our next rival match against Everton. Last time we dispatched them fairly easily with a 4-0 win, a win we couldn’t even get against Norwich. A scrappy match turned into a very disappointing draw. We suffered two yellows, plus a penalty against. However, Pepe Reina came up big for us there and kept them at bay. The match was pretty even but they took advantage of possession and got more chances. We just seemed slow, sluggish and overall very disappointing in a match we could have won, easily.

Once again, we would face big disappointment following what should have been an easy win. West Brom, to their credit, played very well and fully deserved their point. Although we cannot deflect all of the blame away from us. Although we took control of the play in the first half, we only scored in the 43rd minute when our captain, Steven Gerrard, roofed a huge goal for us. It was then that we switched off. They dominated possession and we were very much under pressure for almost the whole half. On the hour mark they finally scored the equaliser and easily held the game there.

The “replay” of the League Cup final came and went with barely any trouble. Despite the opener coming for Newcastle from Obertan, Suarez grabbed two to win it for us.

The next game, we thrashed Wigan 6-0, with goals coming from Coates, Suarez (who got a hat-trick), Kieta and Carroll. Our efforts were helped in the 2nd half when Stam got a red card.

In a surprisingly easy FA Cup semi, we dispatched Fulham with a final score of 4-2. Agger, Suarez and Gerrard scored for us with the 4th coming off Schwarzer. Dembele scored their two.

In two tough away games, we drew 1-1 with Man City and 0-0 with Chelsea to stay ahead in the title race. Enrique scored our only goal and Kompany got theirs.

A disappointing 2-2 draw with Blackburn, that saw Coates and Rodriguez score, preceded an emphatic 4-0 win over Aston Villa. Andy Carroll got two, Suarez one and Gerrard netted a penalty.

The morning to the day of the FA Cup final dawned bright and early. I had barely slept. The tension in the air when I arrived at the stadium was palpable. I wasn’t as nervous as this as I was about the League Cup because we already had some silverware under our belt. In fact, I was quietly confident of a win for us. We had matured a lot as a team over the past season, and we could easily beat this team, as we proved earlier in the season.

The game was very close throughout and neither team really got going much, which I suppose is a good sign for both defences. They had a formable attack lined up for us to deal with, and they got chances, but Reina held up well in goal for us. It was a rather feisty game too; we were both fairly physical teams and we had both fielded our biggest players in midfield and defence. The game ended 0-0 but 3-5 to them (they had 3) in terms of yellow cards. As with the League Cup final, extra time came and went with no goals, leaving only penalties to settle the silverware.



Tevez SCORED
Gerrard SCORED
Milner SCORED
Carragher SCORED
Barry SCORED
Joaquin MISSED
Kompany SCORED
Rodriguez MISSED


MAN CITY WIN!!!



The season ended in more disappointment as we failed to take a win from the remaining two games. A tough match against Arsenal led to a tight 0-0 draw. QPR, in a bid to stay up in the top league, pulled out all the stops and fully deserved the 1-0 win that Djibril Cisse gave them with his goal.

But hey, let’s look o the bright side: the league table.


That means we WON!!! What a triumph! Giving us our 19th title!