johnh

I have noticed a trait with Hodgson that he always needs to be 'different'. If the press are clamouring for a player to be picked/dropped in the England team then you know it is not going to happen.

Maybe Mr. President had a tee time booked.

Got URL4 this morning.

Apparently, Steven Gerrard is writing his autobiography - there is no title.

You' ve got the consolation of a night out in Lagos though.

According to an article in Telegraph Sport today, the players convinced Martinez to play a more 'direct' game against West Ham.

West Ham have now had 13 corners after 55 minutes, must be some sort of record?

According to BBC stats at the 30 minutes mark, West Ham have had 9 corners to our nil. Have we been in their half yet?

You are forgetting Cleverley.

Telegraph Sport today 'Messi's future in balance amid Barcelona crisis'. Chelsea, Man City and PSG mentioned.

Usain Bolt maybe if he's quick.

I saw 'live' at the Odeon in Leeds. Oscar Peterson trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Modern Jazz Quartet, Duke Ellington. That was in about 1957/58. Brilliant memories. In the 1940's, after the war, my Dad did a lot of broadcasts with his Sextet. I have some 78 records of his broadcasts which I have had transferred to CD. He used to play at the Ocean club in Liverpool.

Its a long time since I lived on Walton Hall Avenue but I do remember that it is NOT Norris Green. Walton Hall Park is bordered by Queens Drive and Walton Hall Avenue and the old railway line to the north. Norris Green starts at Townsend Avenue further up the East Lancs Road.

Its a long time since I lived there but I did drive past a few years ago and it is a decent area. Its a nice park but the size of the ground plus the rest of the necessary infrastructure would take up most of the space. The boating lake would make a nice feature behind one of the goals..

Had my CT scan today in Reading. Appointment time 6.40 pm. I had to be there 1 hour before for prep. Allowed time for traffic and because there was very little, got there early. I drank the stuff they gave me, had the injection, had the scan and was home by 6.35 pm. RESULT!

See Liverpool go two penalties against Leicester, one of them hit the defender's head, even Brenda admitted it. When are we going to get such luck?

With our 60% possession we had two shots at goal. Hull are far more direct having 10 shots and two goals. Martinez has got to change the way we play, it is not working.

After 30 minutes we have had 65% possession and 1 shot at goal. Hull have had 6 shots with their 35%. We must be doing a hell of a lot of passing in our half.

No.8 I know Hitler spent some time in Liverpool but not sure if he played football. However, knowing what tackling was like in those days it could be why he was one short on the testicle front.

The ice hockey thread reminded me of the old joke about the World Ice Skating championship. In the men's event the Irish skater skated out to the middle to wait for the music to start. It started before he was ready and in his panic he slipped and banged the back of his head. on the ice. In his haste to get up he then slipped and fell on his face, splattering his nose all over the ice. They brought a stretcher on and carried him off. The Chairman of the Judges said that the rules stipulated that they go to the judges for the marks. Russian judge = 0, American judge = 0, Swedish judge = 0, French judge = 0, German judge = o, British judge = 0, Irish judge = 5.9. The Chairman of the judges raced over to the Irish judge and asked him how he could award 5.9. The Irish judge said 'be fair, it's bloody slippy out there'.

markjazzbassist: You can run but you can't hide. My North Korean friend will find you in seconds.

Just watched the first half of Liverpool v Swansea. Swansea play the passing game a lot better than Everton but still have hardly had a shot at goal. Its the same with every team that plays it, it gets so wired into their brain that they don't see the killer pass or the shooting opportunity. Always looking for the easy pass, even if its back to the goalie. Shelvey passed back to his goalie from inside the Liverpool half. The sooner Martinez dumps this game the better.

Sterling - just to see him go down when its not a 'dive'.

Garbutt.

We pass the ball backwards, sideways and forwards at snails pace until we give it away. Then from inside the opponents half we take three passes back to the goalie. The opposition have sussed this and a forward pressurises our goalie who has to kick long and we lose possession anyway. We might as well have risked a through ball when we were in their half. Barkley gave them one goal and very nearly another and he wasn't on for long. When we got our early goal we sat back and defended it and lost any momentum we had built up. The last 10 minutes showed how rickety their defence was but we left it too late.