I'm loathe to criticise the BBC because they can't compete with Sky, etc, financially. However, how much of the FA Cup are they putting on TV? Liverpool v Blackburn should be on TV live, even if Man Utd v Arsenal is on tomorrow eve.

Bt and bbc get two ties each...bbc showed villa last night and the arse tomorrow, bt got the other two

Joey, It's not going to happen, In a game where they have a 1 goal advantage they're not going to fist anyone up the rear, Plus you throw in the fact we're due a half competent performance in Europe and you have a 1-1 or 1-0 Barca win written all over it, They have the clasico three days later as well, In attempt to bend us over they could end up getting their own trousers pulled down if they were to get too sexual with us.

 

What even constitutes a good fisting? A fisting where you need to lube yourself up for? A three goal win or does a 2 goal win suffice? If Barca beat us by 3 clear goals in that game and I've got my assessment of the game wrong, I will come on here and type the following, 'JoeyN is the King and we just got royally fisted'.

 

I look forward to it 

Go on Blackburn. Get a late winner. Ruin Stevie G's parade.

Hoping you are right on that one.

Surprise result...well done Blackburn...still expect Liverpool to win the replay

Good to hear the Kop getting behind their team

Bt and bbc get two ties each...bbc showed villa last night and the arse tomorrow, bt got the other two

Thanks for the info. I don't have BT hence my ignorance :-)

I trust Liverpool had character?

Blackburn fans were chanting "stand up if you've won the league"

Joey, It's not going to happen, In a game where they have a 1 goal advantage they're not going to fist anyone up the rear, Plus you throw in the fact we're due a half competent performance in Europe and you have a 1-1 or 1-0 Barca win written all over it, They have the clasico three days later as well, In attempt to bend us over they could end up getting their own trousers pulled down if they were to get too sexual with us.

 

What even constitutes a good fisting? A fisting where you need to lube yourself up for? A three goal win or does a 2 goal win suffice? If Barca beat us by 3 clear goals in that game and I've got my assessment of the game wrong, I will come on here and type the following, 'JoeyN is the King and we just got royally fisted'.

 

Come on you got embarrassed by Barcelona at home, you're lucky it wasn't about 5-0 or 6-0, regardless I think Barca will get the job done.

interesting fixture pile-up for Liverpool. 

 

They play Swansea on Monday 16 March.

 

A cup reply on 17 or 18 March cannot be televised due to UEFA constraints on competing for TV audiences when the Champions League is on so those dates seem unlikely.

 

Looks to me like they may have to play Blackburn on Thursday 19 March or possibly Friday 20 March - they then play Man Utd on Sunday 22 March  

Lawrenson gave quite a scathing analysis of Balotelli on Five Live following the game, saying he was worthless and well let you down 99/100 times.

 

Of course he's right and I strongly dislike the petulent child, but what on earth constitutes a player being so lazy and poor?

 

I mean he's most likely one of Liverpool's highest paid players, he constantly writes on Instagram praising the club and should be at least a slight bit grateful that a manager was stupid enough to waste £16 million on him. You'd think his conscious would at least catch up with him at one point and he'd give at least a couple percent for his side and the fans, but no

Lawrenson gave quite a scathing analysis of Balotelli on Five Live following the game, saying he was worthless and well let you down 99/100 times.

Of course he's right and I strongly dislike the petulent child, but what on earth constitutes a player being so lazy and poor?

I mean he's most likely one of Liverpool's highest paid players, he constantly writes on Instagram praising the club and should be at least a slight bit grateful that a manager was stupid enough to waste £16 million on him. You'd think his conscious would at least catch up with him at one point and he'd give at least a couple percent for his side and the fans, but no

I heard the same comments. I thought the same as you - how can a player who has some skill lack the effort needed to use that skill? Rodgers has done well in recent months but he made a bad decision in buying Balotelli and, as Lawro hinted, who'll want to buy him from Liverpool?

Without wanting to stand up for Balotelli too much, Lawrenson is as guilty as anyone at making him the scapegoat for no reason whatsoever.

 

Liverpool were turgid today, before and after he came on. He is obviously a bad buy and hasn't played well at all but it does my head in when second rate pundits will blame him for goals/bad results that he isn't responsible for.

I was a bit taken aback at the acidic comments and they were playing Blackburn after all!

Wonder if Balotelli will still be there next season, I have a feeling they'll have to send him out on loan.

I thought he wanted to move away from Italy because of the constant racism and slightly ironically, what he perceived to be over the top criticisms of him.

Can't see many teams fighting for his services, even on loan.

He's struggling with the pressure of playing for a massive club like Liverpool. It's a huge step up from seven time European champions AC Milan.

I can't fathom it, he's clearly unhappy, but publically proclaims he's not. He thinks some are against him and that may well be. Comments on how little he's played, the ruddy captain has been out how many times?

I heard the same comments. I thought the same as you - how can a player who has some skill lack the effort needed to use that skill? Rodgers has done well in recent monthsSp but he made a bad decision in buying Balotelli and, as Lawro hinted, who'll want to buy him from Liverpool?

 

Hey Spud, why is Brad Friedel commentating footie matches here in the States? Is he not the #2 anymore for your side? IMHO he was the Best ever GK for the Yanks. Yes over that other US Spud Kasey Keller.

Lawrenson gave quite a scathing analysis of Balotelli on Five Live following the game, saying he was worthless and well let you down 99/100 times.

 

Of course he's right and I strongly dislike the petulent child, but what on earth constitutes a player being so lazy and poor?

 

I mean he's most likely one of Liverpool's highest paid players, he constantly writes on Instagram praising the club and should be at least a slight bit grateful that a manager was stupid enough to waste £16 million on him. You'd think his conscious would at least catch up with him at one point and he'd give at least a couple percent for his side and the fans, but no

 

At this point i think even Balotelli is aware hes bang average, and instead of picking up slack, hed rather keep going this illusion that hes a flawed genius, whos just a bit lazy

Anybody else find these articles cringey

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11096/9746904/man-utd-v-arsenal-combined-xi-paul-merson-reveals-who-makes-his-team

Sky are doing this a lot lately and it just makes me think "ugh! " every single time.

No Stevie G, the team is void.

I know a lot of people don't like seeing rivals do well in Europe but i'd love to see City wipe the smile off bitey's face next week, it would be hilarious if he still doesn't win a trophy this year.

I'm more than happy for Man City to progress all the way (as long as they don't win it) - more games.