"I was watching spurs playin last night and this going to be a very hard game for us.. I do believe we got the quality and experience in our squad with the home crowd to win it. It will be magic feeling. Ynwa"
"why are you so sorry about this guy. all we need to do is play our game. the team that played them in the first leg is not the same. we played them with one striker. now we have Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho. Reina in in form. focus on your game only."
"With Pepe Reina's top form and our attacking threat that we have, we will win the game easily plus stewart downing on the wing will be fast enough to stop bale on the wing"
"I hope the team will not focus all their attention on Gareth Bale and give others the chance to punish us.
spurs used the wings when they are finding it difficult in midfield. Liverpool shouldn't allow crosses from the wings if they are to win."
"I saw a totally different spurs team to the ones that beat us in the past. They faced an Inter team that looked pretty abysmal tbh. And I'm not taking away from spuds performance it was top drawer but they dont have the technically intelligent players anymore (im not talking Bale) no more modric no more Van D Vart - Siggurdson isnt all that - i'd have our squad over theirs any day of the week"
"thekingmaker27 - hopefully coz they are going to work on changing the colour of his shirt to a red one in the summer #wishfulthinking
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This guy is going to have one hefty price tag on his shoulders, I do think though that he needs to be the top dog in any club he's at to be at his best otherwise he'll turn into a berbatov, he wasnt the top man with VDV there, look at him now"
"Naghh, Bale is not that good, I mean he is ok but he is not in that class. People keep talking about Bale and some other players like Luis, Messi and so on but he is not there and he never will be. Bale is a winger and has good people around him. Van Der Vaart, that was a good player."
"I went to the game at White Hart Lane earlier in the season and was in the Spurs end on a friends ticket and all the Spurs fans thought they were really lucky to win the game. Bale was playing at that was at their place. We've improved a lot since then and have Sturridge and Coutinho and are at home so COME ON RED MEN LETS GET 3 POINTS!!! YNWA
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"Thanks2Shanks - R u sure you think that bale is not that good? had he been in our jersey we'd be raving on about him just as much as we rave on about Suarez / Gerrard and co.
I'd give the man his dues, he deserves respect from all players and clubs but lets not mix respect with marking this muppet out of the game - They have bale we have Suarez who is in another league!"
"I would reather have Suarez,Sturridge,Coutinho,Gerrard driving my team forward.Tot's luck has been v.strong this season,next to no injuries in defence and midfield....that in itself is damned lucky!"
"Besides,all Bales 18-20yard goals will eventually dry up...ask Pele,Maradona.Give me all of the Suarez goals inside AND outside the box any day of the week.That ain't being biased:D!!!"
"if Bale has amassed 10 yellow cards then he cant play but i dont fink that is the case. he can play in the 2nd leg of Europa, but damage is already done, i cant see Inter coming back from 0-3 down..not the same Inter as before"
"of course i meant Bale CANT play in the 2nd leg against Inter. Our defence need to defend on Sunday, no corners and even less free kicks. I do believe our front men will score, but need to really defend and watch all Spuds, not only Bale"
"Bale relies on that space to cut in from the wing and strike, I noticed he doesnt handle a crowded defense too well, he dont have Ronaldo skill, but he has crazy pace, so he relies on beating defenders with pace rather than skill. He uses any small space to get a strike in."
"Redrob2005, fantastic comment mate very funny indeed, he certainly goes in the ugly category along with Teves. Anyway put in a good performance lads and the Kop needs to be very vocal, come on Anfield give the Reds a 12th man. Come on you Reds. YNWA"
"Hope we beat Spurs. Bale is in form and is a class player but Luis is even better. Come on Super Suarez show them you deserve to win the player of the year award. YNWA"
"Gerrard and Lucas can blank-out bale in nidfield and when he's on the wing if Johnson's up the field. If he's more advanced we'll need men coming back and the defence to mark him well, but not at the expense of other spurs players. LFC 3-0 spurs and people vote for Suarez who scors two, instead of bale!"
"Is Daniel playing this Sunday. With him Coutinho and Luis we have a formidable forward line up. Midfield of Stevie Henderson and Lucas. I would still play Carra for experience at the back. Bale is a threat but look out for Lennon also."
"Is this week talk down to Liverpool week? First Joe Cole and now Sigurdsson has said he only really considered joining us because of BR rather than our history. If I was in the dressing room I would pin that article up for the team to see. Added motivation"
"I too watched the Spurs v Inter game, and it will be a hard game for us but not unwinnable. We must keep our concentration and impose our style. Our passing game is better so if we can keep the ball and neutralize their midfield we can beat them. That's also the way we can take Bale out of the game. The man doesn't go for the ball he waits for it. Come on Red men! "
"That monkey can't do anything if we play our game & make them have small possession. They got bale, we got Luis. You ask defenders, the player they fear most and many will tell you SUAREZ so what the ?"
"Only human right but dont forget that we "helped" tevez, aguero and hulk for example to improve their goal tally ...easy goals for only humans, tho the one aguero scored was quite difficult...4 pts lost and we got eliminated, last match defence wasnt quite good neither...so no mistakes please!!"
"Just stick to him like clue, get your foot in and hope he goes down again on a fair challenge or two! At least he plays for Spurs and not the Mancs. There the only positives i can think of."
"Play with team spirit.Spurs cant keep the balance in that pressure,Bale is not the issue,he is just a man like Jose said.We can keep Bale out of the game."
" Spurs like to press high and are quick on the counter, that is a tough combo to beat. They do give you a lot of space in behind and ds will be the key for me as his movement and pace in conjunction with suarez will be crucial."
"No Crack here dude, funny though, What is the hype about this player, we have players like Assaidi that could be just as leathal given game time, Cotinho, Sterling, Suso and so on, all young players.. you want to put Bale in with the best, ok go ahead, but there are very knowledgable people that do not agree, Wenger is one of them. "
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