West Bromwich Albion.... ohhh... be very afraid of the furious Reds !!!

Usually, I post the pre-match articles on Friday. But tonight in the office, I have another 2 hours to kill. So what do you do until then? Browse the Internet? DID THAT. Go hang around at the cafeteria? DON'T LIKE THAT. Start your engine and go M.I.A at the nearest mall? NEVER DO THAT. Go home silently? errr... DON'T HAVE THE BALLS TO DO THAT (hahaha...)

I guess - to the blog is what I shall do in this 2 hours or less. And I think it is better to do it now because tomorrow I will be busy with my truck. I'm sending it for oil change. It just registered 15,000km yesterday. So it is a 2nd service. You must be wondering why it took me 10 months to register 15k km? Well... as a motoring writer, I do get to drive other people's car and get to keep my own truck idle at home. That's the reason my mileage is so low even on a 10 month period. Then in the evening, I will be doing my mountain-biking. I hope it won't rain.

Then at 11pm, it's FUTSAL time. My gang restarted the game last week. But I was away so tomorrow night would be the 1st night for Jo Carragher playing.... hahaha (I hope it won't rain...)

So what do we know about WBA? Again, my knowledge about this team is limited. I did browse through their official web sites and there was a lot of stories quoting their manager. What? Can't other people speak to the media? hmmm... And of course I try to comprehend what kind of a team is this.

It appears that WBA is rich with history. They were among the founding members of the English FA. They were never great, not in the mould of Liverpool, Manure or Arsenal. WBA could be in the same category as Chelsea, if WBA got a filthy-rich Russian oligarch. Or we better put it this way, Chelsea could be in the same category as WBA, if not for the Russian money. Got it?

Currently, WBA stands second from bottom on 11 points and were 2 points off than Hotspur who beat Liverpool last week. They have conceded 18 goals and converted 10. Liverpool were broken 8 times and scored 16. If you're a mathematician or loves to gamble, just play around with those numbers.

My intention is solely to express that : on paper, we have all the advantage and superpower. We scored more and conceded less. That's why we're on top two of the league and WBA is the lowest two. Is this will be another Stoke City in waiting? That will be a big nuisance. When a team whose sole target is to grab 1 point by playing only 1 striker up front while the other 10 standing in front of the goal post, most of the time... Liverpool wouldn't know how to go about. I say it again, Stoke City is one heck of a team who utilised this tactic to a great effect. Can't blame them, can't simply cursed them for that.

Any coach will tell you, defending is an integral part of football tactics. You know your limitation, your players ability... against a top-notch team laden with international-proven players like LFC... so what do you do? You play dumb. You wait. You stand your ground. You flood the back with 5 defenders, 4 midfielders and if it's possible, two goalies at the goal post. Will WBA do the-Stoke City-act on us?

I hope Rafa has a game-plan for such a terrible tactic. We must know how to break the walls. To disrupt their game-plan. One best way is to score as early as we could (we did that against Stoke City, if not for the stupid ref who misjudged Kuyt's position).

And are we gonna see Torres return to the line-up? I thought we have done quite a good job winning the crucial games even without Torres playing. We beat Man. U and Chelsea without Torres. Of course, we were beaten by Hotspur and almost got beaten by Atletico without Torres.

Since WBA is a punching-beg... it's up to LFC to give the right jab or not...or hurting themselves?