The Curtain Raiser

FA Cup winners Liverpool face Premiership champions Chelsea in the FA Community Shield at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff today.

Most would say its pretty much a meaningless game, however I do believe it would act as a major morale booster going into next week - a perfect start so to say, something that we missed last season.

Its also a test for Rafa's improved side... I do hope we play better than we did against Haifa.

Prediction: 1-1 in full time / Liverpool victory on pens.

Surprising fact of the day:

Did you know that Jose Mourinho preferred Liverpool over Chelsea?

'I think Chelsea is a complicated club because there is a lot of money but an enormous pressure to win something soon. Do you think it's bearable to keep this crazy investment and not to win something? I think not. I think the money will stop entering the club if they fail to win anything.' says Mourinho.

'Liverpool over Chelsea, no doubt about it,' he added.