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15 Apr 2015 23:23:57
Sad to hear about Joao Teixeira breaking his leg on Tuesday night. I wish him a speedy recovery.
16 Apr 2015 01:35:33
Stay strong, son! We are praying for you
16 Apr 2015 04:20:32
The lad has had no luck with injuries, sad.
15 Apr 2015 22:20:40
I always feel sad on this day . Family, Parents, Friends, Siblings and Children that went to that football game and never made it home.
With the semi finals on the horizon I just want to wish everyone a safe happy day for all 4 clubs.
96 Red Angels YNWA
15 Apr 2015 22:08:57
Justice YNWA.
96 gone but never forgotten. RIP
The sun was shining for you today.
15 Apr 2015 19:48:00
Here is one for the conspiracy pages. Look at Sterling's haircut in the pictures. He had a haircut recently, and as Ibe was on loan for half the season, this incident must have happened pre season. Not condoning it, but maybe it was not around matches.
15 Apr 2015 19:06:23
Wijanldum looking to leave psv if we didn't have similar players already be wroth a look
15 Apr 2015 19:03:47
Ed002, sorry if you've answered this before recently (I tried the search function) but do you now expect Sterling to leave in the summer? Cheers.
{Ed002's Note - If he doesn't sign a new deal then I would expect him to leave.}
15 Apr 2015 21:34:03
Why? We can still sell him next summer - his contract ends in two years. I see no reason in the world to sell him this summer.
{Ed002's Note - Regardless, the club will want matters resolved.}
15 Apr 2015 22:02:21
Next summer he would be worth well short of his true valuation if we tried to sell him.
16 Apr 2015 06:15:01
Jonnybarnes, I think there is a massive difference in his true valuation and what many on here think he is worth, and if he did leave in the summer. I would hazard a guess that the club would have a number that they would deem acceptable for him if he were to leave. In the end he is only worth what another club is prepared to pay for him.
16 Apr 2015 08:59:33
Fair point Brisbane. but he will stay anyway so the last 2 months chatting about his contract is completely irrelevant anyway.
The fact is that if you sell a player with 2 yrs left on a contract then you get more money than a player with one year left.
15 Apr 2015 18:57:23
Evening Eds
The Ibra rumours are obviously very far fetched. I see he is available in the summer but his wage demands must be ridiculous and there for not happening?!
Also regarding keepers, who seems to be high up our wanted list please, Patricio mentioned a bit is he a viable option?
{Ed002's Note - Patricio would certainly be viable, but I cannot put them in to order.}
15 Apr 2015 18:26:59
Hello Ed002. About that earlier post, could you inquire about those kids and let me know their names and clubs? The folks I was telling you are doing something to encourage more kids to get involved in football and more information, such where they play would be hugely helpful. I understand it if you are too busy and cannot do so.
15 Apr 2015 18:04:03
JFT 96. Never forgotten.
From the Chelsea page, sorry it came late.
15 Apr 2015 20:48:47
Thanks mate and it is never too late
15 Apr 2015 22:02:59
Well in Lad.
15 Apr 2015 17:15:07
Am I banned?? What for??
{Ed002's Note - No, but I will ban you if you want.}
15 Apr 2015 22:26:49
Haha cheers
15 Apr 2015 15:19:03
Jao Texeira has suffered a broken leg while on loan at Brighton.
He's going to be out of action for a while.
15 Apr 2015 17:45:37
He's had injury issues before hasn't he?
Poor lad could do with a bit of luck.
16 Apr 2015 11:42:07
He's had like three big ones now. Teixeira, Yesil and Pelosi has been too unlucky.
15 Apr 2015 16:47:07
Well EDS get ready for the endless questions : KLOPP to LIVERPOOL?
{Ed007's Note - KLOPP to LIVERPOOL to 'DELETE' & BLOCK ACCESS'.....}
15 Apr 2015 16:37:14
Looks like Teixeira won't be getting a chance at liverpool, .
Broke his leg just above his ankle in the Brighton game. 22 years old, gutted injuries kept him from being what he could have been.
15 Apr 2015 16:44:45
He can still recover. but perhaps unfortunately not at LFC.
Moreover he won't be affected much by his injury as his game does not depend on pace and strength.
15 Apr 2015 16:52:37
Only chance he has is being back in time for pre-season and our manager (BR or other) having enough to work on from 95% of the season. Remember, the championship are only a few games from the end. Still, you're probably right. A massive shame
16 Apr 2015 01:31:31
Was it a bad tackle?
16 Apr 2015 12:22:00
Yes, but was bad by him. He stuck his leg in where it shouldn't have been, at a dodgy angle, and sadly has paid for it
15 Apr 2015 14:40:29
Too many tears today
96 Angels never forgotten
15 Apr 2015 13:12:22
on this day when we remember our 96 brothers and sisters who never came home I wanted to put a poem on here called the Justice Bell written by Dave Kirby 13 yrs ago for the 13th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster
The Justice Bell
by Dave Kirby
A schoolboy holds a leather ball
in a photograph on a bedroom wall
the bed is made, the curtains drawn
as silence greets the break of dawn.
The dusk gives way to morning light
revealing shades of red and white
which hang from posters locked in time
of the Liverpool team of 89.
Upon a pale white quilted sheet
a football kit is folded neat
with a yellow scarf, trimmed with red
and some football boots beside the bed.
In hope, the room awakes each day
to see the boy who used to play
but once again it wakes alone
for this young boy's not coming home.
Outside, the springtime fills the air
the smell of life is everywhere
viola's bloom and tulips grow
while daffodils dance heel to toe.
These should have been such special times
for a boy who'd now be in his prime
but spring forever turned to grey
in theYorkshire sun, one April day.
The clock was locked on 3.06
as sun shone down upon the pitch
lighting up faces etched in pain
as death descended on Leppings Lane.
Between the bars an arm is raised
amidst a human tidal wave
a young hand yearning to be saved
grows weak inside this deathly cage.
A boy not barely in his teens
is lost amongst the dying screams
a body too frail to fight for breath
is drowned below a sea of death
His outstretched arm then disappears
to signal fourteen years of tears
as 96 souls of those who fell
await the toll of the justice bell.
Ever since that disastrous day
a vision often comes my way
I reach and grab his outstretched arm
then pull him up away from harm.
We both embrace with tear-filled eyes
I then awake to realise
its the same old dream I have each week
as I quietly cry myself to sleep.
On April the 15th every year
when all is calm and skies are clear
beneath a glowing Yorkshire moon
a lone scots piper plays a tune.
The tune rings out the justice cause
then blows due west across the moors
it passes by the eternal flame
then engulfs a young boys picture frame.
His room is as it was that day
for thirteen years its stayed that way
untouched and frozen forever in time
since that tragic day in 89.
And as it plays its haunting sound
tears are heard from miles around
they're tears from families of those who fell
awaiting the toll of the justice bell.
Always on our minds JFT 96 YNWA
15 Apr 2015 12:58:37
JFT 96 . RIP from Manchester United x
15 Apr 2015 13:25:40
massive respect JFT 96
15 Apr 2015 12:25:11
26 years on but never forgotten, 96 angels will never walk alone JFT96
15 Apr 2015 11:47:39
Justice For The 96 YNWA
15 Apr 2015 14:35:43
Justice for the 96. YNWA.
15 Apr 2015 14:43:34
Well said guys YNWA
15 Apr 2015 20:03:36
Respect shanklys son more tears
15 Apr 2015 11:05:07
Ed's any idea ......
{Ed002's Note - Take it to the European page.}
15 Apr 2015 10:50:47
Probs not for here but I only use this page Eds,
{Ed002's Note - Take it to the European or other club you mention page.}
15 Apr 2015 10:50:26
It wasn't laughing gas, Rodgers just asked him to play right wing back again.
15 Apr 2015 14:42:18
Lighten the mood Mickey 😉
15 Apr 2015 10:44:41
Just came over to show my respects to the 96 people that never made it home.
R.I.P
JFT96
15 Apr 2015 13:19:52
thanks Chris it`s truly a day for any true football fan to forget your colours and spare a thought for 96 men, women and children who never came home from a football match. jft 96 ynwa
15 Apr 2015 10:20:32
Hey eds, with I've and sterling now pictured smoking shisha. is this a common place thing for footballers or are the best prospect s in d club on the self destruct route?
Thanks and keep up the good work
JFT96
Gone but never forgotten
{Ed001's Note - no idea about how commonplace it is, though a lot do try it while on their summer holidays.}
15 Apr 2015 11:33:38
My behaviour (and most kids) at age 20 would make Ibe and Sterling look like saints ;)
15 Apr 2015 13:44:04
I've seen Shaun Wright Phillips and Bradley Johnson in their prem days both smoking shisha in bars at the side of busy streets, really don't think they're that bothered to be honest. In my opinion if it is not affecting their job then there shouldn't really be a problem.
Joe Allen says Sterling doesn't let anything said in the press get to him in the slightest, and in that case, you have to say fair play to him because the press are certainly not holding back on him.
16 Apr 2015 16:52:28
Both those players went on to fulfil potential didn't they? Bradley who?
15 Apr 2015 09:39:03
What is the best pub for before the game on sunday to get some songs on?
RIP the 96
15 Apr 2015 14:44:55
I ain't got tickets, but going down. Are we East or west end?
15 Apr 2015 20:49:09
We are East side,
Silverspoons or called Crystals now I think. Right by the ground will be buzzing
15 Apr 2015 09:28:48
The Delusion of Finance
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I don't get on here as much as I used to as during the NHL season I am working but during reading over the last couple of weeks I noticed something on these forums. Price skews your ability to assess.
What seems to keep popping up 'Raheem isn't worth 100k a week.' It's not the only example either, the people on these forums seem to base their analysis of a player based on their cost (something which nearly every poster has no idea about anyway).
Why not try this? Just assess their ability on it's own merit. Not compared to their cost but just on it's own. Now ask yourself. is it better to have player x in your team or against it?
Use this principle to decide whether or not a player has talent. Not the completely defunkt model of talent vs price. Let the people who actually know the price decide whether they are worth the money are not and stop discussing finances when we don't know what those finances are.
15 Apr 2015 14:21:49
No offense mate but that's ridiculous. leaving price out of the equation what would you rather have a fiat or Ferrari? If you don't have some basis of comparison then all you have is statements with no meaning.
Like "Liverpool would be a better team with ronaldo bale messi and courtois" obviously but it's not viable. and we have a right to compare wages (where applicable which I'll come back to) yes Liverpool would be worse off without sterling at the moment but you do have to compare to players we could get if he went. ie would Walcott and 15-20 mill and wages possibly similar around 100k (taking the most common example here at the moment) would this put us in a better situation both financially and or on the field? Well that's the point and beauty of debate.
I apologize if this came across harsh as I think you're overall point got skewed while you typed. As I think you were trying to get at the people who spout random figures and random statements without any thought at all. like "ibrahimovic any chance if sterling goes we could get him on the cheap?" As anyone with a bit of cop on could evaluate that he I am sure is on 200+k a week and has no resale value and 100k a week increase to our wage bill over 3 years is over 15 million.
This is where I think people have let basic sense go over their head and also taking into account simple things Luke language barriers and actual style of play which make huge differences. and before someone now will probably attack me I'm not claiming to know the ins and outs of a football club nor at this moment in time do I really give a sh#t. But I do understand the basics of life and the ability to put 2 and 2 together myself sadly something which does seem to go missing on the people who ask the eds the same question under their question which they were told would not be answered. This and the nonsensical 17 year old from the UAE someone heard something about being quoted as the next messi who we should buy. these are the posts which I'm sure most people could do without. and ironically rants like this so rant over and apologies it's been a long day!
15 Apr 2015 15:12:06
What I said was, leave the price to the people who both know and understand the club finances. We as fans know nothing of these things yet constantly discuss them as though they matter. It's only an important part of the equation when you know the actual number. Otherwise you are just making it up.
All I asked is that we as fans judge a players worth to the team based on what he contributes on the pitch.
16 Apr 2015 17:00:08
Makes no sense to me. On that bases he has done twice that of Falcao this season, so what's that then? £500k p/w as he should be on twice falcaos wage? £160k twice Balotelli? Etc half Coutinho efforts this season? £40k p/w then? Etc
He has not done enough yet to justify £100k+.he looks like he could and if he does then pay him that but why now? Has he led us to anything? Scroed 30+ goals? Singled handedly beaten top four teams while the other 10 team mates were average that game? No.
15 Apr 2015 08:34:11
Morning Ed
Rodgers was seen at the Rochdale v Swindon game last night.
Any ideas of who he was watching?
Thanks
{Ed002's Note - His son I would imagine.}
15 Apr 2015 09:01:44
No danger of him scouting the champions league games then - excellent
15 Apr 2015 07:49:38
RIP the 96.
Forever in our hearts.
15 apr 2015 08:38:18
never forgotten never walking alone
15 Apr 2015 10:11:12
It's hard to believe it's only 26years that 96 people in what is called the better developed part of the world went to a football match to cheer on their team ,but we're treated like cattle and let down by the authorities and never returned home. every time I think of all their families waiting for them to return that evening holding on to the hope they managed to get out of it God bless them.RIP THE 96.Y.N.W.A
15 Apr 2015 07:39:56
Twenty six years have come to pass,
Since the tragedy unfolded on the Hillsborough grass.
Ninety six souls slipped, needlessly, away
Ninety six souls whom we remember each day.
They came to support their favourite team,
Their target was Wembley and an FA cup dream.
As they entered the ground through the Leppings Lane gate.
They couldn't have imagined what lay in wait.
Caught up in a throng of people and amid obvious distress,
The police had dithered too long, only adding to their mess.
They lost control of the crowd as well as their senses,
Ignoring the fans pleas as they clambered over the fences.
Without a secondary thought, a sea of red shirts spilled on to the field,
Attending to the injured, not knowing that their fate had been sealed.
Trying in vain to keep their fellow supporters alive,
At least until professional help would arrive.
A few days had passed and the press had their say,
Of how events had unfurled on that disastrous day.
The Sun is a down market and daily publication,
Full of scurrilous stories to 'entertain' the nation.
This paper published lie after lie,
Of how the ninety six did actually die.
Blaming the people who had come to the victims aid,
But Murdoch lost no sleep, he was still getting paid.
The police fare no better in this sorry tale,
Blaming drunken fans was way off the scale.
The initial inquest was fixed to their eternal shame,
They exonerated themselves by giving Liverpool FC the blame.
Fast forward twenty six years and the tables have turned,
The bridges built by the establishment have been well and truly burned.
The families took their case to the powers that be,
And the evidence they produced was blatant for all to see.
The fans had acted impeccably, as this city has always known,
Leaving the authorities to crawl back under that stone.
The finger of blame was pointed back squarely at them,
And the nation, not just Liverpool, now knows who to condemn.
The Liver bird sits proudly atop the building with its chest puffed out,
The truth would always rear its head, of that there is no doubt.
If there is one thing that the city of Liverpool, to the world, has now shown,
Is that there are ninety six souls destined to never walk alone.
Just a little poem I wrote last year for 25th anniversary. On this date every year, us blues stand shoulder to shoulder with you reds. Gone but not forgotten, JFT96
15 Apr 2015 10:53:38
Well done spud. Lovely ynwa
15 Apr 2015 11:03:00
Beautiful
15 Apr 2015 12:30:44
I cried. excellent mate.
RIP, Jft96
15 Apr 2015 12:43:19
Respect-tears after reading that-puts everything into perspective
15 Apr 2015 14:21:58
absolutely brilliant poem spudv. i had to read it twice to fully ingest the words. jft96 you will always be remembered.
15 Apr 2015 14:25:58
Seriously top poem really emotional. Best post on here I've ever read and best thing in general I've read in a long time!
Thankyou!
15 Apr 2015 14:48:59
That's a great tribute. Seriously . who disagreed?!
15 Apr 2015 14:50:18
Nice one Spud la
15 Apr 2015 18:15:43
Cheers for the kind words to those that posted a reply. This, of all days, is emotional for everybody in this city, no matter what team we support. I'd like to dedicate this to 97 people. Obviously, the 96 that, tragically, never made it home on that fateful day. As well as to a truly remarkable, brave and selfless lady, Anne Williams. RIP
15 Apr 2015 19:35:18
There always has to be one PERSON to disagree.Like why for God's sake!!!
Barry inLouth
15 Apr 2015 20:19:31
Beautiful words, perfectly put.
Much respect from the MUFC.
15 Apr 2015 07:25:07
Always in our thoughts, never forgotten.JF96
15 Apr 2015 02:33:44
hey eds,
whats the go with handanovic? is he still available on a free or have inter signed him up again?
{Ed002's Note - Try the European pages.}
15 Apr 2015 12:29:47
Just another random name to fill another crowded position at LFC.
I really don't understand why fans would prefer to take a punt on a fancy foreign name rather than introduce one of our own academy prospects ?
15 Apr 2015 13:49:20
Not sure how a position we are looking to strengthen in is deemed as crowded? Brad Jones & Mignolet. think there is certainly room for some quality competition and if Handanovic was available on a free, he'd be a quality signing in my opinion, pretty sure i heard he's saved something like 6 out of his last 7 penalties.
15 Apr 2015 14:28:20
Surely this is one position where we are not overcrowded nor do we have a obvious youth player to step up and its realistically the one position where I would always opt away from throwing a kid in.