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21 Aug 2010 23:52:22

To all you youngsters who keep going on about the Liverpool way. You don't know what it is, you've never seen it but just so as you can't say you weren't told here it is.

The Liverpool way is that no player at all is irreplaceable. The club and the shirt are bigger than the player all the time every day in every way. No player is irreplacable ever, at any time. As soon as something better comes along than what you've got and it's available then 'old player out, new player in' without any hesitation. You don't hang on to players past their best and you always buy at least as good as what you sell.

All business is done behind closed doors and is never talked about or hinted at in public.

The players are players. They do not ever think they are more important than the manger os the training staff. The minutte they think they are they are not given a second chance they get shown the door. Players come to Liverpool to be a part of the machine. If that's not what they want, then don't come.

The manager is ruthless, allwed to be and is never wrong. You may disagree, but look at 'Quiet Bob' Paisley - he sold first team starting-11 players without them even knowing they were for sale!

As Bill Shankly once said "Why are uyou limping?" "I've hurt my leg boss" "Well stop it. It's not your leg it's Liverpool's leg. We bought it and we'll tell you when you can limp" .

And always pass the ball but above all pass it to the man in the red shirt. Pass, move, pass move. The Liverpool way.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
And what about the supporters?

Fabian Treezle

21 Aug 2010 23:50:06

Roy, can you please buy Arda Turan now. Turan is now capable of playing at the highest level and would be able to fufill his potential at anfield.

Turan seems to be more mature and solid in his football career than most of the other footballers at his age and this alone is a great reason to sign him.

If LFC don't purchase Turan now, his price will rise and the likes of real madrid, barcelona, chelsea, man city will become interested and will get him before LFC.

This is the perfect time to buy Turan because he is not on the radar of the richer clubs and would be a very good investment for LFC.

21 Aug 2010 23:49:54
I'm very desperate with the decision of roy about aquilani. WHY HE SET OFF HIM!?? now we haven't got any player in the middle to created. i don't understand the decision but i hope that that means that we can afford a WELL sign and of course a MIDDLE TO CREATED like biglia of anderlecht.
AND I REPEAT I AM VERY FRIGHTENED WITH THE COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM. ARE YOU AGREEMENT WITH ME?

Spanish LFC Fan

21 Aug 2010 23:49:18
YNWA and Jasonlfc, come on lads keep up keep up
You two seem to read a comment and fill in the missing lines.
Jason – I never mentioned anything about Poulsen and what is 'AND. . . I ain't no SO CALLED ANYTHING' all about.
I gave you the Psychiatry meaning of delusion – clearly a good choice
I am not saying that criticising a player using words such as F* king S* t is correct, but I have made comments on these pages before and been told that I was out of order and that it wasn't 'the Liverpool Way'. The comments I made were about players who had been at the club for a while and I used only choice words.
My previous comments were aimed at those deluded individuals that seem to think that we must not criticise the team no matter how they play.

21 Aug 2010 23:20:25

I was keeping an eye on Balloteli cos he is probably gonna start against Liverpool on Monday night. I saw some bids of him on YouTube. Well the guy posseses strength and pace. Only way we can stop him is by using mascherano's and gerrard's pace. Keep two defenders busy after him. Hopefully Liverpool will win but it sure will be a tough next week as the trip to turkey is followed by the match.

21 Aug 2010 23:03:44
To all you youngsters who keep going on about the Liverpool way. You don't know what it is, you've never seen it but just so as you can't say you weren't told here it is.

The Liverpool way is that no player at all is irreplaceable. The club and the shirt are bigger than the player all the time every day in every way. No player is irreplacable ever, at any time. As soon as something better comes along than what you've got and it's available then 'old player out, new player in' without any hesitation. You don't hang on to players past their best and you always buy at least as good as what you sell.

All business is done behind closed doors and is never talked about or hinted at in public.

The players are players. They do not ever think they are more important than the manger os the training staff. The minutte they think they are they are not given a second chance they get shown the door. Players come to Liverpool to be a part of the machine. If that's not what they want, then don't come.

The manager is ruthless, allwed to be and is never wrong. You may disagree, but look at 'Quiet Bob' Paisley - he sold first team starting-11 players without them even knowing they were for sale!

As Bill Shankly once said "Why are uyou limping?" "I've hurt my leg boss" "Well stop it. It's not your leg it's Liverpool's leg. We bought it and we'll tell you when you can limp" .

And always pass the ball but above all pass it to the man in the red shirt. Pass, move, pass move. The Liverpool way.

21 Aug 2010 23:03:42

I dunno what everyone else thinks but it really frustrates me when people come on here thinking theyre sky sports reporters with inside information sayin players have joined us cos it says so on wikipedia! ANYONE CAN EDIT WIKIPEDIA SO IT ISNT A RELIABLE SOURCE! also if someone did sign for us it wouldn't be a secret to the media and they would find out about it before some stupid kid on wikipedia!

21 Aug 2010 22:43:47
21 Aug 2010 22:28:12

"Have I missed something has ne1 come out of Liverpool and said anything about the Chinese bid not going through this to me makes me think that we do have other bids and might have already been sold because they don't seen to botherd about him pulling out, please people let me know what you think."

No its simple Huang said when he submitted the bid he is giving the board 2 weeks to make a decision on his bid else it won't be a viable option for him and pulls out and that is exactly what he did.

And what do you expect the Liverpool board to say??

Roy

Well I expect them to try and put the fans at ease after that prat from the times

21 Aug 2010 22:28:43
To
Fabian Treezle


I think you need to learn how to read AGAIN. . Nobody on here said anything about poulsen being a world beater, and as to the players you mentioned, all were given a chance and were never slated or mocked after 1 bloody match.

AND. . . I ain't no SO CALLED ANYTHING.
infact i must thank you for your little rant, it has proved my point,
That without any prior knowledge of a person/ persons, you have jumped to a conclusion (and a very misinformed one too). This is "delusional. . .something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated."
lesson over

J4 96 YNWA
jasonlfc

21 Aug 2010 22:28:12

"Have I missed something has ne1 come out of Liverpool and said anything about the Chinese bid not going through this to me makes me think that we do have other bids and might have already been sold because they don't seen to botherd about him pulling out, please people let me know what you think."

No its simple Huang said when he submitted the bid he is giving the board 2 weeks to make a decision on his bid else it won't be a viable option for him and pulls out and that is exactly what he did.

And what do you expect the Liverpool board to say??

Roy

21 Aug 2010 22:23:21
I've been supporting LFC for 30 years , enjoyed the good and suffered the Souness era, I know I am a loyal supporter and most of us loyalest have always voiced our criticism when we needed to.
My opinions on few things discussed in this page:

Aqua Boy: I think he has lots ability and its great shame we have n't seen it yet, I was disappointed he is loaned out to Juve, but I can understand Roy's point, Aquilani only position is behind the striker in our 4231 or an attacking midfielder in a 442 , we have both Cole and Gerrard who can play this role and when needed can be shifted to the left or right something Alberto is not comfortable doing.

Kuyt: Inter are willing to pay 15m for him, I think we should take the money and buy either Honda or Turan or Ruiz, all three can play as strikers but much more comfortable playing the wing than Kuyt. Dirk have been a great servant for our club but his effective position is as a forward and Roy will not playing him there

Poulsen: Every big club need a defensive midfielder, every big national team have one, I would agree its not a position you spend a lot of money on, so buying the dane for 4.5m I think is good business, from what I've seen from him in the past he is much better than how he played on thursday, good things will come from him.

Roy H: I still think he is not good enough for us, and I very much doubt we can finish above Arsenal/ City/ Spurs . can someone please explain why he took Babel out straight after he scored, when he desperately needed a confidence boost and kept a useless Maxi Rodriguez on for a while longer. .

Sami Lee: What is he still doing there, our downfall last year was due to him and his useless training methods.

Take over: Not for a while and it won't be to anyone from the Gulf area , I think Kirdi will end up the winner of that particular race. I would 've loved Huang to have taking the club over, he has very good business sense and put us in the chinese map , he never claimed he was rich and always stated he was backed by a consortium.
Roy

21 Aug 2010 22:13:59
Have I missed something has ne1 come out of Liverpool and said anything about the Chinese bid not going through this to me makes me think that we do have other bids and might have already been sold because they don't seen to botherd about him pulling out, please people let me know what you think.

21 Aug 2010 22:12:38
21 Aug 2010 18:57:34
Who do you think liverpool should sign??

I think we should get wayne bridge and a striker . toivonen wouldn't be bad as a back up for torres. this is without a takeover . . 12-15 million . With a takeover , i would say aguero.
The best but don't know if we could ever get em are 1.Dzecko. .pure up an coming great striker. 2.Santon . .i remember him markin ronaldo out of a champs lge game.and finally 3 Aguero. possibility of being world class and a feeling this is who Nando would want. .all young guns. . SMF

21 Aug 2010 21:58:44

Quite frustrated as Roy lets Aqua go to Juventus on loan! We need world class players in the squad in order to compete with the growing challegers in the EPL. LUCAS is simply not a WC player and has shown that with his poor game agains Trabonspor. Has Lucas ever had a fantastic game? HMMMM. .NO! and that's the problem. Aqua comes back late last term and has a couple fantastic games and he now gets loaned out! LUCAS is the surplus to requirements and probably isn't worth 2 million in the transfer market (doesn't contribute with assists and goals and is not a good DM by any means!)
Next is Toivonen. He is not an impact player and with the addition of Joe and Jova (whom are both impact players), Roy needs to spend that money on either Arda Turan (if he ends up in Spurs, we'll all be gutted) and Bryan Ruiz (two footed player who scored 24 goals under McLaren last term).

Please Roy, these negative rumours and happenings (Toivonen and the later Aqua leaving) is giving me stomach pains. Use Babel, Ngog and Kuyt as your 2nd strikers and buy Arda Turan and complete that long lasting rumour.

Lads. .what do you all think?

SIM THE RED!

21 Aug 2010 21:51:10
I am getting sick and tired of all the so called 'loyal supporters' trying to uphold the 'Liverpool Way' posting on this website. Anyone who says a word against a player either hasn't played the game before, is not a true Liverpool supporter, misunderstands the 'Liverpool Way', has played too much FM or is a Manc.

You must have got this from another site, i read this site everyday and all i have ever read is people saying that constructive criticism if fine but foul mouthed abuse about our own players is not! Why do you not agree to this?

PLEASE copy and paste any statement by anyone saying they should not say any bad words against any player!

To put it simple for you is saying one of own players is F*cking Sh*t the right way to support Liverpool, I don't agree with you AT ALL! ! !

YNWA

21 Aug 2010 21:43:22
EDUCATIONAL BIT. . . .
SUPPORTER. . ."an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate. "J4 96 YNWA

jasonlfc

Touche! (The young boys on football manager will have to look this up - if they know how)

21 Aug 2010 21:40:48
Poulsen was bort to make lucas look good, anyway

Posters continue to plumb the depths, looking for the wooden spoon awarded to the dumbest post of the month. . .I guess you just won, which is saying an awful amount considering some of the posts in here!

21 Aug 2010 21:33:12

We were at melwood on thursday and saw Gerrard On his way out . When he was signing we asked if he knew anything about the takeover, he laughed and said he can't say anything but its gonna be a very good season for us. Sounds promising .

21 Aug 2010 21:25:57

WE NEED AGUERO AND DAVID VILLA BUT HE HAS GOBNE TO BARCA, WE NEED NEW SIGNINGS TO KEEP UP WITH THE LEAGUE LEADERS CHELSEA MAN U MAN CITY TOTENHAM ASTON VILLA ARSENAL .

21 Aug 2010 21:24:20

BLACKBURN ROVERS ARE GETTING 100MIL TO SPEND, A s* t TEAM LIKE THAT AND THEY NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN ANYTHING. THE LFC HISTORY JUST SHOWS WE NEED NEW OWNERS WHO WILL MAKE NEW SIGNINGS BEFORE THE END OF TRANSFER WINDOW

{Editor's Note: Blackburn's money is over 5 years.}

21 Aug 2010 21:17:36

The race to become the new owners of Liverpool after Kenny Huang pulled out of talks.
Hong Kong businessman Huang and his company QSL Sports pulled out of takeover negotiations with the Reds on Friday evening.
Here, We look at the list of potential suitors who may now move to buy the Merseyside club from its American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

YAHYA KIRDI, Kirdi, a Syrian businessman who represents a group of investors from the Middle East and Canada, declared his interest in Liverpool earlier this month shortly after Huang, and his consortium is the only other party to have made their bid public. He claimed at the time to have stolen a march on his rivals, announcing that a price had been agreed with Hicks and Gillett and a formal purchase agreement was "in the final stage of negotiation".

THE RHONE GROUP, New York-based private equity firm identified as a possible candidate, although reports suggest there has been no contact between the group and Liverpool for more than two weeks. Fans are likely to be wary of another American investor after Hicks and Gillett's unpopular regime, although the company has been keen to stress that it is a global operation.

THE AL KHARAFI FAMILY, The Kuwaiti investment group were reported to be in talks with Hicks and Gillett about buying a stake in Liverpool earlier this year.

KENNY HUANG, Huang was the first party to openly declare an interest in buying Liverpool, but refused to comment when it was claimed his bid was backed by the Chinese government. Yesterday's statement presented no reason for his decision to pull out of talks and there is a chance it may be intended as an elaborate piece of brinkmanship and that he could yet return to the negotiating table.

abbs

21 Aug 2010 20:50:00
I am getting sick and tired of all the so called 'loyal supporters' trying to uphold the 'Liverpool Way' posting on this website. Anyone who says a word against a player either hasn't played the game before, is not a true Liverpool supporter, misunderstands the 'Liverpool Way', has played too much FM or is a Manc.

I will put it to each and everyone of you so called 'loyal Liverpool supporters' - have you never crticised any of our players? Let me prod your seemingly defective memory - Diouf, Diao, Diomede, Nunez, Dundee and my favourite Voronin.

Oh by the way Jasonlfc look up delusion in the dictionary. In fact let me save you the bother - A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

Fabian Treezle

21 Aug 2010 20:15:01
Some off you older surporters who were lucky enough to see quality players in the 70s 80s and 90s need to go to spec savers if you think poulsen is going to make a massive impact, I SUGGEST we agree to disagree, I just want whats best for the club and buying defence midfielders won't win us the holly grail, every team in top 5 last year had a better foward line than us , thats what boils my piss, we need FOWARDS not has been DMIDS

21 Aug 2010 19:48:47

I seem to have hit a nerve to dare to mention that we have fritered 4.5 million on that tortoise poulsen, listen id sooner have gary mac back now then a has been slug poulsen , we should be strenghing are left side of defence and attack , not sending quality players like aqualani on loan.i don't mind if we sign 30 year old quality players I could get a game 4 denmark in there midfield, poulsen was bort to make lucas look good, anyway

21 Aug 2010 19:45:10
""""Let me get this straight, from what I've read from some of you, we're writing off Poulson after 1 game.
Even one of the editors was on here the other day describing Joe Cole's preformance as 'dire'. .after three games.

Give me strength, have any of you even played the game? Some of the older ones among you have been on here defending the 'liverpool way'; I'm afraid the 'liverpool way' is long gone if the idiots on here now calling themselves Liverpool fans are anything to go by.""""""

Finally the grown up's are back.! !
BUT THE LIVERPOOL WAY HAS NOT GONE, IT'S JUST COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD BY A MAJORITY OF THE YOUNGER SUPPORTERS, alas they are all top managers , they'r great at CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER urgo they know what liverpool should do. . .

They need to put down the joypad and get out the history books .
To have a go at Roy who has been in the job for a nano second, and then slate Poulsen (15mins pre season is all the lad has had), who's played one match, is staggering to put it mildly.

By the way Roy is the first Liverpool Manager to win his first THREE european cup ties.

EDUCATIONAL BIT. . . .
SUPPORTER. . ."an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate. "J4 96 YNWA

jasonlfc

21 Aug 2010 19:27:17
To the person who wrote this . . .

Al kharafi family of kuwait have had their bid accepted . Deal will be done by 31st august. keith Harris seymore pierce, will get 7 million for setting up the deal. Kenny Huang did not withdraw he was told is bid was not good enough.

. . . . Wheres your evidence then ???

21 Aug 2010 19:06:20
Let me get this straight, from what I've read from some of you, we're writing off Poulson after 1 game.
Even one of the editors was on here the other day describing Joe Cole's preformance as 'dire'. .after three games.

Give me strength, have any of you even played the game? Some of the older ones among you have been on here defending the 'liverpool way'; I'm afraid the 'liverpool way' is long gone if the idiots on here now calling themselves Liverpool fans are anything to go by.

Do you think any of these guys would have accepted Bob Paisley as a replacement for Shankly? Or Joe Fagan for Paisley? Half of them have probably no idea who I'm talking about - they'd have wanted some 'name'. Do you think they'd have been happy to sign an unknown Ian Rush from Chester, Keegan from Sc* thorpe or Souness from Middlesborough? No chance, they'd have been on here calling them s* t and asking why we weren't going after Poalo Rossi or Socrates.

I.D.I.O.T.S

Classic post. We need a few more people like you in here to balance out the dross. Oh well, i suppose the 80/ 20 rule will continue to apply. .

21 Aug 2010 18:59:39
Man!It's bad.s* t owners, spineless, second-rate manager, and fans who are so desperate that they'll accept-what was-some twelve months ago the barest of minimums-as success.
Heavens help this football clube

Lombardi Cazorla

More like a spineless second-rate poster if you ask me :)
Come back when you learn what the difference is between a good manager and a poor one.

21 Aug 2010 18:55:07
News from Spain is that Masch is off to Barcelona in a deal which will see Jeffren coming the other way.

Jeffren is a 21yr old striker who can also play (to great effect) on the right hand side and was recently tipped by none other than Messi to be the next big thing - Born in Venezuela but holds a Spanish passport.

Deal will see in the region of £10m to Liverpool plus the player, which suits both parties.

And 36 people actually believe this trash, haha! I suppose they believe in the tooth fairy as well.

21 Aug 2010 18:52:33
Kuyt is also making it known that he wants out.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. .where did you dream this up?"

Although unlike Masch he hasn't handed in a transfer request (very few do - they won't risk the loyalty bonus), he was more than willng to have gone to Inter if they'd have come up with the cash. In addition his agent is busy openly touting him on the continent. Also he has made it very clear in private that he is not happy with dropping down the pecking order, not happy at all. He regards himself as a natural first choice for the starting eleven, not just a squad player.

Personally, I think he had an excellent world cup and I think his tireless running wears defenders down - by the 70th minute they are knackered whereas he is still going strong. I also think he is a very unselfish player. But Hodgson runs the team now and he decuides who his first pick players are, not Rafa.

RED LENIN

Wrong again! You seem to be making a habit of it. He was the staring RAM against Arsenal. .does that mean he has fallen down the pecking order? And he didn't say he wanted to leave. Anyone who knows Kuyt knows he and his family are loving it in Liverpool and his agent only noted that he was in a position to go to Inter if he wanted or to stay at Liverpool - and he is staying. Cut the BS.

21 Aug 2010 18:47:43
TO . .

Lombardi Cazorla

YOU NEGATE YOUR OWN ARGUEMENT YOU IGNORAMOUS. . .

"ROY HAS A STRONGER SQUAD THAN RAFA" your statement
you quote Johnson and Aqualaini as improvements. .a defender who can't tackle and a midfielder who's more likely to be seen in casualty rather than Melwood.

i've something for you to consider. .
If rafa had not insisted that xabi alonso travell with the team for a game of little consequence, and not be at the birth of his child, added with his persuit of Gareth barry , We'd have been stronger than NOW
ROY HAS HAD AROUND 12 TO 14 M TO SPEND, (4.5m spent) WITH A SMAll transfer kitty and what we have recouped (all @ a loss from original signings)on outgoing players.
JOE COLE was NOT roy's signing joe was offered that contract before Roy took over(Another fact you need to learn).
YET RAFA SPENT AN AMOUNT OF AROUND 160M POUND,
bit too early to be getting the crucifix's out just yet.

I've seen a few tortoise in liverpools squad over the years, Morientes, voronin, lucas, degan and josemi to name a few. . . . .who signed them please??

last fact, Roy's only signing (that he has made ) is Poulsen 4.5m

YOUR NOT A SUPPORTER OF LIVERPOOL YOUR A GOB WITH NO BRAIN

J4 96 YNWA
jasonlfc

21 Aug 2010 18:34:10
I know that it is possibly the most unreliable source but i just seen this on wikipedia

Ola Toivonen (born 3 July 1986 in Degerfors, Örebro County) is a Swedish football player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. He plays primarily as a striker and can also play as a midfielder. His father was born in Finland and emigrated to Degerfors to work in a factory.[1] he will move to liverpool for a fee of around 18p a pack of half used chewing gum and a pencil sharpener with a possibility of a stick and a bouncy ball if he does well.


if we can pick this guy up for this price i can see him being a great signing but i think he may cost slighly more but he still looks good, still the 9m price seems reasonable anyway

21 Aug 2010 18:22:21

You're talking s* te fella, let's have some proof, or shut your gob.
Why has KH not let us know why he pulled out then.
Seems he's a tad like yourself, all wind and p1ss.

I read redandwhitekop.com - if you did you would be better informed on what is going on at Liverpool FC. I still maintain Huang is or was the ONLY offer. But Broughton and co and trying to get some of his funding for H&G. Huang would sooner walk away than give those two maggots a penny.
We have to hope RBS call in the loan and bankrupt the maggots - then the REAL players will come out to play to pick up the scraps.

21 Aug 2010 17:35:48
First of all, Ed congrats on a great site(or 10). .
I'm extremely disappointed re the whole Aquilani saga. .First of all, the lad is seriously talented, we all know that. As someone mentioned in a previous post, his stats don't lie, top assister per minutes played ffs! As I recall, he was Man of the Match every game he 'started' last season!(Someone correct me if I'm wrong. ) I can't see the 'pro's' in this loan at all?? I appreciate Woy wants him to play reguarly, fair enough, but surely he could do that with us?(Lucas and Poulsen above him in the pecking order? - do me a favour! ) All I can see as a positive. . a) He plays 15+ games for Juve till Jan. b) We sell Mascherano in Jan(inevitable) - then bring the Aquaman back 'fully' fit and hopefully prove his pricetag was a bargain! The negative outcome would be we play Lucas(he has improved, but still not a starter for us - NO WAY!) all season and sell Aqua for 8mill in the summer and ultimately finish below our expectations due to an insufficient squad. .Speaks YNWA

21 Aug 2010 17:29:27

SO WERE STUCK WITH A 30 YEAR OLD TORTOISE IN SQUAD, GREAT BIT OF BUISNESS NOT

Hit the nail on the head, amigo, really couldn't have said it any better.
There you have it, lads and lassies, Roy Hodgson, the transfer market guru.Lol

Talk about a wry laugh.
Roy's expected to "steady the ship", get the team back into the top four. .anything above that is a bonus.Funny enough, it's what Rafa (who had a relatively weaker squad to Roy's) was doing year in year out.Under Rafa, a place in the last 8 of the CL had become a bare minimum.Under Rafa, we were always expected (unreasonably so, to an extent) to challenge for every top honour.

Conversely, with Roy now, a top 4 finish will be hailed a success.When we were less strong, we were expected to achieve big.But now that we are little more stronger, the expectations are lowered.How ridiculous.Lol

The difference between the team that finished 2nd two years ago is this:2008/ 9 we had Alonso, Reina, Gerrard, Torres and Masch as the spine.
2010/ 11's spine is:Reina, Johnson, Gerrard, Torres, Cole, Masch and Aquilani.
The difference is quiet distict.The 1st eleven is much more stronger, and subsequently the bench.

I don't care who says what, but this team is more than good enough.This team should be gunning for every top honour with the belief that they can do it, cause they can and they should.
But no, we are "ship-steadying", "balancing the act".

Man!It's bad.s* t owners, spineless, second-rate manager, and fans who are so desperate that they'll accept-what was-some twelve months ago the barest of minimums-as success.
Heavens help this football clube

Lombardi Cazorla

21 Aug 2010 17:12:59
Liverpool hav submitted a 9m bid toivanen but he hasnt signed yet. liverpool will also try and yet van der vaart on loan or possibly buy if we can raise funds, takeover will happen afta transfer window, so no aguero or turan unless barca buy masch (not likely atm), liverpool may also buy salcido for 2-3m.

4-2-3-1
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Aurelio
Poulson Gerrard
Cole VDV Jovanovic
Torres

OR

4-1-2-1-2
Jones
Kelly Wilson Skrtel Salcido
Lucas
Kuyt Babel
Maxi
Toivanen Ngog

E.H LFC

21 Aug 2010 17:04:24
To this guy. .

Heavens help this football clube.

Gracias-
Lombardi Carzola

You have a go at Hodgson for not signing strength in depth, yet you opwenly want new owners so we can possibly get rafa back. .

is this the same RAFA, THAT BOUGHT SUCH illustrious signings as:
Degan
Voronin
Dossena
Nunez
Kromkamp
Gabriel Paletta
Mauricio Pellegrino
M. Gonzalez
A. Riera
. .and your favourite (show's your knowledge of great footballers). Alberto aqualani.
TOTAL STRENGTH IN DEPTH. NOT!

Oh and as for Roy squandering what little money we have, didn't rafa spend over 37m on g.johnson(a right back who cannot defend) + a aqualani (a midfielder who is known as crystal legs in his home country).(and don't say we were owed money by portsmouth so he didn't cost that much, )money owed plus money paid= 17m FACT.

oh you also had a go at Poulson(4.5m), nobody's saying this guys gonna make us great but to start slating him after playing only 15mins of pre season football, before playing in liverpools understrength team v trabzonspor, Just show's your great knowledge of football and footballing matters. wind ya neck in son and do ya job. . .SUPPORT YOUR TEAM!

J4 96 YNWA

jasonlfc

21 Aug 2010 16:24:46

Wiki now states ola toivanan has retired from football to sell toffee apples at Melwood. . .HOW?? because i just put it there, if i can edit the page in 30 seconds so can anyone.
WIKIPEDIA IS NOT, NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE A SOURCE FOR ACURATE INFORMATION

J4 96 YNWA

jasonlfc

quality that mate haha

21 Aug 2010 16:24:00
It says on wikipedia. . . . . . . Aaaaagh never mind

21 Aug 2010 16:23:12

NOTE: WIKI IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE SO STOP REFERENCING IT!

21 Aug 2010 15:16:31
Quite fascinating to see this but this is what it said when i put Ola Toivonen in wikipedia it came up

Ola Toivonen (born 3 July 1986 in Degerfors, Örebro County) is a Swedish football player. He plays primarily as a striker and can also play as a midfielder. He currently plays for Liverpool Fc. His father was born in Finland and emigrated to Degerfors to work in a factory.[1]

If you don't believe me even check it out yourself

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In Roy We Trus

to all you people who claim wikipedia knows all, ITS TIME YOU REALISED THAT ANYONE CAN CHANGE INFO ON WIKIPEDIA, for a period of time until it is filtered by wikipedia then it can say just about anything so put your cock back in your strides, wikipedia is NOT a reliable source of info

21 Aug 2010 15:14:32
I said it after his appointment, and I'll say it again:I don't believe Roy is the man for LFC;and the early indications are that I might be right after all.
People, it's common knowledge that LFC's most pressing problems are:lack of a quality left back (who's got formidable a constitution, I should add), an able back-up forward and, more or less, a classy wideman or two.

Now, we're less than two weeks to the closing of the market and yet, none of the above problems have been addressed.
(Re-signing Fabio was not an option, imo.Fabio didn't play for most of last season because Fabio's crocked, nothing to do with ability.And there's NO reason to believe things will be different this time round.
It's gonna be dé jà vu all over again:Fabio gets sidelined for 80% of the games;inexperienced Mavinga comes in/ makeshift Agger is used, and half decent wingers have a field day).

Instead, Hodgson has bought Poulsen, a 30 yr old dm who COULDN'T get into a glaringly average Juventus.
Furthermore, he goes on to loan out the (potentially) best attacking midfielder we have in Alberto Aquilani.He "cannot", so he says, guarantee the Aqua regular game time, which-simply put-is like saying, "I've got Cole in your position, whom I much prefer.No matter how fit and good you are when given a chance, I still cannot promise you regular footy.Even if one or both of Cole and Gerrard is out, I still cannot say for sure that you'll play, Alberto.There's Lucas, Poulsen, and Masch might also stay, so it's gonna be difficult for ya, fella sorry, Aqua".

And I ask:Mr Hodgson, haven't you ever had nf something called strength-in depth, huh?Madrid has just bough Khedira and Ozil.But have they got rid of arguably their best passer, Alonso?NO!(Yes, they are booting out Diarra, VDV etc.But only because they've got better players in those positions).

LFC, on the other hand don't have that luxury.Except Gerrard, which other mid has the creative talents and flair as the Aqua there. .Lucas, Poulsen, Mascherano, Spearing?NOT A CHANCE!Even Cole I wouldn't put before the Aqua.
What we should be doing is bring great players with necessarily losing our best players.

Christian Poulsen.Can somebody please enlighten me as to why we signed this man, seriously?We need a striker, leftback and a wideman (all classy);we've a shoestring budget, and yet our manager fritters away our thin millions on a player who's seen better days.WHY?

You know, I'm probably gonna get slated for this, but I'll say anyway.The sooner the takeover's complete, the new owners should get their own capable, 1st rate man (Van Gaal, Hiddink, Rafa).I can't bear to see this club's millions being spent on the whole of Scandinavia and some average, skills-devoid and overatted English players(and please, don't start with the typically annoying "we need players with Prem experience" old chestnut.It's NONSENSE!Torres, Drogba, Ronaldo, Vidic, Tevez, Agger and many others, have made it in the Prem WITHOUT any prior experience of the league.It may work, it may not work. it's a risk any manager with a pair of testicles takes).

Man!Even Purslow seems to have more transfer nous the owl Hodgson (scouting in Madrid).

Heavens help this football clube.

Gracias-
Lombardi Carzola

21 Aug 2010 14:50:34

To the person who wrote this:-

Huang is the ONLY person to provide utter proof that he is capable of buying Liverpool FC and doing exactly what he wanted to do: Pay off the debt. Build a new ground and give Hodgson substantial transfer funds to buy players.

Huang is also the ONLY person to refuse to sign a non-disclosure agreement. He wanted everything out in the open because he knew that NO-ONE else could match his offer and it was the ONLY realistic and proper offer on the table. VERY WELL CONNECTED PEOPLE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS. This is the reason why he has walked away. Broughton is NOT acting in the best interests of Liverpool - he has blatantly lied.

It is Broughton and Co who have the hidden agenda (probably to let Hicks and Gillette walk away with a substantial profit).

They have totally cocked up this sale now.

Liverpool will either go into administration or be owned by RBS within the next couple of months. When all the details our made public Broughton's reputation will be in tatters although that doesn't matter to someone who is already considerably rich but he will never work again on any high profile deals because of the mess and the lack of balls he has shown at Liverpool.

Huang may still come back to pick up the pieces but he will not be taken for a ride by Broughton and Co over LFC.

IT'S A HORRIBLY BAD PERIOD IN LIVERPOOL'S ESTEEMED HISTORY.

WOW - you are obviously a super businessman, very much in the know about multi-million pound sales, and have been a fly on the wall through all the negotiations - well done. When you actually get the job you are plainly well qualified for and take over the sale - LFC will be in good hands.

Just one question - where did you get your information that Kenny Huang ( Ken Aguerro's brother ) had the necessary funds and plans?

You are probably one of those people who thought G&H where going to be OK.

21 Aug 2010 14:40:41

"COMPLETE AND UTTER B*LL*CKS.

Huang is the ONLY person to provide utter proof that he is capable of buying Liverpool FC and doing exactly what he wanted to do: Pay off the debt. Build a new ground and give Hodgson substantial transfer funds to buy players.

Huang is also the ONLY person to refuse to sign a non-disclosure agreement. He wanted everything out in the open because he knew that NO-ONE else could match his offer and it was the ONLY realistic and proper offer on the table. VERY WELL CONNECTED PEOPLE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS. This is the reason why he has walked away. Broughton is NOT acting in the best interests of Liverpool - he has blatantly lied.

It is Broughton and Co who have the hidden agenda (probably to let Hicks and Gillette walk away with a substantial profit)."

You're talking s* te fella, let's have some proof, or shut your gob.
Why has KH not let us know why he pulled out then.
Seems he's a tad like yourself, all wind and p1ss.

Be glad when the holidays are over. . .

Ridgebackred. .

21 Aug 2010 14:21:27

Let me get this straight, from what I've read from some of you, we're writing off Poulson after 1 game.
Even one of the editors was on here the other day describing Joe Cole's preformance as 'dire'. .after three games.

Give me strength, have any of you even played the game? Some of the older ones among you have been on here defending the 'liverpool way'; I'm afraid the 'liverpool way' is long gone if the idiots on here now calling themselves Liverpool fans are anything to go by.

Do you think any of these guys would have accepted Bob Paisley as a replacement for Shankly? Or Joe Fagan for Paisley? Half of them have probably no idea who I'm talking about - they'd have wanted some 'name'. Do you think they'd have been happy to sign an unknown Ian Rush from Chester, Keegan from Sc* thorpe or Souness from Middlesborough? No chance, they'd have been on here calling them s* t and asking why we weren't going after Poalo Rossi or Socrates.

I.D.I.O.T.S

21 Aug 2010 14:20:18

To the person who wrote this: "Kenny Huang was never going to buy Liverpool, Theres a difference to being interested and actually making an offer. Kenny got what he wanted out of it free publicity."

COMPLETE AND UTTER B*LL*CKS.

Huang is the ONLY person to provide utter proof that he is capable of buying Liverpool FC and doing exactly what he wanted to do: Pay off the debt. Build a new ground and give Hodgson substantial transfer funds to buy players.

Huang is also the ONLY person to refuse to sign a non-disclosure agreement. He wanted everything out in the open because he knew that NO-ONE else could match his offer and it was the ONLY realistic and proper offer on the table. VERY WELL CONNECTED PEOPLE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS. This is the reason why he has walked away. Broughton is NOT acting in the best interests of Liverpool - he has blatantly lied.

It is Broughton and Co who have the hidden agenda (probably to let Hicks and Gillette walk away with a substantial profit).

They have totally cocked up this sale now.

Liverpool will either go into administration or be owned by RBS within the next couple of months. When all the details our made public Broughton's reputation will be in tatters although that doesn't matter to someone who is already considerably rich but he will never work again on any high profile deals because of the mess and the lack of balls he has shown at Liverpool.

Huang may still come back to pick up the pieces but he will not be taken for a ride by Broughton and Co over LFC.

IT'S A HORRIBLY BAD PERIOD IN LIVERPOOL'S ESTEEMED HISTORY.

21 Aug 2010 14:06:22

What is RH doing let Aquilani leave on loan. Surely with Carling Cup, FA Cup, Europa League & Prem he would played a fair number of games. If Gerrard gets injured or needs a rest Aquilani would be your man. It was clear once again the other night two holding players don't work it slows down play. Surely Aquilani and Poulson is the best back up option to Gerrard and Masch. Cole is suspended Monday night could Aquilani have played in the hole. He has not been given a chance to play. If we don't bring two other players in winger & striker we will suffer as the season goes into November/ December.

21 Aug 2010 14:04:49

Do people actualy av rumours 2 post or r they just makin it up themselves cuz they av nuffin better 2 do, givin people like me false hope jonnyredpants

To the Editor, it's your site but I think you could improve the quality immensely but not posting any comments that are not written in English. I'm sure the vast majority of readers who appreciate the value of this site would agree with me on this point.

21 Aug 2010 14:00:33
I just don't understand y he has gon (aquilani), he is a great player and we need depth in our squad. think of chelsea, they hav international players on the bench who rarley play but they are their to giv chelsea more options, if drogba gets injured they will have a replacment on the bench, they are a team with great depth. they also rotate players which we don't seem to do. no matter how badly lucas and kuyt play they always seem to be in the starting line-up, why? wen players like aqua and maxi could do a better job. why do we need to loan him out to get playing time, why can't we giv him playing time here, i don't care wat anyone says aquilani is fully fit, for me he has been "fit" since the end of last season. sometimes i really doubt whether hodgson nows wat he is doing.

Another uneducated idiot who can't spell or write English but knows so much more about football than a proven experienced person like Roy. Go back to school sonny and watch football closely for another 10 years then think of offering your opinions to the world.

21 Aug 2010 13:59:24
Did anyone hear the near hytsterical Liverpool fan and Football Editor of The Times Tony Evans on Sky Sports News last night and Talksport this morning. It was near embarrasing! He just plays into their London team supporting bias.
Lets face it he has swallowed the whole Kenny Huang thing with whole front page spreads and pull outs etc.
He is going to look really stupid when Indian or Arab investors do the deal, be it Saudi, Qatari, Kuwaiti or Sharjari or Dubai Billionaires.
People should listen to the takeover 'guru' (yes i realise he is a Man Utd fan) Keith Harris who suggested the deal will be done by those that the public probably have not realised to be interested in Liverpool FC and probably in a couple of months time.
I suggest all Liverpool fans just calm down and lets get this takeover right and trust Broughton so we don't end up in worse state than at present under H&G (thanks to the poor Business and Economic accumen of Moores and Parry).

21 Aug 2010 13:47:29
Roy is stupid to let aquilani go on loan.

21 Aug 2010 13:46:53

"21 Aug 2010 13:00:53
Just heard from reliable source that this is Martin Broughtons last job before he retires. He is already a very wealthy man and all the stress is affecting his health so the fact that all you guys are saying he has best interests of club at heart is WRONG as all he wants is one final big pay day. Remember he is a Chelski fan so does he really give a toss who we are sold to?? he is employed by the Yanks and has the same agenda ie told screw as much money out of potential bidders as possible therefore filling his own pockets!

Dickie Di Doh"

Of course the obvious choice of chairman to help sell Lfc is one who is so unprofessional that he allows the fact that he supports another team to cloud his judgement. The next obvious step would be to allow this person complete control over the sale of the club and to tell them to "screw" prospective buyers. That's definitely how I would enhance my business reputation.

Use your head, you give Liverpool supporters a bad name.

21 Aug 2010 13:42:50

"21 Aug 2010 00:01:43
Having heard that Liverpool have reportedly bid £9m for Ola Toivonen. . yes he is a good goalscorer no doubt when you look at his record for PSV. My only concern is that he scores a large majority of his goals with his head, which is fine in the dutch league when PSV play with natural width and deliver quality crosses! Where is our natural width in our team to deliver these crosses (apart from Johnson) and how would he fit in with Torres?
I personally think we need a more creative and tricky style of forward. What do you guys think?"

Tbh i think Babel/ Pacheco deserve a crack in that role, both have shown signs that, with the right backing and a consistent run of games they could come good. Remember, before Babel came here he was highly praised by many Dutch legends such as Van Basten for his technical ability. Unfortunately the longer he sat on the bench the rustier he got, i think that's something Hodgosn is looking to avoid with Aquilani and a loa to a league he knows well may be perfect to build his confidence back up.

I think the timing of Aquilani's loan and the bid for Toivonen show that Hodgson is going to alternate and use him as either a striker or attacking midfielder, the latter is a role he can play and he is certainly physically stronger than Aquilani. Perhaps Roy will go to 4-4-1-1?

21 Aug 2010 13:20:03

I just don't understand y he has gon (aquilani), he is a great player and we need depth in our squad. think of chelsea, they hav international players on the bench who rarley play but they are their to giv chelsea more options, if drogba gets injured they will have a replacment on the bench, they are a team with great depth. they also rotate players which we don't seem to do. no matter how badly lucas and kuyt play they always seem to be in the starting line-up, why? wen players like aqua and maxi could do a better job. why do we need to loan him out to get playing time, why can't we giv him playing time here, i don't care wat anyone says aquilani is fully fit, for me he has been "fit" since the end of last season. sometimes i really doubt whether hodgson nows wat he is doing.

anyway, liverpool have made an official bid of 9m for toivanen. hopfully we'll get VDV on loan aswell.

E.H LFC

21 Aug 2010 13:19:43

Just heard from reliable source that this is Martin Broughtons last job before he retires. He is already a very wealthy man and all the stress is affecting his health so the fact that all you guys are saying he has best interests of club at heart is WRONG as all he wants is one final big pay day. Remember he is a Chelski fan so does he really give a toss who we are sold to?? he is employed by the Yanks and has the same agenda ie told screw as much money out of potential bidders as possible therefore filling his own pockets!

im no expert on this whole thing. BUT. . i thought broughton was employed by the bank as the yanks have no say in what goes on anymore. and maybe you are rite about him being a chelsea fan and not caring, but i really don't think the bank would put someone in charge of one of the biggest deals to happen in english football to someone who would be so unproffesional as to do something like that. . just my opinion but i think its more realistic than you comment on it.

21 Aug 2010 13:19:43
For all the criticism he gets, the day Moores sold LFC was the day we lost the club - for good probably - we now have have much chance of altering the course of the sale as a fish the QE2.

You don't know what you've got until it gone. .

21 Aug 2010 13:04:22
IF WE BUY ANY MORE PLAYERS LIKE POULSEN WE WILL BE STRUGGLING , MY NAN RUNS FASTER THEN HIM, WHY OH WHY SEND AQUALANI ON LOAN , AND HAVE HIM IN SQUAD, SEEMS LIKE A BACKWARD STEP, MASCH NOT GOING ANYWERE THIS YEAR , SO WERE STUCK WITH A 30 YEAR OLD TORTOISE IN SQUAD , GREAT BIT OF BUISNESS NOT

To the fan who wrote this . . Firstly Poulsen scored on his debut, it was ruled out , i didn't see to much wrong with it . .he will give us more variety in midfield and he can get forward , shoot or assist , much more so than mascherano, he has expierence and has won a league playing under hodgson , has played all over europe , 77 caps for Denmark , Houllier brought in Gary mc Allister , i think he was 35/ 36 at the time . we won the treble that year . . i think Poulsen will give Roy his best , and will give us an extra dimension . in other words more goals from midfield not like mascherano

21 Aug 2010 12:46:05

Do people actualy av rumours 2 post or r they just makin it up themselves cuz they av nuffin better 2 do, givin people like me false hope jonnyredpants

21 Aug 2010 12:45:02

Can everyone please stop posting about the takeover and focus on matters on the playing field? All this "huang" and "sheikh mohammed" and "rbs" stuff is getting hard to read and really makes this (excellent) site much less interesting. PS. Any predictions for monday night? Mine is 2-1 to lfc! Ed, prediction?
Red bl00ded! {editor's note - I think 2-1 as well, though I hate doing predictions on Liverpool games, I am too superstitious!}

21 Aug 2010 12:00:05

Squad vs man s* tty

reina
johnson skrtel kygriakos aurelio
poulsen gerrard
kuyt pacheco jovanovic
torres
subs: carragher, kelly, lucas, maxi, jones, babel, ngog

21 Aug 2010 11:34:47
To whover wrote:
Having heard that Liverpool have reportedly bid £9m for Ola Toivonen. . yes he is a good goalscorer no doubt when you look at his record for PSV. My only concern is that he scores a large majority of his goals with his head, which is fine in the dutch league when PSV play with natural width and deliver quality crosses! Where is our natural width in our team to deliver these crosses (apart from Johnson) and how would he fit in with Torres?
I personally think we need a more creative and tricky style of forward. What do you guys think

I was a season ticket holder at PSV last year (just posted saying how good Ola is before I read this) - Yes, he score a good percentage with his head, but many from set pieces i.e. free kicks / corners, and they do still have them in the premier league don't they?? Also, don't underestimate his ability to play with the ball at his feet - Better than Crouch in that sense

21 Aug 2010 11:30:25

I really hope the rumours that Liverpool have made an offer for: Ola Toivonen are true - If they get him for anything under £15m it will be a bargain.

I live in Holland and was a season ticket holder at PSV last season - He is a very very good player - Tall, strong with a fair turn of pace for a big guy - Excellent in the air, both attacking the ball and has a very powerful shot on him.

His work rate is up there with the best and his goals to game ratio is excellent and, although the premier league is more competitive, I believe he will still score goals - and a lot of them.

He is exactly what Torres needs - A target man with skill and vision.

Mark my words - I promise you will be impressed - A great move by Hodgson - Lets just hope he pulls it off

21 Aug 2010 11:22:25

This post is based upon reason not rumour. Deduction from the events over the last month. The reason Huang has "walked away alone" is that there are other bids on the table better than his. This means more money for the Yanks (maybe) but he saves face by withdrawing and blaming the club. Personally, I think the club have conducted themselves well in this situation but time will tell. Don't rush in were we would have in the past. The failure of the board to make a positive statement after their meeting the other Friday suggested to me that things were not all they seemed and a late bid had been tabled. This means we/ they need time to evaluate it.

For me the one of the attractions of the Huang bid was access to the asian market, but we are already big there and can capitalise on it by other routes. Liverpool and China have always had strong relations so I would have been happy if this was a serious bid and resulted in little profit ending up in the yanks pockets.

I suspect the late bid came fro Dubai and respect ( as we all must) the recent family loss from interested parties there.

The squad is not bad and Roy is the man to get the best out of them so let's be patient and see what happens but I do not expect it to be an imminent result. The October 6th Deadline should force the issue.

21 Aug 2010 10:22:21
HEY JUST HEARD ABOUT 2 ENGLAND PLAYERS WHO
HAVE BEEN SCORING WITH THE LADYS, MY BET IS ITS ROONEY AND G BARRY, COS THEY HAVNT SCORED 4 MONTHS
IS Beckham still classed as an england player?? Hes just made redundant 14 staff men and women. .she prob made him. .what a stud. nobody bends it like Beckham. .14 ! Vanessa Perroncel only prob did 11 . Well 10 , Bridge was injured. SMF

21 Aug 2010 10:20:46
"Poulsen a 30 year old tortoise", sorry but it's time to get your nappy changed little boy. Gerrard is 30, Carra is 33 and you must be about 3. .

21 Aug 2010 09:50:20
To whoever wrote:

'I recieve LFC news alerts to my phone from LFC and this morning i got one saying:
Liverpool claim Inter will not bid for Javier Mascherano or Dirk Kuyt.
Roy Hodgeson: "I spoke to inter and they won't move for them."

100% true, anyone who gets these texts will back me up.'

Just a question - Who do the texts come from, because the 'quote' from Hodgson is not on any of the news sites, official web site or even the lesser rumour sites ?? Sounds like you are wasting your money on the texts

21 Aug 2010 09:37:31

Pssst. Want some more insider info? As I previously mentioned the asset stripping by the Americans has begun. They still own the club and therefore call the shots but they realise they will have to sell eventually. In the meantime all playing staff are up for sale but only for the transfer fee to be payed in full not instalments as the Americans wouldn't receive all the cash. This is the reason mascherano, gerrard and Torres have not been sold yet! Kuyt has already told the players and staff he wants to leave and made a statement by refusing to wear the lfc blazer at anfield on Thursday night even though he was fined for doing so. Don't tell anyone I told you.

21 Aug 2010 09:28:10
HEY JUST HEARD ABOUT 2 ENGLAND PLAYERS WHO
HAVE BEEN SCORING WITH THE LADYS, MY BET IS ITS ROONEY AND G BARRY, COS THEY HAVNT SCORED 4 MONTHS

21 Aug 2010 09:26:25
Huang has pulled out of liverpool bid because a rival bid has been accepted and huang was given chance to match it, rather than conceded defeat has publicly pulled out of bidding to save face.

21 Aug 2010 09:23:47
Look at what Hicks did with his baseball team recently!
He has already proved he has no idea when the situation he is in un-winnable. He proved there that his sheer ignorance stupidity and and basic pig headedness not to conceed defeat means more to him than to do the "right thing".

All those people who have that baseball team in there blood, who have supported them all there lives, generations of there families have gone along every week to cheer there team on. . (sound familiar)

And he wouldn't conceed defeat and drove them into the ground squeezing every last penny out of the club till there was no more left to bleed. .

And then he had it taken from him on defaulted payments leaving him to walk away without a care in the world.

I believe Hicks attitude behind closed doors is "Hey i won't have the people of some small place like Leeeverpaaaaal tell me to sell whats mine till i get top $$$"

Yet again what he doesn't realise through his stupidity of what he is taking on!

Mr Hicks you *t** wit, your not just taking on Anfield Rd here, or the Merseyside area or the North West. .

Your takin on one of the biggest supported clubs in the world. . The south of england, ireland, europe, asia, australia, and so many other parts of the planet are RED MEN!

Where ever you go in the world you will be hated and heckled and made not welcome by REDS across the planet! !

You take one of us on. . . . YOU TAKE ALL OF US ON! YOU THICK YANK t* t! !

21 Aug 2010 09:17:42

IF WE BUY ANY MORE PLAYERS LIKE POULSEN WE WILL BE STRUGGLING , MY NAN RUNS FASTER THEN HIM, WHY OH WHY SEND AQUALANI ON LOAN , AND HAVE HIM IN SQUAD, SEEMS LIKE A BACKWARD STEP, MASCH NOT GOING ANYWERE THIS YEAR , SO WERE STUCK WITH A 30 YEAR OLD TORTOISE IN SQUAD , GREAT BIT OF BUISNESS NOT

21 Aug 2010 09:04:14

Carnt see why we need to loan aqualani out why don't we sell kuyt to inter for 13million, good price for his age, try and get podolski who has pace, team GK REINA, JOHNSON, CARRA, AGGER, AURELIO
PODOLSKI, MASH, STEVE G, COLE WIDE RIGHT, AQUALANI IN BEHIND TORRES WE, D BE SORTED

21 Aug 2010 08:57:46
Half of you can't be real. .Benitez this Benitez that. .Benitez as a parting gift after being treated a bit shatty, gave a gift of £96,000 to the families of hillsborough, out of his own pocket. OK his time had come but this is not a bad man, just a man who started to make bad decisions(footballing). Aquillani, has had a bad run since coming, an to the fella who said Spearing is better?? In a word Bullocks. from day 1 he wants the ball and is there all the time to get the ball, unfortunately to win over the greatest supporters in the world, he, like Cole was trying too hard .he really wants to succeed but needs to just relax a little. Kuyt has scored some very important goals for us and alot against the bluenoses, his workrate is on par with Craig Johnston and not only that but he looks like John Power (this alones worthy of being a kop legend). Your all doommongerers who can't see past the end of your Big Blue Z Car Noses. like the academy system you only bring players in if theyre alot better (in your view)than what youve got. no point in like 4 like, better the devil u know. SMF oh an by the way we havent lost yet.

21 Aug 2010 08:47:15
I know I'm probably going to get slated but why are we going. For Toivovnen, where we should be pushing for a Masch+kuyt for Eto'o+cash deal? Personally I think Eto'o would come to Liverpool; the chance to play alonsgide Torres would be quite tempting, he has nothing left to achieve in Italy or Spain and Georgette Eto'o, his wife, lives in France anyway, and he doesn't like Rafa.

21 Aug 2010 08:46:09
To the pr* k who posted this.


Liverpool Rumours
Sorry lads you are all talking s* te on this takeover. The Times journalist on SSN has said there was 1 bid on the table and that was from Huang. He has now pulled out. RBS will own us by October 1st and we will then be in administration and be forced to take 9 point deduction along with financial penalties. The selas of players will go towards paying the bank interest which will be £10m by the end of September. You are all mugs.

Is this the same times journalist who said "torres and gerrard are going 100%"
Tony the T*T Evans, the bitter BLUE NOSE. He has proved over the last couple of months he has no idea whats happening and hates the fact, So makes Sh*t up.
Broughton said ther were 6 offers 2 have gone, when i was at school that left 4. Go and post on your own sites you MANC W* * R.

WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND IT WILL HAPPEN, AND WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY. JUST WAIT.

21 Aug 2010 08:39:14
It seemed obvious early on Huang was full of empty promises the guy is a charlatan seeking publicity, ive said before and agree with many other reds that the clients kieth harris is acting for ( he stated he has acted for them at a previous take over attempt) will turn out to be Sheik Mo he is reportedly a fan and if Moores and Parry had not sold us down the river with the yanks we would all now be sitting in a new stadium and have had a team backed with investment rather than one seen only as a cash cow, if only. . . . . . . . RED TIL IM DEAD

21 Aug 2010 06:47:29

To the young man who posted this,

Hey i just had a thought how about a swap deal with inter

masc + kuyt + aqua = sneijder? JUST A THOUGHT

thanks

* * well masc worth 25 million. kuyt 10 million, aqua lets say 15 million = 50 million.
so is sneijder worth this??? NOPE

if we swap these 3 with sneijder and eto

MASON

21 Aug 2010 06:05:16
Liverpool need a player not like Toiven but a speedy winger, that would solve all our problems, all the top teams have one, Man U Nani, Chelsea Maluda, Arsenal, Arshavin, spurs lennon, man city 2 many to count! :)
I think the best option is to try and get a straight swap masch for pedro from barca, and instead of spending 9 mill on Toiven we could buy John Obi Mikel, hes young and not very wanted by chelsea!

21 Aug 2010 05:05:44

If we're in the s* * with out new owners and not selling masch where r we gettin money from to buy this sweddish guy 9m and poulsen 6m Brad jones 2.5m? I think the club is already sold and RH is going about building his squad on the sneak any 1 agree?

21 Aug 2010 04:49:43

Huang Leaves But The Questions Don't

Chinese born investor and believed leading bidder in the takeover for Liverpool FC, Kenny Huang, has informed club chairman Martin Broughton that he is stepping out of talks regarding a takeover of the club. The decision from his consortium leaves the sale of Liverpool FC hanging in the balance with a RBS deadline approaching in October.
A statement on behalf of Huang announced: "After due consideration, Kenny Huang and QSL Sports is [sic] withdrawing from the ongoing sales process with respect to Liverpool. Mr. Huang has formally notified the chairman of the Liverpool board."
"Over the past few months we learned first hand that Liverpool has a very special place in the hearts of millions of fans around the world, " Huang's statement went on to say. "We concluded that a plan that properly capitalises the business and provides funds for a new stadium and player-related costs would allow Liverpool to provide its great fans with the success they deserve."
"Our strategy and unique ability to expand the fan base in Asia would have been of benefit to all. We regret that we will not have the opportunity to implement this strategy. We thank the many Liverpool fans who expressed support for our efforts and wish the club great success in the years to come."
"I am now considering my future options and will be making no further comment at this time, " he added to end his statement.
As all thoughts turn to what might have been for some Reds fans, all eyes turn to Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton to see if the club is indeed back at square on in its search for new ownership. Martin Broughton, the British Airways chairman, was recruited by present custodians Tom Hicks & George Gillett to find new ownership that would provide not only the outright purchase of the club and the removal of its debt but also financial muscle that could deliver the long awaited new stadium and reinvestment in the present playing squad.
Despite George Gillett's efforts to promote the bid in some circles of his sons friend the Israeli Yahya Kirdi, now residing in Canada, it has long been believed that the only viable offer in front of the Liverpool board was that of Kenny Huang. Huang has grown restless in recent days over the time taken to progress the buy out, with it believed to be critically important to the businessman that the sales was concluded inside the present transfer window to enable him to bolster the playing squad with immediate effect. It is suggested that Huang was very sure via leaked information that he was the only one in the running to be able to purchase the club, despite allegedly only tabling a low offer for it. Thought is that in view of this information and knowing his strong position that Liverpool owners H&G were stalling for time to see if a offer could be generated through other interests that would see them gain a much higher profit return on the the sale of the club.
Just over 48hrs ago, Huang's team insinuated that it was ready to walk from the negotiations and tonight it seems they have followed through with their threat. In many areas recent comments have been taken on board as a shot across the bows to pressure Broughton and the board into a quicker decision, a game of bluff and double bluff, a poker situation with the highest of stakes. Based on most financial opinions given in recent weeks since Huang's interest was first known, it would also be easy to suggest that from their perspective, Huang was also the most viable to consider. With the alleged position that both RBS and Barcap favoured the Chinese based bid, Huang quickly found himself in a position carry a great deal of weight at the negotiating table.
"Our goals do not include enriching the current owners, " said Huang's long-term business partner, Marc Ganis, recently. A strategy that was not only extremely good business sense but one that was always going to endear the Reds fanbase to his bid as the mixture of discontent and hatred for Hicks & Gillett runs deep for Kopites around the world. It was simple but very effective aquisition PR.
Appropriately timed comments such as this, coupled with an official approach to Liverpool's Spirit of Shankly group about their interest in the groups thoughts, its position going forward and the option to discuss common objectives and better fan integration at Liverpool FC all sat very well. Depending on your opinion on tonights statement wording from Huang & his associates, not all hope has been lost in some areas that this is the last that will be heard from a man that could potentially promise a bright future for the club. The parting line has the element of a door being left slightly ajar, not slammed shut, potentially the thoughts of a group that will sit back and watch developments, maybe let some pressure build, hope for a knee jerk reaction and return to the table under certain conditions.
Other opinion, even in the financial sector is a little more varied in opinion, from those that say Huang is gone for good to those that say Huang is so sure of his control in the situation that a break in talks could bring RBS to force the situation in his favour internally, maybe even at a lower cost, before they find themselves having to own a football club that they have no interest in doing so.
Whether your thoughts lend you to think that this is just part of a careful game of chess, a strategy to take the upper hand at every opportunity or more diverse thoughts, such as an exceptional PR stunt with no real intent for conclusion or a quick exit before another winner is announced, the theories will continue to appear at every opportunity. Liverpool fans wait for their boards own view on events to appear in some shape or form, the other side of the coin yet to be shown. In this game of high stakes at a boardroom level, despite the emotional roller coaster it represents for many a fan, it remains very possible indeed that there could yet be another throw of the dice from Kenny Huang.

abbs

21 Aug 2010 04:27:35
Instead of all the speculation don't the Football Club update the fans about any progress?

21 Aug 2010 04:14:28

To the guy that said this ''
21 Aug 2010 01:08:57
Hey i just had a thought how about a swap deal with inter

masc + kuyt + aqua = sneijder? JUST A THOUGHT

thanks


Young Red

so sneijder is now a £60million player ya you fxxxen wxxxer get the knowledge of football an an try find some comon sence along the way

kenny daglish
oh an if we are to sign any1 it will be the sweed. the bulgarian and his counter part AY an if masch goes expect to see kun, young homegrown talent CW . and a brazillian (FREE)

21 Aug 2010 01:53:30
Firstly,

YANKS OUT! ! ! ! YOU ARE DESTROYING MY PRIDE, PASSION AND JOY! ! !
GET OUT OF OUR CLUB! ! ! ! ! !

And then secondly can anyone please show me the light? We were told to take no notice of the media and we were also told by this 'Bamba' character that Huang may 'retire' with his bid?. . I don't know what to believe anymore, I am just so angry.

I believe I speak on behalf of every RED!. . .GET THE YANKS OUT OF OUR CLUB! ! P.s. If it is true, thank you so much Dirk Kuyt- You have wore the shirt with pride and I can honestly say you we are honoured to have had you play for us. What a man and all the best for the future. . .

DIIIRRRKKK KUYTTTT, OF LIVERPOOL FC!

THEY SMOKE P*T IN YOUR COUNTRY!


Jay

YNWA

21 Aug 2010 00:52:39
Huang Exit. Wat a Shame.
Let put it this way. If Huang is serious and genuine, we probably miss a golden opportunity to be the richest club in the world. Economically speaking, china ppl doesn't need to get out of china to do business. If we can sell one Torres shirt to quarter of the population, LFC wil already be damn rich.
Now, we just got to keep our finger cross and hope we don't get another H&G.

Singapore LFC

21 Aug 2010 00:25:13
Im Really getting annoyed of Martin Broughton saying that he will take his time on the takeover , there is no time u * * . were paying 2.5mil a week in debt {BS} and if we dnt soon get new owners the people interested in buying the club will pull out , if there is no owners by january then expect torres to leave as we will be 50mil more in debt as torres asked hodgson that wen we get new owners there will be money to spend on players and he said that's untill januay .

Broughton get new owners in or p*p off

21 Aug 2010 00:21:02
ROY HODGSON GETS INTER TO DITCH REDS RAID

JAVIER MASCHERANO could be forced to stay at Liverpool after Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti offered Roy Hodgson his personal assurance that they would not bid for the Argentina captain.
Inter have also called off their pursuit of Anfield team-mate Dirk Kuyt, as Rafa Benitez discovers the money worries he regularly signposted during his Liverpool tenure are no less biting at the San Siro. Hodgson is a close friend of Moratti having coached Inter between 1995 and 1997, and for a brief caretaker spell in 1999, and received clarification of the Champions League winners' intentions in a telephone call.

abbs

21 Aug 2010 00:19:46
Hello. Great site. Can anyone give us a general update on the current ongoing at Liverpool. (Transfers, takeover & match.) cheers. Ed?

21 Aug 2010 00:15:54

Just a theory regarding the takeover. .
Going by the ttimescale of the last one, it appears that there would be an announcement a week after people reportedly pull out as to who has bought the club.

It then took another calendar month for the takeover to be completed. . . .so in theory a takeover would be complete about the end of september, but ONLY if it followed the same pattern as last time.

ynwa

jft96

21 Aug 2010 00:10:17
Sorry lads you are all talking s* te on this takeover. The Times journalist on SSN has said there was 1 bid on the table and that was from Huang. He has now pulled out. RBS will own us by October 1st and we will then be in administration and be forced to take 9 point deduction along with financial penalties. The selas of players will go towards paying the bank interest which will be £10m by the end of September. You are all mugs.

Yes that's right WE are the mugs. Yes, because we are thick enough to believe Tony Evans. The reporter from the times who appeared on SSN.

Tony Evans reported Gerrard and Torres were dead certain to leave! Looks like you and your mate Tony are the mugs here mate. Now p*ss off back to the Chelsea site!

21 Aug 2010 00:06:42
A lot of people seem worried by the loaning of aquallani, and lash lucas but if roy plays lucas in the position he was bought as at gremio which was attacking mid and not a holding mid as we have all seen in europe last season hes not half as bad as he looks.i think we need more width we were to narrow in mid week someone like turan or young but forget any city players they have made it clear they will not sell to any rivals as long as we abandon zonal and playing people out of position we will be better.and we might attract better players now raffas gone they know they can come to lfc and not have there carrers wrecked by being played out of position and looking ea*s.