Liverpool Banter Archive September 26 2010
Use our rumours form to send us liverpool transfer rumours.
26 Sep 2010 23:23:42
Wtf is everyone's problem with Roy? I think he is doing a decent job under very difficult circumstaances. Too many fat waitor loyalists on here. Look at the mess Rafa left! Look at the crap he bought, and how many years did he get? Roy isn't even there a wet week and people are calling for his head! He is a top coach and he will get this club back where it belongs. Of course if he had Alonso he wouldn't think about selling him so he could buy Barry but then again he seems to talk to his players. Just a bedding in period, have patience. Oh and for those wishing for O'Neill; be careful what you wish for!
26 Sep 2010 23:22:59
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Renia
Maicon Puyol Pique A.Cole
Gerrard Alonso Xavi
C.Ronaldo Villa Messi
Subs. Torres, Drogba, Terry, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Iniesta, Casillas.
Blair Mayne YNWA
Cr*p, i actually forgot about Villa - he'd definately get in my team over Rooney any day, oops! But solid team Blair yeah.
Irish Kev
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
That is my FIFA 11 team Irish Kev i bought my daughter it yesterday.
I got 1st pick of course mate she ended up with
Almunia
G.Neville Bramble Pepe O'Shea
Babel Carrick Anderson Riera
Heskey Owen
She's 3 games up already f*ck me i'm crap!
Blair (bad father) Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 23:20:55
Wats wiv all the hype of torres leaving personally if we get offered 50-60mill for him i would take it as we can get three really good players in for that and everyone who knows about lfc knows that nando aint bigger than the club so if he wants to go fair enough let him but the fee has to be big dsame wiv reina for me he is prob in top 3 gks in world so no small bid it would have to be 30mill min to even think about takin it. we all slate johnson but its woy you should slate rafa bought him as a rb fans no he aint rb (cant defend) so why not play him rwwher majority of fans want to se him play 4-4-2
reina
kelly
konkhesky
agger
skrtel
johnson
aurellio/ pacheco/ cole
meireles
gerrard
torres/ ngog
jovanovic
well left carra out as he suffering this year but with this team i think with 2/ 3 good additions we would do really well
personally we need a quick cb, rb.rlw, strik
26 Sep 2010 23:11:35
Just off topic, Ed you don't go out to booze.? Have seen you whole day over here.! {ed's note - I don't drink mate.}
26 Sep 2010 23:08:32
THEY DONT CARE ABOUT MONEY
THEY DONT CARE ABOUT FANS
LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB IS IN THE WRONG HANDS
YANKS OUT NOW! !
26 Sep 2010 23:04:51
The Torres and gerrard story is done and dusted my friend.
Dan Roger.
26 Sep 2010 23:02:42
We will never get in top four again with hodgsen!
too denfensive, even aginst the smaller teams tht can even score very many goals!
i would just stick 3 players up front
4-3-3
reina
johnson carra agger konchesky (who i hateee)
meiriles
gerrard cole
kuyt torres babel
marko marin whould be a dream signing, anytime ive watched him he has ripped teams apart! spurs, bayern, hamburg, sampdoria! playing style just like messi no joke! just watch him play
26 Sep 2010 22:54:21
Did neone else notice wen Torres set up gerrard fer his goal on Saturday he looked like he was running to embrace Gerrard (as what normally happens wen they set up one another) but gerrard just ran past him to celebr8 wit fans n Torres ran bak to the half way line almost looking embarrassed. Im nt sayin thyve fallen out but it certainly worried me wen I saw it
26 Sep 2010 22:30:03
Ryan babel has probably deserted from twitter because of the abuse he's getting from the supporters for the disgusting performance on wednesday night. I follow him on twitter what i can make out is he is a bit arrogant. And to be honest he got his chance on wednesday to show what he has got, but what i can confirm is that his 'wonderkid' tag has expired now. Its better we offload him in january. He shudnt crib about the limited chances given to him. Wat say Ed you want to see him beyond jan.? {ed's note - I have never wanted him at the club, he has never put the effort in to deserve the chance with us and now he has to have finally had his last chance, I hope.}
26 Sep 2010 22:25:45
On a more positive note, name your fantasy team of current players who you dream could / would play for Liverpool if finances allowed.
Mine would be:
Reina, Maicon, Lucio, Agger, A. Cole.
C. Ronaldo, Stevie G. Alonso, T. Muller
Messi & Rooney / Drogba
Anyone else wanna have a shot?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Renia
Maicon Puyol Pique A.Cole
Gerrard Alonso Xavi
C.Ronaldo Villa Messi
Subs. Torres, Drogba, Terry, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Iniesta, Casillas.
Blair Mayne YNWA
Cr*p, i actually forgot about Villa - he'd definately get in my team over Rooney any day, oops! But solid team Blair yeah.
Irish Kev
26 Sep 2010 22:09:48
Lol i feel so proud, i posted a rumour about oprah winfrey and now it's over the website.
In all seriousness, this silence is deafening, something's going to pop up soon. .the deadline is approaching fast, new owners will be here soon, just grit your teeth and bare it for the next few months, then finally we can focus on the football
26 Sep 2010 22:05:42
Read the george gillet jnr wiki. . . . nice touch. .wonder how long thatl be on. .Ha Ha.
(I don't relly laugh like that)SMF
26 Sep 2010 22:02:40
Who will be a better buy alexis sanchez or arda turan.?
P.S. only after da takeover.
26 Sep 2010 22:00:32
26 Sep 2010 21:43:07
On a more positive note, name your fantasy team of current players who you dream could / would play for Liverpool if finances allowed.
Mine would be:
Reina, Maicon, Lucio, Agger, A. Cole.
C. Ronaldo, Stevie G. Alonso, T. Muller
Messi & Rooney / Drogba
Anyone else wanna have a shot?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Renia
Maicon Puyol Pique A.Cole
Gerrard Alonso Xavi
C.Ronaldo Villa Messi
Subs. Torres, Drogba, Terry, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Iniesta, Casillas.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 21:59:48
Great site ed ( though i am a relative new comer)
cnt we go for jesus navas? i think he is good. .arda turan is also good. what about looking for toinoven again ( if we have funds to hunt 4 players)
and what about pastore? ?
YNWA {ed's note - well we could go for Navas, not so sure he is anything special myself, I don't understand the big deal about him. His crossing is wayward, his workrate is not high enough and he tends to spend far too much time on the fringes of games. Not sure about Turan, looked good when I have seen him but the Turkish LFC fans on here assure me that he is not up to scratch and I respect their opinion as they have seen a lot more of him than I have. I have not seen enough of Toivonen or Pastore, but both are commanding high prices, I am not sure we can afford them currently.}
26 Sep 2010 21:43:07
On a more positive note, name your fantasy team of current players who you dream could / would play for Liverpool if finances allowed.
Mine would be:
Reina, Maicon, Lucio, Agger, A. Cole.
C. Ronaldo, Stevie G. Alonso, T. Muller
Messi & Rooney / Drogba
Anyone else wanna have a shot?
26 Sep 2010 21:41:22
Juve won tonight aqua played replaced on 77 with sissoko. . 4-2
26 Sep 2010 21:34:15
Just thought Id let you know ths is my second night of my sit in. .id like to see you season ticket holders beat that. .
Watched X factor and shes watchin Downton Abbey.
Just drawn a massive penis and wrote Broughton on it. shes just caught me and is looking at me like im retarded or sick. . judging by her look this might be my last night of my sit in. . .Vive la revolution !
SMF
26 Sep 2010 21:31:46
Everybody also saying that Torres doesn't seem to care and isn't trying. Has anybody thought of what is going through his mind, he must be shi* ing himself because his form has gone at the moment, he needs a bit of luck and a couple of goals.
This is a fair point i feel.
Torres might well be embarrassed too with the way hes been playing & knows he's being criticised by fans for the first time so wants to keep a low profile for now.
We all have our own ways of dealing with our problems.
He's been great for us before so give the guy the benefit of the doubt for now eh?!
Its Babel who worries me to be honest.
For someone with so much potential he has been awful.
Why oh why can't he come good?
The potential in the man is frightening!
Irish Kev
26 Sep 2010 21:21:53
{ed's note - I don't think Mertesacker would have been any kind of answer, he is slow and not improvement on the current ones. It was a lack of width and a striker that needed to be looked at in my opinion. I know Roy felt the same but couldn't raise the cash for any of his targets until Mash was sold, then it was too late.}
Mertesacker was just an example as to the type of player i'd like. A Sami Hyypia style player shall we say.
Tall (not fast granted but reads the game superbly), dominates in the air against teams like Stoke, bitters, Spurs (with Crouchie) etc - If he hadn't wasted 4.5m on Poulsen & 3.5m on Konchesky that'd have been 8m we could have used for an attacker (and there was still money he already had in the kitty - prob 5 - 10m). So for me it was an opportunity missed. Think Roy (if still in the job) will move for Hangeland in the next window or in the summer window - hopefully followed by a winger & most importantly a decent forward with Soto, Babel & maybe Lucas leaving. But who knows eh?!
Irish Kev
26 Sep 2010 21:15:11
I think all this Torres and Gerrard stuff is crap, as another poster said Gerrard was just caught in the moment. Everybody also saying that Torres doesn't seem to care and isn't trying. Has anybody thought of what is going through his mind, he must be shi* ing himself because his form has gone at the moment, he needs a bit of luck and a couple of goals. Then we will see the real Nando.
YNWA
Sooty
26 Sep 2010 21:11:59
Clearly something is not right with Torres and it is certainly nothing to do with fitness. He is in a sulk, his attitude is wrong and it has got worse during the week when RH did not back him up when Fergie called him a cheat. What Torres needs is big kick up the backside. We are walking around on egg shells with him in case he asks to leave - so what he aint doing it. Since the world cup we all wanted to know if Gerrard and Torres were staying. Well Gerrard is playing as though he wants to be here, Torres I honestly don't know. Personally I would drop him to the bench and play Kuyt and Pacheco up front or Eccleston. I would bring Spearing in for Poulson. Why not we have tried everything else
26 Sep 2010 21:01:42
Liverpool are s* te. HODGESON OUT! Poulson too slow, Meireless not good enough, NO STRIKER SIGNED IN SUMMER. GET KENNY IN SHARPISH. We should never have sacked Benitez. We are at best mediocre. Why the F* k didn't he sign another striker? he had 3 months to do it. ABSOULUTE B* * *KS.
I'm fuming - We were terrible for the 5th match running in the league. KING KENNY is the answer. Who wanted hodgeson in the first place?
Gazman
I would agree with all the above except the Benitez comment. He had to go as i have said before!
He took the team as far as he could & was only making worse decisions due to his arrogance & stubborness.
We need to move forward not backwards so personally i think we need a young upcoming manager with new ideas to take us forward and move with the times. Roy has kept things almost the same as what Rafa did playing safe in case it goes horribly wrong so he can blame the previous manager if / when he gets the chop - tactics wise (bar zonal marking), no proven goalscoring forwards (bar Torres), same formation 4-2-3-1, the list is endless. He still hasn't addressed the lack of a commanding centre half also just like Benitez. Roy seemed a bit obsessed with a left back in the summer when we would have been ok without Konch, was Insua really any worse? I think not, same with regards central midfield, did we really need to waste nearly 5m on Poulsen? We have Shelvey, Gerrard, Lucas, Aquilani, Raul, Spearing - that's 6 to fill 2 positions! Yet no centre half looked at (Mertesacher style), no real width and criminally no forward cover of real ability. That was unbelievable - but Rafa did exactly that too!
But its just my opinion.
What do you think Ed? Man U Ed / Liverpool Ed? I don't mind. . .
Irish Kev, {ed's note - I don't think Mertesacker would have been any kind of answer, he is slow and not improvement on the current ones. It was a lack of width and a striker that needed to be looked at in my opinion. I know Roy felt the same but couldn't raise the cash for any of his targets until Mash was sold, then it was too late.}
26 Sep 2010 20:59:57
When Fergie called Torres a cheat where was Roys reply ref Nanni, Raffa would have gone for the kill straight away.
Would Paisley? . .Horses for courses. .he did mention it later and said he should have defended Torres. the right wing position at the moment must be hard, cos basically you'd be worried about behind you cos Johnson does look suspect. that's why old fashioned full backs not wingbacks are better. .though i hate him Ash Cole is the exception.
Remember the wods of Bob/
Ifyou speak softly people will try to listen to what you're saying. . .
SMF ps i think oprah was a bit of a joke
26 Sep 2010 20:59:34
So things are really that bad, people on here are asking for rafa and his zonal marking, what a mess we are in. not to have a go at rafa but he had his chances in the transfer window, and 1 thing i could not understand with him was when he did buy a good player he messed them around then sold them i.e baros, cisse, garcia, crouch, bellamy and the final nail in the coffin xabi alonso. now they are just off the top of my head i'm sure you can think of others. well i'm off to watch the 06 season review dvd, good times lol
ed can carra still play rb and will roy change his tactics or try and play through
always a red {ed's note - Carra can play right back, but his lack of pace would make the defence have to drop even deeper than they already do. Kelly should be right back for the forseeable future.}
26 Sep 2010 20:43:02
Not meaning to have a pop at roy, but surely he should show a bit more passion. The first sighting of
him out of the dugout came at about 70 mins, when Bruce was having a pop at 4th official about wanting us to play on with 9 men why didn't he respond to bruce? When Fergie called Torres a cheat where was Roys reply ref Nanni, Raffa would have gone for the kill straight away.
Also there was no way Kuyt should have played full 90 mins he was playing from memeory for last 20 mins and wasted the ball when in good positions, Roy had to replace him with Maxi .
Be one of us Roy and defend your club and players to media and fellow managers when required and you may win our hearts.
mARCO
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
26 Sep 2010 20:43:00
Ed, Great site man. Have been reading rumours on this site over a year. But never posted any rumours or anything because honestly speaking i don't have connections with the club and there are many lads who keeps this page updated. i.e, Blair mayne, sharkey etc. But last nite i noticed that there is something really wrong behind the scenes at Anfield. Do u think there is a conflict between Torres and Gerrard. Because the lack of celebration from torres showed it all. Neither gerrard went near him. So would just like to hear some views about it from Ed and the other guys.
Dan Roger.
{Editor's Note: I think everyone is reasing too much in to it.}
I think they're having an affair & Gerrard ran past him so we wouldn't cop it.
Seriously guys don't be reading into it.
Gerrard was just caught in the moment of relief but don't know why Torres walked away.
Maybe he just wanted Gerrard to get the ovation he deserved and didn't want to crash the party.
Carra hardly ever celebrates a goal but it doesn't get questioned. So i think its no big deal Dan.
Irish Kev
26 Sep 2010 20:31:28
Liverpool are s* te. HODGESON OUT! Poulson too slow, Meireless not good enough, NO STRIKER SIGNED IN SUMMER. GET KENNY IN SHARPISH. We should never have sacked Benitez. We are at best mediocre. Why the F* k didn't he sign another striker? he had 3 months to do it. ABSOULUTE B* * *KS.
I'm fuming - We were terrible for the 5th match running in the league. KING KENNY is the answer. Who wanted hodgeson in the first place?
Gazman
26 Sep 2010 20:25:47
The silence is deafening, i just wish we knew who the "interested parties" doing due diligence were. i know we won't find out till it happens but i for one really feel the need to know.i am fed up with the situation as all fans are - poor results, poor performances and a takeover that is taking over my every waking hour.
before the season started joe cole signed and reports of a feel good factor coming out of anfield/ melwood all looked rosey, by the end of september out of the league cup 16th in the prem an no signs of a feel good factor and the 3 people i blame for this are. .
H&G for bloody obvious reasons and. .
Kenny"who the hell are you"Huang.
Kenny Huang because if he hadn't come out in the media promising he was going to buy the club before the end of the transfer windows no one would have had hopes raised so high , so high we were gonna win the league, buy Aguero wether that was ken or kon and god knows how many other world class superstars and Liverpool would be the richest club in the world - so Mr Huang you have shattered the dreams of so many liverpool fans across the world for a little publicity, that is why i blame you.
and i say to the liverpool fans be patient accept we have a mediocre squad at best and until the day shiekh this or shiekh that or as the latest one Oprah
Winfrey buys out the 2 t* ts we are gonna have to live with what we have -(whoever came up with the Oprah rumour?) - we need to do what we do best, support the team, manager and club like we have for decades and lets start scaring the opposition again so the team know we are 100% behind them even if they are not the best 11 that have ever wore a liverbird upon their chest but they are the eleven that are wearing it
Shankly inherited rubbish and turned us into the greatest club side these shores have ever known bettered by only 2 on the european stage and renowned throughout the world as a great club with the greatest supporters in the world.
now i am not comparing Woy with Shanks but he finds himself in a similar situation at the beginning of his career at anfield so lets not dismiss him as not good enough, too nice - how do you know, he hasnt had a chance to proove himself yet lets make a judgement at christmas as before Huang we all expected a tough year was ahead and if you didn't expect that ask yourself how much you really know about football.
rant over
be loud , be proud and be red till yer dead
feel free to respond/ criticise or agree with my comments, i am thick skinned.
ask not what your club can do for you but what you can do for your club. . .i am a liverpool fan and my club needs me. . . . and i will be there(forever)
bigg2966
26 Sep 2010 20:10:15
Johnson was at fault yesterday for the 2nd goal. He should have done better. In my opinion Arbeloa was a decent player. There was no need of johnson instead of wasting money on him and aquilani we should have bought sneijder as real madrid was eager to offload him. Im amazed why didn't we look out for him in the alonso deal.so Ed which position is our top priority now i think we need winger pacy wingers who can put in a cross. What do u think? {ed's note - a partner for Torres is essential too. He is in desperate need of some real support up top, no good having pacy wingers crossing when there is just one man in the box to try and get to it.}
26 Sep 2010 19:41:14
Blair Mayne YNWA {ed's note - I have no idea mate, maybe it is because he lives in Spain these days?}
I should've said about his website getting away with it ED.
Can it be banned?
Blair Mayne YNWA {ed's note - it can be, I guess no one has bothered to try getting it taken down.}
26 Sep 2010 19:36:08
ED i just read an article about the Mersyside Police and how they are making inquiry's into the Baseball Bat and Ski Masks comments on Kraptalk. What i would like to know mate is how he has got away with the atrocious racist comments he made in March of this year?
I've been wondering for a while ED.
Blair Mayne YNWA {ed's note - I have no idea mate, maybe it is because he lives in Spain these days?}
26 Sep 2010 19:03:04
Long shot rumour - any truth about interest in Liverpool from the Oprah Winfrey? She is very wealthy and has many business interests.
26 Sep 2010 18:43:45
No Blair it was the line. . ."I'll Have to clear all my history"
Adolf Hitler said this just before him a Eva shot each other. .
Anyway how did Ed Miliband win that? The slightly vacant, mentally ill looking brother of Dave says, New Labour is over. . . . you stuck up Unions puppet. His brother looks sane and interviews well. .Ed (not you Ed) looks like a rabbit in your headlights. . POWER TO THE PEOPLE. . (Tooting Popular Front). SMF
26 Sep 2010 18:40:59
Why can't Roy see that Johnson should not be our first choice right back. Shocking positioning again yesterday for the 2nd goal. He needs to be pushed up into right midfield. He has a trick or 2, has a bit of pace and is exactly what we need out wide. Heard loads of fans saying the same. carra or Kelly can play rb. Plus Johnson will be able to help out defensively from right midfield.I'm sure Roy knows where to play Joe Cole either. I think he has already tried at least 4 different players in the hole behind torres.he needs to sort that out quickly don't you think?
26 Sep 2010 18:29:49
? Is Paddy Mayne? Marlon King? SMF
I don't beat women up SMF! But i did shout at one once.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 18:15:51
Nice one Roy i didn't know that mate. Must be like the free porn sites i'm addicted to.
I'll have to clear all my History!
Blair Mayne YNWA
?? Is Paddy Mayne? Marlon King? SMF
26 Sep 2010 18:12:38
Does anyone believe that Hodgson stopping the use of Zonal marking when defending dead ball situations is a disadvantage to our present defenders within our squad? Although always criticised by the media, zonal may have suited them. I know Carragher is getting on a bit but could this be the reason he has looked very shaky this season?
Man for man is best as long as you pick the right man up. ie you don't let nando pick up berbatov. .oh and you stay on your post too mr konch
SMF
26 Sep 2010 18:09:26
Blair Mayne YNWA
"I did the same SMF but i didn't get seeing the match as Iraqi goals.com is no longer available.
Could you tell me what site you were on?"
these sites are illegal in this country mate, no way you'll get some one to tell you about sites such as myp2p , which I am not sure how its still running considering its a .eu site, with a www at the start . .
Roy {ed's note - or sites such as atdhe.net. You might have to go elsewhere to find out about those kinds of sites Blair. . .}
Nice one Roy i didn't know that mate. Must be like the free porn sites i'm addicted to.
I'll have to clear all my History!
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 18:05:04
26 Sep 2010 17:39:11
Ed, do you think N'zogbia would be a decent buy in january, looking at the current financial situation. I think he is far better then jovanovic. Wat do you think ?
Dan Roger.
{Editor's Note: It won't happen. I think he is pretty average in any case.}
He is very average. He has a very high opinion of himself and falls out with team mates very easily. he is not the kind of person we need interfering with the morale of our squad.
26 Sep 2010 18:02:29
Does anyone believe that Hodgson stopping the use of Zonal marking when defending dead ball situations is a disadvantage to our present defenders within our squad? Although always criticised by the media, zonal may have suited them. I know Carragher is getting on a bit but could this be the reason he has looked very shaky this season?
26 Sep 2010 17:39:11
Ed, do you think N'zogbia would be a decent buy in january, looking at the current financial situation. I think he is far better then jovanovic. Wat do you think ?
Dan Roger.
{Editor's Note: It won't happen. I think he is pretty average in any case.}
26 Sep 2010 17:26:48
Blair Mayne YNWA
"I did the same SMF but i didn't get seeing the match as Iraqi goals.com is no longer available.
Could you tell me what site you were on?"
these sites are illegal in this country mate, no way you'll get some one to tell you about sites such as myp2p , which I am not sure how its still running considering its a .eu site, with a www at the start . .
Roy {ed's note - or sites such as atdhe.net. You might have to go elsewhere to find out about those kinds of sites Blair.....}
26 Sep 2010 17:24:26
Please Play 4-4-2 roy:
25 Reina
34 Kelly
23 Carragher
5 Agger
3 Koncheskey
2 Johnson
8 Gerrard
4 Meireles
10 Cole
9 Torres
18 Kuyt
Subs:
1 Jones
37 Skrtel
6 Aurelio
21 Lucas
14 Jovanovic
19 Babel
24 N'Gog
Very Notable Reserves:
32 Darby
16 Kyrgiakos
22 Wilson
49 Robinson
17 Maxi
46 Amoo
28 Poulsen
33 Shelvey
26 Spearing
12 Pacheco
39 Eccleston
THIS IS THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE UNTIL JANUARY AT LEAST
26 Sep 2010 17:23:59
Felt alittle sorry gerrard yesterday, you saw how happy he was after his goal trying to raise the crowd and his team-mates, but it was like whipping a dead horse. how many more times do we have to rely on him. not even tony blair could put a positive spin on our performance (and he's the king of bulls* t). and to so king kenny sat watching the game, some players should fell ashamed. on a brighter note i may have figured out our defensive problems lol. what if we did play johnson in right midfield and carra as right back. and i know people will say carra hasnt got the legs but with johnson ahead of hin he doesn't even need to go past the halfway line, however this is harsh on kelly. and finnaly if i hear another person saying we need lee cattermole i will cry. he is dreadful, he can't pass shoot or tackle.
ed can we get any worse and do you think gerrard and torres thing is anything to worry about.
always a red
{Editor's Note: I would not worry about Gerrard and Torres.}
26 Sep 2010 16:58:07
Could you tell me what site you were on?
Blair Mayne YNWA
I could. . but you'd have to shoot me .Im not multi-lingual but they sounded spanish. . if you ever want a siite that plays every prem game. .i know 1.
26 Sep 2010 16:52:38
26 Sep 2010 16:05:47
It's a sad day when i assume the Daily Star to be reporting the truth. Given the absolute lack of class Barca players have shown in recent times it rings true, though i'd always assumed Pique to be one of the more decent "men" in their team. If a coach, owner or President says it, then it's tapping up (though that's never stopped Barca or Real before), but Barca in particular seem to have found a way around this by constantly getting players to give interviews praising their targets. BarcaTV especially is nothing more than a glorified tool for tapping up contracted players, as seen with the amount of coverage they gave to the pursuit of Fabregas. They play good football, but i think they could do with a few years without a trophy to help them find their good grace once more. Their many insulting rambles recently almost make me wish Madrid were to win La Liga.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
If they compensate the club properly there can be little argument but this is about unsettling a player and then paying a fraction of his worth like Mascherano. He was worth £10m more but they knew he was unsettled and use the fact that the transfer window was just about to close to get him for less than £20m. They tried to do the same with Fabregas and only offered way less than his worth to Arsenal.
26 Sep 2010 16:25:20
After watching the game via illegal internet sites
yesterday. .Me , my wife and my two kids.Formed a sit in of our own that lasted till after the X factor. .we then as John and Yoko did , had a Bed In . till 7 this morning then went to a carboot. .Who says the armchair fan isn't doing his bit! SMF
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I did the same SMF but i didn't get seeing the match as Iraqi goals.com is no longer available.
Could you tell me what site you were on?
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 16:17:01
Guys, this is a post on manutd banter
It made me laugh. Lmfao
25 Sep 2010 00:05:28
I just seen someone talking about the pool v man u game (still! ) and blaming webb for man u winning by not sending o shea off but anyway correct me if im wrong here but shouldnt man u have got atleast 2 pens in the first half and im pretty sure webb was the ref in the 1st half aswell so stop blaming webb for not sending him off if he got everything rite it probably would have ended man u 5-2 pool would yous rather that pool fans?
26 Sep 2010 16:05:47
It's a sad day when i assume the Daily Star to be reporting the truth. Given the absolute lack of class Barca players have shown in recent times it rings true, though i'd always assumed Pique to be one of the more decent "men" in their team. If a coach, owner or President says it, then it's tapping up (though that's never stopped Barca or Real before), but Barca in particular seem to have found a way around this by constantly getting players to give interviews praising their targets. BarcaTV especially is nothing more than a glorified tool for tapping up contracted players, as seen with the amount of coverage they gave to the pursuit of Fabregas. They play good football, but i think they could do with a few years without a trophy to help them find their good grace once more. Their many insulting rambles recently almost make me wish Madrid were to win La Liga.
26 Sep 2010 15:27:14
Blair Mayne YNWA {ed's note - wouldn't anti-arrogance make you anti-American? ;o)}
LOL! Great point ED.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 15:25:42
One of the most significant events in the Sunderland game was Gerrard completely ignoring Torres after his goal despite his assist and Stevie running over in that direction. Can't help thinking that there has been some sort of disclosure from Torres that he will be looking to leave and Stevie is pissed off with him as a result.
26 Sep 2010 15:19:14
If take over happens & we have a warchest next season, this would be my team. Reina, Johnson, Cahill, Agger, Taiwo, Turan, Gerrard, Schwienstieger, Elia, Cole & Torres/ Muller. . Can't see Torres staying. From the highlights I saw yesterday, it looks like there is some problems between Torres & Gerrard.
26 Sep 2010 15:16:39
Whats up, not like your usual sensible self, is it too many anti american posts, then I apologise on behalf of most and ask you to ignore it, for a lot its easier to say the "Yanks" than "Gillet and Hicks" etc . or are you in a mood because your team lost to City . come on you have to learn how to loose gracefully as well
Roy
I said to Sharkey last week that his recent posts seem to be siding with Hicks. Not because he is a Chelsea fan but because he's an American But i havn't seen any Anti American posts on here just Anti H&G who happen to be American.
I hope you don't think we are Anti American Sharkey we are Anti H&G, Anti Chelsea and Anti Arrogance.
Blair Mayne YNWA {ed's note - wouldn't anti-arrogance make you anti-American? ;o)}
26 Sep 2010 15:03:40
Contrariness - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
GOTTA BE WORD OF THE DAY?
26 Sep 2010 15:01:44
After watching the game via illegal internet sites
yesterday. .Me , my wife and my two kids.Formed a sit in of our own that lasted till after the X factor. .we then as John and Yoko did , had a Bed In . till 7 this morning then went to a carboot. .Who says the armchair fan isn't doing his bit! SMF
26 Sep 2010 14:52:08
As much as I admire you for your insigh and well-informed opinions, Sharkey, I find you as equally arrogant, condescending, bloody-minded and laden with contrariness.The manner with which you respond to other's posts here. .proceeding to judge some fans;assuming the "I-know-it-all and better-than-you" role. .is nothing short of insulting, disrespectful and, dare I say, disgusting.
If you disagree with a certain poster, argue your points in a respectful and humble manner.
Your tendency to pontificate and belittle other posts not pleasing to you is a BIG TURN-OFF, china.
Learn to get your points across without without being a complete pig.Other than that, you're intelligent poster I respect, but completely am averse to as a person.
Gracias,
Lombardi Cazorla
26 Sep 2010 14:43:23
Sharkey
"It looks like you are probably missing something. According to recent posts, Liverpool fans no longer just hate the owners, but they also hate the rest of the board and the previous owners. They also hate the manager. And I nearly forgot, they also hate all of the players except Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carraigher."
Whats up, not like your usual sensible self, is it too many anti american posts, then I apologise on behalf of most and ask you to ignore it, for a lot its easier to say the "Yanks" than "Gillet and Hicks" etc . or are you in a mood because your team lost to City . come on you have to learn how to loose gracefully as well
Roy
26 Sep 2010 14:42:56
Hi Fellow reds.
Whats all the shouting about. Weve played the following teams. Against LAST YEARS results
were not that far behind. Plenty of time to improve. Top 4 is still acheivable.
09 10 points +/ -
arsenal home loss draw +2
manc city away loss loss - -
west b rom home xxx win - -
united away win loss -3
sunderland home win draw -2
So we are 3 points down on last year! Wow that's no big deal. I know the performances are a lot
to be desired, but we will improve give Roy TIME.
Razor-Red
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Razor-Red you need to check your facts. But I have to say its better than you predicted.
Arsenal (H) 9/ 10 - L. 10/ 11 - D. = +1
Man City (A) 9/ 10 - D. 10/ 11 - L = -1
WBA (Hull City) (H) 9/ 10 - W. 10/ 11 - W = 0
Birmingham (A) 9/ 10 - D. 10/ 11 - D. = 0
Man Utd (A) 9/ 10 - L. 10/ 11 - L. = 0
Sunderland (H) 9/ 10 - W. 10/ 11 - D. = -2
We are down 2 points on last year's results against the same sides and we finsihed 7th. I still predict, and the results seem to indicate, that we will finish mid table.
Fabian Treezle
26 Sep 2010 14:38:32
Is anyone else like me and can't bear to watch liverpool play anymore! They are woeful! We were already in a bad situation at the start of the season, but woy has just made it 10 times worse! Can anyone blame fernando when he leaves in the summer? I cant!
For the first time that Im aware off you can buy match tickets on the LFC website a day before the game without even being a member! Living in Ireland its always been a problem for me to get tickets and even I refused to go to the sunderland game to sit in the kop. Were fast becoming a joke and giving fergie and his manc scum all the ammo they need!
The board have made a big mistake in signing woy, they need to bite the bullit and admit they were wrong knocking back king kenny, mon wouldn't be much better either. Kenny has the passion that were missing, hes wasted as an embassador of football! We should be calling for kenny to come back in the protests?
26 Sep 2010 14:33:54
"What was the anti Purslow banner all about yesterday?
I was of the understanding the protest was to make a statement against the two lying disgusting yonks and to make the outside world know that LFC will no longer tolerate these vile Americans or am I missing something?"
Probably they know more than we do . . I am not confident in Purslow either . I am very very concerned about what will happen mid october, and I would like some one from this special board to come out and exlpain to us what is a proper and fit owner for Liverpool.Remember that Parry back in 2007 said that he felt G&H were more right for Liverpool than DIC.
Roy
26 Sep 2010 14:19:08
To be honest, Gerrard pique is somewhat correct. How much will the liverpool board test Nando's patience. He was promised new additions to the squad in the summer, but nothing really happened as such investing in the squad. Basically players were bought with the money generated from players sales. Spanish players have a big hand in unsettling nando. If he wishes to leave now to win trophies, we can't curse him for that. Remember, he left his boyhood club atletico madrid just because we wanted to win at a bigger stage. No matter what happens in near future ill still keep supporting Torres whereever he plays. And im sure he's not foolish enough go to any other english club. Luv u nando.
Dan Roger.
26 Sep 2010 13:51:09
I remain humbled in your presence. One day you will have to explain how you can bring yourself to watch Sky Sports whilst constantly maintaining a position over a particular paper.
You are right though, I should take my arrogance and go elsewhere.
Sharkey.
Like i said before Sharkey i've got Virgin Media so my money dosn't go directly to Rupert Murdoch/ Anti Christ. Go look at the BBC website about the protest and then come back on here and tell me/ us that there was only 2000 fans that stayed behind.
Like i said even you get it wrong somtimes, maybe your arrogance is clouding your judgement?
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 13:43:09
In a blinkered and abusive e-mail, Blair Mayne YNWA said at 26 Sep 2010 13:34:32:
"SSN even reported that 10.000 had stayed behind which i admit they somtimes get it wrong but not this time. My point was that the NOTW was reporting that only 2000 had stayed behind the reason being they hate LFC.
But yet again you do what you often do and that is pick out posts that you think is wrong and ridicule them and make yourself sound arrogant. I know you're entitled to your opinion but somtimes even you are wrong or are you one of these people who no matter what anyone says you are always right?
Or are you just sticking up for the NOTW/ S*N!
IF so you're on the wrong site go to the Chelsea site were you and your arrogance belong."
I remain humbled in your presence. One day you will have to explain how you can bring yourself to watch Sky Sports whilst constantly maintaining a position over a particular paper.
You are right though, I should take my arrogance and go elsewhere.
Sharkey.
26 Sep 2010 13:34:32
26 Sep 2010 12:34:33
Blair Mayne YNWA said at 26 Sep 2010 10:36:02:
"But there was at least 10.000 fans not 2000 as the NOTW was reporting."
I have no interest in what the papers are reporting, but looking at the videos that are available there is nothing like 10k there.
Sharkey.
The Kop holds over 9000 and the video i seen Sharkey (you tube) the Kop was nearly full and the rest was spread out around the rest of Anfield.
SSN even reported that 10.000 had stayed behind which i admit they somtimes get it wrong but not this time. My point was that the NOTW was reporting that only 2000 had stayed behind the reason being they hate LFC.
But yet again you do what you often do and that is pick out posts that you think is wrong and ridicule them and make yourself sound arrogant. I know you're entitled to your opinion but somtimes even you are wrong or are you one of these people who no matter what anyone says you are always right?
Or are you just sticking up for the NOTW/ S*N!
IF so you're on the wrong site go to the Chelsea site were you and your arrogance belong.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 13:29:28
IMO, having just looked at the prem table and see us in the bottom 6, (after 6 games) i think RH should be given until Christmas then if and it's a big if we are still there or there abouts say not in top 7 then i feel he should be replaced with an interim manager until the new owners take control. OR is Roy the interim manager? (What length of contract did he sign?)
I feel like others absolutely gutted to go from winning the champions league to now in such a short space of time, it seems we take 1 step forward and 10 back!
Fair play a lot of the squad are no way good enough to play for Liverpool, and i do not see Rafa banging at our door to buy the players off us he bought! But they should all feel special in the thought of having been bought by the club to start with, then go out there and play like they are the lucky chosen 11. .
At the end of the day the club pays their wages no matter what happening with the owner situation. They should take a long hard look in the mirror and realise how lucky they are to play and represent such a historic and distinguish club that Liverpool FC stands for. Now is the time to stand up and be counted.
Put ownership issues behind them and play like it's the champions league final every week, get the club up there where it belongs and not down in he doldrums staring into the unknown! Then all round everyone will feel lifted until that special day comes that the Yonks are finally relieved of ownership and the club starts that new exciting era that's just around the corner.
Lee
26 Sep 2010 13:29:21
Not really a rumour but an observation, what was with Torres and gerrard yesterday after the equaliser. Totally blanked each other with gerrard running straight past him. Am I reading into this to much or is there rift occured? What does everyone else think?
26 Sep 2010 13:27:11
All great empires do fall (Babylon, Roman);nothing stays standing strong forever.Footy's no exception to this rule.
So, maybe it's our time (along with Man Us* t) to decline and the time for other dynasties to emerge and rule (s* tty, Spuds).
If we do indeed sink (God forbid) the only positive for me is that, we would use our youth products far more than we've ever done as we won't be in a position to spend lavishly.
The likes of Martin Kelly, Andre Wisdom, Danny Wilson, Chris Mavinga, Jonjo Shelvey, Raheem Sterling, David Amoo, Suso Fernandez, Dani Pacheco, Michael Ngoo will feature a great deal and, should they fulfill their potential, we would have a bloody good team.
What do you think, ed?Am I painting too far-fetched a scenario that we could go tits up?Also, do you reckon that aforementioned lads could successfully carry this team within the next 3 years should/ when Nando, Stevie, Johnson, Carra, Skrtel, Kuyt, Cole have departed?
Imo, 3 years from now this would be a good team (provided the young guns reach their full potential):
GK:Pepe Reina
RB:Martin Kelly
CB:Andre Wisdom
CB:Danny Wilson
LB:Chris Mavinga
RW:David Amoo
AM:Jonjo Shelvey
HM:Raul Meireles
LW:Raheem Sterling
H:Dani Pacheco
FW:David Ngog
4-2-3-1
Certainly doesn't look bad.What you think, ed?
". .WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART. ."
{Editor's Note: Some of the younger players will make it - but some will leave due to lack of opportunity and others to perhaps seek a career in the Championship. There is always a need for balance and stability. For now we get behind the team.}
26 Sep 2010 13:05:39
Ed, Great site man. Have been reading rumours on this site over a year. But never posted any rumours or anything because honestly speaking i don't have connections with the club and there are many lads who keeps this page updated. i.e, Blair mayne, sharkey etc. But last nite i noticed that there is something really wrong behind the scenes at Anfield. Do u think there is a conflict between Torres and Gerrard. Because the lack of celebration from torres showed it all. Neither gerrard went near him. So would just like to hear some views about it from Ed and the other guys.
Dan Roger.
{Editor's Note: I think everyone is reasing too much in to it.}
26 Sep 2010 12:58:02
To the person who wrote this:
26 Sep 2010 06:50:26
"Purslow warning Tom Hicks to back off any attempts to hold onto the club, Purslow made it clear that any refinancing options exercised by Hicks would be rejected by the club's board of directors who are owed £237 million."
Im calling Purslow a dam liar, he's in it with Hicks, two greedy bstrds are trying to pull the wool over the fans eyes. I don't know about you, but if Hicks turned up with 240m in cash. I as a bank would take it. Purslow thinks he is being so clever with his use of words.
I say to fans, don't trust Purslow, don't trust Hicks. Force RBS to take control of the club. it is the only way forward.
I watched the interview and then read the interview afterwards with Purslow last week and here's my angle on this.
I think that the board oppose the refinancing of the loans (remember Broughton was brought in by the banks) however If Hicks comes up with the money I don't think the Board can do much about it; if you read the interview on LFC website he doesn't fully answer the question when asked.
Also in the interview it states an offer was made that was unexceptable by the (actual quote to Question 9 - "I can't speak for the owners but I am absolutely sure that both of them are totally committed to trying to sell the club as soon as possible. They haven't had an offer yet that they like and so I suspect that both of them individually and collectively are pursuing their other alternatives and that's their prerogative.").
From the above it appears offers have been made then.
So if Hicks does come up with the cash; what will Gillette do/ want? If your offered £450m for the club (which includes £280m in debt) then you share £170m between the two of you. So will Gillette was £85m which means Hicks needs to refinance for nearly £400m when he's already defaulting on loans less than that?
So back to the first point; personally I don't think Purslow is trying not to sell the club it just there may be an option that lets hicks in the back door which the board cannot do anything about.
Hoole
26 Sep 2010 12:51:35
26 Sep 2010 12:40:22
We really need to sort this team out, need to sell babel, skrtel, kuyt, lucas, jova and maxi. We then need to consider signing player with prem experience such as Cahill, bentley, Lee of Bolton, Dempsey, n'zogbia, noble. We should also consider Gomez on loan and taiwo on a prem contract in jan as I believe he out of contract next summer.
Thank god your not the manager then!
Harry5
26 Sep 2010 12:42:41
* * HODGSON DEBATE * *
prior to ydays game- I personally believed that if Hodgson couldn't get 6 points vs Sunderland and Blackpool then he doesn't deserve to be given "TIME" to form his liverpool side.
Fair enough-dropping points away at Man City, Man u, and with 10men and no Nando vs Arsenal. .
but looking at 3 next fixtures of Northampton, Sunderland and Blackpool all at home- nothing short of 2 wins was acceptable.
Roy is negative and is purely a YES man that the owners and that muppet Purslow wanted at the club.
Pre season his teams and performances were awful. League- worst start for decades.
Knocked out 1st phase of Carling Cup
Tact in transfer market - Non existent
During the match - hides behind the wall in his red audi chair in "Sir Alexs" dugout rather than on the touchline barking instructions at his team!
After match Interviews- defends purslow's asp but doesn't defend Torres
I think we need a motivator, a younger more passionate hungrier manager who appreciates how the game has developed- not sticking to a 4-4-2 When you only have 1 decent striker! !
Hodgson - as nice as he is, isn't liverpool mould.
PS- Did anyone else see Broughton smiling on MOTD after Bents goal?? wat a pri*
BRING IN A BOSS WHO WANTS TO EXPRESS HIS SIDE AND LETS MAKE ANFIELD A FORTRESS TO SCARE THE C*RP OUT OF OPPOSITION AGAIN! !EMILIO BOTIN YNWA * * *
26 Sep 2010 12:34:33
Blair Mayne YNWA said at 26 Sep 2010 10:36:02:
"But there was at least 10.000 fans not 2000 as the NOTW was reporting."
I have no interest in what the papers are reporting, but looking at the videos that are available there is nothing like 10k there.
Sharkey.
26 Sep 2010 12:15:54
I don't want to come across as all Billy Big Time but even I can drag $830 together and I don't see my name in the frame for buying the club.
Your obviously from over the water then!
at todays rate that's £524.34. . .this would buy you a small holding, several cattle and 3 lady friends in Cantrell Farm. .SMF
26 Sep 2010 12:07:49
Hi Fellow reds.
Whats all the shouting about. Weve played the following teams. Against LAST YEARS results
were not that far behind. Plenty of time to improve. Top 4 is still acheivable.
09 10 points +/ -
arsenal home loss draw +2
manc city away loss loss - -
west b rom home xxx win - -
united away win loss -3
sunderland home win draw -2
So we are 3 points down on last year! Wow that's no big deal. I know the performances are a lot
to be desired, but we will improve give Roy TIME.
Razor-Red
26 Sep 2010 12:06:22
COME ON BOLTON 1 UP
26 Sep 2010 12:05:11
I agree with Sharkey to his reply to my first post earlier around the anti Purslow banner, as die hard reds we all are entitled to our opinions however we have to be constructive there is little point in looking to blame everyone and anything for our poor start, I did not see any GO NOW ROY! banners or are u keeping those for after the Blackpool game?
One more point the startin 11 av not had a pre season together to gell so instead of slagging off Torres Konchesky Raul Poulson get behind the Reds and let's focus purely on kicking out Hicks and Gillet.
Red Ak1
26 Sep 2010 12:02:01
TAXI FOR BABEL and lets hope it's a 7 seater with room for MAXI LUCAS JOHNSON KYRYIAKOS POULSEN and JOVANOVIC.
26 Sep 2010 11:44:14
It looks like you are probably missing something. According to recent posts, Liverpool fans no longer just hate the owners, but they also hate the rest of the board and the previous owners. They also hate the manager. And I nearly forgot, they also hate all of the players except Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.
Sharkey
I don't Sharkey just the 2 low life Yanks!
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 11:39:04
Just a thought, zonal marking versus man to man. Does not seem to have made a difference does it? Personally I cannot see how we concede so many sloppy goals with the latter. Glen lets too many people get in front of him . . see yesterday. Good going forward but cannot defend. Play him RM with Kelly behind in my view. LB is also still a problem.Comments views please!
26 Sep 2010 11:34:16
Roy evans is 62 I think so similar to Roy H. He has only been out of the game since 2007 when he was with Wrexham. Personally, his liverpool team were the last ones I enjoyed watching. .at least we attcked and tried to dominate teams. I for one would be happy to see him back as he is LFC through and through. He never had the money to spend ( apart from Collymore) that subsequent managers have had but he undertsnads the BRitish game and WIDTH on a pitch. Still, I would give Roy H more time. These are early days with a new coach, new training, new diet and severla new players in the squad. We should have beaten Sunderland but I now worry about Blackpoool. . .never thought I would have heard myself say that!
Iggypop
26 Sep 2010 11:11:49
HI RED FANS AN (ED) WELL I CANT BELEAVE THE GAME WENT THAT WAY GUTTED TO SEE THIS. WE SHOULD BE WINNING GAMES LIKE THAT ANYDAY OF THE WEEK. BUT I SEE THAT THERES SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE THE GOALS WE ARE LETTING IN THIS TERM IS SHOCKING ED WE NEED SOME NEW BLOOD AT THE BACK BIG TIME THE BOYS ARE NOT PLAYING WELL SHOCKING. ( I LIKE ROY) U JUST CANT TAKE A JOB ON LIKE ARES AN WAVE A WOND AN ITS ALL GOOD HAPPY DAYS?? WITH HOW ARE CLUB WAS LEFT ROY TAKES OVER AN NOW SEEING JUST HOW BAD THINGS ARE (HE ROY) HAD NO TIME? FOR (INS AN OUTS)( NO MONEY) O AN BY THE WAY COME ON (RAFFA) LEFT ROY A CLASS CHOISE OF PLAYER DEPTH TO TAKE ON?? FOR ROY IT MUST BE SO HARD HE IS TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS AN MAKE THE TEAM BETTER BUT WITH NO JOY AT THE MIN HE NEEDS LOTS OF TIME AN FOR US TO BE BEHIND HIM. . .NOW I HEAR THAT SOME OF ARE FANS WANT HIM OUT WELL ME 4 ONE THINK THAT IS A JOKE?? ? ONE THING ARE CLUB GIVES IS GAFFAS TIME IN THE SEAT SO LETS JUST SEE HOW IT GOES AN (WALK ON) ARE FANS ARE THE(BEST). . WE WILL BE A GREAT CLUB SOON AGIAN WHEN THE STORM BLOWS OVER WE WILL SEE A NEW START 4 ALL OF US U SEE, , , TAKEOVER SOON BOYS AN GIRLS 1 LAST THING ANYONE SEE STEVE G BLANK TORRO AFTER G SCORED THE HEADER NOT A GOOD SIGN THAT ED. . TAKEOVER DONE BY END OF NEXT WEEK I THINK(ED) RED TILL DEAD) JAY ESSEX RED 4 LIFE WALK ON WALK ON
26 Sep 2010 10:47:07
Very sad how so many fans have such a negative attitude about so many things.Many of which they have no real knowledge, just paper talk and gut reactions.
26 Sep 2010 10:36:02
Assuming you were there, how long did the sit-in last?
Sharkey.
I wasn't there Sharkey i am not fortunate enough to even live in the same country. So i suppose that make's me "an armchair" supporter. But there was at least 10.000 fans not 2000 as the NOTW was reporting.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 10:26:32
It was about Purslow being a **ck! !
26 Sep 2010 10:25:31
Did anybody notice the way stevie and nando blanked each other when the equaliser went in, usually they are best mates, wonder whats goin on.
Magsman ynwa. .
26 Sep 2010 10:13:59
LIVERPOOL FANS need to keep the faith .After the black cat game I to was disillusioned with the direction of this team, and ROY did not help himself by blaming the owners for the poor start of the season and saying the fans sit in will not help.IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER ROY!
OCTOBER can bring as much doom as glory, with H&G playing hardball and the banks no guarantee of administration and a 9 pts deduction.Are only hope is that H&G don't get the cash needed to keep the club and continue to bleed it.
But here is the FAITH this team is only 5 pts behind Arsenal in 2nd place, and a must win game next SUNDAY 3rd OCT will give us only 12 days of uncertainty of were the clubs future lays. New owners will bring an instant feel good factor, and an optimistic future.This team can kickon and easily finish top 6 and may push for CL spot.
PS
beechball goal was a joke bruce
26 Sep 2010 09:46:51
What was the anti Purslow banner all about yesterday?
I was of the understanding the protest was to make a statement against the two lying disgusting yonks and to make the outside world know that LFC will no longer tolerate these vile Americans or am I missing something?
26 Sep 2010 09:44:00
Blair Mayne YNWA said at 25 Sep 2010 23:56:28:
"I just read an article from the NOTW about Gerrard standing "Shoulder to shoulder after the match with 2000 LFC fans who were staging a protest against H&G"
They say just 2000 fans and we all know it was 10,000 fans that stayed behind. Again it shows how much these stinking rags/ tabloids hate our club and how they are trying to belittle our commitment and support for our Great Club.
I despise them all!"
Looking at all the footage Blair the number protesting is much less than 10,000. I would suggest that the figure of 2,000 is much closer to the truth.
Assuming you were there, how long did the sit-in last?
Sharkey.
26 Sep 2010 09:12:51
I don't why som lfc fans are so naive, they are alv saying our poor form is due to 2 d club financial problem.It's 1 of d problem but wit d kind squad we av we ought 2b in top 6.To me roy is no d kind of manager who can take us back 2d champions league.We nid a gud manager like our own king kenny who shld av appointed instead of roy and 4 dose sayin martin oneil we nid him, we nid som1 more.Y.N.W.A
26 Sep 2010 08:46:55
I passed my old school on Friday (Priory Road) overlooking Stanley Park. It is being demolished and is almost gone. Rumour has it that it will be used as a car park for the new Liverpool FC stadium.
26 Sep 2010 06:50:26
"Purslow warning Tom Hicks to back off any attempts to hold onto the club, Purslow made it clear that any refinancing options exercised by Hicks would be rejected by the club's board of directors who are owed £237 million."
Im calling Purslow a dam liar, he's in it with Hicks, two greedy bstrds are trying to pull the wool over the fans eyes. I don't know about you, but if Hicks turned up with 240m in cash. I as a bank would take it. Purslow thinks he is being so clever with his use of words.
I say to fans, don't trust Purslow, don't trust Hicks. Force RBS to take control of the club. it is the only way forward.
26 Sep 2010 06:42:10
Plz stoppping buyout rumours on here until 2 days b4 it's definate .
26 Sep 2010 06:40:47
Hicks prepared to give shares to Blackstone to keep control of LFC
Hicks is offering share amount in lfl to a Blackstone so that he can keep control of club. George Gillett is reportedly on his way out and willing to get out of liverpool. But the b*ltard Hicks is attempting to maintain control over the Merseyside club. If GSO pay off 280m debt, then GSO might also have big say over the clubs running, which puts the ownership issues into further disarray.
Hicks has borrowed 280m and invested 120m of his own money into lfc. 400m would be Hicks Breakeven, 600m is his target for lfc, giving Hicks a personal profit of 200m. Blackstone will share in the profits if they give hicks the money he wants to start cannibalizing the club from inside.
Analyst predict the value of LFC to be 150m after the sale of key players Gerrard + Torres. Both Gerrard and Torres will not regenerate the sums large sums Hicks hopes for in this near future fire-sale. GSO will look to recover money through Bonds issue in the near future and new stadium plans look destined for the bin
26 Sep 2010 05:06:15
I think our current 4231 formation is correct. no 442 for gods sake we need to be playing modern not ancient football. roy just got team selections and tactics horribly wrong.
Glen once again proved that if Martin was playing RB instead of him, we would not have conceded that second goal. martin is much stronger in the air(1.91m) compared to johnsons 1.75m. Martin is also much faster than Glen. If Roy was afraid that Martin was inexperienced, which is why we should play him against fringe teams isn't it? by the way, a defenders job is to defend, so it does not matter how good you are at attackingif you are rubbish at defending.
Carra is way past his best, he should be a part player-coach, to teach young defenders and use him when we are facing an injury crisis etc.
Skrtel should not be partnering Carra, he should be partnering Agger. at least both have quick feet
Agger shoud not be given stick for his miss, he is not a striker and if torres of stevie missed that, would they have received so much stick?
konch is a solid left back, but i think mavinga/ robinson should be given a chance now.
poulsen is a waste of 4.5m, shelvey and spearing, and lucas should be ahead of him in the pecking order, at least they show greater desire and i think they would sacrifice their LIVES just to win the ball.
Gerrard was played in the right position, but Meireles should be his partner. Did you see the dutch midfield during the WC? One of de Jong and van Bommel will defend and the other will attack. same with the german midfield between schweinsteiger and kedira. this system is what we need.
cole should be played in his favoured central position, with kuyt and jova on the wings. the foursome of them and torres can exchange positions anytime during the game and play extremely fluid fotball like spain.
give torres more time. if the takeover does happen, wait till jan window before any radical changes are made. if not, this is how we should be plaing now.
by the way, whether agger ranted at hodgson in midweek, i think roy did listen to his "advice" carra and skrtel carried the ball out of defence a lot more instead of just hoofing it downfield. skrtel even had a shot but if agger had taken that one, he would have scored believe me.
26 Sep 2010 02:07:05
It kind of looks like torres and gerrard may have fallen out. torres celebrated the first goal but not the second. just my observation. could gerard have said someting to torres about his form. his first touch today has been an improvement compared to previous games and he looked sharper too
26 Sep 2010 01:16:18
ED do you think or know IF Sheikh Mohammed is at least monitoring the LFC sale process?
Blair Mayne YNWA
{Editor's Note: My understanding is that there are at least two parties interested - but I do not believe either to be Sheikh Mohammed.}
26 Sep 2010 00:46:39
Ed, two more questions before i tuck in. What the f&%* does sammy lee offer us and why didn't he go with rafa to inter? And if you were given the choice between roy evans and king kenny as manager who would you choose and why?
Red bl00ded!
{Editor's Note: We should get behind Roy and the team. When it comes to replacing Roy - we should look forward and not back.}
26 Sep 2010 00:36:45
I see arguments about Dalglish. Dalglish was a very good manager. A trophy winner, But he was not a dynasty builder. He had no time for the youth development and for the senior squad he bought in. When he quit, half the team needed replacing. Souness was left in a dreadful position - everyone knew Liverpool were desperate for players and as soon as they came sniffing racked the price through the roof meaning Souness had to buy average players at superstar prices.
Dalglish was exceptional as a player, and proven as a manager. But he was not a 'builder'.
Be careful what you wish for.
RED LENIN
26 Sep 2010 00:28:39
"Gus" Poyet should be our next manager, we need someone who knows how to manage in the first division
26 Sep 2010 00:26:18
I think we should sign Keisuke Honda, and get Taiwo on a pre contract agreement this january.
Honda would be the perfect foil for Torres as well as Gerrard, because he drops deep, pulling defenders with him, which makes it easier for Torres, and it also gives gerrard room to break from midfield.
what do you think ED {ed's note - Honda is, in my opinion, the best possible buy we could make. Not only could he partner Torres or play up front on his own, but he can also play left wing, left back, central midfield and right wing if need be. Add that to the huge amount of shirts he would sell and it seems a complete no brainer to buy the lad.}
26 Sep 2010 00:23:27
Bair Mayne, it is a fair question that no one seems to want to answer, Kenny had success in 1980's, but it was a aging squad. I wouldn't see SAF retiring and letting Man U fall into decline. He will make sure Man U have a great future before he leaves.
No one wants to answer as they are treating your posts with the contempt they deserve.
I'm the only one stupid enough to reply that makes at least two IDIOTS posting tonight.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 00:22:32
Ed, how old is roy evans now and do u think he's still capable of managing us? Id love to see him back at the club. Id rather hav us win 4-3 and draw 3-3 than stomach the crap football we've been playing for the past 8 or so years. (if the manc fan gets this please pass it on to our ed)
Red bl00ded! {ed's note - Roy Evans is younger than Roy Hodgson, I think he is 61 but I stand to be corrected on that if I have got it wrong. I think he might have been too long out of the game to be the man to rebuild the club, but I certainly think he should be involved. I have to agree I would much rather watch the Evans team that completely outplayed every team it faced, even if results didn't always follow, than the teams that have followed it. He should be given a major role at the club, if he will take it I would have him to replace Sammy Lee in a heartbeat.}
26 Sep 2010 00:19:12
Did anyone else see gerrard snub torres when
he scored he ran straight past him. . .
26 Sep 2010 00:08:53
To all the whiners and whingers and moaners etc etc of LFC no matter who is the manager of the club the team will and would play the same have faith and trust in Liverpool football club, RH is doing his best with the resources at his disposal.There is some major building work re players at the club and hands up for Roy for taking on that mantle, it won't be easy to be honest I would think it is easier to stand as a mp in Afghanistan.
Glenn w
26 Sep 2010 00:08:10
Was wondering if anyone could help with this query. (I'm not turning pro Moores)
When Moores sold to the Yanks they gazumped DIC, although Moores was the majority share holder could he have turned down the higher offer in favour of DIC or legally did he have to accept the higher offer because otherwise the other shareholders would have had a case against him for costing them money.
My opinion is that had Moores had handled it better DIC would have come up with a better offer, and even if DIC have got their own money problems now, the Prince would have took over the club and all would have been well.
Also, people calling for Sterling to be given a chance, at 15 he is still a bit young, and would have to be up for school after mid week games. Maybe next year though.
Stu
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Moores shook hands on the deal with DIC Stu then at the last minute Gillett brought Hicks in just to raise more funds and offer more than DIC.
DIC said that they would not raise their offer as they believed they had done the deal. Then after Moores shafted DIC they made a statement saying they have never been treated with so much disrespect in trying to conclude a buisness deal like they were by Moores and Parry.
They were embarrassed and were shafted Stu how would you feel. Moores and Parry sold to H&G for one reason mate more money.
Blair Mayne YNWA
26 Sep 2010 00:06:17
Ed i don't understand why everyone wants Martin o'neil, fair enough we have had a terrible start that i agree but Martin o'neil come on we had enough money wasting done under Rafa plus he is the definition of UNATTRACTIVE football. I can say Roy isn't making the best impression with his last few line ups but while he is in the hotseat he deserves our trust, respect and most of all our support we all need to get behind our team while we are going through this rough patch.
BigBirdBilly
26 Sep 2010 00:03:01
"Bair Mayne, it is a fair question that no one seems to want to answer, Kenny had success in 1980's, but it was a aging squad. I wouldn't see SAF retiring and letting Man U fall into decline. He will make sure Man U have a great future before he leaves."
Again, as has been said by many supporters many times that Kennys exit was not for footballing reasons. Regardless of an aging squad. . . . There are more important things in life.
Dirks Engine Room