Liverpool Banter Archive January 03 2011

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03 Jan 2011 23:58:04
The team needs a world class left winger and a striker.whether it be elia or that marveaux kid honda aguero suarez llorente i don't mind they are all under 25 which is great.aslong as its not s* *e like carlton cole bentley swp then iam happy.if we got the likes of those hodgson has no excuse such as ive inherited a s* *e team.so hopefully we will have a team such as:
reina/ jones
kelly/ darby
carragher/ skrtel/ ayala
agger/ wilson/ krygiakos
aurelio/ insua/ mavinga
johnson/ maxi/ cole
gerrard/ shelvey
meireles/ lucas
elia/ marveaux/ ince
torres/ pacheco
llorente/ suarez/ aguero

others:kuyt, ngog, babel, jovanovic, poulsen, konchesky.(all should be sold)

03 Jan 2011 23:53:34
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Getting rejected by a Wolfswinkle is not something someone can get over easily! RED77

03 Jan 2011 23:50:34
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ED - whats with the reference to the other poster sayin "scum supporter and ha at your new name lol" ?

I am confused. .

Either way , I appreciate a defenders principal job is to defend. However, a strikers principal job is to score. . NGOG?!?!?!?

A wingers principle job is to have pace, trickery, beat the man and deliver good crosses. . KUYT?!?!?!

A CM job is to either tackle, be quick to break up or linkup play, pass, shoot and dictate the game. . LUCAS? !?!?!

a FB that is better attacking than defending os not necessarily a bad thing. Look at Dani Alves. . it means that we would have the opp to double up on opposition whereas at the minute, have a look and count how many times we get wide and cross in to Torres. . . Johnson cuts in almost everytime and has more shots a match than the muppet man Kuyt!

fair point?

PETER NUNN YNWA * * * * *

{Editor Note: I don't follow your question}

03 Jan 2011 23:48:45
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If you could have one striker join liverpool who would it be?

Mine: Suarez

Azza

03 Jan 2011 23:48:10
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03 Jan 2011 23:36:19
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{Editors Note: I agree on all of your suggested players apart from Contraeo (sp.)! I think he's another Johnson, good in attack, poor at defending.}

I agree here with the scum supporter ha your new name lol. I think he would be useful as long as with have a defensive midfielder who does nothing but defend. Like chelsea too, they have two attacking fullbacks and mikel is there is to protect the back 4.

{Editor Note: I'm not the scum supporter. I'm a different ed.}

Oh sorry. How many ed's are there in total?

{Editor Note: I've spoken to four today}

03 Jan 2011 23:47:55
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{Editors Note: I agree on all of your suggested players apart from Contraeo (sp.)! I think he's another Johnson, good in attack, poor at defending.}
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i just think we need goals now more than good defending

{Editor Note: Then the logical thing would be to sign a striker and a good winger/attacking player. A full-back isn't going to get 20 goals a season or make 15 assits regardless of how good he is at going forward. But I agree that we definatly need something more in attack.}

03 Jan 2011 23:47:12
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Funny if u know so much about torres and dzeko then who is dzeko signing 4 and i have a source the sun wots urs tranmere weekly stop bulls* tting and leave this website remember i was a former atletico manager IM I THE KNOW. Also i sed a fee was agreed not the whole deal
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Are you a Liverpool fan? Your source is from the S*N wouldn't even read anything to do with that C * * t of a paper soo don't put there bollocks on a Liverpool website

03 Jan 2011 23:43:59
Ed did you not see were that Man.City post is copied from? And can you delete it?

Blair Mayne YNWA

{Editor Note: Sorry mate, I missed that part. My mistake.}

03 Jan 2011 23:40:04
{Editor Note}- - not sure, new?
{Editor Note: Correct.

out of interest, what did you sign your posts with before you became an ed? cheers,
big steve177

{Editor Note: I never signed my posts.}

03 Jan 2011 23:36:49
Hi Ed was only letting you about the eddie Gallagher post from earlier . Glad you edited my post , your right such things shouldn't be on football sites. Cheers
ngs77

{Editor Note: No problem mate. Obviously people have their own "persuasions" and views shall we say, and we want to avoid those types of discussions being made on here.}

03 Jan 2011 23:34:06
MANCHESTER CITY have agreed a ?27million cut-price fee with Wolfsburg for striker Edin Dzeko.And they hope the highly-rated Bosnian hitman will be their player by the end of this week.Representatives from Eastlands thrashed out a deal with Steve McClaren's struggling Bundesliga club over the weekend.Now all that remains is to finalise personal terms and go through the small print with Dzeko.He is likely to be offered a five-year deal worth around ?100,000 a week and City do not expect any stumbling blocks.However, with today's Bank Holiday and a key trip to Arsenal in midweek, it could be a few days before everything is finalised. That means he is unlikely to be registered in time for next weekend's FA Cup tie against Leicester.So a realistic target for Dzeko to make his debut would be the home match against basement boys Wolves on January 15.Wolfsburg told City last month they wanted ?38million for him, so the final price - which is likely to include add-ons - represents a good deal for City. from the sun

03 Jan 2011 23:31:19
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Ed this losing it rep with me. The amount of dreams on era today. And wind ups. Why not post real rumours from proper sourse. Instead of mate down the pub who was told by his mate from Internet who he was told on holiday who was told the week before in work by the office cleaner who seen the doc's in bin from a copy of the agreement that nesv made with the dreamers of the silly Liverpool rumour mupets. I know this didn't even begin to make sence but why should it cos it's what we reading all night and day anyway! ! But I did hear alguro is coming tomoz. And forlan.

{Editor Note: The eds don't know whether things are true or false. But it is interesting to see some of the crazy things posted. And of course I always say that everyone is entitled to have their rumours/banter posted}

03 Jan 2011 23:28:55
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Do you really think on current form glen johnson should be in the starting 11 , i don't his passing is not prem standard , we were RIPPED WHEN WE bought him imo what you think ed's.

{Editor Note: Poor in defence in my opinion. I'd put Kelly at right-back and Johnson at right-wing.}

03 Jan 2011 23:28:20
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Talk sport are reporting that van wolfswinkle turned us down in favour of napoli. If this is true im delighted. I don't think he is near good enough to play for us.
kopfiend 1978 ynwa

03 Jan 2011 23:24:28
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Ed just let know about an earlier post eddie Gallagher {Editor Note: Sorry cut the rest out. It wasn't offensive but I don't think it's appropriate to talk about such matters on a football website}

03 Jan 2011 23:24:02
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What's all this hype about aguero? Is he any good ive never seen him have a good game not even his father in law put him in the argies team in the world cup! Elia will be a fantastic signing tho and merveaux just need a striker now and maybe honda

03 Jan 2011 23:22:36
Am i right in saying that there are 5 ed's at the moment:
{ed's note} - - main ed
{Editor's Note}- - slightly pessimistic ed
{editor}- - new ed, (bloodredmatt)
{Editor Note}- - not sure, new?
last but not least the ed of the moment:
{Editor's note}- - man utd supporter.
he seems to be getting a bit of stick at the moment but in fairness to him, he always seems to be quite genuine in his replies. i know if i was allowed to edit a manc website i would be causing mayhem! keep up the good work ed's. cheers,
big steve177

{Editor Note: Correct. The ed you describe as sarcastic is the Man Utd ed. Although he isn't sarcastic from what I've seen}

03 Jan 2011 23:21:30
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My wish list is going to be realisitic

My team
- - - - Reina- - - - - - - -
- johnson- -carra- -agger- -abidal

- - - - - - - gerrard- - - - -

lee chung- - -cole- - elia

- - - - - - torres- suarez- - - -

03 Jan 2011 23:19:15
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03 Jan 2011 22:48:38
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Think that we will make 3 signings and one loan,
3 Signings Are:
Honda 12-13 million
Suarez (no one talking about him but Ajak want to sell) 14-17 mill)
Taiwo 7-10 mill
Loan
Sturridge with view of perminant move
OUTS
Poulsen (take anyting)
Pacheco (Loan)
Lucas (8-12mil)
Jovanovic (4-6mil)
Maybe more loans for young players

So team after Jan

- - - - - - - -Reina- - - - - - - -

- -Johnson- -Skertal- Agger- -Auralo(Insua)

- -Cole- - Mereles- -Gerrard- - Honda

- - - - -El Nino- - - Suarez- - - -

Bench

Sturridge, Konchesky, Babel, Ngog, Carra, The Greek

A few issue with this post:
1- Why would you spend £7-10million on Taye Taiwo and then not even put him on the bench?
2- Why would Daniel Sturridge move from Chelsea's bench to our bench?
3- Why would we sell Lucas? He has improved vastly this season and has been one of our most consistent players?
4- Why put Dani Pacheco out on loan? He is a much better player than Sturridge and has got much more potential?
5- In your post we have 4 Left backs (excluding Mavinga and Robinson), what is the need?
6- Finally, Why have you got Cole in the starting 11? Maxi has proved to be a much better player this year.

Apart from that i agree!

MATTAUX

03 Jan 2011 23:18:28
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My wishlist for jan 2011

striker el hamadoui and honda
winger turan and marveaux
centre back douglas fc twente
left back kieran gibbs arsenal

lineup
reina
johnson.douglas.agger.gibbs
turan.gerrard.meireles.honda
el hamadoui.torres

subs cole.kuyt.maxi.lucas.wilson(big talent) carra

outs aquilani poulsen babel skrtel

03 Jan 2011 23:17:46
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The only way purple nose will allow a manure player to come Liverpool is if the player was crippled, or he had a deal to take our prize asset.

03 Jan 2011 23:10:38
03 Jan 2011 22:59:46
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Why are all of you people raving about Elia? He is not a good LW at all. He likes to cut in on his right foot and doesn't put a single cross into the box. And it also shows that NESV are a bunch of cheap people by not going for more expensive but better LWs in Hazard and Mata.

Fabregas was a reject at barca now look at him. If this lad comes (hopefully) i think we should get behind him instead of puttin the lad down before he comes

G

{Editor Note: Barcelona were actually extremly angry that Fabregas left for Arsenal. I wouldn't describe him as a reject as such}

03 Jan 2011 23:09:27
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Personally i wouldn't want to see lucas leave hes looking good and is still young, we have made him into the player he is starting to be and is already got a firstteam place for brazil at number 5(i think)
what do you think ED,
thanks

{Editor Note: No doubt Lucas has improved. But I still have reservations about him. I think he's an attacking midfielder, not a defensive midfielder and I would like to see him played in that role more often. But improved none the less.}

03 Jan 2011 23:02:52
John O'Shea to join Liverpool this week! Total shock to all manure fans!
Woy likes his adapability all over the pitch. .
When Woy asked him when he would sign he said "see you next Tuesday". . i guess that means tomorrow? ?
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John O'Shea came threw the youth academy at united bar a couple of loan spell he has been there his whole career he is one of those players like Gerrard and carra that have loyalty. He is 29 and way over NESV young prospect requirement and why would we want him he is not that good we have gerrard, raul m., lucas, jonjo, spearing and cole can play in the middle.

No players to cross the line between Liverpool and manure. Such crap to even suggest it. Purple nose already demonstrated this cpl yes ago. If he were to allow any manure player to play for us a is a big insult to us as he is saying you are no longer a threat to us.

03 Jan 2011 23:02:31
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Liverpool Reportedly Complete Signing of £12.9m Dutch Winger Eljero Elia.

Several sources are reporting this as a done deal.
Ed, what do you think the chances of this are?

Just watched this kid on you tube and wow, blisteringly fast natural left winger.
Here's Hoping.

03 Jan 2011 22:59:46
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Why are all of you people raving about Elia? He is not a good LW at all. He likes to cut in on his right foot and doesn't put a single cross into the box. And it also shows that NESV are a bunch of cheap people by not going for more expensive but better LWs in Hazard and Mata.

03 Jan 2011 22:59:39
03 Jan 2011 22:47:59
You don't know what you're missing Ed. My 2nd love is the New England Patriots (NFL) and Brady, Wilford, Branch etc. .

Blair Mayne YNWA

Brady to win another bowl this year :)
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Hopefully mate but i'm worried about the Atlanta Falcons they seem half decent. Matt Ryan is a class QB. I also wanted the Colts out because Payton Manning could beat anyone on his day.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 22:58:19
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Ed great sight, I read this sight all day at work, I sack woy, bring in dalglish and thomo till end of season. Sell Torres for £50 mill before his value drops anymore. Lets face it he doesn't want to stay so why buy players just to keep him happy? With the £50 mill we get for him, bring in 2 new strikers, a winger and very good midfielder, obviously still try sell konchesky, poulsen, babel, kuyt, johnson, levia, jovo. Ngog is scoring goals solets cash in on him too. The new owners are all about making profit, lets profit on Ngog while he's good! WE have some good young talent coming through, they should be our impact players. Nathan is a live one and I feel he can change games with his confidence!
Dark Red

03 Jan 2011 22:57:46
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With Liverpool's current squad.

Formation 4�2�3�1

GK� Jos� Manuel "Pepe" Reina P�ez

LB � Daniel "Danny" Wilson
RB � Martin Ronald Kelly
CB � Daniel Munthe Agger
CB � Daniel S�nchez Ayala

CM � Raul Jos� Trindade Meireles
CM � Steven George Gerrard

RAM � Jesus Fernandez "Suso" Saez
CAM � Joseph John "Joe" Cole
LAM � Daniel "Dani" Pacheco Lobato

ST � Fernando Jos� Torres Sanz

Average age is young, but has quality and experience within the senior players in the 11 I have chosen.

Before you jump on me and give me grief, remember Alan Hansen's comment.

James Mc
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Editor's what do you think of this team? The poster is correct saying it is young, but it looks very exciting and attacking.

* * *YNWA* * *

{Editor Note: More quality and experience required in my opinion.}

03 Jan 2011 22:53:57
Happy new year to all you red fans

On the managers issue i think it would be a mistake to for KK for 2 reasons

1. Would not work as a temporary issue because he wants the job full time and love as we do i am not sure that he would be the long term answer for that is what we want long term stability

2. Short but sweet he had his time and didn't hack it

On the subject of new manager we should go for British manager as that would offer the benefit of long term stability and i now believe that the man for the Job would be Owen Coyle settled in the Northwest and could be our new manager for many years to come fills all the needs young, plays good football and has premier league pedigree.

TC

03 Jan 2011 22:52:22
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John O'Shea to join Liverpool this week! Total shock to all manure fans!
Woy likes his adapability all over the pitch. .
When Woy asked him when he would sign he said "see you next Tuesday". . i guess that means tomorrow? ?
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John O'Shea came threw the youth academy at united bar a couple of loan spell he has been there his whole career he is one of those players like Gerrard and carra that have loyalty. He is 29 and way over NESV young prospect requirement and why would we want him he is not that good we have gerrard, raul m., lucas, jonjo, spearing and cole can play in the middle.

03 Jan 2011 22:51:48
{Editor Note: It is good to have a different perspective on things. Plus I think it is gracious of a Man Utd fan to listen to rival fans posting rumours and banter all of the time. And his opinion is very fair. Cut him some slack.}

How did you become an editor for the Liverpool page even though you support the scum. Or is it due to the high amount of posts the lfc page gets that you also do this site. Other pages get as many posts as we get in a day as they get in a year.

{Editor Note: I would imagine what you have said is correct}

03 Jan 2011 22:49:50
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Apparently only 18000 LFC fans have signed the ''Mr Henry and Mr Werner - Please Listen to the Fans and Sack Roy Hodgson'' petition!

come on guys lets sign it!

03 Jan 2011 22:49:31
03 Jan 2011 22:20:18
Why do people keep having a go a the eds, remember their would be no site without them {ed's note - they seem to think we are all doing this for a living, I wish I was, then I wouldn't have to bother spending my days reading about American sports I have no interest in or understanding of.}

I think everyone respects the ed's. I just don't want to talk about all things liverpool with a man u fan. That's more then understandable. Then he threatened saying accept him as an ed or the page gets updated every few hours. I wouldn't mind if he was a tottenham, Bolton etc fan but not a fan off our rivals.

{Editor Note: It is good to have a different perspective on things. Plus I think it is gracious of a Man Utd fan to listen to rival fans posting rumours and banter all of the time. And his opinion is very fair. Cut him some slack.}
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Totally agree ED. You should have him on here more often the banter is top notch. For me it's refreshing to get s **t from a Man'ure fan instead of getting s* *t from the LFC fans.

Any Ed i've seen on here is fair it's just because this one is a Man'ure fan. So he is going to be singled out for special treatment (which should be fair enough on both sides).

Stop moaning! He is fair with his answers when asked, he is fair with the banter. It's not his fault he's a Manc he is from London after all.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 22:47:59
You don't know what you're missing Ed. My 2nd love is the New England Patriots (NFL) and Brady, Wilford, Branch etc. .

Blair Mayne YNWA

Brady to win another bowl this year :)

03 Jan 2011 22:46:58
Ed, but the other ed said he has no interest in them or no understanding in the amercain sports, but he says he has to watch them

{Editor Note: I'm not sure why. I'm sure he has valid reasoning}

03 Jan 2011 22:46:26
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Why is it that when a player is left out of a team they are automatically signing for us?

03 Jan 2011 22:41:12
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You all keep barking on about a replacement manager. Granted, Hodgsons not the housewife favourite but most players who've played for him speak fondley of him. What are you all going to do if LFC sign Aguero, Hazard, Elia, Marvaeux and bring in a decent left back. With those players in the side and youth players coming through the ranks, i'm quite sure Lilly Savage would be able to field a side capable of challenging for top 4/ title.

(3) (0)

this implies that woy is better than lilly at sorting out a football squad personally at the moment i would have to prefer to give lilly a chance!

03 Jan 2011 22:38:59
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Liverpool Football Club will announce the signing of Sergio Aguero for �36m (about £24.8m) from Athletico Madrid on January 5th 2011.

This will delight all Liverpool fans as it will give Roy Hodgson more attacking options and a world class attacking partner for Fernando Torres.

Elia will also sign from Hamburg for �13.5m(about £9.3m) this will be announced within the next few days.

These more than likely be the only signings in this window

Roy Hodgson will be given until the end of the season to prove himself as the manager of Liverpool Football Club. Another evaluation will be made at the end of the season and his position will be reviewed.What rubbish - even I can get a better exchange rate than this. I make 36m euros just under 31m pounds!

03 Jan 2011 22:36:10
03 Jan 2011 22:05:05
Heres a question for everyone and the eds.would you rather a win over man utd and roy stays or a loss and he goes.for me it would be a win and he stays.DORSET RED

{Editor Note: A win over Man Utd of course.}
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How about IF Hodgson is sacked after the Blackburn game. And a new manager takes us to OT and gets his 1st victory against Man'ure?

For me this scenario would be perfect.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 22:31:27
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I wish roy would retire
to be fair he did come and was handed a load of s* *e, but his job is to motivate that s* *e and get it to work together as a team.

owen coyle would be a fabulous manager with KK assistant we would win the league.

if you think roy should stay click unbeliveable
if you want owen coyle in beliveable

lets see the true kopites
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ha ha , this does not give people much of a choice.

1. If you think Roy should stay click - Unbelievable
2. If you want Owen Coyle in click - believe

90% of the fans want Roy gone, and am sure only 9% of the total poll votes have voted for Coyle. So how can the true Kopites vote when there is no good out come?

James Mc
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Sorry I did not mean there will not be a good out come. I meant to say a Biased outcome, with the original poster having fans voting for Coyle as it is the only choice.

Also the poll page is a very good idea. Gives a very good insight to see that the majority of Liverpool fans want the same thing. This being either Kenny Dalglish back in the hot seat or Andre Villas Boas, who personally is my favourite man for the job.

James Mc

03 Jan 2011 22:31:02
03 Jan 2011 22:20:18
Why do people keep having a go a the eds, remember their would be no site without them {ed's note - they seem to think we are all doing this for a living, I wish I was, then I wouldn't have to bother spending my days reading about American sports I have no interest in or understanding of.}

I think everyone respects the ed's. I just don't want to talk about all things liverpool with a man u fan. That's more then understandable. Then he threatened saying accept him as an ed or the page gets updated every few hours. I wouldn't mind if he was a tottenham, Bolton etc fan but not a fan off our rivals.

{Editor Note: It is good to have a different perspective on things. Plus I think it is gracious of a Man Utd fan to listen to rival fans posting rumours and banter all of the time. And his opinion is very fair. Cut him some slack.}

03 Jan 2011 22:30:10
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Roy getting sacked, wonderful signings in Jan. It is not going to happen.

Firstly Roy is staying. If he leaves it will be getting sacked at the end of the season. He aint resigning.

The owners will not be putting money into a new stadium for at least the next 2 years. The attendance the other day has ensured the re-development of Anfield only.

We will only be signing one player this month and we are going to be dissapointed. it will be a striker and other signings will be pre-contract only

03 Jan 2011 22:29:31
03 Jan 2011 22:14:20
{Editor's note - Just remember Blair, it is the Pools fans I am doing a favour for by updating the sites, either that or it will not be updated}

Lol if it won't get updated it'll do more harm to this site then Liverpool fans. I reckon that the Liverpool page is the most popular page on this website. You stop updating, we stop using this site and it'll force the creator of this site to lose money because it won't have the traffic needed get funds by advertising. You know that, we know that.

{Editor Note: No Ed makes money from this website}

actualy one ed said they do with the advertisement

{Editor Note: Yes, and I said that no Ed makes money which they don't. The eds aren't in pocket for doing this.}

03 Jan 2011 22:29:19
03 Jan 2011 22:20:18
Why do people keep having a go a the eds, remember their would be no site without them {ed's note - they seem to think we are all doing this for a living, I wish I was, then I wouldn't have to bother spending my days reading about American sports I have no interest in or understanding of.}
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You don't know what you're missing Ed. My 2nd love is the New England Patriots (NFL) and Brady, Wilford, Branch etc. .

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 22:27:44
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Alonso comes back from time to time because his missus is a scouser.

Alonso wife is Spanish.

03 Jan 2011 22:27:00
Why do you have to watch the amercain sports ed?

{Editor Note: Different Ed you are referring to mate. I guess he watches it because he finds it enjoyable?}

03 Jan 2011 22:26:58
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03 Jan 2011 22:17:23
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Liverpool Football Club will announce the signing of Sergio Aguero for �36m (about £24.8m) from Athletico Madrid on January 5th 2011.

This will delight all Liverpool fans as it will give Roy Hodgson more attacking options and a world class attacking partner for Fernando Torres.

Elia will also sign from Hamburg for �13.5m(about £9.3m) this will be announced within the next few days.

These more than likely be the only signings in this window

Roy Hodgson will be given until the end of the season to prove himself as the manager of Liverpool Football Club. Another evaluation will be made at the end of the season and his position will Crappy exchange rate. Ask your source to recommend a better broker!

03 Jan 2011 22:25:41
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You all keep barking on about a replacement manager. Granted, Hodgsons not the housewife favourite but most players who've played for him speak fondley of him. What are you all going to do if LFC sign Aguero, Hazard, Elia, Marvaeux and bring in a decent left back. With those players in the side and youth players coming through the ranks, i'm quite sure Lilly Savage would be able to field a side capable of challenging for top 4/ title.

It's the owners that would be bringing them in not Roy. Plus can you see him doing anything. He isn't able to get Joe cole stevie and Torres playing. Why would he be able to get the best out of other world class players. He carnt manage big players and lfc, nice man, but he is a filial type manager to stay in prem is there aim and he can give it ok ish fight for that type of football,

03 Jan 2011 22:25:11
03 Jan 2011 22:12:30
Kuyt is not, and never will be a right midfielder/ winger, although he does give 100% there, a bit controversial maybe - but why not give him a run of games alongside Torres, and not just the odd one like Houllier did with Morientes - but that's another story.

Ed, Was it not rafa that brought morientes in.?
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Well spotted mate and another example of why this guy John B is not an LFC fan.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 22:23:16
{Editor Note: No Ed makes money from this website}

No but he makes money to run the website. Ed even said that he's only just gotten this website to pay for itself. If every Liverpool fan stops using this site I'm sure that would change.

{Editor Note: I'm not sure how it works to be honest mate. But all of the eds make an effort to post everyone's opinions and rumours, all in our own personal time for free. If the website can't be updated as often as people like, then we apologise.}

03 Jan 2011 22:20:18
Why do people keep having a go a the eds, remember their would be no site without them {ed's note - they seem to think we are all doing this for a living, I wish I was, then I wouldn't have to bother spending my days reading about American sports I have no interest in or understanding of.}

03 Jan 2011 22:16:32
John b. If u not got a clue wise not to put ur mane on it lmao! Give us your village name too if you can. Didnt rafa bring morientes in, in the January sale on 2005 wen we won champs league Ed?

{Editor Note: Correct}

03 Jan 2011 22:14:53
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Alonsos wife is a scouser that's why he comes home its a fact everyone knows u idiot

and what is with the daft person. i bet your not even from the north west. u r probably a YID

youre ment to defend your own not create rows with them. MANK

{Editor Note: Please don't post the same thing twice. We don't miss anything that is posted}

03 Jan 2011 22:14:20
{Editor's note - Just remember Blair, it is the Pools fans I am doing a favour for by updating the sites, either that or it will not be updated}

Lol if it won't get updated it'll do more harm to this site then Liverpool fans. I reckon that the Liverpool page is the most popular page on this website. You stop updating, we stop using this site and it'll force the creator of this site to lose money because it won't have the traffic needed get funds by advertising. You know that, we know that.

{Editor Note: No Ed makes money from this website}

03 Jan 2011 22:12:30
Kuyt is not, and never will be a right midfielder/ winger, although he does give 100% there, a bit controversial maybe - but why not give him a run of games alongside Torres, and not just the odd one like Houllier did with Morientes - but that's another story.

Ed, Was it not rafa that brought morientes in.?

{Editor Note: Yes it was}

03 Jan 2011 22:11:07
Liverpool Rumours
Liverpool will sign elia, marveaoux. Aguero is a possibility and when honda is back from asia cup he will have a decision to join liverpool. If honda joins his shirt sales in japan will rocket and make up the money that we bought him for right ed?

{Editor Note: If the deal is well publicised no doubt we'll make a commercial income on him. How much that would be is unknown.}

03 Jan 2011 22:09:34
Liverpool Rumours
Adebayor & sturridge coming on 6 month loans with 1st option to buy, young coming for 14 mil & poss Swp for 4 mil, aquillani to juve for 13.5 mil, babel to Wolfsburg for 9 mil, jovanovic out for 3 mil.
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Adebayor is on the same wages we would have to give Aguero. He's 4 years older and is a moody S.O.B. Would cost 15-20 MILL. Prefer to pay 30 Mill for Aguero, get a player with a bigger future and more marketability.

03 Jan 2011 22:05:05
Heres a question for everyone and the eds.would you rather a win over man utd and roy stays or a loss and he goes.for me it would be a win and he stays.DORSET RED

{Editor Note: A win over Man Utd of course.}

03 Jan 2011 22:05:03
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Okay we will know how much truth is in the elia rumour as soon as we see tomorows papers. Also for people who are on twitter you should reply to ryan babels posts asking about elia i would say if he gets enough of them he will reply! !. . YNWA!. oh god i love transfer windows!

03 Jan 2011 22:03:26
Liverpool Rumours
Xabi alons is not married to a scouser u daft person @9.47pm xabi is married to Nagore Aranburu very scouse name ha

03 Jan 2011 22:03:18
03 Jan 2011 21:24:22
Liverpool Rumours
I was just checking out fernando llorente on wiki , it lists his senior career and current club as the mancs , very weird
{Editor's note - Anyone can edit Wiki if they have an account}

u don't need an account even lol i don't have one and i changed part of agueros lol to liverpool bought him for 30 mill and will be dne on 8th january just to see if u can change it lol

03 Jan 2011 22:02:49
Liverpool Rumours
REINA
JOHNSON MERTESACKER CARRA KELLY

NZOGBIA GERRARD IRELAND

HONDA TORRES ADEBAYORBENCH

JONES
AGGER
COLE
STURRIDGE
KUYT
WOLFVINSKEL

03 Jan 2011 22:01:12
"Fact is the Fat Spanish Waiter paid 10 million for that goalscoring record and never gave him a chance in his position, think he actually did that with a few other players as well, a trait Roy has carried on sadly.

Kuyt is not, and never will be a right midfielder/ winger, although he does give 100% there, a bit controversial maybe - but why not give him a run of games alongside Torres, and not just the odd one like Houllier did with Morientes - but that's another story.

John B
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Only Everton fans call Rafa what you called him, and considering you ignorant knowledge of which manager bought which player I would suggest you are an Everton fan, or you are simply an idiot .
Roy

03 Jan 2011 22:00:40
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Now, now Ed you're telling porkys mate. I won't go into what you said but you did say some stupid things about our club during the takeover saga in the summer.

But like i keep on saying you don't know what you're talking about so no one listens to you, just like me.

Blair Mayne YNWA
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I've never complained about you doing this site. I enjoy it when you do it as you've gave me a load of banter on this site and the Man'ure one.

You just need to pass the buck every now and again when asked questions about football, no matter who or what team people are talking about. After all you are a Man'ure man which does indeed mean you havn't got a clue about football in general. I'm not getting on your case because your a Man'ure fan and you edit this site? I'm on your case because your a Man'ure fan and ALL Man'ure fans havn't got a clue about football.

Blair Mayne YNWA

PS. Keep up the good work mate.

03 Jan 2011 22:00:48
Liverpool Rumours
Ed if we were to get elia would he be available for the man u game . He does look a very good player very like babel but lets hope if he does come he comes to be a footballer and not a rapper . What players would u like to see ed? I personally would be happy with elia and suarez . JOHNALDINIOH

{Editor Note: If he was registered in time. The rest would be down to the management. I would personally like to see Honda and Mata. But Mata is unlikely, maybe in the Summer}

03 Jan 2011 22:00:33
Liverpool Rumours
I wish roy would retire
to be fair he did come and was handed a load of s* *e, but his job is to motivate that s* *e and get it to work together as a team.

owen coyle would be a fabulous manager with KK assistant we would win the league.

if you think roy should stay click unbeliveable
if you want owen coyle in beliveable

lets see the true kopites

03 Jan 2011 21:49:04
Liverpool Rumours
Ed I would really like to know how you create a website, slightly not related to transfers.

{Editor Note: I'm not the ed who created this website.}

03 Jan 2011 21:47:05
Do the ed's have any sorces other then the people that post the rumours on this site that claim they have sorces?

03 Jan 2011 21:45:56
Why do people knock Dirk Kuyt - FFS - he was bought as a goalscoring centre forward - and has never been given a chance. His goalscoring record in the 3 seasons before signing was excellent, not quite as good as horseface, but still very very good.

Fact is the Fat Spanish Waiter paid 10 million for that goalscoring record and never gave him a chance in his position, think he actually did that with a few other players as well, a trait Roy has carried on sadly.

Kuyt is not, and never will be a right midfielder/ winger, although he does give 100% there, a bit controversial maybe - but why not give him a run of games alongside Torres, and not just the odd one like Houllier did with Morientes - but that's another story.

John B

03 Jan 2011 21:37:28
Thanks Blair
Keep it real
Eric the real red
Ynwa

03 Jan 2011 21:35:06
03 Jan 2011 21:07:11
About editors and telling them apart. The new ed is {editor:} there is {ed's note} and {Editor's note:}.
{Editor's note - I am the Manchester United Ed. I think we ar all going to get some sort of arrangement made about the names of the Ed's}

Seriously your a man u Ed and your here on a Liverpool page. That answers a lot of questions. I always thought you didn't like us. Why not get another Ed who won't be biased towards united. Like a Liverpool fan maybe? Don't say you won't be biased, you can't help it.
{Editor's note - I try to be as open as possible, if you would prefer the Pool site to not be edited for a few hours at a time, I will stop editing it, but I have been doing it the past 6 months without anyone having any problems with it}
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Now, now Ed you're telling porkys mate. I won't go into what you said but you did say some stupid things about our club during the takeover saga in the summer.

But like i keep on saying you don't know what you're talking about so no one listens to you, just like me.

Blair Mayne YNWA
{Editor's note - Just remember Blair, it is the Pools fans I am doing a favour for by updating the sites, either that or it will not be updated}

03 Jan 2011 21:34:55
Liverpool Rumours
14 clubs interested in signing David beckham according to ssn. Hope one of those clubs is us. We rely on gerrard to much for creating goals, becks could be the man the give Torres more goal scoring chances.

03 Jan 2011 21:34:10
"03 Jan 2011 20:23:02
Eccleston out on loan?

personally i would be gutted!

Whats everyones thoughts.

YNWA JNS"

It indicates that a deal for an established 1st team winger is looking likely and this way Ecclestone can get the experience he needs and hopefully will come back stronger. I'd say it was a very positive bit of news myself.

03 Jan 2011 21:33:46
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Reds are among 6 clubs checking on barcelona reserve striker nolito, ,

03 Jan 2011 21:33:14
A manchester united editor. . .OMG
This will be a fun couple of hours. . I was off to bed but I may stick around for a litle bit now! !
The ashes is on soon anyway. .
Jonnybarnes 89-90

03 Jan 2011 21:32:17
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{Blair Mayne's Note: Just ask me if you're stuck matt 27 never mind the Ed's}

cheers blair. think ive got it now, just read the last few days pages and couldnt believe it. . . they do all use different wording!
think its the whole xmas/ new year, what day is it now thing! lol

matt27

03 Jan 2011 21:27:14
The major difference between baseball and footy is that they don't have to pay transfer fees for players. . that is why they can pay astronomical wages. .
Jonnybarnes 89-90

03 Jan 2011 21:25:46
Liverpool Rumours
03 Jan 2011 20:55:27
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Cheer's Blair, what's your verdict on the latest kun aguero stories?
Eric the real red
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I wouldn't pay any attention to them Eric. IF NESV were going to buy Aguero for me they would do it in the summer. Especially for that kind of money (36 mill euro). But to be fair to the rumours i heard 2 years ago that we have or had an agreement with Athletico to buy Aguero for 36 mill euros (£30 mill). That was to bring him in 2 seasons ago but couldn't do it because we had to pay RBS 35-40 mill interest payments and that was our whole profit wasted.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 21:25:31
Liverpool Rumours
03 Jan 2011 20:45:55
Liverpool Rumours
Type: Liverpool Sergio Aguero into google news and click the first opption. He was in Liverpool for Christmas seems like he could be making the move to us. Thoughts?

{Editor Note: He was spending Christmas with his close friend Maxi, as he could not make it to Argentina for Christmas}

he is married and has a baby, , i doubt hed rather spend his christmas with maxi rather than his wife and kid, , he must of been here for more than just to see his friend maxi.

03 Jan 2011 21:24:22
Liverpool Rumours
I was just checking out fernando llorente on wiki , it lists his senior career and current club as the mancs , very weird
{Editor's note - Anyone can edit Wiki if they have an account}

03 Jan 2011 21:21:50
Liverpool Rumours
Ed am I getting too excited about Ageuro? Why would he come to Liverpool and spend Xmas with Maxi! Surely there were conversations between him and Maxi and wonder weather he was shown around Mellwood?

What a statement signing that would be from NESV and he fits all their criteria!

He posted another tweet about Maxi but it was in Argentinian so couldn't make out exact tweet!

03 Jan 2011 21:20:33
Liverpool Rumours
I would even be willing to keep maxi if it helped sign aguero. (in fairness I have been inpressed with maxi this season, looks better than cole, babel, kuyt and Jova. But we have to get at least one winger with pace and creativity. We don't have anyone on the ball who cares the s* t out of defenses going forward. I hate to say it but we don't have that Bale, A. Johson, Lennon, Walcott, Mata, Turan, type player anywhere.

03 Jan 2011 21:17:37
03 Jan 2011 21:07:11
About editors and telling them apart. The new ed is {editor:} there is {ed's note} and {Editor's note:}.
{Editor's note - I am the Manchester United Ed. I think we ar all going to get some sort of arrangement made about the names of the Ed's}

Seriously your a man u Ed and your here on a Liverpool page. That answers a lot of questions. I always thought you didn't like us. Why not get another Ed who won't be biased towards united. Like a Liverpool fan maybe? Don't say you won't be biased, you can't help it.
{Editor's note - I try to be as open as possible, if you would prefer the Pool site to not be edited for a few hours at a time, I will stop editing it, but I have been doing it the past 6 months without anyone having any problems with it}

03 Jan 2011 21:17:01
Liverpool Rumours
Alonso could be signed for 15million.

I could imagine LFC playing better football if Alonso came back. His return would be a psychlogical lift for the club as most LFC fans credit the clubs recent poor form on his departure.

who ever said this i would love to know your scoure because if he came back the passing burden would be lifted if gerrard merelies (spelling) and lucas who isn't the best but isn't bad at all i think he has been the biggest loss along with hyppia to liverpool since daglish retired

03 Jan 2011 21:16:13
Liverpool Rumours
To the idiot who said man s* tty are gonna get torres not dzeko. ER then y have city agreed a cut price fee surely not both torres and dzeko are gonna join. LOL. ex tranmere my ass i was ex atletico manager liverpool to sign aguero tmoz 4 5 mill LMAO. anyway torres would be a reserve the way hes played this year
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U assume that city have secured Dzeko? R u that naive to think a deal is done that simply? Surely u know more about football than that?
I am a pool fan and I don't want it to be true either, but it is. I have now heard it from a few sources as I needed to check it out further.
You will see Dzeko going to a German side within a day or 2 and Torres going to eastlands about a week later. . . .

03 Jan 2011 21:15:47
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"wages put them off lol ha ha they pay more wages in america alot more, wages won't put them off just cos they r here in england and jus cos its not baseball"

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Yeah ha ha .
Sir football in England and baseball in the States are completely different markets; The red sox pay their players high wages but they still made over $100m profit . . Liverpool do not make any where near this kind of money (Actually this year maybe the first time we will make profit because the loans paid off etc).
We will not be buying Kun aguero, and would go as far as to say NESV will not pay over £15m for any player in January and maybe not this summer either, once we have champions league, their targets maybe different.
Roy

03 Jan 2011 21:15:02
Liverpool Rumours
I would say the fact Nathan Eccleston is going out on loan would indicate a new striker being brought in, as an injury to Torres/ Ngog would leave us without much/ any backup. Llorente would be my ideal!(allowed to dream.) Unlike other negative posters I feel positive about this transfer window & definately don't believe we will be picking up other teams cast offs. Fenway want to impress the fans and I believe there will be a signing that will give the fans something to shout about & hopefully fill more seats!

Scallywag

03 Jan 2011 21:11:42
Dirk Kuyt is not a striker. . he is not a winger. . he is not a footballer full stop. . . The scout who spotted him must have had cataracts in both eyes. . . And don't give me this "he works hard" rubbish. . Lennon and Bale work hard for their team but offer so much more going forward.
Would kuyt get into any of the other top sides in the EPL? THOUGHT NOT. .
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i know everybody can have an opinion but shut up idiot
cant be bothered to say anymore about your stupid post
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been called worse!
"everybody can have an opinion" and "shut up idiot" in the same sentnce. . is that not a contradiction?

03 Jan 2011 21:11:16
03 Jan 2011 20:48:41
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Matt 27 {ed's note - we do all use a slightly different wording on it. Over time you should be able to tell us apart anyway. Now I will resist the temptation to do any Prisoner related jokes!}

ed ive been using this site for about 6 months now,
and please, excuse my inability to tell the difference between {ed's note} and {eds note} lol, but its very difficult to tell you all apart. now put on the orange jump suit, and think about it. you might like it after a while. we sign our posts after all! lol

matt 27

{Editor Note: We all refer to ourself in different ways. We can't all be on at the same time but information can be passed on.}

{Blair Mayne's Note: Just ask me if you're stuck matt 27 never mind the Ed's}

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 21:10:03
Liverpool Rumours
Just found out something very interesting and 100% true expect smiles all round i won't ruin it for all fans the club is going to get a huge lift. don't ask for source i won't be saying for obvious reasons good times ahead. the club is in safe hands with nesv. anonymous

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Oh please tell me Hodgson is leaving! Woohoo! !

NiRed

03 Jan 2011 21:08:46
"Sven Goran Errikson has been approached to be new Liverpool manager."

Eh you muppet, that's not even funny, not at all!

C'mon ed, that's just wrong posting that. I know this is a rumours site, but that's just mean, mate! ;-)

{editor: who knows, it could be true! lol}

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An improvement on Roy nonetheless! lol

03 Jan 2011 21:07:11
About editors and telling them apart. The new ed is {editor:} there is {ed's note} and {Editor's note:}.
{Editor's note - I am the Manchester United Ed. I think we ar all going to get some sort of arrangement made about the names of the Ed's}

03 Jan 2011 21:01:47
Thanks for the heads up blair. . I will check it out.
The only problem is that I don't want to go on that site because I will end up signing the petition. . And I always said that I would only sign a petition regarding liverpool unless it was a matter of life and death. . ie. hicks and gillette.
Is Hodgson really that bad? . . Can't believe I just said that. . Here comes the pain!
I await your response with a hard hat on!
Jonny Barnes 89-90

03 Jan 2011 20:54:37
Liverpool Rumours
Auguero has been approached by Liverpool football club. the funds will be available. All that is needed is roys and sergios agreement. Got news from the inside. I will give source for proof if needed.
he fits the bill, young and talented.
ed you heard anything else

Cheers

Trumours

Trumours you come on here every transfer window and post complete and utter b*llocks you know nothing kid! His surname is spelt Aguero too!

As much as i'd love him here it just won't happen!

Big G
YNWA

03 Jan 2011 20:52:56
If we got rid of -babel, lucas, konchesky, poulsen, jovanavic, kyerakos, aqualani loan out ngog replace them with-eila, g cahill, agureo, and then cole, raul, maxi, kyut, jonjo fight for their place

03 Jan 2011 20:52:38
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03 Jan 2011 19:25:59
Just found out something very interesting and 100% true expect smiles all round i won't ruin it for all fans the club is going to get a huge lift. don't ask for source i won't be saying for obvious reasons good times ahead. the club is in safe hands with nesv. anonymous
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Sorry Ed, I agree with 'Mr Irate'. Posts like the above are inane & remind me of those emails the girls in my office send around on Friday afternoon - 'Spinning fluffy dogs with speech bubbles declaring it's the weekend, wahooooooo! ' - No detail, no timeframe, no source. Completely useless to all of us. Thanks mate!?!?

03 Jan 2011 20:49:20
Liverpool Rumours
All these rumours are similar to those that were branded about in August and all turned out to be rubbish! We signed Miereles and no-one on this site mentioned this beforehand, so I don't believe anyone has any REAL INSIDE INFO. As the chap mentioned earlier, if we sign Aguero not only will he change his sons name but i'll change my own name to Deidree. Lets just all wait and see and stop giving each other false hope. We have a massive week ahead of us so lets focus on that

03 Jan 2011 20:48:41
Liverpool Rumours
Matt 27 {ed's note - we do all use a slightly different wording on it. Over time you should be able to tell us apart anyway. Now I will resist the temptation to do any Prisoner related jokes!}

ed ive been using this site for about 6 months now,
and please, excuse my inability to tell the difference between {ed's note} and {eds note} lol, but its very difficult to tell you all apart. now put on the orange jump suit, and think about it. you might like it after a while. we sign our posts after all! lol

matt 27

{Editor Note: We all refer to ourself in different ways. We can't all be on at the same time but information can be passed on.}

03 Jan 2011 20:46:55
Liverpool Rumours
Hi ed, is there any chance of working a way out to identify the different ed's? E.g ed 1, ed 2. . also is there still a good chance of us signing Honda? I rate Elia as a Dutch Walcott, but would still have him as a squad player.

Lee the red

{Editor Note: I'm sure we can be identified via how we write. But information can be passed on}

03 Jan 2011 20:46:34
Neither Kuyt or Doyle is good enough for us. Kuyt offers nothing offensively. We need fast, pace skillful players who fullbacks will fear.

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 20:45:34
Dirk Kuyt is not a striker. . he is not a winger. . he is not a footballer full stop. . . The scout who spotted him must have had cataracts in both eyes. . . And don't give me this "he works hard" rubbish. . Lennon and Bale work hard for their team but offer so much more going forward.
Would kuyt get into any of the other top sides in the EPL? THOUGHT NOT. .
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i know everybody can have an opinion but shut up idiot
cant be bothered to say anymore about your stupid post

03 Jan 2011 20:45:26
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Ed why wen I post I'm info u dnt show it?
YNWA darzokid

{Editor Note: All of us make an effort to sufficiently edit and post everyones contributions. Maybe yours is further down the page}

03 Jan 2011 20:44:43
Liverpool Rumours
To the guy who works on printing shirts and says there will be a singing and the number will be number 7 when will u no who it is

03 Jan 2011 20:43:18
I love rafa benitez to bits. . he gave me the two best days of my life as a liverpool fan and so many other good memories. . however what will always make me laugh about him is that he was able to find a brazillian with no flair (lucas) and a dutchman with no technique (kuyt).
99% of brazillians have flair and 99% of dutchmen have technique. . You could not make it up. . .!
Love you rafa

03 Jan 2011 20:41:50
03 Jan 2011 20:02:09
Liverpool Rumours
Which ed is on now? {ed's note - why which one do you want? If you have questions for particular editors we can pass them on easily enough.}

i think all the eds should be numberd, the original being ed1 of course and then so on and so on as the ed population grew, that would get rid of any confusion about which ed is sharing his veiws,
ed number? wot do you reckon good idea?

matt 27 {ed's note - we do all use a slightly different wording on it. Over time you should be able to tell us apart anyway. Now I will resist the temptation to do any Prisoner related jokes!}
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The Man'ure Ed is easy to spot matt27. He's the Ed who dosn't know what he's talking about.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 20:37:28
Liverpool Rumours
Just found out something very interesting and 100% true expect smiles all round i won't ruin it for all fans the club is going to get a huge lift. don't ask for source i won't be saying for obvious reasons good times ahead. the club is in safe hands with nesv. anonymous

Brilliant, Bloody Brilliant! !

The sacking of Roy, the signing of a quality player or just simply an away win at Blackburn would cause a huge lift you donkey! !

Ok here's another one for you, lol

Just found out something very interesting and 100% true, at the end of the day it gets dark.

Robbo
Not anonymous becasue it's the truth! !

03 Jan 2011 20:30:47
Liverpool Rumours
Hi ed just watched a video on the elia he ant a bad player got some skill and really quick but his final pass ant all that but steve g can help with that do youthink we will get him ed

{Editor Note: I don't know whether we will get him or not, especially as Marveaux seems likely. But I don't think Youtube is a good indication of a player's ability.}

03 Jan 2011 20:29:00
Konchesky's wiki page -

"Paul Martyn Konchesky (born 15 May 1981) is an English footballer who currently plays for southport and never Liverpool FC in the left-back position. During his senior career, beginning in 1997, he has previously played for Barcelona CF, Tottenham Hotspur, Accrington Stanley and Real Madrid, joining his present club in August 2010."

03 Jan 2011 20:23:02
Eccleston out on loan?

personally i would be gutted!

Whats everyones thoughts.

YNWA JNS

03 Jan 2011 20:17:15
Kuyt score goals? Common, you taking the mickey. Would rather have Doyle than Kuyt.

Red42 {ed's note - Kuyt has weighed in with a lot of important goals, he is a better goal scorer than Doyl
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kuyt can't jump for a ball doyle can

03 Jan 2011 20:14:33
03 Jan 2011 20:00:46
Has anyone read an article by Ben Thornley in the Daily Post about Hodgson?. . Very good read about the statements that he has made that have made your toes curl! He is worse than George W Bush. . . Ok I take that back he is not that bad but he runs him close. . . .
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Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 20:14:04
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Ed's why so many repeat post's really is annoying , cant you do something to stop it , thanks

{Editor Note: I'm sure an effort will be made to avoid flooding these pages. But everyone who sends in rumour/banter is entitled to have their say}

03 Jan 2011 20:11:47
A team of carraghers.I use to know this bloke who had a team of Carraghers, he made a bit of money in the summer not to good when the beach was closed though.

03 Jan 2011 20:10:37
Kuyt score goals? Common, you taking the mickey. Would rather have Doyle than Kuyt.

Red42 {ed's note - Kuyt has weighed in with a lot of important goals, he is a better goal scorer than Doyle.}

Common Ed, Kuyt's critisism has always been that he doesn't score enough. Doyle in a half decent team would score plenty. Kuyt just can run (slow pace albeit) all game. He offers nothing else. You must be a fan, i'm not. Respect.

03 Jan 2011 20:10:09
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ED'S WHY SO MANY REPEAT POST CANT YOU STOP IT HAPPENING PLEASE

{Editor Note: Everyone who posts is entitled to get it posted up. In future maybe try to avoid reading it if it annoys you.}

03 Jan 2011 20:09:07
Read in the daily rag that alex ferguson's misses thought he was a gangster, would explain why the officials are all s* t scared of him.
hipko07

03 Jan 2011 20:09:06
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03 Jan 2011 19:58:58
Liverpool Rumours
"In order of happiness

1. Roy has resigned?
2. Alonso is coming back?
3. Aguerro has signed?
4. Konchesky's mum has gone to jail?
5. Torres has annouced he has malaria like Drog and that's why he so sh#te lately?

Which one?"

2, 3, 1, 5, 4
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Mine's would be 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Blair Mayne YNWA

PS. Just watched Lewis do 9 darter nice 1 son. .

03 Jan 2011 20:06:57
Dirk Kuyt is not a striker. . he is not a winger. . he is not a footballer full stop. . . The scout who spotted him must have had cataracts in both eyes. . . And don't give me this "he works hard" rubbish. . Lennon and Bale work hard for their team but offer so much more going forward.
Would kuyt get into any of the other top sides in the EPL? THOUGHT NOT. .

03 Jan 2011 20:03:23
In reply to:

"Ya, cause he scores so many goals upfront with his searing pace, skill and close ball control. ."

I believe you are wrong my friend and YNWA is right. Dirk Kuyt was signed for Liverpool as a striker. He was signed just after the season in which he scored 42+ goals in the Everdivisie. So maybe you should learn your facts before you makes rash sarcastic comments like that to others who actually know the score??

MPez

03 Jan 2011 20:02:09
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Which ed is on now? {ed's note - why which one do you want? If you have questions for particular editors we can pass them on easily enough.}

i think all the eds should be numberd, the original being ed1 of course and then so on and so on as the ed population grew, that would get rid of any confusion about which ed is sharing his veiws,
ed number? wot do you reckon good idea?

matt 27 {ed's note - we do all use a slightly different wording on it. Over time you should be able to tell us apart anyway. Now I will resist the temptation to do any Prisoner related jokes!}

03 Jan 2011 20:02:02
{ed's note - ok gob on a stick. .

lolz

ferd

03 Jan 2011 20:01:48
03 Jan 2011 19:44:09
Anyone fancy Kevin Doyle . . I think he wud be very good. What do you think ED? {ed's note - he is not my type, I prefer mine female. Not good enough as a player either, just a poor man's Kuyt.}

ed how can u compare kuyt and doyle.

you can't compare - Doyle is better (also works hard but has some skill and pace at least)

Redman1

03 Jan 2011 20:00:46
Has anyone read an article by Ben Thornley in the Daily Post about Hodgson?. . Very good read about the statements that he has made that have made your toes curl! He is worse than George W Bush. . . Ok I take that back he is not that bad but he runs him close. . . .

03 Jan 2011 19:55:24
Im not saying i would but him though! {ed's note - because all Doyle does is work hard for the team, offers very little in the way of quality but lots of honest graft. When Kuyt gets a chance up front he does the same but scores a lot more goals.}

Kuyt score goals? Common, you taking the mickey. Would rather have Doyle than Kuyt.

Red42 {ed's note - Kuyt has weighed in with a lot of important goals, he is a better goal scorer than Doyle.}

03 Jan 2011 19:47:03
03 Jan 2011 19:39:31
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TO ALL OTHER LIVERPOOL FANS JUST TO LET U KNOW , BUT DIRK KUYT IS A F* * *G STRIKER NOT A RIGHT MIDFIELDER OR WINGER

YNWA
1892

Ya, cause he scores so many goals upfront with his searing pace, skill and close ball control. .

03 Jan 2011 19:44:09
Anyone fancy Kevin Doyle . . I think he wud be very good. What do you think ED?? {ed's note - he is not my type, I prefer mine female. Not good enough as a player either, just a poor man's Kuyt.}

ed how can u compare kuyt and doyle.
2 completely different players, doyle runs channels and wins corners, very good in the air for flick ons and works hard and can score!
where as kuyt plays on the wing has no touch but scores the odd goal and works hard!
the only thing they have in common is that they work for the team and their is nothing wrong with that!

im not saying i would but him though! {ed's note - because all Doyle does is work hard for the team, offers very little in the way of quality but lots of honest graft. When Kuyt gets a chance up front he does the same but scores a lot more goals.}

03 Jan 2011 19:39:31
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TO ALL OTHER LIVERPOOL FANS JUST TO LET U KNOW , BUT DIRK KUYT IS A F* * *G STRIKER NOT A RIGHT MIDFIELDER OR WINGER

YNWA
1892

03 Jan 2011 19:37:21
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JimBoardman Jim Boardman
Konchesky trying to get back into our good books: "There are two teams [in Liverpool] and most of the people support Liverpool".

03 Jan 2011 19:36:59
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Starting 11
CARRAGHER
CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

f#ck this team would never string more than 2 consecutive passes together! ! ! lol but i get what you meaning ;-)

03 Jan 2011 19:32:54
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Has there been a substitute of the eds? if so congrats to the new ed today, for a 13 year old i thought he did quite well, lol, hardly any spelling mistakes, good honest opinions, any didn't upset to many people.
on a serious note, keep up the good work all the eds, very time comsuming job, and unpaid, they do it out of love for the club, ha

matt 27

03 Jan 2011 19:32:52
03 Jan 2011 19:23:55
Blair mayne. .youve got a wife? I thought you were about ten the way you post!
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Of course i have! I'm supprised more than you not because of my age (11) but i'm so f***ing ugly.

Blair Mayne YNWA

PS. I meant Konchesky was the best LB since Alan Kennedy not Ray. . .

03 Jan 2011 19:28:54
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Starting 11
CARRAGHER
CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

CARRAGHER CARRAGHER

03 Jan 2011 19:28:51
03 Jan 2011 19:19:50
ha talk about messing up a wiki page, check Paul konchesky's one.
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Why what does it say? That he's Liverpool's best LB since Ray Kennedy?

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 19:26:34
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03 Jan 2011 02:18:53
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Sorry fella your history is not a patch on spurs you courted history for 15 years spurs have done it on and off since 1901(where were you the other day when your fans were battered by all when you questioned spurs and the goonheads history? ?) and as for lennon he will not become available! and i think even one of the eds knows it was app both players that slagged off your lot! and actually you did put a price on the players? and even if he does sign for spurs for one month it will still be beckham and lennon, as for harry being an admirer this does not automatically mean he will get him as you posted , they want him, they are two different things being an admirer and wanting a player, think i was right when i said get a life and your knowledge of football is shocking! {ed's note - you do realise Liverpool won the league twice in the 1920s, hardly a 15 year period.}
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lol well said ed, btw spurs ave won the league twice runners up four times, lfc 18 times won 12 runner up. so F* * YOU also weve won europe a sh!tload more times than u so get ur facts ryt m8 spurs may have been "on and off" (mostly off) but lfc f* *in lfc have been mostly on. spurs are good at de moment but bale won't get better and will live in next 2 yrs so will lennon. so u will get s* t as we get better.
btw we won league champions:1900, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1946, 1963, 1965, 72, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89
fa cup- 1964, 73, 85, 88, 91, 2000, 05
European supercup-77, 01, 05
Uefa cup- 72, 75, 01
European cup, 76, 77, 80, 83, 05
league cup-80, 81, 82, 83, 94, 01, 02

spurs all achievements
League Champions 1950-51, 1960-61
F.A.Cup 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1990-91
League Cup 1970-71, 1972-73, 1998-99, 2007-08
European Cup 1962-63
UEFA Cup 1971-72, 1983-84
ed great job with site, plz post this and do you know any rumours.
cheers
El diablo {ed's note - the only ones I know of, with any substance to them, are Marveaux, Hoarau and Gervinho.}

So after those points from Ed and El diablo, id like to finish this by saying,
yes its clearly my football knowledge that's shocking. .
mate, get your facts right next time.

J4

03 Jan 2011 19:25:59
Just found out something very interesting and 100% true expect smiles all round i won't ruin it for all fans the club is going to get a huge lift. don't ask for source i won't be saying for obvious reasons good times ahead. the club is in safe hands with nesv. anonymous
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Now that is a red flag to a bull.
Redeyedhector

03 Jan 2011 19:25:42
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03 Jan 2011 19:00:08
Liverpool Rumours
Liverpool Transfer Birds (January 2011)

BIDS
Gervinho - £10.7m Accepted
Ashley Young - £13.4m Rejected
Sylvain Marveaux - £1.85m Accepted
Ricky van Wolfswinkel - £8.5m Rejected
Eljero Elia - £13.2m Accepted
Kiesuke Honda - £14.6m

ENQUIRIES
Ryan Shawcross - Rejected
Carlton Cole - £9m
Lassan Diarra - £11.5m
Yann M'Vila - £15m
Eden Hazard - £16m
Dimitri Payet - £8.5m
Per Mertersacker - £10.2m
Gary Cahill - Rejected
Blaise Matuidi - £9m
Lee Cattermole - £10m
Edin Dzeko - £36m
Reto Ziegler - £4.9m
Fernando Llorente - £17m
Mamadou Sakho - £10.5m
Charles N'Zogbia - £9m
Niko Krancjar - £4.5m
Michael Owen - Rejected

TRANSFER LIST
Milan Jovanovic
Christian Poulsen
Paul Konchesky
Ryan Babel
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You wasted all that time posting this crap? For a start Konchesky can not play or sign for another team untill end of the season. He played one match for Fulham and FIFA will not do what they did for Tevez and Mascherano (special preference) because it opened the floodgates for other players to try the same.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 19:23:55
Blair mayne. .youve got a wife? I thought you were about ten the way you post!

03 Jan 2011 19:23:42
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You only asked the other day if you could become an editor. . . . put good posts out he said, earn the right he said. . . . how much you have to pay him to become one the the eds then? because ive read your posts! ha lol

matt 27
{Editor's note - He earned}

03 Jan 2011 19:22:22
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"Sven Goran Errikson has been approached to be new Liverpool manager."

Eh you muppet, that's not even funny, not at all!

C'mon ed, that's just wrong posting that. I know this is a rumours site, but that's just mean, mate! ;-)

{editor: who knows, it could be true! lol}

03 Jan 2011 19:19:50
ha talk about messing up a wiki page, check Paul konchesky's one.

03 Jan 2011 19:19:42
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This is rumour site not a joke site Shud put that on sikopedia lol haven't laughed that hard in a while.03 Jan 2011 19:02:21
Liverpool Rumours
Sven Goran Errikson has been approached to be new Liverpool manager.

03 Jan 2011 19:18:54
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I think that in order for liverpool to turn this season around we need to sell NO ONE. One of our main problems of late has been depth. Are we already forgetting about that. I have seen a lot on here about Lucas leaving and you can say what you want about Lucas but he might be playing the hardest out of anyone on the team over the past year and to tell you the truth i would be upset if he actually would want out after going through all the criticism we all have given him and he is now starting to play well. He is even starting for Brazil which has to mean something.
We clearly need a new striker to help out Torres and if nothing else give him a little competition in practice. I like NGog as a third string at best but he clearly is not cutting it starting. Sometimes Torres looks like he is just not interested and i think bringing in a new striker who is world class or at least an EPL vet will help him immensely. Maybe Carlton Cole will be enough to jump start our attack which has the potential to be very very effective. I know a lot of you don't agree with bringing him in but i think if we can get him for cheap it would be worth it at least in the short term. He knows how to score goals and i think Gerrard would love to use Coles forehead to direct a lot of balls towards the goal.
I also agree that we need a winger but to tell you the truth our defense has looked horrible this season so i think that might be something we should fix first. I am not sure what the best options there would be but i think something has to be done. I really like Fabio Coentrao because he is an exciting player but we pretty much just brought in two LBs over the summer you think we will bring in another? Gary Cahill of course would be a great addition it just doesn't seem likely that we will get him.
I don't know just thinking out loud let me know what you think.

03 Jan 2011 19:18:08
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03 Jan 2011 19:02:21
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Sven Goran Errikson has been approached to be new Liverpool manager.

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FOR THE LFC LADIES TEAM. WOY WILL BE ASS MAN. LUCAS CPT. LMFAO!

03 Jan 2011 19:16:46
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"Spurs bought him for 6 million. And after that all he has done is warmed the bench . so why would we pay 10 million?"

Spurs bought Niko for 2.5 million, not 6 million.

XKX

03 Jan 2011 19:15:14
Regarding lfc and woy he should never have the job to start with .most of the blame must go to rafa .i can't believe anybody would want him back .they need a top proven manager not a coyle or the other also rans .who would buy a clapped out player like joe cole . please get rid of him now along with all the other dead heads.the season is finished and as for bringing kenny back . why he couldn, t hack it last time it would be a disaster .lets hope lee goes to

Can I ask what you mean by he couldn't hack it last time?? Are you talking about the pressure that he put on himself over hilsbough? The man needed a holiday, and wanted the job back as soon as he had a break with his family, and the man needed it, he took everything on his head, great man for Liverpool football club and the city, he is hungry for the managers job again, he wants it he needs it, Liverpool need him.

03 Jan 2011 19:13:57
03 Jan 2011 19:03:54
Liverpool Rumours
Lucas is not going anywhere so you all can quit those rumours. Hodgson has already stated there will be no departures this month as he feels it's best to keep the squad intact but add a few additions. Despite him saying that, should acceptable offers come in for fringe players like Babel or Jovanovic they will leave.
And those slating him this season, let me ask you one, very simple question. .

Lucas or Poulsen?

Now if we got rid of Lucas without replacing him we would have to put up with the completely useless and awful Poulsen. Now, I for one was completely against Lucas until last season, where I think he has slowly but surely got better. I still don't think he is up to Liverpool standard, but I'd take him over Poulsen any day and I'm sure a majority of other Liverpool fans would agree.

Jay.

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Read the posts man. Hence Tioti is emergency standby. If LFC get offer for 10m, I will drive him to airport.

03 Jan 2011 19:13:02
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I know this hasnt popped up at all yet just wondered what peoples thoughts would be on beckham? i think he would fit right in the gap that alonso has left

unlike micheal owen, becks has a loyalty to the club that made him, and woudnt sign for there most fierce rival.

matt 27

03 Jan 2011 19:11:25
03 Jan 2011 18:59:26
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I know this hasnt popped up at all yet just wondered what peoples thoughts would be on beckham? i think he would fit right in the gap that alonso has left
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I hope not mate my wife will be looking LFC shirts with Beckham on the back. That's another £125-150 i'll have to fork out when i told her to f*ck off when she asked for an LA Galaxy shirt.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 19:10:17
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Liverpool Rumours
Sven Goran Errikson has been approached to be new Liverpool manager.

I would rather keep Woy! ! ! !

03 Jan 2011 19:09:20
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Why is everyone saying get rid of glen. we need him. he is one of our best dribblers if not the best.
kaka would be good but if we sold johnson we would need without a doubt 2 quality wingers.
some wingers mentioned have been
mata elia and young
but better will be needed if we start gettin rid of our top players.
i think this should be our team
reina
Glen skrtle agger aurelio
a johnson gerrard banega mata
torres aguero

backups
jones
kelly carra greek insua
young lucas meirelas elia
ngog babel

i feel this is realistic for january, atleast the first team is

03 Jan 2011 19:08:03
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Niko kranjcar is a brilliant player i think wud be a really good player for LFC . . .Id say hes available for 10 million . . . What do you think ED?Spurs bought him for 6 million. And after that all he has done is warmed the bench . so why would we pay 10 million?

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Spurs bought him for 2 million only. . . . .

03 Jan 2011 19:07:48
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03 Jan 2011 18:59:26
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I know this hasnt popped up at all yet just wondered what peoples thoughts would be on beckham? i think he would fit right in the gap that alonso has left

You taking the p#ss right?

ha ha ha ha

03 Jan 2011 19:07:45
This is theturdz speaking
the new editor is in line for a massive new year turdz from theturdz to welcome him to the site
and theturdz would like to know if it is possibe for him to become a guest editor?
i would want paying for sharing my vast knowledge on liverpool fc also for my contacts within the club
happy new year to all from theturdz

{editor: You cannot become a guest editor, only an editor lol, it is also voluntary}

03 Jan 2011 19:07:29
Liverpool Rumours
Team i would play vs Blackburn

Reina
Johnson
Skirtel
Agger
Aurilio
Maxi
Gerrard
Merelies
Jovanvich
Babbel
Torres

In jan i hope we get first choice LB, LW, Striker

03 Jan 2011 19:06:42
03 Jan 2011 18:47:11
{editor: I am the new editor lol, I have posted the 2 polls about me, I find it funny, I've only voiced my opinions so far lol, thanks Blair}
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So MUSHROOM (i mean new ED) lol, What's your view on Hodgson? Do you think like most of us do that he should never step foot inside Anfield ever again? Or maybe give him to end of season?

Blair Mayne YNWA

{editor: I am not mushroom lol, I have said earlier today what I signed off with. I am not a fan of Hodgson myself, I believe that he is not good enough for Liverpool but I don't agree that some of us want to boycott Anfield because of him, that would cause it a whole load of trouble}
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I know you're not MUSHROOM let's be honest at least you can spell. And i don't think we should boycott Anfield either but that is the Hodgson disease spreading round Anfield at the momment (bad performance's, bad results, bad tactics) that is making people stay away. 9000 short on Sat Ed? That's all down to one person/ disease mate. . Roy Hodgson.

Blair Mayne YNWA

PS. If you're out there MUSHROOM relax buddy i'm just pulling your leg mate of course you can spel.

{editor: He isnt the right man for the job thats clear, we dont have to back him, just back the team, I know its hard}

03 Jan 2011 19:05:58
Liverpool Rumours
To the guy saying it says on wikipedia that we signed Kun aguero I just checked it and it says he signed for the sc*m man*re so as everyone knows anybody can wiki if they have the brain to

03 Jan 2011 19:05:41
The big problem with liverppol and has always been down the left side.we have kelly/ johnson for rb and maxi/ cole/ babel/ kuyt/ amoo for rm.so that's ok for now.lb we have konchesky/ aurelio/ insua/ mavinga and lm we use kuyt cole maxi or jovanovic none of which are left sided players.2 st and 2 rm.so we need at least 2 left sided players now.if we got elia and marveaux it would definately sort are problems out.

03 Jan 2011 19:05:40
Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.
Finally LFC are making the waves we should be making!
This isn't done yet, but Guillem Balague will have this on SSN rumour mill tomorrow. . apparently Kaka is willing to accept no Ch league & believes they can make top four with him on board

Why would Mourinho sign G.Johnson when he was the one who didn't rate him and sold him to Portmouth?
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I've been told that Mourinho would see Glen Johnson as an ideal player for his system. Mourinho plays with two holding midfielders in his team, and a narrow front three most of the time. He likes to have two full-backs with good attacking ability meaning that atleast one or even two of the holding midfield players can drop in and cover for the full-backs should they decide to get forward. Like he did with Zanetti at Inter Milan when Maicon got forward.

Obviously, I don't know why Jose sold Johnson when at Chelsea. But apparantly he has attitude problems and since his Chelsea days, Mourinho's football has changed in the sense that he allows the full-backs more freedom to get forward.

03 Jan 2011 19:05:05
Liverpool Rumours
Liverpool Rumours
Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.
Finally LFC are making the waves we should be making!
This isn't done yet, but Guillem Balague will have this on SSN rumour mill tomorrow. . apparently Kaka is willing to accept no Ch league & believes they can make top four with him on board

Are you kidding me Real madrid rate Kaka at 50mill. So you think Johnson is for 30mil. I think there is a big fight between Mourinho and Ramos that he is willing to pay Liverpool 30mil.

03 Jan 2011 19:04:07
Liverpool Rumours
Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.
Finally LFC are making the waves we should be making!
This isn't done yet, but Guillem Balague will have this on SSN rumour mill tomorrow. . apparently Kaka is willing to accept no Ch league & believes they can make top four with him on board.

im actually gonna believe you on this. even if it turns out to be a load of carp i don't care, i will believe you for now. so, if this does happen, when will it be annouced? cheers matey ;)

03 Jan 2011 19:03:54
Liverpool Rumours
Lucas is not going anywhere so you all can quit those rumours. Hodgson has already stated there will be no departures this month as he feels it's best to keep the squad intact but add a few additions. Despite him saying that, should acceptable offers come in for fringe players like Babel or Jovanovic they will leave.
And those slating him this season, let me ask you one, very simple question. .

Lucas or Poulsen?

Now if we got rid of Lucas without replacing him we would have to put up with the completely useless and awful Poulsen. Now, I for one was completely against Lucas until last season, where I think he has slowly but surely got better. I still don't think he is up to Liverpool standard, but I'd take him over Poulsen any day and I'm sure a majority of other Liverpool fans would agree.

Jay.

03 Jan 2011 19:03:10
03 Jan 2011 18:47:11
{editor: I am the new editor lol, I have posted the 2 polls about me, I find it funny, I've only voiced my opinions so far lol, thanks Blair}
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So MUSHROOM (i mean new ED) lol, What's your view on Hodgson? Do you think like most of us do that he should never step foot inside Anfield ever again? Or maybe give him to end of season?

Blair Mayne YNWA

{editor: I am not mushroom lol, I have said earlier today what I signed off with. I am not a fan of Hodgson myself, I believe that he is not good enough for Liverpool but I don't agree that some of us want to boycott Anfield because of him, that would cause it a whole load of trouble}

is the new ed macca, and i agree i don't like hodgson but i think the fans need to get behind lfc go to the games, chant and sing as loud as possible, if hodgson can't motivate then we must do it, we all know how important the fans can be to a team, we become almost the 12th man for lfc.

{editor: I will say this one more time, I am BloodRedMatt lol not Macca or Mushroom lol. I agree mate we need to get behind the team and let things take their course}

03 Jan 2011 19:02:51
ED what do you think about kevin doyle . ? I think he is class and i could see him and torres having a good understanding . . . . .!

{editor: good striker for average clubs, we should not look to sign him. He is a good player though}

03 Jan 2011 19:01:55
Liverpool Rumours
TO THIS GUY. .

Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.

SO Glenn Johnson is going to RM. . he struggles to hold down a place in the Liverpool side so how will he get his place ahead of Sergio Ramos and Alvaro Arbeloa! !

Ricardo! Pepe! Sergio! ! and wait for it. . . GLENN!
somehow it just dosnt quite fit!

Redian

03 Jan 2011 18:59:26
Liverpool Rumours
I know this hasnt popped up at all yet just wondered what peoples thoughts would be on beckham? i think he would fit right in the gap that alonso has left

03 Jan 2011 18:54:35
Liverpool Rumours
03 Jan 2011 18:43:47
Liverpool Rumours
Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.
Finally LFC are making the waves we should be making!
This isn't done yet, but Guillem Balague will have this on SSN rumour mill tomorrow. . apparently Kaka is willing to accept no Ch league & believes they can make top four with him on board

Why would Mourinho sign G.Johnson when he was the one who didn't rate him and sold him to Portmouth?

03 Jan 2011 18:54:33
Liverpool Rumours
Watching the swindon game.
Charlie Austin looks really good, tall good finisher , aerial threat and only 21
would be a decent enough signing.
Thoughts ed?

{editor: I was just watching him thinking he is a good player. Dont think he would be what we are looking for though}

03 Jan 2011 18:53:58
Liverpool Rumours
"Glen Johnson is going to Real Madrid. . .with. . wait for it. . . . Kaka coming to the pool! There will be approx 18-20mil going madrids way also.
Finally LFC are making the waves we should be making!
This isn't done yet, but Guillem Balague will have this on SSN rumour mill tomorrow. . apparently Kaka is willing to accept no Ch league & believes they can make top four with him on board"

I've got more chance of falling pregnant. .

03 Jan 2011 18:49:30
Liverpool Rumours
03 Jan 2011 18:17:16 Liverpool Rumours ""A want to know what happened to ken aguero havnt heard anything for a while""

Talks are at an advanced stage however a sticking point is that Ken wants 8 cans of Viking Axe Attack Triple Brewed Extra Strength Lager for his half time refreshment. The club thinks that is not in keeping with the family-friendly image the club portrays and are only offering 6 cans of Messerschimidt Coma Reserve.

RED LENIN

03 Jan 2011 18:49:05
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03 Jan 2011 18:39:47
Liverpool Rumours
Apparently Woy & Comolli were watching Tiote at JWB (as no Carroll or N'Zogbia). Seems Lucas might just be leaving if valuation is met (talks this week with Villareal) with Tiote as backup plan (Poulsen is cr*p - M'vila only available in the summer).

Kopite

{editor: can't see Lucas leaving myself mate}

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03 Jan 2011 18:49:01
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I have just heard that Elia has agreed personal terms with us? ?

Ed. . just been on Youtube to look at Elia among others (i know you can make anyone look good on Youtube but took a look anyway). . Very impressed, the one thing that stood out was the player's natural width! something we desperately lack in our current squad. My only quandary being. . . Do you think he has the strength physically/ mentally to make it in the EPL. I know its hard to tell. I just think it might be another Babel situation were he struggles to reach his potential in such a physical league and as we've seen with Babel this can have a massive effect on a players confidence?

what do you think Ed?? Am i just stereotyping him with Babel being so poor??

redian

{editor: He does have good width and yes he could turn out like babel but he could turn out to be a superstar (if we were to sign him)

03 Jan 2011 18:47:41
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03 Jan 2011 18:17:16 Liverpool Rumours ""A want to know what happened to ken aguero havnt heard anything for a while""

Talks are at an advanced stage however a sticking point is that Ken wants 8 cans of Viking Axe Attack Triple Brewed Extra Strength Lager for his half time refreshment. The club thinks that is not in keeping with the family-friendly image the club portrays and are only offering 6 cans of Messerschimidt Coma Reserve.

03 Jan 2011 18:47:11
{editor: I am the new editor lol, I have posted the 2 polls about me, I find it funny, I've only voiced my opinions so far lol, thanks Blair}
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So MUSHROOM (i mean new ED) lol, What's your view on Hodgson? Do you think like most of us do that he should never step foot inside Anfield ever again? Or maybe give him to end of season?

Blair Mayne YNWA

{editor: I am not mushroom lol, I have said earlier today what I signed off with. I am not a fan of Hodgson myself, I believe that he is not good enough for Liverpool but I dont agree that some of us want to boycott Anfield because of him, that would cause it a whole load of trouble}

03 Jan 2011 18:47:08
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Apparently Woy & Comolli were watching Tiote at JWB (as no Carroll or N'Zogbia). Seems Lucas might just be leaving if valuation is met (talks this week with Villareal) with Tiote as backup plan (Poulsen is cr*p - M'vila only available in the summer).

Kopite

{editor: can't see Lucas leaving myself mate}

Do you say that because nobody will pay 10m for him or Pool don't wanna lose him? I personally don't think he will ever be good enough. (ED? ?)

{editor: I don't think we would want to sell him}

03 Jan 2011 18:45:18
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03 Jan 2011 18:32:32
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Yo' Ed. whats the chances of us signing Kieran Gibbs? Word is that hes looking for first team football.

{editor: Gibbs would be a good signing but with him playing for Arsenal it could be hard to get him}

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Gibbs is way to injury prone. He would be first choice for arsenal if he could stay fit. He's worse then agree injury wise though.

Lfc_ynwa

{editor: Agger?}

03 Jan 2011 18:43:58
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WTF is everybody's obsession with Elia about? He is another Babel waiting to happen, Yes he's quick as f* k but lacks any semblance of a footballing brain. If we sign him, watch this time next year when he is being proclaimed a headless chicken. Nightmare waiting to happen.

think your missing the point, he has all the attributes that cannot be tought on the traing ground, pace and skill.
however better delivery and a "footballing brain" can be worked on.
it wasnt long ago, theo walcott was branded much the same, would you take him?

matt 27

03 Jan 2011 18:43:48
03 Jan 2011 18:29:40
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03 Jan 2011 18:26:24
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03 Jan 2011 17:31:19
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Lucas has a price of £10m, anyone prepared to pay it can have him. Athletico Madrid were interested but have just signed Elias, Villareal are interested following the injury to Senna, Malaga are interested because they have money and are interested in everyone! Poulsen is available as are Babel, Jovanovic, Johnson and Itandje

Itandje is gone mate. I have heard Tiote is on standby if Villareal or Malaga meet LFC's valuation of Lucas. Very good source. Apparently Lucas is interested in a move.

lucas is not interested in a move, hes found his feet here at liverpool and is now feeling much happier here

How do you know? Nobody was interested in him (besides Stoke lol) before. I reckon he wants to go to La Liga. Pity as he has improved slightly and is still young.

03 Jan 2011 18:41:21
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Lets hope aguero is singing the famous anthem. Do you think he would go far in the x factor, ed.

bosco. .

{editor: He would win}

03 Jan 2011 18:33:15
03 Jan 2011 18:21:23
This new Ed is a turd?

Bel=yes
unbel=no

{editor: ha HA!}
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To the new Ed if you're out there? Welcome to the mad house mate.

If you talk sh*t or say somthing stupid don't worry the main Ed will just swich you over to the Man'ure site were you won't look out of place.

Blair Mayne YNWA

{editor: I am the new editor lol, I have posted the 2 polls about me, I find it funny, I've only voiced my opinions so far lol, thanks Blair}

03 Jan 2011 18:32:07
Hey ed are you mushroom noticed hrs not posted today?

LAVERS

{editor: No I am not Mushroom mate}

03 Jan 2011 18:31:58
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03 Jan 2011 18:07:08
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Niko kranjcar is a brilliant player i think wud be a really good player for LFC . . .Id say hes available for 10 million . . . What do you think ED? Spurs bought him for 6 million. And after that all he has done is warmed the bench . so why would we pay 10 million?

spurs didn't buy him for 6 million it was around £ 2million so anything above that would be ridiculous seeing as he's been a bit part player

still have him on bench though

03 Jan 2011 18:31:37
03 Jan 2011 17:36:15
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WTF is everybody's obsession with Elia about? He is another Babel waiting to happen, Yes he's quick as f* k but lacks any semblance of a footballing brain. If we sign him, watch this time next year when he is being proclaimed a headless chicken. Nightmare waiting to happen.
Mate. if Elia was white would you say he was another babel?

03 Jan 2011 18:30:14
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Carlton Cole would be a terrible signing . Babel is just as good . .id love to see kevin davies at liverpool he would be a good partner for torres . . .Also What do you think about Obasi from Hoffenheim?. .

03 Jan 2011 18:29:54
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Carlton Cole would be a terrible signing . Babel is just as good . .id love to see kevin davies at liverpool he would be a good partner for torres . . .Also What do you think about Obasi from Hoffenheim?. .

03 Jan 2011 18:29:40
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03 Jan 2011 18:26:24
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03 Jan 2011 17:31:19
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Lucas has a price of £10m, anyone prepared to pay it can have him. Athletico Madrid were interested but have just signed Elias, Villareal are interested following the injury to Senna, Malaga are interested because they have money and are interested in everyone! Poulsen is available as are Babel, Jovanovic, Johnson and Itandje

Itandje is gone mate. I have heard Tiote is on standby if Villareal or Malaga meet LFC's valuation of Lucas. Very good source. Apparently Lucas is interested in a move.

lucas is not interested in a move, hes found his feet here at liverpool and is now feeling much happier here

03 Jan 2011 18:27:26
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1st team;
F.Torres - R.Lukaku
E.Hazard - R.Meireles - S.Gerrard - A.Johnson
F.Coentrao - D.Agger - J.Carragher - G.Johnson
P.Reina

2nd team;
R.Babel - D.N'Gog
J.Cole - Y.M'Vila - J.Shelvey - D.Kuyt
F.Aurelio - D.Wilson - M.Skrtel - M.Kelly
B.Jones

With D.Pacheco, Suso, R.Sterling, J.Robinson, D.Ayala & Y.Mersin in the mix.

03 Jan 2011 18:24:12
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03 Jan 2011 17:58:15
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Realistic 11 after Jan: Honda & M'Vila. Then in the summer: Coentrao.

Torres
Babel Honda
Meireles Gerrard
M'Vila
Aurelio Agger Carra Johnson
Reina

What makes you think that Babel will make it into our 1st 11 after we make new signings when he not deemed good enough now? I'd love an out and out winger and a quality striker. Anything else is a bonus, anything less and our club will continue to go nowhere.

Redfish

03 Jan 2011 18:23:14
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Regarding lfc and woy he should never have the job to start with .most of the blame must go to rafa .i can't believe anybody would want him back .they need a top proven manager not a coyle or the other also rans .who would buy a clapped out player like joe cole . please get rid of him now along with all the other dead heads.the season is finished and as for bringing kenny back . why he couldn, t hack it last time it would be a disaster .lets hope lee goes to

03 Jan 2011 18:22:20
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A want to know what happened to ken aguero havnt heard anything for a while

{editor: He may be singing for another team}

Or nooooo i thought he had the potential to be a star

03 Jan 2011 18:21:53
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To those talking about krancraj he was actually bought for 2mik bargain! ! with add ons to 3.5 portsmouth were cash strapped and needed money

03 Jan 2011 18:21:23
This new Ed is a turd?

Bel=yes
unbel=no

{editor: HAHAHA!}

03 Jan 2011 18:18:55
03 Jan 2011 18:13:58
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03 Jan 2011 18:03:52
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03 Jan 2011 17:39:56
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I've got a feeling we are going to try sign bentley as he is no longer needed at spurs

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I honestly would prefer Bentley to Kuyt at RM. Leats Bentley can cross. I still think he has unfulfilled potential. Won't happen as Arry wants to much for him and won't loan.
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Are you mad? Kuyt is a proven Dutch international footballer, who has played many times for the World Cup finalists. On the other hand Bentley is a self publicising poseur.

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Kuyt fits into Dutch team (even though still doesn't impress me) as they have other quick skillful players so he can be the donkey. For us on the right - he offers nothing i'm afraid. If you can't see that he has no pace, no skill, bad control, gives the ball away plenty. Stop living on sentiment for hard working players like Kuyt & Lucas. You need more than that unfortunately.

03 Jan 2011 18:17:29
03 Jan 2011 17:59:58
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Ed seriously don't know why you post this dribble:

03 Jan 2011 16:54:12
New ed sucks.bel yes unbel no

{editor: Cheers mate}

Seriously if you don't like the site f*ck off and read a diffrent site your opinion is not welcome here.

Beleive the lad above should stay away

Unbeleive he should stay.

w* ker

Quigz23

{editor: Thanks mate, the original poster mistook me for not liking Elia but I do. He appologised to me so all is good its only banter. I posted it because if you can't laugh at yourself then you need help}
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I think it's you who looks like the w* nker here Quigz23. Like the Ed said it is a banter a site after all and the guy was just having a laugh me thinks.

Blair Mayne YNWA

03 Jan 2011 18:17:12
03 Jan 2011 18:12:55
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Torres' agent has been approached by Man City as he has been "putting himself out there" as he has "had enough" of the state of LFC! This also coincides with Dzeko being hunted by other clubs. .City are keeping their options open.
Apparently Fernando is keeping v quiet about this and was urged by Reina to come out and stand by the club - but its obvious that his desire is gone.
Maybe this is a good thing as he doesn't seem to really want to be there! !
Not good for LFC on the face of it - but at least some big money to spend. .
Got this from a reliable source (ex-Tranmere manager who is still in the know)
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Aldo would never say such a thing.
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John Barnes ?

03 Jan 2011 18:14:51
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03 Jan 2011 18:06:56
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Ed. If we do sign Elia whats the chances of us keeping Babel? {ed's note - I don't think Elia's signing will affect Babel's position one way or the other.}

Me personally think Elia will replace Jova. Nobody wants Babel.

03 Jan 2011 18:13:58
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03 Jan 2011 18:03:52
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03 Jan 2011 17:39:56
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I've got a feeling we are going to try sign bentley as he is no longer needed at spurs

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I honestly would prefer Bentley to Kuyt at RM. Leats Bentley can cross. I still think he has unfulfilled potential. Won't happen as Arry wants to much for him and won't loan.
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Are you mad? Kuyt is a proven Dutch international footballer, who has played many times for the World Cup finalists. On the other hand Bentley is a self publicising poseur.

03 Jan 2011 18:13:34
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Hey ed i posted yesturday that i work at a hotel in the city and that lfc had booked 2 rooms and meeting room just spoke to one of my work mates who was on last nite and he reckons the chap that was with lfc reps was mata from valencia this would be massive don't u think? {ed's note - it would be if it is true.}

mata scored last night for valencia mate

03 Jan 2011 18:12:55
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Torres' agent has been approached by Man City as he has been "putting himself out there" as he has "had enough" of the state of LFC! This also coincides with Dzeko being hunted by other clubs. .City are keeping their options open.
Apparently Fernando is keeping v quiet about this and was urged by Reina to come out and stand by the club - but its obvious that his desire is gone.
Maybe this is a good thing as he doesn't seem to really want to be there! !
Not good for LFC on the face of it - but at least some big money to spend. .
Got this from a reliable source (ex-Tranmere manager who is still in the know)
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Aldo would never say such a thing.

03 Jan 2011 18:12:50
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03 Jan 2011 17:53:03
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Choice between Elia or Honda?. . Only one winner there! Honda is just a tool to sell shirts in Asia. Good player, but not first team material. We need players to go straight into team.

Gav the RED

{editor: Honda is an amazing footballer, we would sign a player just to sell shirts, we need to improve the team}
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I think we'll get both and they are good young players. I'm still not convinced about Wolfswinkel he's to lightweight for me.

I suppose it's better than being linked with Chris Brunt, Carlton Cole etc. . Just goes to show if we get Elia and Honda that Hodgson isn't getting to bring in his own players like he did with Konchesky and Poulson.

Blair Mayne YNWA

PS. Please, Please, Please p*ss off Roy.

03 Jan 2011 18:10:31
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I think Ryan babel could still prove himself as a good player if he is played in a central position . . He came with big expectations but benitez ruined him by playing him on the left . . .He has never played more than two games in succession and should be given more of a chance . what do you think ED?

{Editor's Note: Personally I think he is a good player who has lost his way whilst at Liverpool. He has had pleanty of opportunity but I think the time has come to sut the ties.}

03 Jan 2011 18:09:57
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RE:
03 Jan 2011 17:56:20
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"On 3rd January 2011, it was confirmed by Ag�ero's agent that he had signed for Liverpool FC following a great deal of speculation in some circles. Though the fee is still to be made official, it is believed to be in the region of �35 million."

I know it's wiki, but I like the way this reads, even if it's not true.

Actually, it looks like Swindon Town have beaten us 2 his signature, but decided they don't really need a player of his type so they've loaned him out to Chelsea!

Ryan 'O

03 Jan 2011 18:06:01
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{editor: Honda is an amazing footballer, we would sign a player just to sell shirts, we need to improve the team}

Honda would improve the team and can play a wide range of positions. How many new ed's are there? Or are you the only one.

Lfc_ynwa {ed's note - he is the only one at the moment.}

03 Jan 2011 18:05:12
"Fair point, but my question was to ask what he has actually done (goals and assists) and why he gets different treatment from us and the press comparred to Woy, Konchesky, Poulsen and Cole when he has actually only delivered very little, but cost so much more. To your reasoning, surely we could just say that Poulsen has looked bad because of the same Woy tactics and other poor performers behind him?

I do actually agree that he does show glimpses of being a quality footballer, but the proof is in the pudding. We need more than glimpses. He's failed to make a mark so far and we are languising. Nobody is above critisism in this team as far as Im concerned, apart from SG.

Anyway mate, whats a Crombie 42? A carp, oversized coat Id wager! !

RG"

(1) Goals and assists aren't the only way to judge performances. If that is the criteria then Essien should look for another career. Correct me if i'm wrong but he has only played 16 games for us and even though he is frequently forced to sit deep he still has a couple of assists to his name. He has yet to score but the tally of those situated in such positions is rarely great - have a peak at Alonso's stats for instance.

(2) The difference between Meireles and Poulsen/ Konchesky etc is that they have been played in their preferred positions, not shunted all around the pitch and expected to adjust.

(3) He has failed to make a mark in your eyes but many others think he is a solid player who will only improve as he acclimatises to the league.

(4) I take it by your "oversized coat" comments that you may need a few days down the gym (or perhaps should have eaten your Christmas sprouts young man, they'll help you grow up big and strong ;)) and an education as to the benefits of a decent winter overcoat.

03 Jan 2011 18:01:19
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Please post this, it has failed three times already! What about Eddie Howe for the next manager? Young, successful albeit at a lower level and gets his team to play some beautiful football. What do you think Ed?

{editor: It hasnt failed, I said I think it would be a backwards step mate}

03 Jan 2011 17:59:58
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Ed seriously don't know why you post this dribble:

03 Jan 2011 16:54:12
New ed sucks.bel yes unbel no

{editor: Cheers mate}

Seriously if you don't like the site f*ck off and read a diffrent site your opinion is not welcome here.

Beleive the lad above should stay away

Unbeleive he should stay.

w* ker

Quigz23

{editor: Thanks mate, the original poster mistook me for not liking Elia but I do. He appologised to me so all is good its only banter. I posted it because if you can't laugh at yourself then you need help}

03 Jan 2011 17:59:37
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The guy who previously talked about increased shirt printing is right. I also work there and I can 99.9% confirm there is a new signing to be confirmed either later today or tommorow

any source

03 Jan 2011 17:54:10
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I don't want to worry anyone but the youtube footage for Ryan Babel looks better then Eljero Elia stuff, so I am not sure if he is going to be much of signing!

Sorry but with all the Babel/ Elia comparisons being made had to take a look.

Take a look!

{editor: Dont watch youtube to see how good footballers are. People upload thier best bits that make them look good, the best thing to do is watch a couple of games that they play in. If you have the time}

03 Jan 2011 17:53:42
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GENUINE RUMOUR - Torres' agent has been approached by Man City as he has been "putting himself out there" as he has "had enough" of the state of LFC! This also coincides with Dzeko being hunted by other clubs. .City are keeping their options open.
Apparently Fernando is keeping v quiet about this and was urged by Reina to come out and stand by the club - but its obvious that his desire is gone.
Maybe this is a good thing as he doesn't seem to really want to be there! !
Not good for LFC on the face of it - but at least some big money to spend. .
Got this from a reliable source (ex-Tranmere manager who is still in the know)

You are not an LFC fan mate! Besides, the way Torres is playing no-one is interested (I think that's actually we looks sad)

03 Jan 2011 17:51:33
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Fair enough so you don't want Kenny as manager then? That Fergies knockin on a bit you kno.

i think kenny is held in such high regard at the club, it would be almost fairytale like, the man that last deliverd the league title, makes a return. but that was a long time ago, and would be worried if results were to not change how would that be taken by the board and also the fans. short term yes, its an idea, but nxt season? i think hearts are ruleing heads a little. in an ideal world kenny comes back we finish top 4 he gets the job next year and we compete at the top. . . but is that likely. . i just don't no.
and i think you missed the point bout fergie, age has nothing to do with it, its his style that has changed, whether that be his formations, or how he treats players etc, ten years ago would he have tried to keep wayne rooney?
has kenny evolved with the game is a question that nobody knows?

matt27

03 Jan 2011 17:50:52
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Ed do you think it would be a big mistake to give king kenny the liverpool job on an interim basis .he clearly wanted the job before hodgson got it , and if nesv want a young ambitious manager (villas-boas) when they replace kenny next summer they will lose the support of alot of fans .i personally wouldn't like to see kenny as manager i think we need to move on , if he is appointed caretaker manager , nesv need to tell kenny privately that he will not be considered for the job full time , so he knows where he stands from day one so they can sound out a full time manager without waiting till the end of the season.i have watched porto very closely this year and they play fantastic football in a 4-3-3 formation they have the balance between defending and attack perfect .this guy (villas-boas) is seriously topclass and could build a side well capable of winning the prem and other major trophies within 2 full seasons of talking over .
ngs77

{editor: I must say giving the job to King Kenny would be risky as you said his removal could lose a lot of fans. I think that if he was to get the job on a caretaker basis then the owners should make sure the fans know that he is not going to be manager after the summer. That way it would make sure everyone knew what was happening}

03 Jan 2011 17:50:31
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03 Jan 2011 16:06:02
Quite suprised that some fans would like rafa back. Was just watching some old games and he didn't half destroy the team by the end. Pretty much pushed out Alonso, sold Riise because of a few bad games, dropped Babel when he was playing awesome and brought in Reira, sold Auralio (excuse spelling), sold Kirkland and Carson 2 okay back up Keepers and brought in Cavalieri whose s* te. I think we were so close to winning the league and then he just lost the plot and ripped the team appart instead of just adding a couple of players.

{editor: he never sold Aurelio, he offered him a pay as you play and fabio declined. Cavalieri was a good player and too good to be a no.2 in my eyes}

Sorry Ed didn't mean Aurelio lol Arbeloa i ment.

{editor: oh ok mate, no problem, I agree but I think Arbeloa wanted to leave}

Benitez & Houllier both contributed to ruining LFC and stopped the young local lads coming through. FACT

In addition, they both made us play rubbish football.

03 Jan 2011 17:50:08
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If we don't make top 4 wich I don't believe we will do, it will be down to owners to attract the big names we need and want at anfield. The only way to that is by the manager they choose/ and money, in baseball they pay top wack wagers, so there for they need the best staff in behind the scene's. Am on the sidelines over comoli still, although the spurs team did improve some what in time that he was there, I'd like to see David dein at anfield, and another man that I'll not name as he a Chelsea rent boy ex Num 2, lol, I think he cud do us good being on training staff for lfc. We all wanting Roy to go yes, ( no more than me, I have been since his name was mentioned. Not lfc man never will be, I would like king kenny in, highest win rate of all time lfc managers.) these new owners are doing it the right way, showing it that they can keep a head on shoulders when some clubs would jump into fire from frying pan. Yes it's frustration at times when we see roy's tactics, but they didn't put him there, as much as I would like to see Roy stepped down, I can only admire the owners, if we lost against Bolton I think Roy, I think the kop would have demanded roy's head. But they are showing that they have a good sence for our club.

03 Jan 2011 17:46:54
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The guy who previously talked about increased shirt printing is right. I also work there and I can 99.9% confirm there is a new signing to be confirmed either later today or tommorow.

03 Jan 2011 17:45:52
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Elia would be a great buy . Hes very pacy skilful and versatile , just what we need . . .

03 Jan 2011 17:45:00
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"Well ed any gossip for me?:)) {ed's note - I think my next door neighbour is having an affair with her brother-in-law, how's that?}"

That red-haired bird, the current and maybe former Mrs. Smythe?

03 Jan 2011 17:39:09
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Ed I f*cking love that Brother in law Jerry Springer goss you threw at us. Brilliant kid.

Spriggo

03 Jan 2011 17:38:44
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Elia,
Tiote,
N'zogbia,
Honda,
Bentley,
Marveaux,
M'vila.

Inter-rim king ken til eos,

Could that be a push for CL next season, would be nice. ED any thoughts on the above players

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We won't be signing all those players in January!

03 Jan 2011 17:38:35
"If anyone can tell me what Meireles has done that I have missed, I'll gladly get my coat!

Red Gart"

Do you honestly think Alonso or Banega would look special if played out of position in a defensive side that is stuttering and low on confidence? Reina, Gerrard and Torres are all world class and even they have been patchy this season, i think you are expecting too much from a signing that is adjusting to a new league and extremely negative tactics.

Meireles shows good awareness, drive and positional play but when half his time is spent on the right (a position he clearly lacks the pace or prior experience for) and hampered by looking over his shoulder at Johnson, Skrtel et al drifting out of position and thus being forced to cover holes he has hardly had the ideal opportunities to show us his best.

He can trap-and-turn fluidly, reads the game well, his passing is smooth and he has shown good drive and stamina to paper over more than a few cracks in our side this season.

Size 42 Crombie was it?
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Fair point, but my question was to ask what he has actually done (goals and assists) and why he gets different treatment from us and the press comparred to Woy, Konchesky, Poulsen and Cole when he has actually only delivered very little, but cost so much more. To your reasoning, surely we could just say that Poulsen has looked bad because of the same Woy tactics and other poor performers behind him?

I do actually agree that he does show glimpses of being a quality footballer, but the proof is in the pudding. We need more than glimpses. He's failed to make a mark so far and we are languising. Nobody is above critisism in this team as far as Im concerned, apart from SG.

Anyway mate, whats a Crombie 42? A carp, oversized coat Id wager! !

RG

03 Jan 2011 17:36:15
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WTF is everybody's obsession with Elia about? He is another Babel waiting to happen, Yes he's quick as f**k but lacks any semblance of a footballing brain. If we sign him, watch this time next year when he is being proclaimed a headless chicken. Nightmare waiting to happen.

03 Jan 2011 17:34:55
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I started the Elia rumour months ago and it's realy picked up pace so if he does sign for Liverpool and turns out realy good then use can thank me Gary bovill Iam on facebook

03 Jan 2011 17:34:47
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Heard a very stong rumour that a deal has been struck to bring Hazard to Liverpool.

Apparently, he had set his heart on going to Real Madrid, but an offer has not been forthcoming and we were his second choice - fee �20m plus add ons, dependant on appearances / goals etc

Honestly who ever posted this would you want a player who we are second chocie two because i wouldnt

03 Jan 2011 17:33:05
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{Editor's Note: I have no idea what your post is about - particularly the final paragraph. Aquilani was purchased from Roma for 20M euro and 5M euro is due as the final installment (in June 2011). As part of the loan agreement, Juventus have the option to buy the player at a fixed amount - if the do not exercise that option then he will be sold elsewhere.}

We are paying instalments back to Roma for {I think} 3 million a year for 5 years. The other 5 million was based on appearances.

We paid 3 million for his first season, and Juventus have paid for this season, they have the option to buy out the rest of the deal with Roma at the end of the season.

Regardless of whatever people may think, we did not waste 18-20 million on him, only 3 million. Similarly with Glen Johnson, we were owed 11 million from Portsmouth from the Peter Crouch transfer. Leaving 7 million to be paid out including instalments based on appearances.

XKX

03 Jan 2011 17:23:58
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Any chance of becoming an editor? I am on this site most days and have contributed in the past I can claim knowledge to family in liverpool who do talk with Carragher and also family in germany who have excellent ties with football agents in Germany due to their son being on the books at Schalke. Thank you for your time. {ed's note - I will keep an eye out for your posts now you have identified yourself, and get the other editors to do so and we will see.}

03 Jan 2011 17:22:27
{editor: oh ok mate, no problem, I agree but I think Arbeloa wanted to leave}

he was homesick, he owes liverpool a lot, he was released by real madrid. espanyol signed him. six monthes later we got him and he was brilliant we made him. and we should asked a lot more than 3.5 million, especiallly as it was madrid.

me14 {ed's note - he had agreed to stay an extra year to help us out, we agreed to accept a lower amount in return.}

03 Jan 2011 17:22:11
I mean no offence to you mate, but i agree with the original post, imo 4 4 2 is dated.
we are all screaming 4 a young manager, someone who has new ideas, that has played the modern game. roy is an old school manager, a manager that plays one system all game every game, brings on subs in the 70th minute etc, its very predictable, and he is someone who will never change his ways. the days of keegan, kenny and rush are gone, , ,
Fair enough so you don't want Kenny as manager then? That Fergies knockin on a bit you kno.

03 Jan 2011 17:19:32
Days of 4-4-2 are long gone mate. 4-3-3 on attack, reverts to 4-5-1 (wingers drop back to defend) on defense. Way we should be playing, but you need wide men with pace and skill. One DM who holds back and two CM's who make runs to support
So wasnt players like Batty maybe Souey maybe Nobby Stiles, Dunga, Bremner, MacKay, Tigana and most of all J�zsef Bozsik. . Defensive mids NOWT NEW. .just made up tactics. The time people jumped on the "need a def mid" bandwagon, , was when Hargreaves started playin for England. Sammer, Beckenbaur, Gullit are better playing in that role than anyone cos its just a cheap jumped up center half who can play abit.

03 Jan 2011 17:17:42
"If anyone can tell me what Meireles has done that I have missed, I'll gladly get my coat!

Red Gart"

Do you honestly think Alonso or Banega would look special if played out of position in a defensive side that is stuttering and low on confidence? Reina, Gerrard and Torres are all world class and even they have been patchy this season, i think you are expecting too much from a signing that is adjusting to a new league and extremely negative tactics.

Meireles shows good awareness, drive and positional play but when half his time is spent on the right (a position he clearly lacks the pace or prior experience for) and hampered by looking over his shoulder at Johnson, Skrtel et al drifting out of position and thus being forced to cover holes he has hardly had the ideal opportunities to show us his best.

He can trap-and-turn fluidly, reads the game well, his passing is smooth and he has shown good drive and stamina to paper over more than a few cracks in our side this season.

Size 42 Crombie was it?

03 Jan 2011 17:13:19
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{Editor's Note: So you want to force a player to come back to a club when the player is overwhelmingly against it? It really is not going to happen.}

was fabregas not told he was under contract in the summer? why should a club who pays these players huge wages, pay extra costs like flying then all across the world for games, pay for there development, feed them 5* meals before and after games etc be able to say to someone who signed there name to a contract that untill you contract runs out your a liverpool player?
that is one of the biggest problems in to days game, all a contract does is determine how much you can ask for if another club wants them. im not one for keeping a player against his will, but neither he, or the club has given each other a chance.

matt 27

03 Jan 2011 17:09:24
He replys to a lot more posts. If you get lot of bel then 1 person is doing it over and over again. Cut him a break.

Thanks mate, although he said it was because I am not a fan of Elia when it is the other ed who isn't lol! Im not edding atm!

03 Jan 2011 17:04:23
03 Jan 2011 16:47:54
03 Jan 2011 16:24:54
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Am i right in thinking Honda plays on the left? if so can't see us signing him and Elia? I hope we get another striker this month more than anything a big strong lad too who can header.

Honda is right footed and mainly plays behind the CF, but can play on the Right. {ed's note - Honda is left footed.}
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Hondas is just as good with his right as his left, although he is left footed he can play left and right and very good down the middle behind the strikers.He is a must have player for lfc this month.

03 Jan 2011 17:01:44
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To the person saying 442 is out dated , i think your correct , because near the end of the bolton game we changed to 4-4-1-1
for christs sake we played that with Rush and Dalglish. Keegan and Tosh. . .Its 44 friggin 2

i mean no offence to you mate, but i agree with the original post, imo 4 4 2 is dated.
we are all screaming 4 a young manager, someone who has new ideas, that has played the modern game. roy is an old school manager, a manager that plays one system all game every game, brings on subs in the 70th minute etc, its very predictable, and he is someone who will never change his ways. the days of keegan, kenny and rush are gone, the game is quicker, more tactical etc due to the influx of foreign players and managers. fergie down the road even tho it pains me to say it is a manager that has moved with the times, built several dominant squads during his time, and has stayed succesfull.
how can capello be called a dinosaur for being so one dimensional during the world cup, but quite afew lfc fans are happy to be playing the same, boring ineffective brand?

03 Jan 2011 16:58:34
Ed.on the Honda or mata?I would take Honda hands down everytime , think mata to light weight for prem.cheers psvelnino {ed's note - I would take Honda too, he is better and more versatile in my opinion, better for the Prem I mean.}

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03 Jan 2011 16:34:43
To the person saying 442 is out dated , i think your correct , because near the end of the bolton game we changed to 4-4-1-1
for christs sake we played that with Rush and Dalglish. Keegan and Tosh. . .Its 44 friggin 2

Days of 4-4-2 are long gone mate. 4-3-3 on attack, reverts to 4-5-1 (wingers drop back to defend) on defense. Way we should be playing, but you need wide men with pace and skill. One DM who holds back and two CM's who make runs to support CF.

03 Jan 2011 16:51:00
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Hey ed. just wondering why my last message wasnt posted? it was containing info on Falcao an Eriksen. Regards. kk {ed's note - no idea mate, unless it was the message the new editor was referring to when he said he lost one. It is easy to do that until you get used to the system we use.}

03 Jan 2011 16:47:54
03 Jan 2011 16:24:54
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Am i right in thinking Honda plays on the left? if so can't see us signing him and Elia? I hope we get another striker this month more than anything a big strong lad too who can header.

Honda is right footed and mainly plays behind the CF, but can play on the Right. {ed's note - Honda is left footed.}

03 Jan 2011 16:46:59
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Not to convinced with Elia if im honest with you, fair enough we are desperate for width and pace that without doubt he has but in my eyes no end product. The only plus i can see in this deal is the fact he is a winger at least this should mean no more central players out wide, on the other hand Sylvian Marveaux is an addition i would welcome i think the lad will be a great buy.
YOUTUBE
he elia is like a brazilian on wizz, i have seen him a few times for holland on tele, but since we were linked with him i looked on you tube, he is fast as a rabbit and can beat a man with ease AND his choice of pass is spot on, bob paisleys skids

03 Jan 2011 16:46:24
Agree with poster about needing a player like Banega, as we never replaced Alonso (difficult though I know). Despite regular posts to the contrary from readers and editors, we do need decent midfielders.

The arguement is supposedly that we now have Meireles, but I'd like to ask all those who are regularly saying "with the exception of Raul Meireles" in relation to rubbish Hodgson signings, what has he actually done so far? He's not scored and given us one assist I think (Torres vs Chelsea). He's hardly been a catalyst for great attacking football like we had with Alonso either.

I know people will say we should give him time, but couldnt the same then be said of Hodgson and (dare I say it) Konchesky as well?!?! Cant have one rule for one, another for those with a higher price tag.

If anyone can tell me what Meireles has done that I have missed, I'll gladly get my coat!

Red Gart

03 Jan 2011 16:45:51
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Whats with all the Aquaman supporters. Bloke clearly has stated a few times he doesn't wanto to come back?? Do you wanna force him back?

He is too small and fragile for EPL and already injury prone.

03 Jan 2011 16:40:53
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Why do so many rate Banega? If he was good wouldn't he play for Val? Val have been struggling and yet he still doesn't play?

Have seen plenty of M'Vila in FL and he is first class. Wouldnt say he is 20 either. Matuidi (who we were linked with) also good but no where near as good as M'Vila. We really should buy him soonest before he is worth 40m.

03 Jan 2011 16:40:00
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Elia looks a good player, but Holland still prefer to play Kuyt on the left as opposed to Elia so im still a bit sceptical about his ability. At the World Cup, he would come off the bench and make an impact with his searing pace and skill, something Babel used to do in his first season here. I think this transfer will only go through if Babel is moved on, and with us rejecting a loan bid from Birmingham for him - not sure what the future holds for him.
We have also missed out on Adil Rami, who will move to Valencia next season for over £10m, so Lille will expect big money for Gervinho or Hazard as they have money coming in from Valencia. Valencia are not in as bad a financial state as last season, the £60m they got from Villa and Silva sales saved them, and now they are able to manage they're debt a lot better.

03 Jan 2011 16:39:46
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RALF RANGNIK
please read his wiki page before even suggesting him as the new manager, he can speak english that's his only real plus, he has had the sack more than santa! he is a none starter lads bob paisleys skids

03 Jan 2011 16:34:43
To the person saying 442 is out dated , i think your correct , because near the end of the bolton game we changed to 4-4-1-1
for christs sake we played that with Rush and Dalglish. Keegan and Tosh. . .Its 44 friggin 2

03 Jan 2011 16:29:20
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03 Jan 2011 16:07:11
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New ed sucks.bel yes unbel no

{editor: Cheers mate}

He replys to a lot more posts. If you get lot of bel then 1 person is doing it over and over again. Cut him a break.

03 Jan 2011 16:25:30
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Eddie Howe for manager Ed? The current Bornemouth manager. .

{Editor's Note: About evens chance.}

03 Jan 2011 16:24:54
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Am i right in thinking Honda plays on the left? if so can't see us signing him and Elia? I hope we get another striker this month more than anything a big strong lad too who can header.

03 Jan 2011 16:18:11
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I would like to see the signing of Honda this window would be good would really like deschamps or van basten as manager think one of the cud sort us right out into a a great footballing team and llorente would be great signing if nesv want to back Roy need to bring AA back but don't think it will happen. If we do we Shud play a 4-3-3 like this
Riena
Kelly- carra-agger-aurielo
SG-RM-AA
Honda
Torres-llorente
Wot use think bel for yes unbel for no

who is AA?

03 Jan 2011 16:15:50
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Did anyone find out who Roy was watching at the newcastle game yesterday or was he just having a day out lol

03 Jan 2011 16:14:31
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New ed sucks.bel yes unbel no

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at least 'new Ed' can spell. Somethings definitely a bit of a "bel" in this situation ;). Great work so far

LFC El Nino

03 Jan 2011 16:13:16
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03 Jan 2011 16:06:02
Quite suprised that some fans would like rafa back. Was just watching some old games and he didn't half destroy the team by the end. Pretty much pushed out Alonso, sold Riise because of a few bad games, dropped Babel when he was playing awesome and brought in Reira, sold Auralio (excuse spelling), sold Kirkland and Carson 2 okay back up Keepers and brought in Cavalieri whose s* te. I think we were so close to winning the league and then he just lost the plot and ripped the team appart instead of just adding a couple of players.

{editor: he never sold Aurelio, he offered him a pay as you play and fabio declined. Cavalieri was a good player and too good to be a no.2 in my eyes}

Sorry Ed didn't mean Aurelio lol Arbeloa i ment.

{editor: oh ok mate, no problem, I agree but I think Arbeloa wanted to leave}

03 Jan 2011 16:12:38
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03 Jan 2011 16:07:11
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New ed sucks.bel yes unbel no

{editor: Cheers mate}

Agreed im sorry new ed but you don't like Elia so you're off my christmas list.

{editor: I am the ed that likes Elia!}

03 Jan 2011 16:12:12
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Saw the valencia game last night and banega didn't play worth putting in a sneaky 10mill bid for him what you think ed?

{editor: Benaga is a good player, but I don't think we need him. We have had scouts at Valencia this seaon though}

got to disagree with this ed, banega should be one of our top targets, one one our main problems was to never replace alonso, who was the play maker, he could tackle, he could play a short pass, a long pass, he knew when to hold on to the ball and when to play it. gerrard and torres took all the praise but alonso was the glue that held it all together, only when he was sold did it put into perspective how important he was, next to masherano, this was with out doubt one of the best partnerships in europe.
i know we can't go back, but we could emulate that partnership again in my opinion, with banega and m'villa. both young, both fantastic. gerrard can then play just behind torres again. we played our best football since the 80s two years ago in a 4 2 3 1.
there is a saying that if it aint broke. . then don't fix it.

03 Jan 2011 16:09:55
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I would like to see the signing of Honda this window would be good would really like deschamps or van basten as manager think one of the cud sort us right out into a a great footballing team and llorente would be great signing if nesv want to back Roy need to bring AA back but don't think it will happen. If we do we Shud play a 4-3-3 like this
Riena
Kelly- carra-agger-aurielo
SG-RM-AA
Honda
Torres-llorente
Wot use think bel for yes unbel for no

03 Jan 2011 16:09:50
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To the person saying 442 is out dated , i think your correct , because near the end of the bolton game we changed to 4-4-1-1 . .cole just behind nando , and funny enough , that's when we looked best and put more pressure on :')

03 Jan 2011 16:09:15
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03 Jan 2011 15:52:53
As we seem to have Marveaux for the LM. Who agrees we should rather bid 15m for Albrighton (RM - instead of Kuyt - love the guy's attitude - but useless RM) instead of 15m for Elia? Imo Albrighton is brilliant. He has the attitude of a LFC player.

Elia (unbe) Albrighton (bel)

(12) (13)

Both top players but for m its gotta be Elia he's much much much faster but albrighton has a better attitude but Ronaldo has a poor attitude and hes in my opinion the best player in the world. Some say messi say Ronaldo

03 Jan 2011 16:09:10
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03 Jan 2011 15:41:48
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Think we need to look no further than Deschamps ( if we can get him). Think about it? Vast eurpoean experience. CL winner. World cup winner. Played in premier league. Only young but been in managerial game for few years. He should be our number one target without fail! any views any one?

Dickie Di Doh

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Either he or Villas Boas are undeniably the ideal candidates in my opinion. I feel that Deschamps is the more likely of the two after Villas Boas' contract extension though and as such his lovely brand of football should be pursued!

Realistic signings for January:

Elia
Marveux
Llorente

I would like Honda too but I feel he would demand first team football and out of him and Llorente I know who I'd choose. With Bilbao's financial problems it would be possible too.

Thoughts Ed (I understand you don't really know who will be signed, but would you be happy with just these three this month?)

{editor: If we signed Llorente alone I would do backflips}

Llorente & Torres(in form) make us favorites for BPL next season. Vidic would be having endless nightmares. As for Honda he'll still start 75% of games due to his ability to play virtually any position on the pitch(he could replace any injured player). Not sure he would be happy as a utility player though. But if he's not ready to do what ever is required, we don't need him

03 Jan 2011 16:07:57
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Someone mentioned valencia spending. .well so are west ham and I don't want cole

03 Jan 2011 16:06:02
Quite suprised that some fans would like rafa back. Was just watching some old games and he didn't half destroy the team by the end. Pretty much pushed out Alonso, sold Riise because of a few bad games, dropped Babel when he was playing awesome and brought in Reira, sold Auralio (excuse spelling), sold Kirkland and Carson 2 okay back up Keepers and brought in Cavalieri whose s* te. I think we were so close to winning the league and then he just lost the plot and ripped the team appart instead of just adding a couple of players.

{editor: he never sold Aurelio, he offered him a pay as you play and fabio declined. Cavalieri was a good player and too good to be a no.2 in my eyes}

03 Jan 2011 16:05:57
Once again you are making completely redundant points. The world cup? What sort of manager plays a 23 year old and puts him under such pressure Dirk kuyt has played in Champions league final semi finals etc and is a much more " steady player " However let me kill you off:
2010 World CupElia was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[8] On 27 May 2010, the Netherlands' manager Bert van Marwijk announced that the player would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the competition.[9]

He assisted their second goal in a 2�0 win over Denmark, with his shot hitting the post and Dirk Kuyt tapping it in. Then in the Netherlands' second match of the Group Stage, Elia came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute, after the Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima fumbled a powerful effort by Wesley Sneijder into the back of the net to give the Dutch a 1�0 lead after 53 minutes of play.[10]

In the 66th minute of the Netherlands' final Group Stage match, against Cameroon, he came on as a substitute for Dirk Kuyt.
Elia also replaced kuyt in the WORLD CUP FINAL.
If kuyt is so great why did he get replaced so much? I've come to the conclusion you are either a manUre fan or you're just an idiot. Come up with facts to back your opinion please.
Sockeyboy ( quite like the name ) thanks.

03 Jan 2011 16:05:22
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What about Eddie Howe for manager ED? Young, successful albeit at a lower level and gets his team to play very nice football! What do you think?

{editor: can only see that as a backwards step mate}

03 Jan 2011 16:03:48
03 Jan 2011 15:46:08
4231. . isn't that 451? 41212. .isnt that 422 the rate people are making up formations we'll end up with the american emergency service formation, 911?

No not at all. There are little differences with each and every formation. It's those little changes that can make you win or lose a game

Utter Chite. .your trying to think Its a complicated game. .Its easy play 442 buy the best and youll win. trust me City will eventually. Football is an easy game made complicated by overrated coaches.

03 Jan 2011 16:02:22
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03 Jan 2011 15:52:53
As we seem to have Marveaux for the LM. Who agrees we should rather bid 15m for Albrighton (RM - instead of Kuyt - love the guy's attitude - but useless RM) instead of 15m for Elia? Imo Albrighton is brilliant. He has the attitude of a LFC player.

Elia (unbe) Albrighton (bel)

I think it unfair to pick between them both since they play different positions. We need players for both positions anyway, particularly left mid. If maxi starts playing like his old self we may not need a right mid though

03 Jan 2011 16:00:24
Elia for 13m, Carlton Cole for 10m, Gervinho for 8 mil the players being mentioned and the money they are seeming to cost is stupid. Liverpool FC should be signing Llorente and Mata for about the same as those three we could have world class, we'll end up with people that would be squad players for most other big teams

03 Jan 2011 15:58:30
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Liverpool are lining up a January swoop for Eljero Elia to shore up their midfield. But what do we know about Hamburg's flying Dutchman?

1) Eljero Elia was born on February 13, 1987 in Voorburg, southern Holland. A tricky left-footer, he can operate on the wing or as an attacking midfielder.

2) He signed his first professional contract at ADO Den Haag, for whom he made his first-team debut aged just 17 years-old.

3) He went on to make 59 league appearances for them before terminally falling out with the wonderfully named coach Lex Schoenmaker. A proposed move to Ajax fell through when it became apparent they intended to loan Elia straight back to the recently relegated Den Haag, and so he signed for FC Twente instead in the summer of 2007.

4) He truly blossomed while playing for the Tukkers, scoring 11 goals in 64 games and picking up the Dutch Football Talent of the Year award in 2009. Essentially the Eredivisie's young player of the year award, it's previously been won by the likes of Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie, Patrick Kluivert and Dennis Bergkamp.

5) And these are the kind of skills that landed him the accolade:

6) he joined Hamburg in the 2009 summer transfer window for �8.5million. The five-year contract Elia signed at the time could prove a substantial stumbling block should Liverpool pursue their interest in him. .

7) An instant hit in the Bundesliga, Elia has notched twice in his two appearances and was named Man of the Match twice in his first four games. This is why:

8) He made his debut for the Dutch Under-21 side in 2006, but quickly graduated to the senior side. Coach Bert van Marwijk named Elia in the squad for the August 2009 friendly against England, and he made his debut as a sub in Holland's 3-0 win over Japan in September.

9) Liverpool's Scottish fans might want to forget the occasion of Elia's second game for the national side: he scored the only goals in Holland's 1-0 win that killed off the home side's 2010 World Cup qualification hopes. Those of the Tartan persuasion should look away now. .

10) He became a father in August, 2009 when his girlfriend Sanne gave birth to their daughter Sael. But will she grow up as a Hamburger, or a Scouser?

03 Jan 2011 15:57:26
03 Jan 2011 13:08:58
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NESV claim to be big on statistics. So here's some statistics for them:-

1997/ 98 � Blackburn Rovers - 5 Away wins � Finished 6th
1998/ 99 � Blackburn Rovers � 0 Away wins � Sacked when 20th
2007/ 08 � Fulham � 3 Away wins � Finished 17th
2008/ 09 � Fulham � 3 Away wins � Finished 7th
2009/ 10 � Fulham � 1 Away win � Finished 12th
2010/ 11 � Liverpool � 1 Away win � Currently 9th

That adds up to LMA Manager of the Year.

lol if that's what counts for lma award then my grandmother can win that and shes dead

03 Jan 2011 15:54:17
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Seeing as u mentioned that Kenny is in Dubai Ronaldinho is also in Dubai i think according to his Twitter if i translated it right that is lol. U never know he'd be awesome just behind Torres i know he's past his best but i'm sure he's still got a bit of magic.

03 Jan 2011 15:53:30
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Hi Ed,
What kind of player is Eljero Elia? and how would you rate him?

Cheer`s!

{editor: Elia is a winger, he is fast and skillful, I think he is good but another ed thinks he is terrible}

03 Jan 2011 15:52:54
Elia looks good on youtube, but so does babel. The defending he's up against doesn't look up to much either. But if he does arrive I hope he's a success

03 Jan 2011 15:52:04
To Bob, do you rate kuyt over Elia? Be careful how you answer because your credibility is at stake. . .
My opinion is that if kuyt is getting picked over elia, babel, affellay or any other dutch winger then the manager is blind. . A wingers job for me is too supply goals and assists and kuyt has about 3 assists in the league this season and about 3 goals. . . If he carries on like this then he will break Ian Callaghan's assist record for liverpool during the next ice age! ( I don't actually know who holds the all time assist record for the reds. . guessing it might be super cally though!) All I am saying is that you should not compare any possible incoming transfer with kuyt because he is rubbish. . . p.s pardew thought that harewood was better than tevez!

03 Jan 2011 15:49:37
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{editor: If we signed Llorente alone I would do backflips}

ha pretty sure we could make a circus out of the backflipping Liverpool fans if we did. Fingers crossed exciting times ahead; loved hearing the kop roar again for the first time in ages against Bolton.

03 Jan 2011 15:49:31
03 Jan 2011 15:46:08
4231. . isn't that 451? 41212. .isnt that 422 the rate people are making up formations we'll end up with the american emergency service formation, 911?

No not at all. There are little differences with each and every formation. It's those little changes that can make you win or lose a game

03 Jan 2011 15:48:24
03 Jan 2011 15:36:26
Name me a big club that plays 442. Only 1 I thinkmoff is tottenham and even they have started to change to 4231. 442 is out dated imo. 433 is the best formation I think

Man U play 4-4-2, and they are doing alright this season.

They play 442 against some teams. They play 451 against good teams in the champions league, against good teams in the pl (arsenal at home) they play 433 at hard away game (brum away) and they play 442 at easy home games (Blackburn home).

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 15:47:29
{editor: I believe that Lucas is a good player but agree with you on the risk of foreign 'stars'. It is always a risk but Torres was a risk.}

Ed, can you explain what it is you like about Lucas? maybe i'm missing something. also, do we need a DM? Especially at home?

I saw Nando at Ath Mad (my 2nd team cause I hate RM buying everyone) and knew he was class long before we signed him. He was always tough and threw himself about (which he doesn't do anymore ;-) but I am just saying imo Elia will not cut it. Marveaux will battle too. We need players like Jarvis/ A. Johnson (LM) and Albrighton (RM) who I would pay 15m for tomorrow. He will be a superstar. Best crosser in EPL. Aguerro, like Torres - you can already see he will make it in EPL. Should def buy him in Aug.

{editor: The things I like about Lucas are that he never goes missing and tries his hardest, which is more than can be said for a few of our players, in the next few seasons he will be a regular. I knew Torres was class before we signed him aswell, anyone who moves clubs is usually a risk though}

03 Jan 2011 15:46:34
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Ed.who is Robert hugh ?

{editor: I think he meant Robert Huth}
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Would prefer maybe Shawcross, Cahill but suppose Huth would be the cheaper option?

{editor: I would prefer Cahill, but I dont think CB is a problem area for us}

03 Jan 2011 15:46:08
4231. . isn't that 451? 41212. .isnt that 422 the rate people are making up formations we'll end up with the american emergency service formation, 911?

03 Jan 2011 15:45:10
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Ed, if you had a choice to buy Honda or Mata to partner Torres in attack or on the wing, who woul you choose?

{editor: It is a tricky one, I would choose Honda myself. I think he would offer more for the team, what about you?}

03 Jan 2011 15:40:54
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Fact. Expect a bid for Tiote before the end of Jan, subject to sales of Lucas - Comolli (and Dalglish) not as big a fan as Rafa or Woy. Rumour is Lucas wants to go to Spain.
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Lucas has been class, one of our best this season, hes grew since coming and has a bright future, what a bad call that would be.

YNWA_Shankks

03 Jan 2011 15:40:52
03 Jan 2011 15:32:17
Liverpool Rumours
"Villarreal will be without Marcos Senna for up to ten weeks due to a thigh injury and have already enquired with Liverpool about Lucas' availability regarding a £4 million transfer.:

Rafa splashed £12 million for Lucas. NESV might take loses to be rid of players they inherited and who are not fully committed to the team, but going forward NESV will be much more cautious when splashing the cash. NESV has a great track record with their baseball team of bringing in the talent needed to win; they have an equal track record that nobody is bigger than the club, so players better get committed to the red shirt or they will find themselves pulling on a new kit.

Lucas has played his best football recently, so I hope he is given a chance to grow at LFC because he is the type of player NESV seems to want to buy, (young, committed), but if Babel wants to spin records then he can go DJ someplace else.
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Liverpool only paid £5 Million for Lucas!
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Rafa did pay £5m for Lucas. But I have seen figures around the £12m mark quoted in recent articles in the anti Liverpool press. Just 'creating' a story to cause more problems.

03 Jan 2011 15:40:40
A message to all, lots seem to think hulk is a good option and maybe he is but very expensive but i seem to have a feeling that he would be a cisse
Mate Im tellin you in the league hes in , he is class. ok the pork'n'cheese league may not be the best but I'd have him anyday. .

03 Jan 2011 15:39:50
Just seen KEN AGUERO in debenhams in swindon. . . I asked him about the possibility of his famous older brother moving to the mighty liverpool and he told me straight from the horses mouth that he is definatley coming. . . He also told me that there is a third brilliant footballing brother in the family. . May I have the pleasure of introducing to all liverpool fans the future reds striking genius that is LEN AGUERO! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. .

03 Jan 2011 15:39:42
Lol well said ed, btw spurs ave won the league twice runners up four times, lfc 18 times won 12 runner up. so F* * YOU also weve won europe a sh!tload more times than u so get ur facts ryt m8 spurs may have been "on and off" (mostly off) but lfc f* *in lfc have been mostly on. spurs are good at de moment but bale won't get better and will live in next 2 yrs so will lennon. so u will get s* t as we get better.
btw we won league champions:1900, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1946, 1963, 1965, 72, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89
fa cup- 1964, 73, 85, 88, 91, 2000, 05
European supercup-77, 01, 05
Uefa cup- 72, 75, 01
European cup, 76, 77, 80, 83, 05
league cup-80, 81, 82, 83, 94, 01, 02

you do realise that most of your dates are wrong

03 Jan 2011 15:38:47
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I believe this is a realistic team that is half done, IF, the marveraux (spelling) & Elia deals are true that would help boost us up the table:

Riena
Johno Carra Agger Aurelio
Marveraux gerro Miereles Elia
Suarez Torres

03 Jan 2011 15:37:58
OK you've given your opinion how about just once all ye fantastic armchair magers off A Solution? Where are these quality attack minded players who are strong enough for the EPL and how are you able to define them as such? If they haven't played in the EPL before? {ed's note - more to the point what kind of person has so little knowledge of football that they describe Meireles as a defensive midfielder?}
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Do your homework pal, it is common knowledge meireles was signed as a direct replacement for mascherano furthermore he is described as a defensive midfielder on all football stat websites. Whilst at Porto he was even played at left back and he is known for his combatative style of football.

{editor: Just because Raul was bought as a replacment for Masch doesnt mean he plays in the same places, we play 442 now}

03 Jan 2011 15:36:26
Name me a big club that plays 442. Only 1 I thinkmoff is tottenham and even they have started to change to 4231. 442 is out dated imo. 433 is the best formation I think

Man U play 4-4-2, and they are doing alright this season.

03 Jan 2011 15:35:26
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Ed.who is Robert hugh ?

{editor: I think he meant Robert Huth}

03 Jan 2011 15:35:18
Put a sock in it mate he isn't babels mini me i bet you havent even seen him play he is nothing like babel don't spread negativity give your opinion don't just make redundant generealised points i accept opinions but what you said was complete non sensical.

I don't mind explainin, I have seen him play sockboy, OUR player Dirk Kuyt kept him out of the dutch team in the world cup. I want players to come and improve our TEAM not squad, more than you do. But Lets sign a freakin Monster not a maybe eh?

03 Jan 2011 15:34:05
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Hi ED,

just to shed some light on Espnstar.com

Its actually a website for ESPN starsports which telecasts the premier league in some countries across Asia.

so yes it actually has some espn ''element'' there but i doubt its as reliable as the ''stand alone'' Espn site.

(BUT I HOPE ITS TRUE WE SIGN HIM)

Singapore Red

03 Jan 2011 15:34:00
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03 Jan 2011 15:27:12
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Good afternoon guys, just had a text from a guy that bought my last house off me to inform me that Robert Hugh ( who is the godparent of his child) is considering an offer to move to Liverpool and more than likely to accept!
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{editor: I think he meant Huth}

03 Jan 2011 15:33:30
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I am currently working in Germany and have been for some time and watched Eljero Elia play several times this season - And, if the rumours are true about his pending move (and it is all over the local press here at the moment), the fans are in for a real treat.

From what I have seen, he can be a little hit or miss at times, but the guy has real pace (electric over the first 10 metres), strength and works hard.

But I think the most important thing he would add to Liverpool is the 'fear factor' - He has the ability and pace to take on players at will, something which we have not had for several years.

03 Jan 2011 15:33:15
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A message to all, lots seem to think hulk is a good option and maybe he is but very expensive but i seem to have a feeling that he would be a cisse not achieving his potential, how about his teamate falcao no one has mentioned him has had a good season especially in the europa league would be cheaper and would be a great foil for torres.
Ed what do you think?

{editor: Both the players mentioned are good players, there are risks with both of them, Falcao is a good player and would like to see him sign}

Simonred67

03 Jan 2011 15:32:17
Liverpool Rumours
"Villarreal will be without Marcos Senna for up to ten weeks due to a thigh injury and have already enquired with Liverpool about Lucas' availability regarding a £4 million transfer.:

Rafa splashed £12 million for Lucas. NESV might take loses to be rid of players they inherited and who are not fully committed to the team, but going forward NESV will be much more cautious when splashing the cash. NESV has a great track record with their baseball team of bringing in the talent needed to win; they have an equal track record that nobody is bigger than the club, so players better get committed to the red shirt or they will find themselves pulling on a new kit.

Lucas has played his best football recently, so I hope he is given a chance to grow at LFC because he is the type of player NESV seems to want to buy, (young, committed), but if Babel wants to spin records then he can go DJ someplace else.

Liverpool only paid £5 Million for Lucas!

03 Jan 2011 15:32:08
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{editor: Don't think there is a big chance of getting Dzeko but Elia looks possible}

The thing about Dzeko is if he doesn't join city, he won't join any other club. The deal is falling because of his wage demands. No other club would be able to pay for it. only way we could get him is by offering Babel + Agger + 10 million and hope he doesn't ask for as much wages.

A very similar thing happened with super Mario before they sorted it out. I'm sure Dzeko will be a city player.

03 Jan 2011 15:29:30
First point - Lucas is cr*p. has always been. Can't tackle (gives away fouls all game long), too slow, bad control, caught in possesion too often! Common people, nice lad but waste of a position in the team imo. Will do best in Italy where pace is slow (like Kaka - who wouldn't last in EPL - mark my words)

Second point - Would it not be a brighter idea to go for young players (or top players) who are proven in the EPL? What if Elia is like Babel? Huge risk these lightweight foreign players imo. No worries with young talented prospects, but paying 10m plus?

Surely - A. Johnson, N'Zogbia, Jarvis, Henderson, Cahill, Carroll, Tiote (who is 10x better than Lucas in his first season! ) is what we should be breaking the bank for? Just a thought

(Ed - your thoughts on both?)

{editor: I believe that Lucas is a good player but agree with you on the risk of foreign 'stars'. It is always a risk but Torres was a risk.}

03 Jan 2011 15:27:28
Just watched Elia on youtube. Looks class and has great pace which we badly need. . Hes alrite but christ Brett Angel could be made to look good on youtube. . . . . . . .Sorry Bluenoses youre rite I'm talkin chite. Bret Angel couldnt be made to look good on Wallace and Grommit. but you know what I mean. watch Vassilis Hatzipanagis . hardly any of you even know him

03 Jan 2011 15:25:54
03 Jan 2011 15:03:50
Elia. {ed's note - we all have our own opinions, mine is that he can't cross, pass or tackle.}

Bob on ed Ive said this all along he is Bables mini me. Id have Brunt before him, and I know he isn't pacey.

Put a sock in it mate he isn't babels mini me i bet you havent even seen him play he is nothing like babel don't spread negativity give your opinion don't just make redundant generealised points i accept opinions but what you said was complete non sensical.

03 Jan 2011 15:23:58
03 Jan 2011 14:45:39
I no that managers poll can't be too long but one manager not on there who I think is a decent shout Ottmar Hitzfeld. Don't need to write anything about him you all no what he has achieved in the game

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Well, Hitzfeld is a great coach, but he says that he does not want to coach a club anymore. So is not an realistic option.

However, there are also unrealistic options in the manager poll. For example, Van Gaal already said that Bayern are the last club of his career as a coach. He is a great coach, but why is he in the poll? You could also add Mourinho if you do not care whether or not the option is realistic.

Liverpool fan from Germany

03 Jan 2011 15:23:55
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I have heard rumours that Comolli could have been at the game to watch Joey Barton. I do think Barton is a good but his temper could get him into trouble

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dont mention his name on this site, people like him are the scum of the earth, he'd be better off shot, that dirty little scumbag��

why waste the bullet? just strangle him.
mikey

03 Jan 2011 15:22:06
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Do we have a new ed?

{editor: Yes, me}

03 Jan 2011 15:18:11
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That was supposed to read Barton.
Sorry predictive txt.
WEA

. . He has been to see Adam Barring, Preston, with a view to transferin the summer. 3m with 1.5m add on relating to appearances. WEA {ed's note - do you mean Adam Barton? Only that is the only Barton Liverpool are interested in.}

03 Jan 2011 15:13:31
Liverpool Rumours
I think I've come to the conclusion that NO-ONE has any connections whatsoever. I visit this site daily, and have read thousands of posts, which in fact, have never been accurate.

Everyone just posts the same information as anyone else, uses the same websites, the same forums, then claims to somehow be in the know. What a pile of absolute b0llocks you all have posted, you should be embarrassed.

The editors back-track on a number of statements or claim it was ''another'' editor who said it. How close are you to the club? I'm guessing you're just fans like all of us, as you've never un-earthed one gem or one thing that nobody would find out.

We'll hear a rumour Roy is about to go, and then we'll start seeing messages like ". I've heard he's only got a few days left. " - then strangely enough, the event doesn't happen and it's swept under the carpet.

It's a perfect site for bullsh!tters, but will I stop coming on here? HELL NO! It's great, ha .

Adios. .

03 Jan 2011 15:10:17
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Now about Elia - can anyone give any opinions on him regarding his playing ability, i sense another babel

Chris {ed's note - I don't rate him myself, lots of pace but no end product.}

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As a German fan I can tell you that you that Hamburger SV fans are very discontented with him.

Though being fast und talented, he has hardly shown any good perfomances in the last year. He had a great start at HSV, but he has not found his form since then. Just look at his statistics: He only got 3 scorer points in the whole last year! I know that he has often been injured, but you can see that it would be absolutely ridiculous to consider him world class.

Besides, he has a terrible attitude and has had many conflicts with the club. He refused the medical treatment by the club and if I remember correctly, he also rejected to play on the right wing as he claims that he would be better on the left wing. Furthermore, he says that HSV would only be a step to him to get to a bigger club. Therefore you can say that he is not loyal, but it is understandable that a player has high ambitions.

All in all, Elia is not a bad player, but clearly over-rated by most of the Liverpool fans (this is my impression after reading some comments in the internet). He is not even a first choice HSV player at the moment. If you read some postings on a HSV board, you will see that many HSV fans think that they do not need him and want to sell him.

Liverpool fan from Germany

03 Jan 2011 15:08:55
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I know anthony de tallec was with us for like 7 years but how did we effectively ruin his career?

03 Jan 2011 15:07:13
03 Jan 2011 14:32:10
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Looking gud, as we seem to be close to completing the double signing of elia and marveaux to play on either wing. Hopefully we'll tie up a deal for a striker and possibly honda before the window is closed. Wolfswinkel is the cheapest option, but after his performances against us, i don't rate him. In my view, i fink we shud look at bringing in hulk for around 16-18m.

Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Aurelio
Honda Meireles Gerrard Elia
Torres Hulk

Subs: Skrtel, Kelly, Lucas, Marveaux, Cole/ Maxi, Ngog, Kuyt

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You have to have a goaly as a sub and by putting honda on the wing you wouldn't get his full potential, Its like playing cole or merieles on the wing, great players but not favoured positions, do you want to re think this?

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That formation is all wrong, try 433

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Johnson- Carragher(Ayala)- - Agger- -Auerlio
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Hulk- - - - - - - - Torres- - - - - - - - Elia

That's team has everyone in their best positions. I would rather have Kelly/ Ayala instead of Carragher.

03 Jan 2011 15:06:07
03 Jan 2011 14:38:11
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Elia is a fantastic player, super speedy, very skillfull, good finisher and Ed dosent rate him.Come on Ed he is exactly the supporters on here have been shouting for.Who would the Ed like to see come in. .realisticaly? .We won't get anybody better than Elia. {ed's note - we all have our own opinions, mine is that he can't cross, pass or tackle.}
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Can he run Ed?

{editor: He can run, that ed does not like him, we all have our opinions}

03 Jan 2011 15:06:04
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I have heard from a very reliable source that Liverpool are looking at a number of different players to bring in in January or to try and strike a deal January for their arrival in the summer. But not every one of these players will arive, and are just a fiew players they are looking at in each area. These players are:

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Sorry people the comments below were my response to the post from some-one as above. Its not me saying lfc are intereeted in thgem, olny me rply to current situation on the players.
jim22

F�bio Coentr�o (buy out clause astonomic)
Per Mertesacker

Sean St Ledger (Form dipped dramatically recently)

Stephen Ireland Far to much baggage and problems

03 Jan 2011 15:03:59
03 Jan 2011 13:43:18
Anyone who even mentions Martin Samuel or Tony Evans ( The Times ) names on any Liverpool FC site should seriously spend time on a psychiatrists couch.

For a so called Liverpool fan it was Evans who very loudly ( on Talksport and the press ) kept stating Liverpool would not be sold for a few years, and that we were certain to go into administration, no club needs a supporter like him.
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I agree with you. I was just pointing out that it was decided amongst these journalists (non of whom are Liverpool supporters, apart from Evans who did not actully want Hodgson) that Roy Hodgson should be the new manager of Liverpool once Benitez had left.
I agree with you about the apocalyptic Tony Evans during the takeover process. He lost his sensible head on the issue. Remember he works for The Times which went 100% with the Kenny Haung takeover story. How stupid did they look.

03 Jan 2011 15:03:50
Elia. {ed's note - we all have our own opinions, mine is that he can't cross, pass or tackle.}

Bob on ed Ive said this all along he is Bables mini me. Id have Brunt before him, and I know he isn't pacey.

03 Jan 2011 15:03:21
Keep lucas. . for years, he flopped. . why sell him when he's juz developed! he's improved so much this season, next season, he'd be even better. . i beliv

03 Jan 2011 15:01:26
Hello everyone. . . Absolutely fuming with Martin Samuel calling liverpool a "diseased club". Last month he tried to suggest that our new owners were like the Glazers even though they bought liverpool with their own money and now we are diseased. Gutter Journalism of the highest order. . . My mood has been lifted by the possible signing of Elia though. . Cracking player and hope he comes!
Just a question on babel for everyone. . consider these stats. . . Babel has never played 3 games in a row for liverpool. .full 90 min games. . never. . Considering that we only have 1 striker in Torres. . Babel and Torres have played only 3 times as a strike partnership! I truly believe that if babel had been given the same tlc as Kuyt then then the world would be a better place. . Rant over! !

03 Jan 2011 14:57:02
Just watched Elia on youtube. Looks class and has great pace which we badly need. Please sign him ROY!

03 Jan 2011 14:55:59
Just because you are a fan of a club does not mean you join them. You play football for a reason. To make money and because they are obviously good at the sport. And if they are so good they should be at a higher level than Liverpool.

Welcome to the new way of thinking. . . .

03 Jan 2011 14:45:39
I no that managers poll can't be too long but one manager not on there who I think is a decent shout Ottmar Hitzfeld. Don't need to write anything about him you all no what he has achieved in the game

03 Jan 2011 14:44:38
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{ed's note - I am not disappointed, I never thought there was any chance of signing him, nor would I want us too. We need width, not another central attacking midfielder.}

ed do you even watch football? Nasri has been playing LW or RW all season depending on whether other players are fit or not. He can also play centrally but he's been playing wide on either side for the majority of the time. You come off as thinking you're such an expert then you post rubbish like that as if you've never seen Arsenal play. {ed's note - ok gob on a stick, you obviously know everything about football, so you will obviously know that he is a central attacking midfielder who has been played out wide. He is not a LW or RW by any stretch of the imagination, but I am sure you know that being such an expert. Try asking Arsenal fans and you might learn something.}

03 Jan 2011 14:39:59
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Elia would be the ideal signing pacey little guy with a fair bit of flair when i saw him play exactly what we need! wouldn't mind us getting lucas barrios as a partner for torres like!
the prawn

03 Jan 2011 14:38:11
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Elia is a fantastic player, super speedy, very skillfull, good finisher and Ed dosent rate him.Come on Ed he is exactly the supporters on here have been shouting for.Who would the Ed like to see come in. .realisticaly?? .We won't get anybody better than Elia. {ed's note - we all have our own opinions, mine is that he can't cross, pass or tackle.}

03 Jan 2011 14:32:10
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Looking gud, as we seem to be close to completing the double signing of elia and marveaux to play on either wing. Hopefully we'll tie up a deal for a striker and possibly honda before the window is closed. Wolfswinkel is the cheapest option, but after his performances against us, i don't rate him. In my view, i fink we shud look at bringing in hulk for around 16-18m.

Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Aurelio
Honda Meireles Gerrard Elia
Torres Hulk

Subs: Skrtel, Kelly, Lucas, Marveaux, Cole/ Maxi, Ngog, Kuyt

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You have to have a goaly as a sub and by putting honda on the wing you wouldn't get his full potential, Its like playing cole or merieles on the wing, great players but not favoured positions, do you want to re think this?

03 Jan 2011 14:31:22
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Ed whats your thoughts on the potential signing of Eljero Elia , i'm not too sure about him , i havent seen too much of him , he scored against scotland a few years ago and had 2 assists in the world cup.i could be wrong but he just reminds me of babel , no end product! . i feel we need a different type of winger , one who hugs the touchline and gets chalk on his boots.finally is this adam barton guy anygood never heard of him. a lot of money (5mill) to pay for a 19yo kid from the bottom of the championship .
ngs77 {ed's note - Elia has pace and can provide width but I feel the same as you, he lacks end product. As for Barton, he is highly rated but I have not seen enough to judge him.}

03 Jan 2011 14:30:22
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Hi ed, psvelnino here the manager poll looking good, great work mate thanks.psvelnino {ed's note - it would be better if I had remembered all the possibles before putting it up!}

03 Jan 2011 14:24:22
03 Jan 2011 13:57:46
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Anyone think we should go in for Adebayor? Doesn't get a game at City! Torres crying out for a decent target man and fellow good finisher so we can play the most successful formation in the game, 442

Name me a big club that plays 442. Only 1 I thinkmoff is tottenham and even they have started to change to 4231. 442 is out dated imo. 433 is the best formation I think

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 14:10:50
03 Jan 2011 12:12:56
{editor: We all have our own opinions, I have to say Meireles and Lucas did play well together}
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Yes we have our own opinions and mine is that meireles and Lucas are both below par defensive midfielders and should have no place in out team. We need quality attack minded players that can score and are strong enough physicaly for the English premier league.

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OK you've given your opinion how about just once all ye fantastic armchair magers off A Solution? Where are these quality attack minded players who are strong enough for the EPL and how are you able to define them as such? If they haven't played in the EPL before? {ed's note - more to the point what kind of person has so little knowledge of football that they describe Meireles as a defensive midfielder?}

03 Jan 2011 14:09:44
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Afternoon ed.Watched Liverpool Bolton game three times now, and I think that half time team talk gerrard and torres spoke to Roy and told him to let them play there own game, because they seemed to have a free role any where in the attacking third , which Roy never aloud before much more free flowing, I think torres gerrard and cole should be able to play like that all the time, as long as one of them holds the central postion .doesn'ATMatter which one, just rotate it.any thoughts cheers psvelnino {ed's note - I think attacking play should always be free flowing and free roaming, it is only when you lose the ball that you should be worried about positional play.}

03 Jan 2011 14:07:37
A very happy new year(belated) to everyone and you as well ed? i have a ques. why didn't you included michael laudrup in the manager's poll? he is a terrific manager, better than villas boas in my honest opinion, though boas is not far behind. Seriously laudrup will tick every box than one can think of[the right boxes of course ;-)].

CHEERS Have a great year

VM YNWA {ed's note - dammit! He is one of my top 3 choices and I still forgot him. Sorry, will add him too.}

03 Jan 2011 14:06:16
03 Jan 2011 13:47:36
Eljero Elia is on 1320 in the Castrol Rankings hey ed u sure he is good

{editor: I like him, maybe others do not, lets just see if he does become a Liverpool player or not, then we can judge him}

Hes been injured mate that's why hes 1320. otherwise hed be in top 100 ish

Harry5:)YNWA

03 Jan 2011 14:05:17
Elia is going to add something we are lacking no not pace. Direct running AT defenders !

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03 Jan 2011 13:55:08
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Hi ed and fellow kopites.
Is this Elia fella any good?
Never heard of him before!
Would he improve our squad? {ed's note - I don't rate him myself.}

Ed do you rate Ashley young? Cos elia is better than him. And lennon and nani he is as good as Nasri ! {ed's note - I don't rate Young, none of those players, except Nasri, would I consider. They are all far too inconsistent and none have a decent end product and are all wasteful in possession.}

03 Jan 2011 14:03:34
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Biggest difference Between Elia and Babel is that Babel cannot pass a defender With his tricks / skills . . he never does and elia can. Plus elia has a bit more pace then babel (And babel is 1 of the fastest players we have currently in our squad.

diO. ,

03 Jan 2011 14:03:33
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Why dosent hodgson save himself some money and gain himself a solid right back and a right mid/ winger!?! just drop kuyt on the right which i don't think hodgson has the back bone to do! then push johnson on the wing with kelly as a right back! give him a few games in this position on the run an i gaurantee we would be stronger going forward! Dirk kuyt is a work horse an chases everything down an dosent stop! but if i wanted a marthon runner on the pitch that can run forever i would of signed seb co! he will never recoup the 18 million spent on johnson at least this way your giving a very promising young lad a chance to break in to the team and you would save the club 15-20 million on a right winger and to be honest theres not many down an out wigers out there these days so at least with johnson we know he is at his best at goin forwards! in my eyes even if then we signed a right back at least it wouldn't cost as much as sighning a winger! if you think this is right click bel-yes. . unbel-no. . . what do u think ed? love to hear what u think on this?

woozlfc {ed's note - it has been discussed loads of times on here mate, the general consensus is that he would be better on the wing.}

03 Jan 2011 14:03:18
Liverpool Rumours
If the initial reports are true- Lfc have signed Elia, a player linked with the club during benitez's reign for 15m euros. I am a bit worried about this as it seems
That we might be making the same mistake twice. For all you YouTube lovers check out Ryan babel's time at Ajax and you will see an amazing player, and for all of us who could remember seeing him play for Ajax and holland - we thought that we have finally signed a superstar. Boy were we wrong. Elia seems the same to me.'the premiership is a different kettle of fish and I would have rather have spent money on
Players with prem experience. Elia hasn't exactly set the world on fire. Also do u guys think we ever replaced Mcmanaman?

03 Jan 2011 14:03:12
03 Jan 2011 13:31:43
Well yes but if you notice Lucas is normally the deepest of the two centeral midfielders. Also it's very hard to play the killer ball when there are so many players in one area of the pitch. Like Maxi, Kuyt like to cut in to the middle so there is no space at all. If we had a winger (hazard for example) there would be less off our opponents players in that area and less of our players because we would have width. I do admit he may not be the best at the killer ball but as a defensie mid, he could be world class.

I do we need to change a lot of players

lfc_ynwa
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The thing with Lucas being a defensive mid he isn't the best at tackling. Would you be happy if beginning of next season Lucas was still in the starting 11 or would you hope we buy someone in?

LAVERS

True Lucas isn't the greatest at tackling but I feel as if you don't have to be the greatest tackler. All you really need is to be a prescience. That will force the attacker to go back towards the goal or force him into mis-pass. He's also got a very good engine

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 13:57:46
Liverpool Rumours
Anyone think we should go in for Adebayor? Doesn't get a game at City! Torres crying out for a decent target man and fellow good finisher so we can play the most successful formation in the game, 442!

03 Jan 2011 13:55:08
Liverpool Rumours
Hi ed and fellow kopites.
Is this Elia fella any good?
Never heard of him before!
Would he improve our squad? {ed's note - I don't rate him myself.}

03 Jan 2011 13:48:09
Valencia just bought rami very good defender and we where interested, all this talk that we can get mata/ banega because they havent got any money.wouldt suprise me if we are the ones whitout money.NESV there is no excuses for not spending we are running out of time {ed's note - the window doesn't open here until tomorrow! How do you expect them to sign anyone before then?}

03 Jan 2011 13:47:36
Eljero Elia is on 1320 in the Castrol Rankings hey ed u sure he is good

{editor: I like him, maybe others do not, lets just see if he does become a Liverpool player or not, then we can judge him}

BUt a Mistake worth 12/ 15 mil is something v can't afford
y do v sign bench players[poulsen a juve flop etc ] rather than starting 11 like barca and all other

03 Jan 2011 13:44:41
As an avid reader and occassional poster I see a lot of fellow reds formations and wishlists so am goin to post my own:
4-3-3

Pepe
Kelly/ Darby Carragher/ Ayala Agger/ Kelly Aurelio/ wilson

Mereiles
Gerrard Lucas(Honda)

Pacheco/ Gervinho Torres Suso/ Maxi (Honda)

or 4-4-2

Pepe
Kelly Carragher/ Ayala Agger Wilson/ Aurelio

G
Johnson(Marveaux) Gerrard Mereiles Suso/ Maxi (Elia)

Pacheco/ Suso/ Ngog(Honda)

Torres

With only three additions from Elia, Honda, Marveaux and Gervinho who seem realistic this doesn't look so bad to me, just needs some bottle from RH and some dough from NESV
Eds and readers thoughts?:
Joycie

03 Jan 2011 13:43:18
Anyone who even mentions Martin Samuel or Tony Evans ( The Times ) names on any Liverpool FC site should seriously spend time on a psychiatrists couch.

For a so called Liverpool fan it was Evans who very loudly ( on Talksport and the press ) kept stating Liverpool would not be sold for a few years, and that we were certain to go into administration, no club needs a supporter like him.

03 Jan 2011 13:41:33
The Three Club Rule

The original rule prior and up to 2008 was "Players may be registered for a maximum of three clubs during the period from 1 July until 30 June of the following year. During this period, the player is only eligible to play in Official Matches for two clubs.".

However this was changed because of three precedents (one being Mascherano):-

The Finnish Football Federation, an association that also has its season within a calendar year, just like Ireland, simply ignores this rule, because their season is "out of sync" with the FIFA designated season. Any player who signs for a Finnish club, and who is in the same situation as Colin Healy or Gareth Farrelly, is allowed to play in official matches in Finland.
A more telling precedent is the case of Javier Mascherano. FIFA allowed Mascherano, an Argentine international, to join Liverpool, his third team in the 12 month period, from West Ham United. FIFA ruled that as the other team involved, Corinthians, is from Brazil and so competes in a January-December season, they were outside the scope of the July-June restriction.
A number of players with other League of Ireland sides have also been caught by Article 5.3, but have since been cleared to play. One of these players is Shaun Holmes who was registered with 3 clubsGlentoran, Derry and Finn Harps. Glentoran is an Irish League club in Northern Ireland and part of the UK, a league that follows the FIFA designated season. Shaun Holmes has played for a club in a UK league, the same situation as both Farrelly and Healy, but this fact has not proved a barrier to him playing in the eircom League this season.
And as a result the definition now includes the following :-

"As an exception to this rule, a player moving between two clubs belonging to associations with overlapping seasons (i.e. start of the season in summer/ autumn as opposed to winter/ spring) may be eligible to play in official matches for a third club during the relevant season, provided he has fully complied with his contractual obligations towards his previous clubs. Equally, the provisions relating to the registration periods (article 6) as well as to the minimum length of a contract (article 18 paragraph 2) must be respected."

So in theory, Konchesky is free to go to a team that plays in an FA that has a different start and end date to the English FA.

03 Jan 2011 13:40:47
Believe me i watch the Bundesleiga and Eljero Elia is top top class the sort of player we NEED he isn't just fast hes blisteringly quick he is nothing like babel!
1) hes quicker !
2) Much better feet
3) Top top shot !
4) played at a good level German league is solid
5) He's so highly rated in holland
6) Strong
7) he actually has skill something only like 3 of our players have
!

03 Jan 2011 13:39:06
03 Jan 2011 08:00:30
Liverpool Rumours
Why is everyone saying we can't afford top players? Do you want John Henry at the next home game to come on to the pitch at half time and shout 'Loadsamoney!'? They would not have bought a club like Liverpool, for £300m, knowing they had to significantly invest. They know the amount of money they would get for being in the CL, so they want to get there as quickly as possible. They are not tight with their money, they just want to get the right players at the right price. Do we want to go down the £18m for Jo route?

The journalists want to tell everybody Liverpool can't afford top players because that could put their precious Spurs at risk, who seem to apparently become a better team than Barcelona if you read the papers. Let's' see what they say about Chelsea or Spurs if they don't reach the CL. The end of Chelsea or Spurs? No, just a bad season but they will have the money and reputation to buy great players!
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AGREED. WELL SAID.

03 Jan 2011 13:31:43
Well yes but if you notice Lucas is normally the deepest of the two centeral midfielders. Also it's very hard to play the killer ball when there are so many players in one area of the pitch. Like Maxi, Kuyt like to cut in to the middle so there is no space at all. If we had a winger (hazard for example) there would be less off our opponents players in that area and less of our players because we would have width. I do admit he may not be the best at the killer ball but as a defensie mid, he could be world class.

I do we need to change a lot of players

lfc_ynwa
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The thing with Lucas being a defensive mid he isn't the best at tackling. Would you be happy if beginning of next season Lucas was still in the starting 11 or would you hope we buy someone in?

LAVERS

03 Jan 2011 13:29:39
Elia is quick, strong, tenacious . this is why rafa wanted him two seasons ago but mr hicks and gillett wouldn't back him

03 Jan 2011 13:24:22
Liverpool Rumours
According to Neil Ashton in yesterdays Score section of the NOTW - "Roy Hodgson was universally accepted last summer as the man to lead the Liverpool revival."
Ashton is of course a well known Manutd supporter. He should keep his London centric, anti Liverpool FC and fans views to himself. As should Martin Samuel who says Liverpool FC is ridden by disease.

03 Jan 2011 13:23:36
Liverpool Rumours
Liverpool Rumours FIFA block Konchesky's Anfield exit according to the Daily Mirror, he is not allowed to play for another club after making an appearance for Fulham early in the season.FIFA will not allow any player to register with three different clubs in the same season.

Can someone clarify this rule? I have heard that it actually is based on calender year (Jan-Dec) and not season to season because footvball seasons differ between the northern and southern hemisphere and this was the only way that FIFA could make it fair. I also seem to remeber one of the 'learn'd Ed's' saying similar in the past. Is the Daily Mirror right or wrong?

03 Jan 2011 13:20:22
Liverpool Rumours
IF we have bought Eljero Elia AND paid �15m/ £12m for him, he hasn't been bought to sit on the subs bench. He is a forward who can play from a central or wide wide position (similar to Thierry Henry) and at that cost will have been bought as a starting player. So who goes to make room for him? can only be one of Kuyt, Maxi or NGog because Babel and Cole aren't starting 11 players - they are 'impact subs'.

RED LENIN

03 Jan 2011 13:19:24
{editor: I rate him, don't know if the other eds do}

So its not another Babel part 2? I think he has potential, but needs a lot of coaching.

Lfc_ynwa

{editor: I know one of the eds dont rate him. It's only a rumour remember, take everything with a pinch of salt}

03 Jan 2011 13:18:08
Liverpool Rumours
Eljero Elia is on 1320 in the Castrol Rankings hey ed u sure he is good

{editor: I like him, maybe others do not, lets just see if he does become a Liverpool player or not, then we can judge him}

03 Jan 2011 13:18:08
Liverpool Rumours
Eljero Elia is on 1320 in the Castrol Rankings hey ed u sure he is good {ed's note - personally I don't rate him, he is fast but offers no end product whatsoever.}

03 Jan 2011 13:17:56
03 Jan 2011 13:02:49
Liverpool Rumours
Hey Ed in the German Goal.com they say that Elia was present in the stands of Anfield during Liverpool's victory over Bolton 2-1 !

{editor: Im not sure about this, fingers crossed though}
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I have read from alot of sources that a deal is completed. if so, lets hope he turns out more like robben than babel. lol.
we should send babel out on loan. to a epl team where he will start every game in my opinion? (imo) how can he progress and improve if hes on the bench or not even coming on from the bench!

Harry5:)YNWA

03 Jan 2011 13:11:05
Liverpool Rumours
{editor: I would say that ESPN would be a good source, apparenly we have agreed personal terms with him}

I checked espn main website and it says nothing. It does say we have agreed a fee on espnstar. Ed you rate elia?

{editor: I rate him, dont know if the other eds do}

03 Jan 2011 13:08:58
Liverpool Rumours
NESV claim to be big on statistics. So here's some statistics for them:-

1997/ 98 � Blackburn Rovers - 5 Away wins � Finished 6th
1998/ 99 � Blackburn Rovers � 0 Away wins � Sacked when 20th
2007/ 08 � Fulham � 3 Away wins � Finished 17th
2008/ 09 � Fulham � 3 Away wins � Finished 7th
2009/ 10 � Fulham � 1 Away win � Finished 12th
2010/ 11 � Liverpool � 1 Away win � Currently 9th

That adds up to LMA Manager of the Year.

03 Jan 2011 13:07:26
Liverpool Rumours
Ed?? any news on Rangnick as a manager. He just resigned from hoffenheim ( where he lead them to back to back promotions to reach bundesliga for the first time in clubs history). While his attack-minded brand of football is likely to appeal to Liverpool fans, a lack of top-flight silverware and a poor record in Europe are likely to count against him.

AJI

{editor: Just rumours}

03 Jan 2011 13:04:53
The majority of people say Lucas is looking better now that he is going forward more. Would that not entail defence splitting passes! Lucas is playing better but to me it shows how poor our squad is. Kuyt is cr*p he always has been came as a striker couldn't score so play him on our wing were he can't cross this is were we are going wrong. We put up with players when really if there not up the job they should be sold.
You could quiet easily get rid of most of the current squad. The only ones worth a starting place are pepe, agger, miereles, gerrard and torres(happy again)

Well yes but if you notice Lucas is normally the deepest of the two centeral midfielders. Also it's very hard to play the killer ball when there are so many players in one area of the pitch. Like Maxi, Kuyt like to cut in to the middle so there is no space at all. If we had a winger (hazard for example) there would be less off our opponents players in that area and less of our players because we would have width. I do admit he may not be the best at the killer ball but as a defensie mid, he could be world class.

I do we need to change a lot of players

lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 13:03:51
Liverpool Rumours
All of these Honda rumours have gone very quiet, Editor(s) have you got anything on this?

Thanks

{editor: nothing new mate, he is at the Asia cup at the moment}

03 Jan 2011 13:02:40
Liverpool Rumours
West Ham are willing to rescue Konchesky from his Anfield misery with a loan move.
But according to the Daily Mirror, he is not allowed to play for another club after making an appearance for Fulham early in the season.
FIFA will not allow any player to register with three different clubs in the same season.
Its not konchesks fault he joined liverpool its roys. he is not liverpools quality ., hod should have stick with insua without wasting 4 million on konchesky

03 Jan 2011 13:01:03
Liverpool Rumours
I was about to ask you about story at espnstar.com that we have agreed for elia. But it seems that you also have yours fingers-crossed about that. But if that's true, what do you make of the news, then? How much do you rate Elia?

{editor: I don't know what to think about him really, I know he is a class player but so was Babel, if he comes and proves himself then fair enough}

03 Jan 2011 12:56:31
Liverpool Rumours
03 Jan 2011 12:50:17
Liverpool Rumours
Liverpool have agreed to sign Eljero Elia for a fee of 15 Million euros DONE GET IN! SOURCE- ESPN!

Btw my name is matthew thompson i posted this ED i have a blog can i please post it here its a liverpool blog im doing it for fun tryna get some viewers

{editor: post the URL on the banter page if you want mate}

03 Jan 2011 12:52:00
His job is not to do the defense splitting pass. His job is to keep the ball, watch the back 4 and get the ball to players who can score. He's like a defensive midfielder whose job it is to watch the back 4 and he plays nice passes to the players whose job it is to score. Why all the Lucas hate? His played well so far this season. Why does Kuyt get very little criticism while Lucas gets loads. Kuyt is just awful.

Lfc_ynwa
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The majority of people say Lucas is looking better now that he is going forward more. Would that not entail defence splitting passes! Lucas is playing better but to me it shows how poor our squad is. Kuyt is cr*p he always has been came as a striker couldn't score so play him on our wing were he can't cross this is were we are going wrong. We put up with players when really if there not up the job they should be sold.
You could quiet easily get rid of most of the current squad. The only ones worth a starting place are pepe, agger, miereles, gerrard and torres(happy again).

LAVERS

03 Jan 2011 12:48:14
Liverpool Rumours
Heard from a VERY reliable source

messi is fed up with life in an average barca squad, and a swap deal for poulson is on the table. THey are both very similar players in style and quality, but Guardiola likes the image that Danish defensive mid's give.

Watch this space

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you are joking aren't you? brilliant mate, you actually made it sound quite believable! Poulsen�similar style and quality to messi�right�'average barca squad'? very funny mate ;)

03 Jan 2011 12:42:23
{ed's note - so you think making money is the reason to buy players? Because Zidane and Figo were the only ones that worked out in terms of trophies.}

If you are an owner, the answer is probably yes.

But that's only a small part of it, you buy a player who will win you trophies, as you say Zidane and Figo were the only ones who 'worked out' in terms of success but the revenue the club made from signing these players has lead to newer and better signings over the years {Cristiano Ronaldo} and a player like Aguero could do this for us and put us in contention with a title challenge if he were to come, remember Atletico are no better than Liverpool.

But in terms of a realistic signing in the JANURARY transfer market, it's highly in-probable.

XKX

03 Jan 2011 12:42:22
03 Jan 2011 12:29:39
No doubt Lucas is getting better but I still think the lad isn't good enough. You can point at stats and things but that shows how poor a team it is at that minute that he's one of our best players. Lucas would do for back in my opinion you don't fancy him to score and its very rare he produces a defence splitting pass, so what is his actual role? On the striker front if were not going to spend big till summer I'd rather loan sturridge cus if we get someone like wolfswinkel come the summer we will be calling for a llorente type of signing so were does it leave wolfswinkel.

LAVERS

His job is not to do the defense splitting pass. His job is to keep the ball, watch the back 4 and get the ball to players who can score. He's like a defensive midfielder whose job it is to watch the back 4 and he plays nice passes to the players whose job it is to score. Why all the Lucas hate? His played well so far this season. Why does Kuyt get very little criticism while Lucas gets loads. Kuyt is just awful.

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 12:36:57
03 Jan 2011 08:50:44
Liverpool Rumours
Is our next game on the telly? {editor: No mate, next game is against Blackburn on the 5th, the game after that is against United in the FA Cup on the 9th, ITV1 mate.}
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I was just thinking that would mean ROONEY is out of the match then. Because hes out for two weeks. That match has come around really quickly btw.

Hi ed, nice to welcome another Ed to the site. GOOD LUCK. Also, your nickname is now officially Ed.

also, how many ed's are on this site? and how does the editing work on this site? do you have a certain group of teams that you edit? cause some other teams only have a few comments where as the liverpool one theres a comment almost every second.

Harry5:)YNWA

{editor: thanks for the wished luck mate. There are a few editors that can all edit all of the rumours pages. There are a lot of teams that you can edit.}

03 Jan 2011 12:36:54
Liverpool Rumours
Vernun Anita for left back. . Any thoughts?

03 Jan 2011 12:30:26
03 Jan 2011 12:17:37
Liverpool Rumours
"{ed's note - sometimes they don't work out though. I seem to remember Chelsea signing a huge name in Shevchenko and Real Madrid signing a whole host of them. How many of those have worked out? Real Madrid get stuffed by Barca and Sheva was a disaster.}"

On the face of it, they largely worked out. Ronaldo{both} paid of their fee's in terms of shirt sales and merchandise in their name. I believe Beckham also had a similar effect, along with Zidane and Figo {and various others}.

If Aguero were to come {I highly doubt it, but would be welcoming with open arms} we could easily recoop his transfer fee in shirt sales around the globe.

XKX {ed's note - so you think making money is the reason to buy players? Because Zidane and Figo were the only ones that worked out in terms of trophies.}

Yes we could get our transfer fee back in shirt sales, but it would take a while (if he cost 30 million) and aren't you forgetting one very important thing? He would want 200k a week, then players like Gerrard and Torres would want that amount too so it would increase our wage budget by 400k a week. We couldn't ship that many shirt sales to pay for that. I personally think Aguero would be another flop in the pl. The pl is all about strength and we need that. Only one player I would love to partner Nando is Fernando Torres Llorente. Well I would rather have 2 free roaming wingers around Torres then a strike partner.

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 12:29:39
No doubt Lucas is getting better but I still think the lad isn't good enough. You can point at stats and things but that shows how poor a team it is at that minute that he's one of our best players. Lucas would do for back in my opinion you don't fancy him to score and its very rare he produces a defence splitting pass, so what is his actual role? On the striker front if were not going to spend big till summer I'd rather loan sturridge cus if we get someone like wolfswinkel come the summer we will be calling for a llorente type of signing so were does it leave wolfswinkel.

LAVERS

03 Jan 2011 12:17:37
Liverpool Rumours
"{ed's note - sometimes they don't work out though. I seem to remember Chelsea signing a huge name in Shevchenko and Real Madrid signing a whole host of them. How many of those have worked out? Real Madrid get stuffed by Barca and Sheva was a disaster.}"

On the face of it, they largely worked out. Ronaldo{both} paid of their fee's in terms of shirt sales and merchandise in their name. I believe Beckham also had a similar effect, along with Zidane and Figo {and various others}.

If Aguero were to come {I highly doubt it, but would be welcoming with open arms} we could easily recoop his transfer fee in shirt sales around the globe.

XKX {ed's note - so you think making money is the reason to buy players? Because Zidane and Figo were the only ones that worked out in terms of trophies.}

03 Jan 2011 12:17:03
{editor: My wingers would be: Elia LW and Marveaux RW, for now anyway.}

I would be okay with them two. Not the long term solution to the club. Neither one of them would get in Aresenal, Chelsea, United, Tottenham and man city.

By next season what formation would you like us to play and with which players (also don't mean villa, messi). Little realistic pls lol. If that's possible on Liverpool page ha.

Lfc_ynwa {ed's note - for me it would be a 4-3-3, with pretty much our current players, just a couple added, Honda, a left back and wingers. With Suso, Pacheco, Kelly, Ayala as first team players.}

03 Jan 2011 12:12:56
{editor: We all have our own opinions, I have to say Meireles and Lucas did play well together}
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Yes we have our own opinions and mine is that meireles and Lucas are both below par defensive midfielders and should have no place in out team. We need quality attack minded players that can score and are strong enough physicaly for the English premier league.

03 Jan 2011 12:12:45
I haven't missed a game all season the ones I wasn't at I've seen live on the Internet. I think you have blind faith in meireles because he came with a good reputation which he has failed to live up to. As for him and Lucas running the game, that's the funniest thing I've heard for a while.

Actually I didn't want Meireles at Liverpool. I wanted Benega or Defour. Lucas is our player of the year so far. Meireles is second. Oh and lfc voted for Lucas and Meireles, i didn't make it up. Just shows how many Liverpool fans think he's played well. Try blaming Kuyt, Torres, n'gog with bad performances this season. I blame Kuyt mainly. Waste of space.

{editor: Kuyt has been poor lately}

03 Jan 2011 12:09:41
Liverpool Rumours
{editor: Agreed, however I don't believe we need a CB, with Ayala, Wilson, Kelly and Soto as cover. I think we should be targetting a striker and two class wingers}

like the Ed said , i would love to see us buy two world class wingers , with pace and skill, this would give us a striker back in Dirk Kuyt, also if we don't get these much needed wingers , we will see Wroy playing Raul Meireles on the wing , and what a shame that will be our best player by far in the last five games, playing Raul Meireles in the middle gives us the option of Gerrard up front, also why can't wroy give G Johnson a go on the right wing and kelly or carra at right back but going back to the wingers i like to see teams play fast flowing football with tricky wingers if you look at the games, stoke away , newcastle away we were boxed in all our play was down the middle , with tricky, pacey wingers you have a outlay with pepe Rainier quick distribution off the ball it then gives time to push out and ATTACK , with this in mind could anyone give your ideal choice of wingers please write who they for now.

{editor: My wingers would be: Elia LW and Marveaux RW, for now anyway.}

03 Jan 2011 12:04:06
Liverpool Rumours
Anyone got any ideas why Woy was at the Wigan - Newcastle game last night, Nzogbia was not playing due to suspention and Carol is injured, so who the hell could we possibly want to sign from either of these teams to improve our own squad? ?

{editor: Roy was there as a radio 5 live pundit and Comolli is believed to have been watching Tiote}

Ahh, thanks ed, I just seen them both sat in the stand and was like wtf.

03 Jan 2011 12:03:01
Liverpool Rumours
Mertesacker is carp. would make Henchoz look like Usain Bolt, Ashley Young is over rated and carp, N'Zogbia is fast. . that's it and has as bad an attitude as Diouf, Ireland isn't even good enough for villa, Gervinho is like Baros loads of running but goes no where also not even Lilles best player, Rodallega same reasons as Gervinho plus he's carp, Tiote isn't good enough to buy a Liverpool shirt let alone be given a squad number and Van Wolfswinkel is a very poor mans Huntelaar. I do like Honda though and Hoarau's not a bad player although i doubt the latter is much of an improvement on what we have. If we can't get Dzeko then why not make a push for Huntelaar or Benzema or Kiessling or Pogrebnak or Milevsky? quality not quantity. Any thoughts?

{editor: Huntelaar, no chance just moved to Shalke in summer. Out of the ones you stated I'd take Kiessling.}

03 Jan 2011 12:01:42
Meireles did quite well when he started. Did a few nice passing moves. His injury was probably just a precaution. Mate have you watched Meireles and Lucas when they play center midfield? They have been running the game.
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I haven't missed a game all season the ones I wasn't at I've seen live on the Internet. I think you have blind faith in meireles because he came with a good reputation which he has failed to live up to. As for him and Lucas running the game, that's the funniest thing I've heard for a while.

{editor: We all have our own opinions, I have to say Meireles and Lucas did play well together}

03 Jan 2011 11:59:01
Hi ed do you think that we need to play with a defensive midfielder if so why do we need 4 defenders {ed's note - I don't personally like this new fashion for defensive midfielders that are limited in what they bring to the team. Just like playing left footed wingers on the right and right footers on the left, it doesn't seem right to me.}

I agree with ed that a defensive midfielder is not needed in football. Only way I would play a defensive midfielder, was is he was a deep laying playmaker. Like when Alonso and mash played I always thought we should sell mash cus he offered nothing offensively. Just worked hard and couldn't pass. Sounds just like Kuyt lol.

I like the right winger on the left. I think it would give decent balance to the team to have one winger using the other foot to cut inside and another winger to go down the touchline

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 11:55:48
Liverpool Rumours
Hi ed - few questions for u
1. have we signed marveauz yet?
2. wots happening about gervinho?
3. is there any truth in the honda stories that he signed a verbal agreement in december and were close to sealing the transfer for £15m?
4. are we bidding for ashley young ?
5. is Roy getting sacked and bieng replaced with kenny as caretaker till end of season?
6. is it true that we are waiting till the end of the season to bring in either Boas or Deschamps?

thanx
bigd

{editor: 1. Hard to say, maybe, but it does look like it will be done soon. 2. Gervihno has been linked and apparently we have tabled a bid for him. 3. I really doubt that we have spoken to Honda, but I hope we do go in for him. 4. I don't know about Young mate. 5. They are all just rumours, we will have to see what happens. 6. again just rumours and I am not sure

03 Jan 2011 11:53:43
My team with new signings would be
riena

shawcross huth agger

adam jonson meireles elia

gerrard honda

aguero torres

i think this would be an all out attacking team where meireles could drop into the back three were and when needed. this way we can always change things with subs such as johnson aurelio cole kuyt etc plus able to give one or two youngsters a go

03 Jan 2011 11:43:07
{editor: thanks mate, I've only been an editor for about an hour!}

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doing ok so far, agree with pretty much everything you have said so far. you must have been a frequent poster to become an editor, what did you sign off your posts with before?
big steve177

{editor: thanks mate, I was a frequent poster, about a year maybe. I started to sign off with BloodRedMatt}

03 Jan 2011 11:42:06
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Van Bommel out of contract soon and open to offers. You reckon he's a traget Ed?

{editor: I can't see him being a target at the age of 33 mate. I would expect him to go to the MLS or Serie A. I would prefer Muller or Gomez from Bayern anyway.}

i think we've got more chance of gettin messi than muller mate although he wud be fantastic

{editor: Messi would be nice!}

03 Jan 2011 11:40:46
03 Jan 2011 11:27:27
Did anyone actually watch the Bolton game? All meireles did was ponce around with massive gloves on getting entirely over-run in midfield. After limping off with a suspected strained little toe nail, Stevie G took control of the midfield like a proper quality central midfielder. So you accept he isn't a goal scorer but he makes goals then do you? He's got 2 assists all season. . I will accept he is probably one if the better signings last year but compared to the crap we've bought that says nothing at all.

Meireles did quite well when he started. Did a few nice passing moves. His injury was probably just a precaution. Mate have you watched Meireles and Lucas when they play center midfield? They have been running the game.

03 Jan 2011 11:39:05
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03 Jan 2011 04:13:10
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In reply to:

"Because Liverpool are a massive club, and Aguero is a professed Liverpool fan. Not to mention the possibility of playing up top with Fernando Torres. Liverpool have plenty to offer.

It is debatable whether we could afford his transfer fee and wages, but the size of the contracts NESV have been giving baseball players (in excess of £100m) we could certainly pull off one or two big deals if the players wanted to join. I'm not expecting anything personally but I wouldn't rule it out."

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NESV can afford to give out big contracts in Baseball, because their stadium holds 40,000 seats and they are the most expensive team to watch in Baseball. Generating hive revenues through gates.

03 Jan 2011 11:38:58
Hi ed do you think that we need to play with a defensive midfielder if so why do we need 4 defenders {ed's note - I don't personally like this new fashion for defensive midfielders that are limited in what they bring to the team. Just like playing left footed wingers on the right and right footers on the left, it doesn't seem right to me.}

03 Jan 2011 11:36:44
03 Jan 2011 11:28:35
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ED what do you think of Bendter being linked with us?

{editor: Would be a good addition to out team, can't see it happening though. What do you think of it?}

I agree he would be a good addition, he would cause defenders problems with his height

Actually his goal scoring/ games played ratio is pretty good. Played 135 games and scored 40 goals. He could be a good secondary to Nando. I don't think arsenal would sell to us
Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 11:34:33
Hi eds why isn't rafas name on the poll?
soul man {ed's note - I can't believe you even had to ask. Personally I found it distasteful enough to put the likes of O'Neill on there. Naw, just kidding, I simply forgot his name when I was writing the list, I will get him added.}

03 Jan 2011 11:28:35
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ED what do you think of Bendter being linked with us?

{editor: Would be a good addition to out team, can't see it happening though. What do you think of it?}

I agree he would be a good addition, he would cause defenders problems with his height

03 Jan 2011 11:27:27
Did anyone actually watch the Bolton game? All meireles did was ponce around with massive gloves on getting entirely over-run in midfield. After limping off with a suspected strained little toe nail, Stevie G took control of the midfield like a proper quality central midfielder. So you accept he isn't a goal scorer but he makes goals then do you? He's got 2 assists all season. . I will accept he is probably one if the better signings last year but compared to the crap we've bought that says nothing at all.

03 Jan 2011 11:25:55
03 Jan 2011 11:19:01
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03 Jan 2011 10:59:06
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ED what do you think of Bendter being linked with us?

{editor: Would be a good addition to out team, can't see it happening though. What do you think of it?}

Think he is really underated good player.

He is a decent player but if he joined us he would want first team football. He's isn't good enough for our first team. Especially a player who hasn't scored more then 10 pl goals a season. With the chances arsenal create he should be doing slighty better. My choice would be Llorente but realistically I would like Ola toivonen, wouldn't cost to much and he has potential to because a very good striker.

{editor: Bendtner has played 6 games in the league for Arsenal so far and scored 2 goals. He isn't getting regular first team football.}

03 Jan 2011 11:19:01
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03 Jan 2011 10:59:06
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ED what do you think of Bendter being linked with us?

{editor: Would be a good addition to out team, can't see it happening though. What do you think of it?}

Think he is really underated good player.

03 Jan 2011 11:17:41
Meireles is a quality signing, and anyone who can't see that because hes not scoring goals is blind

03 Jan 2011 11:15:15
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Ed - just correcting a previous post on major honours won by our club

League Champions - 1901, 1906, 1922, 1923, 1947, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990
European Cup - (British Record) 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005)
Uefa Cup - (British Record) 1973, 1976, 2001
F.A. Cup - 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006
League Cup - (English Record) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003
Euro Super Cup - 1977, 2001, 2005
Charity Shield Winners - 1964(shared), 1965(shared),
1966, 1974, 1976, 1977(shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986(shared), 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2006.

I take it some of the seasons he posted were seasonal posts but even at that some are still incorrect.

just thought this would be useful, as ever quizzed on the YEAR honours were won, you would loose big money quoting the previous posts years.

phil. Belfast

03 Jan 2011 11:15:05
{editor: thanks mate, I've only been an editor for about an hour!}
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good show editor just watch out for that Blair Mayne fellow.
Redeyedhector

Lol I would laugh if the editor was Blair Mayne, rotflmao. Are you?

lfc_ynwa

{editor: I am not Blair Mayne no}

03 Jan 2011 11:13:22
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03 Jan 2011 11:00:36
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Let's stop all the bull s* t and have a poll Dalglish or Hodgson, maybe John Henry needs to find out what the Liverpool fans want! "I will listen to the fans".
Aroc

There is a poll, look at the top where it says vote for your next manager.

Lfc_ynwa

03 Jan 2011 11:11:24
The number of people who come on here with their reliable sources, that were signing this player and that player, its getting boring. why not print there names. Why not? you don't put your own name. It will never get back to you.
oh ps from a reliable sauce called campari liverpool to sign Pele and Maradonna to partner el nino

03 Jan 2011 11:09:38
{editor: thanks mate, I've only been an editor for about an hour!}
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good show editor just watch out for that Blair Mayne fellow.
Redeyedhector

03 Jan 2011 11:08:18
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Sorry forgot to add Dalglish Agree, Hodgson Disagree, Ed you might start it off what do you think?
Aroc

{editor: My heart would say Kenny but my head would be for a new start and have neither.}

03 Jan 2011 11:07:12
{editor: I like Meireles, I think he will be a class player for us, stronger than Aqua and the only reason he isn't scoring is because players close him down because of his long range brilliance}

His job is not to score. He's just is to run the game and get the pass to players who have a chance of scoring a goal. Hes a playmaker. Goals are simply a bonus. look at scholes, best player on the park for united earier this season, but he did'nt score anywhere near what berba hasdscored. Tbh I was not 100% sure on Meireles when he first came, I felt there were much better players who are younger (Benega, Defour) but so far hea impressed me when played in the middle. So fustrating watching him on the right.

Oh and congrats on being an Ed. Were you a long time poster or something?

{editor: thanks, I have been posting for about a year, just look that I got offered to become an editor}

03 Jan 2011 11:00:36
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Let's stop all the bull s**t and have a poll Dalglish or Hodgson, maybe John Henry needs to find out what the Liverpool fans want! "I will listen to the fans".
Aroc

03 Jan 2011 10:57:02
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{editor: thanks mate, I've only been an editor for about an hour!}

your doing ok mate!

matt 27

{editor: thanks mate!}

03 Jan 2011 10:56:09
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I don't want roy for a day more. I knw the owners want to get a suitable manager for long term n they wanna build a legacy of backing not sacking managers but roy is just killing everythng. Kick him out! I dnt want rafa(negtv game n too much ego) nor do i want to hav king kenny(wat if he fails). I wanna see sum 1 young (av boas) n who plays beautyf attackin futbal (coyle) n has the ability to motivate, inspire n protect his players.
As far the team's concerned imo v should bring back degen, insua n aqua. Squad by summer
Gk: REINA, jones, gulasci
Rb: DEGEN, another backup (i aint gettin it suggestns?)
Cb: KELLY, AGGER, wilson, rami*, ayala
Lb : TAIWO, insua, mavinga
Rw : G.JOHN, cole
Cm : GERRARD, MEIRELES, lucas, aqua, shelvy, spearg.
Lw : A.JOHN, marveaux
Fw : TORRES, LORENTE, ngog, pacheco, honda.
( names in cap for the lineup at their respctv postn, rafa shld've playd degen as rb n john as rw last year itself instead of viceversa.a number of youngsters wil also provide backup)
* ins : taiwo, rami, rw, adamj, marveax, lorente, honda,
* outs : skrtel, krygy, kornchesky, poulsen, maxi, kuyt, babel, jova
* as suggested by cosmos the kelly-agger partnershp can go on for 5years n then wilson rep agger.
* johnson(s) wil b bombshells on wings with there pace n crosses
* torres- lorente wil just kill any defence
* sumhow the manager should convice carra that hes over n ask him to take up coachng for whch v shal b very thankful.
Well this is my view n dream guys just wanted to xpress. Your views n response?
RI -YNWA.

03 Jan 2011 10:55:32
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I don't want roy for a day more. I knw the owners want to get a suitable manager for long term n they wanna build a legacy of backing not sacking managers but roy is just killing everythng. Kick him out! I dnt want rafa(negtv game n too much ego) nor do i want to hav king kenny(wat if he fails). I wanna see sum 1 young (av boas) n who plays beautyf attackin futbal (coyle) n has the ability to motivate, inspire n protect his players.
As far the team's concerned imo v should bring back degen, insua n aqua. Squad by summer
Gk: REINA, jones, gulasci
Rb: DEGEN, another backup (i aint gettin it suggestns?)
Cb: KELLY, AGGER, wilson, rami*, ayala
Lb : TAIWO, insua, mavinga
Rw : G.JOHN, cole
Cm : GERRARD, MEIRELES, lucas, aqua, shelvy, spearg.
Lw : A.JOHN, marveaux
Fw : TORRES, LORENTE, ngog, pacheco, honda.
( names in cap for the lineup at their respctv postn, rafa shld've playd degen as rb n john as rw last year itself instead of viceversa.a number of youngsters wil also provide backup)
* ins : taiwo, rami, rw, adamj, marveax, lorente, honda,
* outs : skrtel, krygy, kornchesky, poulsen, maxi, kuyt, babel, jova
* as suggested by cosmos the kelly-agger partnershp can go on for 5years n then wilson rep agger.
* johnson(s) wil b bombshells on wings with there pace n crosses
* torres- lorente wil just kill any defence
* sumhow the manager should convice carra that hes over n ask him to take up coachng for whch v shal b very thankful.
Well this is my view n dream guys just wanted to xpress. Your views n response?
RI -YNWA.

{editor: most is all good appart from Degan back lol, he seems a decent player but not amazing. I agree about Johnson on the wing, what about Kelly as RB?}

03 Jan 2011 10:53:10
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{editor: A bit harsh, he has being great for us so far}
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Please define great for me ed. Stats so far. Played 16 games and scored 0 goals and he doesn't look like he willever score considering that miss against wolves. If you look at the opta stats Lucas out performs him and he's useless

{editor: It's not about goals mate, they are a bonus. Imagine, who set up Torres' second against Chelsea? If he wasnt on the pitch we may have lost that game. He seems like a solid player, hopefully the goals will come but considering he has come over from portugal he isn't doing that bad. His brilliance to pull the wall out of the way against United and make them all look like school kinds chasing him was enough for me!}

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Seriously, u r comparing Meireles with Lucas. Then u do not even know ur football. How many times has he played in the centre of the midfield? At Tottenham (we took an away point except for sleeping beauty0, Aston Villa (3-0), West Ham (3-0) New castle ( we lost due to a bad team performance). It shows his supremacy there. U can check how many balls Torres was fed from the centre and how he marshalled the midfield with Lucas. He is the signing of the summer for me by leaps and bounds. Actually after Torres, he is the best signing till date. He is not supposed to score but set up goals which he is way better than anyone in the team barring Gerrard. Have you counted his assists and making up plays to the goal. Have u noticed his 30 yard shots missing the goal by a whisker. Come on ed, we all know he is great player, give him time in the midfield and make Stevie play upfront with Torres, we don't need then any other signing.

{editor: I know he is a great player thats what I'm saying, it was the other posters opinion that he wasnt. Also I hope you mean 2nd best signing of recent times because Kenny Dalglish was a good signing! lol}

03 Jan 2011 10:52:26
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{editor: I am a big fan of his, though I don't like to admit it. I think he is very technically gifted and would be a good addition to our current team. I don't think that we will be able to sign him from Arsenal though. I would like to see Pacheco get a run of games up front with Torres, him and Vela are similar players.}

i know he is able to leave arsenal in this window, there are quite a few clubs in spain being linked with him. think if the fee arsenal want was reached then maybe arsenal would sell to us.
i like pacheco, but for some reason he is not fancied by roy, or rafa. again its difficult to make the huge step from the reserves to the first team and be expected to play well in a ten minute camio, can't see with the pressure roy is under, he would have the balls to take the gamble and give him 7/ 8 games to seewhat he can do. i think the best thing for pacheco is a loan to a west brom or a bolton for the second half of the season. did wonders for jack wilshire.
what do you reckon ed? loan, or stay and gain nothing from the reserves?

{editor: Loan for sure. I would like to see him on loan at a premier league team but Leeds United would be good for him too. They are a big club with good fans.}

03 Jan 2011 10:44:43
Totally agree with you their editor on Meireles he gives a poor Liverpool side a different edge.And a good reply to a blinckerd poster.
Redeyedhector

{editor: thanks mate, I've only been an editor for about an hour!}

03 Jan 2011 10:35:49
I heard it was because he was suffering from fatigue due to the weight of the extra thick gloves he was wearing. coupled with the fact he was playing in his favoured position (centre midfield) and was shown up by Lucas. Also I've heard we are investigating his passport to find out his reall age due to his aged appearance and severe lack of pace.
A bit harsh ed this guy clearly doesn't watch the matches. Meireles controlled the game agaisnt spurs and if we had actually put some away agaisn't them we would and should have one.

{editor: I like Meireles, I think he will be a class player for us, stronger than Aqua and the only reason he isn't scoring is because players close him down because of his long range brilliance}

03 Jan 2011 10:32:00
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{editor: A bit harsh, he has being great for us so far}
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Please define great for me ed. Stats so far. Played 16 games and scored 0 goals and he doesn't look like he willever score considering that miss against wolves. If you look at the opta stats Lucas out performs him and he's useless

{editor: It's not about goals mate, they are a bonus. Imagine, who set up Torres' second against Chelsea? If he wasnt on the pitch we may have lost that game. He seems like a solid player, hopefully the goals will come but considering he has come over from portugal he isn't doing that bad. His brilliance to pull the wall out of the way against United and make them all look like school kinds chasing him was enough for me!}
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Ok ed we've got very different views on what a Liverpool central midfielder should be like, I'll leave it there.

{editor: no problem, your opinion is your opinion.}

03 Jan 2011 10:31:35
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Sorry fella your history is not a patch on spurs you courted history for 15 years spurs have done it on and off since 1901(where were you the other day when your fans were battered by all when you questioned spurs and the goonheads history? ?) and as for lennon he will not become available! and i think even one of the eds knows it was app both players that slagged off your lot! and actually you did put a price on the players? and even if he does sign for spurs for one month it will still be beckham and lennon, as for harry being an admirer this does not automatically mean he will get him as you posted , they want him, they are two different things being an admirer and wanting a player, think i was right when i said get a life and your knowledge of football is shocking! {ed's note - you do realise Liverpool won the league twice in the 1920s, hardly a 15 year period.}

spurs fan ur history is crap lol

1st division champs: lfc-18 spurs-2 lfc ahead by 16
fa cup winners: lfc- 7 spurs-8 spurs ahead by 1
league cup winners: lfc- 7 spurs- 4 lfc ahead by 3
charity shield: lfc- 15 spurs- 7 lfc ahead by 8
european champions league: lfc- 5 spurs- 0 lfc ahead by 5
uefa cup winners: lfc- 3 spurs- 2 lfc ahead by 1
uefa super cup/ cup winners cup: lfc-3 spurs- 1 lfc ahead by 2

doubles: lfc- 7 spurs- 1 lfc ahead by 6
trebles lfc- 2 spurs- 0 lfc ahead by 2

based on that i think ull find how much better lfc history is to spurs :) by my reckoning u spurs fans will have to wait atleast 16 years b4 u can even compare histories so please go to ur own fan sites and wollow in self pity

do you know what it was never about trophy's it was about some idiot who seems to have been watching football for 5 mins, yep you have won your trophy's but to dismiss other teams history is disrespectful regardless as to what team it, yes spurs have won trophy's

f.a cup as a non league side that's history and one that will never be repeated
the double that's history, the first modern team to do so that can not be repeated
european trophy, the first british team to win a european trophy that can not be repeated
to win a major trophy in each of the last 6 decades 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and the 00's only man utd can match that, spurs have a great written history as well, yes liverpool have more trophy's and for some of them i cheered them on so stop knocking other teams! a few years back there was talk of a super league top teams from england, spain, italy, germany and so forth, spurs having been the third most successful british team in europe would have be chosen along with you and man utd and still are the third most successful british team so although the banter is good its the idiots that let it down!

03 Jan 2011 10:13:38
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Hiya ed what's everyone's fascination with wolfswinkel he did nothing against us In them 2 games a bad bad move if we get him. What's the price quoted for him?

LAVERS

{editor: I'm with you, he is simply too lightweight}

03 Jan 2011 10:02:24
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I have the feeling that Wolfswinkel is just having a good year, kinda like Alfonso did. Also he didn't look to good against us.
ED? What Striker do u believe that is realistic and would be good enough for january? {ed's note - for January I really can't think of one other than the standard Llorente etc. I can't think of any cheap prospects off hand.}

03 Jan 2011 09:58:21
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02 Jan 2011 23:36:24
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Anyone know why Meireles came off yesterday
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I heard it was because he was suffering from fatigue due to the weight of the extra thick gloves he was wearing. coupled with the fact he was playing in his favoured position (centre midfield) and was shown up by Lucas. Also I've heard we are investigating his passport to find out his reall age due to his aged appearance and severe lack of pace.

{editor: A bit harsh, he has being great for us so far}

03 Jan 2011 09:57:17
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03 Jan 2011 04:13:10
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In reply to:

"Because Liverpool are a massive club, and Aguero is a professed Liverpool fan. Not to mention the possibility of playing up top with Fernando Torres. Liverpool have plenty to offer.

It is debatable whether we could afford his transfer fee and wages, but the size of the contracts NESV have been giving baseball players (in excess of £100m) we could certainly pull off one or two big deals if the players wanted to join. I'm not expecting anything personally but I wouldn't rule it out."

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Yes I know that Aguero is a Pool fan and all but he won't join Liverpool at a time like this. He is a player who needs Champions League football and ATM Liverpool cannot guarantee that and they cannot guarantee that Torres will be staying for much long as he is one who also needs Champions League football. These are two quality strikers who deserve to be at the top levels of football, and at this stage of LFC they are not at the top no more.

Just because you are a fan of a club does not mean you join them. You play football for a reason. To make money and because they are obviously good at the sport. And if they are so good they should be at a higher level than Liverpool.

+If NESV are so rich and can afford this then how come they are only giving Hodgson £27m if that at all.

Any thoughts from you Ed? Always good to have your input from my view :D.

MPez

{Editor's Note: I know nothing of any £27M. You also cannot equate spending on the Red Sox with spendiong on Liverpool. I doubt you will see Aguero in January.}

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in regards to players 'needing CL football' man city cannot offer that can they? They can now that they hae got the players and when we have got players like Aguero we will get back to CL football!

{editor: also his current club are not in the Champions League...}

03 Jan 2011 09:33:23
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Ed, wouldn't it be great if we signed Llorente, and he had his surname on the the back instead of his middle name?torres and torres up front, think any team we played would be bricking it!

matt27

{editor: We can all dream}

03 Jan 2011 09:20:43
I agree about 2008, towards the end of the season we were completley creaming teams. The football we played was outstanding and the best we had ever played in the Premier league.

People talk about how we never replaced Keane, Rafa's rant at Christmas and that we blew it from there. The truth is we got better after that Christmas Period.

I still remember Macheda getting the winner for United against Villa in injury time and thinking its not meant to be.

We were so close that season, truly a shame we never won it.

03 Jan 2011 09:03:29
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Just a thought but wouldn't Ian Holloway make a great Manager for LFC? Lets face it he is straight talking. . his team play brilliant football!

What do you think?

Kopite70

{editor: The only problem I could see is his lack of Premier League experiance. He is doing a fantastic job at Blackpool, I would like to appoint him as press conference man, that way we would not have to listen to Roy being "Happy with a draw".}

03 Jan 2011 08:50:44
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Is our next game on the telly? {editor: No mate, next game is against Blackburn on the 5th, the game after that is against United in the FA Cup on the 9th, ITV1 mate.}

03 Jan 2011 08:21:05
I was reading an old article from the guardian talking about our league victory against bolton in 2008. And I recollected the memories of that season. How we topped the table at one point. And how we thrashed united 4-1, real madrid 4-0, chelsea-2-0. And how we required 10 wins from the last ten games for guaranteed title. And how 4-4 arsenal draw spoilt our party cos we won the remaining 9 games and handsomely thrashing teams like villa 5-0. 6-0 etc. . Goals galore. We had such a great goal difference. Wish we had one the league that season. Then united would still be one behind us today. . And if we had won the league probably we would have held onto to xabi and arbeloa and wouldn't have wasted 20million each on aquilani and glen johnson , instead got another world class striker. . How different things would have been if not for arshavin scoring 4 goals against us. Miss 2008 alot. Although am not trying to support rafa. Cos the very next season he made it look as though that was a fluke. .

mate i agree with u but manu wouldve been 2 titles behind if we won. we wouldve been on 19 and they wouldve been 17. im not very good at maths but pretty sure the difference is 2. and if we won against arsenal we wouldve still lost the title. manu won by 4 points, if we won that game, we wouldve lost by 2. drawing at home to hull city and west ham is what lost us the title. {editor: also what grates me is the fact that Gerrard scored a perfectly good goal, that was ruled out against Stoke. We deserved the league title that season}

03 Jan 2011 08:00:30
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Why is everyone saying we can't afford top players? Do you want John Henry at the next home game to come on to the pitch at half time and shout 'Loadsamoney!'? They would not have bought a club like Liverpool, for £300m, knowing they had to significantly invest. They know the amount of money they would get for being in the CL, so they want to get there as quickly as possible. They are not tight with their money, they just want to get the right players at the right price. Do we want to go down the £18m for Jo route?

The journalists want to tell everybody Liverpool can't afford top players because that could put their precious Spurs at risk, who seem to apparently become a better team than Barcelona if you read the papers. Let's' see what they say about Chelsea or Spurs if they don't reach the CL. The end of Chelsea or Spurs? No, just a bad season but they will have the money and reputation to buy great players!

03 Jan 2011 07:48:08
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I was reading an old article from the guardian talking about our league victory against bolton in 2008. And I recollected the memories of that season. How we topped the table at one point. And how we thrashed united 4-1, real madrid 4-0, chelsea-2-0. And how we required 10 wins from the last ten games for guaranteed title. And how 4-4 arsenal draw spoilt our party cos we won the remaining 9 games and handsomely thrashing teams like villa 5-0. 6-0 etc. . Goals galore. We had such a great goal difference. Wish we had one the league that season. Then united would still be one behind us today. . And if we had won the league probably we would have held onto to xabi and arbeloa and wouldn't have wasted 20million each on aquilani and glen johnson , instead got another world class striker. . How different things would have been if not for arshavin scoring 4 goals against us. Miss 2008 alot. Although am not trying to support rafa. Cos the very next season he made it look as though that was a fluke. .

03 Jan 2011 07:21:48
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Comolli saw and recommended mertesacker. 10 million aint that bad for a good solid defender. still very young. i admit it would take him a while to get used to the physicality of the epl, compared to the bundesliga.
other rumours
marvin sordell from watford (never heard of him)
marveaux
honda
elia
sturridge

03 Jan 2011 05:53:12
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Reina, Marin
Johnson, Kelly
Cahill, Carragher/ Ayala
Agger, Wilson
Gibbs, Robinson
Johnson, Sterling
Gerrard, Shelvey
Meireles, Lucas
Young, Suso
Carroll, Pacheco
Torres, Wickham

03 Jan 2011 05:05:59
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Sorry fella your history is not a patch on spurs you courted history for 15 years spurs have done it on and off since 1901(where were you the other day when your fans were battered by all when you questioned spurs and the goonheads history? ?) and as for lennon he will not become available! and i think even one of the eds knows it was app both players that slagged off your lot! and actually you did put a price on the players? and even if he does sign for spurs for one month it will still be beckham and lennon, as for harry being an admirer this does not automatically mean he will get him as you posted , they want him, they are two different things being an admirer and wanting a player, think i was right when i said get a life and your knowledge of football is shocking! {ed's note - you do realise Liverpool won the league twice in the 1920s, hardly a 15 year period.}

spurs fan ur history is crap lol

1st division champs: lfc-18 spurs-2 lfc ahead by 16
fa cup winners: lfc- 7 spurs-8 spurs ahead by 1
league cup winners: lfc- 7 spurs- 4 lfc ahead by 3
charity shield: lfc- 15 spurs- 7 lfc ahead by 8
european champions league: lfc- 5 spurs- 0 lfc ahead by 5
uefa cup winners: lfc- 3 spurs- 2 lfc ahead by 1
uefa super cup/ cup winners cup: lfc-3 spurs- 1 lfc ahead by 2

doubles: lfc- 7 spurs- 1 lfc ahead by 6
trebles lfc- 2 spurs- 0 lfc ahead by 2

based on that i think ull find how much better lfc history is to spurs :) by my reckoning u spurs fans will have to wait atleast 16 years b4 u can even compare histories so please go to ur own fan sites and wollow in self pity

03 Jan 2011 04:46:43
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Not entirely happy about
vote for next manager

03 Jan 2011 04:44:56
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4-3-3

� � � � � � � � � � Reina � � � � � � � �
Johnson � Carragher � Mertesacker � Cissokho
� � � � � � � � � � MVila � � � � � � � �
� � � � � Gerrard � � � � Mierelas � � �
� � Hazard � � � - � � � � � Ag�ero � �
� � � � � � � � � Torres � � � � � � � �

� � � � � � Jones � � � � � � � �
Kelly � Wilson � Agger � Insua
� � � � � � Lucas � � � � � � � �
� Shelvey � � � � Aqualani � � �
Pacheco � � � - � � � � � Honda
� � � � � � Suarez � � � � � � � �

03 Jan 2011 04:40:17
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Ed this is for the banter page.

not been on here since b4 the season started, came back last night to find people are still talking about the same old wishlists ie. turan, hazard, aguero, banega. . .i knew there was a reason i got bored with this place. its not the site its the lazy posters, why are you asking the eds so many questions? just scroll down to the bottom of the page and ask someone more intelligent than you to read it for you (i know how tired it makes you). there is even such a thing as an archive, where you can go through all the old posts by people who've been wanking over aguero for 3 years. Nothing personal eds but this is getting old, i don't know how you can do this day in day out. good luck with site fellas, i'll go back to checking in twice a week and reading everything.
And yes that includes the inconvenience of pointless posts by people who refuse to read. Dont you see how you are the one making the page take forever to read? DO YOU SEE IT? ITS YOU.
BIGREDFRED

03 Jan 2011 03:51:06
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Team I'd like to see after January:

- - - - - - - - - Reina - - - - - - - - -
Johnson - Carragher - Agger - Aurelio
- - - - - - Meireles - Adam - - - - - -
- - Hazard - Gerrard - Griezmann - -
- - - - - - - - - Torres - - - - - - - - -

Charlie Adam - Blackpool - 6million
Eden Hazard - Lille - 18million
Antoine Griezmann - Real Sociedad - 12million

Charlie Adam is proving he's good enough. 95% of the passing ability of Alonso in my opinion. Sweet left foot. Only 25 years old too.

Eden Hazard & Antoine Griezmann are the types of players Comolli was brought in to get. One French based & the other French. Both 19 years old & both extremely talented with a lot of first team experience already. Comolli can make these deals happen.

Recoup money & cut wage bill by letting Aquilani, Degen, Konchesky, El Zhar, �krtel, Poulsen & Jovanovic go.

-IamTheCosmos

03 Jan 2011 03:44:21
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Joe Liverpool {ed's note - I think Dalglish would go for him, not sure if that is a good thing as I have heard a lot of people say he is not that good. But then a lot of people didn't think Barnes was worth buying and he turned out alright didn't he? Turan should be available for a lot less than Young as he wants to join us, probably around the 10m mark.}

Reason I don't believe the rumors that he is in liverpool to sign for us is because he's injured last time I checked. Out until feb. Not unless he's made an early recovery. Would love Turan here. Doubt he will with Merveaux arriving.

03 Jan 2011 03:25:39
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{ed's note - I think we need width as well and a striker and left back. Central midfield is not a priority for me}

I think it depends on what formation we play, as to how many players we need. If we play 442 we will need 4 new players. If we play 433 we would need 3 players.

Another thing I've been thinking about is that Merveaux is on the verge off signing. He's defiantly not a Roy signing. Comolli choose this guy. One of the ed's said we asked about gervinho (another player Comolli would have suggested) and striker horauo (sp) but I think that Comolli is not letting Roy get his targets (Carlton Cole, Robert Huth). I think Comolli has 85% of the power when dealing with transfers. Sounds to me that they are buying stop gab players till the summer. They know we badly needed a winger, and they were looking for cheaper players I believe to last us till the summer. Then when Roy goes, we can buy better players for those positions and sell the older players and use the players we brought in Jan as useful squad players. It just makes sense to me. Not the first time I've been way off the mark though.

Ed if you do finish reading this. I would be interested to hear your thought on whose got the power between Comolli and Roy. Sounds to me that Comolli has all the power from what I've seen.

Lfc_ynwa

{Editor's Note: The is no power vested in either - they are responsible, with the scouting staff for identifying and assessing possible targets.}

03 Jan 2011 03:10:52
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Roy Hodgson should be givin t the end of Jan , see how we do till then .If needed bring in kenny and Thompson , i tho Phil Thompson did well , when he filled in for Houllier , he is highly spirited and would motivate the players, Kenny would also earn instant respect and would get the best out of our best players, he would also attract good players, and hopefully get the team playing good passing football and use good attackers , we havent played good attacking football since Roy Evans was in charge , in my opinion we where a much better team to watch back then and everyone feared Anfield , cause we played good attacking football and the fans , loved it , we need to get back to what we do best .But the s* ts up teams at Anfield

03 Jan 2011 02:28:53
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LOL, just heard a Spurs fan saying Liverpool's history isn't a patch on Tottenham's. Is this guy drunk or just plain stupid?

Liverpool - 40 major trophies (18 minor trophies)
Spurs - 18 major trophies (8 minor trophies)

Might I add that our trophy haul includes two trebles, and five doubles. Including two further appearences in the final of Europe's Elite club competition. Heck mate, yous only got into the CL last season for the FIRST TIME.

Do the maths son. Or take the t* t tinted. . sorry white tinted specs off.

03 Jan 2011 00:26:01
First time posting here its a great site great job to all the eds,

Every time i watch man city play and watch yaya toure play i think why didn't we do a straight swap masherano with yaya toure? ed? {ed's note - because we sold Mash after Yaya joined City and we couldn't pay 200k a week like they can.}

03 Jan 2011 00:25:31
I agree ed. . one more defeat in our next 3 games and I think he will be sacked almost immediately after. And looking at our next 3 or 4 games we should be winning almost all of them so he can have no excuses. . . The players did perform for him against bolton though. It's the away form and although he joined us when we could not buy a win away from home I still think his away form at Fulham has followed him and my biggest gripe about Hodgson is that he is another manager who is more concerned with the opposition than how we play. Houllier and benitez were both the same. . Roy evans was the last manager we had who genuinely set up to win home and away. . . not good at spotting defenders though!

02 Jan 2011 23:53:25
35,000 is not a statistic, it's a statement that cannot be ignored.
So many posts about this or that player coming in.
It is not the car that is the problem. It's the driver !

02 Jan 2011 23:51:38
I see where you are coming from ed. And in your honest opinion do you think Hodgson will be here in a weeks time? {ed's note - yes I do, unless we lose.}

02 Jan 2011 23:44:56
Routledge or SWP is such a hard decision to make! RED77

02 Jan 2011 23:42:01
Hey ed and everyone as its now 2011 what would be the team of the decade 2000-2010.you can have subs plus either houlier benitez hodgson.thanks DORSET RED {ed's note - I don't think Rafa, Roy or Ged would make the team, we haven't been quite that bad in the last ten years! For me it would be:
-------------Reina
Babbel- -Carragher- -Hyypia- -Riise
----------Hamann- -Alonso
Gerrard--------- ------------Berger
---------Fowler- -Torres
That would be it for me, have to say the left sided choices were a bit on the sparse side.}

02 Jan 2011 23:34:26
02 Jan 2011 22:59:36
Are liverpool fans dumb some are calling for benitez to come back he is the reason your in this mess he one of worst managers ive seen he was only at inter for 6 months and he even messed up their

firstly, most don't want him back. secondly, he wasnt the worst manager he was actually one of the best we have had for a while, , champions league cup champions league final twice, , always in the quarters and beyond apart from 1 time , , , fa cup, , and best position in the league we have been, i don't say that's a failure, , , the only reason we were so bad in 2009/ 10 season was cos the owners and the debt they put the club in we had to sell arbeloa and alonso and couple more and the only money we had to spend was money from alonso which half went on aquilani who woulda been good if he hadnt of gotten injured just as he joined us, , if benitez had these owners we have now back then we woulda beaten united to the league