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by **heimdall** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:39 am

Sabre wrote:Heimdall, that post was from June, before the reset of cards, let it go mate, new season, new mood.

And good post akumaface.

Sorry, didn't see the date, but new start or not Lando is still name calling :no

by **lakes10** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:47 am

talking about the press bbc reported that there is huge unrest at our club after the club has agree to sale of Alonso.
they are saying that a lot of players my not be happy with him leaving but are more unhappy as to why he is leaving, read into that what you like....i should have posted in my thread i started but this is more about how the press report on our club.

The BBC often get reports and dont use them, i tend to be a bit lucky as sometimes i get to hear the reports that are not used, i am shocked how much :censored:

is reported about our club, lucky most of it is seen for what it is and not used......yet SSN lover to report all the :censored:

aswell as the trurh.

by **red37** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:59 am

heimdall wrote:
Sabre wrote:Heimdall, that post was from June, before the reset of cards, let it go mate, new season, new mood.

And good post akumaface.

Sorry, didn't see the date, but new start or not Lando is still name calling

Heimdall - that was 6 f*cking weeks ago!

Now for what good reason have you (yes, YOU) decided to see fit to 'bring it up again'

FFS.

but new start or not Lando is still name calling

Are you intentionally looking to make our job harder? Or are simply you just a thick plank: One who needs to stop and think first before opening yer great big hole of a gob. You didn't notice the date? Why comment at ALL? Lando offends you with his colourful language....you probably offend him with your ineptitude lad.

Move along.

by **GYBS** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:20 pm

by **roberto green** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:02 pm

bunglemark2 wrote:Have to agree with that...I think Rafa has pi$$ed off an awful lot of players and staff since he's been at the club...Not that life is always going to be a bed of roses, what with the amounts of money and inflated egos at stake......but he deffo seems to be lacking in the man-management space...

Yeah but I think the best of Managers always have that type attitude and just keep the relationship at the professional level, so the whole Idea is he is the manager and his judgement alone will win him trophies and if people need to be upset along the way then so what as long as he strives for the success which will in turn make himself a success and of course L.F.C

by **stmichael** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:58 am

The Guardian's Premier League preview about us:

Title No19 after a 19-year drought is Liverpool's main goal but can Rafael Benítez invest wisely and quickly enough to deliver?

Guardian writers' prediction: 1st Odds to win league: 11-4

Nineteen years have passed without league title No19 and still the prediction is that this could be Liverpool's year. But now the expectation is justified at Anfield and so high, so unforgiving, that not even Xabi Alonso's departure diminishes the demand on Rafael Benítez. Regaining the mantle of England's most decorated champions from Manchester United is imperative.

First, however, there must be caution amid the exultation. Benítez envisaged a summer of fine-tuning his squad after the first genuine title challenge of his reign but, despite the capture of Glen Johnson and impending arrival of Alberto Aquilani, it stands diminished. Alonso represents a serious loss from the spine of a first-choice XI that ranks alongside that of any Premier League rival and several other, albeit far less influential, players have been sold to raise funds. The loss of Alonso, however, does not have to be catastrophic to Liverpool's title prospects.

The club will undoubtedly miss the guile, technical ability and experience of a player who responded to Benítez's attempts to sell him last summer with arguably the finest season of his five-year spell on Merseyside. Of more importance is how Benítez spends the £30m he prised out of Florentino Pérez and Real Madrid for Alonso, a player he signed for £10.7m and valued at £18m 12 months ago on account of two injury-plagued but mediocre seasons; and whether Benítez will be allowed to reinvest Alonso's full transfer fee plus other monies promised this summer.

It is strange that the Liverpool squad has not been bolstered when it was lack of strength in depth, plus injury to Fernando Torres, that Benítez cited as the major reasons for falling four points short of United last season. In terms of numbers the arrival of Johnson and Aquilani, for instance, is offset by the departures of Alvaro Arbeloa and Alonso to the Bernabéu.

There remains time for strengthening and Liverpool indicated that the sale of Alonso might prompt a flurry of activity by securing a deal for Roma's playmaker Aquilani yesterday but it is unlike Benítez to leave money in his pocket should he have any available, as has been the case this summer. Cover is required at centre-half following Sami Hyypia's free transfer to Bayer Leverkusen while quality support for Torres and Steven Gerrard up front has not arrived seven months after Robbie Keane's return to White Hart Lane.

Given Benítez was promised £20m to spend plus whatever he raised in sales at the start of this summer – before the owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, secured a refinancing deal that involves repaying £60m of a £290m debt over the next 12 months – the Liverpool manager must have more than £40m at his dis- posal following Alonso's move. Should Aquilani overcome his injury problems and settle instantly – a prerequisite with the title at stake – a forward of the calibre of Valencia's David Silva arrive and defensive cover in the form of Sylvain Distin, for example, be brought in, then Benítez will have achieved his summer goals and Liverpool will embark on the new campaign wiser and stronger. But only Aquilani and a cheap defender would alter that assessment and raise further question marks over the Americans' financial might.

It is United, not Liverpool, who have lost more to the continued lure of Real Madrid and superior Spanish tax rates this summer and Sir Alex Ferguson could not ignore the foundation for Anfield's confidence even as he sought to dismiss their title credentials this week. "The thrust of the Liverpool team is really all about Gerrard and Torres," the United manager said. "If they stay fit, it improves Liverpool's chances."

Liverpool found a consistency that has long eluded them in the Premier League last season, even with Gerrard and Torres starting only 14 of 38 league matches together. Captain and talismanic striker produced 30 of Liverpool's 77 league goals last term, despite Torres suffering three hamstring strains that ruled him out of 14 league games. When fit, they represent Anfield's greatest hope. Injury to Torres or Gerrard would have a severe impact on the side but that argument applies to Wayne Rooney at Old Trafford.

Benítez finally got the measure of his "big four" rivals last season by taking 14 points from a possible 18 against the champions, Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool remained unbeaten in the league at Anfield all season, although their well-documented achilles heel – the seven draws at Anfield – continues to pain their manager. It is surely where a forward of Silva's ilk comes into the reckoning.

Johnson, desperate to seize his second chance at a top-four club following the disappointment of Stamford Bridge, appears a fine addition to the defence, able to provide adventurous support to Dirk Kuyt on the right and sure to improve defensively under Benítez's tutelage. Ryan Babel, having earned a reprieve from his manager this summer, will have to grasp his opportunity while greater responsibility will now fall on Javier Mascherano in light of Alonso's exit.

The Spaniard's sale means there is no prospect of the Argentina captain being granted his coveted move to Barcelona and much rests on his response. The title, however, may rest on Benítez's next moves in the transfer market.

Ins: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth, £18m), Alberto Aquilani (Roma, £20m)

Outs: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid, £30m) Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid, £3.5m), Sebastien Leto (Panathinaikos, £1.3m), Paul Anderson (Nottingham Forest, £250,000), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Jermaine Pennant (Espanyol, free), Jack Hobbs (Leicester, free), Astrit Ajdarevic (Leicester, free), Shane O'Connor (Ipswich, free), Ryan Flynn (Falkirk, loan), Dean Bouzanis (Wrexham, loan)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/footbal....verpool

by **stmichael** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:22 am

Merson talking absolute nonsense again:

http://www.goal.com/en....us-paul

by **Dazzer** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:23 pm

I Watch a program other day about Jack the Ripper and funny enough this OTT news all started back then by paper called Star.I don't think it has connection with daily star , but basic idea was they would make up stuff with out any real evidence that it happened to sell papers.I would have thought people would have gotten used to it now since we had it like this for 100 years odd ? :Oo:

If I was king of england and the King had powers like the old kings had I would burn jurno's for writing storys with out any facts to back it up.But I am not nearly as german as I need to be to become King of England and nearly not ugly enough so I am sorry for my failings.

by **Dazzer** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:25 pm

stmichael wrote:Merson talking absolute nonsense again:

http://www.goal.com/en....us-paul

That guy is such a tit I couldn't tell ya'r'rr has he started drinking agian ? or does he just have so much brain damage from all the drugs he done he can't remember what common sense looks like.

Sorry had to add a bit.

"The Premier League is not blessed with 15 world-class left wingers so I don't see how a right-back can affect a game that much," fourfourtwo.com quotes Merson as saying.

Sorry this proves my point really we didn't buy glen for his defensive skills we bought him because Rafa and I must say I feel he is best attacking right back england has to offor at this moment in time.

by **Dazzer** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:13 pm

Boocity wrote:Yes, I heard that on talksport, I nearly laughed my c0ck off

Boy stood on the burning deck his legs they felt a shiver.
With one faint cough his c0ck fell off and floated down the river.

by **lakes10** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:42 pm

talkshit today saod that Alonso has saud that there are 4 players at liverpool that are very unhappy and are looking to leave, one of them will not play football again and is sad that he has spent his last few years playing in a unhappy team.

its report like that that have no "" at the start and or end that make you think its all made up by our press.
most of the football press is based in the north now, well around manchester and birmingham, you would think we would get better press.

by **Sabre** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:52 pm

lakes10 wrote:talkshit today saod that Alonso has saud that there are 4 players at liverpool that are very unhappy and are looking to leave, one of them will not play football again and is sad that he has spent his last few years playing in a unhappy team.

its report like that that have no "" at the start and or end that make you think its all made up by our press.
most of the football press is based in the north now, well around manchester and birmingham, you would think we would get better press.

Hard to believe, I haven't read a bad word about Liverpool or Rafa in any of the interviews.

by **lakes10** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:58 pm

Sabre wrote:
lakes10 wrote:talkshit today saod that Alonso has saud that there are 4 players at liverpool that are very unhappy and are looking to leave, one of them will not play football again and is sad that he has spent his last few years playing in a unhappy team.

its report like that that have no "" at the start and or end that make you think its all made up by our press.
most of the football press is based in the north now, well around manchester and birmingham, you would think we would get better press.

Hard to believe, I haven't read a bad word about Liverpool or Rafa in any of the interviews.

thats my point, i just dont understand the press and the new hate for us.

by **stmichael** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:48 pm

It has to make you laugh though some of the sh#te some of these journalists come out with.

It's just amazing how we have gone from being written off as a two man team, to being written off as a team who now won't win anything because a midfielder who wasn't spoken about in the same terms as Gerrard and Torres, has been sold.

You couldn't make it up.

by **heimdall** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:49 pm

red37 wrote:
heimdall wrote:
Sabre wrote:Heimdall, that post was from June, before the reset of cards, let it go mate, new season, new mood.

And good post akumaface.

Sorry, didn't see the date, but new start or not Lando is still name calling

Heimdall - that was 6 f*cking weeks ago!

Now for what good reason have you (yes, YOU) decided to see fit to 'bring it up again' FFS.
but new start or not Lando is still name calling

Are you intentionally looking to make our job harder? Or are simply you just a thick plank: One who needs to stop and think first before opening yer great big hole of a gob. You didn't notice the date? Why comment at ALL? Lando offends you with his colourful language....you probably offend him with your ineptitude lad.

Move along.

Oh you do me make me laugh red37 but more in a pointing a finger shaking my head in disbelief kind of way. You just carry on protecting your chums, that is what being a mod is all about isn't it :no

.
BTW I will comment on whatever I want too whenever I want too and as long as I'm not breaking any forum rules I don't understand why you, as the great moderator you undoubtedly believe yourself to be, would have an issue with that.

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