Liverpool Thread
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YoungGun_UK
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YoungGun_UK
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Yeh your right, i can hear the Anfield crowd cheering "this is our year" when Benitez signs another average player
Yeh your right, i can hear the Anfield crowd cheering "this is our year" when Benitez signs another average player
Vannizzlefashizzal
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Re: Liverpool Thread
isnt that what rafa's been doing every year since he joined?
this is his 4th year (i think), how many players that he bought in his 1st season are still at lfc?
isnt that what rafa's been doing every year since he joined?
this is his 4th year (i think), how many players that he bought in his 1st season are still at lfc?
Re: Liverpool Thread
Yous lot would be doing the same.
Shame we couldn't really test that theory no because Ronaldo had an even shitter tournament
I know a couple of Liverpool fans and Im sure they have got a feeling that they have won something this year when in reality it just happens that one of their players scored the winner in the final after playing average in a tournament!
Gives me a chuckle everytime I think about it !
Yous lot would be doing the same.
Shame we couldn't really test that theory no because Ronaldo had an even shitter tournament
Re: Liverpool Thread
Isn't that what Mancs have been saying every 5mins?
Think of a new stick to beat us with, please!
Isn't that what Mancs have been saying every 5mins?
Think of a new stick to beat us with, please!
Vannizzlefashizzal
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Vannizzlefashizzal
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Re: Liverpool Thread
its okay we'll get over it...
anyway i'd prefer to start the season as defending champions rather than a few players having a good summer...
Yous lot would be doing the same.
Shame we couldn't really test that theory no because Ronaldo had an even shitter tournament
its okay we'll get over it...
anyway i'd prefer to start the season as defending champions rather than a few players having a good summer...
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DagsJT
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Can we end this before it starts getting stupid again and everyone starts taking the piss out of each other?
Next thing we know, Blue4Life will see all of this going on and jump in the mix ...
I wonder if Voronin will stay at us, it's pretty clear VERY few Liverpool fans have the patience for him to stay at us.
Can we end this before it starts getting stupid again and everyone starts taking the piss out of each other?
Next thing we know, Blue4Life will see all of this going on and jump in the mix ...
I wonder if Voronin will stay at us, it's pretty clear VERY few Liverpool fans have the patience for him to stay at us.
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Oh joy, the one thread that threatens to get out of hand is this one
Get a grip eh lads. Liverpool over the last few seasons have always felt that just 1 signing will change our entire team and the outlook, this hasn't proved to be the case though and we are now no closer to catching the Chelseas or the Man U's.
Maybe this year will be our year
Oh joy, the one thread that threatens to get out of hand is this one
Get a grip eh lads. Liverpool over the last few seasons have always felt that just 1 signing will change our entire team and the outlook, this hasn't proved to be the case though and we are now no closer to catching the Chelseas or the Man U's.
Maybe this year will be our year
Vannizzlefashizzal
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Re: Liverpool Thread
fair enough...
i was genuinely interested to see how many of rafa's signings have lasted..
Can we end this before it starts getting stupid again and everyone starts taking the piss out of each other?
Next thing we know, Blue4Life will see all of this going on and jump in the mix ...
I wonder if Voronin will stay at us, it's pretty clear VERY few Liverpool fans have the patience for him to stay at us.
fair enough...
i was genuinely interested to see how many of rafa's signings have lasted..
Vannizzlefashizzal
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Re: Liverpool Thread
alot of my scouse mates give up on him..
especially when they saw him and his missus in those designer tracksuits!!
alot of my scouse mates give up on him..
especially when they saw him and his missus in those designer tracksuits!!
YoungGun_UK
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Re: Liverpool Thread
This may be a mistake but if i was you lot i would use Crouch's 10M-15M to get a somewhat top winger, It would leave Voronin and Kuyt to be back up for Nando. would be a risk but IMO worth it.
----------Torres-------
Babel----Gerrard----?
This may be a mistake but if i was you lot i would use Crouch's 10M-15M to get a somewhat top winger, It would leave Voronin and Kuyt to be back up for Nando. would be a risk but IMO worth it.
----------Torres-------
Babel----Gerrard----?
Aboutreika18
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DagsJT
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Fully agree, that money should go towards a quality winger. Especially now that Kewell has gone. I figure we're still in the running for Bentley so fingers crossed.
Fully agree, that money should go towards a quality winger. Especially now that Kewell has gone. I figure we're still in the running for Bentley so fingers crossed.
YoungGun_UK
20 TIMES!
Re: Liverpool Thread
Yeh Bentley would give you great balance on the flanks as you already have Babel on the other side who prefers to dribble with it a lot more etc while Bentley is the more get to the wing and whip one in.
Yeh Bentley would give you great balance on the flanks as you already have Babel on the other side who prefers to dribble with it a lot more etc while Bentley is the more get to the wing and whip one in.
Re: Liverpool Thread
From The Times
July 5, 2008
Fernando Torres: Rafael Benitez pushed me to greatness
Russell Kempson
Few foreign players have adapted better - or as quickly - to the unique demands of top-flight football in England than Fernando Torres. In his first season, after arriving at Liverpool 12 months ago, he scored 33 goals in all competitions.
Yet as the prolific Spain striker ponders how he can improve next season, having set the bar so high, he is swift to pay tribute to the part that Rafael Benítez played in his rapid and spectacular progress. Without the intense guidance of the Liverpool manager, Torres maintains, he might not have made such an immediate impact.
“There are days when you think: ‘My God, this guy [Benítez] doesn't let you breathe',” Torres, a £20.2million buy from Atlético Madrid, said. “At times like that, you don't realise that all he wants is for you to improve.
“When you are in a team where things are going mostly well, players tend to relax. But you must always push yourself. Never become complacent; you try to do your best every single day. At a club like Liverpool, you can't sit back after scoring 20-odd goals and say: 'Well, that's it.' After you score 20, Benítez is at you during the next training session and stays on top of you all day, all week.
“He tells you to go off on your own and do new exercises. I want to progress in life, not relax, not be complacent, and you need someone close to you telling you to keep at it. It is impossible to do it otherwise. We don't always fancy someone that close but, in the long term, I am sure that everybody will thank him for it.”
Torres, 24, carried his form into the international arena this summer, scoring two goals as Spain were crowned European champions. His second goal - a trademark effort embracing power and pace - was enough to see off Germany 1-0 in the final in Vienna.
If Benítez's influence has been great, Torres has also reaped the benefit of playing alongside Steven Gerrard, the England midfield player. He has watched Gerrard closely - on and off the pitch - and used the Liverpool captain as an example of how to deal with life in the goldfish bowl that is Merseyside.
“I really admire Steven,” Torres said in an interview in Champions, the official magazine of the Uefa Champions League, said. “I know the pressure he is under every day, everybody talking about him all day long. In the changing-room, in the pubs, in the stadium. I've heard people say he should be stronger, have a stronger personality. I know by experience how difficult it is to deal with that because Liverpool is a huge club. And he's at another level, of course.
“People look at you from a distance and challenge you with their eyes. All that happens to Steve every day and he copes with it, everything that is expected of him all the time. He's always under tremendous pressure to perform and everyone looks to him to show leadership, to lift the team.
“He's a great example, and those of us who have been in a similar situation know how difficult it is to handle. It's incredible the way he carries himself regardless of what is going on around him. I'd love to be captain of another team one day and Steve has shown me how to be a great leader.”
During a career of many highs, Torres has had to endure his lows, too, particularly before his move to Anfield. He would turn to Olalla, his girlfriend, for sympathy and advice. “She has had to suffer much disappointed ranting and moaning, especially when I was at Atlético,” Torres said. “Now, she is also having a good time herself.
“She knows how to calm me down when I haven't been able to see the way out of the tunnel or wake me up when I've been sleeping. She pushes me when I need to be encouraged. The person that lives with you is sometimes the only one capable of helping you up when you don't realise how down you are.”
From The Times
July 5, 2008
Fernando Torres: Rafael Benitez pushed me to greatness
Russell Kempson
Few foreign players have adapted better - or as quickly - to the unique demands of top-flight football in England than Fernando Torres. In his first season, after arriving at Liverpool 12 months ago, he scored 33 goals in all competitions.
Yet as the prolific Spain striker ponders how he can improve next season, having set the bar so high, he is swift to pay tribute to the part that Rafael Benítez played in his rapid and spectacular progress. Without the intense guidance of the Liverpool manager, Torres maintains, he might not have made such an immediate impact.
“There are days when you think: ‘My God, this guy [Benítez] doesn't let you breathe',” Torres, a £20.2million buy from Atlético Madrid, said. “At times like that, you don't realise that all he wants is for you to improve.
“When you are in a team where things are going mostly well, players tend to relax. But you must always push yourself. Never become complacent; you try to do your best every single day. At a club like Liverpool, you can't sit back after scoring 20-odd goals and say: 'Well, that's it.' After you score 20, Benítez is at you during the next training session and stays on top of you all day, all week.
“He tells you to go off on your own and do new exercises. I want to progress in life, not relax, not be complacent, and you need someone close to you telling you to keep at it. It is impossible to do it otherwise. We don't always fancy someone that close but, in the long term, I am sure that everybody will thank him for it.”
Torres, 24, carried his form into the international arena this summer, scoring two goals as Spain were crowned European champions. His second goal - a trademark effort embracing power and pace - was enough to see off Germany 1-0 in the final in Vienna.
If Benítez's influence has been great, Torres has also reaped the benefit of playing alongside Steven Gerrard, the England midfield player. He has watched Gerrard closely - on and off the pitch - and used the Liverpool captain as an example of how to deal with life in the goldfish bowl that is Merseyside.
“I really admire Steven,” Torres said in an interview in Champions, the official magazine of the Uefa Champions League, said. “I know the pressure he is under every day, everybody talking about him all day long. In the changing-room, in the pubs, in the stadium. I've heard people say he should be stronger, have a stronger personality. I know by experience how difficult it is to deal with that because Liverpool is a huge club. And he's at another level, of course.
“People look at you from a distance and challenge you with their eyes. All that happens to Steve every day and he copes with it, everything that is expected of him all the time. He's always under tremendous pressure to perform and everyone looks to him to show leadership, to lift the team.
“He's a great example, and those of us who have been in a similar situation know how difficult it is to handle. It's incredible the way he carries himself regardless of what is going on around him. I'd love to be captain of another team one day and Steve has shown me how to be a great leader.”
During a career of many highs, Torres has had to endure his lows, too, particularly before his move to Anfield. He would turn to Olalla, his girlfriend, for sympathy and advice. “She has had to suffer much disappointed ranting and moaning, especially when I was at Atlético,” Torres said. “Now, she is also having a good time herself.
“She knows how to calm me down when I haven't been able to see the way out of the tunnel or wake me up when I've been sleeping. She pushes me when I need to be encouraged. The person that lives with you is sometimes the only one capable of helping you up when you don't realise how down you are.”
Re: Liverpool Thread
Crouch going after all? And cheap too ...
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk...-make-a-return-to-south-coast-64375-21266786/
Crouch going after all? And cheap too ...
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk...-make-a-return-to-south-coast-64375-21266786/
TikTikTikTikTik
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Sorry what?! Kewell didnt do anything of note the whole time he was with us, so him now leaving makes very little difference to our winger needs.
Sorry what?! Kewell didnt do anything of note the whole time he was with us, so him now leaving makes very little difference to our winger needs.
Punzz
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Re: Liverpool Thread
Lord knows how Kewell managed to play so many finals considering how he was crippled for most of the time
Lord knows how Kewell managed to play so many finals considering how he was crippled for most of the time
elensar77
11 Abdul Kader Keita
Re: Liverpool Thread
Kewell:
1,8m€ for a years.
İts not to much ı think for us and kewell.
He want to new challange no mony my friends
Good luck.
We want to varonin again liverpool
Kewell:
1,8m€ for a years.
İts not to much ı think for us and kewell.
He want to new challange no mony my friends
Good luck.
We want to varonin again liverpool
Punzz
Purple Monkey Dishwasher
Re: Liverpool Thread
You can have Voronin!
You can have Voronin!
Re: Liverpool Thread
Voronin, and Itandje? I love Galatasaray :applaud:
Kewell:
1,8m€ for a years.
İts not to much ı think for us and kewell.
He want to new challange no mony my friends
Good luck.
We want to varonin again liverpool
Voronin, and Itandje? I love Galatasaray :applaud:
elensar77
11 Abdul Kader Keita
Re: Liverpool Thread
Why man?
Varonin bad player?
I think he has no chance your forward but he is good player for CL
We want to so many alternative player.Maybe he wont player our forward.Because we have Nonda,Ümit Karan.
And no, ıtandje wont come Gala,because he did want 1,8m€ for a year.And rejected our manager.Now we want Sorensen GK and Lucas Neill Defence
Why man?
Varonin bad player?
I think he has no chance your forward but he is good player for CL
We want to so many alternative player.Maybe he wont player our forward.Because we have Nonda,Ümit Karan.
And no, ıtandje wont come Gala,because he did want 1,8m€ for a year.And rejected our manager.Now we want Sorensen GK and Lucas Neill Defence
Punzz
Purple Monkey Dishwasher
Re: Liverpool Thread
Hes a jack of all trades and master of none. He is hard working I suppose. Decent technique but thats about as far as his positives go. The turkish league may suit him as I imagine the general level of defending isn't as high as other leagues
Hes a jack of all trades and master of none. He is hard working I suppose. Decent technique but thats about as far as his positives go. The turkish league may suit him as I imagine the general level of defending isn't as high as other leagues
Re: Liverpool Thread
Bahahahhahah!! Omg that cracked me up! :applaud:
I bet ya Pool fans get a kick out of this
Bahahahhahah!! Omg that cracked me up! :applaud:
Aboutreika18
Too Black, Too Strong
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Re: Liverpool Thread
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_3779330,00.html
So, is Alonso leaving or not?
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_3779330,00.html
So, is Alonso leaving or not?