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smokey

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Dead serious!

You hammer the opposition with 20 shots at goal and you get a goalless or score draw ... its down to a lack of luck.

Hahahahahaha. That back n forth reminds of when I used to frequent the PS3/Xbox thread. :D
 

maestro_za

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mmm to bad we're in the CL finals and on track to win an 18th league title :D

Enjoy it! Liverpool are developing a side to compete with manure now ;)

Chelsea have fallen & Wenger's kindergarten policy has failed.

COME ON REDS !!!
 

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Goal.com Premier League Player Of The Year 2008-09 is............





...Xabi Alonso :cool:

Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)

Has never been a player to steal headlines, but his orchestration in the middle of the park all season long for Liverpool has been the main reason for their improved consistency and quality of play. The more his influence takes centre-stage at Anfield, the better the Reds tend to fare. Maybe not so many goals, or even assists, but the Basque has brought out the best in almost all of his team-mates from the season's beginning to its end.

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

We have seen a more settled and composed Steven Gerrard than usual this season, as he has played in just one position for the entire season and done much more than just make flying tackles and score stoppage-time screamers. The freedom he has been offered in the hole has enabled him to terrorise opposition defences with his running, passing, and yes, shooting. He has a record goal tally for the season, albeit with many coming from the penalty spot, but a progressive, high-quality season nevertheless.

Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

If one man continued to get it right throughout the turmoil at Stamford Bridge this season, it was Frank Lampard. Both on and off the pitch, the former West Ham man seemed to get all the little things spot on, and popped up in the right places at the right times to score some big goals - breaking 20 for the fifth consecutive season - and gain a fair amount of recognition from his peers.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

His very style of play and uncontainable ability to succeed makes him a contender for almost any award. He got plenty of goals - big, spectacular ones - and played all across the front line with equal amounts of quality. He was, for much of the season, United's most threatening forward player - it's little coincidence that the Red Devils' slow start coincided with his injury. Played his part in bagging the League Cup, Club World Cup and Premier League and was the closest thing United had to a shining light in their Champions League final capitulation at the hands of Barcelona.

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

This is a man whose season was probably as close to perfection as you could expect from a defender until Fernando Torres, ably supported by Steven Gerrard, decimated him at Old Trafford towards the end of the season. From then on, despite the resulting loss not proving decisive, he never quite hit top gear again and paid the dearest of prices for just that when, in Rome, he was turned by Samuel Eto'o in the tenth minute for the goal that changed the game and handed all the initiative to Barcelona.

Goal.com Premier League Player of the Year: Xabi Alonso

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/ed...er-league-player-of-the-year-2008-09#comments

Well done Xabi :)
 

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Liverpool drowned in debt

From: http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1012891

Accountants have voiced concern over the short-term viability of Liverpool’s parent company as the club’s American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, attempt to refinance 350 million pounds of debt.

Annual accounts for Kop Football (holdings) Ltd., which were published on Thursday, showed that the parent company made losses of 42.6 million pounds in the year to July 2008, largely due to interest payments on the debt that was incurred to enable Hicks and Gillett to buy the club.

The club’s accountants, KPMG, issued their warning in a note attached to the accounts.

It said: "The group has credit facilities amounting to 350 million pounds which expire on 24 July 2009. The directors have initiated negotiations to secure the replacement finance required by the group and these negotiations are ongoing.

"These conditions... indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the group’s and parent company’s ability to continue as a going concern."

Hicks and Gillett have assured supporters that they will be able to refinance the debts but the warning from the accountants will inevitably increase hostility from fans who have been angered by the way in which the Americans financed their takeover.

The owners last year put plans to construct a new 60,000-seat stadium close to the club’s current home at Anfield on hold because of financing constraints arising from the club’s debt level and the credit crunch.

Liverpool’s underlying financial performance remains healthy with the football club having registered record turnover of 159.1 million pounds, up from 133.9 million the year before, and profit of 10.2 million.
 

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According to 'ThisIsAnfield.com' we didn't spend a cent net last season.

Last summer’s transfer activity:

Robbie Keane - from Tottenham Hotspur, £20.3m
Andrea Dossena - from Udinese, £7m
Diego Cavalieri - from Palmeiras, £3m
David N’Gog - from Paris St Germain, £1.5m
Philipp Degen - from Borussia Dortmund, Free
Albert Riera - from Espanyol, £8m

Total Spend = £39.8m

Peter Crouch - to Portsmouth, £11m
John Arne Riise - to Roma, £4.5m
Scott Carson - to West Brom, £3.75m
Anthony Le Tallec - to Le Mans, £1.1m
Harry Kewell - to Galatasaray, Free
Danny Guthrie - to Newcastle, £2.25m
Steve Finnan - to Espanyol, £1m

Total Received = £23.6m

Last summer there was a total net spend of £16.2m, which has now been wiped out by the sale of Robbie Keane. In reality, we never spent a penny last summer. The fact that non of last summer’s signings made an impact this season or could be named as first choice players highlights last summer was a poor one; yet we’ve still managed to improve hugely on the field. Mistakes were made last summer, some of which have been corrected, and others that will be corrected this summer providing we can find buyers.

This summer is absolutely massive, and providing we strengthen with at least two quality additions then we’re pretty certain to progress again. Last summer we made our mistakes, this summer is hopefully where we learn from them. It’s just a sad state of affairs that we’re having to consider the sale of one of our best players in Xabi Alonso in order to fund our summer activities; especially when you consider we didn’t spend a penny last summer!

So much for Benitez being backed with the big money.
 

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This is exactly why we were (and still are) so upset about the Gillette/Hicks takeover...
 

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Hicks' involvement in footy before Liverpool... :rolleyes:

Corinthians

In 1999, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst bought Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a successful Brazilian club team. The club initially succeeded under the new ownership group by winning the FIFA Club World Cup Championship. Before the purchase of the club, the ownership group assured the fans that a new stadium was in development. This never materialized and after legal/financial troubles and partner infighting, Hicks retired from the company and the ownership group eventually sold Corinthians. The ownership group drew the fury of Corinthian's fans due to financial decisions, the introduction of corporate sponsors on the players' uniforms and the changing of the club's colors. The club was eventually sold and left in a worse position after they were relegated to a lower level league. Comparisons have been made between Hicks's Brazilian failure and his current troubles at Liverpool Football Club.
 
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Total gross spend: £192.609m

Total recouped: £109.51m

Total net spend: £83.099m

Players signed: 70

This is just unbelievable what this guy has achieved with limited resources at liverpool ,he has overalled our whole club from academy right up to the 1st team absolutely fantastic job ,so much so that clubs like barca,Real,juventus,milan are always trying to sign our players :mad:

and the youngsters like Dalle Valle,Saric are choosing us over clubs like Inter and Barca all because of Rafa :D
 

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OFFICIAL: Glen Johnson Joins Liverpool From Portsmouth

Liverpool have confirmed that Glen Johnson has joined them today from Portsmouth, in a deal reportedly worth £18.5 million, though there has apparently been some negotiation around the fee due to Pompey still owing the Merseysiders money from the deal that took Peter Crouch to the South Coast.


Reds manager Rafa Benitez was clearly pleased with the signing, telling the club's official website, "He was important at Chelsea and in the last year at Portsmouth he has improved and is much better. One of the main things is his mentality - it's really good. He is a winner. I was impressed with the conversations I had with him. He wants to improve."

17 million bucks :(


*cries*
 

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Any other transfers? I have not been following it too closely for the last month. Please don't flame me and tell me to read the threads!!! Time is limited.
 
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