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DIC out of takeover bid; now if no Gillett purchase, then what?
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If you can follow my bizarre (and probably flawed) logic, maybe the silver lining in DIC withdrawing its takeover attempt means Liverpool still has a shot at winning the league? This Dubai purchase was supposedly a slam dunk. Everything seemed to be set in stone.
Now, it looks like all the assumed knowledge is out the [...]
Category: Team NewsAnd we’re takin’ Mascherano with us!
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Rafa Benitez doesn’t strike me as having the chops to threaten Sir Alex Ferguson when it comes to the hair dryer treatment, but whatever he said at halftime Tuesday in the bowels of Upton Park worked wonders. Going home with all three points before the Merseyside derby was all that required, and it happened. Perfect. [...]
Liverpool/West Ham: Halftime Report
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Perhaps it’s a blessing in disguise for my blood pressure and frustration level that my e-season ticket crapped out for about 20 minutes during the first half, as liverpoolfc.tv commentator Stephen Hunter summarized the first 45 minutes as “scrappy” and “not much happening here.” It’s nil-nil at halftime, though it appears Gerrard had an excellent [...]
Preview: Liverpool away to West Ham OR ‘What’ll it be Mascherano?’
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It seems like Aug. 31 was just yesterday when I learned of the unheard of transfer of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham and, while driving to work, talked to my Scouser friend here in Milwaukee about how the Hammers might now throw a big Upton Park kink into Liverpool’s march to an [...]
Rafa not kidding about those crappy youth academies in England
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Liverpool bade farewell Wednesday to reserve-team regular David Mannix, a Liverpool-born midfielder who made zero first-team appearances for his hometown club. The really disappointing bit in the brief announcement revealing the move is that there’s no hint about young David’s future. No teaser about where he might end up or anything is included. It merely [...]
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Tags: David Mannix, Jamie Carragher, Liverpool reserve team, Liverpool youth academy, Steven Gerrard, Team News, Transfers and Player MovesIt’s ‘Carra Week’!! First up: Carra meets ‘Bascombe Watch’
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As I’ve said previously, Chris Bascombe was the most unintentionally hilarious and most seriously entertaining and informative part of 100 Players Who Shook The Kop when it aired on the team’s official Web site. Well, The Liverpool Offside’s favorite central defender and Liverpool Echo writer collide in this column kicking off ‘Carra Week’ at liverpoolfc.tv.
Bask [...]
Carragher returns us to sanity as we celebrate him
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In honor of ‘Carra Week’ over at the official Liverpool Web site, I turn to the resident team comedian and, apparently, only level-headed man wandering down Anfield Road in the wake of the clinic put on against Chelsea on Saturday that was followed by Man U dropping 3 points to Arsenal. With renewed title hopes [...]
Just when there was good news on all fronts …
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Harry Kewell has targeted the first-leg tie in the Nou Camp against Barcelona in the Champions League for his long-nonanticipated return to playing first-team football for Liverpool.
Said Kewell: “I hope that I’m about three or four weeks away from being fully fit.”
Take your time, Harry. Although, one added benefit of a Kewell return can be [...]
Added Liverpool bonus, has Jermaine Pennant turned the corner?
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Jermaine Pennant has every right to be looking up this week. Along with the rest of the Liverpool side that handled Chelsea 2-0 on Saturday, Pennant is crowing about his performance and pointing to it as proof that he is ready for even better things at Anfield. Well, as this video clearly shows he’s earned [...]
No photo, no brilliant analysis; just basking in the sweet, sweet glow of victory
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What a performance! Did Chelsea threaten Reina even once? Technically, they had three shots on target, but, c’mon … The Saturday morning Jameson tasted extra sweet after Kuyt and Pennant did their duties. Chelsea in crisis. What a beautiful concept to have gain locomotive-like momentum at Anfield. I think Shevchenko and Mourinho should have a [...]
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