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Rumourmongering: the source of the Rafa-Hicks-Gillette spat
By: ed |
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Just read a great bit of rumourmongering about the Rafa spat.
My source alleges that the real root of the disagreement is more than simple transatlantic miscommunication but is actually gross negligence by a Liverpool FC chief exec, Rick Parry.
Apparently Mr Parry was instituted as the main point of contact for Rafa to go to for […]
Category: Rafa Hicks Gillette debacle
Tags: tom hicks, george gillette, rafael benitez, rick parry, Rafa Hicks Gillette debacle, Tag IndexLiverpool: One win away from the Champions League last 16
By: ed | 5 Comments
Phew, that was close!
In many ways, tonight’s game was very similar to how I believe our season will go.
We start well (Torres 1-0) but go through a tough spell (concede to Lisandro) before weathering a storm, building pressure and momentum before coming on strong and winning “going away” with goals from Torres, Gerrard and Crouch. […]
Category: Champions LeagueManager vs Owners: Who will win
By: ed | 4 Comments
If you work, as I do, in a big company, you know two things. One, that shit rolls downhill and two, never pick a fight you haven’t already won.
Rafa is, seemingly, the latest in a long line of managers who should have known better than to pick a fight with their owners. Jose Mourinho discovered […]
Category: Liverpool FCNothing Important Happening At Anfield
By: ed | 1 Comment
…which is why there’ve been a lack in posts. My bad guys; my bad.
Solid win over the Toon over the weekend. My wife managed to fill up the PVR with episodes of Oprah, CSI (bizarrely, all three varieties) and a load of other assorted crap which meant I didn’t manage to watch the whole game. […]
Category: LFCGetting your backs up | Is it time for Finnan and Riise to move on?
By: ed | 10 Comments
Before I get into this in any depth I’d like to preface it by saying that Steve Finnan has, over the last four years and 130 appearances has been a fantastic servant for the club. A stalwart in one of the league’s tightest defences he consistently gives his all for the team and week after […]
Category: Player NewsTorres to the rescue | Liverpool 2 - Fulham 0
By: ed | 4 Comments
Liverpool laboured to what was, in the end, a comfortable victory but needed a spark from Spanish tyro, Fernando Torres before they could pull clear of a brave Fulham team.
For 80 minutes Liverpool passed the ball crisply and with purpose but, with the fragile Besiktas defence still in the back of their minds, could […]
Category: Post Match ReactionTop 100 players ever | Best 100 players of all time
By: ed | 32 Comments
It is said that there are lies, dammed lies and statistics. Chalk up one more idiotic report to this particular idiom.
The Association of Football Statisticians apparently released a report (no link available although Bob has his take here…) that used statistics to come up with the Top 100 Players of All Time.
In a sport where […]
Category: Fantasy FootballBesiktas blown away | Liverpool 8 - Besiktas 0
By: ed | 12 Comments
Just as it was wrong to get too worked up about a couple of bad games in a row, we can’t get too excited after one good result - especially as Besiktas were so utterly and completely woeful. After having an early chance skew into the side netting, we dominated the game.
An interception from Mascherano […]
Category: Champions LeagueRumourmongering: Berbatov and Torres?
By: ed | 9 Comments
From today’s BBC Gossip Column comes news that the Tottenham Hotspurs board is holding crisis talks regarding Dimitar Berbatov’s future at White Hart Lane.
If this is true, I’d pull out all the stops to get the big man to Anfield. I’m talking 10m pounds in cash plus Kuyt and/or Voronin plus Riise.
Berbatov and Torres would […]
Category: Transfer SpeculationYou want me to play Sissoko and Mascherano? I say no, no, no
By: ed | 1 Comment
In my last post, I put forward my opinion that Mascherano and Sissoko should never play together but after thinking about things for a little longer and taking a few minutes to watch a bit of the match again, I may have to eat my words.
First off, here’s what Mascherano and Sissoko both give you […]
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