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Of course he's not ready for the first team. He's 16 and tiny, it's madness to suggest he is. He's had a couple of games where he hasn't been as spectacular as usual, he's still been one of the best on the pitch in each game. People need to give these players time to develop and keep the pressure off them.

You'd think they only started full time training a couple of months ago or something

We get 14/15 points out of that and I'll be very confident about the rest of the season. I still think this squad is capable of greatness, we just need a couple of things to click into place and a couple of results to go our way.

Yup

He's one of the lads from Apres Match, they did this classic a few years back RcZWhDVbsho

Kenny gets slaughtered by numerous gutter-rat journalists and the press officer gets sacked a few days later. I'd be amazed if they're not linked.

Actually feeling claustrophobic after reading that, reminds me of Athens in '07. You never see it mentioned anymore but that was very close to getting nasty. People around me were off their feet and being carried along by the crowd.

There are only really two viable options as far as I can tell. - Renovate Anfield - Build a new 70k+ stadium. Building a new 60k stadium for £300m, even with some of that being offset by naming rights just doesn't make sense. I think the club know that renovating Anfield (the cheapest option and clearly the one they would prefer) would be a nightmare of residents and bluenoses complaining about every step and dragging them through the courts. I think all the stuff in the press over the last few months is aimed at getting the council to allow planning permission for a larger stadium or to get their fingers out of their arses and help the club force through Anfield expansion. I could be wrong here but I think we're some way from this being resolved, the council haven't a pot to piss in and seem to be trying to force groundshare on us.

I think this will be a transitional year for the u18s, it's early days but there doesn't seem to be the depth of talent in this group as there was last year. The 2nd years who couldn't get in the side last year aren't making that much of an impact at the moment (Morgan aside) and need to show an example for the younger guys. Baio, Lussey and Dunn have impressed out of the first years. It'll probably be the second half of the season before we see the best of this side. Having said that, they're victims of their own success. You throw Robinson, Smith, Sterling, Suso and Silva (who are all still eligible) into the squad and it's a hell of a lot stronger.

Never off the phone to him apparently

Barkley's a very good player, done well all through the age groups with England.

Jerome Sinclair was named player of the tournament

No, although there are ways to record a video of what's on your screen. El Pistolero on YouTube rips stuff from there the whole time.

You should check out Gift Grub on Irish radio station Today FM if you like it, it's the same guy Mario Rosenstock. Higher ratio of funny skits but a lot of them would have an Irish angle.

Yeah, he's only about 16, been on trial with the u18s in recent weeks.

We're paying for him with bedding.

Deal all set to be wrapped up apparently. Signing from Albacete. Google Translate Bijev is being sent on loan because Bulgarians won't get full EU working rights until 2012

We'll be on telly loads this season in Ireland because most of our games will be 3pm Saturday.

Suarez has played his whole career apart from the last 18 months as a winger. He can play anywhere across the front line.

Is this for real? Fuck every cunt that has worked for that paper since '89, every penny they earnt was blood money. It's a vile rag that only serves to divide people and create misery. I will crack open a bottle of champagne if it closes and any right-minded Liverpool fan should join me in a toast to its demise.

Is it on TV anywhere in the UK?

Hero. [YOUTUBE]l1P6KUyOhBc[/YOUTUBE]

John Peel and Groucho Marx

The shite teams would never give that the ok, too much money. They scrapped the u17/u19 setup the academy system started out with because the dregs of the league said it was costing them too much money to run. They make a sing and dance about not enough English players being produced but time and again they choose £££ over producing young players.