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It depends on what you're after. Xabi is, in my opinion, the best passer of the ball on the planet at the mo. I think he see the pitch like the view on the original (and best) Senisible Soccer- he sees everybody and places the ball exactly where he intends to. Not scared to get stuck in either which is good. But if you're referring to Athens- it has to be El Jefre if Rafa is going to pick only one of them- Alonso is not the kind of player to be given a man-marking role; he needs to be on the ball controlling the game, whereas it seems Mascherano is happiest when he is given the harrying role. Tenacious tackler and has bags of energy- Alonso isn't the most dynamic of players! (Although with the talent he has with the ball at his feet, you could argue that he doesn't have to be) For Wednseday- if he goes with one or the other- I'd favour Mascherano for the task of keeping Kaka quiet.

Fucking hell I forgot- he came in a commendable 5th. Just goes to show that these southerners who voted have no idea eh?

I think whoever gets the nod out of Momo and El Jefre is going to have the hardest job- shackle Kaka. Whoever it is simply has to follow him everywhere. Give him a kick every now and again (nowhere near the area, please- he goes down easier than a lager on a sunny afternoon) and shake him up. Having said that, its often the case that the obvious dangerman fails to shine in such games- Ronaldinho went missing for 170 minutes over two legs against us, and Lampard, Drogba and Joe Cole were obviously in the line up for suspects for the Reina break-in. So its a case of watching all of them- they have so much talent regardless of their age; Maldini is a credit to the game and the way that Mediterranean players look after themselves. Gattuso is a right little terrier and would not go amiss in the Premiership. Seedorf still shows up every now and again with a bit of class. Fuck, you could talk all night about them. Agree on Stu Monty's point though- Inzaghi is a shite player. Has spawned his way through football.

Clough was an arrogant fucker though just like Mourinho. I know it shouldn't go on personality but I hated Clough. Cracking manager- complete tosser though. Well Wenger got voted number one haha thats sure to piss the mancs off. Slur Alex was only number two. Still- the sheer ignorance of the IDIOTS who voted is quite staggering. Mostly Londoners I'll bet. Next week: The Greatest Player of All Time- with Frank Lampard a suprise number one ahead of Tony Adams who ties with David Ginola for second. King Kenny finishes a respectable 47th behind football luminaries like Luther Blisset and Pasca Cygan.

...And now, Sir Bob has only made it to number 5- the 'special one' is ranked higher, in at number 4. I just can't believe it. Paisley- only manager ever to win three European Cups. Still not good enough to justify number 1. Staggering. Which dickheads voted on this programme? I mean- Mourinho made it above both Paisley and Shanks, and even Busby. (I know he was in charge of the scum, but I have to credit him where its due). I mean, Christ, I'd have Bobby Robson ahead of Mourinho if it's on achievements in the game over a period. I don't suppose it's worth getting wound up about, but fucking hell some people just dont know football, and wouldn't if one twatted them in the face. Just for the record, to aleviate some of my anger, here's my top five: (in reverse order) Busby Clough Ferguson Shankly Paisley (although some will debate on the importance of Shanks in turning the club around- but winning at least one trophy in every season is nothing short of incredible)

...is utter bollocks. For fucks sake,Howard Wilkinson, Kevin Keegan and Harry Redknapp are in it, and Shanks only made number 7. Fucking unbelievable. Rafa got in it, at number 8- but they played the Verve's track 'Lucky Man throughout the Istanbul bit, and some fat fuck journo claimed that he fluffed his way to our number 5- something like "he come out afterwards with a face like he'd done somthing about it at half time when all it was was a fluke" or some shit. Wanker. Ballague was on it though defending Rafa, thankfully. Said that the other feller had no idea what he was talking about. I'll have to turn this programme off, my blood pressures goin though the roof- think I'll go nuts if Feguson is number 1.

Yeah it's true my eyes aren't the best so I text a few of me mates and they confirmed it....dunno if anyones got a pic though I'll ask around.

I don't know if anybody else saw this and has subsequently posted it up on the forum, but earlier on a plane went over the wirral towards Liverpool with a massive banner on it saying "Jerzy Dudek thanks LFC and fans for all their support" What a top feller he is. Good luck Jerzy, you'll always be a Liverpool legend.

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I reckon the way things are going with other managers taunting Liverpool and playing down our chances, Rafa will have incredibly easy pre-match team-talks! All we need next season is every side to come out a week before in the press and slate us to high hell. We may win the league!

He's overstepped the mark now. Obviously still bitter over '05. Tosser. The thing is- if being an 'English' side means being like Bolton/Everton/Blackburn et al, then I'd much rather be more like a 'mediteraenen' side. (I know I can't spell it) Besides- we play the Liverpool Way, and Rafa hasn't lost touch with that at all. Play with heart and soul and never give in. And you can be sure that we'll play the Liverpool Way on Wednesday. And snot the fat fucker all the way back to Italy, the bitter cunt.

I don't know if this has been covered somewhere else in the forum, but I was driving to work ths morning listening to the news on Radio City, and claimed that Fat Sam was after Joey Barton, and Sami Hyypia. Please, Sami, don't play for that fat tosser! You'll win/achieve fuck all at that 'big club'. I would dearly love for the barcodes to go down. Fuck, I've even got more time for Roy Keane than I have for Sam fucking Allardyce.

Anybody who believes that he is a talented manager is clearly deluded- I'm referring of course to Sky, BBC, ITV, and any national newspaper hack. "Jose's good for the game"- no, he's an arrogant prick who is falling apart in front of the cameras. He sold Gallas and got rid of Huth- then bemoans his luck that Lord Percy and Mongo were out injured. He got rid of the albino then complains that he's short of strikers. Expecting sympathy, and of course, the press lap it up- 'brave chelsea against the odds'. Fucking hell. How would he manage further down the ladder with no money and a squad of 18? He fucking wouldn't is the answer. He's brought rubbish in this season; Shevchenko and Ballack are not good enough, and Ashley Cole is vastly over-rated. He's to blame for their terrible season (becuase if he's happy to take the credit when they do well, he should take the bullets when they don't- but of course his ego would never allow that to happen)- and if the Mancs win at Wembley, I think Roman will swing the axe. Good fucking riddance.

I never suggested that there was no other life in this universe- I don't know where in my post you read that- what I was questioning was classing this other life as some form of 'messiah'. And yes you are right- to assume that there is no other life in this universe is idiotic- but I'm not one of those idiots. I'm a completely different kind of idiot.

Yeah I guess you're right. There actually isn't much between the two. I don't think that Scientology can ever be classed as a 'religion' in the true sense of the word- for fucks sake, there is reference to giant aliens and robots! I know that religion isn't perfect- I'm not a religious person- but Scientology is pure crap. A perfect example of a hollywood infatuation. What irritated me most is that on that Panarama programme, the Scientologist nutjobs were stalking the BBC feller, and harrassing him, and at one point I'm sure they were threatening him with violence. The Christian church was doing that in the 1200's- it's a bit old now. Tom Cruise and all his merry followers can fuck right off. Gobshites.

I thought it was hilarious. Especially brilliant when the BBC feller got so pissed off with that jumped up yank twat that he started screaming at him. Scientology is utter, utter bullshit. Bollocks of the highest order, and yet another blessed thing to thank the yanks for. Tossers. The film stars on the programme were wankers and that spokesman represented everything that was wrong with the American nation. Contolling, paranoid, dellusional, arrogant. And now it's here. They're trying to get it classed as a religion here as well. It's a CULT. What is worrying is that they dredge up all kinds about people if they don't agree/ criticise the CULT. Usually for just calling it a CULT. A CULT for a bunch of CUNTS.

Have to agree- in general, the league has been of a poor standard. United have played good football in all honesty; they have looked to score all the time- never settling for just one (unless it's at Anfield). But really, it's not the greatest team they have ever had and other teams should have taken advantage of this. Like us- our away form has been poor, and it's a shame because there isn't that much difference between the United 11 and our first choice side isn't that great. Elsewhere I reckon Coppell has to get manager of the year for what he did with Reading. They were great- never played defensive against the big sides; just played there own style and seemed to play without fear. Good team. The relegation battle was reasonably interesting- I'm made up that Jewell managed to keep Wigan up. The problem is with the Prem is that outside of the top four, with the possible exception of Spurs, the quality of the division is quite poor. You only need to look at the teams who qualified in the last two places for the UEFA cup- Everton and Bolton. They play horrible, alehouse football that is nasty on the eye. Both teams have had gobshite managers (Until Sammy Lee's appointment), who blame every other fucker for their own misfortune. I mean. Allardyce saying that a referee needs mental help for his feelings towards 'poor old bolton', on live television, was embarassing. And as for Moyes, well where can you start? That tape of Johnson's 'penalties' was quite hilarious, although I'm sure he never intended it to be that way. The point is- the rest of Europe will look at England's representatives in the European competions and with regard to Bolton and Everton think "is this the standard of the Premiership?" I'd have much rather had Reading and Portsmouth in the UEFA cup- not just because of my hatred to both Everton and Bolton, but because they show the world that the standard of the Premiership, outside of the 'big four' is woeful at times. Saying that though- if next season is the worst in the history of the division, as long as it means we have number 19, I couldn't give a flying fuck!

I fucking hate Neil Warnock. Cheeky twat. It's a little bit of a shame in one way because I kinda like Sheff Utd they're a decent club- but he's a complete shithouse. He's almost as bitter as that lot from the Pit- "I'll not forgive Rafa for feilding a weakened side against Fulham"- FUCK OFF. a) His side were 10 points clear of the drop zone in March. Was that Liverpool's fault that his side slipped seven places into the bottom three? b) Rafa has no obligation to play a side to help another out- it's his team, he can do whatever he wants with it! Warnock is just a bitter, sad old twat who has to hide his own failings as a manager by blaming other teams. He also said "What goes around comes around- I can't wait for the Champions League Final"- basically saying he thinks we'l lose because the cosmic gods of karma had £30 on Sheff United staying in the Premiership and are now seriously pissed off with Rafa- obviously the world revolves around Sheff United and their complete PRICK of a manager, who has a planet-sized head. What a sad, twisted, bitter old man. Fuck off Warnock.

I know that he has scored so damn many but if you had to choose which one was the greatest, which would you go for? I'm a big fan of the half-volley against Birmingham at Cardiff in '01.

Robbie is my favourite player ever. (Wasn't old enough to see Emlyn Hughes or Dalgleish or any of them. I have grown up watching Robbie Fowler. Easily the most natural and lethal finisher in the history of the prem. Absolute genius. At the hieght of his power even Shearer couldn't touch him in terms of goalscoring and knowing where the net was. I'll be gutted to see him go again, but Rafa proved his class by doing it in a dignified and personal way. Rafa is not one for sentiment but even he must have had a difficult job telling Robbie his contract wouldn't be renewed. He'll score on Sunday, I can sense it. Thanks for the goals Robbie, good luck.

lol thats class. Fully agree.

Have to say I'm with the majority here- Finnan or Carra. It's tough, as both are so sorely missed when they don't play. Carragher and Finnan have ran themselves into the ground at times this season, especially when it mattered. ie Chelsea the other night. I remember Finnan having to stretch a cramp-stiffened leg to intercept a low cross that a chelsea player (can't remember which one) would have surely got to. And it's that kind of commitment that never goes unnoticed at Anfield, although the media/ press rarely focus on these types of player. I think Carragher shades it for me, but only just. He is the heart and soul of the club and never seems burdened by that extra responsibility. Elsewhere I think Kuyt deserves an honourable mention- he has some fucking engine in him that feller! He never stops. And Gerrard of course- his maturity thoughout the season has really impressed me, especially as Sky/ MOTD/ every pundit in the business keeps waffling shite about how he's not happy in the right midfield spot (trying to unsettle him?) Yet he's got his head down and played where Rafa has asked him to- with Houllier, Gerrard ran the show, yet Rafa knows that players are all components in a bigger machine. Gerrard has been superb and he knows he has to put the needs of the club before himself. Having said that, there haven't been many better right-midfielders in the Prem this season!

Have to agree on the valdano point- what a wanker. Obviously the reason Spain do oh so very well in any national tournament is because they play football that looks good with no brains and tactics to go with it. The second leg was everything thats good about the game. Okay it lacked flair but for fucks sake, its the CL semi final- no room for showboating and looking pretty. On the torres point- he's a cracking prospect. Who would we have more chance of signing, him or Eto'o?

Haha. No I just meant that the whole thing had depth, like the books. The idea of films is to believe the characters, hence why fantasy films never got past 'b-film' status before LOTR. With Eragon it's gone back to the 'Labyrinth' and 'Land Before Time' era.