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The Boy's Pen was fantastic - a real place to enjoy watching football. Went with my cousin until we graduated to the Kop. Not sure when the last game was, but I think we hit the Kop in 77, so it would be after then. Classic moments: After thrashing some no-hopers, the Kop was on its round of "Anny Road, give us a song", "Main Stand, give us a song" and finally got to the Boy's Pen. "Boy's Pen give us a song"... "Kopites are gobshites" came back the high-pictched answer. Brilliant.

I had a glance at the You Tube comments, and the bitters were on about the redshite and Clive Thomas and dodgy penalties... it's sad when you think that this is all they have in life. Well, that and Tesco's.

Newcastle v Liverpool from 1901 Everton v Liverpool from 1902 Great images - I've never seen anything from this era before. Hope the links work.

Ex-mate of mine's was a classic. His stag was a week before the wedding - avoiding what he thought was the worst case scenario, being dumped in the middle of a different city, naked, and not being able to get back in time (which to be honest was the first choice). Anyway. Got him absolutely bladdered on shooters and he passed out (as per usual). We've got another mate, who works in casualty, he nicked all the requisite stuff for plastering his leg. Went back to his house in a taxi, plastered his leg up to the groin. Took him home. His bird was none too pleased when we told him he'd fallen down some stairs and broken his leg. In fact she was livid. Called us all the names under the sun. Stupid, irresponsible, you name it. Anyway, we all went back out on the piss, and promptly forgot about him until the next afternoon, when we all hooked up again. Turns out he'd gone on a pre-arranged trip with his soon-to-be-wife to see some rellies in Toronto (we're in Ottawa). Couldn't get him on his cell - his missus had forbidden him to speak to us until after the wedding (bad influences etc), but to be honest, I figured the lack of pain may cause some suspicions. So anyway, we turn up for the wedding and there he is, still with the frigging cast on. Cue mass hysterics from all (except groom, of course, who as no idea what we're cracking up about). We had an obvious choice - tell him or not. Given what a bitch his wife was, we decided not to. So there are all his wedding pics with him on crutches - not a thing wrong with him. As I said, an ex-friend, but still happy days.

I think the Barry fascination is because he is a vey good left footed player and we really don't have them. With no Riise -- and with Aurelio injured a fair bit -- it gives us a very good outlet on the left. I'm not sure if we still have Leto -- but he was disappointing last season (early on, when he was around) -- and if he is back and has progressed, then he could be another good addition. I'd love to see Arshavin (provided he keeps his fingers away from his lips, which really pisses me off for some reason) as he seems to be class. Plus, with him and Gerrard feeding Torres, he'd run riot. Mind you, not sure what the formation would be with Arshavin and Barry in the team Pepe Finnan/Degen/Arbeloa -- Carra/Agger - Skrtel/Hyypia -- Aurelio/Dossena Mascherano Babel/Kuyt -- Gerrard -- Arshavin/Alonso --- Barry/Leto (Babel) Torres

for drinks we could have Mascheran - eau or Alons - eau (sparkling)

Oi ya bastard - that's my avatar!

RIP I hope one day you can forgive us. YNWA

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He's missing the point completely. I'm pretty sure he wasn't released because he's always injured. He was released because of performances like the one he gave against Wigan at home. This was one of the first times Rafa used the new system - and he stank it out. He sat there on the halfway line, not moving. The system could have been invented for him: a pacy aggressive midfielder, skilful and capable of shooting from anywhere. Everything his CV says he is. Of course, we all know how reliable CVs are...

I think he's perfectly entitled to argue his point - which was valid. A little too negative for me, but valid. The fact is, there are dickheads everywhere. In London, Manchester, Ottawa, Italy, Spain and, yes, Liverpool. Calling them so is fine in my book. For what that's worth.

You really ARE John Arne Riise, aren't you?

We're not paying penalty - David Moyes May 7 2008 by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo DAVID MOYES has saluted his side's "incredible achievement" this season of scoring 52 league goals without a single penalty kick. Only once before in Everton’s history have The Toffees gone an entire league season without a single spot-kick award. But in that disappointing 1971/72 season, a struggling side only managed 37 goals. This season Everton scored goals freely up until the last month of the campaign, but Sunday’s visit of Newcastle marks their final opportunity to earn a Premier League penalty kick this season. Moyes said: “We’ve not had a penalty kick, and we’ve only scored one free-kick from direct play, which was Alan Stubbs in the second game of the season. “It’s quite an incredible achievement – or non-achievement really! “I don’t think I’ve been at any club before where I’ve not had a penalty kick all season. “But I’ll always go back to the one we didn’t get against Liverpool. If that’s not a penalty then nothing’s a penalty.” (Rather proves his point, the bitter twat) The Blues have had firm claims turned down in their last two matches. A clear handball was not given in the match against Aston Villa, while Alan Wiley refused to consider Alexandre Song’s challenge on Leon Osman at Arsenal on Sunday. Earlier in the season Andy Johnson, in particular, was denied a stonewall claim at Blackburn. The statistic takes on even more resonance when it is noted that continental referees have awarded Everton four spot-kicks in this season’s UEFA Cup. Bolton and Derby are the only other Premier League clubs not to have scored from penalty kicks this season. Moyes, meanwhile, believes Tony Hibbert is his man for the big occasion. Everton are preparing for a match which could seal back to back UEFA Cup campaigns for the first time in 20 years on Sunday. And right-back Hibbert is likely to start after an in and out season which has seen him kick-off just 29 of the Blues 52 matches. But after starting three of the Blues’ last four, including an outstanding display at Arsenal on Sunday, the Blues boss said: “I thought Tony Hibbert was outstanding, as was Joseph Yobo and Phil Jagielka and Joleon Lescott. “We play Hibbo in the games that matter because he is a good defender and he doesn’t let you down. “He is honest in his work and he is a really good player.” With Mikel Arteta and Tim Cahill already ruled out of Sunday’s final match of the season, and skipper Phil Neville likely to be needed in midfield, Hibbert is set to start in a match Everton could need a point from to confirm a fifth placed finish ahead of Villa. Former Blues favourite David Unsworth, meanwhile, is ready to take his first step towards football management. The defender will take up a role as player-coach at Burnley next season.

There is no English Olympic team. The Olympics are for proper countries.

1. Carra 2. Mascherano 3. Xabi

Plus the Mancs will have booked all the flights already!

Out of interest, has anyone got anything bad to say about the academy coaches? Players, other coaches, fans? Or do they slip under the radar? Heighway was the lightning rod while he was there - but personally, I have only heard positives (apart from Gerrard's slag of John Owens in his book).

So more John Barnes than Kevin Keegan? I'm not disagreeing (or I'd have said more Stan Collymore than KK), but I think that we need that never-say-die ethos to be bred in from the start. It can't be bred in later. If we don't have that, we end up like Southampton. Plenty of brilliant youngsters, but no steel.

Probably dead right -- but not the coaches. The coaches at LFC Academy are wel respected (well, at least the senior ones like McAuley, Shannon, Owens et al). Losing them is not a good thing (if indeed they are the ones that have gone.

Probably went too far - but I stick by the point I made. What is the image of the club? We know what Rafa's image is - but the club now isn't what the club was in the 70s and 80s. What I want is a youth team in Shanks image - and for my money, Rafa's ideas are closer to that than Parry's, Moores' or anyone else from the club in the past 10 years, You know what theproblem is (well, at least for me). We all believed Houllier. What Houllier said was spot on. And when he became deranged, and when what he said was so very different from what he did, it made it harder for people to put their trust in someone else.

They don't have to be scouse, they have tow be within a certain travelling distance, that distance stretches to nearly Carlisle in the north and into the midlands to the south. Like I said above, there's no reason we couldn't have signed all Man City's kids. That's a good point, but any kid form Manchester is more likely to want to go to MC than Liverpool... just the same as any kid from Liverpool will want to go to LFC or BSFC than Man City. Maybe Brooking is right, Maybe there just isn't the drive out there for kids to be great. I went to school with Gary Ablett, and he was driven - he lived football. He was the second best player in the school. The best player was a guy called Paul Riley. He ended up running a coaching camp in Long Island (after coaching their team). he wasn't driven. The problem is that the Paul Rileys of this era are lazy twats and the Gary Abletts (Jay Spearing, Danny Guthrie) aren't being given a proper chance.

What, a squabbling flabby mess, filled with liars and cheats, only out for themselves, trying to rip off the fans and doing what they think people want to see them doing? Or an honest, modest, hard-working, driven, brilliant organization? Fuck me, it's a hard choice!

For $5 million he's worth it, but he's a cheating, diving, whining little twat... but skilful. If we could stop him from being a cheating, diving, whining little twat, he's worth a risk.