nando1000

Unforgiven is my favourite, lonesome dove was a really good mini series also Always had a soft spot for Silverado

"But not just for him, it would be a great thing for the team and for the fans as well. The fans particularly really deserve it. They support us however things are going in the game; they are always behind us. Winning the FA Cup will be one that we owe to the fans almost. It would be a way of providing a present for them, not just for Stevie." First there is a quarter-final to navigate at Anfield on Sunday, against Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Moreno is well aware that this year's FA Cup has been punctuated by shocks. "You are right, there are lots of surprises, that is one thing that has hit me since I've been in England. Whoever you are playing against," the 22-year-old Spanish international says. "We always have the same attitude whether we are playing against a team from the Premier League, the third level, or even the fifth level of English football. We will be focused; we will be 'at it'. "We know we need to go out there with our five senses totally ready. We need to play with a real kind of intensity, a high tempo, because we know over here any team can hurt you whatever league they are in. And that is something that makes this league the best in the world, I have learned that since I have played here. "We won't be relaxing, basically it is a must-win game. We have got to get through it. There is no way we can entertain not qualifying for the next round." Liverpool have certainly been "at it" in recent weeks as, domestically at least, they have turned their campaign around with Moreno admitting it was not the easiest of starts following his £12m move from Sevilla. Not that there are regrets, even if there were tears when he left his hometown club, after the Uefa Super Cup last August, with Sevilla facing Real Madrid in Cardiff, while his transfer, on a five-year contract, was being finalised. "The reason I came here was because it is Liverpool," Moreno explains. "We are talking about one of the biggest teams around. They always have been and always will be one of the great European sides. They are a historic club and it is not a decision I would change for anything. I am totally vindicated in my decision. "But talking about Sevilla. It was a club I had been at since a kid. I went up through the ranks. Even though it did not take one second to make the decision, I am still then going to reflect on the stuff that has happened all throughout my career. All through those age groups representing your local side. When you look back, and reflect on things, that's when you shed a tear. Being a kid and growing into a man. Obviously it is tough when leaving the city that you know, your friends, your close family. But when the idea was suggested, it was not something I even had to think twice about. "It's a massive change coming here. A radical change from living in Seville. The club themselves have put their trust in me by putting me in the side right from the beginning and I've played regularly. And when you know you're playing regularly at a big club like Liverpool, which is, let's face it, a club where a lot of players would like to be, I know I'm very lucky. "I'm determined to make use and get the best I possibly can out of the five years I'm currently planning to be here according to my contract. And I hope that during those five years I can do enough to make sure my name will remain etched into Liverpool's history a little bit alongside some of the great players who have played here." That is some ambition. But, at times, it has been hard. "We had two really tough blows in being knocked out of the Champions League in the group stages. Then we had a great challenge to try and go as far as we could in the Europa League and we did not manage to do that," Moreno says. "I think we are over those two difficult situations, tough blows. We are on a great run of form now and our aim is to finish in the top four." Moreno has been key to that run, not least because of the important role he plays on the left flank in Brendan Rodgers' revamped formation. With Liverpool playing 3-4-3 it is instructive to hear Moreno explain how it has worked. "I think that you have to be honest and say we weren't too consistent at the start of the season, our form was a little bit in-and-out and probably we dropped some points where we shouldn't have been dropping points," Moreno says. "I think we have always tried to play with high tempo but what is happening now is the manager is insisting on us playing that tempo as much as we can. "I think the new system we are playing, the different tactic, probably has helped us intensify the play even more. It allows us to get lots of bodies forward when we are attacking, but we are safe in the knowledge of having three centre-backs who are going to be covering as well as the two deeper-lying midfield players. If we need to lend a hand as well, the wing-backs, you can call, we can drop back and support as well as get forward and support the attack. "You have to point to the fact that we have picked up a lot of victories and points since the system changed, and I guess it does allow us to be a little bit more intense. But the play never lacked intensity for want of trying." Interestingly, that change in fortune has accelerated with Gerrard being out of the Liverpool side through a damaged hamstring. He is back contention on Sunday. "It's always sad when someone is injured, and you don't wish that on anybody. But I think it is good that we have proved we can succeed without Steven," Moreno says. "And also that morale and the dynamic of the group has been very good, we've managed to keep our spirits up. At the same time while we've been doing that and playing well we've proved that we can carry on without him. We've moved up in the table and we've been winning matches. But I think what it's also proven is that within this Liverpool squad there are some top, top players to replace even the likes of Steven Gerrard." The Liverpool fans have taken to Moreno, even more so when he joined in Daniel Sturridge's distinctive dance celebration after his equalising goal in the previous FA Cup round against Crystal Palace. "We had the idea in a training session and we practised a bit in training whenever he scores. It's only if he scores, not if I score," Moreno says. "But I hope they don't like me just for my dancing. I much rather they would like me for how I play." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11457163/Alberto-Moreno-Steven-Gerrard-is-a-super-crack.html

Pearl Harbor

Normally heat is easy enough to handle. Humidity is another matter, I live in Taiwan now and summer is pretty bleak

Baggio needs more love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jm8CuRIfHw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORA2Tvvge3U

I used delta last year. Taiwan to Japan. The bastards cancelled my return flight, then didn't have a hotel replacement, so I ended up sleeping on the airport floor for about 14 hours, twats.

Machu Picchu is amazing, if you can do the inca trail first. Cusco is a wicked city also, loads of stuff to see around there. Watch out though quite a bit of street robbery from what I read at the time. Santiago is a cool city with lots of arts and museums and Valparaiso is a good place not to far from there along the coast, good wine and seafood

Just saw this advert on tv, desperate times https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/michael-owen-stars-in-another-cringeworthy-advert-for-japanese-whiskey-170739334.html

That bench does not inspire much

Liverpool: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Sakho, Henderson, Gerrard, Lucas, Moreno, Coutinho, Markovic, Borini. Subs: Ward, Enrique, Lovren, Lambert, Manquillo, Balotelli, Rossiter.

Team news Posted at 11:45 Indeed, Raheem Sterling does not feature for Liverpool today. While he enjoys a mid-season break, Fabio Borini starts ahead of Mario Balotelli, who is on the bench. Steven Gerrard also starts.

Brendan Rodgers on goalkeeper alert after questioning Simon Mignolet’s feet Simon Mignolet’s problems at Liverpool stem not from his hands but his feet, according to manager Brendan Rodgers, who has confirmed he wants a new goalkeeper in the January transfer window. The Liverpool goalkeeper lost his place to Brad Jones recently and only returned to the side after the Australian suffered a thigh injury against Burnley on Boxing Day. He has made an inauspicious return, struggling to control the ball at Turf Moor or to command his penalty area during Monday’s FA Cup win at AFC Wimbledon where, in fairness, he was in collision with 16-stone striker Adebayo Akinfenwa. Mignolet has kept only four clean sheets in 25 appearances for Liverpool this season and is liable to be targeted when he faces former club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. “If an opposition goalkeeper is struggling for confidence, then Sunderland should put him under pressure, whether he is a former favourite or not,” wrote former Sunderland player Gary Rowell in his local newspaper column. Rowell added: “In Mignolet’s last season at Sunderland, he was outstanding and nobody did more to keep them up, making crucial saves that won his team points. He also started his Liverpool career well, so it’s difficult to work out why it’s gone wrong for him this campaign.” Rodgers believes the answer lies in his goalkeeper’s footwork and concentration levels. He held several conversations with Mignolet, signed for £9m in 2013 as first choice over Pepe Reina, during the keeper’s “indefinite period” out of the side and admits the 26-year-old is still adjusting to the different demands of playing at Anfield. “Simon was at the time we were watching him, and still is, a wonderful shot-stopper,” Rodgers said. “He makes big saves but the adaptation for him is coming into a big team where you are not having to make as many saves and therefore concentration is important and you probably have more touches of the ball with your feet than what he might have expected. Advertisement “He has come in here under massive expectation to replace a player who was outstanding for Liverpool for seven or eight years. He is trying to develop areas of his game. He knows he needs to improve with his feet and he is working hard on that on a daily basis. He is analysing the games and working with the coach and doing everything he can to be the best he can be.” Mignolet made 101 appearances for Sunderland before joining Liverpool and Rodgers’ admission the club signed a player uncomfortable with his feet appears startling but he said: “Everyone can improve. If you bring in an outfield player or a goalkeeper they can always look to improve their touch or their ideas. It was a new way of working for Simon and for him it was about understanding how a big team and a big club plays, which is to dominate the ball. In my time of working with the players they understand that but it doesn’t always happen straight away, sometimes it can take that wee bit of time.” Danny Ward, the Wales under-21 international, will be back-up for Mignolet at Sunderland and Rodgers admits a new keeper is required this month. “I think we need a goalkeeper of some sort, it’s just depending on how long Brad Jones is going to be out injured,” he said. “We are obviously down and have got two young inexperienced keepers behind Simon, who is only just back in the team, so we need to assess that.” http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/simon-mignolet-liverpool-improve-feet-new-goalkeeper

Gonna try these middle eastern kebabs later, look pretty good http://www.onceuponachef.com/2012/09/middle-eastern-chicken-kebabs.html

I prefer Hong Kong and Taiwanese food. Teppanyaki is quality though as is Japanese bbq. Not so keen on the ramen or sushi.

Starred up

I've been into the stories since I was a kid. The first film was a monstrosity, after that didn't give the others a chance Not a fan of Jackson at all. Defiantly not one for the purists.

Quality series, still gutted they never really finished it off, has often be rumoured to be a film to finish it off

Bit old but still quality

She is quality

WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP all about Zoiberg

Good last season but a bit to short, was surprised by how many characters got whacked

Fabregas

Russian Football Fans Meet for 76-Man Brawl on Highway So glad Russia got the world cup... http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-football-fans-meet-for-76-man-brawl-on-highway-video/510192.html