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What do you do with your time on weekends, match days, etc.? I'm recently sober and am having a hard time figuring out what to do with the time in which I would be getting pissed. It's getting me down because I keep thinking about what I'm missing by not being out with my mates, and I'd really like to replace those thoughts with something more positive.

Mine is up for renewal and the rapists are not giving me the quotes I expected. Any tips, apart from browsing the Comparison sites?

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The Ray of Hope Appeal can now announce that work on Ray’s bathroom has been completed. Ray has been concerned about the condition of his bathroom for many years. Several years ago he fell in the shower and badly injured himself so it was a priority for us to renovate the whole room. With a healthy donation from the PFA work began in February and took eight days. Thanks to your generous donations Ray now has new handrails on the walls and a whole new shower which has a central pole and a seat. We have also replaced the toilet and sink units in both the bathroom and second toilet area. Ray is delighted with the work and thanked you all several times when we visited him last month. This, along with work in his bedroom, means that his bungalow is much more comfortable and safer than before. Now that the major piece of renovation is completed we will be looking at other areas to improve, starting with replacing some of his older handrails and maybe adding more if required. Ray would like to say “I’m thrilled at the new bathroom and would like to thank everyone who helped and were kind enough to donate. It’s fantastic.” You have all made an enormous contribution to his life, just as he did to ours. Home Ray of Hope Appeal

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That thought it was a good idea to boo when Lucas came on. Can I just say that the best fucking part of you shower of twats, ran down your sisters fucking leg at birth. Just fuck off you utter,utter cunts.

Drunk posting this::drool: I was watching the game tonight in The Submarine Bar in Dublin: in the presence of the the LFC legend, JOHN ALDRIDGE. There was a Q&A session after game where the audience got to put their questions to John. After raising my arm for a few minutes, I got to ask - "of the squad you played with, excluding yourself, who alone would make the biggest difference to our present squad"? You could probably guess that he said that John Barnes would be the make the biggest difference. But the elaborated to say that if (obviously hypothetically) Digger was playing, he would at least turn half our draws into victories. Other questioners asked about the current situation, but he didn't add to anything that hasn't already been said either way. Though he did say that we were alright down the middle but our wings were "shite". He also mentioned that some of our squad wouldn't make the reserves of his era. When questioned about typical incredulous Rafa decisions, he expressed the same bemusement as most - "I just don't know mate". He didn't want to be drawn on political Parry issues, but felt that Keane was treated abysmally. I asked later on a one-to-one - "who of his era would be an unsung hero in our present lot?" He answered that Ronnie Whelan, or Steve Nichol would make a huge difference. I said to him that I thought Steve McMahon would be his answer, but he stuck with his original choice. Tonights game reminded me so much of a typical Kenny Dalglish team performance; nothing out of this world, but professionally dealt with. What a difference a few days make in football! Mascherano was a revelation at RB (Not to me though). Ngog is far too young and promising to be written off just yet. We dominated without being a constant threat, but we fully deserved our triumph.

...are fucking ace. No fannying about with pre-rehearsed moves, posturing to the crowd or knee sliding nonsense, just pure, unadulterated, fist clenching, gritted face joy. Feel free to add your own Yossi love.

Yeah you know who you are. The "fans" who were wetting their pants when we were topping the league. The same "fans" who are now calling for Rafa's head. I know there are some on here who wanted to see the back of Rafa and had to bite their tongue when we went top. Shame on you. You should be puting your dislike for the manager to one side and cheer your team on and not going "yeah but Rafa is a ........". Even worse are those who sit on the fence and then cream their pants when we do well and then post 1001 emails demanding his head after a poor performance. I hate it. Jumping on the bandwagon when its good and are the first bunch to jump off when it hits some rough road. Look at Manure, they started the PL poorly but stuck together and look at them now. If our "fans" showed the same kind of solidarity we might not be in this shape. People seem to forget the state we were in before he turned up. Also people seem to forget he had every right to walk out on the club within weeks of turning up as Parry had told him a pack of lies regarding squad strength and how much of a job he had on his hands. Could you see Evans or Houllier beating the likes of AC Millan R. Madrid etc? Just need to transfer and maintain that confidence in the league. We had it for a while and then lost it. Now he's stopped losing to the top teams we just need more creativity and firepower. Is it his fault his hands are tied in terms of player purchases? Is it his fault we were sold to bunch of thieves more interested in making a profit than being a success? Yes he has his faults and has made bad purchases and decisions but what managers haven't? It only hurts us more than Arsenal, Chavs or Mancs because we don't have a pot to piss in and the windows are boarded up so we can't chuck it out! If it wasn't for that now famous press conferance we wouldn't have questioned and then found the truth about our "owners" till much later (for all the good its done us!). Feel free to shoot me down but I think it had to be said.

Sky Sports | Football News | Premier League | Liverpool | Reds eye up Valencia ace Liverpool are keeping close tabs on Spain international Raul Albiol, skysports.com understands. The Valencia defender is rated amongst the best in La Liga, but money problems at The Mestalla could see them lose a number of their top stars. And Albiol may be one of the first to depart with a host of clubs checking on his progress. Real Madrid are long-term admirers of the 24-year-old, who can play in central defence or as a holding midfielder, but Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has now dispatched his scouting network to follow Albiol. Albiol is currently contracted to Valencia for another two years and has a huge buy-out clause of nearly £50million - although reports in Spain now suggest they could be willing to do a deal at £13million. Valencia's sporting director Fernando Gomez has admitted the club would have to consider any reasonable offers, and also confirmed they were aware of scouts from Liverpool tracking Albiol. "Today it is necessary to study each offer that we receive and after that we would decide," he told skysports.com. "The money situation is complicated at the club, but formally nobody has spoken with us about Abiol. "But we are aware that the Reds have been scouting around here in recent months." Clearly they are unaware that we too have money problems, but I presume the interest would only unfold if Agger left in the summer. ______________________ I've seen him quite a bit, I reckon he's a good player. Whether he is worth £13m is another matter. Opinions?

Until this changes we will continue to lag behind Man Utd. Liverpool will never embrace future with one foot in past Oliver Kay, Football Correspondent Life at Anfield was quiet. A few people might mill around during the week, trying to spot a star or snatch an autograph, but it was only on match days that any real crowd gathered. Go to Old Trafford any day of the week and you will see . . . crowds gathering, buying tickets, drifting around the souvenir shop, queuing for the museum or simply gawping at the stadium. Old Trafford is supermarket football.” The above paragraph could easily have been written last week, but in fact it was written 15 years ago in Stephen F. Kelly’s biography of Graeme Souness. Kelly went on to portray Manchester United as a corporate monster and Liverpool as a cosy corner shop, but he suggested that things were changing, that the Merseyside club were evolving into “a multimillion-pound business staffed by well-paid executives in Marks & Spencer suits and where success is imperative on and off the field”. How did that go, then? In one sense it sounds like a bygone age and in another it feels as if nothing has changed. As United close in on Liverpool’s proud record of 18 league titles — it was 18-7 when the Premier League was launched in 1992 — the instinct among the Merseyside club’s supporters may be to bemoan the disharmony in the boardroom, Rafael Benítez’s contract saga, injuries to Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard or even just to blame Lucas Leiva, but the reality is that Liverpool are just about punching their weight on the pitch while falling dramatically short in all other departments. On the pitch, Liverpool have a team capable of beating Real Madrid away from home in the Champions League. As a club, though, they are so dogged by infighting and inertia that it is difficult to see what happens next. Everywhere you look, it is a collision of cultures, the old guard at odds with the new — with Rick Parry, the chief executive, ousted and David Moores, the former chairman, contemplating stepping down from his honorary role as life president — and even the new at odds with the new. Parry’s departure has been portrayed as a move towards unity and, in the view of Tom Hicks, the co-owner, towards dynamism, but, barring a change of ownership or an enormous injection of cash, the underlying problems will remain. Every home match at Anfield generates about £1.5 million, meaning that their match-day revenue over an average season is likely to be about £37.5 million. United, their stadium full to its 76,000 capacity and their corporate lounges heaving every week, earn more than £3 million every time they play at Old Trafford. Last season their match-day revenue topped £100 million. It is one reason why their accounts for the financial year ending June 30, 2008, will see a turnover in excess of £300 million, the largest recorded by a British club. Liverpool simply cannot compete with that and, while a lack of dynamism or commercial vision has been a factor in their efforts to break away from the corner-shop mentality, it is not the biggest one. Ultimately it comes down to location, location, location and, whereas Old Trafford always had potential for expansion Anfield, hemmed between rows of Victorian terraces, remains every bit the corner shop. Much of the blame for that has been laid at Parry’s door, not least by Hicks, who has described the chief executive’s tenure as “disastrous”. As a global brand, Liverpool are woefully underdeveloped — incredibly, they were the last Premier League club to have their own website and did not even have a commercial director until the appointment of Ian Ayre in 2007 — but the shortfall in commercial revenue (£41 million in the 2006-07 campaign, as against United’s £56 million) does not begin to reflect match days. Parry cannot be accused of hiding from that fact. Almost as soon as he had taken office, he identified the need to relocate. But all their efforts over the past decade have been hampered by planning issues, a lack of funding, rising construction costs and now the global economic climate. Moores sold the club to Hicks and George Gillett Jr on the premise that they would provide the money to deliver the new stadium while supplying Benítez with the funds to strengthen his squad. Instead they have delivered discord and wrangling — not just with Parry and Benítez but with each other. It is an utter mess, with Gillett desperate to sell his stake but seemingly intent on being obstructive for as long as he struggles to find a buyer. It is why the feeling persists that Benítez has made Liverpool about as competitive as they can expect to be in the Premier League while somehow making them one of the most feared teams in Europe. That will not prevent the inevitable gnashing of teeth on Merseyside when United draw level with their total of 18 league titles in May. But, for as long as Liverpool remain at such a competitive disadvantage, it cannot be classed as underachievement. If Parry could turn the clock back to 2007, he would not allow Hicks and Gillett anywhere near the place. If he could turn it back ten years, he might approve a full-scale redevelopment of Anfield. As it is, he will leave the club in May much as he found it and as Moores found it when he took over as chairman in 1991 — in need of investment, in need of direction and, above all, in need of the nineteenth league title that continues not just to elude them, but to pass them by completely.

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