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Hey Ladies and Gentleman of TLW Just wondered if any of you guys had two spares for the Home game on the 11th April against Fulham. I promised my misses I would take her to a Liverpool Home Game before she gets too heavily pregnant and I have missed out on tickets quite a lot this season due to working every hour god sends me. Its been ages since I've been able to come up to a game myself so I know how hard it is to get tickets even being a e season ticket member and fan card.. Unless you work for Carlsberg Lucozade or Thomas Cook I get no chance at the moment. Thoughts please you Red Boys Rhys :(

Rafa Benitez was quizzed about his weight in a bizarre press conference in Bucharest, prior to Liverpool's Europa League last 32 return leg with Unirea Urziceni. The Liverpool manager has occasionally complained of harsh treatment from the English press but has never experienced anything like the line of interrogation adopted by Romania's media, in a first-floor suite of the team's hotel barely an hour-and-a-half after their charter jet touched down at Bucharest Airport. He had already been grilled about travel arrangements that have been viewed in some quarters as a sign of disrespect towards Unirea, when local journalists turned up the heat with a string of provocative questions One asked how it felt to be taunted about the sack by opposing fans, another wanted to know the salary he would demand to coach a Romanian club and a third told him he had piled on the pounds since Liverpool's Champions' League final triumph over AC Milan nearly five years ago. To Benitez's credit, he answered each one with a broad smile after stoutly defending his decision to delay departure from Liverpool until the middle of the afternoon, thereby foregoing the chance to train at Thursday night's venue, the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest. The inquisition began with a suggestion that, by flying in late and heading back to Liverpool straight after the final whistle, he was taking the threat of the Romanian champions lightly. 'Not at all,' he replied. 'I just had to work out what would be the best preparation for the team, and I just felt that working on formations and set-pieces at Melwood before, rather than after, a three-hour flight would be the right option. 'As for after the game, if it goes to extra-time, the plane will wait, because it is a charter. Don't make the mistake of thinking we are taking anything for granted.' It got personal after that, as he was bluntly asked how he coped with standing in the technical area and hearing opposing supporters chant: 'You're getting sacked in the morning.' Unruffled, the under-pressure Spaniard claimed: 'I don't listen to them. When you are on the sidelines, watching your team, you are not aware of anything else. You are in the zone and concentrating only on what is happening on the pitch. Anyway, I don't always understand. My English still isn't all that good. Benitez was just as diplomatic over another direct query about what 'fee' he would expect to take over a side in Romania. 'It's not just about money,' he said. 'It's about being at the right club, and I feel I've got the right job now at Liverpool.' With press officer Ian Cotton trying to wind up proceedings, the best was saved until last as the gentleman who brought up the subject of sack-related chants had the final word. 'Mr.Benitez,' he said. 'The last time I saw you was at the 2005 Champions' League final, and your, erm, silhouette seems to have changed since then. Why is that?' Breaking out into a grin, Benitez responded: 'It is the stress of having to answer so many questions from the press. Thank you and goodnight.' Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez gets grilled by Romania's press and asked: Why are you so fat? | Mail Online

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been watching the old days on dvd and i wish we could bring back the old red stanchions we had in the 80s.they were pretty unique and part of our history.every goal in the premier league seems the same..........is it PL rules or something now? anyone remember west hams goal posts? i think the distance between the goal line and the net was about 3 inches! hahaha ......................great days! ps-have we ever won the league without red stanchions at anfield? haha

I'm not one to start a thread but Portsmouths' plight should not be ignored! Harry Redknapp sold that club down the swanny, fucked off and left them in the shit! Any decent football supporter (in my view) should rally around that club and do what they can to keep the club afloat! The FA turned their back on them so it is down to us, as supporters of football to help that struggling club! Petition the FA, Demonstrate on the streets! Whatever it takes! I am a Liverpool supporter for life but what is happenning down there is disgusting!!

supporting the best team in Europe, the team everyone feared, the team that when you told people who you supported they'd say "Good European team, them". Watching Arsenal tonight and United last night, it finally dawned on my how fucking disastrous it will be if we don't qualify for the CL next season...... We're already a laughing stock, channel fucking 5! But let's crack on, win this Europa League and get top 4. I miss nights like this: But now we've got nights like this to look forward to: & Come on Rafa, get us singing about our European adventures again.....

Any predictions? I can see this causing people a lot of confusion in who they want to win in the fact that it's between choosing out of their hatred of Mourinho or their hatred of Chelsea. Personally, I'm pretty ambivalent to either so I'm not particularly arsed. And is it just me or is Carlo Ancelotti starting to look like Frankie Howard more and more with each passing day?

Real Madrid star plays down Alonso spat with United legend 24 February 2010 - 10:49 | Sport.co.uk Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has played down the public spat between the former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo and ex-Liverpool FC midfielder Xabi Alonso, that ensued during their recent 6-2 La Liga victory over Villarreal. The former Premier League players appeared to have a dispute over who should take the penalty which resulted in Madrid’s sixth goal. Ronaldo, who left Manchester United in the summer in a world record £80 million deal, initially took the ball, before a number of teammates, notably Raul, decided it should be taken by the former Liverpool FC midfielder who was yet to score for the club he too joined in the summer. The former Liverpool FC star subsequently scored his first goal for Real Madrid, however his teammate and Manchester United legend Ronaldo was clearly irked by his former Premier League rival’s decision to take the penalty and appeared to snub Alonso’s goal celebration. Despite the public spat at the Bernabeu, Higuain, who took penalties for the club last season dismissed any notion of a bust-up. Both Alonso and Ronaldo left the Premier League in the summer, after enjoying glittering careers at Liverpool FC and Manchester United. The former was embroiled in one of the most protracted transfer sagas of last summer which resulted in Anfield supremo Rafa Benitez eventually relenting in allowing the Spaniard to move to the Bernabeu for a reputed £30 million. Ronaldo was granted his leave from Old Trafford a year after he expressed his desire to fulfil his boyhood dream of playing for Real Madrid. Sir Alex Ferguson maintains Ronaldo is still the best player in the world. The Real Madrid forward told Spanish TV station Canal+: "These are circumstances of the game, Xabi had the vision of scoring his first goal for Madrid and nothing more," "If I'm called upon then I'll take it, but the takers are as previously designated," "Kaka takes them very well, has not missed any, and so do Cristiano, Raul... and Xabi did very well.”

Got a text today off a mate and he and a few other fellas were sitting round on their breaks today in work coming out with football questions and one of them gave my mate the task of naming a Liverpool XI were the first letter of the first name of the player is also the same as the first letter of their surname- ie Bob Bolder. Haven't really had a chance to think about it but I've got: GK: Bob Bolder RB: Alvaro Arbeloa CB: CB: LB: RW: CM: CM: LW: CF: Kevin Keegan CF: Alf Arrowsmith If there's enough for a manager and a subs bench then sound!

Forget if we deserved the win, or what they deserved, with minutes to go against our closest challenger Beni took contact from the defender, should Beni have gone down to win the 3 points (assuming we'd converted the pen of course!) ? yes or no ?

Yahoo! UK Eurosport Message Boards - Liverpool - Irish-British consortium want complete Liverpool takeover

http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/forum/podcasts/88454-tlw-podcast-2-feb-2010-a.html Doesn't seem to be showing up on itunes yet, don't know how long it takes them to detect new submissions, but you can listen to it on the above link for now anyway.

Looked awesome for Forest today against Wednesday, certainly too good for that level. Wonder why he was never really given a shot here? Can any regular reserve watchers shed any light on it? I know there's a big class gulf between the leagues, but on that display, I'd rather his pace, skill and direct approach than that cunt Babel anyway and maybe Riera half the time too for that matter.

As much talent as these two footballers have, isnt down to the manager to nuture them into their true potentail despite their shotcomings in character? Surely they still have the potential to become good maybe even world class footballers but at different clubs maybe with different managers. It comes to a point where someone has to take the blame but in a sense there is nothing or no one to blame. Sometimes a player will never reach their true potentail at club for a multitude of reasons. In the end though if there is enough desire, hunger and effort then their qualities will eventually shine through, something that hasnt happend for either player.

When is Glen back? I think our team is really missing the quality he gives us in the wide areas. He's our only player who can beat full backs, with pace, skill and provide decent opportunities for others. Given the way we have been defending with Carragher at right back, I'd like to see Glen used at right wing / mid, as the defense has been looking good with Agger, Skrtel and The Greek all doing well at centre back recently. -------------------------------------Reina------------------------------------ Carragher-----------Skrtel---------------------Agger------------Aurelio --------------------Mascherano-------------Gerrard---------------------- Johnson--------------------------Benayoun-------------------------Riera --------------------------------------Torres---------------------------------- Think while Johnson has got injured, Rafa might have stumbled on a better defensive unit and given Johnson is great when he's attacking I think this could be our best approach.

Everton beating us to 4th place or United winning number 19. Everton would be worse i reckon. Neither will happen like, i'm just speculating. I think.

Spanish starlet Daniel Pacheco has extended his contract with the club until June 30, 2012. The former Barcelona striker has yet to make his competitive debut but featured in Rafael Benitez's first team squad during pre-season. He is a regular member of the reserve team squad and is also a Spanish youth international. Meanwhile, striker Craig Lindfield has had his contract at Anfield terminated by mutual consent. The former FA Youth Cup winner spent last season on loan at Accrington Stanley. PACHECO SIGNS NEW DEAL

Billionaire owners can make £140m double deal happen By Rob Shepherd & Aidan Magee, 20/02/2010 WHEN Garry Cook courted Kaka, he became the laughing stock of world football. But the sniggering has stopped. And now the Manchester City chief executive has turned his attention to Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, nobody should take him lightly. The chase for fourth place in the Premier League won't be decided at Eastlands today. The clash between City and Liverpool is more a symbol of a seismic shift between a waning power beset by internal and financial problems and a club that knows no limits. Even a defeat for Roberto Mancini's side does not alter that landscape. There are those at Anfield only too aware of the threat from City, not least to Liverpool's two biggest stars. After the false dawn of Thakskin Shinawatra, the pledges of owner Sheikh Mansour are proving to be no mirage. That sends out a compelling message to both Torres and Gerrard - that they may have to re-evaluate their futures in the summer. It's not even a secret within the City corridors of power that the hierarchy are plotting a £140million double swoop for both Torres and Gerrard this summer. City officials are already planning how they can pull off what would be one of the most audacious transfer coups of all time. Fourth place and Champions League football would inevitably help sugar the pill of an Anfield parting but even without the lure of football at the highest level, City believe they hold more than a few aces. If the injured Torres chooses to watch the game from the Eastlands stands, he will be taken by the modern facilities and the potential to increase the capacity to 65,000 - while visions of a new state-of-the-art Anfield remain a pipedream. Then he will look at Emmabuel Adebayor, a striker not remotely in his class, who picks up £140,000 a week, substantially more than the £95,000 a week Torres earns from a four-year deal signed last summer. Torres might then just to do some calculations not entirely based on money. He will wonder where Liverpool are heading. That's exactly the question one of Torres's advisors put to the Liverpool hierarchy recently. As it stands, it is difficult for the club to offer any conclusive answers. As diligently as chief executive Christian Purslow has been working to stabilise what has become a very rocky ship under the tiller of joint American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the future remains uncertain. What is certain is that Liverpool's owners must come up with £100million by the end of March to settle loans taken when the Americans bought the club. Hicks and Gillett could wipe out the problem at one stroke by agreeing the £100m sale of Torres to City during the close season. Selling Gerrard as well would then give the club an enhanced transfer kitty. Last summer, Liverpool rejected an £80m approach by City for their Spanish striker but this time around the club simply may not be in a position to refuse such an offer. City have moved up another level from the Kaka farce and whatever the wisdom of replacing Mark Hughes with Roberto Mancini there is far greater credibility to the club's aspirations of becoming not only a superpower in England but Europe too. There is no doubt that should City beat off the challenges of Tottenham and Aston Villa and eject Liverpool from their Big Four status, then Torres could have his head turned. Even if Torres could be lured, Gerrard would be much more reluctant to follow him down the M62. Part of Gerrard may still regret not moving to Chelsea five years ago. And while his red-blooded Mersey roots prohibit even the thought of defecting to Manchester United, the prospect of becoming part of City's adventure would not be out of bounds. The plain fact is, unless things change at Liverpool - and change quickly - Gerrard, 30 in May, might have to resign himself to never winning a Premier League winner's medal, while at City the potential is now palpable. Those who counsel Gerrard may suggest that if he did opt to leave Liverpool it would only be to play abroad, with Real Madrid a distinct possibility. Yet why not City? After all, if the blue half of Manchester roll back the red tide of United's dominance then, in a way it will be a mission well received on Merseyside, for a while at least. And how much more loyalty does Gerrard owe Liverpool? To cash in one or either may smack of heresy to the Kop faithful but if it helps finance a complete rebuilding of a tired team, then it may be a sacrifice worth making. Whatever the outcome of today's game and the race for fourth place, City would seem on the brink of breaking through the glass ceiling and, in the process, ensuring Liverpool's fall from greatness continues. Perversely, maybe the only way for Liverpool to alter that inevitability is to take the money for their two great talismen before it is too late. CITY SET UP EVERY LIVERPOOL FAN'S WORST NIGHTMARE | News Of The World

If you get a chance to see his interview on LFCTV - it'll be repeated as per - it's worth a look. Whatever you thought of him as a player, he's certainly candid now! Very open about what a shit Ginsoak is, how he hated Souness and he also claims the rumour was true about how bad Boersma's training sessions were in terms of wrecking players' achilles.

After Liverpool players, smallish clubs who we have won more than combined, nice one moores you cunt, I hope your head ends up in someones fridge.

Well, United travel to Woodison tomorrow for they're annual win. If there is one team who consistantly pulls their pants down, bends over, parts they're cheeks and waits for United to bum them senseless, it's Everton. So, with United's 2nd top scorer being an own goal, I'd say it's pretty much a given that one of they're players will give United a hand on their way to 3 points tomorrow. The question is, which 2 faced bastard will be the one? Poll to follow. I'm going for Yobo.

From me, I can't be fucking arsed with some of the absolute shite that gets posted on here, by that I mean people who call other people cunts and arseholes or whatever because they hold different opinions to them. How the fuck can you call people you don't know, or have never met, the things you do? I've met quite a few people off these fora over the years and I've found them to be decent lads and lasses, then you come on here and see whoppers who give them a load of shite cos they dare to have a different opinion than them. Every fucking thread comes down to the same shit, name calling and petty bickering, I started reading Mick's thread 'Nail on the head' and before I got to the end of the first page it had started. It's fucking depressing, as if I wasn't depressed enough! The really stupid thing about it? WE ALL WANT THE SAME FUCKING THING, the yanks out and a successful, good to watch (most of the time) Liverpool Football Club. Some of you should really get over your fucking selves. And to those of you who are going to respond good riddance and I won't be missed, you can kiss my big fat arse, and I'll see you at Otterspool Prom, there's a cafe there I'm led to believe, I'll see you outside of it. See you all in the summer.....maybe!

M62 both ways a fucking nightmare, and just got into the office 45 minutes late. None of the main access roads gritted, and just as bad coming in from Manchester apparently

I'm going to stick with the 'double odds' on any bets for us winning. I'm also going to include some special bets on Rodriguez or Pacheco to score. Remember you must have an e-season ticket in order to use Vbookie.

If Yugoslavia didn't break up, and Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, and Macedonia could collectively field a single team... they could have won the World Cup in 1994 and the European Championships in 1996. Look at the players that were around in the early to mid 90's for these countries... Zvonimir Boban Robert Prosinecki Davor Suker Robert Jarni Dejan Savicevic Predrag Mijatovic Dragan Stojkovic Sinisa Mihajlovic Alen Boksic And a few more I can't think of right now. Could've been a great team.