The Official Liverpool Thread, Volume 3
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anonymous said:
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i'd rather a badger chewed on my ballsac then watch soccer am start to finish. tubes has to be the biggest (most unfunny) gimp in the world.i tend to record it, watch the 'skills', best goals from the various leagues/divisions, maybe a crossbar challenge and fast forward the rest..
2seas said:
i'd rather a badger chewed on my ballsac then watch soccer am start to finish. tubes has to be the biggest (most unfunny) gimp in the world.
i tend to record it, watch the 'skills', best goals from the various leagues/divisions, maybe a crossbar challenge and fast forward the rest..
I don't mind tubes to be fair but yes I get up at 10 ish and then fast forward through the crap bits, but I do enjoy the show, it gives me a chance to see some of the goals from other leagues as welli tend to record it, watch the 'skills', best goals from the various leagues/divisions, maybe a crossbar challenge and fast forward the rest..
Damien Comolli lost his job as Liverpool’s director of football last week as the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, held him responsible for the failure of high profile, big-money signings such as Andy Carroll.
While Comolli publicly accepted his dismissal with good grace, saying he was “grateful” to have worked for Liverpool, friends of the Frenchman have told The Sweeper that he is privately “bitter and upset” about his departure.
Comolli feels that the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad.
For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard’s representatives.
Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million. The England winger is yet to score or provide an assist in the Premier League so far this season.
While Comolli accepts that he was happy to buy Downing, he believes that the restrictions placed upon him led to Liverpool signing average players who have underperformed this season as Dalglish’s side sit eighth in the league table.
There were a couple of success stories in Luis Suarez (£22.8m) and Jose Enrique (£6m) but Comolli was ultimately held accountable for the poor returns from Carroll (£35m), Downing (£20m), Jordan Henderson (£16m) and Charlie Adam (£7m).
The 49-year-old has now returned to France to spend time with his family - who never moved to Merseyside - and is keen for his next job to be with a Ligue 1 club due to the “family reasons” cited in the statement announcing his departure from Anfield.
While Comolli publicly accepted his dismissal with good grace, saying he was “grateful” to have worked for Liverpool, friends of the Frenchman have told The Sweeper that he is privately “bitter and upset” about his departure.
Comolli feels that the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad.
For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard’s representatives.
Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million. The England winger is yet to score or provide an assist in the Premier League so far this season.
While Comolli accepts that he was happy to buy Downing, he believes that the restrictions placed upon him led to Liverpool signing average players who have underperformed this season as Dalglish’s side sit eighth in the league table.
There were a couple of success stories in Luis Suarez (£22.8m) and Jose Enrique (£6m) but Comolli was ultimately held accountable for the poor returns from Carroll (£35m), Downing (£20m), Jordan Henderson (£16m) and Charlie Adam (£7m).
The 49-year-old has now returned to France to spend time with his family - who never moved to Merseyside - and is keen for his next job to be with a Ligue 1 club due to the “family reasons” cited in the statement announcing his departure from Anfield.
Might be a goal article but there's a theme there, even Dalglish admitted the signings were his targets. Not that the cult of Dalglish will admit to it. So you keep clapping Glen, how about I put up the league table for you? Or better still Charlie Adam's grocery receipt with Andy Carroll's bar bill? Still be clapping then?
Be good to see Roy tomorrow, I'm sure the revisionists and hypocrites will all clap him whilst forgetting that Roy never had a run as bad as what we've endured under Dalglish
Only a handful more league games before the nightmare that is our manager gets the chop.
Be good to see Roy tomorrow, I'm sure the revisionists and hypocrites will all clap him whilst forgetting that Roy never had a run as bad as what we've endured under Dalglish
Only a handful more league games before the nightmare that is our manager gets the chop.
flatline84 said:
On about the fact that none of the LFC players gave a ste under Hodgson, didnt excactly help did it. As soon as kenny took over they suddenly started bothering and results picked up, all hail king kenny.
What are you on about?You're a barcode aren't you, what gives you such wisdom on things LFC?
Raja said:
Might be a goal article but there's a theme there, even Dalglish admitted the signings were his targets. Not that the cult of Dalglish will admit to it. So you keep clapping Glen, how about I put up the league table for you? Or better still Charlie Adam's grocery receipt with Andy Carroll's bar bill? Still be clapping then?
Be good to see Roy tomorrow, I'm sure the revisionists and hypocrites will all clap him whilst forgetting that Roy never had a run as bad as what we've endured under Dalglish
Only a handful more league games before the nightmare that is our manager gets the chop.
My rather simplistic take on the Commoli issue was that it wasn't so much the players he signed as the prices that were paid. & it's been reported that Andy Carroll was Commolis suggestion. Indeed rumour has it that his opening offer for Carroll was £28m!! Be good to see Roy tomorrow, I'm sure the revisionists and hypocrites will all clap him whilst forgetting that Roy never had a run as bad as what we've endured under Dalglish
Only a handful more league games before the nightmare that is our manager gets the chop.
However if this is all true, the question that needs to be asked is why was Commoli, effectively a head scout, doing the negotiations in the first place?! Lack of on hand leadership IMO.
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