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according to the report on bbc sport, rafa also said: "After the first half, the score could have been 0-3 or 0-4. "But we conceded a stupid goal and then a stupid penalty, and after that, it is difficult to win."

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"goaltender", "defenseman" NO!

Hicks saying some right things so far: "custodians of the club", "football".

Parry, Hicks and Gillet have taken their seats.

Nah, I'm not getting it. Lived in the States for 8 years and still got the jargon wrong. Is it going to be a turnover whenever a player in possession loses the ball? How many fumbles per game, on average, will a keeper such as David James commit? Will Reina be awarded passing yardage whenever he throws the football? Punting yardage whenever he takes a goalkick? Is Rafa head coach, defensive and offensive coordinator all-in-one? Will he start wearing a headset with Motorola logo on it, even though the headset itself is not manufactured by Motorola?

and the forthcoming away game should be listed as Liverpool vs. Newcastle.

and typed in a small-sized font.

no worries for Neill, he'll still earn his, ahem, well-deserved wages while recuperating. and if West Ham were to get relegated when he's out of the side, I'd expect a "it would have been a different outcome had I been playing" kind of remark.

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Bascombe has written comments along the same line: ".... In reality, this was a massacre ten years in the making. Arsene Wenger dared to consider it his most satisfying moment in management, because he's seeing a forward thinking strategy come to fruition. When a visionary coach is paired with a board which has the foresight and financial strength to ensure the manager gets the players he asks for, you're left with a squad as formidable as this. Young, athletic, fast, technically gifted and hungry for success. Everything Liverpool, with half a dozen notable exceptions, are not. Watch, admire and learn.... Wenger's and Rafa Benitez's scouts tour the world together, compiling dossiers on the same players, but it's Arsenal who complete the deals, while the Liverpool boss impatiently lives in fear of another target escaping.... Economics, it seems, are increasingly on the mind of a Liverpool boss whose doubts grow by the day as he contemplates if he'll ever be granted the luxuries on offer to Wenger. One even dared contemplate if Benitez's team selection itself was a plea for help before the transfer window closes. Benitez is in no position to publicly state his increasing discontent at the lack of depth and resources he believes available, but a clear gulf in class in the back-up players delivers the message far more than a speech."

1. gonzalez needs to play like a left *winger*. 2. I thought today's formation made the right wing bereft of pace, too much reliance on Bellamy to make the runs instead. 3. you know that not enough threatening goal opportunities in the penalty area (not including Crouch's misses here) are being created when Friedel's most difficult saves were against Alonso's shots from outside the box. 4. Pennant, when he plays, makes some runs I wish Gonzalez would make. But Pennant did not play today.

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what the f***? this man is scum, scum, scum.

This is kind of ironic on hindsight, because I distinctly remember Houllier mentioning that he watched Hyypia play for Finland as a midfielder, before signging him?

sigh of relief?

[excerpt] DUBAI, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Liverpool's brand of soccer is serving them well in European competition but could cost them in the Premier League, according to former Anfield striker John Barnes. The best the club could expect from their domestic campaign was a fourth-place finish, the ex-England international said on Sunday. "It is interesting how well they are doing in Europe and I suppose the way they play is better suited for Europe," Barnes told reporters in Dubai ahead of a business and sports conference. "It is very difficult...what you want from any team is consistency and that is where they fall down because when they play well they do play well. "Put is this way, look at the way Arsenal play -- at their height -- they are better than Chelsea, but they are not consistent and that is why Chelsea are the best team because they play consistently well and that is the key."

less friction between Parry and Rafa. Reds glide through the season with ease.

not that I agree with what is claimed in the headline below... ===== Benitez confirms Liverpool takeover talks by Ian Winrow November 21, 2006 LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - Rafael Benitez has indicated that Liverpool could be the next Premiership club to be subject to a foreign takeover after the manager confirmed he has been made aware of contact between the club and prospective overseas buyers. The Merseyside club has been actively seeking new investment for over two years and has attracted recent interest from prospective buyers from Canada and Dubai. Frank Gillett, the owner of the Canadian ice hockey team, the Montreal Canadians, and previously the owner the Harlem Globetrotters, is believed to be one of the interested parties along with the Dubai international capital group headed by Samurai Ansari. The Liverpool board, who are growing increasingly anxious to attract new funds to finance the planned development of a new stadium scheduled to begin next year, will discuss the matter at a board meeting on Thursday. But on the day that West Ham United announced they are to have new Icelandic owners, Benitez, who is preparing his side for Tuesday's Champions League group game with PSV Eindhoven, insisted he was unaffected by the potential boardroom changes. "The board will do what is best for the club," Benitez said. "I have been given some information but I am not worried about this situation. There are people interested but that is normal for such a big club. This is not something I can control so I don't think about it."

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you neglected to mention: "seems mr diao is the new "vieria" at stoke"