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I take it you need a set top freeview box to get the setanta sports pack via freeview? I have a freeview reciever built into a lcd tv but dont know if that can be used to subscribe as it mentions something about a '14 digit number associated with the set top box' Bugger - more outlay then, altho the boxes seem cheap enough. The delayed coverage of ALL our games makes it a goer for me, plus the occassional actual live game, and the golf.... Doubt it will get any cheaper Paisley as the £10 a month seems a special offer from the £15 a month normal price altho their website has something about getting the first 3 months for a tenner or something - go to their page to see £10 for 3 months - top right

Stand Up! Goes down much the same way Deco did/does and the way Placcy does. Defo a Portugeuse thing but annoys the f*** outta me

Three years ago (pre manc) yes, now no. The injury has taken its toll and I think he's a squad player for any of the top 6 sides rather than a starter at LB. And thats before considering he's a manc - ignore my previous 'manc' comment! I'd rather see a young 20 yo LB brought in, given a year (Insua) and take it from there. Not sign a past it hasbeen manc t***. Thanks but no thanks. Of course maybe Rafa is just f***ing with the mancs head, in which case, on you go Rafa!

brilliant, frustrating, brilliant, frustrating, in equal measure 121 appearances 30 goals some return! thanks for the memories and some of the best goals scored by any Liverpool player in the last few years skillwise and emotionally. He'll be missed.

I think we need a dedicated LW and RW and then used SG in his best position - advanced in midfield. He may be more than capable on the right wing but if we had the wingers I think we could get so much more out of SG by playing him in this advanced midfield role - bursting forward into the box, supporting the front two (or one in some games). He's got a great stike on him and tons of energy and while he does a job on the wing (does it well mind you) I'd prefer to see him more central. For this reason I cant agree with a preferred formation that puts him RW.

Bought by a departing manager and he didnt suit the new managers style of play. If Rafa didnt want or rate him then I think he could have stopped the transfer (if such a thing was possible) but that all by the by now. As has been said before, he may well have thrived under a counter attacking style sytem like Ged used but Rafas style is more team ethic, possession based, controlling the ball and Cisse was never the player for that. Perhaps if Rafa had the funds he has now Cisse would never have got a look in in 2005-2006. Anyway he's off. No ill will to the guy, he scored some important goals and some goals against so called 'weaker opposition' but we have to score against those f*****s too. All the best in Marseille and thanks for the goal v WHU and the peno v Milan. Two great cup wins in recent years and great memories to go with them. Onwards and upwards for LFC and for Cisse.

he may replace Riise!

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Are you saying we're a feeder club for Bolton?

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Prior to this league win the last one was under Del Bosque who also won the CL and he got sacked so there is certainly a precedent for Capello getting the door. Given Reals' trigger happy finger I can't see why someone like Rafa, Wenger or anyone else with half a brain would ever think of going there as they'd get no more than 2 years there - irrespective of what was won, thereby making the idea of building a team to suit their needs a complete non-runner. Real have been a circus for a number of years, the concept of having a manager there for 3 years and building his own team is alien to the meddling gits upstairs. It must be incredibly frustrating for the fans to put up with that s****. As an aside, How many managers (temporary or otherwise) have they had in the last 10 years? Must be 20 plus. - edit forget it - answer is 12 since January 96 P W D L % Arsenio Iglesias January 1996 May 1996 19 10 4 5 52.63% Fabio Capello May 1996 June 1997 42 27 11 4 64.29% Jupp Heynckes June 1997 May 1998 38 17 12 9 44.74% Guus Hiddink May 1998 February 1999 23 11 4 8 47.83% John Toshack February 1999 November 1999 26 13 7 6 50% Vicente Del Bosque November 1999 June 2003 141 78 37 26 55.32% Carlos Queiroz June 2003 May 2004 38 21 7 10 55.26% José Antonio Camacho May 2004 September 2004 3 2 0 1 66.67% Mariano García Remón September 2004 Dec 2004 13 7 2 4 53.85% Vanderlei Luxemburgo December 2004 Dec 2005 35 23 4 8 65.71% Juan Ramón López Caro December 2005 May 2006 24 12 9 3 50% Fabio Capello May 2006 Present 38 23 7 8 60.53% So no one gets more than a single year max apart from Del Bosque. Yeah I can see the appeal for top managers alright

for sheer ability to get them moving 'head shoulders knees and toes' must be worth a shout. after that things can move in a more musical direction

Bit slow out of the blocks but I'll start things off with Ronny Rosenthal.... Now who hit the bar against Man U when we beat them 2-0 on a Sunday evening in December 95? Was it McManaman?

he's thick-skinned is skinnywatra so he wont mind it

What was evident from the game vs Milan was that we had nobody running from midfield into the box to get on the end of things - crosses, knock downs, half clearances or simply to put pressure on the oppo or really just linking play between midfield and attack. Gerrard did it to a degree but that took away from the attacking force itself. If Lucas is all he's cracked up to be (a version of Alonso only further forward) then I see him as the one to fill that role, ahead of Masch or perhaps in front of Masch and alongside Gerrard in the advance midfield role when we need to be more attack minded against certain opposition ---------Alonso - Masch--------- ----------------Lucas---------------- as a midfield three with a defensive hat on or ---------------Alonso OR Masch------------------ -----------Lucas--------------Gerrard------------ for a more attacking threat Whether you link that up with two strikes or two wingers and a lone striker is anyones guess, but Masch and Alonso in the middle, separated from the front two or with Gerrard and a striker up front leaves too big a gap for sustained attacking play as Alonso and Masch sit too deep and Gerrard cant do it all! Any such formation needs to be balanced with stikers and wingers, I'd favour having two attacking wingers and a lone striker, which means we're currently a minimum of 3 players short assuming that Gerrard isnt classed as an attacking winger (but can do a job there) and Crouch isnt your lone striker (but again can fill in). Malouda would be the obviously touted choice for the left. Gerrard or Pennant could be used on the right but I dont think Crouch is robust enough to be the lone striker (knockdowns aside) and Kuyt spends too much time/energy not being in the box. Ideally a Drogba (spit) type player is needed, strong, physical, with a Fowler like sense of where the goal is.

wouldnt work cos Man U and Chelsea would have paid the refs more... allegedly

aye, f***wittery to a tee, damn jackeens! his brother speaks now...

I remember the uproar when Diouf was unveiled as the 2nd best player of the year, based on the MOTM votings on here a while back. He had a great 6 months or so start of the season. Then Celtic happened and it all went downhill from there. He had an 'attitude problem', perhaps Rafa can evaluate that better than Ged but Ged made his share of good signings. He' probably gets stick cos of his last year in charge when we were pedestrian but that shouldnt undermine what he did previously. Irrespective of his placing in 'player of the year' I'm glad Diouf is gone. He's a c**k of the highest order.

Crouches third vs Arsenal. Superb skill, our best this season skillwise. From a raw emotion pov then Agger v Chavs in the semi final.

If i recall correctly his (Anelka) goal stats when he was here werent that impressive. Coupled with the fact that he has bounced from club to club, in a not too dissimilar way to Bellamy should be enough to anwer any questions as to whether he should come back. Bringing Anelka or Owen back would be a backwards step. Anelka would last a year tops, Owen would last about 3 games, then be out until the next international. Wouldnt be happy with the summer transfers if either was being considered as one of our front two next season. boat. sailed. etc.

finally a replacement for McLaren emerges from the shadows, same qualificationns mind...

what was it a german magazine said about how the english view women? oh yeah " they take the scankist bitches and view them as attractive" or something like that. if shes a lady its lady scank and i can only guess what he is. isnt it time people stopped seeing the beckhams as attractive and instead saw the reality of jumped up trackies with some notes in their pocket? are they different, are they special? are they f***. as for a royal reward be it knighthood or whatever, do me a favour, there are cops on the beat, nurses doctors who deserve it more that these two tossers. a waste or air those two c****.

wheres the blue bus with 'weve never won it ever' on it? Now thats comic genius... and whats more.... its true!

if england win, McLaren escapes execution, if he loses or draws, when will the execution take place? and, lately, will Beckham swing the axe?

Min Max D. Alves............................£18M....................£23M is it just me or does this seem ludicrous?