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The reason we have half-time at all is so that teams could change the rules; hence first-half would be played by Westminster's rules and the second by Rugby's.

That was precisely my point. Owen, were he to sign, would only be fighting for a place on the bench in the short-term whilst N'Gog, Nemeth, Flora and Pecheco mature.

Owen would fit into the squad; as Voronin's replacement.

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Is Berger at Slavia Prague or Sparta?

Rome to stage the final? Isn't it good to see that UEFA have chosen a venue with a good reputation for policing rival fands and no history of problems between locals and visiting supporters?

I know that the numbering isn't exactly correct, but I've gone for the traditional Liverpool numbering system and the 4-2-3-1 formation: 1. Bruce Grobbelaar. 2. Phil Neal. 3. Alan Kennedy. 4. Mark Lawrenson. 5. Javier Mascherano. 6. Alan Hansen. 7. Kenny Dalglish. 8. Steven Gerrard. 9. Fernando Torres. 10. John Barnes. 11. Graeme Souness (Captain). Subs: Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes, Ian Callaghan, Billy Liddell, Ian Rush. Formation: 1; 2,6,4,3; 11,5; 8,7,10; 9.

I'd expect Liverpool to sign one of Modric, Nasri or Silva to play on the left of the three attacking midfielders; switching Babel across to the right to compete with Bentley.

Padelli.

He's agreed to join Yeovil Town on loan.

A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's not written on.

Liverpool have signed Levski Sofia's Bulgarian U-21 goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov (son of Boris Mihaylov) on a three year deal wth an option for two more years; as reported on Levski's official website.

I think he played because Putterill was suspended.

First Team Squad players Out: Dudek £ 0 Zenden £ 0 Kewell £ 5 m (Spurs) Fowler £ 0 First Team Squad players In: Padelli (loan made permanent) £ 2 m Alves £15 m Mascherano £ 8 m Simao £15 m Villa £18 m

It's interesting to note that lauren is being heavily linked with a move to Sevilla in the summer.

Gis a job.

Garcia instead of Gonzalez - otherwise unchanged.

I agree; however Liverpool could well use Cicinho's availability to reduce Alves' fee and ease his departure.

Cicinho available from Real Madrid for around £6 m.

Alan Green thought that incident was a penalty as was the incident at a corner when Hyypia's shirt was almost removed; he was quite critical of the referee throughout for giving some odd decisions to Sheffield United players.

1 Ray Clemence 2 Phil Neal 3 Alan Kennedy 4 Phil Thompson 5 Ray Kennedy 6 Alan Hansen 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 9 David Johnson 10 Terry McDermott 11 Graeme Souness © 12 Steve Heighway

It's not just about fees. Liverpool's salary bill will have already been reduced by the departures of Morientes, Cisse & Hamann; I'd imagine that Dudek's departure would also add significantly in this direction.

Didn't Juve play a home league game in Palermo a couple of seasons ago to a sell-out crowd?

Complete nonsense. Every nation develops an honours system of some description; see for example the status of the Freedom Medal in the U.S. & the Legion d'Honeur in France - neither republic was exactly founded upon the basis of an ossified social stratification. As to Britain being held back by an antiquated class structure did Britain inherit her Empire directly from Rome? If you actually knew anything about British history in the 18th & 19th centuries you would know that one reason for Britain's success in establishing a global empire was her relatively open social structure. To provide merely one example there is in London a rather large monument to a member of the aristocracy who was born the son of a parson in Norfolk; his name was Horatio Nelson.

Last season's final was between two genuinely European giants - look at the numer of European titles between the two clubs. This season we have Barcelona & Arsenal with one European Cup between them - hardly giants.