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I'd be surprised if Yossi is still here next season.

Those 5 games are against Arsenal, chelsea, ManUtd, Real Madrid and Barcelona. worth more than 40m winning those.

makes it seem daft now that we wouldn't pay 12m for Dani Alves, Although Johnson is a very good attacking fullback, England international, and being English is very very useful to the first team with the new rules - worth the extra imho.

taken from: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6507058.ece Rafael Benítez believes elusive goal is in sight James Ducker Rafael Benítez would have laughed if someone had told him, 18 months ago, that he would be talking glowingly about Liverpool's future on his fifth anniversary as manager. There were times during those dark days in late 2007 when Benítez's departure seemed only a matter of time as news of George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks's attempts to replace him with Jürgen Klinsmann leaked out, triggering a full-blown civil war. It says something about the depths Liverpool had plumbed under the corrosive ownership of the Americans that, even when reporting this month an alarming loss of £42.6million for the year ended July 2008, the future - while still uncertain - seems a lot rosier at Anfield. A lot of that has to do with Benítez. Liverpool fans seem to take some comfort from the belief that, in one way or another, the ownership issues will resolve themselves and the Hicks-Gillett regime will run its course, but they would probably be feeling a lot less reassured were it not that Benítez finally appears to be on the brink of fashioning a team capable of winning that elusive Barclays Premier League title. Had he been told on his appointment as Liverpool manager, five years ago today, that he would still be waiting to get his hands on the league title, the Spaniard would have balked. However, a hitherto unseen conviction was unearthed in the final months of last season and they will start the new campaign believing, not hoping, that they can end the dominance of Manchester United. Of course, there are always imponderables, but especially at Liverpool - will the financial predicament of the Americans again prove a destabilising factor, will Fernando Torres stay fit? - but Benítez knows there can be only so many excuses, particularly given that he has been far from blameless amid the acrimony and infighting. Much will also rest on how successful Benítez is in the transfer market, as the manager appeared to concede yesterday when he spoke of United's squad as still being superior. “We beat them twice last season and have shown we can beat anyone, so clearly we have enough quality in the team,” he said. “The squad is good but against us, United had [Ryan]Giggs, [Paul] Scholes and [Dimitar] Berbatov on the bench.” After the early setback of losing out to Manchester City for Gareth Barry, there was better news for Liverpool last night when Portsmouth accepted an £18.5million bid for Glen Johnson. If the improving England right back does arrive at Anfield, at the very least, he should offer greater thrust going forward. If Benítez can also keep hold of Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano, the midfield players, and persuade David Silva, the £20million-rated Valencia winger, to come to Anfield, Liverpool may just have enough in the long run. Fine-tuning is what Liverpool need, not wholesale changes. “If you analyse the number of points [we got last season], 86, you see it's a record for the club in the Premier League,” Benítez said. “We are going forward, we are progressing. For the future, this is good news and hopefully this is the beginning of something important. In terms of the consistency of the team, we've been really good. The squad is better, the mentality is very good and the players are all competing for their positions. “Each year is different but we are closer, we have more confidence and the experience of this year will be good for next season. You never know, but it seems like we are reducing the gap.” Only now it must be bridged entirely.

But a renewed hunger with a different challenge, and an inhaler on the NHS and it could be worth the risk, especially for cover.

Saviola for 5m would be very good business.

Yeah, full version on the Official site (With Alonso!!)

Rafa is skiving off on holiday, thats why. although he's hopefully on holiday with Aguero and Silva.

from football-rumours.com pie in the sky though...

I guess that explains why we've not signed anyone yet. Bloody part timer.

I bet there are barca fans saying the same thing about us. It's a very select group, but we're certaiunly members.

Why are we an easy target? We are competing at the highest level on all fronts. Our parent company may be servicing a debt, but the club itself is on sound financial ground. We have an excellent squad with come of the worlds best players. The Premiership is arguably the best league in the world. Just because we chose to release what appears to be a loss (The club itself made profit) at the crucial transfer period time doesn't mean we won't spend. I'd be very surprised if Masch left, and don;t we actually have to want to sell him?

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And Collocini was looking pretty damn boss around that time. Newcastle is the death of players, or maybe just where players go to die.

+1 hahahahahahaha!!!!!

Personally i think Masch is far more consistent, and teh job he does for us i don;t think Essien could do.

it was a tap in, he just scored them in the wrong order.

a fit Veggard Heggem to add balance to the side

That is a damn good idea, or even in Holland or one of the top teams in Belgium or France where they play quite fast and frenetic football. I worry though that it's very rare that we loan someone out and then they return to become part of the team. It's not an accident that he doesn't look too good at the moment, he's just not a first team regular. If he was he'd be a different player. I'm guessing that if Xabi had been flogged on in the window then we would have seen a lot more of Lucas and been able to judge him fairly.

i like the lad, he could do with a loan spell at another club for regular footy.

believe ffs. we beat chelsea at their place. okay, we've had a hiccup, but if we don't believe it will never happen. so believe. no need for most of the negative claptrap in this thread.

lets hope so!

Am i the only person who is wondering why we have just spent 20m ish on a 28year old player? good as he is, it just seems a bit heavy.

Aurelio is a top player, just been bloody unlucky with injuries.

He must have got the wrong address, Robbie Fowler just landed his bloody UFO in my garden again. It takes weeks to get the circle out of the lawn.