theredfella

Exactly. The last piece of business between the clubs (1964 I think) caused a bit of controversy at the time apparently and a gentlemen's agreement was struck between the two clubs not to poach the others players. The fact that both sides have had a lot of quality players since but there has never been a concrete bid from one to the other for any of them bears that out to an extent. The clubs must also be aware of the massive media and supporters fallout that any deal would bring. Take Beckham for example, would the matchgoing crowd ever accept him in a Red shirt? Never. Heinze may be more palatable to a degree but the fact remains; dirty, dirty, horrible Manc. Definite no no for me.

First Liverpool manager to make his name appear on Sky by waving his hand

My boss is a big Villa fan, he's been chuckling about this for ages

Awful news, the kid could have been a great player.

Nice to see a chief executive of such a big club speaking so frankly . "He's going to Hollywood to be half a film star," - that is class

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I thought there was a consortium called the Belgravia Group who were sniffing around? Whether they've binned the idea, I honestly don't know, but I'll take your word for it.

One question; how are we valued at just over £150m as a business entity but Newcastle are courting offers of closer to £250m? Whilst I know that their ground generates a hell of a lot more revenue than ours, surely it isn't indirectly worth nearly £100m? Plus I would imagine that they have a level of debt too given their spending and failure to qualify for the CL on a regular basis. Just a thought. My missus works for the Bank Of America and she reckons that they definitely have something to do with it.

Substitute the words "a little" for "much" and that is spot on.

Best - FOAR/Liverbird Worst - the generic chant that we use for any player who hasn't got his own song ie Xa-bi Alon-so. Does my head in

Well said, couldn't agree more.

I went to see one of the Cup games last season against Carlisle and one of the things that struck me was how small some of our lad seemed. The wide lads Hamill and Anderson looked tiny although admittedly he (Hamill) scored from just inside their half so no slouch and Anderson was lively.There were a couple of big ones though, one of them was Antwi, he was a bit of a grock Watching them play, you couldn't help but admire some of the stuff but at the same time thinking, you need to bulk up and quickly. The chances of a shot in the first team this season are remote at best but you'd hope to see at least one more in the Carling Cup next season. That's not unreasonable really especially given the talent of the team. Also an extra season will have probably put a bit of bulk on them so they should be in better physical shape then. That was the point of my post really, this generation of kids. I think they're talented but there hasn't really been one yet who's looked like he's really going to make the step up. Obviously we're not going to have a freak Manc situation but next year it would be nice to see at least one pull away from the pack. As to who it'll be, f*ck knows At a push, Hamill

Not in a settled position though. Back then he was played wherever we needed someone to fill in in the back line.

With the defence of our FA Youth Cup kicking off today, something I read recently leapt to mind. The last time we won the FA Youth Cup prior to last year (1996), only three of the team made it to the first team - David Thompson, Jamie Carragher and Michael Owen. All three made two appearances the following season and it was only the season after that they really started to break through. Owen we all know about but Thommo only managed about fifty games before he was shipped out and it took Carragher until only really three years ago to cement a regular first team spot in a settled position. By contrast, only one member of last year's winning team (Miki Roque) has made the breakthrough to the first team and even then it was for two minutes at the end of the CL game in Turkey. As for the others, a few bench stints but that's it. Should we expect a little more from the kids or does it just go to show the step up required to make it at the highest level? Or does the situation reflect that maybe the coaching and guidance they receive isn't enough for them to make the grade? This is my first thread at the top table so go easy

I'd put Kenny ahead of him by some distance.

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Great point.

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No great loss IMO, massively overrated.

For the Geordies, granted, but I think he had a decent record for Auxerre and Rennes (?) ?