Hail Rafa! 2

Doctor Robot · July 16th, 2006, 03:06 AM

Liverpool goals from this afternoons friendly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXhh1FvUQzA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQFrpvWHb4o

http://breaking.examiner.ie/2006/07/15/story267972.html
Bellamy scores on Liverpool debut
15/07/2006 - 19:53:44

Wrexham 0 Liverpool 2

Craig Bellamy got the goal he desperately wanted on his Liverpool debut today.

The striker drove through on the left early in the second half to send a left-footed effort wide of substitute goalkeeper Michael Ingham.

It was a big day for Bellamy but also for Wrexham. Their 19-month battle to save the club is coming to a successful end and they will pick up £100,000 (€145,258) from this match after Liverpool waved their cut of the gate.

Liverpool had Salif Diao and Florent Sinama-Pongolle on show but a host of youngsters were given a run-out with Anfield’s World Cup players still on holiday.

The game was delayed for 15 minutes to allow a near-capacity 11,335 crowd into the Racecourse Ground, and they saw Liverpool cruise into the lead after six minutes.

Paul Anderson, star of the FA Youth Cup final victory, met a John Arne Riise cross on the volley to crash the ball past Michael Jones from 12 yards.

New signing Gabriel Paletta played the first half as the youthful side did their best to impress manager Rafael Benitez.

But Wrexham, who will come out of administration on Tuesday and had four new signings of their own on display, produced a spirited response.

Mark Jones and Chris Llewellyn both went close, but keeper Jones was thankful for a benevolent referee – Mike Jones – who gave him a ticking-off for handling outside the box.

The offence would have meant a red card in league action.

Bellamy almost punished a Llewellyn error before being one of only three Liverpool players not to be substituted at the break.

The reason was pretty clear – the Welshman wanted to score in front of the Welsh fans – and once that had been achieved eight minutes after the break, Benitez’s sentimentality deserted him and the off striker duly came off.

Sinama-Pongolle, who may well figure this season if Benitez fails to sign a right-sided player, looked lively and determined.

Blabbernsmoke · July 16th, 2006, 11:21 AM

Nutmeg.

Can't believe Diao has re-emerged from the black lagoon. Where the hell has this £6M signing been???

Doctor Robot · July 25th, 2006, 01:15 AM

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...283132,00.html

And with Rafa at the helm, the future is bright.
------------------------------
Liverpool walk alone at the top
By Tony Evans
Our correspondent offers 18 league and five European titles as evidence

THE SCOUSE VOICES SANG IT WITH gusto at the FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford in April whenever a blue scarf came into sight:

“ . . . Chelsea FC,
You ain’t got no history,
Five European Cups and 18 Leagues,
That’s what we call history.”

No other supporters cling to their heritage such as Liverpool fans. One man carries a half-size metal replica of the European Cup to games, passing the trophy round pubs as grinning reds queue up to have their photograph taken with it, as if it were the real thing. Callow adolescents sing of “the fields of Anfield Road, where once we saw King Kenny play”, something that Dalglish last did seriously before they were born. Such anachronisms are easy to mock. Especially since this is a club that has not won the league since 1990.

This is an age of insane rebranding, where the past is often seen as worthless. So, hail to the Fink Tank for daring to believe that the past matters; that football existed before 1992. Expect a letter from the Premier League’s solicitors, Finksters — didn’t Blair’s Government ban all talk of the past some time in 2001? Yet another of the scourges of modern life is the utilisation of resources in academia to prove the bleedin’ obvious. The man in the pub with the miniature European Cup could have saved the Fink Tank hours of research and mountains of cash. If one club has won the title 18 times — three more than the next contestant — then it is clear who is best.

Only the mindlessly bigoted could disagree with Liverpool topping the table. Eighteen titles — championships, we used to say before the marketing men stole the word for the second-raters — begin and end the discussion. And that is before five European Cups are introduced as proof.

But football is not about evidence. It is as subjective and complex as poetry and depends on interpretation. So the Fink Tank’s mathematical certainty is just a jumping off point for the quarrels that will follow. Manchester United supporters, for example, their egos inflated by years of self-delusion — “We’re the biggest club in the world,” they say — will stake their claim. They invoke romance and tragedy, as if they are exclusive to Old Trafford, and cite massive, half-hearted fan clubs in Bangkok, each member wearing a fake replica kit, as proof of global greatness. Come back when you have won four more titles.

Arsenal can make a case for ascendency with their longest continuous spell in the top flight, an impressive achievement. The marble halls and the sense of tradition make the club a unique institution. Recently, they have leavened the patrician attitude with a revolutionary attitude to importing foreign talent. It is hard not to be impressed. It is as compelling a case for greatness as can be made when you come to the table holding only 13 titles.

Yet this is the club that began life in southeast London, decided there were richer pickings to be had by squatting in Tottenham Hotspur territory and blagged their way into the top flight without having to bother with something as tiresome as winning promotion. Luciano Moggi, the Juventus fixer, is a mere amateur compared with Sir Henry Norris, who managed to get a team that finished fifth in the second division into the first in 1919 — and a Tube station renamed for the club.

Knowing that the aristocrats began life as robber barons puts their airs and graces in a different perspective.

As for Chelsea supporters, who will feel rather put out that Huddersfield Town and Burnley rate higher, there is some sympathy. For all the importance of the past, being top of the pile now should carry some extra cachet. As it happens, the history at Stamford Bridge is rich and full of bizarre characters, from William “Fatty” Foulke, the goalkeeper who weighed 26st, to Ken Bates, the former chairman, whose idea of getting the supporters buzzing was to use electrified fences for crowd control. Sadly, the days when Chelsea were a sideshow were more entertaining than recent winning Saturdays at Stamford Bridge, when José Mourinho’s overefficient drabs have succeeded without any sense of fun and left empty seats in their wake. Those stayaway Chelsea supporters prove that there is more to football than winning trophies.

But Liverpool are the greatest club and, furthermore, this table proves that they are based in the greatest football city in England. All the Fink Tank records worth having are shared between the city’s two clubs, with Everton — once the “Mersey Millionaires” and now, hilariously, “The People’s Club” — playing the most games in the top flight and scoring the most goals.

Mere dry statistics? Well, the city has bred England’s two best players in Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney. The epicentre of English football sits on the east bank of the Mersey.

The man in the pub with the cup could tell you that, too. He’d be even more vehement if he was carrying a newly-minted trophy this time next year — a Premiership replica would be ideal.

Even though it is nice to be the best ever, history is far sweeter in the making than in the remembering.

Peyre · July 26th, 2006, 04:11 PM

westisbest · July 26th, 2006, 04:25 PM

O tut tut Rafa lol

JUXTAPOL · July 26th, 2006, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peyre

I know what he's thinking.....

westisbest · July 26th, 2006, 11:16 PM

Me too, but as always with Rafa he is thinking football, how could he incorporate them 2 lovely round things on her chest into his teams game, to balls at once must be harder to control, help build the teams skills up

Doctor Robot · July 26th, 2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JUXTAPOL

I know what he's thinking.....

Ever the professional, Rafa thought "I wonder if she's good on the ball as well as being good up top"

Blabbernsmoke · July 27th, 2006, 12:24 PM

Dirk Kuyt goals from last season. With a midfield force like Liverpool's behind him, he could do even better IMO. Although, a few of the goals were flukey. amd probably against English first division equivalents.

Should LFC go for Kuyt?

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...2560733&q=kuyt

(enjoy the music...

)

Gazzab · July 28th, 2006, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blabbernsmoke

Dirk Kuyt goals from last season. With a midfield force like Liverpool's behind him, he could do even better IMO. Although, a few of the goals were flukey. amd probably against English first division equivalents.

Should LFC go for Kuyt?

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...2560733&q=kuyt

(enjoy the music...

)

Cheers Blabs, let's wait and see.

JUXTAPOL · July 28th, 2006, 12:49 PM

Wonder if they will be looking forward to this, what with the current events....!

Liverpool set for Israel Trip

westisbest · July 28th, 2006, 12:57 PM

what will happen if there is still a war there, nuetral ground?

kung_fuzi · July 28th, 2006, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by westisbest

what will happen if there is still a war there, nuetral ground?

Possibly Cyprus.

westisbest · July 28th, 2006, 02:31 PM

do they have a stadium, i would think somewhere in europe

kung_fuzi · July 28th, 2006, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by westisbest

do they have a stadium, i would think somewhere in europe

Liverpool have played in Cyprus before,there is a stadium in Limmasol.

westisbest · July 28th, 2006, 07:03 PM

2/1 to win the title, must be worth a fiver

Blabbernsmoke · July 28th, 2006, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by westisbest

2/1 to win the title, must be worth a fiver

Where did you see those odds?

westisbest · July 28th, 2006, 08:29 PM

liverpoolfc.tv

it said (withough chelsea) so really they're tipping us to fininsh second

Blabbernsmoke · July 28th, 2006, 09:10 PM

I wish the KGB or its modern day equivalent would drag Abromovich off back to Russia in the middle of the night for thieving crimes against the Russian people. Result??

a) The fluffy faced Rusky slag would go to the Gulag >>

b) It would wipe the smile of Morihno's kisser >>

c) Chelsea would be fucked >>

d) Liverpool would probably win the league next season

Pobbie · July 29th, 2006, 04:55 AM

The Israel-Lebanon Crisis goes on and on in the Middle East, and who do Liverpool get drawn against for their Champions League qualifier?

Maccabi Haifa

The second leg is scheduled for 22 or 23 August. Surely the game will have to be played away from Haifa.

July 16th, 2006, 03:06 AM	#1
Doctor Robot BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Groove City Posts: 405 Likes (Received): 0	Hail Rafa! 2 Liverpool goals from this afternoons friendly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXhh1FvUQzA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQFrpvWHb4o http://breaking.examiner.ie/2006/07/15/story267972.html Bellamy scores on Liverpool debut 15/07/2006 - 19:53:44 Wrexham 0 Liverpool 2 Craig Bellamy got the goal he desperately wanted on his Liverpool debut today. The striker drove through on the left early in the second half to send a left-footed effort wide of substitute goalkeeper Michael Ingham. It was a big day for Bellamy but also for Wrexham. Their 19-month battle to save the club is coming to a successful end and they will pick up £100,000 (€145,258) from this match after Liverpool waved their cut of the gate. Liverpool had Salif Diao and Florent Sinama-Pongolle on show but a host of youngsters were given a run-out with Anfield’s World Cup players still on holiday. The game was delayed for 15 minutes to allow a near-capacity 11,335 crowd into the Racecourse Ground, and they saw Liverpool cruise into the lead after six minutes. Paul Anderson, star of the FA Youth Cup final victory, met a John Arne Riise cross on the volley to crash the ball past Michael Jones from 12 yards. New signing Gabriel Paletta played the first half as the youthful side did their best to impress manager Rafael Benitez. But Wrexham, who will come out of administration on Tuesday and had four new signings of their own on display, produced a spirited response. Mark Jones and Chris Llewellyn both went close, but keeper Jones was thankful for a benevolent referee – Mike Jones – who gave him a ticking-off for handling outside the box. The offence would have meant a red card in league action. Bellamy almost punished a Llewellyn error before being one of only three Liverpool players not to be substituted at the break. The reason was pretty clear – the Welshman wanted to score in front of the Welsh fans – and once that had been achieved eight minutes after the break, Benitez’s sentimentality deserted him and the off striker duly came off. Sinama-Pongolle, who may well figure this season if Benitez fails to sign a right-sided player, looked lively and determined.

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July 16th, 2006, 11:21 AM	#2
Blabbernsmoke BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Beside the lake, Beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing, In the Breeze Posts: 2,627 Likes (Received): 0	Nutmeg. Can't believe Diao has re-emerged from the black lagoon. Where the hell has this £6M signing been???

July 25th, 2006, 01:15 AM	#3
Doctor Robot BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Groove City Posts: 405 Likes (Received): 0	http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...283132,00.html And with Rafa at the helm, the future is bright. ------------------------------ Liverpool walk alone at the top By Tony Evans Our correspondent offers 18 league and five European titles as evidence THE SCOUSE VOICES SANG IT WITH gusto at the FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford in April whenever a blue scarf came into sight: “ . . . Chelsea FC, You ain’t got no history, Five European Cups and 18 Leagues, That’s what we call history.” No other supporters cling to their heritage such as Liverpool fans. One man carries a half-size metal replica of the European Cup to games, passing the trophy round pubs as grinning reds queue up to have their photograph taken with it, as if it were the real thing. Callow adolescents sing of “the fields of Anfield Road, where once we saw King Kenny play”, something that Dalglish last did seriously before they were born. Such anachronisms are easy to mock. Especially since this is a club that has not won the league since 1990. This is an age of insane rebranding, where the past is often seen as worthless. So, hail to the Fink Tank for daring to believe that the past matters; that football existed before 1992. Expect a letter from the Premier League’s solicitors, Finksters — didn’t Blair’s Government ban all talk of the past some time in 2001? Yet another of the scourges of modern life is the utilisation of resources in academia to prove the bleedin’ obvious. The man in the pub with the miniature European Cup could have saved the Fink Tank hours of research and mountains of cash. If one club has won the title 18 times — three more than the next contestant — then it is clear who is best. Only the mindlessly bigoted could disagree with Liverpool topping the table. Eighteen titles — championships, we used to say before the marketing men stole the word for the second-raters — begin and end the discussion. And that is before five European Cups are introduced as proof. But football is not about evidence. It is as subjective and complex as poetry and depends on interpretation. So the Fink Tank’s mathematical certainty is just a jumping off point for the quarrels that will follow. Manchester United supporters, for example, their egos inflated by years of self-delusion — “We’re the biggest club in the world,” they say — will stake their claim. They invoke romance and tragedy, as if they are exclusive to Old Trafford, and cite massive, half-hearted fan clubs in Bangkok, each member wearing a fake replica kit, as proof of global greatness. Come back when you have won four more titles. Arsenal can make a case for ascendency with their longest continuous spell in the top flight, an impressive achievement. The marble halls and the sense of tradition make the club a unique institution. Recently, they have leavened the patrician attitude with a revolutionary attitude to importing foreign talent. It is hard not to be impressed. It is as compelling a case for greatness as can be made when you come to the table holding only 13 titles. Yet this is the club that began life in southeast London, decided there were richer pickings to be had by squatting in Tottenham Hotspur territory and blagged their way into the top flight without having to bother with something as tiresome as winning promotion. Luciano Moggi, the Juventus fixer, is a mere amateur compared with Sir Henry Norris, who managed to get a team that finished fifth in the second division into the first in 1919 — and a Tube station renamed for the club. Knowing that the aristocrats began life as robber barons puts their airs and graces in a different perspective. As for Chelsea supporters, who will feel rather put out that Huddersfield Town and Burnley rate higher, there is some sympathy. For all the importance of the past, being top of the pile now should carry some extra cachet. As it happens, the history at Stamford Bridge is rich and full of bizarre characters, from William “Fatty” Foulke, the goalkeeper who weighed 26st, to Ken Bates, the former chairman, whose idea of getting the supporters buzzing was to use electrified fences for crowd control. Sadly, the days when Chelsea were a sideshow were more entertaining than recent winning Saturdays at Stamford Bridge, when José Mourinho’s overefficient drabs have succeeded without any sense of fun and left empty seats in their wake. Those stayaway Chelsea supporters prove that there is more to football than winning trophies. But Liverpool are the greatest club and, furthermore, this table proves that they are based in the greatest football city in England. All the Fink Tank records worth having are shared between the city’s two clubs, with Everton — once the “Mersey Millionaires” and now, hilariously, “The People’s Club” — playing the most games in the top flight and scoring the most goals. Mere dry statistics? Well, the city has bred England’s two best players in Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney. The epicentre of English football sits on the east bank of the Mersey. The man in the pub with the cup could tell you that, too. He’d be even more vehement if he was carrying a newly-minted trophy this time next year — a Premiership replica would be ideal. Even though it is nice to be the best ever, history is far sweeter in the making than in the remembering.

July 27th, 2006, 12:24 PM	#9
Blabbernsmoke BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Beside the lake, Beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing, In the Breeze Posts: 2,627 Likes (Received): 0	Dirk Kuyt goals from last season. With a midfield force like Liverpool's behind him, he could do even better IMO. Although, a few of the goals were flukey. amd probably against English first division equivalents. Should LFC go for Kuyt? http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...2560733&q=kuyt (enjoy the music... )

July 28th, 2006, 12:57 PM	#12
westisbest Justice for the 96 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greater Liverpool Posts: 3,737 Likes (Received): 6	what will happen if there is still a war there, nuetral ground? __________________ Liverpool FC 18 League Titles 5 European Cups

July 28th, 2006, 02:31 PM	#14
westisbest Justice for the 96 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greater Liverpool Posts: 3,737 Likes (Received): 6	do they have a stadium, i would think somewhere in europe __________________ Liverpool FC 18 League Titles 5 European Cups

July 28th, 2006, 07:03 PM	#16
westisbest Justice for the 96 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greater Liverpool Posts: 3,737 Likes (Received): 6	2/1 to win the title, must be worth a fiver __________________ Liverpool FC 18 League Titles 5 European Cups

July 28th, 2006, 08:29 PM	#18
westisbest Justice for the 96 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greater Liverpool Posts: 3,737 Likes (Received): 6	liverpoolfc.tv it said (withough chelsea) so really they're tipping us to fininsh second __________________ Liverpool FC 18 League Titles 5 European Cups

July 28th, 2006, 09:10 PM	#19
Blabbernsmoke BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Beside the lake, Beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing, In the Breeze Posts: 2,627 Likes (Received): 0	I wish the KGB or its modern day equivalent would drag Abromovich off back to Russia in the middle of the night for thieving crimes against the Russian people. Result?? a) The fluffy faced Rusky slag would go to the Gulag >> b) It would wipe the smile of Morihno's kisser >> c) Chelsea would be fucked >> d) Liverpool would probably win the league next season

July 29th, 2006, 04:55 AM	#20
Pobbie BANNED Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,234 Likes (Received): 20	The Israel-Lebanon Crisis goes on and on in the Middle East, and who do Liverpool get drawn against for their Champions League qualifier? Maccabi Haifa The second leg is scheduled for 22 or 23 August. Surely the game will have to be played away from Haifa.

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