The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[Norf Tyrone]

Shock....Horror
Jamie Carragher in racist rant
Let's be honest, he obviously isnt very diplomatic & is only repeating what a lot of other people are thinking

Agree with that. Just surprised he said it, although with an autobiog out maybe he thought- or his agent- publicity! Seems to be a fairly honest, straight forward fella. A bit like his style of play I suppose.

[AZOffaly]

Shock....Horror
Jamie Carragher in racist rant
Let's be honest, he obviously isnt very diplomatic & is only repeating what a lot of other people are thinking

No doubt the usual suspects will be up in arms and we will have a photo of Carragher outside the Shankill Gates presenting young Khalid with a signed jersey................

Shankill Gates?

[Minder]

Shock....Horror
Jamie Carragher in racist rant
Let's be honest, he obviously isnt very diplomatic & is only repeating what a lot of other people are thinking

No doubt the usual suspects will be up in arms and we will have a photo of Carragher outside the Shankill Gates presenting young Khalid with a signed jersey................

Shankill Gates?

F*uk me just noticed that, freudian slip.......Its too early........

[EC Unique]

Could nobody just tell him to shut the f**k up and just play football.

I know its very rare to see a footballer in the papers, they are usually very low profile.........

I don't mean about being in the paper, I mean if this is the kind of rubbish he is going to come out with he would just be better keeping it to himself Surely you can't defend this crap.  Take off the tinted glasses and read it again.

[Minder]

Could nobody just tell him to shut the f**k up and just play football.

I know its very rare to see a footballer in the papers, they are usually very low profile.........

I don't mean about being in the paper, I mean if this is the kind of rubbish he is going to come out with he would just be better keeping it to himself Surely you can't defend this crap.  Take off the tinted glasses and read it again.

Defend? Did it offend you. At best he has been naive and his agent was not there to vet the questions i.e. Allowed "Favourite TV programme - Only Fools And Horses, Not Allowed " Did you s*ag that stripper at the Xmas party a few years back?"..............Honestly when a footballer from any club is being interviewed it is an excellent oppurtunity to either hit the mute button or turn over, they have nothing to say that i havent heard a thousand times before.............

[brokencrossbar1]

Sale of Liverpool likely to be sooner rather than later

Oliver Kay
The Arab invasion of the Barclays Premier League seems certain to continue, with Liverpool's American owners weakening in their resistance to selling the club to Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai. Tom Hicks vetoed an attempted sale by George Gillett Jr, his co-chairman at Anfield, this year, but the American tycoons are expected to return to the negotiating table as an unforgiving financial climate takes a toll on their ambitions for the club.

Hicks maintains that he will not sell Liverpool, but the Texan is known to be troubled by the financial storm that has engulfed him and Gillett in the past 12 months. Last week, they blamed the credit crunch for the postponement of building work on a proposed 60,000-capacity stadium in Stanley Park and, with the Premier League stakes raised further by the Abu Dhabi royal family's imminent takeover at Manchester City, Hicks and Gillett are close to conceding that they do not have the resources to fulfil the ambitions they had when they bought Liverpool in February 2007.

There remains a £400 million-plus offer on the table from Sheikh Mohammed, who is leading the bid that was being driven by Dubai International Capital, the private-equity investment arm of the Dubai Government, when Hicks blocked Gillett's attempted sale this year. Hicks is known to be more open to selling Liverpool, but the two sides remain some way apart in their valuation of the club.

Hicks and Gillett are aware that the £350 million refinancing deal they secured through the Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia a little more than seven months ago is up for renewal on January 25 next year and that the banks are not certain to grant them the option of a six-month extension. They must decide by January whether to try to prop up their regime for a further six months, or to sell.


The takeover of City could have a knock-on effect, with Liverpool facing greater competition to qualify for next season's Champions League. The club have annual interest payments of £30 million, which last season's revenue of about £20 million from European competition went a long way towards clearing.

Increased competition from an opponents with seemingly unlimited financial resources is likely to heighten the anxiety of Liverpool's owners, who kept a tight hold of the purse strings this summer in the belief that Rafael Benítez's squad was good enough to compete for the Premier League title and at very least to secure the top-four finish that would lead to next season's Champions League. Liverpool's net spend this summer was approximately £18 million, but Benítez remains aggrieved that the board vetoed an £18 million deal to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa.

[Hank Everlast]

more reports are coming in that dic have tabled a new offer of near 500 euros!!

[Minder]

more reports are coming in that dic have tabled a new offer of near 500 euros!!

Fcuk it i am gonna outbid them.......

[An Fear Rua]

more reports are coming in that dic have tabled a new offer of near 500 euros!!

Im not convinced thats a typo

[corn02]

more reports are coming in that dic have tabled a new offer of near 500 euros!!

Im not convinced thats a typo

[brokencrossbar1]

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=gdOUS5tQ3Qw

To quote Van the Man, "wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time"

[North Longford]

Still love that effort by Steve McMahon on the sideline against Arsenal. Serious stuff.
And oh for a John Barnes playing out on the left such skill and ability to put a ball exactly where it needed to be. Beardsley wasn't bad at it either!

[Minder]

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=gdOUS5tQ3Qw

To quote Van the Man, "wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time"

Cant access Youtube from work, is it the one from the 87/88 season where the ball is rolling out but Mc Mahon keeps it in and sets up a goal fro Aldo?

[AZOffaly]

Yep that's the one. That was a serious side. Steve Nicol scoring a hattrick against the toon! Hansen, McMahon, Beardsley, Aldridge, Barnes, Houghton et al.

[Minder]

Yep that's the one. That was a serious side. Steve Nicol scoring a hattrick against the toon! Hansen, McMahon, Beardsley, Aldridge, Barnes, Houghton et al.

FA Cup final ruined that whole year, that and Everton stopping them setting a new unbeaten record of 30 (i think) league games........! Saw Aldridge interviewe on ESPN a month or two ago talking about that season, he said losing to Wimbledon hit them badly and took a lot of gloss off that season even though it was one of the best Liverpool teams.