The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[Minus15]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6EOyiuTr8Y

[Mentalman]

Watched another compilation there, not that they are anything to go by, but he does seem to be an out and out left sided player.

[tyroneStatto]

taking part in the sky sports fantasy football and have hyypia in my team. it seems he has a hamstring injury but i cant find out how bad it is and how long he is out for? anyone know cos if its a bad one he's getting the chop!

[bingobus]

taking part in the sky sports fantasy football and have hyypia in my team. it seems he has a hamstring injury but i cant find out how bad it is and how long he is out for? anyone know cos if its a bad one he's getting the chop!

Not sure how long he is out for but don't really see him playing much this year. Will prob be 4th choice centre half behind Carra, Agger and Skertel. Not a fantansy football regular. Has also been subject of a rejected offer from Stoke and could well end up there before Monday.

[tyroneStatto]

thanks, i had wanted a player from each of the top four sides in my back four and he was the cheapest liverpool option. he played in the first game so I thought he might have been playing regular enough.

[stevo-08]

I think Hyypia is back from injury and is in contention for a place in team tonight but as Bingobus says, I cant see him playing on a regular basis this season.

[The GAA]

Some disaster if liverpool go out tonight

[Hank Everlast]

wats the story with agger??? i had him in my fantasy team and he hasnt featured at all yet??

[full back]

Was just going to ask that Hank. Thought he would be a sure starter all year

[stevo-08]

Agger has come back from a year out so just probably isnt back to his sharpest yet. And with carra & skrtel, there's no need to rush him back. With games v Villa & Utd coming up, I cant see him starting until the stoke game. In a month or 2 he could be first choice.

I wanted 1 liverpool defender in my fantasy team but didnt pick any of the centre backs cos of the competition for places. I picked Arbeloa. He's not a great defender but with finnan out of favour, he's really the only choice at right back.

[bingobus]

Steve08 prob has it right but would see him been introduced and then left out, tonight may suit him.

I put Reina in team rather than a CB, was limited to 3 LFC players and choose Reina (Clean sheets and assists last year), Gerard and Torres. I did have Ardeloa in last year.

[Mentalman]

Milner looks to be on the move, destination Villa apparently, but Liverpool also linked. What would yee think? Any football in him?

[corn02]

Milner is very under-rated but I still don't think he would be good enough for us - a squad player maybe. The man has an uncanny ability to find space when there is none, but again could not see him starting much in the first 11.

[Mentalman]

He's started the season at some lick, but the reason now seems to be apparent.

[Mentalman]

Liverpool co-op dream gains momentum
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 14:18

The Liverpool fan group who want to buy the club will tonight get backing for their dream from sports minister Andy Burnham.

The MP for Leigh, a life-long Everton fan, will put aside cross-city allegiances to back ShareLiverpoolFC's dream of co-operative ownership of the Anfield club, eventually ousting American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Burnham will speak at a meeting prior to the Champions League qualifier with Standard Liege, at the Liverpool Lighthouse pub near the stadium.

Also speaking will be officials of the Spirit of Shankly fans organisation to emphasise the solidarity of Liverpool supporters' groups behind the scheme.

ShareLiverpoolFC founder member Dr Rogan Taylor will also address the meeting, aimed at re-establishing the group publicly as the current Liverpool owners try to raise money to re-finance their own loans as well as the £400m needed to build a new stadium.

Taylor, director of the Football Industry Group at Liverpool University, said: 'We want to make sure everyone realises that we are serious and intend to be around and ready whatever happens.'

Taylor believes that financial pressures will soon call into question once again the Americans' ability to continue as owners and prompt more interest from Dubai-based investors, who have been waiting in the wings to mount another takeover bid.

Taylor continued: 'Whoever takes over the club, they are going to need a local partnership. We are here to stay, and have people signed up to help and support the plans we have.

'We want to be around when the next roll of the dice comes, and that could be very soon.'

ShareLiverpoolFC have what many observers see as a romantic, if distant, aim of running the club, but are realistic enough to know that may not be their initial involvement.

'We will be ready, we have a data-base of people willing to help and we could say, 'we want 10 per cent now' so let's talk,' Taylor explained.

ShareLiverpoolFC has re-launched their website and want the 28,000 fans who had initially registered their interest, to sign up again.

The grand idea is to have 100,000 people pledging £5,000 to create a financial base to fight for control of the club.

Currently the group have 9,500 who have signed up, another 9,000 who have registered interest but cannot afford £5,000, plus a further 9,000 who want to be kept informed.

Taylor added: 'There is a long way to go, but we believe we can have a genuine impact. You can't score a goal if you are not on the pitch, and we are certainly on the pitch as players.'

It is believed that ShareLiverpoolFC have held exploratory meetings with possible Dubai investors and members of the previous Anfield hierarchy.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0827/liverpool1.html