The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[stiffler]

I was at Anfield yesterday, great result and very satisfying after controlling the game from start to finish. No doubt that Benayoun offered a different dimension to the play after coming off the bench.
Theres no doubt that 4231 formation suits our players, and also the R Keane simply does not fit into that role.

Very light up front now to the end of the season, i would have loved to have seen Saviola come in on loan but it doesnt look like its to be.

[peterquaife]

19m including addons

Reina has played up top in the past. Id rather have him there than Robbie.

Babel Ngog Kuyt Gerrard El Zhar all alternatives for up top, Nemeth back from loan in a couple of weeks too.

dung dung dung Gerrard dung all alternatives for up top

i find it staggering that this has been allowed to happen, I for one am gutted. Was delighted when he signed, looked forward to seeing him with the liver bird on his chest. And he is gone and look at the muppets who remain wearing the red. Keane was, and still is world class, and for Benetiz to have treated him the way he did, for whatever reasons is mind-blowing. There was defo more to this than those outside the club were lead to believe. Ngog? please

But the bottom line is Benetiz is not fit to manage Liverpool, as was Houllier, Evans and Souness before him. Benetiz is too stubborn and headstrong, lets personal matters cloud his professional judgement. Zonal defence, squad rotation...they dont work, never have done, never will do (esp with the sh!te he has spent a clean fortune on).

i wont darken the doors of anfield again whilst Benetiz is in charge (hopefully that means no more than 2 CL and 3 league matches) not that it means a flying fcuk to anyone but me.

Fustration has turned into mild anger (very mild) at this juncture

BENETIZ OUT!

PQ

Thank f**k, place will be alot better without you. Muppet.

and you'd know what the place is like alright, Monaghan man

Vive le Keano

PQ

[ONeill]

6 months ago...http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=11.5730

[AZOffaly]

That's the question Seanie. It will be interesting to see what he does, but I'd be thinking Kuyt mightn't play as much this year. Keane and Torres up front. Gerrard the head of a 'diamond' with Mascherano anchoring it.

Alonso and maybe Barry the other 2 in the diamond.

O'Neill, you were spot on, while I naively assumed Rafa had a plan for Keane. I was fair wrong about the bit in bold!! The sad thing is that if Rafa had gone with something like I was suggesting, I think LFC would be much more dangerous and with a realistic chance.

[FermPundit]

6 months ago...http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=11.5730

That was some prediction, O'Neill. Had you any money on Keane being sold before the end of the season??

[ONeill]

I don't think anyone knew what Rafa had in store for Keane back then, maybe even the Spaniard himself. Jaysus I've a bad feeling about Keane this Sunday - a quiz question in years to come- who scored against Arsenal in the league for two different clubs in the space of two months!!!

[thebandit]

Did they get Saviola?

[FermGael]

Liverpools last league game is at home to Spurs.
Imagine the scene if Liverpool are still in the hunt for the league and Spurs are still in the relegation zone.
Last minute, Keane is one on one with Reina, if he scores Spurs stay up, if he misses he gets a League winners medal..................

Unlikely at the moment but you never know

[Minder]

Liverpools lastleague game is at home to Spurs.
Imagine the scene if Liverpool are still in the hunt for the league and Spurs are still in relegation.
Last minute, Keane is one on one with Reina, if he scores Spurs stay up, if he misses he gets a League winners medal..................

Unlikely at the moment but you never know

On current form he will kick the ground then wave his finger accusingly at the offending Anfield sod................

[Goats Do Shave]

Cracking up!

Horrible bit of business! 

[Abble]

you not know theres a credit crunch on GDS !? that alone has probably wiped 10 million off his value

[Goats Do Shave]

you not know theres a credit crunch on GDS !? that alone has probably wiped 10 million off his value

I'm sure the Liverpool fans don't give a fek about the money... it's the fact that they are a player light going into the business end of the season which should be worrying you more!

[stevo-08]

I'm sure the Liverpool fans don't give a fek about the money... it's the fact that they are a player light going into the business end of the season which should be worrying you more!

100% right. If rafa was insisting on leaving a 20m player rot in the stand while having Ngog as his back up striker on the bench, then it was obviously best for all concerned that keane left. And it looks like it was only a 2-3m loss, so could've been worse. However, what is absolutely unacceptable is that no replacement was brought in - that is just criminal. The whole thing is an embarrassment to the club, and everyone concerned - especially rafa & parry - should be ashamed of themselves.

Whats even more frustrating is that this was the first year in a long time, that the title was there to be won for Liverpool. But thanks to Rafa's mind boggling decisions (hopefully he's now learned that you never, ever take off torres, or select lucas ahead of alonso), coupled with the usual off the pitch antics, they've almost handed the title to united.

[Abble]

i'm disappointed to see him go but i'm sure we'll cope

[EC Unique]

RAFA BENITEZ wasted a staggering £8million on his Robbie Keane nightmare.

Striker Keane returned to Tottenham last night for a knockdown £12m just six months after Liverpool shelled out £20m for the Irishman.


Keane, 28, will train with his old Spurs pals today after scoring just seven times in 28 Reds games — a cost of £1.1MILLION per goal.


A total of 1,578 minutes on the pitch under manager Benitez since July cost £5,070 a minute.


Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said: "Robbie will make a massive impact.


"He is full of enthusiasm which we need. I am delighted."


Benitez is short of options in attack and his title chances could be blown apart if hitman Fernando Torres gets injured.


Meanwhile, Keane will be thrown straight into a derby against Arsenal.


The fee for him could rise to £15m depending on his success at Spurs.


Keane said: "Some Spurs fans will feel I let them down by leaving but I can assure them I shall give my all."


Redknapp swooped for Keane after £15m star Jermain Defoe picked up a stress fracture in his right foot in training.


Defoe will have surgery today and is expected to be out for the season.