Well the fixtures are out and it’s away again on the first day. Away to Tottenham – same fixture as Rafa’s first league game those 5 years ago. How our team has changed since then!
I wanted to support Michael Owen’s previous article about the whole ‘Were not English, We are Scouse” – my feelings exactly mate and as Michael said, Thatcher was the main player in how our city now perceives those lot down south. Aside from this I’m still waiting to hear about her meeting with the Head of South Yorkshire Police at the end of April ’89 where it’s now suggested that the ‘cover up’ started to gather its momentum.
Anyway, well said Michael and it bring me on to what I wanted to waffle on about….. The summer and international football (in particular, the support of England). I mean no disrespect to England followers but I CAN’T STAND them. There’s nothing worse than the sight of Beckham, Ferdinand, Terry, Cole, Fat Lampard celebrating a goal/win – what tips me over the edge is Gerrard alongside them. Personally I occasionally have the telly on when England are playing and a ‘win’ for me is seeing Gerrard brought off early. If you haven’t read Carragher’s autobiography, please read it – my sentiments exactly, someone who puts Club before country!
So I’m ready for August, ‘coz were the team that’s gonna win the football league (again)’
My requests for the new season (apart from No. 19):
• Lucas’ best season (And some so called fans will eat their words)
• Those two Americans will disappear
• Change in ticketing policy, which takes tickets away from tourists and day trippers into the hands of ‘die hard reds’
• Complete ban on; Jester hats at Anfield, camera’s, and those whoppers who spend the whole game on their mobile and are only there for the day out
• Complete all round success on the field
• King Kenny’s return doesn’t undermine Rafa the Gaffa
Now then, I’ve had a waffle and as you can tell I am missing club football. At the moment the only major transfer activity with any substance is the Glenn Johnson transfer. My opinion – good player, but can he add anything further than Arbeloa??? Apparently the £17m transfer is made up from a lot of money that Portsmouth still owe us from the Crouch sale, which would reduce the Johnson fee to around £10m-£12m. But let’s get the likes of Spearing and Darby some first team experience next year ay! You think?
Alright, take care and feel free to agree/disagree
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When I say I can’t stand them I mean the English football team NOT those who follow them (apologies)
I agree. Those lads need more first-team experience! And am I the only one who thinks that Glenn Johnson was a rather unnecessary signing? Arbeloa was doing a rather decent job I must say. Our defense is very solid! It’s our offense that needs upgrading. We need goals!
I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with an article more, ever.
You wouldn’t happen to be on RAOTL would you?
I’d agree with all bar the ticketing policy, tbh this is why we so badly need a new stadium, i’m Irish and i try to get to liverpool whenever i can afford it but theres no way to get tickets other then through these god awful package deals online, so a trip to liverpool for 2 days with match tickets ends up costing something crazy like €600. The whole ticketing system needs to be corrected. Now i understand that the fans who go to every game mustbe able to get tickets(and rightly so), there also needs to be more tickets made available directly from the club. The club needs to give less tickets to travel agents and corporates. I we could fill anfield almost twice over for most games if the tickets were better available.
Kevin, there is a ticket hotline for the ROI. This puts you in the same queue as the rest of us.
Most of these comments are dumb but agree with Itaintrite completely. Is Johnson at 17m going to make the difference between winning the championship or finishing second? I think not. As for Andy Powell’s comments they sound like sour grapes to me. Would Carragher have made the same comments if he was selected to play along Gerrard for England? The return of King Kenny to replace the impostor would be the best thing that could happen to LFC
i agree with the england team!! i think u’re right mate!…. i wish i could be able to say more, but i feel unknowledge…
When you have such high quality electric play in the EPL club games and then when it comes to country they fail to show any play that can be compared. On that line i would understand why club comes first. Its not about the country England its about the performance of the England football team. The play is boring andi believe England has a long way to go in drawing a crowd that will enjoy there game. This then goes to show the impact that foriegn player have had on English football. Without them the game is what England is doing as a team.
Now my take on LFC winning the league is we need to buy a good sub for Torres and a good sub for Stevie G. failed to win the league last season not because there was a better team out there but simply because the times when Torres and SG were injured we could not score goals. We can strehthen the defence all we like but we need to make good upfront too.
Thanks for the comments guys. That Frank fella is a bit funny like tho!
Michael – I’m not on RAOTL as I only have a hotmail and you need an organisation email to register (pain really)