Red View from the Middle East

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By Ahmed Abdo

Jarrah Al-Abdullah, a poet and writer from Kuwait, is a Liverpool fan since the 80’s (Golden age of Liverpool FC). He wrote many articles about Liverpool FC and football in general.

He’s an active member in one of the top Arabic forums that discusses the English Premier League. His username in the forum is Anfield.

We would like to thank you for accepting our invitation for this interview ??

First before I thank you for the interview, I would like to share something with the supporters of Liverpool FC out there in the red city of Liverpool. Kind greetings to all the supporters even though I’m a bit disappointed because many are unable to fulfill their duties toward the club in keeping the pressure up against the YANK$.

Do you think coming to Anfield and singing YNWA and then go home is the real support? Or you think that holding the banners that says “Yanks out” will change things! Have you forgot the habits and customs of Liverpool FC that were inherited from our grandparents, or the blackberries, iphones, and new technologies made you forget all that.

This is Liverpool… Liverpool who was on top of the English and European teams. This is Liverpool, your pride and our pride. This is Liverpool that our hearts beat to.

All I’m asking is 4 hours in any event where the media is present. Let Hicks, Gillet, or both be there then lock them up for 4 hours, and block all the exits with the presence of the media. This will teach them a lesson. They are now standing just because the current is board (I mean Purslow and Broughten) is helping them out. Let’s keep the pressure up and in those 4 hours we can destroy any fort.

What are the causes that make LFC stronger in the 70’s aand 80’s ??

Stability was the key during those days which was established by Sir Bill Shankly. This club is a deep root in the soil and is not a plant that came up due to rain and is expected to disappear when the season ends… This is Liverpool.. the tradition and glory. A club that came in a time when football was about honor and respect, unlike these days when football is money and corruption.

These days you would see that there is corruption in football. Only Liverpool was never involved in such things whether it was today or in the past. What an honor for Liverpool and what a reputation. We are proud of our club.

What does the club lack before it gets back to what it was before?

We need to get rid of the Yanks owning our club. We need to repair all the damages in the club. We need an immediate change of the owners and their “tools”. All the fans in Liverpool and outside Liverpool already know that. After that we need a plan for the future like every other club in Europe. With Rafa, we were improving. Every time we get closer to having a strong squad (by buying new players), Rafa would be told that there would be no money and therefore we get left out without strengthening the squad. Also, we never benefit from the January transfer market, or as I call it”The premier league’s secret weapon”. I always mention that in my articles and for the past 5 years we didn’t benefit from the winter transfer window. Now with Roy, I believe that we can build a strong team from the 2011/2012 season as long as we buy new players in January (without selling) and keep our current squad. Then, we would be ready for the pre-season in summer to build on the chemistry between the players in the team. Our main problem is selling player in order to buy. This doesn’t help in the premier league as many teams are now ahead of us who are spending way more than we are.

What is your opinion on the summer transfer market?

Good, but we should have bought another 2 players: A decent striker who can pull the defenders to allow space for the players coming from behind and a midfielder who can link all the lines very well and has the ability to pass and hold the ball.

What is your view for the team and if you were the manager what would you do for the team ??

If I were to speak English, I would have spoke to Roy right away about the 4-3-3 formation. We have the right players who can fit to this system. Unfortunately, Rafa’s 4-2-31 is not good enough with our current situation. This system has critical deficiencies that Rafa himself couldn’t handle. Therefore, If Roy wants to apply this formation then he must have the right players for the system to work. Aquilani could have been the right fit for that system. I suggest that Roy pays attention whether the players he’s buying/loaning would fit into the system, and not repeat the same mistake he did by loaning out Aquilani. I hope Roy looks for the best system that suits Liverpool FC and the system that suits Gerrard and Cole.

I would go with:

Reina

Johnson  Carra  Agger   Konchesky

Poulsen

Gerrard Meireles

Cole   Torres  Jova

if you were responsible for rebuilding the squad in the market what would you do ?

I would still go with 4-3-3 formation. I would strengthen the squad by buying 4 players. I would get Andreas Beck of Hoffenehim as RB, Jeremy Toulalan of Lyon, Arda Turan of Galatasaray as a winger, and Marco Marin who can play in any position in the front. The above players will take the place of our current players in their positions. If those players don’t like warming the bench, then they’ll have to fight to get their place back in the starting 11

Future of the club is unknown , do you think Yanks would be out ??

The yanks are like a damaged tooth that can’t be taken off without shedding blood. They came to our club and won’t leave until our “commercial board” force them out, but unfortunately, the board is unable to do anything. They are an evil gang that is sticking around our club in the hope of getting as much money as possible. I also blame RBS for what’s happening at the moment for lending Hicks and Gillet the money in the first place.

Do you think there are still bidders aiming for buying the club?

I will raise this question to RBS and Purslow. In any case, they won’t answer you but I will:

We have a gang who’s taking over our club: the yanks, Purslow, and Broughton. When Kenny Huang announced that he won’t be negotiating with the gang but would rather deal with RBS directly, Broughton’s response was that the club will ONLY be sold by them (the board). Every time we have a serious buyer willing to buy the club, the gang tries to raise the club’s price which makes the buyer pull out his bid. This is affecting us as Liverpool fans and a direct action is required. We need to boycott the club’s merchandise and boycott the games. The yanks should know that they are not welcome in the club and anywhere.  We have to protest against the gang (our board) and threaten them that this won’t stop until the club is sold.

There are 2 models , the first is Man City owners and the second is more like Huang or any other owner who wants to work for a long time,  who is the Owner you want for Liverpool ??

Any type works for me as long as they are sincere and honest in their job, and as long as they work to strengthen the squad as per the manager’s requirements as a first step. We want new owners who want buy Liverpool not because they just want to own a big club. Sincerity is they key word for the new owners.

Free space for  all LFC Fans all over the world ?

You had the patience like the heroes and you fought back like the noblemen. I wrote for you and to our pride “Liverpool FC” hundreds of articles, replies, and letters in my Arabic medium… My love for this club which started in the 1980 continues and will remain as long as I have a breath. Peace be upon you all… Anfield from Kuwait.

Your final word to Mourinho and his speech about Liverpool ?

This question was supposed to be answered earlier but I left it at the bottom on purpose as this is where Mourinho belongs (the bottom) when speaking about Liverpool.  He is a lousy person who became the media’s special just like a mentally ill person who is attempting suicide to get some attention. This sick man (Mourinho) is in pain which was caused by Liverpool. Liverpool kicked out his team twice from the Champions League (Roman Abramovich favourite tournament), and therefore, he was kicked out from Chelsea. That’s why he hates Liverpool so much

19 Comments

  1. Really, we need a total revamp !

    Sell :

    – Brad Jones for 2M (Sell only in the July transfer window 2011)
    – Charles Itandje for 1M
    – Sotirios Kyrgiakos for 3M
    – Fabio Aurelio for 5M
    – Christian Poulsen for 5M
    – Lucas Leiva for 6M
    – Maxi Rodriguez for 9M
    – Ryan Babel for 6M
    – Dirk Kuyt for 15M
    – Milan Jovanovic for 7M

    Buy :

    David de Gea for 10M – Only 19 and already seems like a Casillas. Plus he has a desire of playing on the same team as Torres, this is his chance. His chance to do as well as Pepe maybe even better, his chance to shine at Anfield, his chance to play with Torres.
    .
    Frank Fielding for1/4 M – To replace Brad Jones. Plus, he maintains the number of English players in the squad.

    Fabio Coentrao for 10M – He is a superb left-back, full of pace and is capable of running pass defenders. He’s like a left-footed Glen Johnson who loves going forward with the ball and getting shots on goal as well as supplying good balls into the box. We can get Mereiles to persuade him to sign for Liverpool.

    Javi Martinez for 18M – Young, has a great eye, really fast, good in the air(excellent for set-pieces), could be the next Xabi Alonso(a void that couldn’t be filled since Xabi left) and at 21 he is a heck load better than Lucas.

    Juan Mata for 10M – He’d be the solution to the lack of depth on the left-wing(something that has been missing for quite sometime now). He has the pace, the ability and a great mind . He is one talented young man. Plus he will cope well with Torres. It’d be fantastic to see him in play for Liverpool.

    Valter Birsa for 2M – An up and coming player. He still has many more years to come and I’m sure he would like a switch to Liverpool as two seasons ago, we were known as one of the Premier League’s biggest clubs. By making the switch, he gives himself a bigger challenge after succeeding to help Auxerre qualify for the Champs League but this time for Liverpool.

    Adam Johnson for 8M – It’d be better if we had some competition. This will make the players do even better to get
    first team action. Therefore, Juan Mata, Valter Birsa, Joe Cole and Adam Johnson would have to fight for their place in the team. By signing him, we wont only have a great first team but we’ll have super subs too ! Adds to the number of English players in the club.

    Eljero Elia for 15M – Forget Carlton Cole, N’gog is almost as good as him. If we want a quality striker, Elia is the man for the job. He’s really fast and talented. I see a bright future for this young lad if he was placed under Hodgson’s wings. With both Torres and Elia’s speed, no doubt this two will cause a heck load of havoc to the opposing teams backline.

    First team :

    Reina
    G. Johnson – Skrtel – Agger – Coentrao
    Cole – Gerrard – Martinez – Mata
    Torres – Elia

    Second team :

    De Gea
    Kelly – Carragher – Wilson – Konchesky
    Birsa – Shelvey – Meireles – A. Johnson
    N’gog – Pacheco

  2. Nice Interview with Anfield…
    i’d buy Arda Turan + tulalan

    for this :

    Reina
    Johnson carraghar agger aurelio
    tulalan
    mereiles gerrard
    cole pacheco turan
    torres

  3. hi Jarah
    i loved what you wrot
    there is a big problem in the team which is the spirit of fighting
    the team starts with a very good performance in every match,
    but they do not conutnue in the same lavel till the end of the match
    wi need fighters

    thank u all JARAH, AHMEED, KAREEM

  4. I do love de gea… He is amazing an only 19 and athlettico Madrid is already strong enough

  5. What a lovely article!, clearly written from the heart. We are all brothers in arms with the best of intentions, we should declare total war on the yanks and fight to the death!!!!

  6. ROGUE :- your an idiot we wont get the prices you are touting for the players you listed cos they just aren’t worth that,and we won’t be able to pay for any of the others cos we won’t have the cash unless we sell the club ,every time i see your name you put up the same pathetic thing ,buy him sell him,you obviously have no idea what your talking about and should keep your stupid transfer ideas to yourself,apart from that, the players you are saying we should get are no better than what we already have ,apart from johnson at man city who if you didn’t know has just signed for them ,he is not going to come running just because LFC show an interest and if you knew anything about football his value will be more like 30 million as he is now an international and a first team regular at city,
    in future keep your silly ideas firmly in the hollow shell that you call your head cos your not very good at putting them online

  7. Glad you said that Rob as it saved me the time! I have just seen more or less the same thing from ‘Rogue’ on another site and thought I’d have to read this crap everywhere I went!!

  8. A wonderful combination between the wise and noble sentiment .. and I would say it is wise simply because it hit the nail on the head ..

    A main Problem and associated problems, and you always need to fix the main problem which probably leads to solving other issues Automatically.

    We have bunch of problems such as
    Stamina level is way less than before .. we used to close spaces against big teams that you can watch the whole first half and not a single attack been made against us but a poor cross from Ashly Cole towards Drogba and Drogba could reach the ball.. and you need some real real stamina to do that which sorely and clearly we lack at the moment

    Lacking fighting spirit as Mr. ANAS-LFC remarked.

    Besides some other issue we better not to mention them but

    However none of these issues could be called main problem or the basic cause of what we suffering from now .. and the main issue has been rightfully stated on the post here by Mr. Jarah.

    It’ them .. we just need someone that means business not necessarily another Man City owner but someone really means business and we don’t really need big names we got the champs L. with no big names but things were stable for the management, coaching staff and the psyches of the players in general.Problems back then were things like Steve G Got robbed yesterday.

    At the end Grandma used to tell me “Good, better, best son, never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best” and they also told me “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”.

    now we flipped the script Cuz now it seems like never let it rest till your good is bad and your bad is worst. and here as well it also seems like Live on yesterday, hope for today, learn form tomorrow.

    And as Joe Cole said Liverpool is a bigger club than Chelsea or Manchester .. we would say Liverpool is bigger than just Yankees

    YWNWA

  9. LIVERPOOL x BLACKPOOL

    Reina
    Johnson – Carragher – Kyrgiakos – Wilson
    Kuyt – Meireles – Gerrard – Cole
    Torres – Ngog

    MOHAMMAD from KUWAIT

  10. god damn, i hope no players will leave LFC this summer except lucas and kygiakos. we need to keep our current squad in order to sharping their understanding. i agree with this article stated that we still need 2 more players to improve our squad. personally, the right person should be buy to fill in LW is (turan or mata or mcgready). but i more prefer turan because he’s liverpool fanatic fan. meanwhile, the ideal striker is dzeko or suarez. J.Cole looked like vulnerable when he play behind torres because of his physical body. Kuyt should be compete with J.cole in order to cement their place in starting 11. Anyway, LB and RB also should be strengthen. evidence showed many occasion whereby G. Johnson poor in defending. Arbeloa who is the one give consistency in LFC defending and go forward provide crossing (Missed him so much along with steve finan).
    Shameless stupid YANK fu?k off

  11. V BLACKPOOL

    REINA
    JOHNO CARRA SKRTEL AGGER
    GERRO RAUL COLE
    KUYT TORRES NGOG

    2-0 WIN WITH TORRES NETS TWICE! HOPE SO, YNWA.

  12. Thanks Jarah, you have just spoken my heart. I don’t know if it’s love or greed that still make people attend matches. Let us refuse to pay for tickets and mount those kind of pressure Jarah suggested, then we will see if those fuckers will still want to wait.

  13. Gr8 Words from gr8 man ,
    I Hope our team return as soon as possible , until that happen we have to stand with our team , manager , players
    Like we always do .
    We Are Not Arab , WE ARE SCOUSERS << like 3andalib said .

  14. Behead the Yanks first then Purslow & Broughton if they failed to do as promised – which is to get a reliable buyer. Right now they seem their own sweet time!!!!

  15. finally , seeing JARRAH, AHMED & OTHERS spreading the arabic voice of loving the club and the city.

    it is clear, the problem is in the head, no more talking about managers.

    Money, Mentallity, & Love are wahat we need

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