The Daily Antoine 7/7/2010 LFC News Digest

The Netherlands are in World Cup Final more…
(Good luck to Dirk & Ryan)

Cruyff hails Kuyt more...
(YNWA Dirk)

Torres and Co are ready to make history if they beat Germany today more…
(Good luck)

According to the Star, Torres wants to know what is going on before committing to Liverpool more…
(Don’t we all want to know?)

More disturbing news as the Telegraph reports that Roman Abramovich is heading to South Africa to try to secure the purchase of Torres for Chelsea more…
(He should spend the money and build a bunch of new schools in Soweto and leave our Nando alone)

Spirit of Shankly asks some tough question to Christian Purslow more…
(He is not going to answer them)

10 of our games have been rescheduled because of TV more…
(Probably more will be rescheduled because of the Europa League)

And former Red Jermaine Pennant is having a hard time finding a club after Wolves rejected him more…
(How about a League One team?)

Stevie G is not quitting England soon more…
(Good luck Stevie)

Facebook is looking into sponsoring England more…
(Excellent idea, this way John Terry & Wayne Bridge can be Facebook friends, LOL)

Bryan Ruiz is being linked with Liverpool more…
(I have to check him out, don’t know much about him)

More rumours of Alex & Stevie separating are squashed as she reveals that the couple are trying to have another child more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

NASA has proof that the Jabulani ball is unpredictable more…
(Glad to see my tax dollars in good use, 41 years ago we were landing a man on the moon and now we are analysing a football)

And finally Suarez wants to join Manchester United more…
(This will give them more cheating options)

Tweet of the Day
Real Madrid splashed millions on Kaka & Ronaldo then sold Robben & Sneijder

Liverpool beating the Yankees

No this is not about Hicks & Gillett, they are not Yankees but Cowboys.

Liverpool is one of the largest Sports Team on Facebook.

The club’s official Facebook page has just passed the New York Yankees and is currently ahead by over 8,000 fans.

Last time I checked LFC had 1,208,669 fans vs 1,200,387 fans for the Yankees.

Empire of The Kop also has a presence on Facebook, we currently have a respectable 11,767 fans and is growing fast.

YNWA

-Antoine

antoine@empireofthekop.com

The Daily Antoine 24/2/2010 LFC News Digest

Liverpool lead the Premier League on Facebook & Twitter more…
(Facebook and Twitter can be easily measured but how do they measure Blogs & Forums?)

Liverpool urge Spain to handle Torres with care more…
(The last thing we need is another injury)

And the Spanish coach claims to have good relations with Rafa more…
(Excellente)

Lucas talks about how Torres inspires his team mates more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

Aquilani wants to repay the fans more…
(A nice little goal will do)

Javier Mascherano escapes a 5 game ban more…
(Masch again be careful now they will book you without mercy)

Ibrahim Afellay opens the door to a possible summer move to Liverpool more…
(Here we go again)

Ryan Babel had a heart to heart with Rafa more…
(Good news)

Rafa “Fans deserve a trophy” more…
(Yes we do Rafa)

Ian Rush urges Reds to go on offensive for top 4 finish more…
(Attack, Attack, Attack with Torres & Yossi Back.)

While Aldo claims that the run-in favours Liverpool more…
(It might but you can never take any team for-granted)

Steven Gerrard to captain England as injury forces Rio Ferdinand out more…
(There you have it, Ferdinand will probably never captain England)

There is an official LFC Flickr group now more…
(That is awesome)

Former Red Danny Murphy claims that Mourinho is not the right man for Liverpool more…
(I agree with Danny, congrats to you and your family Danny on the birth of the baby boy, YNWA)

And Didi Hamann was found guilty of drunk driving more…
(YNWA Didi)

And finally Mark Lawrenson suggests that Craig Bellamy should move to Man Utd more…
(I guess if Fergie throws a boot at him he will be able to catch it with the 6-iron. A new sport will be born in the Manc Bootroom)

Tweet of the Day
RT @Chrispollard81: Without rooneys goals man utd would be 14 points worse off and 8th in the table, who says they’re not a 1 man team!!

Watch out for Manc imposters

There are some Liverpool Supporters that have lost faith in Rafa. Unfortunately this has caused many heated debates between them and pro-Rafa supporters on various message boards and other social media sites such as Facebook.

A prime example of this internal conflict can be found on our Facebook Page. There are some Mancs than have infiltrated such boards and by pretending to be Liverpool Supporters join in the conflict and add fuel to the fire. Their objective is simple, they are trying to divide us.

One of them who pretended to be a Liverpool Supporter even had a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo on his page. I guess he was so busy worrying about Liverpool that he forgot to remove it once CR left Man Utd.

So no matter what your opinion is on the subject please respect your fellow Liverpool Supporters, if you have lost faith in Rafa then please do not stoop down to the Manc leveling by name-calling of him or any of our players.

We must stay unified because if we fail to do so we will end up just like any other club.

Remember we are Liverpool F.C., we are proud of the Liverpool Way.

Y.N.W.A.

-Antoine

Celebrating our 1,000th post with some numbers

Well, this is our 1000th post on Empire of The Kop.

It has been an incredible few months since we launched the site and I am proud to share with you some other exciting figures.

• 4,036 the number of comments posted on EOTK.
• 10,988 the number of tweets on our Twitter.
• 5,000 friends I have on Facebook.
  (Facebook does not allow more, if you are waiting for me to accept I have to wait for someone to drop out in order to accept you)
• 8,663 the number of fans on the EOTK Facebook page
• 655 Twitter lists EOTK is on
• 54,519 total followers on our Twitter
• 61,529 Average monthly unique visitors to EmpireOfTheKop.com
• 9 Fernando Torres’ Number
• 1 Liverpool F.C.

Thank you all.

Y.N.W.A.

-Antoine

antoine@empireofthekop.com

1st Nov 2009 Liverpool News, Rumours and Rants

No it was not a bad dream, unfortunately it really happened. We are in crisis again, people are calling for Rafa’s head. The Mancs are gloating, the Toffees are gloating (even though they did not win) and the news media is loving it. All we can do is focus on our next game, I am not going to even look at the Premiership table right now. Y.N.W.A.

Following yesterday’s game, Rafa defends Torres’ withdrawal more…
(What about Skrtel, Aurelio & Agger? What happened?)

Rafa :  Liverpool don’t have to win trophies to be a success   more…
(Rafa, I still support you but  statements like this taken out of context will not help your cause)

Riise linked with a Liverpool return more…
(I loved Riise however I think it is time to look forward not backward.)

And Ryan Babel might make way for a new Pepe Reina contract more…
(This is what I am afraid of, there is no money. We now have to sell players to keep our current first team players)

Jose Mourinho is now being linked with Real Madrid.
(I thought they wanted Rafa last week? Do they base their decisions on each game result?)

United & Chelsea are after Villa, United are also rumoured to be chasing Silva.
(My stomach turns when I think of this)

Matthew Upson is being linked with Liverpool.
(How are we going to fund it?)

Liverpool FC top club on Facebook more…
(Well, we are not kicking their butts on the field but we surely are online)

And finally, the police were looking for “Hooligans” who in fact were actors starring in an upcoming movie more…
(Must be a good movie that the police were actually fooled, LOL)