The Daily Antoine: 14th Jan 2011 – Liverpool F.C. News update

Was interviewed by Chris Chambers yesterday more…
(Yeah sometimes my voice is muffled at 4AM, lol)

Jay Spearing is ready for the first team fight more…
(YNWA Jay)

Eccleston’s loan has been confirmed by the club more…
(Good luck Nathan, please don’t stay there)

Hull think they can take Ayala back more…
(No way after the way you treated him)

Pacheco hopes to impress Kenny more…
(Good luck Dani)

Oxlade-Chamerlain close to joining Arsenal more…
(Bummer)

More talk on Suarez more…
(Let us sign someone, time is ticking)

And Elia more…
(Come on let’s sign him already)

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The Daily Antoine: 23rd Dec 2010 – Liverpool F.C. News update

Roy hopeful that the Blackpool game will be played more…
(We are hopeful too)

Both Gerrard & Agger are set to return more…
(Please Roy play Agger)

David Ngog wants revenge against Blackpool more…
(Go get them David)

Former Man City chairman David Bernstein was nominated to the new FA Chairman more…
(Humm)

Carra has been approached by the FA to help with future setup more…
(Awesome, congrats Jamie)

More talk of Aquilani wanting to stay at Juventus more…
(He is not coming back)

Hull in the meantime want to extend Daniel Ayala’s loan more…
(No, we should get him back)

And looks like Chris Mavinga is going out on loan too more…
(We have too many players out on loan)

And that we are after Brian Ruiz again more…
(Competing with West Ham?)

Lawro says something sensible for once and urges Roy to remember that he is managing Liverpool and not Fulham more…
(This is exactly what we have been saying about Roy, he is “too small club minded”)

Roy cools down Jova exit talks more…
(Humm)

Andras Simon has left Liverpool more…
(Guess he didn’t cut it)

And he attacks Roy in his parting shots more…
(Hummm)

And now Genoa & Hamburg are rumoured to be after Jova more…
(So many “after” him)

Michael Owen is wanted by West Ham more…
(Still looking for that big club are we?)

And finally in case you missed it on Twitter King Kenny attacks his local council more…
(Kenny for Major?)

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The Daily Antoine 31/8/2010 Liverpool FC News Digest

I thought I will be able to do the update today but they did keep me in hospital. Thanks again for your wishes as I recover from Gallbladder surgery.

A little different format today as I am only armed with my phone. I am on heavy medication & I must say it is tough trying to type with an IV attached.

The big story that came out in the last few hours is that Insua is off to Gallatasaray.

Some speculation that Ryan Babel might be leaving emerged after he tweeted “sigh…” twice, According to a report he might have met with Roy who told him that he must prove himself.

A report from Greece also suggests that Damien Plessis to Panathinaikos.

Many reports are suggesting that Mario Gomez could become our striker, he is the front runner right now.

The konchesky deal is not complete yet.

Torres will play for Spain in the international break against Roy’s wishes.

Lucas hails Nando more…
(YNWA)

And Roy doesn’t want to sell Lucas more…
(YNWA)

Hull admit interest in Ayala more…
(:-()

Daniel Agger welcomes Paul Konchesky more…
(YNWA)

Hull City vs Liverpool (Sunday)

On Sunday we head to Hull for our final game of the season, the match will probably not be shown live in most countries including the UK due to the fact that all the other games are being played at the same time. With European football already secured for next year, finishing in sixth place would help us avoid the extra Europa League qualifier at the end of July. In order to finish in sixth place we need to win and Aston Villa will need to draw or lose their final game against Blackburn.

Hull have already been relegated to the Championship, they will be playing their last game in the Premier League and will put up a though fight as they are playing for their honour more than anything. In the reverse fixture back in September the Reds registered the best win of the season when we trashed them 6-1 with Fernando Torres scoring a hatrick.

Rafa ends the season with more injury worries as Maxi Rodriguez, Fernando Torres, Martin Kelly, Emiliano Insua and Fabio Aurelio are all unavailable while Jamie Carragher, Glen Johnson and Martin Skrtel are doubtful. With all these injuries in the back the gaffer might give Daniel Ayala a start.

Predicted Lineup:
Pepe Reina,  Daniel Agger, Daniel Ayala, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva, Alberto Aquilani, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, Steve Gerrard, Ryan Babel

Kick off is at 4PM

The Daily Antoine 8/5/2010 LFC News Digest

The club paid 40.1 million in interest thanks to H&G more…
(ugggh)

Broughton insists Torres and Gerrard will not be sold more…
(You better keep your word or I might start flying Virgin Atlantic)

According to this report Aquilani could move to Juventus and Iaquinta to Liverpool more…
(Why? Aquilani has finally settled)

Carra & Maxi are doubtful for the  Hull clash more…
(I guess we will end the season with injuries)

Capello pleads with Carra to play for England more…
(ROFL)

Jamie praises Ayala more…
(I am happy with what we have in our defence in both senior and upcoming players, hopefully we can build our attack the same way)

In case you missed it the reserves suffered a friendly loss on Thursday evening more…
(Chin up lads)

Yossi is a Roma target more…
(Hands off)

Kuyt could make his 200th Liverpool appearance tomorrow against Hull more…
(That would be 1800 minutes of non stop running, our Working Class Hero. Congrats Dirk :-) )

Fabio Aurelio attends anti-racism workshop more…
(It is great when the players give back to the community makes me very proud to be a Red)

And finally Sammy Lee looks forward to next season more…
(We really need to solve the ownership issue before we can move forward)

Tweet of the Day
RT @ranjan_kulkarni: Could you retweet this if its not already done, Support Rafa http://bit.ly/95Ge6r

Are the Spirit of Shankly protests disruptive? Here are the Facts.

I have heard this BS coming from some claiming that the Liverpool Supporters’ Union Spirit of Shankly (S.O.S.) is disruptive and do not help events on the field.

Well, I did some research and here are the facts based on the protest events that S.O.S. organised this season.

We have not had many victories to claim this season on the pitch but four of them happened after an S.O.S. protest event.

Oct 25th : Man Utd. game – Liverpool won 2-0

Sept 26th : Hull game – Liverpool won 6-1

Sept 22nd : Leeds (away) game – Liverpool won 1-0

Sept 19th : West Ham (away) game – Liverpool won 3-2

And this is not some voodoo fact, we all know that the 12th man helps lift our team. The protests get the supporters warmed up and then when they enter the stadium they are fired up. This was the most evident in our best two home games this season against Hull & Man Utd.

My plea to S.O.S. is Please Please Please, we want more protests.

Y.N.W.A.

-Antoine

antoine@empireofthekop.com