The Daily Antoine: 30th Nov 2010 – Liverpool F.C. News update

Carra’s injury looks like it is worse than feared more…
(Not good)

Roy stands by Torres more…
(A few weeks ago everyone was hailing Torres for his game against Chelsea, people tend to forget so quickly)

Konchesky blames himself over the loss against Spurs more…
(YNWA)

Sevilla are looking at Lucas more…
(Hands off)

And Juve are interested in Babel more…
(Hummm)

And the Italian press at linking us again with Mirko Vucinic more…
(£21 million, damn)

Zidane warns LFC over Hazard more…
(Hazard is a quality player and there are many clubs after him)

The St. Etienne chief attacks Comolli more…
(Wow!)

Fabio Aurelio relishing cup tie more…
(Hopefully he will feature)

The Brazilian also rues Carra’s absence more…
(We will miss him)

More talk of Kuyt leaving more…
(NO)

And according to Footylatest it is Bayern Munich more…
(NEIN)

Stephen Darby wants to stay longer at Notts County more…
(No, we need you)

Darren Bent is being mentioned now more…
(LOL, as long as he brings his beach balls with him)

And Diarra again more…
(Isn’t he too old?)

And a certain Traore is being linked more…
(No not Djimi :-) )

The reserves game yesterday was called off more…
(Weather)

And also the youth cup match is postponed more…
(For a while I thought it was because of the weather)

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The Daily Antoine 28/9/2010 Liverpool F.C. News updates

Our Facebook page now has over 30,000 fans more…
(Thank You)

The Everton chairman is open to groundshare with LFC more…
(No, go away)

Didier Deschamps turned down offer to be Liverpool’s manager more…
(Interesting, so does that mean he was first choice before Roy?)

Roy has said that Torres, Meireles & Kuyt could feature against Utrch more…
(Excellent news)

Pepe Reina has called for patience more…
(Agreed)

The reserves lost to Chelsea 3-1 more…
(:-()

Michael Broughton could get £500K if he sells the club more…
(Hurry up then)

According to Stephen Darby Jay Spearings music selection sucks more…
(LOL)

Gerard Pique denies that he made those comments about Torres more…
(Whatever, we still hate you)

Malaga are plotting a move for Lucas more…
(NO)

And Mata is being linked again more…
(Here we go again)

And another report is linking us with Larsson more…
(Not sure what to make of this)

According to McManaman, Stevie & Nando will leave in January more…
(No it will not happen)

Graham Poll attacks Stevie G. for lack of respect more…
(Give Stevie a break)

They are opening a restaurant at Anfield more…
(Looks like they copied Carra’s idea)

And finally Stuart Attwell has been sacked from the Premier League more…
(Why? Because he didn’t go against Liverpool?)

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The Daily Antoine 29/5/2010 LFC News Digest

Today is the 25th anniversary of Heysel, In Memoria e Amicizia

Phil Neal “Heysel was the worst thing imaginable” more…
(Yes it was)

Neal will be watching the World Cup games at Anfield more…
(Good idea)

Phil Thompson – Don’t blame Steven Gerrard if he leaves  more…
(Stevie will stay)

El Nino suggests that the England camp should play Gerrard next to Rooney more…
(A Scouse Beauty and the Beast performance, love that)

Stephen Darby is expected to play at Wembley today as Swindon Town takes on Millwall in the League One playoff   more…
(Good luck)

The club is upgrading the executive boxes more…
(I am so excited, NOT)

France handed UEFA 2016 more…
(It’s good to be the king)

David Amoo signs a new contract more…
(Excellent)

An 11 year old breaks Rooney’s record and he is a Red more…
(That makes me smile :-) )

The new UEFA rules will make more difficult for us more…
(That sucks)

In case you missed it here is SOS’s response to Tom Hicks’ interview more…
(That is why I support SOS)

The Daily Fail in the meantime claims that Rafa was given £5 million as a transfer kitty more…
(£5 million would be double of what he got over last season)

And finally Real Madrid have unveiled Jose Mourinho as coach more
(I give him two seasons max)

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Fowler is convinced that Stevie and Nando will stay at Liverpool more…
(Listen to the word of God)

However the Express is claiming that Barca and Chelsea will battle it out for Torres more…
(The money is now becoming ridiculous)

And that Stevie had dinner with the Milan president more…
(All these gossip columns tend to miss out the important stuff, what did Stevie eat?)

Rafa expects Kwality arrivals more…
(Good news)

This report claims that he is interested in Bentley more…
(Champagne taste there Rafa :-) )

Stevie claims that Joe Cole is as good as Ronaldo or Messi with the ball more…
(Messi maybe but not Ronaldo)

Joe Cole together with Stephen Ireland is being linked with Liverpool more…
(Not sure what to make of these rumours)

Chelsea in the meantime are chasing Yossi more…
(Keep chasing, he will weave around you all)

Liverpool will get transfer money but Rafa will not be allowed to spend it!!!! more…
(If that is true then it is a huge problem, if they want to keep him as manager they have to respect him)

But Inter have contacted Rafa more…
(They might temp him)

No wait, the Italians claim that they have not more…
(My head hurts)

John Barnes claims that Rafa will stay at LFC more…
(Yes I believe this too)

Masch’s family is having a hard time adjusting in Liverpool more…
(Shame)

Rafa is pleased with Babel’s improving attitude more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

Ryan B. believes that the Netherlands can win the World Cup more…
(Good luck)

Stephen Darby scores for Swindon as they head to Wembley more…
(This is for the League One playoff final)

FIFA makes some rule changes more…
(Good move)

And finally Stan Collymore believes that John Terry should get his England Captaincy back more…
(I will keep my mouth shut on this but I am sure you are thinking what I am thinking)

The Daily Antoine 13/1/2010 LFC News Digest

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I woke up this morning to find this story on the Daily Mirror that Liverpool had agreed a fee of £25 million for  Chamakh more…
(The story was twisted that price includes the salary!!!!! Since when do we add the salary to the transfer fee?)

Rafa would get Babel’s transfer money  more…
(OK now that would make sense, Chamakh would cost £12 million. The rest is the salary, don’t you hate when they twist the story? So Babel out and Chamakh in, we can afford that)

Aldo has slammed the rumour of him calling for Rafa to resign more…
(That makes me happy, I knew it was not Aldo’s character to say something like that)

Today should be Maxi-Day as he is bound to arrive more…
(I want to see a band at John Lennon airport, escort him with a full police escort to Melwood)

The club claims it will not sell Torres & Gerrard as it looks for new transfers more…
(Crossing my fingers)

For those wondering what the future holds for LFC, The u18 trashed Leicester 5-1)
(YNWA the future looks bright)

Glen Johnson is making good progress more…
(This is great news)

Joe Cole is now being linked as a possible Summer Signing more…
(He is a good player however his wage requirements would be more than we can afford)

Torres claims that the best is yet to come more…
(He has been training extra-hard, come on Nando!!!)

The club has confirmed the sale of the new stadium naming rights more…
(I have an idea, let us find a sponsor then ask them to change their corporate name to “Anfield”)

The Spurs game will be played next week more…
(Wednesday Jan 20th, 8PM kick off)

Francisco Pernia is not heading to Anfield more…
(Did not know he was a target)

This is a great read about Stephen Darby more…
(The young lad is doing great)

And finally Everton claim to have had positive talks to build a supermarket in Liverpool more…
(I hear they are also building a stadium next to the supermarket)

My January Transfer Predictions (Higher % more likely):

In
Maxi Rodriguez: 98%
Morauane Chamakh : 75%
Jeremy Menez : 50%
Nedum Onuoha : 44%
Matthew Upson : 35%
Emile Heskey : 35 %
Richard Stearman : 25%
Nicolas Lodeiro : 10%
Vasil Torosidis : 10%
Kenwyne Jones : 10 %
Arda Turan : 5 %
John Carew : 5 %
Victor Moses : 5%
Charlton Cole : 1%
Milan Jovanovic : 1%
Ruud van Nistelrooy : 1%
Rafael van der Vaart : 1%
Luis Suarez : 1%
Ivan Gonzalez : 1%
Adam Federici : 1%
Sergio Canales : 1%
Louis Saha : 1%

Out
Andrea Dossena : 100% – Completed
Andrei Voronin : 100% – Completed
Ryan Babel : 60%
Philipp Degen : 30%
Albert Riera : 20%
Yossi Benayoun : 0%

The Daily Antoine 5/1/2010 LFC News Digest

According to this report the FA cup replay is going to help the club financially more…
(Someone made a comment that it would pay our interest for 2 days)

Check out this great article by Rory Smith more…
(Wow)

Jan Molby blames Stevie G for our woes more…
(I would say that Stevie’s performance has hurt us but has not been the sole reason)

Maxi is reported to be desperate to move to Liverpool and would even take a pay cut more…
(If a player is willing to do that then he will become a legend)

His agent claims that a deal is close more…
(Moving it up to 93% right now)

And the Mirror reports a deal within 48 hours more…
(Crossing my fingers)

Spurs are trying to snatch him by offering David Bentley to Atletico more…
(They will fail)

Napoli director Riccardo Bigon Flies To Liverpool For Andrea Dossena Talks more…
(I guess they must have a better pay package for him)

And Sky reports on a stalemate more…
(I guess it is back-and-forth again)

O’Neill wants to keep Heskey more…
(Dropping him to 50%)

Brum want Babel more…
(8 million, Rafa might take it to break even)

Goran Pandev’s agent has claimed the former Lazio striker has signed a contract with Serie A champions Inter Milan.
(He was originally linked with Liverpool)

And finally a good write up by Rushie more…
(Right on Rushie, We need to show the pretenders who deserves to be in the Champions League)

My January Transfer Predictions (Higher % more likely):

In
Maxi Rodriguez: 93%
Emile Heskey : 50%
Victor Moses : 45%
Vasil Torosidis : 40 %
Rafael van der Vaart : 35%
Arda Turan : 30 %
John Carew : 30 %
Milan Jovanovic : 25%
Ruud van Nistelrooy : 25%
Ivan Gonzalez : 10 %
Morauane Chamakh : 5%
Goran Pandev : 5%
David Villa : 0%
David Silva : 0%

Out
Andrei Voronin : 70%
Andrea Dossena : 65%
Ryan Babel : 35%
Philipp Degen : 30%
Javier Mascherano : 0%
Fernando Torres : 0%
Steven Gerrard : 0%