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Kuyt The Dutch Hero
Sunekdemos | August 28th 2008 by Sicarii
Liverpool FC 1 - Standard de Liege aet 0 After scrapping out two wins in the Premiership, it was nice to see the lads in red play as they did in the Champions League qualifier against Standard de Liege aet, although I must admit that they gave me som read more
Kuyt Papers Over Cracks Of Below-Standard Reds
Football Transfer News | August 28th 2008
It took Liverpool 118 minutes to beat Standard Liege, thus qualifying for the Champions League proper, last night. Dirk Kuyt’s tap-in from a Ryan Babel cross deep in extra time finally managed to defeat a brave and resilient Standard Liege sid read more
Liverpool appoint Mrs Redknapp as assistant manager
Soccerlens | August 23rd 2008
‘Onest ‘Arry Redknapp appears to be feeling the pinch of the credit crunch. Obviously Lord Stevens’ enquiry into bung-taking in football found no evidence he was anything other than an upstanding member of the football community, but in a summe read more
Match Preview - Liverpool vs. Middlesbrough
Football Transfer News | August 22nd 2008
The Reds’ first home game of the season is against Gareth Southgate’s Middlesbrough side, who travel to Anfield on the back of an impressive 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on the opening day. Liverpool veteran Sami Hyypia will not be read more
Liverpool owners get it right for once
Soccerlens | August 19th 2008
As Rafa himself has said, the owners and the chairman are responsible for the delay in getting Barry over to Anfield, and in this case you have to admit that like them or not, they might have a point. Sure, you should back your manager in the transfe read more
Rafa: Parry responsible for Barry
Soccerlens | August 15th 2008
The Liverpool gaffer didn’t pull one of his ‘I’m only here to talk about football’ moments but he comes pretty close with a ‘don’t talk to me about players, don’t blame me for Barry, talk to Parry and the own read more
Promising signs for new look Liverpool
Football Transfer News | August 13th 2008
The new football season is looming, and excitement is reaching fever pitch amongst the ardent supporters. The battle to avoid the drop will surely become even more fiercely contested than the epic struggle last season, with Fulham, Bolton, Wigan, and read more
I never thought I’d say this but hoorah for Hicks and Gillett
Liverpool-Kop | August 10th 2008 by liverpool-kop
Liverpool FC owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have finally vetoed Rafael Benitez’s inglorious pursuit of Gareth Barry, and for the first time in their tenure I wholeheartedly agree with one of their major decisions.Everyone in the world – exce read more
We’ve Got £18 million For Silva But Not Barry. Liverpool Get I…
Man Utd Blogger | August 10th 2008
Down the East Lancs Road in the Spanish imperial port of Liverpool, Rafael Benitez is apparently seething once again at having been refused the money to buy Gareth Barry. And who can blame him. Much as we hate to admit it the Scousers are one or two read more
Note to Rafa: Leto doesn’t deserve a work permit
Soccerlens | August 5th 2008
Managers tend be to stereotyped into a number of categories. Mourinho and Ferguson have been typecast as the ‘motivational’ types (regardless of the tactical acumen of both managers) while the likes of Rafa Benitez (and to an extent, Juan read more
Its official! Robbie Keane is a Liverpool player
Beautiful Game Blog | July 29th 2008
Its official Robbie Keane is a Liverpool player. He was signed a 5-year for £20.3million. The striker has signed for the club that he has supported all his life, on the move he said: “I do not think I let Spurs down. I had six fantastic seasons th read more
Arsenal youngest, Manchester United oldest?
Soccerlens | July 29th 2008
Is it possible to be too old to win a title? Sir Alex Ferguson certainly thinks so. According to him, Chelsea are too old to win a title. At least, that’s how the Guardian interpreted Sir Alex’s comments (and far be it for someone to suggest read more
Peter Crouch Reveals Reds Frustration
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | July 12th 2008 by Dinesh
Peter Crouch, recently re-signed by Portsmouth, has revealed that his final days at Liverpool were far from happy ones… Crouch was all smiles when he rejoined the Pompey revolution yesterday with the completion of his ?11million move from Merseysid read more
Ever Banega, en el peor lugar, en el momento justo.
No Mas Cristianos En El Fútbol | July 11th 2008 by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo
“…sheee, eshtos gashegos que mierda van a saber mirar un video en shutub…” “…Desde la primera época de Claudio Ranieri como DT (año ‘99, una Copa del Rey) en adelante, el Valencia Club de Futbol empezó a read more
Philipp Degen and Andrea Dossena Liverpool FC Official Presentati…
Football Fashion | July 10th 2008
Liverpool Football Club manager Rafael Benitez (C) welcomes new signings, Swiss defender Philipp Degen (L) and Italian defender Andrea Dossena, at their Melwood training ground in Liverpool, north-west England on July 10, 2008. Liverpool announced th read more
The challenge of stepping up from the Reserves to the Liverpool f…
Broomy's Melwood Blog | July 8th 2008
.Speaking to the official Liverpool website Rafa Benitez today challenged the club's youngsters to show him during pre-season they are ready for a first-team call. The Reds boss knows the likes of Krisztian Nemeth, Damien Plessis, Emiliano Insua and read more
Impact Of Foreign Managers On The Premier League
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | June 28th 2008 by Dinesh
The influx of foreign players into England’s Premier League is a frequent bone of contention, critics arguing that the imports not only deny promising home-grown talent the chance to make the breakthrough but also, ultimately, undermine the qua read more
Benitez risks civil war by demanding £50m transfer kitty
Job Openings | June 24th 2008 by Ramya
Rafael Benitez will risk more Anfield aggro by demanding £50million for big-name transfers. With peace just settled after a year of bitter infighting at the club, Liverpool boss Benitez will gamble it all by asking for a new fortune. He wants to bu read more
Rafa To Steal £20mil Worth Of Silva?
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | June 20th 2008 by Dinesh
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is preparing to ambush his old hunting ground in the hope of capturing Valencia winger David Silva… Benitez rose to managerial fame during his time at the Mestalla, having led los Che to a pair of La Liga titles and t read more
Peter Crouch to Portsmouth?
Beautiful Game Blog | June 12th 2008
A very reliable source from the UK has told me that Peter Crouch to Pompey is basically a done deal and that Liverpool are just waiting to announce it. Apparently the deal was somewhere around £8-14millon the details are not clear yet.NOOOOOOOOOOO read more
Liverpool striker bags £800,000-a-year pay rise: Now this is mon…
Sports blog | May 31st 2008 by COS
Question: What do 33 goals and a massive following of Kopites get you nowadays? Well if you’re Fernando Torres, it apparently gets you a pretty hefty pay raise. The Telegraph reports that Liverpool have rewarded their Spanish ace with a £800,0 read more
Liverpool captain ‘desperate’ for club to make this signing
Sports blog | May 31st 2008 by COS
Will he or won’t he? That’s what Aston Villa fans are asking about whether Gareth Barry intends to stay at the club this summer or make the journey north to Anfield. Liverpool supporters seem pretty keen to land the England midfielder, no read more
The Liverpool v Aston Villa spat continues on Carson fee
Sports blog | May 23rd 2008 by COS
It’s unclear as to whether Gareth Barry will be signing for Liverpool or not this summer, although there’s another tug-of-war taking place over goalkeeper Scott Carson going the other way. The 22-year-old spent last season on loan at Vill read more
Liverpool star soon to make £14m exit: This will be a big mistak…
Sports blog | May 21st 2008 by COS
I am sure that Liverpool fans appreciate just what kind of talent Xabi Alonso possesses, and I am sure also that Rafa would like to keep the Spaniard, but it does seem that he is heading for an Anfield exit and that would be a real shame. Liverpool& read more
Liverpool sack off Kewell and make Riise available
Sports blog | May 9th 2008 by COS
It will come as no great surprise to hear that Harry Kewell is leaving Liverpool after five seasons at the club. When the Australian arrived from Leeds United in 2003, he was regarded as one of the hottest players in the Premier League but perpetual read more
Lot number 738, a rarely-used Liverpool and England striker. We 
Sports blog | May 8th 2008 by COS
Should your team be bidding for Peter Crouch this summer? It’s clear that if the former QPR hitman gets a regular run of games for most Premier League clubs, he’ll score a fair few, both on the floor and in the air. It’s just a sham read more
Aston Villa team-mate thinks Barry should go to Liverpool
Sports blog | May 5th 2008 by COS
In fact, Patrik Berger has said that the midfielder would ‘be mad’ to pass up the opportunity to sign on at Anfield, according to The Sun. Despite Rafael Benitez’s best efforts to try and keep schtum about Liverpool’s £10mill read more
Rafa Benitez Made 5 Crucial Error That Cost Liverpool Champions L…
My EPL Reviews | May 2nd 2008 by Chole
Many Liverpool fans thought that they were unlucky against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final and should have won. Most of them blamed it on Riise but for me, it was Rafael Benitez error that cost Liverpool the Champions League final. These a read more
Did Liverpool manager comments spur on Chelsea striker?
Sports blog | May 1st 2008 by COS
Nobody could accuse Didier Drogba of failing on the big stage and it would be no surprise to see the Ivorian bag the winning goal against Manchester United in the Champions League final later in May. After all, he scored the winner in last seasonR read more
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