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[Wheels]

Football is better discussed in a pub btw.

You're buying.

 

[I Bleed Black]

Another injury lapse for Dagger, out for the rest of the season. Poor lad.

 

[Hector Grey]

Another injury lapse for Dagger, out for the rest of the season. Poor lad.

but we need him to score the winner agaisnt chelsea... arse

 

[binky]

s'alright.

It can be Pennant's 'thing i did' for 2007/08.

 

[I Bleed Black]

I think slovak mutant ninja skrtel will get it with a header at the back post

 

[skinnerchinner]

l i v erp double o l the pool fc

fuck you janer and you nofriendno yis cunts

were gonna fuck you like the jesus in the asshole

 

[I Bleed Black]

Gwan Masch get in there!!!

 

[Janer]

Reading had a great chance to make it 2-0 just b4 that went in.

Some funny quotes from 606 live btw

1436: "Paul Jewell has the look of a man who went to bed with Naomi Campbell and woke up with Kevin Campbell; each grain of sand an hour in the desert that is relegation."
svfabregas on 606

1523: Goals everywhere except Pride Park. You couldn't make it up.

 

[I Bleed Black]

Delighted for Mascherano, great strike. I think his passing has greatly improved too the last few weeks

 

[binky]

that was a dinger of a goal.

I love that little guy. What a fucking hero...

 

[I Bleed Black]

Thanx Fulham!

 

[binky]

Toffes go down to Fulham. Sweet.

From the Sindo(!):

“Sunday March 16 2008
‘It does make you wonder what he would have done if he had played more regularly.” Richard Keys said of Fernando Torres last Tuesday, entering a world of magic realism without the magic or, indeed, the realism. It was remarkable in itself that Torres’ stats of 26 goals in 35 matches had just been mentioned, because most broadcasters have only one thing in their heads when talking about Rafael Benitez.
It was also, perhaps, an indication of Benitez’s stubbornness that when he was asked a similar question by Sky’s Geoff Shreeves a few minutes later, he did not reply, “Well, Geoff, if you checked your facts you’d see that Torres has started every league and Champions League game since September.” He may have had to qualify this by adding, “when fit” because there are many in the media who seem prepared to criticise Benitez for not playing Torres even when he’s injured.
Instead Benitez played along, talking about rotation, unwilling, it appeared, to engage at any level with people whom he clearly feels serve no purpose when he is thinking about things like knocking the Italian champions out of the European Cup.
In fact, Sky’s question would more accurately be asked about Wayne Rooney. Why don’t we see more of him? Manchester United have lost more league matches than Liverpool this season and Rooney has missed every one of them, usually rested. Torres, who if Sky are to be believed is glimpsed as frequently as the Aurora Borealis, has played five games more than Rooney this season, but Benitez is the man who has to answer questions about rotation.
It is customary to see Tom Hicks get more credit for the purchase of Torres than Benitez. The American is usually praised for putting up £26m for the striker, although the fee was a lot less than that, and then the coverage usually proceeds along the lines that the signing was a no-brainer.
Last summer, Torres’s signing was questioned by many of those who now wonder why he doesn’t play more often. Arsene Wenger and Ferguson hesitated before Benitez signed the player for £16m, the same price Spurs paid Charlton for Darren Bent. The critics said he didn’t score enough goals — one every three games was his ratio at Atletico — and now, as he’s scored 26 (all of them from open play), they wonder why he doesn’t play more often.
To report it along the lines that Benitez had made the best signing of the summer and had played some part in developing a player regarded by some in Spain as a laughing stock would involve praising the Liverpool manager.
Of course, it is the Italian league and its failings that are the reason for Liverpool’s victory over Inter, according to the pundits who last week predicted that AC Milan — nearly 20 points behind Inter — would knock out Premier League leaders Arsenal.
The Italian league is decaying, but if it was wholly rotten, Real Madrid — eight points clear at the top of La Liga — wouldn’t have lost to Roma — six points behind Inter. There is always another reason for Benitez’ success; something they missed when writing him off beforehand but a factor beyond his control, something for which he deserves no credit. It was summed up perfectly by the journalist who appeared on Sky to talk about Liverpool’s first-leg victory against Inter. He wasn’t the only one who
seemed reluctant to acknowledge that the game had lasted 90 minutes, preferring instead to emphasis that Liverpool had struggled to score for 85 minutes before winning by two goals.
He seemed reluctant to concede that Liverpool had, in fact, won the game. “Goals,” he sighed, finally forced into some admission, “determine how we view matches.”
For the time being they do anyway and while goals and results shape matches rather than journalists, Benitez has a chance of continuing to be a success.”

 

[binky]

Thanx Fulham!

Damn you!

 

[I Bleed Black]

That's a good article above. The lads on RTE and MOTD could do with a good read of it.

 

[Janer]

Thanx Fulham!

Watched it in the pub, great match....the lone Everton fan got a lot of stick too, but he was a mad fuck and just started dancing like a wino generally does, it was that type of pub b4 any of yas get confused.
I call that type of pub an "el fellas pub."

 

[I Bleed Black]

Liverpool solve Daniel Agger injury riddleMar 19 2008

EXCLUSIVE by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo

THE operation to cure Daniel Agger's longstanding foot problem has been declared a success by surgeons.

The Danish international has been out of first team action for Liverpool since breaking a metatarsal last September.

He has attempted a comeback on two separate occasions, but after training and playing for the reserves, Agger told Liverpool's physios that he was still feeling pain in his foot and it was decided that surgery was the only option.

Agger went under the knife on Monday afternoon and surgeons discovered a piece of floating bone which they believe was the source of his ongoing discomfort.


The 23-year-old defender will now return to Melwood to begin his rehabilitation with a view to being fit in time for the start of next season, although a comeback ahead of schedule before the end of this season has not bee ruled out.


Reds boss Rafa Benitez is delighted that the problem finally appears to have been solved.


He said: "Daniel was reporting some pain in his foot so it was decided that he would go for an operation.


"He has now had that operation and the surgeons believe they have found out what was causing him the pain.


"Daniel has more confidence now that the operation is over..


"The doctors have told me that in a normal situation his season is finished but that he will be back for next season. If he improves quickly and makes good progress then he could play before the end of this season, but I think we will wait for next year. It will be like having a new signing when he is back.


"I know he is happier now. He has been trying so hard to get back fit again but now he can look forward to next season knowing it will be a different situation for him.


"It has been a big blow to Daniel and to us that he has been out for so long, but hopefully the problem has now been sorted out and he can start working towards being fit for the start of next season.


"Martin Skrtel has come into the side and done very well along with Carra and Sami Hyypia, but it will obviously be good to have Daniel back because he is an important player for us."

 

[kavanelli]

He just had a small stone in is boot, is all

 

[Wheels]

God we've really missed Agger this season. As soon as he was injured against Portsmouth we started on a shitty run. Hyypia came in for him, and so himself and Carragher started their hoof it to the heavens routine. This meant that no one was bringing the ball out of defence and Gerrard had to play so deep that he was far less influential going forward. This definitely added to his indifferent form at that time. I have a lot of respect for both Carragher and Hyypia's tireless efforts to clear danger, but what Agger, and Skrtel offer is ability to control and play the ball and create the first link to moving forward. Just hope Skrtel keeps improving and stays free of injury until the end of the season.

 

[Janer]

He just had a small stone in is boot, is all

heh.

 

[maims bond]

On the current form of Chelsea and Arsenal, does anyone think pool could finish 2nd? Are ye wetting yisserselves? I miss that hate thread.