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Hawk, One per season? What about Scott Parker? That's two from one club. There's plenty of talent out there. A couple of weeks ago there was a spasm of argument coming from Liverpool fans/journalists along the same lines. They were rightly complaining about Downing, Carroll, and Henderson. But to point out that they're not top four quality players does not mean that there are no top quality players available at smaller clubs. Think of Valencia coming from Wigan or Cisse coming from a relegation side in Germany. I'd take Hoilett in a heartbeat. Diame looks good too.

Warren Barton said that because Atkinson gave the free kick, there couldn't be any retroactive suspension for Balotelli. Doesn't seem right.

Yes, but does he give the ball away too easily?

We should buy him if Wigan go down.

It's a subforum I think

Al Habsi

Thought I was being slightly delusional when I bid 5-8.

Aye spot on, stick him back in the middle (or Gosling), Santon back in a LB. This. Prefer Jonas.

The latter has become a parody of himself rather quickly. There was one the other week when Crouch scored with him and some other dour Irish chap, proper hard listening. Still listening twice a week on my commute to work. I like Glendenning though his schtick does get tiresome pretty quickly. The show is always much better-- more insightful less jokey-- when Glendenning is away. What bores me is Sid Lowe. I don't particularly care about either Real Madrid or Barcelona and don't fancy listening to him talk about how boring it is in La Liga. Every show he's prattling on how the Madrid papers are saying this or that. Give it a rest. Would rather hear about the title races in France or Germany.

We're all excited because James Perch is fit to start.

So... We want Liverpool to beat Everton and Chelsea to beat Tottenham in the FA Cup. Chelsea to beat Benfica, but lose to Barca in Champions League. (The more congested their schedule the better) Manchester United to win the title ASAP, so that Man City have nothing to play for in the penultimate game. Also, Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Everton to lose whenever possible. Liverpool and Sunderland to lose (just because) unless they are playing a team above Newcastle in table ?

Too true. He might've scored one himself. It was Williamson's header that Simpson's saved off the line. (For all Liverpool's "dominance" in that first 15 minutes did they even have a shot on goal?) And he's constantly tugging at shirts-- Fortunate he wasn't called for handling Carroll. Perch was the MOTM for me. Would've got it too (officially) if not for his acting performance.

Only one? Not sure i understand, in the EPL? Maybe he thinks this is the relegation fodder thread?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1043925/the-fifth-official:-red-letter-day-for-toon,-mayor-mancini?cc=5901

So much the better. Let them talk about Andy Carroll, offside goals, handballs, and how they "dominated" the first 15 minutes. (They're not allowed to blame Daglish.) The longer they go on pretending the fault lies elsewhere, the later they'll take steps to address the rot.

Felt very sad. It occurred to me that I've been on here for seven years now. Jeez.

Anyone else think that the response to Enrique might have been less vitriolic had he gone somewhere other than Liverpool? I mean, he leaves saying that the NUFC lack ambition and won't compete with the top six... and than he goes to Liverpool. If he had gone to a top club, fine. But he didn't go to a top club, he went to Liverpool. They were a top club. But they aren't now and haven't been for a while. Say that all of Liverpool's summer purchases had paid off and Liverpool came to St. James' in second or third place. Would the response to Jose have been as intense? I don't know. He was my favorite player and I think I would've been much less aggrieved had to a Champions League side. Also, in retrospect I'm pretty happy with the boos given to Carroll and Enrique today. I think they were rattled by it. Enrique especially, after he heard how the crowd cheered when Ben Arfa skinned him. That's what the home field advantage is all about. Fans deserve a lot credit for intimidating Liverpool.

Well, you never know. European football. That's the time to buy.

Georgio Chinaglia died http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/sports/soccer/giorgio-chinaglia-cosmos-and-lazio-soccer-star-dies-at-65.html He was an asshole, but a hero of mine when I was very young. (Yeah, I'm that old.) RIP

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but... What exactly was Perch's card for? Was it for "tripping" Reina or his acting performance? My first impression was that the trip wasn't deliberate. Anyway, a yellow card for acting is justified. As for Reina, that's a straight red every day of the week. Don't see where they (Liverpool fans) have a complaint. Perch and Reina were both carded. Do they seriously think Perch should have received two yellows? Or that his acting warranted a red, when Carroll had already seen yellow for diving? BTW He was very good today.

Well done lads!

htl

The minute QPR brought on Mark Hughes, they made my list. Villa and Bolton. But who am I kidding? Wolves are already gone.

Looking forward to discussions of the "big eight".