Parky

Liv nearly always start well...It all starts going south as christmas approaches...Bit shocked by the last few pages...I will nuke the whole of Liv before I resign.

Reminded me of Fabregas yesterday.

Anita showing his true Dutch passing qualities...Nailed on starter for me.

Got to say for long spells yesterday we looked really good. If Hatem stays fit we're dangerous against any side. Remy playing where the spider used to play has made a massive difference to the way we can break out against sides.

Don't judge a man till you've walked a few miles in his flip flops. [/Ghandi]

His biggest weakess is that he's some kind of control freak hence the reluctance to hire good professionals and delegate to them. It's not just about cost saving, I think it's ultimately about control and keeping things in private/behind the scenes..Hence he hires mates and others who just do his bidding without questioning the strategy. With a good manager and DOF and more money into youth and scouting we would be a lot, lot stronger not only on the football front but over time financially - he refuses to see this or invest in it...He would rather go the SD cheapo model along with the SD management structure where all the important things HAVE TO go through him..Yet it is clear that he has LITTLE IDEA with regard to running a football club in a competitive and cogent manner (look at the scattergun approach to transfers in Jan - targetting the contract vulernable players rather than what the team and manager actually want/need). This only makes sense financially and does little for the football side. Transfers are the lynchpin of any club yet he approaches it in purely cost cutting way, desperate to get one up on other directors/owners..This is probably the only bit he has any interest in... Even more crazy are the stories that Hughton had to run team affairs by him in regular meetings...That is the depth of his freakery..Having made his own money he has the flaw a lot of self made men have in so far as they don't trust/respect the ideas of others and think that they can do everything better.... If he's breaking out into Europe with this franchise then I would imagine he should be setting the club up for regular top 5/6 finishes to increase the brand awareness, after all this was the original idea. I imagine he's a very difficult person to work with or second guess that is the crux of the problem. He wants it all HIS WAY and more often than not on the cheap....BECAUSE IT WORKED BEFORE.

Think the answers to those questions are pretty obvious.

Pards isn't going to come out and say. "Hey guys! We're fucked! "

Interesting insight into Mash there. It's logical that he's been looking to sell for a long time now....I mean he's already tried early doors...NUFC has massive potential and sells itself to anyone who knows whtat they're looking at.

There are more bargains in Jan, that's basically his thinking. He's not ultimately too concerned with developing the first 11 to the next level.

He doesn't owe us anything. The tragedy for us is that he doesn't seem to see football as something he can have fun with as he did in the early days. Sticking to a tough business model.

Reckon MA wll be gone within two seasons inc this one.

Krul is the best reaction pure shot stopper in the league. He'll be priceless in a couple of years.

I think we are already there tbh - Krul, Debuchy, MYM, Colo, Santon, Anita, Cabaye, Sissoko, Remy, Cisse and Ben Arfa. That is a very good starting 11 imo. It's what happens when a few of them get injured where we really need to worry. Gouffran, Saylor, Marveaux slot in well if used right, then we have a few question mark players and a few good for the odd game players. We need some quality players for when some of our best (and some injury prone) players are out. This is so frustrating. Just that extra mile.

Manu won't be the same under Moyes...Also RVP is missing Mulensteen.

Ince is coming.

3 in by Sat.

Pards said: "We're in good shape"..In that post match interview..Chilling.

Good. Looks like Rodgers set out Liv well today. Deserves a goal.

Playing them off the park.

Excellent last half hour. Put the foot down and players looking postive. Hatem MOM.

The comments about Bigi should really be in private between him and the player. I still think Bigi shows a lot of promise and should be supported to the hilt at every opp.

I wish he'd shut up, even for a day or two would be nice.

What in the name of Jehovah is he on about now?

Needs dropping and re-booting.