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This is like the Portsmouth semi.

Michael Brown. At least you know what you're going to get.

He also had a strain injury before his operation and...(think it's called stiffness in English..) = pain on movement = faster after operation. Might be like that kid in Roy of the Rovers who could kick the ball like a corkscrew after his op. That would be nifty.

That RAWK thread posted somewhere in here is amazing reading http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=257942.0

Fly Emirates = too close to Arsenal for me.

Lerner does appear to grasp that, but that might be understandable given his history. The NFL side he owns, the Cleveland Browns, had their franchise moved to Baltimore in the mid-90s but after much legal fighting they were resurrected (after a 3-year hiatus). I think this is the only such example. Their first post-hiatus owner was Randy Lerner's dad.

The main difference being what the squad was competing for. They won't get relegated next year. I'm not clear on the funding of Liverpool's debt and on what exactly a stupid price would be. Presumably the yanks would want to break even but if they haven't actually put much of their own money in, what would that take? The bulk of the incoming money would have to service/pay off the debt. Is that right? don't see your point if (if) the rumours of 800m - 1bn price tags are correct for liverpool no-one in their right mind will pay it FYI we were relegated BECAUSE of mike ashleys poor decisions in all aspects of running the club, at the time when he tried to sell many people wouldn't have touched us for relegation...he essentially made it happen so it's a very poor comparison So....why did you make it? I thought it was quite a funny comparison! I didn't really have a point, other than that I don't know how much of their own money the yanks put in. As a result, anyone coming in might be stupid to pay much more than the debt itself.

The main difference being what the squad was competing for. They won't get relegated next year. I'm not clear on the funding of Liverpool's debt and on what exactly a stupid price would be. Presumably the yanks would want to break even but if they haven't actually put much of their own money in, what would that take? The bulk of the incoming money would have to service/pay off the debt. Is that right?

f*** Finland. 0.001 points ahead of Norway, fuming over here. So the top 4 were Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway? Hmmmmm.

That Marseille strip is really, really smart - tempted to buy it and put Waddle on the back.

Genius. Come on Fulham!

England's squad is so underwhelming on paper. Unconvincing keepers, crocked defence and, Rooney aside, the forwards are just not good enough. We're gonna win it. I'm guessing Milner will also be considered as potential cover for RB.

Darren Bent is a difficult one as his critics would never dispute that he can score goals, but they'd say he's not got the best touch and is not capable of making the next step up. Not sure he's silenced them on that one tbh. Darren Fletcher might be a better example, look at Man U fans' attitude to him a couple of years ago.

How do you mean? They have a massive squad with massive wage bill? Not sure I'm picking you up right, because I don't see the parallel? Agreed. If anything, you were in a West Ham-like situation year-before-last, only you went down whereas they stayed up. Now you've shed (some) dead wood/wages and got a bit of feel-good back (but lost a wodge in the process). If West Ham start badly or screw up any new signings they make they will have a mare.

Not sure about doing decently easily, but I agree that only injuries would stop them. The other promoted sides will struggle more, have less class and experience and not much money. West Ham and Wigan look very precarious and I can see Wolves having a ropey season. In that excel spreadsheet, the three clubs that came up with 100+ points all survived comfortably. It looks like it could get really ugly at the bottom and a decent start will make the world of difference. It might have to be a case of playing the kids in the cups again. 3.

wacko - isn't another major worry the new squad regulations? Gerrard is only one of four homegrown players who aren't out-and-out youngsters. I can't believe that Parry/Rafa/whoever allowed you to get into this position. Every time you look for an English (or "English") player clubs will add at least a couple of million onto the price.

The new squad regulations will make that really interesting though. Max 25 over-21s, 8 of whom have to be "homegrown", doesn't give many clubs room to manouevre, even if they had any money to spare.

Give us a chance, we're not in the bloody thing yet. Been saying that most of the week. You've not got to the group stages yet and Sky are going on like you've won thing?! One of the nice things about moving to the States has been avoiding much of the vast quantities of bullshit in the tabloids/Sky Sports/Talkshite etc. All we have to worry about is Robbie Mustoe and some comedy Irish bloke whose name escapes me.

Give us a chance, we're not in the bloody thing yet.

Did all right against us. You did feel that he was going to get exposed sooner or later.

Has looked a shadow of his former self since he joined. Sure he's a good player to have in the hole behind the strikers, but a Monaco reject? No thanks. Park Joo-Young is a better Gudjohnsen than Gudjohnsen right now. Actually think Gudjohnsen's done all right with us. Nowhere near what he was, but still tidy and did exactly what we wanted of him. Not a first-choice Prem player any more though, and Monaco have been playing silly buggers. I suspect that if he is available then we'll take him. If Villa are releasing Bouma, then I think we can safely assume his career (at this level at least) is sadly over.

Posted this on a Spurs board, but considering the new squad regulations Liverpool have 4 (out of 8) homegrown players in the first XI/subs. Essentially they have no money, are losing money, their manager allegedly has a clause in his contract requiring it to be paid in full if he is sacked, they are no longer in the Champions League and they're relying on kids who would normally never even get on the coach to make their homegrown quota. Mint.

Chuffed, but would have loved them to give it to Mick McCarthy.

70 grand a week for Boa Morte does, to be really frank.

Yeah, didn't want to go up North iirc. He's fine under a chairman with a brain. ITKs at the time said exactly what he's suggested about the Bellamy deal. Then he should report it at the time not wait however many months. This isn't an attack on you btw I wonder if he'll mention the Gudjonson deal at all... No worries I think elbee is right, it was an attempt to take a little bit of pressure off Spurs. I wish he'd shut up sometimes tbh.