summerof69

I don't understand why so many people have a go at Liverpool fans for this Hillsbrough stuff not only do they have a right to ensure justice is given they have a duty.

Well, from what i heard that game when he played man u for Inter he kept CRonaldo in his pocket. Also from some of the praise he had earlier in his career and from some of the articles on him i have read defending i don't recall was ever mentioned as a weakness, only that he had fell out of form after his injury.

Wow, when reading that i actually thought you were taking the piss. Can not believe that was a real excuse.

Or trainiing could genuinly be harder. I think you're right in that he probabaly misses his mates, but he made the choice to leave nufc so he is probably happy joining a club which lets face it is bigger and more ambitious. I would like him to keep nufc out of future comments.

Here is anarticle from whe nwe signed Hughie gallachr. Decemebr 13, 1925 This is an era of frenzied foot ball finance.where it iwll end, unless a chck is pplied is only a matter of conjecture. According to accounts Sunderland gave 6,500 to Burnley for Robert Kelry, but now, in all likelihood, that digure has been exceeded by Newcastle United in securing Hughie Galacherfrom the airdrieonians. Newcastle themselves do not necessaruly claim to have set up a fresh record in transfer fees, but it has been with every semblence of authority and never denied that airdrieonian had previousely been offered 7,000 with out business being done. It is practiacally certain that a lesser amount has not been accepted. And 7,000 for a player of one club to another is a new record. How long will it be before double figures are reached. In the far of nineties, before transfer fees were even dreamto fand there was no wage limit , the factthat Aston Villa were paying Fred Wheldon and Athersmith an all the year round wage of £6 10s per week led players to cast about for the highest bidder for their services. Clubs needing men used to attract players they wanted by offer of big money, and negotiations were frequent. To check this the league decreed that no player should leave from one club to another with out permission in the league without the sanction fo the club that had last engaged him. By that enactment the league itself thus became responsible for the introduction of the transfer system. In the early nineties Aston Villa paid £100 to WBA for Groves and £40 for Reynolds. Even at that comparitively modest figure people spoke of the folly of paying such sums for men, but still the practice went on, and again Aston Villa out bid rivals with an offer to Burnley of £250 for Crabtree. There was another outcry provoked by this but the Villa found it suited them, and they were still willing to part with good money for good men. They paid a "record"mfee of £400 for Lockett from Stoke and a like sum to Bury for Mcluckic. Evading the regulation The example was set by Everton who gave Bury £400 for Settle, and then Manchester City went one better with a payment of £450 to WBA for Dorsett. After that it had seemed that a halt had been called at last, but then Newcastle created astonsihment when they parted with £700 to Sunderland for the international back Mccombie. And so the mad race went on again until, Middlesbrough then in grave danger of relegatioon gave £1,000 to Sunderland for Alf cornamon. So outraged was public opinion for this phenominal fee that for the first time the F.A took official cognizance of the transfer fee scandal. They passed a law that "on and after 1 January, 1908 no club shall be enittled to pay or recieve or other payment exceeding £350 upon or in respect oof the transfer fee of any player." It is almost common knowledge howw that regulation was evaded . Two or three more players mostly duds were put in one bundle, so to speak , and were transfered together with the one man they realy wanted, the maximum allowed by the F.A being paid for each. The regulation died a natural death, and the F.A formally rescinded it. Shortly before the war Derby County pocketed £2,500 over the transfer fee Horace Barnes to Manchester City. Granted that monetary values during and since the war inaterially altered. It was thought the limit was reached when West Ham transferred Puddlefoot to Falkirk for £5,000. Sucha fee startled the football world. But we soon got used to it. Burnley secured Hill from Plymouth Argyle for £6,000; Sunderlandin 1921-22 invested £13,000 for the transfer of M. Gilhooley(Hull) J. Paterson(lLeicester) and Wcresswell(South Shields) the Wearsiders financial statement for that season showed that they had expended £18,083 4s 4d. in expenses for new players over and above that recieved for men parted with. Arsenal a couple of seasons ago, made an effort to make a maximum limit emposed by the league to check the frenzy, but the clubs constituting that the league turned the proposal down. The only feasable check for this wild biding of clever players is either to bring forward much earlier in the season the last date for securing players or else to apply the rule that is enforced in the cup , that a man must not play for two league clubs in one season. I thought it was an interesting article that proved this has always happened and there is very little we can do about it the rising figures.

Can't believe we are being criticised for not having high enough expectations

I'm just trying to say they don't have this squad full of quality players. That they seem to think they do. Especially without Gyan.

I don't think Bruce has done a bad job with the players he has. Though you could argue with the amount of time he has had he should have brought in a bettter squad.

Did he get his customerry yellow today ?

Could get used to this every week. i love that we now have a team that allows us to play the football we have today and infact against Villa aswell we played some good stuff and we still have Santon and HBA to come back.

This will not be easy i would take a daw.

The Ttiote turn was on fine display aswell.

Didn't Clough also blame Hillsbrough on LFC fans aswell ?

I think Hughton would be given the credit though Calderwood played a part in him coming. What about Best was he a Hughton signing ?

Is he a good coach ?

So how did he play ?

We are allowed to keep track of one of our young lads who grew up in the area supporting the club and was sold for a British record fee, especially when its not going to plan and he's being sniped to fuk off the self proclaimed 'greatest fans on earth' If you don't like it, please feel free to fuk right off. Cheers. To be honest i doubt most Liverpool fans realy believe they are the best fans in the world similar to how Newcastle fans don't realy believe we are the best either.

erm, what does that mean ?

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/211713/David-Ginola-tackles-drama/

Actaually would Lovenkrands be a bad choice for starting seeing as he soesn't do too bad agianst this opposition .

If he comes on and does well, what are the chances starting against Blackburn ? Is that too soon ?

I know the question in this thread is much more apt- football's greatest where does lionel messi rank? Which is basically is he the best of all time ? Rooney will not get near Messi's goal tally this season probably wont compete on assists and i think Messi is better in general play.

Absolutely they must have seen him aswell because they signed Gervinho so they clearly scouted Lille a few times.

85 % possesion in the first half. Oh and another goal.