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It is ridiculous that they've spent £100m or whatever on Carroll, Suarez, Enrique, Coates, Adam, Henderson & Downing, when in the same time we spent about £15m on Santon, Marveaux, Ba, Cabaye & Obertan, and are pretty much on level par.

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Has today's Dalglish press conference been thrown up on youtube yet?

 

Saw it earlier. He's a joke.

 

Saw it in the Bodega (couldn't drink in Tilley's as it was full of arsehole mancs) and saw the questions but couldn't hear his answers. could see his body language and had a pretty good idea as to how it was going but would like to hear it.

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Has today's Dalglish press conference been thrown up on youtube yet?

 

Saw it earlier. He's a joke.

 

Saw it in the Bodega (couldn't drink in Tilley's as it was full of arsehole mancs) and saw the questions but couldn't hear his answers. could see his body language and had a pretty good idea as to how it was going but would like to hear it.

 

I saw it on a telly without sound as well like.  Strange they had the questions subtitled but not he answers, Daglish cant even speak ffs

 

The questions were quality like

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Has today's Dalglish press conference been thrown up on youtube yet?

 

Saw it earlier. He's a joke.

 

Saw it in the Bodega (couldn't drink in Tilley's as it was full of arsehole mancs) and saw the questions but couldn't hear his answers. could see his body language and had a pretty good idea as to how it was going but would like to hear it.

 

I saw it on a telly without sound as well like.  Strange they had the questions subtitled but not he answers, Daglish cant even speak ffs

 

The questions were quality like

 

Exactly. Was interested in how he answered them but can't find it.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/04/kenny-dalglish-luis-suarez-transcript

 

Transcript of Kenny Dalglish's press conference about Luis Suárez

 

After the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City Liverpool's manager defended the statements put out earlier by the club and the Uruguayan player over his eight-match FA ban

 

 

The following is a transcript from the Liverpool press conference after the Anfield club's 3-0 defeat at Manchester City on Tuesday night:

 

Reporter: "Kenny, the wider world is pretty shocked that, if a player can call someone 'negro' and the player who is the victim in this takes offence, that there is no apology or contrition offered from your club."

 

Dalglish: "I would have thought that, if you pronounced the word properly, you maybe understand it better. I think it was Spanish he was speaking and I don't think you were speaking Spanish there."

 

Reporter: "OK, if a player calls someone 'negro' [spanish pronunciation], surely the player who takes offence deserves an apology?"

 

Dalglish: "Ask a linguistic expert, which certainly I am not. They will tell you that the part of the country in Uruguay where he [Luis Suárez] comes from, it is perfectly acceptable. His wife calls him that and I don't think he is offended by her. We have made a statement and I think it is there for everybody to read. Luis has made a brilliant statement and we will stand by him."

 

Reporter: "But the FA verdict said it was 'simply incredible' to suggest it wasn't used in an offensive way when they were clearly arguing and it wasn't friendly."

 

Dalglish: "There's a lot of things we'd like to say and a lot we could say but we would only get ourselves in trouble. We are not trying to be evasive … well, we are being evasive because we don't like getting ourselves in trouble. But we know what has gone on. We know what is not in the report and that's important for us. So without me getting ourselves in trouble, I think that's it finished."

 

Reporter: "Why take the ban now and not play the next three games, including the Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester City?"

 

Dalglish: "He could have played for a fortnight but he has to serve eight games at some stage and this time is as good as any, isn't it? It was better to get the situation over and done with."

 

Reporter: "Mark Lawrenson was saying on the radio that you've got to fear now whether Suárez may feel unsettled playing in England. Is that a concern?"

 

Dalglish: "Because Mark Lawrenson said it? No. I don't see why we have to reply to anybody. If you're asking if I have any concern about Luis playing in England, then no."

 

Reporter: "Is he strong enough?"

 

Dalglish: "I don't have a problem with Luis playing in England."

 

Reporter: "Do you regret wearing the T-shirts?"

 

Dalglish: "You see, if one of you guys were in trouble, would you help him? Would you support him if you knew the truth and you knew it was right? Would you support him?"

 

Reporter: "But not with T-shirts when he has been found guilty …"

 

Dalglish: "Why not? If they want to show their support for their team-mate, what's wrong with that? It was a fabulous statement to make visually of their support for a guy who is endeared in the dressing room, one of their closest friends in the dressing room, and all of his friends in the dressing room can speak up adequately and perfectly well for him. And I think it is very dangerous and unfortunate that you don't actually know the whole content of what went on at the hearing. I'm not prepared, and I can't say it, but I am just saying it is really unfortunate you never got to hear it. That's all I'm saying."

 

Reporter: "Kenny, given how the wider public are so opposed to your view, what do you have to lose by telling us and revealing what you're saying was not included in the FA statement?"

 

Dalglish: "It's up to the club to decide what they want to do."

 

Reporter: "But if you have something to say, surely say it – because the alternative is you are digging a bigger hole for yourself?"

 

Dalglish: "I don't think we are digging a bigger hole but I just think it's unfortunate we can't be more forthcoming. That's the unfortunate thing."

 

Reporter: "In your two statements you basically accused the FA of a conspiracy against your club."

 

Dalglish: "So they have made a statement then …"

 

Liverpool press officer intervenes and asks for no more questions on Suárez.

 

Reporter: "The hearing was to lay out all the evidence, 115 pages of evidence, and you have said they [the FA] have done it subjectively. So why do you think the FA are targeting Liverpool and Suárez?"

 

Dalglish: "Maybe wrong place, wrong time. It could have been anybody. I can't answer for the FA, you ask them."

 

Reporter: "You think there is an agenda against Liverpool?"

 

Dalglish: "No. You said that. I never. You get yourself in trouble, I'm all right."

 

Reporter: "Are you concerned Suárez's first game back could be at Old Trafford?"

 

Dalglish: "I'll just be delighted to get him back."

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really wish i could fathom why so many managers refuse to start bellamy :lol: . must be due to his personality, because in my opinion he's one of the best strikers in the league and has consistently shown it at every club he's been (bar his first attempt with liverpool) when given enough games.

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I'm glad, and somewhat surprised, that the consensus around the country is anti-Liverpool, and they've not somehow squirmed their way into getting the media to sympathise with them... on that note:

 

Not sure if been posted, but...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16424487.stm

 

Kick It Out's Lord Ouseley has labelled Liverpool "hypocritical" over their handling of Luis Suarez's eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

 

Liverpool players wore T-shirts in support of Uruguayan Suarez - a move Ouseley has called "dreadful".

 

Lord Ouseley also said Reds striker Suarez's apology was "lamentable".

 

The anti-racism campaign's chairman said: "Liverpool need to take a hard look at themselves. Suarez's attempt at a belated apology is lamentable."

 

Liverpool are not appealing against the Football Association suspension and £40,000 fine imposed on Suarez by an independent commission for his comments towards Manchester United defender Evra at Anfield on 15 October.

 

Suarez did not mention Evra by name in his apology and has also stated that he would carry out the suspension "with the resignation of someone who hasn't done anything wrong".

 

Kick It Out had previously commended Liverpool for choosing not to appeal against the ban.

 

A statement on its website on Wednesday said: "We commend Liverpool FC in bringing closure to this matter, reaffirming its commitment to an unequivocal, zero-tolerance approach towards discrimination in football."

 

However, Lord Ouseley, who was chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality from 1993 to 2000, wrote in the Guardian: "Liverpool need to take a hard look at themselves and how they have responded to the complaint and the investigations into the allegations of abuse in the Patrice Evra/Luis Suarez case.

 

"Throughout the entirety of the proceedings, over the past three months, all we have heard are denials and denigration of Evra.

 

"Since the publication of the 115-page report of the findings of the FA's independent commission, Liverpool's vitriol has increased.

 

"Suarez's attempt at a belated apology is nothing short of lamentable.

 

"I cannot believe that a club of Liverpool's stature, and with how it has previously led on matters of social injustice and inequality, can allow its integrity and credibility to be debased by such crass and ill-considered responses.

 

"Liverpool have been particularly hypocritical. You can't on the one hand wear a Kick It Out T-shirt in a week of campaigning against racism when this is also happening on the pitch: it's the height of hypocrisy.

 

"Liverpool players wore a T-shirt saying: 'We support Luis Suarez', seemingly whatever the outcome. This was a dreadful knee-jerk reaction because it stirs things up."

 

Piara Powar, executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe, believes the FA would be within its rights to charge Liverpool and its manager Kenny Dalglish over their handling of the situation.

 

"Liverpool have constantly undermined the investigation and its outcome," he told BBC Sport.

 

"They have been disrespectful to the FA and questioned its integrity and neutrality.

 

"If a manager had done that in a post-match interview the FA would have brought disrepute charges."

 

It is understood that the FA has no plans to charge either Liverpool or Dalglish.

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It is understood that the FA has no plans to charge either Liverpool or Dalglish.

 

Oh, great :rolleyes:

 

They'll more likely change the rules so that having a player found guilty of racism in your squad automatically gets you the 4th Champions League place.

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