Liverpool Rumours And General Discussion 2007/2008

Of course the fact that Arsenal have taken 7 points (yes seven) from their last 8 league games shouldn't negate the fact that they are a better team than Liverpool

But if Liverpool do come 3rd, it will only be because Wenger put out the young fellas for the last 4 games...

I love it, more please.

kryogen wrote: »

maybe there is little to split the clubs...but its painstakingly obvious which team was a title contender at the business end of the season isnt it.

The business end being after 26 games? I'd consider the business end to be the last 3rd or 4th part of the season.

As stated above, Arsenal have taken 7 points in the last 8 games, hardly championship form.

Coincidentally, Liverpool have take 19 points from the last 8 games

But you can twist and interpret all these stats any way you want (as I have), I guess the proof is after 38 games... (or not as it's being argued here)

Heard a bit off a mate in Liverpool about the whole Parry vs Yanks issue:

"Benitez threatening to resign if Parry isn't dismissed

If Parry is dismissed Hicks will have power of veto at board room level

DIC will back Benitez if they take control of the club so they don't want RB to get him or Parry into a position where one of them has to go

Basically the balance is very precarious - as the validity of the rumours may well be."

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Sounds like a royal mess!

If Arsenal burning out and Liverpool possibly catching them means that Arsenal are still the better team.

What does United catching them and passing them out over the exact same period and subsequently winning the league mean?

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

"Benitez threatening to resign if Parry isn't dismissed

I can't see this being the reality to be honest. Rafa is too much of a politician to potentially muck things up like this. Hicks may be full of bluster, but with the trouble the US banks are in (see link) and his businesses being so highly leveraged already, its much more likely that the cash rich DIC will take over sooner rather than later. Longer term as well, Rafa is more likely to be backed in the transfer market by DIC than by Hicks as they've got much deeper pockets and are much more keen on success rather than mid table mediocrity like Hicks's american teams. Rafa surely sees this like most other people and won't rock the boat. What he will do probably though is use this to gain more power in transfer negotiations this summer which is fair enough.

Cannot confirm the validity of this but it's a nice thought if true.

Phil Hammond, chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG), today announced that plans are in motion for a charity-match between Liverpool and Celtic to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster next year.
“We’ve sat down with (chief executive) Rick Parry, myself, Kenny and Marina Dalglish and spoken about having a match here at Anfield.” said Hammond.

“The first game Liverpool played after the disaster was against Celtic (in a friendly) so we are trying to get those two teams together to play here.” he added.

There is a rumour in the pipeline that for the 20th anniversary of hillsborough next year there will be a charity match being held in anfield featuring Liverpool against Celtic. The reason for choosing celtic to mark the occasion was because as i'm sure ya know the first game liverpool played after the disaster was a friendly against celtic if i remember correctly. Nice thought if it's true anyway.

r.i.p the 96

On days like this I don't give a tuppenyfúck who owns the club.

96 people.


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This is a link to an article published in The Guardian newspaper on April 17th 1989, just two days after the tragedy. Given the disgraceful reporting that was done in certain other rags, this is an excellent piece of writing. The third last paragraph is the most hard-hitting for me:

Just after five o'clock, when in normal circumstances the winners would have been celebrating their success in reaching Wembley or the game would have been well into extra-time, a young couple wandered dazed across the deserted pitch - the woman in tears, the man comforting her in a numbed sort of way. The poignancy of that moment only hardened the opinion that the worst tragedy in British sport had been the most avoidable.

So that leaves Birmingham & Man City left this season.
The two he hasn't scored against Villa and Man Utd. Posibility still there for him to score against United if results in the CL go that way .

Have been very impressed by him this year, anyone know how many league games he missed earlier in the season.
One thing that baffles me is, the majority of PL goals have been at home.

DeadSkin wrote: »

anyone know how many league games he missed earlier in the season.

Everton away (Oct)
Blackburn away (Nov)
Chelsea away (Feb)

DeadSkin wrote: »

One thing that baffles me is, the majority of PL goals have been at home.

i read the other day that 20 were at home and 16 into the kop end (think that was the numbers anyway)