Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

jem · 10-09-2014 09:42AM

I am watching/supporting Liverpool since the late 70's. There have been some great teams over that time, however IMHO the best by a long way was the 1988/89 team. If you look at the team that won the double in 85/86 compared to the 1988/89 there was a huge amount of changes.
Big Jan was always one of my favorite players ever( pity he had some refueling issues)

murpho999 · 10-09-2014 09:46AM

People comparing last seasons team to 87/88 just don't realise how good they were.

In my memory they played Coventry off the park in their first league match and the opposition manager and the press just said give the title to Liverpool straight away.

28 games unbeaten and could have gone the whole season like that except for a silly defeat to Everton iirc.

They were a joy to watch, awful pity they couldn't play in Europe at the time.

5starpool · 10-09-2014 09:58AM

murpho999 wrote: »

People comparing last seasons team to 87/88 just don't realise how good they were.

In my memory they played Coventry off the park in their first league match and the opposition manager and the press just said give the title to Liverpool straight away.

28 games unbeaten and could have gone the whole season like that except for a silly defeat to Everton iirc.

They were a joy to watch, awful pity they couldn't play in Europe at the time.

The goal that beat us in that 29th goal was scored as well by the brother of a player who were in the Leeds team who had the unbeaten start record of 28 games as well I believe. I'm not sure if the Everton or Leeds guy was Alan Clarke, but they were the brothers involved anyhow.

murpho999 · 10-09-2014 10:15AM

5starpool wrote: »

The goal that beat us in that 29th goal was scored as well by the brother of a player who were in the Leeds team who had the unbeaten start record of 28 games as well I believe. I'm not sure if the Everton or Leeds guy was Alan Clarke, but they were the brothers involved anyhow.

Wayne Clarke, if memory serves me correctly.

whatawaster · 10-09-2014 10:39AM

murpho999 wrote: »

People comparing last seasons team to 87/88 just don't realise how good they were.

In my memory they played Coventry off the park in their first league match and the opposition manager and the press just said give the title to Liverpool straight away.

28 games unbeaten and could have gone the whole season like that except for a silly defeat to Everton iirc.

They were a joy to watch, awful pity they couldn't play in Europe at the time.

For the record, I wasn't comparing last season's team to the 87/88 team.

I was comparing 4/5 attacking players and I think it's a reasonable comparison given the ridiculous amount of goals we scored last season and the numbers of thrashings we doled out.

The 87/88 team was clearly a better side.

Luckycharms_74 · 10-09-2014 10:49AM

5starpool wrote: »

The notion now of waiting for final score to find out football results is just so unthinkable. We didn't know any different though back in the day.

/reminisce

And also listening to the late James Alexander Gordon who died last month, announcing the classified scores on sports report.

5starpool · 10-09-2014 10:58AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Wayne Clarke, if memory serves me correctly.

That's the lad. Alan was the Leeds player who was his brother.

Utopia Parkway · 10-09-2014 11:47AM

bluefinger wrote: »

saturday game this week. yipee!

also cool that we get to play after the likes of arsenal, city, spurs and chelsea (hopefully the drop points)

To be honest I prefer playing ahead of the top sides. Nothing worse than waiting for your own game to come along if the others have all won already.

gafferino · 10-09-2014 11:59AM

Anfield Index analysis of the defence so far....

http://anfieldindex.com/10416/whether-youre-lovren-notanalysis-new-lfc-defence.html

segadreamcast · 10-09-2014 12:07PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

John Barnes for 900k.

Raheem Sterling - 20+ years later - £600k.

One of Rafa's last gifts :pac:

whatawaster · 10-09-2014 12:15PM

segadreamcast wrote: »

Raheem Sterling - 20+ years later - £600k.

One of Rafa's last gifts :pac:

Could be wrong but I think Frank McParland was the man behind signing Sterling

10-09-2014 12:35PM

jem wrote: »

I am watching/supporting Liverpool since the late 70's. There have been some great teams over that time, however IMHO the best by a long way was the 1988/89 team. If you look at the team that won the double in 85/86 compared to the 1988/89 there was a huge amount of changes.
Big Jan was always one of my favorite players ever( pity he had some refueling issues)

Its just a pity that team didn't get to play in the European Cup.

greendom · 10-09-2014 01:07PM

5starpool wrote: »

Their site still has the sign up page, but the above wouldn't surprise me.

confirmed offer expires on 23rd Sept!

8-10 · 10-09-2014 01:15PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Yeah but its a tea-time kick off, the only thing that could add more hex would be if Setanta Sport 1 was showing it.

UEFA Champions League for Nippers which mirror the senior dates.

Are these ticketed? Interested in going

hefferboi · 10-09-2014 01:16PM

Wish I was old enough to have seen the 89 team play. I can only compare last years team to our 2008/09 team. Still some serious quality in both.

gafferino · 10-09-2014 01:42PM

Club made £50k in revenue from Balotelli shirts on day he signed

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2014/09/10/mario-balotelli-transfer-made-liverpool-50000-in-a-day/?

Chardee MacDennis · 10-09-2014 01:53PM

ehhh

http://instagram.com/p/swVn9HJfCE/

hefferboi · 10-09-2014 02:28PM

Fair Play to him. Always was a class act.

Ex-Liverpool defender Daniel Agger forks out to send Denmark's homeless side to World Cup

Former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has put his hand in his pocket to pay for Denmark's homeless football team to fly to next month's World Cup in Chile.

Ex-Red Agger, who left Liverpool last month to return to Denmark with Brondby, heard that the Danish side were struggling to foot the bill for the trip to Santiago.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ex-liverpool-defender-daniel-agger-forks-4191606

5starpool · 10-09-2014 02:47PM

greendom wrote: »

confirmed offer expires on 23rd Sept!

Did you sign up? Had you signed up last year?

Edit: tried there and it worked, sweet. Won't need to find streams for the derby in a few weeks or other games either. Must just have been technical issues before.

greendom · 10-09-2014 02:48PM

5starpool wrote: »

Did you sign up? Had you signed up last year?

yes *2

5starpool · 10-09-2014 02:54PM

greendom wrote: »

yes *2

Cheers. I'm sorted now.

kfallon · 10-09-2014 02:59PM

How David Burrows got in the team in 88/89 is beyond me!
Wasn't a big fan of Ablett either as a player!

D'Agger · 10-09-2014 03:00PM

hefferboi wrote: »

Fair Play to him. Always was a class act.

Ex-Liverpool defender Daniel Agger forks out to send Denmark's homeless side to World Cup

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ex-liverpool-defender-daniel-agger-forks-4191606

Everybody here have a house? If not drop me a PM and I'll try help you out in some way

Harry Palmr · 10-09-2014 03:08PM

Its not just Roy Hodgson who takes liberties with Liverpool players

Emre Can played last night, set up three of the eight goals and was made to play right to the end despite being knobbled. In central midfield this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBNN8T6gmw

greendom · 10-09-2014 03:14PM

5starpool wrote: »

Cheers. I'm sorted now.

Just in time for Dover vs Barnet. Should be a cracker !

ratracer · 10-09-2014 03:18PM

hefferboi wrote: »

Wish I was old enough to have seen the 89 team play. I can only compare last years team to our 2008/09 team. Still some serious quality in both.

So you don't remember the double in 86 either then? The FA cup final of thAt year against Everton is one if my finest memories of the mighty reds as a kid!! What a time to be a red, before the other red winkers even had a tree planted to think about turning into a fu*king perch...

BMJD · 10-09-2014 04:07PM

ratracer wrote: »

So you don't remember the double in 86 either then? The FA cup final of thAt year against Everton is one if my finest memories of the mighty reds as a kid!! What a time to be a red, before the other red winkers even had a tree planted to think about turning into a fu*king perch...

I'll never forget Rush going round Bobby Mimms for the equalizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAT82pijymM

I also never knew this:

As substitute Steve McMahon was unused, Liverpool became the first team to compete in the FA Cup Final without fielding an English player.

ratracer · 10-09-2014 04:18PM

BMJD wrote: »

I'll never forget Rush going round Bobby Mimms for the equalizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAT82pijymM

I also never knew this:

I only read that recently in Ian Rush's autobiography. That was a pretty remarkable occurrence back then alright.

hefferboi · 10-09-2014 04:28PM

ratracer wrote: »

So you don't remember the double in 86 either then? The FA cup final of thAt year against Everton is one if my finest memories of the mighty reds as a kid!! What a time to be a red, before the other red winkers even had a tree planted to think about turning into a fu*king perch...

Nope, was born in 91, first real memories of anything football related were of fowler wearing that white thing on his nose. I did the same once or twice. *Facepalm*

Tusky · 10-09-2014 04:30PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Its not just Roy Hodgson who takes liberties with Liverpool players

Emre Can played last night, set up three of the eight goals and was made to play right to the end despite being knobbled. In central midfield this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBNN8T6gmw

Wow. Great performance. He's clearly too good for the U21s.

Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

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