LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB: You'll Never Walk Alone! (32) Buang manCircle, Buang Buang!


Status
Not open for further replies.
Benitez expects Keane to remain at Anfield​

February 1, 2009



Rafael Benitez believes Liverpool are back in the title race and that striker Robbie Keane will still be at the club when the transfer window closes tomorrow.
Click here

The Anfield boss saw his side beat Chelsea for the second time this season to leapfrog the visitors back into second spot in the Barclays Premier League.

Liverpool are two points behind Manchester United having played a game more.

Keane's omission from the squad prompted speculation that he was on his way back to Tottenham, while after the match fans held a demonstration against co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who watched the game from the directors' box.

The Americans will try to revive Benitez's contract talks and attend a board meeting tomorrow.

On the pitch, Fernando Torres scored two late goals, his first since October, with Chelsea's Frank Lampard sent off in the second half, a decision which helped swing the game Liverpool's way.

Benitez said: ''I think Robbie Keane will be here when the transfer window shuts.

''He was left out because we were considering all our good players and who we needed for this game. It was only a decision based on this match and our requirements.

''I have not seen any new offers, I don't know whether the club have had any offers.

''I have spoken to Robbie, he was there in the dressing room beforehand, and we also spoke afterwards and we were just talking about the game.

''He was pleased because the team had won. He is part of my squad, I would expect him to be in my Champions League squad.

''Everything is if, if, if. He is here, he is our player. That's it.''

Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari was unhappy with the red card for Lampard, who was dismissed for a foul on Xabi Alonso, three years after the Spaniard suffered a broken ankle in a similar incident at Anfield.

But Scolari conceded that Jose Bosingwa could be in trouble with the FA after a bizarre incident near the end when he put his foot into the back of Yossi Benayoun and pushed the Liverpool man off the pitch.

The incident was not punished by referee Mike Riley and the FA are certain to review video evidence if Riley acknowledges he missed the offence.

Now Scolari wants to see video evidence used to clear Lampard as well.

He said: ''Liverpool had more possession overall, but once Frank Lampard was sent off they had more chances and got into our box much more.

''I do not want to criticise the referee, all I ask is that he looks at the video with the men from the FA. If they agree that Lampard did not commit a foul for his red card, maybe they will change the decision.

''What Bosingwa did was not correct, he made a mistake. But if he is punished when the FA look at the video, maybe they will change the decision over Lampard.

''When he was sent off it changed the game for us one million per cent. We lost the middle and did not have the ball.

''They created more chances and had more possession. And they were able to score the goals after that decision.

''I have not spoken to the referee, it was his decision. I hope though that he will look at the TV and see that he should change the decision.''
 

its an omen! double over chelsea! lift the title!
 

In Rafa we Trust​

Posted by Kevin Brodie 2 days, 23 hours ago, soccernet



OK. I have not been this angry in a long time. Yes, I'm very disappointed that Liverpool had a terrible January with winning only one game and drawing four. Yes, I'm disappointed that we threw away another one goal lead on Wednesday night against a dreadful Wigan side.

Yes I can't stand the fact that our ownership remains in the hands of two people who have no concept of Liverpool football club. Yes I'm disappointed in that fact that Rick Parry can't seem to offer Agger a new deal and is the slowest moving CEO in sport.

But what disappoints me the most is the so called Liverpool supporters who send me emails saying that Rafa doesn't know what he is doing. If you are going to send me an email about that … save your time and don't bother as you wont' be getting a nice response from me.

People have short term memory loss when it comes to supporting a football team and a manager. Supporting a team is just about that; supporting it. People say Rafa doesn't know what he is doing at the moment the man just can't win. Everything he says is getting a spin in the media. Soccernet had a story that Rafa attacked Wigan's tactics while he never actually said that. Personally when he said they all had some things in common I think he was speaking about the poor referee decisions or his own team's lack of composure.

Liverpool were very good against Wigan for 45 minutes but our failure to shoot on sight is costing on. We didn't have a single shot with our boots until minute 34, yet had all of the ball. How is that Rafa's fault?

Gerrard and especially Torres were not good. Torres was lucky to have lasted 70 minutes as he completely went out of the game after his header hit the bar in the early stages. Rafa has given us so many highs since he took over and hass purchased some of our best signings.

We have become a European power, yet some people, over a blip in form, think he has lost the plot. No one in the world would want to play us. Think about where we were 6 years ago, 7 …or even 12 years ago. Rafa has changed the mentality at the club 100%. We expect to win games. We expect to swat our pesky neighbours aside and if we don't we are up in arms.

I said before that Rafa's rant, while 100% right, was ill-timed. I stand by that statement and was the first time since he took over that I thought he made a "tactical' error.

So yeah the Wigan resulted sucked and our lack of cutting edge is a real concern. But if anyone thinks that sacking Rafa and starting all over again is the right way forward they need not email me.

We need to get behind our team and our manager and SUPPORT them....
 

Cheesecake said:
In Rafa we Trust​

Posted by Kevin Brodie 2 days, 23 hours ago, soccernet



OK. I have not been this angry in a long time. Yes, I'm very disappointed that Liverpool had a terrible January with winning only one game and drawing four. Yes, I'm disappointed that we threw away another one goal lead on Wednesday night against a dreadful Wigan side.

Yes I can't stand the fact that our ownership remains in the hands of two people who have no concept of Liverpool football club. Yes I'm disappointed in that fact that Rick Parry can't seem to offer Agger a new deal and is the slowest moving CEO in sport.

But what disappoints me the most is the so called Liverpool supporters who send me emails saying that Rafa doesn't know what he is doing. If you are going to send me an email about that … save your time and don't bother as you wont' be getting a nice response from me.

People have short term memory loss when it comes to supporting a football team and a manager. Supporting a team is just about that; supporting it. People say Rafa doesn't know what he is doing at the moment the man just can't win. Everything he says is getting a spin in the media. Soccernet had a story that Rafa attacked Wigan's tactics while he never actually said that. Personally when he said they all had some things in common I think he was speaking about the poor referee decisions or his own team's lack of composure.

Liverpool were very good against Wigan for 45 minutes but our failure to shoot on sight is costing on. We didn't have a single shot with our boots until minute 34, yet had all of the ball. How is that Rafa's fault?

Gerrard and especially Torres were not good. Torres was lucky to have lasted 70 minutes as he completely went out of the game after his header hit the bar in the early stages. Rafa has given us so many highs since he took over and hass purchased some of our best signings.

We have become a European power, yet some people, over a blip in form, think he has lost the plot. No one in the world would want to play us. Think about where we were 6 years ago, 7 …or even 12 years ago. Rafa has changed the mentality at the club 100%. We expect to win games. We expect to swat our pesky neighbours aside and if we don't we are up in arms.

I said before that Rafa's rant, while 100% right, was ill-timed. I stand by that statement and was the first time since he took over that I thought he made a "tactical' error.

So yeah the Wigan resulted sucked and our lack of cutting edge is a real concern. But if anyone thinks that sacking Rafa and starting all over again is the right way forward they need not email me.

We need to get behind our team and our manager and SUPPORT them....
Click to expand...



this one also bro Rodz in disguise?
:dunno:
:bsmilie:
 

grumpy said:
this one also bro Rodz in disguise?
:dunno:
:bsmilie:
Click to expand...

Now I know why Bro Rodz so busy, he has got quite a number of "roles" to play. :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
 

lolbosingwanewqs2.gif
 

Spurs clinch £15m deal for Keane

By Sam Wallace and Ian Herbert
Monday, 2 February 2009

Tottenham Hotspur last night clinched the £15m deal for Robbie Keane to return to White Hart Lane. Negotiations with Liverpool concluded around 11pm with Spurs confident that their former striker will sign today before the 5pm transfer deadline.

In a remarkable turnaround, the Spurs chairman Daniel Levy appeared to have sealed the deal with Liverpool in talks after the club’s 2-0 victory over Chelsea. Spurs had made the £15m bid earlier in the day in a final attempt to get Keane who was left out of Rafael Benitez’s squad for the game at Anfield.

Having told Spurs that they were only interested in a deal that involved cash plus a player – preferably Aaron Lennon – Liverpool are understood to have relented last night and agreed to sell a player who cost them £20.3m last summer. The club's owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks were at the game yesterday and met with chief executive Rick Parry and Benitez after the match.

It is understood that Spurs will sign the Internazionale striker Mario Balotelli, who has fallen out with Jose Mourinho, on loan. Benitez is hopeful that Real Madrid will release the Argentina striker Javier Saviola on loan.

Spurs renewed their efforts for Keane after learning on Friday that Jermain Defoe had suffered a broken metatarsal. The club have optimistically said that they believe the player could return in four weeks but in private they are worried that the recovery could take a lot longer.

Benitez’s decision to drop Keane, who was at Anfield yesterday, from his squad for the game against Chelsea were the first signs that his short Liverpool career was over, as did the Spaniard's faltering answers after the match to questions about the future if Keane, a life-long Liverpool fan.

Would Keane see out the season at Anfield? Benitez was asked. “I think so,” he said. “[Keane] was there [at the ground today],” he said. “He was OK. We didn’t say anything [about the offer]. We were just talking about the game. I will not talk about ‘if’, ‘if’. ‘if’. He is our player. That’s it.” Asked would Keane been in Liverpool ’s Champions League squad for the knock-out phase, Benitez mumbled: “Yes, I think so.”

Keane’s six-month spell at Liverpool has been little short of a disaster for the striker. He had seen it as the chance to play Champions League football but his relationship with Benitez has been terrible. The player has angered his manager by muttering under his breath when substituted – something that was caught on television and Benitez regarded as unacceptable. Keane made 28 appearances and scored seven goals for Liverpool.

Full Article Here

Don't know the source is reliable anot. :dunno:
 

Yeah!! Great to see Liverpool pull the double over one of our closest competitor:thumbsup:

Come on boys! The title is still within our grasp.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

RSSNewsFeeder
PetaPixel Great Reads in Photography: July 18, 2021
Replies
0
Views
698
RSSNewsFeeder
RSSNewsFeeder
RSSNewsFeeder
PetaPixel How to Spot Fake ‘Travel Photos’ of Asia
Replies
0
Views
796
RSSNewsFeeder
RSSNewsFeeder
RSSNewsFeeder
PetaPixel The Ultimate Guide to Forecasting, Shooting, and Post-Processing the Northern Lights
Replies
0
Views
618
RSSNewsFeeder
RSSNewsFeeder
Cheesecake
  • Locked
You'll Never Walk Alone! LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB!! *75* - ONWARDS TOWARDS TITLE!!
47 48 49
Replies
967
Views
50K
Cheesecake
Cheesecake
Cheesecake
  • Locked
You'll Never Walk Alone! LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB!! *74* - WALK ON!!
46 47 48
Replies
949
Views
38K
Cheesecake
Cheesecake
Back
Top