Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12-Jan 2012 onwards

Chucky the tree

If Kenny was going to resign after one okay season he should have never taken the job in the first place. Same reasoning if FSG are going to sack him.

Tusky

Take it this has been posted? Gave me a giggle:

Morzadec

Someone texting into the BBC saying we could be looking to scupper QPR's £4m move for Djibril Cisse.

Handsome Bob

I'd take Lord Cisse back.

Crazy Horse 6

Morzadec wrote: »

Someone texting into the BBC saying we could be looking to scupper QPR's £4m move for Djibril Cisse.

Morzadec

Tusky wrote: »

Take it this has been posted? Gave me a giggle:

Yeah it was posted in the match thread against United. It's very odd to say the least! Is there a reference I'm missing or something?

EDIT: Just remembered it was Suarez's birthday the other day

Tusky

Morzadec wrote: »

Yeah it was posted in the match thread against United. It's very odd to say the least! Is there a reference I'm missing or something?

Maybe Kenny trying to baby/look after Suarez? I dunno.

amiable

sammatterface Sam Matterface
Phil Smith (Agent) has told @talkSPORT that there is no chance Jermaine Defoe will leave #THFC for #LFC... rumours persist

Crazy Horse 6

Messi seen outside melwood

danniemcq

Saha to THFC and Defoe here...

could be worse could be Saha here

Iang87

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Messi seen outside melwood

I knew it

amiable

Anyone know what number jersey Cavani is getting?

Leiva

opr wrote: »

Kyrgiakos could be on his way to Sunderland :pac:

Opr

Yea looks a done deal.

March 10th when we play them is gonna look like a battle out of Brave Heart with him and Carroll battling it out.

amiable

mixednuts wrote: »

Yea looks a done deal.

March 10th when we play them is gonna look like a battle out of Brave Heart with him and Carroll battling it out.

Rumours that Stoke are interested too

ush

Chucky the tree wrote: »

If Kenny was going to resign after one okay season he should have never taken the job in the first place. Same reasoning if FSG are going to sack him.

John W Henry's balls aren't made of crystal. No manager is guarenteed success. FSG may have appointed Kenny in good faith, but if we aren't any nearer CL football then .......

opr

amiable wrote: »

Anyone know what number jersey Cavani is getting?

9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4B7aRMMivw

Opr

Kess73

mixednuts wrote: »

Yea looks a done deal.

March 10th when we play them is gonna look like a battle out of Brave Heart with him and Carroll battling it out.

Going by the ease at which less physical Centre backs handled Carroll this season, my money would be on Soto winning any battles of brawn. At least Carroll should look quick against Soto though

Chucky the tree

ush wrote: »

John W Henry's balls aren't made of crystal. No manager is guarenteed success. FSG may have appointed Kenny in good faith, but if we aren't any nearer CL football then .......

I hope his brain isn't made of mush either. If he expected us to qualify for the CL he needs his head examined. We finished 10 points off 4th last year and now we're 6 point off with while already in one cup final. He certainly should be wondering about his purchases but that's about it.

K-9

ush wrote: »

John W Henry's balls aren't made of crystal. No manager is guarenteed success. FSG may have appointed Kenny in good faith, but if we aren't any nearer CL football then .......

Barring a total collapse or the season petering out, I can't see it. Unless Dalglish thinks Henry has a better replacement lined up.

murpho999

Chucky the tree wrote: »

I hope his brain isn't made of mush either. If he expected us to qualify for the CL he needs his head examined. We finished 10 points off 4th last year and now we're 6 point off with while already in one cup final. He certainly should be wondering about his purchases but that's about it.

If I was John ....all I'd be thinking about is what I'm going to do next to Linda!

Let Tom, Kenny & Damien run the club!

ush

murpho999 wrote: »

If I was John ....all I'd be thinking about is what I'm going to do next to Linda!

Let Tom, Kenny & Damien run the club!

Here's hoping he's gonna buy her that handsome Napoli striker she drools after.

Cantona's Collars

Craig Bellamy's African Dream on ITV4 tonight at 9pm. Can be a little bollix on the pitch but does some good charity work.

Interview here aswell. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2093999/Craig-Bellamy-interview.html

ush

K-9 wrote: »

Barring a total collapse or the season petering out, I can't see it. Unless Dalglish thinks Henry has a better replacement lined up.

You for real? Dalglish is an employee of the club. He doesn't have tenure.

SlickRic

lads, seriously, are you kids?

1. no abuse.

2. the lad isn't trolling. GIVING AN OPINION ISN'T TROLLING JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

nobody mentioned a sacking, and it wasn't even necessarily implied.

stop being so precious lads.

i mean FFS, i think Kenny might not be there next year depending on how the rest of the season pans out, and it may be him that does it himself, and i know others that think the same.

am i a troll?

no, now let's get back on topic.

retalivity

Zenden is supposedly on his way back to sunderland.
Cisse going to qpr.

Lets reunite the 05 champions league team!
Someone call Igor biscan...he can do a job in place of lucas.

DrumSteve

retalivity wrote: »

Zenden is supposedly on his way back to sunderland.
Cisse going to qpr.

Lets reunite the 05 champions league team!
Someone call Igor biscan...he can do a job in place of lucas.

Lucas is just keeping his shirt warm

Leiva

Saha is a done deal to Spurs apparently .

Surely Defoe must be on his way out , but to who ?

Handsome Bob

zerks wrote: »

Can be a little bollix on the pitch

I wouldn't have him any other way, someone post the pic of him squaring up to both Terry and Lampard at the same time. :pac:

flanzer

mixednuts wrote: »

Saha is a done deal to Spurs apparently .

Surely Defoe must be on his way out , but to who ?

If Bobby Zamora goes to QPR, I'd expect Defoe to Fulham

danniemcq

mixednuts wrote: »

Saha is a done deal to Spurs apparently .

Surely Defoe must be on his way out , but to who ?

Maybe 'arry paniced and used some "spare" funds to complete the deal. Saha transfer will be like a money laundering scheme?

K-9

ush wrote: »

You for real? Dalglish is an employee of the club. He doesn't have tenure.

Henry would need the proverbial balls of steel to sack him, barring a total collapse. Seems a measured and calculating fella, not prone to over reaction. There'll always be an excitable element at the club with unrealistic expectations, I don't think that'll influence his thinking.

ush

Henry wouldn't flintch. Would never play poker with the man. He's a walking calculator.

jenno86

Anyone who has been to 2 Carling Cup games are getting a ticket for the final.

1 and your in the Ballot. Looks like I'll be saying a few prayers over the next few days!

jenno86

Carling Cup Final Ticket News

El Inho

SlickRic wrote: »

lads, seriously, are you kids?

1. no abuse.

2. the lad isn't trolling. GIVING AN OPINION ISN'T TROLLING JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

nobody mentioned a sacking, and it wasn't even necessarily implied.

stop being so precious lads.

i mean FFS, i think Kenny might not be there next year depending on how the rest of the season pans out, and it may be him that does it himself, and i know others that think the same.

am i a troll?

no, now let's get back on topic.

the most abusive language in here is from the mod :P

omniscient_toad

Unless Dalglish has enjoyed his return to management so much that he's unwilling to relinquish it I think Liverpool are in an unusually strong position in terms of their flexibility.

Most managers will hang onto the job for dear life until given the boot, primarily (and to a degree justifiably) looking after their own career first and will sever ties with their previous employer to look for pastures new, Dalglish however was moved from another position within the club due to circumstances (Woy) ,and will presumably move back within the structure of the club when he ceases to be the manager. You'd assume that his overriding concern is for the overall good of the club rather than his next job unlike most managers so that if an exceptional manager became a free agent Liverpool would be free to approach him, with their current managers blessing if he thought it augured well for their long term future. This is a very different situation to most clubs where feeling out replacements is done clandestinely and tends to cause fallout if it's leaked (Tottenham/Ramos etc), it also hardly encourages the intended target to see his would be employers shafting the incumbent behind his back.

If Liverpool play it right they could hold out until a dream appointee is free to be brought in rather than the usual system of either waiting for the stars to align in terms of the current manager making himself sackable and a decent replacement being available or the rather more common rushed sacking followed by rash third choice appointee (McCleish to Villa ).

El Inho

its up in the air...not the babelcopter, but will we sign anyone...

like...tevez woulda been amazing...but thats hardly going to happen now..

if any deal goes through it will be defoe..but to be honest, cant even see that happening

danniemcq

so is there any way of getting tickets if you are just a normal fan who really REALLY wants to go?

Sir Gallagher

K-9 wrote: »

Henry would need the proverbial balls of steel to sack him, barring a total collapse. Seems a measured and calculating fella, not prone to over reaction. There'll always be an excitable element at the club with unrealistic expectations, I don't think that'll influence his thinking.

Was a 4th spot finish an unrealistic expectation at the start of the season though? I dont think so. It was certainly an expectation of Henry's.

amiable

danniemcq wrote: »

so is there any way of getting tickets if you are just a normal fan who really REALLY wants to go?

define normal fan:p

Cantona's Collars

Wolves game fta on 19e. For anyone who has fta setup move dish to where it picks up German tv.(NOOB explanation I know,for any more info head to foreign satellite thread) http://liveonsat.com/LJ_foot_b_epl_only.php#

The fta feeds are in red on that site,hover on it to get tuning details.

LuckyLloyd

jenno86 wrote: »

Carling Cup Final Ticket News

Like gold dust so, but fair play - as it should be.

Hoki

mixednuts wrote: »

Saha is a done deal to Spurs apparently .

Surely Defoe must be on his way out , but to who ?

A done deal apparently eh

Why does Defoe have to be on his way out , it's known Harry has been on the lookout for a striker since last summer + Defoes agent has rubbished rumours linking him with a move away.

jenno86

danniemcq wrote: »

so is there any way of getting tickets if you are just a normal fan who really REALLY wants to go?

Don't think so.

Unless there are Neutral tickets?

amiable

Hoki wrote: »

A done deal apparently eh

Why does Defoe have to be on his way out , it's known Harry has been on the lookout for a striker since last summer + Defoes agent has rubbished rumours linking him with a move away.

I think Pavlyuchenko is more likely to leave Spurs than Defoe.
The Saha to Spurs deal apparently hinges on the Jelavic deal to Everton going through.

amiable

jenno86 wrote: »

Don't think so.

Unless there are Neutral tickets?

I have 2 neutral tickets from another Premier League club promised to me.

There might be corporate tickets available too if you know any business men based in the UK involved with the sponsors or hospitality.

There's always a way in my experience.

Hoki

Sahas dodgy injury record would have me believe Defoe or Pav won't be going anywhere, I think he is purely a back up signing for spurs. We won't sign anyone

amiable

Hoki wrote: »

Sahas dodgy injury record would have me believe Defoe or Pav won't be going anywhere, I think he is purely a back up signing for spurs. We won't sign anyone

I don't think we will sign anyone either.
If Pav does leave i'd imagine it will be to a club like Sunderland or even back to Russia.
The Russian window is open til the last week in February AFAIK.

K-9

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Was a 4th spot finish an unrealistic expectation at the start of the season though? I dont think so. It was certainly an expectation of Henry's.

At the start? No.

I'd have expected to be challenging Spurs which as things seem to be turning out, was unrealistic.

Season isn't over yet!

Sappy404

I had heard about Pavluchenko being on his way before I'd heard Saha was going to Spurs. I think Defoe is staying where he is unless Spurs sign Remy as well.