Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP 28/8

NukaCola

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I am glad that all these so-called journalists are coming out of the woodwork and calling Balotelli into question, because I am sure that Rodgers will be using this as ammunition to get Balotelli riled up.

Not too riled up though :P

Fescue

NukaCola wrote: »

Giles is a dinosaur. He's out of touch with modern football and i suspect the majority of fans will know this.

There are many examples that show him up. At his best he throws around the usual generic quotes like "The problem with Arsenal is they try and walk the ball in" etc, at worst he is unprofessional eg calling Van Persie a prat when there was unconfirmed rumours he wanted out under Moyes, or even "tactics dont matter" that he throws out every now and then.

Anything i happen to read or hear from him is instantly forgotten as i neither care for or value his opinion on anything football related. He generally comes across as clueless.

I wish him well.

FYP

Dickerty

googled eyes wrote: »

I think he may have mixed it up with "BILLY don't lose my number."

Your done for now Harry. Everyone will catch onto you music loving secret identity !!!!!

Yes, that was the tune I was going for, but we don't have a Billy, so I used creative license!

Harry, I LOVE Steely Dan!

Bodhisattva, I'm gonna sell my house in town
Bodhisattva, I'm gonna sell my house in town
And I'll be there, to shine in your Japan, to sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there
Bodhisattva

Dickerty

NukaCola wrote: »

Not too riled up though :P

AARRGGHH!!!

BALO CRRUUSSHH!!!!!

Strongbow10

Alex McCarthy is on the verge of moving to QPR for £4million, would love to see us gazump them, he'd provide really good cover and competition for Mignolet.

citytillidie

rarnes1 wrote: »

Tomorrow?

Usually Fridays I thought?

It's been a while tbf!

Group stage draw has been done on a Thursday for nearly 10 years now

aramush

Remember when we signed this guy

BeepBeep67

8-10 wrote: »

This. Although for some reason I thought CL squads were 21 players. But this is what I think it is for EPL and CL, if there's fewer than 8 in the squad, overall squad is reduced. The CL requirement that at least 4 of them are trained by the club is new to me, so that means that they must have been at Liverpool for 36mths prior to end of season when turning 21? And the other 4 (max) could have been with other club(s) during that time, is that right?

Reads like that to me, another way of putting is 8 FA homegrown players, 4 who need to have come through the club system and they need to have been

"registered with his current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons (i.e. a period starting with the first official match of the relevant national championship and ending with the last official match of that relevant national championship) or of 36 months"

billymitchell

aramush wrote: »

Remember when we signed this guy

Why in gods name would you post this? some of us are still not over some of the signings from that era

:pac:

ebbsy

I would try Lambert and the nutjob up front on Sunday, see how they get on.

Harry Palmr

googled eyes wrote: »

I think he may have mixed it up with "BILLY don't lose my number."

Your done for now Harry. Everyone will catch onto you music loving secret identity !!!!!

Dickerty wrote: »

Yes, that was the tune I was going for, but we don't have a Billy, so I used creative license!

Harry, I LOVE Steely Dan!

Bodhisattva, I'm gonna sell my house in town
Bodhisattva, I'm gonna sell my house in town
And I'll be there, to shine in your Japan, to sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there
Bodhisattva

Wait till Kess sees this - he'll flip out and ban both of us as any major dude would tell you :pac:

Fescue

Pot 1

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal*, Porto

Pot 2

Schalke, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk, Basel, Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City


Pot 3

Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray


Pot 4

Anderlecht, Roma, APOEL, BATE Borisov, Maribor, Monaco
* subject to their playoff tie against Besiktas

So looking at the various pots, anyone got any preferences on who we draw?

Benfica, Basel, Liverpool and Maribor looks good to me.

Chardee MacDennis

Fescue wrote: »

So looking at the various pots, anyone got any preferences on who we draw?

Benfica, Basel, Liverpool and Maribor looks good to me.

Barca
PSG
Liverpool
Monaco

Nailed on...

ben.schlomo

Id be happy with Benfica or Porto from pot one, especially Benfica who are a poorer side this season. From two id take Basel, Shakhtar or Schalke. Would hope to avoid Monaco and Roma in four.

ben.schlomo

BastardPrince wrote: »

Barca
PSG
Liverpool
Monaco

Nailed on...

Not unless Monaco and PSG play in different national leagues!

Fescue

There is a part of me that would like to see us draw Bayern. Just to see where we are in the big scheme of things.

Hollister11

What I think will happen

R.Madrid
PSG
Liverpool
Roma

What I want to happen
Benfica,
Basel,
Liverpool
Maribor

Raif Severance

Fescue wrote: »

There is a part of me that would like to see us draw Bayern. Just to see where we are in the big scheme of things.

Next Season, sure. But not right now.

We're just getting Started. I'd prefer something easier.

Fescue

Raif Severance wrote: »

Next Season, sure. But not right now.

We're just getting Started. I'd prefer something easier.

It'll be interesting to see how our style translates into Europe. I think we might surprise a few people. In a good way. I hope.

Demosthenese

Bayern City and Monaco please ... no point hoping for an easy draw ... lets make it memorable!

yesno1234

Screw it, I want a big side or two. It's what the CL is all about. Seeing Anfield in full flow against the best in the world. You can bet that the big sides will want to avoid us in our pot.

Bring it on I say!

Chardee MacDennis

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Not unless Monaco and PSG play in different national leagues!

good point

Barca
Dortmund
Liverpool
Monaco

Gbear

**** getting the big sides. I'd rather get to the knockout stages.

You never ever want a hard draw. There's plenty of tough games to go around in the latter stages of the competition.

Chardee MacDennis

Gbear wrote: »

**** getting the big sides. I'd rather get to the knockout stages.

You never ever want a hard draw. There's plenty of tough games to go around in the latter stages of the competition.

true, let's just win the thing and screw this fourth place competition b****x!

SlickRic

Benfica
Schalke
Liverpool
Maribor

please and thank you.

Barcelona Liverpool is nailed on.

Hotfail.com

yesno1234 wrote: »

Screw it, I want a big side or two. It's what the CL is all about. Seeing Anfield in full flow against the best in the world. You can bet that the big sides will want to avoid us in our pot.

Bring it on I say!

I want one big team (Real preferably), then Basel and Maribor from the other two.

finno

Demosthenese wrote: »

Bayern City and Monaco please ... no point hoping for an easy draw ... lets make it memorable!

If you mean Man City we can't draw them.

recylingbin

A lad on twitter said the draw was already made and Liverpool got RMa, Dortmund and Monaco. He seems to know his stuff.

Harry Palmr

That was the rehearsal! They always do that and having that draw means none will be in the group tomorrow!

Agent Coulson

recylingbin wrote: »

A lad on twitter said the draw was already made and Liverpool got RMa, Dortmund and Monaco. He seems to know his stuff.

Well considering the draw isn't for another 6 days and all the teams haven't qualified yet I think you should ask him for tonights lotto numbers or at the very least the results of tonights matches so we can all put a few quid on them :pac: If he knows his stuff that well he must have some physic powers :P

Harry Palmr

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Well considering the draw isn't for another 6 days and all the teams haven't qualified yet I think you should ask him for tonights lotto numbers or at the very least the results of tonights matches so we can all put a few quid on them :pac: If he knows his stuff that well he must have some physic powers :P

Ahem, (taps Agent Coulson on shoulder) its tomorrow.

Agent Coulson

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Ahem, (taps Agent Coulson on shoulder) its tomorrow.

Bloody transfer window closing I was thinking of.

Stargate

DenMan wrote: »

Arsenal fan here guys! Just been reading that Neil Warnock has been appointed the new Crystal Palace manager. In 2008 Benitez fielded a weakened team in the league as they lost 1-0 to Fulham and sent Sheffield United down! Completely forgot about that! Imagine if Rodgers does something similar! :pac:

Should have given it to Steve Clarke .

The Mig

Porto
Schalke
Liverpool
Anderlecht

That is an ideal group. 18 points for sure!

8-10

I'd love us to draw Besiktas in the group

Soups123

8-10 wrote: »

I'd love us to draw Besiktas in the group

Are they not seeded pot 3 if they are, like Pool

aramush

Real Madrid
PSG
Liverpool
Roma

F**k it, we're Liverpool in Europe, we will tw*t them all

Fescue

8-10 wrote: »

I'd love us to draw Besiktas in the group

No I think it would be better for Liverpool if Arsenal were involved in the Champions League.

It all got a bit tetchy around the Suarez/Sanchez deals but I don't have any real dislike for Arsenal. I wish them well.

I do however, have an irrational hatred of Spurs.

whatawaster

What's with all the Monaco fear?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

aramush wrote: »

Real Madrid
PSG
Liverpool
Roma

F**k it, we're Liverpool in Europe, we will tw*t them all

Throw in Galatasary and it's a winning ground tour...

K-9

whatawaster wrote: »

What's with all the Monaco fear?

One of the toughest teams in the last pot.

I'd love to get Bayern myself, or Dortmund.

Fescue

K-9 wrote: »

One of the toughest teams in the last pot.

I'd love to get Bayern myself, or Dortmund.

Are they not doing really badly in Ligue 1 though?

(asks the man living in France)

emo72

jaysus i thought we would be seeded number one. after rafas glory days in europe i thought we would high enough seeding to last years.

Soups123

emo72 wrote: »

jaysus i thought we would be seeded number one. after rafas glory days in europe i thought we would high enough seeding to last years.

You would expect that to be the case but it's the number of years you've been out of it

Agent Coulson

Fescue wrote: »

Are they not doing really badly in Ligue 1 though?

(asks the man living in France)

I think PSG are doing badly as well.

Obviously it's unlikely but what would happen if Arsenal were knocked out. Would the same money available?

I remember when Everton almost got to the groups the money would have been less as it would be split 5 ways instead of the usual 4

8-10

Soups123 wrote: »

Are they not seeded pot 3 if they are, like Pool

They would go into Pot 4 I think

GotTheTshirt

Fescue wrote: »

No I think it would be better for Liverpool if Arsenal were involved in the Champions League.

I was thinking about this myself today and came to the same conclusion. While I'm all for them losing out of the $$ and traipsing around Europe on a Thursday night, I think proper cl games where they''ll be putting out full strength teams would be better for us.

I'm not 100% convinced though that I'm right.
Purely from a Liverpool POV , what do he think is the best outcome for us tonight?

Knex*

Would Arsenal have to play in Europa league if they lost tonight?