Bulld0gs Liverpool Thread

[leotheloin]

the simple truth is that diving, simulation or just plain cheating is part of the game now. getting indignant is pointless and so is pointing the finger. every team has or has had players who fall over at a harsh word. when it first started or who started it i couldn't say but its gone on for as long as i can remember and i go back to the boys pen in the seventies. when you see it for the first time against you, you want to bring back hanging.after that if one of your own doesn't fall and get the penalty you still want to bring back hanging.its a truly crap state of affairs but unless everyone stops it, it wont stop. until players are totally honest it wont go away

I remember one of your players being honest about it not been a peno,, the ref ignored him awarded the peno you scored your team celebrated so been honest didn't make any difference on that day LBH how many genuine calls for penos have you seen refs wave away 3or4 every week so honesty isint the best policy.

[Bulld0g]

That was Robbie Fowler against Arsenal at Highbury IIRC.

[zee24]

and he won a FIFA Fair Play Award for that

[Wolfpack]

LFC away kit 2014/15 would look better without the wavy red line just my opinion

Liverpool FC transfer rumour mill: Newcastle to hijack Reds Salah move, Coates Nacional loan, Hernanes Anfield link, Tankovic bid, new Liverpool away kit - Liverpool Echo

This is almost as ugly as those glow in the dark Barca kit

[koppit]

I remember one of your players being honest about it not been a peno,, the ref ignored him awarded the peno you scored your team celebrated so been honest didn't make any difference on that day LBH how many genuine calls for penos have you seen refs wave away 3or4 every week so honesty isint the best policy.

the simple truth is, if all stayed on their feet instead of looking for the slightest touch, referees would mostly make the right decision. the slow erosion of sportsmanship has led to the situation the games in.

[mankini man]

Was just sitting minding my own business watching a rerun of Early Doors at about 10.35pm and a brand new Nike football came crashing through the upstairs bedroom window.

Anyone any ideas where it could have come from?

[mankini man]

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Better and better.

[koppit]

tbh I consider it a shoe-in and the statement from above post is gotta be tempting to any betting man, united to drop from 1st to 7th next season is a lump on bet,28 points between the two clubs last term and 11 points from 7th to 5th for Liverpool against spurs means united will have to finish 7th for that bet to be realised

looking more like a prophecy every day

[zee24]

Manchester United fan calls 999 asking for Alex Ferguson


A drunk Manchester United fan calls 999 "demanding" to speak to Sir Alex Ferguson after the club's defeat to Sunderland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25864793

hahahahahahaha listen to the call

[gc1966]

looking more like a prophecy every day

feel free to take the pish in may,

I also remember saying we would be lucky to get in the top ten this season after moyes went,fourth looks much more realistic now.

[wongers]

well theirs another potential signing gone to another club salah is signing for chavski ,when will the clowns who take care of our transfer policy wake up thats about 4 or 5 players we've lost out on in the last 18 months rafa benitez was right when he said we talk and talk about signing players but don't actually sign them, were always dragging our feet while others take the plunge, i for one am sick to death of it

[wongers]

This is from the a guy on rawk who was updating the users throughout our time purusing Salah. He has now revealed himself and posted this

Ok guys, I was the source the RAWK source during this whole thing. I didn't want to reveal myself cause I didn't want to get bombarded with PMs every couple of hours about him, but since this one is basically as good as over for us, there is no harm in pointing out some details about this transfer to let the RAWK universe know how much we ****ed up during this transfer as my source is as close to the player as you can get.

First of all, let me tell you that I'm not a fan of the club overpaying by any stretch, I hate it when clubs like City or Chelsea pay over the top fees for the likes of Lescott or Shaun Wright Phillips cause that means the market is inflated. However, just because the market is inflated doesn't mean that there are some players out there who are worth a good chunk of money to be paid for.

There is also a fine line between being too smart and being too smart for your own good, I didn't exactly followed the ins & outs of our other negotiation models with the other targets in the summer but there is a pattern developing of us missing out on first targets like Dempsey, Mkhitaryan, Costa, Willian and bar a miracle now, Salah. It is hard to properly judge the transfer committee plus I feel for the scouts who have their hard work cut out for when a club comes in and gets the players we have been following for months.

Now we were following Salah closely since October, we sent a lot of scouts to Basel games, began negotiating in November and his agent met with Ayre in the West Ham game to discuss terms with them. We had a verbal agreement with Basel regarding everything and we quickly became Salah's favoured destination as he saw us as a club where he can grow, get a lot of 1st team action and become a world class player. I don't know what happened between Salah's agent and Ayre, but the impression that the club got from that meeting was that, in reality there is no way Salah is going to leave for anyone bar Liverpool and/or there are no real offers on the table for Basel bar us. When we got to sending Basel our opening offer, it was a laughable offer well below what was verbally agreed upon, think of Wenger 40 million plus one pound bid, this was even more laughable.

Basel raised their as a result of being pissed off. We tried to up our offer but it was again well below what was previously agreed upon and Basel didn't want to lower their demands as they sensed that we were wasting their time. They even began courting other clubs that Salah is available. Milan & Inter thought that Basel's original demands were too high for them, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg & Monchengladbach were ready to pay but Salah didn't want to go to Germany. Basel tried to claim that Atletico was interested but it was a bluff by all accounts, however a host of other clubs wanted to be kept updated on the deal one of whom was Chelsea.

Since we saw that Salah didn't want to go to the Bundesliga and with no other club offering Basel any offer, we assumed he'll stay there till the summer and we can re-open negotiations, but Newcastle offered Basel a good first offer and now him coming to us in the summer was in doubt if Basel & Newcastle agree a fee. That's why we came back with a much more improved offer, almost what was verbally agreed upon before the window even started. Salah's personal demands were also agreed previously so there was no problems with him & his agent, just us agreeing some minor details with Basel. Chelsea, who were updated on the deal, at last asked about his availability and Basel asked about 8 million more than what we were offering (they tried to fleece Chelsea and I'm sorry last night I got confused cause I misunderstood my source as telling me Chelsea offered 8 million more, which isn't true) but Chelsea really offered a couple of million more than us but with a lot of add ons that favour Basel heavily, we didn't even hesitate and backed off, not even matching their deal.

The only thing stopping Salah from going to Chelsea is that he doesn't want to go there, full stop. Him & his advisers believe he won't get much playing time there and if it is in his hands, it is better to stay at Basel and wait till the summer to get his move, however Basel want to sell & get their money now and begin scouting their next target (who will also be from Egypt). There is a third club who asked for Salah's availability (my source won't tell me cause Salah doesn't want this to go public as he prefers to join that third club over Chelsea and doesn't want a repeat of the fiasco surrounding his negotiations with Liverpool) but like I said barring a miracle, most probably he won't be our player come the end of the window.

What makes this irritating is that we wasted three months of scouting him, weeks of negotiations and then tried to lowball Basel and looked stupid at the end when we fell flat on our arses. Board wise, there have to be some questions asked about how good we are at negotiating some deals.


says everything doesn't it

[mankini man]

Just a quick update on the Mata to United transfer saga:

Davey: Ola John. Welcome tae tha' greatest fitba' club in tha' worrrrld
Mata: Que?
Davey: H'am lukin' far'd ta you's bin tha' farst piece of tha' new jigsarrr tha' be called Moysie's Men
Mata: Que?
Davey: You're role 'll be tae git tha' ball 'n' hoof it tae Jizz Jazzinho and he'll hoof it in'tae tha' box where 'oor Welly will stick it on eee's 'ead fae another worrrlll' class goal. Spansars 'll drink it all in all o'er tha' worrrrl'
Mata: You have Tippex?

[maca]

I'm looking forward to the FA Cup weekend. Or, as Manchester United fans call it, 'the weekend'

[grizzuk]

Benqm7ECMAAYW_V.jpg David Moyes the gift that keeps on giving