[OLD THREAD] Takeover finalised (Press Conf 2pm)

[Jimthered]

Liverpool blessing for US tycoons' £470m takeover

Liverpool board ready to give Gillett deal the rubber-stamp

Benitez hasn't been shown the money

Americans to unveil plans for takeover of Liverpool

[Eth]

Sold

[Craig_H]

To the USA

[Jimthered]

20 quid on Moores changing his mind in a few hours time anyone ?

All those times we blamed Gerrard for making a U turn, maybe it was Moores all along ,"should we offer him a new contract, yeah lets, no wait hold on "

[Eth]

I just want the cash to be in place early - don't really mind who's cash between either DIC or the Americans - We need to hit the ground running from pre-season onward next season. I want to see a settled squad and good cover in all positions with a lethal striker and a playmaker who can smash games wide open for us as priority.

[sean_lfc]

Agree with you there Eth. Now that it's signed I expect them to act swift on the stadium, getting marketing (people?) in place and kick-starting this whole new era. I also think that we need some real classy wide players. Did anyone see Vicente set up those two goals for Morientes? Different planet of crossing, pin-point thunder Wish we had that, with Villa!

[Craig_H]

Technically sean, it's not *actually* signed yet!

[Jimthered]

Technically sean, it's not *actually* signed yet!

That is correct, it has been agreed in principle, the same as the DIC bid..ahhh ****..

[sean_lfc]

Alas, it's merely a formality! USA, USA lol

[Eth]

Alas, it's merely a formality! USA, USA lol

This will be the end of You'll Never Walk Alone....

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

[Jimthered]

Alas, it's merely a formality! USA, USA lol

Well at least we will get some decent half time shows now

"and coming up at the end of the half folks, our half time break sponsored by Dr Pepper "

[Guest]

I bet that YNWA will be replaced by 'America the Beautiful' !

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

[Eth]

Fireworks and cheerleaders as they come onto the pitch

[Guest]

Fireworks and cheerleaders as they come onto the pitch

Until we see Bill Gates as cheerleader.

[Jimthered]

In the echo now..

US duo set to move in at Anfield today