Training camp bust up/newspaper rumours

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I remember all thefuss about England and Euro whatever it was.

DENTIST CHAIR DRINKING SHAME and all that crap!

The we stuffed the Dutch!

Anyway - Pennants always pissed and on recent form
Riise could use a smack!

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Agger have played for the Danish national team many times.

And?

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Agger will do fine - I'd have more confidence in him than
Sami tbh.

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And?

The games he has played for them is at least as big as this one. He has also played some very important games for us without any trouble at all.

[Rocket]

And?

he have played wery good

[Johnny]

From The Times.

Player told police he 'loved them'

Our Correspondent on eyewitness accounts of the Liverpool fracas in Portugal

James Ducker


Craig Bellamy was not the only member of the Liverpool squad to disgrace himself in PortugalProof??/ but it might have always been asking too much to hope that, if controversy ever flared at the club, he would have nothing to do with it.Dramatic journalism

How BenÍtez must be regretting allowing his players to go out last Thursday night.The manager had been persuaded by some of the squad to allow them to enjoy a meal and some drinks out before they flew back home from their five-day training camp in the sun-baked Algarve resort of Vale do Lobo the next day. It was a reasonable request that drew an equally fair response – yes, but remember who you are, where you are and that you have your biggest match of the season so far against Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday.

What ensued was an insult to BenÍtez, who had treated his players with the respect they expect only to have it thrown back in his face by one or two miscreantsThe usual suspects??. No wonder the manager will think twice the next time his players ask to go out when overseas.

The evening had started well enough and in good humour at Monty’s Restaurant and Bar, but alcohol changed all that. Bellamy is alleged to have got involved in a drunken rowHandbags with John Arne Riise when the Norwegian – who was not said to be drinking – declined the opportunity to take part in karaoke.

Others, including Jerzy Dudek, Jermaine Pennant and Robbie Fowler, are also alleged to have got involved in a row of their own and, despite the best efforts of Steven Gerrard, the captain, and Peter Crouch, the forward, to keep the peace, the police were called. Enough to persuade the troublemakers to calm down? Apparently not.

Trouble flared again when the party were escorted back to the Barringtons Club and Barringtons-Centro Desportivo hotel, and even though no one was charged or arrestedSurprise Surprise., the noise was such that June and Peter LoverReal names i`m sure., a retired couple from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, were woken up at about 1.30am and watched in despair from their apartment as armed police, some from Portugal’s riot squadA bit over the top!!!, attempted to restore order.

“There must have been at least five police vehicles and a dozen police under our window,” Mrs Lover said. “The noise was terrible and we simply couldn’t sleep through it.Usual response from retired pensioners. At first it sounded like late-night revelry and we knew the Liverpool squad were downstairs. But then things seemed to get out of hand and the police arrived.” Mr Lover said one player with an Eastern European accentLove it., thought to be Dudek, the Poland goalkeeper, was handcuffed by police before eventually being released. And only when a member of Liverpool’s management team arrived did things calm down.

“He kept telling the police how much he loved themAfter he tried to headbutt a copper?, as if he was pleading to be allowed to go free,” Mr Lover said. “At one point, the police seemed to be slapping him around the faceAn international goalkeeper?A bit over the top to assault him., trying to bring him round and sober him up because he was so drunk. He kept apologising over and over again but the police didn’t want to know. It was only after a while that the police found someone from the Liverpool management, who managed to calm things down and talk quietly. Eventually, the police let the player go after some negotiations and he seemed very relieved indeed and kept thanking them.

“We have many teams around the complex and there is usually no trouble at all, but this was not a very pleasant experience. It was thoroughly shameful and brings a terrible name to a club like Liverpool. These players get paid so much and are often so young, but for something like this to happen is awful.” Where Bellamy was at this point is unclear, but the forward, still angry with Riise, had allegedly How many times have we heard this word today?made a beeline for his teammate back at the hotel and hit him around the legs with a golf club. Age Hareide, the Norway manager, seemed to confirm the alleged incident yesterday when he said that Riise was “fine” and “escaped without injuries”.That JAR is a tough bloke,took a beating with a four iron but servived without any injuries.

All of which provides an unnecessary and unseemly pretext to Liverpool’s first knockout round, first leg clash with Barcelona at the Nou Camp and has left a bad taste in the mouths of the club’s new American owners, George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks.They know this for a fact.

BenÍtez had been encouraged to hear of dissent in the Spanish team’s camp last week, but, depressingly, the situation has been turned on its head. Only time will tell whether it adversely affects Liverpool’s hopes of progressing in the competition.

Bellamy will still be around, then, but it is unlikely to be for much longer after that.Wishful thinking!

I wish people would stop posting this tripe from the famously Pro-Liverpool London press until we hear directly from Riise and Bellers.
This thread should be locked just to save our sanity.

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The games he has played for them is at least as big as this one. He has also played some very important games for us without any trouble at all.

name one denmark team game he's likely to have played in which is bigger than Liverpool Barca

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If the thread is locked then someone will just open another one about the same subject.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The games he has played for them is at least as big as this one. He has also played some very important games for us without any trouble at all.

Name them because I'm really struggling to think of a bigger game than Barca in the Nou Camp in the knockout stages of the Champions League that Agger has played in.

[tomasjj]

I wish people would stop posting this tripe from the famously Pro-Liverpool London press until we hear directly from Riise and Bellers.
This thread should be locked just to save our sanity.

Aye. I think it is pathetic stuff. We just have to wait and see what the reactions from the club will be. Then we can get a real indication of what actually happened.

[livvy145]

I wish people would stop posting this tripe from the famously Pro-Liverpool London press until we hear directly from Riise and Bellers.
This thread should be locked just to save our sanity.

Why don't you just stop reading it if it bothers you so much.

BTW, I ain't going to stop posting it, not for you or anyone else.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Why don't you just stop reading it if it bothers you so much.

BTW, I ain't going to stop posting it, not for you or anyone else.

Fookin Hell Livvy, what's up mate? You got a bit angry there.

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Fookin Hell Livvy, what's up mate? You got a bit angry there.

I don't know mate, someone telling me not to post any LFC news on a Liverpool Forum site. Whatever next?

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name one denmark team game he's likely to have played in which is bigger than Liverpool Barca

I didn't say bigger I said at least as big Iceland away for example. They won 2-0. Every qualifier is very important. One slip up could mean that you are out.

[Chris]

I agree in sorts Shaggy but more the fact it could mean Agger playing. I just don't know if he's ready for such a big away game just yet.

We are not going to know until he plays there, he deserves his place and will no doubt play out there so we'll see if he is or not. His performances against Chelsea this season were very encouraging as well as many more.