Pennant

[simey85]

thought pennant done ok going forward last night though we did start to look shaky on the right defensively and finnan was getting worked a bit to much as pennant was leaving him exposed. that said i think he has improved his game from the start of the season so he should be offered encouragment to improve he is never going to be a world beater but we have to make do with him until we get someone else!

[Abro100]

There's nothing like getting behind your players...

YNWA, eh?

He has done nothing to get us behind him, he is awfull, he drifts inside and leaves a gaping hole on the right, when we get possesion he is inside half the time, his second touch is a tackle and he cant beat a man. I was singin benitez's praises when he came but how wrong was I. He is better away from home on the couter attack imo, we can do ALOT better anyway am sure most people would agree.

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He has done nothing to get us behind him, he is awfull, he drifts inside and leaves a gaping hole on the right, when we get possesion he is infield half the time, his secod touch is a tackle and he cant beat a man. I was singin benitez's praises when he came but how wrong was I. He is better away from home on the vouter attack imo, we can do ALOT better anyway am sure most people would agree.

Oh no Abro mate ... Concentrate on your spelling instead of slagging off Pennant.

[Abro100]

Theres no mistakes

[Laddsy]

I hope Beni continues his policy of getting rid of dross as quickly as he gets it in. Get rid of this idiot, who slipped to let Gudjonsen in. His first touch, an attempt to trap a ball which was cleared after Pool defended a corner/attack, was Sissoko standard and went out for a throw in to hand back the impetous. He might be able to get away with those antics at Birmingham, but his "nothing to prove" attitude has proved to me that he isn't good enough.

FFS we have just beaten the best team in the world and we have to listen to this drivel. Who invented the ****ing internet?

[Abro100]

No one person invented the Internet as we know it today. However, certain major figures contributed major breakthroughs:
Leonard Kleinrock was the first to publish a paper about the idea of packet switching, which is essential to the Internet. He did so in 1961. Packet switching is the idea that packets of data can be "routed" from one place to another based on address information carried in the data, much like the address on a letter. Packet switching replaces the older concept of "circuit switching," in which an actual electrical circuit is established all the way from the source to the destination. Circuit switching was the idea behind traditional telephone exchanges.

Why Packet Switching Matters
The big advantage of packet switching: a physical connection can carry packets for many different purposes at the same time, depending on how heavy the traffic is. This is much more efficient than tying up a physical connection for the entire duration of a phone call. And for services like the World Wide Web, where traffic comes in bursts, it's essential.

What if Google needed a separate modem and phone line to talk to every user, like an old-fashioned BBS (Bulletin Board System)? Handling millions of users would be prohibitively expensive.

With packet switching, packets destined for thousands or millions of users can share a single physical connection to the Internet.

J.C.R. Licklider was the first to describe an Internet-like worldwide network of computers, in 1962. He called it the "Galactic Network."
Larry G. Roberts created the first functioning long-distance computer networks in 1965 and designed the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the seed from which the modern Internet grew, in 1966.

Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which moves data on the modern Internet, in 1972 and 1973. If any two people "invented the Internet," it was Kahn and Cerf - but they have publicly stated that "no one person or group of people" invented the Internet.

Radia Perlman invented the spanning tree algorithm in the 1980s. Her spanning tree algorithm allows efficient bridging between separate networks. Without a good bridging solution, large-scale networks like the Internet would be impractical.

[Laddsy]

No one person invented the Internet as we know it today. However, certain major figures contributed major breakthroughs:
Leonard Kleinrock was the first to publish a paper about the idea of packet switching, which is essential to the Internet. He did so in 1961. Packet switching is the idea that packets of data can be "routed" from one place to another based on address information carried in the data, much like the address on a letter. Packet switching replaces the older concept of "circuit switching," in which an actual electrical circuit is established all the way from the source to the destination. Circuit switching was the idea behind traditional telephone exchanges.

Why Packet Switching Matters
The big advantage of packet switching: a physical connection can carry packets for many different purposes at the same time, depending on how heavy the traffic is. This is much more efficient than tying up a physical connection for the entire duration of a phone call. And for services like the World Wide Web, where traffic comes in bursts, it's essential.

What if Google needed a separate modem and phone line to talk to every user, like an old-fashioned BBS (Bulletin Board System)? Handling millions of users would be prohibitively expensive.

With packet switching, packets destined for thousands or millions of users can share a single physical connection to the Internet.

J.C.R. Licklider was the first to describe an Internet-like worldwide network of computers, in 1962. He called it the "Galactic Network."
Larry G. Roberts created the first functioning long-distance computer networks in 1965 and designed the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the seed from which the modern Internet grew, in 1966.

Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which moves data on the modern Internet, in 1972 and 1973. If any two people "invented the Internet," it was Kahn and Cerf - but they have publicly stated that "no one person or group of people" invented the Internet.

Radia Perlman invented the spanning tree algorithm in the 1980s. Her spanning tree algorithm allows efficient bridging between separate networks. Without a good bridging solution, large-scale networks like the Internet would be impractical.

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[Meursault]

At last the voice of reason...

But by the looks of things, not very welcome.

[Rich]

Will he ever flipping learn?

More bull**** from Pennant:

Jermaine Pennant has revealed his frustration at failing to make the England squad for the forthcoming European Championship qualifiers with Israel and Andorra.
The Liverpool winger feels his performances throughout his debut season at Anfield warrant an international call-up, but he's vowed to overcome his disappointment and concentrate on impressing Steve McClaren over the remaining months of the campaign.

He said: "I'm very keen for an England call-up. It's frustrating when you play for a big club and you're doing well not to get a chance.

"I feel as though I have played well for Liverpool this season and have been involved in all of the games. It was always going to be hard to settle quickly into a big club but I am happy with the way things have gone for me. That's why it's frustrating not to have had a chance yet with England.

"Some players aren't playing week in and week out and yet they've been called into the squads. No disrespect to them at all, but I think I deserve a chance.

"All I can do is keep playing my football and hope for the call. There's still a lot more to come from me yet and I'll be a better player again next year."


From the Official

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[desertscouser]

Ridiculous comments by Pennant. Glad he thinks he's earnt a place in the England side. He's not even good enough for our first 11 let alone Englands. My advice to Pennant is shut the feck up, get your head down and do the best you can for your club.

[anfieldanfield]

**** off Pennant, you've been an awful signing.

One goal. One ****ing goal all season....from an attacking midfielder.

Poor.

[DeeTheDog]

I think he'll be a much better player once he has the confidence to try different things. At the start of the season he rarely took players on, passed it short, cut inside or crossed from the Stig Inge Bjornebye line.

I think Tomkins in his official site column made a valid point:

Then there's the whole challenge of joining a bigger club. As an example, Jermaine Pennant, as a star player, would have been happy at Birmingham just to get the ball and run with it.

But once he's at Liverpool, if he picks the ball up in midfield, he has Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso nearby, and Steve Finnan overlapping, and the temptation must be to pass it quickly. How do you ignore world-class players to go on a run yourself? Do you run with the ball and risk losing it when there is nearly always a passing option? That's where confidence, and a sense of belonging (and being trusted) at a club come into play, and it takes time. And not all players go on to prove they can make that leap. But time is often essential.

He did well coming on towards the end at Villa (tired legs maybe), he was the star player for the reserves (cue found his level remarks). Perhaps the home game against Arsenal will be his epiphanic moment of his Liverpool career.

[Rocket]

i think he needs to wake up, stop smoking whatever he's on and start playing football before he goes mouthing off about how good he is

[Rich]

Why aren't the management telling him to shut the **** up?

He's improved marginally from early season, yet there is still a massive question mark over his long term future and he still comes out and talks bollocks about having a good season!