When we signed Ziege

[Kaip]

I was chuffed as ****

[Mattshark]

lol, me too

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

I was chuffed as ****

Still not as bad as Diouf or Diao. I thought they were the missing links.

[G_Man]

I wasn't, I mean we signed him from Boro

I remember Robson claiming he was the 3rd best left back in the world behind Maldini and R. Carlos

[Mattshark]

I wasn't, I mean we signed him from Boro

I remember Robson claiming he was the 3rd best left back in the world behind Maldini and R. Carlos

Show his knowledge if he thought Carlos was a good left back, he is wank.

[G_Man]

Yes Bryan Robson is not the sharpest tool in the box.

[Mattshark]

Yes Bryan Robson is not the sharpest tool in the box.

yep 3 teams managed, 3 teams relegated

[Bob]

Wasn't our finest hour that signing.

We came out of that looking as rotten as Chelsea!

Nearly

[lfc4ever]

Wasn't our finest hour that signing.

We came out of that looking as rotten as Chelsea!

Nearly

And our signing of Kewell wasn't far behind in them stakes, and how did /we/ find out about Bellamy's clause? :strange:

[NICKZS]

And our signing of Kewell wasn't far behind in them stakes, and how did /we/ find out about Bellamy's clause? :strange:

In fairness, it seemed like every man and his dog knew about that clause! Rumours of a 6m buyout seemed to be circulating through the media rather rapidly around the end of the season.

On the subject of the Ziege transfer, I think everybody was quite disapppointed with that (both in terms of what we got and how we got him!). A very "un-Liverpool like" thing to do. But it seems these days that if you can't beat 'em then join 'em, tapping up is a regular occurance in football now, its just that some, *cough* Chelsea *cough*, like to do it in full view of the world's media and FIFA

[GordonGecko]

Welcome Nickz

At the time I was stoked to sign Ziege...he came with a great rep AC Milan & all that.

[NICKZS]

Welcome Nickz

At the time I was stoked to sign Ziege...he came with a great rep AC Milan & all that.

Cheers Gordon

I think everybody had high hopes, but one has to question what he was doing at Middlesbrough in the first place! Only Juninho gets away with that one!

[Rich]

If you watch the season review of our season with Ziege - just watch the number of assists he got - you will be impressed. His delivery was never in question - he had an utterly fantastic left foot (probably one of the best we've had in a long time) The down side to Ziege was his effort and his lack of ability to play LB. He was ideally suited to the LWB role, or maybe as the left central midfield (when playing 3-5-2.)

Ziege's excellent season at Boro was when he played in that Midfield role.


Ziege and Zenden have a frighteningly similar story to their Boro and Liverpool careers when you look at it. Established internationals, that seemingly fell from the top of their game and ended up in a relative back-water of European football (known as Teeside.)

They both ended up have excellent seasons for the club - playing in a position that they weren't necessarily known for. Ziege playing LM, and LCM (in a midfield 3) and Zenden playing as an attacking CM.

It's at this juncture that Liverpool came calling; Ziege on the 'discovery' of a sell-on clause, and Zenden as he was out of contract.

Both arrive at Anfield, with good reason to be hopeful, they both had been performing at Boro; but both played in a position different to that which they excelled at, at Boro.

However, I have to add, I believe both players are/were much more suited to play in a 3-5-2 formation, which isn't something I am keen on seeing Rafa develop.

[red g]

And our signing of Kewell wasn't far behind in them stakes, and how did /we/ find out about Bellamy's clause? :strange:

Bellamy probably letit slipto rushie!

[Kaip]

If you watch the season review of our season with Ziege - just watch the number of assists he got - you will be impressed. His deliver was never in question - he had an utterly fantastic left foot (probably one of the best we've had in a long time) The down side to Ziege was his effort and his lack of ability to play LB. He was ideally suited to the LWB role, or maybe as the left central midfield (when playing 3-5-2.)

Ziege's excellent season at Boro was when he played in that Midfield role.


Ziege and Zenden have a frighteningly similar story to their Boro and Liverpool careers when you look at it. Established internationals, that seemingly fell from the top of their game and ending up in a relative back-water of European football (known as Teeside.)

They both ended up have excellent seasons for the club - playing in a position that they weren't necessarily known for. Ziege playing LM, and LCM (in a midfield 3) and Zenden playing as an attacking CM.

It's at this juncture that Liverpool came calling; Ziege on the 'discovery' of a sell-on clause, and Zenden as he was out of contract.

Both arrive at Anfield, with good reason to be hopeful, they both been performing at Boro; but both have been played in a position different to that which they excelled at, at Boro.

However, I have to add, I believe both players are/were much more suited to play in a 3-5-2 formation, which isn't something I am keen on seeing Rafa develop.

Where did you copy that from