Fair play by Kewell

[Harv]

But no one took a blind bit of notice of you Harvey

they never do

[dom9]

Stop bickering you gang of weirdos.

Some people like him, some don't. Whatever. The personal insults are out of order though.

Funniest post I have read in ages.

[Joe King]

Kewell should take a pay as you play contract with us next yr.It wouldn`t cost us what we pay him now and would show his desire to thank the club for sticking with him through years of injury.

[Vermilion]

One last point for me, To accuse Kewell of GREED as if he's any different to other Football Players World wide is wrong, as we know he could have gone else where for more ££ when we signed him.
A more true example of GREED is say........a Sol Campbell for instance, Lies, Broken Promises & yes Greed, & to a club that loved him, & stupidly believed him, then add to that the club he went to, Biggest Rival, THAT'S GREED.

Greed is Not, getting injured time & time again when your craving to play, having your commitment publicly questioned over & over, then, working your way back to fitness to try all over again. SHORT Contract combined with a BIG Pay cut, Give him a chance to prove his loyalty.

[NicoBernetini]

Could the Liverpool medical staff be to blame?
Maybe some better backroom staff could solve his problems?

For example, we clearly rush players back into games before they are ready i.e Alonso and Torres and they both got injured again.

I know he has been poor etc, but maybe there is more to it?

[Steve101]

.....Is he giving back some of the £15m or so in wages he's had from us over the last 5 years?

Would you? makes me sick this sort of talk. FFS tha man didnt want these problems. I hope Rafa picks him tomorrow just to piss some people off.

[Pepe]

Kewell, one of the biggest disapointments as a new signing at Liverpool. Moreso, because of his potential and his form at Leeds. Not all his own fault , with the injuries he has suffered but can see why fans feel aggrieved because so much faith has been put in him.

Greedy or not so greedy, thats not his problem, it was the club who gave him the contract with £2million signing on fee and further £2million fron the transfer fee.

[alunevans]

Would you? makes me sick this sort of talk. FFS tha man didnt want these problems. I hope Rafa picks him tomorrow just to piss some people off.

that seems to be his selection policy these days so you're in with a chance

[SouthAfricaRed]

If Harry accepts a Pay as you Play deal for Liverpool after June, Then I'll say Fair Play

[Shanks]

Originally Posted by spud_gun
.....Is he giving back some of the £15m or so in wages he's had from us over the last 5 years?

Is right.

The guy has never produced the form we saw when he was at Leeds.

Stick to showing your house on Cribs.





"And when he was good, he was very, very good and when he was bad he was ****e."

[Shanks]

FFS tha man didnt want these problems. I hope Rafa picks him tomorrow just to piss some people off.

Neither did Kuyt as our goal scoring saviour.

I hope Rafa doesn't pick him either but I suppose with Torres out, he might have to.

Sentiment needs to go out the window if you want success.

[Morph]

Fair play???

Ofcourse he wants a new contract. But he's not made the effort and he doesnt deserve it. This is typical Harry Kewell. ****e performances all year round then at the end of the season start mouthing off about being fit and ready to perform. Never ever does though.

Get rid asap, waste of space, been saying it for years. He's had his chances. Scumbag even walked away laughing after we lost to West Ham. He only cares about his wages

Yeah that's it mate call your own players scum bags etc, top class supporter aren't you, how could he be ****e all year round if he's been injued for practically all of the last 2, and if you recall correctly he actually put in some decent games back end of last season and also his last prolonged run before that, or did that escape your memory

[jonymadness]

I think it is unfair to blame Harry for the terrible luck with injuries he has had. He turned down big deals to play for us, and yes it is a big contract, but there were bigger ones (and tough as it is to say it, from better clubs) on offer at the time. When he has been fit he has done this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bIsjqIigTI

His first 4/5 months were exceptional, then he got injured, he showed again in 05/06 what he could do with the balance he added to the left and the goals he scored, remember that one against Spurs? We have very few, probably only 2 other players that could have done that.

I agree 100% that he has been a disappointment, but to give him the abuse that some have in this thread is out of order. He is not injured because he is boozin' or all over the papers every week (despite having a relatively high profile wife), his body has given up on him.

I would love to see him have another chance with us, IF he gets fit. I hate the thought of Harry Redknapp picking him up and getting a couple of good years out of him and having to listen to them cunts on sky tell us how good a man-manager 'Arry is, while we have JAR huff and puff up the pitch kickin the ball around one side of the defender and attempting to run around the other side before the ball runs out of play or when he does get it, lump it out for a goal kick.

IF he gets fit, give him 1 more year.

[Shanks]

Guys...

It's not about blaming him for his injuries.

It's more to do with the fact that he can't really offer us much more as a player.

Kewell was a great player when he was fit but we can't afford to have him now.

[Trippendicular]

From crock to rock

Exclusive: Matthew Hall reveals the real story behind Harry Kewell's omission from the Socceroos' team that played Qatar and his determination to get back to the top.

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek demonstrated acute man management last week when he called on European-based stars for a hit-and-run win over Qatar, but he also showed his smarts with the players he left behind.

Verbeek declined to call on Nick Carle and Mile Sterjovski after both players signed for new clubs last month and also let Michael Beauchamp and Harry Kewell stay with their teams, preferring to roll the club-versus-country dice when the defender and star attacker are required later in the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.

While Liverpool approved a call-up and Kewell was keen to make the 60-hour round trip to Melbourne, medical advice suggested that no party - Australia, Liverpool or Kewell - would benefit from two long flights and, potentially, four games over 10 days on opposite ends of the Earth.

Verbeek agreed and with careful public relations spin kept Kewell in cotton wool for next month's away trip against China in Kunming but maintained the focus on who actually was playing in Melbourne.

Kewell was declared officially free of injury last November and, while recent tests currently place him among Liverpool's top-five fittest players, consistent form has been tough to find.

"I would like to get [match fit] quicker but I have to get back to basics and just play easy football to get my confidence up," Kewell told The Sun-Herald.

"I'm one to face up to my problems. I'm not afraid to say I've got some and I need to work at them. It's hard getting back to the top level after being out for so long but I'm getting there slowly. I'm showing glimpses but I would like to be more consistent."

Kewell's situation is complicated by emerging from almost four injury- blighted years at Anfield to find himself in the final six months of his existing contract. A new deal has been mooted but no firm offer will be finalised until the end of the season.

"I want to stay at Liverpool and I'm going to be working hard to get another contract," Kewell said. "I think this is a great club. I was out on the pitch the other night and I said to Yossi [Benayoun] that Anfield has the best atmosphere in the world. Why would you want to leave?"

Kewell's first season under Rafael Benitez was stop-start after an adductor muscle problem surfaced in late 2004. He traversed Europe searching for a specialist who could identify the problem and even paid for one of the world's top physiotherapists to fly to Australia to treat him during Socceroos duty.

Infamously, just 20 minutes into the 2005 Champions League final, Kewell finally snapped the troublesome adductor and, as some Liverpool supporters booed, hobbled from the field with his leg hanging from his pelvis.

Groin and hernia surgery followed and he produced a reasonable return during the 2005-2006 season until he tore a groin muscle during the 2006 FA Cup final. It was a tear that also threatened to scratch him from the upcoming World Cup.

Two weeks before Australia's campaign was set to start, Kewell was struggling to walk, let alone run, but Football Federation Australia medical staff worked overtime at the Socceroos' Holland training camp. Liverpool were so impressed they later employed Australian head physiotherapist Les Gelis as a consultant.

Kewell's World Cup culminated against Croatia with a campaign-saving goal, a man-of-the-match performance, and septic arthritis in his left toe. He missed Australia's next game against Italy, Liverpool's pre- season, and the start of the 2006-2007 season.

Three months after the World Cup, Kewell flew to Australia for three operations in two cities in eight days - a hip adjustment, a toe, ankle and tendon scrape, and groin and adductor surgery.

Last season was written off with rehab and, although closely monitored by Liverpool, his comeback with Australia at the Asian Cup aggravated his groin and delayed his start to yet another season at Anfield.

"Mental toughness is just as important as physical," Kewell said. "It starts playing with your mind but you either work hard and get back or you just plod away and don't progress. It's not in my character to just sit there. The only way to get back is to work hard and not shy away from it."

Importantly, Benitez has remained a fan even when Kewell had no role to play. And he is conscious that he must now repay the faith.

"Rafa has always been a supporter of me from day one," Kewell said. "He's always stuck by me even when a lot of people have bagged me."

Negotiations for a new Reds contract could even be tied to Benitez's future at Anfield. Kewell has been regularly linked to fanciful speculation but the January transfer window passed as planned - with his focus still on staying with Liverpool.

Interest from Italy and Spain is both plausible and, should Liverpool not make a suitable offer, real. Warmer climates, and less relentless schedules than the Premier League's two games a week, could appeal.

"If it sounds like a great place then, yeah, great, you laugh at speculation, but if it's the other way, you probably cry," Kewell said of transfer gossip. "I haven't heard anything, my agent hasn't heard anything, and Liverpool haven't heard anything."