Sami Hyypia Tribute Thread

[FatTony]

feck, how young do they all look there!!!

[Matt]

feck, how young do they all look there!!!

haha thats weird. Until you see a photo like that you don't notice how people age over time.

And were Reebok so bad that they couldn't provide properly fitting shirts or was that just the style back in '99?

[Reece]

haha thats weird. Until you see a photo like that you don't notice how people age over time.

And were Reebok so bad that they couldn't provide properly fitting shirts or was that just the style back in '99?

I don't know but I remember that particular shirt was like a tent on Michael Owen

[Matt]

He still shops at Mothercare you know. That was an awful kit too, especially the away one.

[red g]

The 35-year-old signed for the Reds in 1999 and he is set to bring the curtain down on a memorable Anfield career in Sunday's final game of the season against Tottenham.

Hyypia - who is keen to move into coaching when he eventually quits playing - has only missed out on the Premier League title during his time with Liverpool.

And the centre-back confesses that, after a successful stint on Merseyside, he did think about retiring, but a belief in his ability and discussions with former team-mate Gary McAllister made his decision.

"I seriously thought about hanging my boots up at the end of this season, but after speaking to many people, including Gary McAllister, I decided to carry on," he said. "I still feel I have something to give the game."

Hyypia regrets not winning a league trophy during his time in England, but he is confident Rafa Benitez's side, who can guarantee second spot with a point against Spurs, are well placed for the future.

"I was confident we would do it this time," he added when asked about ending Liverpool's 19-year wait for the title. "But the club have a good base to challenge for the title next season, when it might happen.

"I am more sad for the fans than I am myself that Liverpool haven't yet won the Premier League. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will get what they deserve

[Roboklopp]

He will be missed even more than Didi. THere's only Robbie leaving of late who I can think of I was as sad about.

[DannyMan2006]

You know what, I wouldn't be suprised if Gerrard was captain and Sami was on the bench or not even in the squad.

This is Rafa we are talking about and the guy doesn't tend to care what the player or the masses want. Be nice for him to break his cold exterior just this once, but players getting brought of on two goals keep popping into my head..............

[red g]

You know what, I wouldn't be suprised if Gerrard was captain and Sami was on the bench or not even in the squad.

This is Rafa we are talking about and the guy doesn't tend to care what the player or the masses want. Be nice for him to break his cold exterior just this once, but players getting brought of on two goals keep popping into my head..............

thats during the presuure of 90mins when rafa doesnt get emotional, we know he has a softer side and understands the club more than anything, i would be astonished if he doesnt get a farewell appearance if only from subs bench

[Lee]

"I am more sad for the fans than I am myself that Liverpool haven't yet won the Premier League. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will get what they deserve

He'll play... no doubt about that. The only time I can remember being as gutted for a Liverpool player leaving is when Fowler went (both times).

Sami to score a 30 yard volley, captain the team and get a clean sheet

[Paul12]

I was at that first league game - at Sheffield Wednesday. I watched Westerweld fumble a low cross early on and thought we had another wrong 'un; I watched Titi be an absolutely handful and score a good goal, but also continually lose the ball and run into daft positions and thought he too was not a long-term fix. But Hyppi and Henchoz impressed right from the start - although even then Henchoz looked kanckered after about 5 minutes. I remember thinking that Sami was our new Ron Yeats.

[paulg]

The one part of Sami's play that I have always loved has been him being an old fashioned hard but fair centre back. Great positioning with unbeatable heading and hard tackling. The little grin he'd give an opposition player after dumping him on his arse was always priceless.

[MrMichael]

[Ben_Itez]

Had a tear in my eye when he came on. Absolute legend

We'll miss you Sami.

[G]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend#Related_concepts

Stories that exceed these boundaries of "realism" are called "fables". For example, the talking animal formula of Aesop identifies his brief stories as fables, not legends. The parable of the Prodigal Son would be a legend if it were told as having actually happened to a specific son of a historical father. If it included an ass that gave sage advice to the Prodigal Son it would be a fable.
Legend may be transmitted orally, passed on person-to-person, or, in the original sense, through written text. Jacob de Voragine's Legenda Aurea or "The Golden Legend" comprises a series of vitae or instructive biographical narratives, tied to the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. They are presented as lives of the saints, but the profusion of miraculous happenings and above all their uncritical context are characteristics of hagiography. The Legenda was intended to inspire extemporized homilies and sermons appropriate to the saint of the day.
Legend may be interpreted for its ontological consequences and be treated as myth.[citation needed] To take an example, myths surrounding Cadmus, a Phoenician immigrant credited with bringing the alphabet and other Near Eastern culture to Bronze Age Greece, may have begun as a series of legends gathering around the memory of the historical founder of certain coastal cities in Greece.[citation needed] Explaining the origins of myth as former historical legends in this fashion is termed "euhemerism". See the entry Euhemerus for more detail.
Conspiracy theories are similar to legends in that the linchpin of the conspiracy is usually a plausible, but unprovable secret agenda which exclusively drives the story and links otherwise unconnected happenings into a satisfying pattern: thus meaning is supplied for events
Sami Hyypia, a Finnish Centre half playing for Liverpool FC, is often described as a legend.
[edit]Some famous legends

Atlantis
Beowulf
Cenodoxus, or the Damnation of the Good Doctor of Paris, told as an event justifying the sanctification of St. Bruno
Celtic Legends
El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Legends of Africa
Odysseus
Philosopher's stone
Ramayana Legend of Rama the prince of Ayodhya
Robin Hood
Roland
Romani legends and Romulus and Remus
Sami Hyypia
Shangri-La
Vlad the Impaler; stories of his cruelty have attained legendary status, most likely spread post-mortem by his enemies.
William Tell

[lickedlollipop]

Hope Škrtel gets No. 4 now.