I was. I've got some kind of ******* illness and a temperature, so had to give it a miss.
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this is the most excited I've been about football for bloody ages - amazing the effect just announcing the King is back has had!Comment
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Same here, as soon as I was up and about this morning. I checked to see that hodgson had gone and Kenny was in charge. Just ot make sure I wasnt dreaming about itOriginally posted by rcasemore View PostComment
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**** as it getsOriginally posted by Reece View Post
Couldnt have happened when we had the postponed games, could it??
Oh well, i'll be at the derby for Kenny's homecoming
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Here you go Sean. I do think it leaves the door open for 'lack of commitment from the club' but at least he's getting angry.Originally posted by sean_lfc View PostAgree to disagree mate
He's still our player and I know he's going to get back to being the best he is within the next few months, he adores Kenny and I'm sure he wouldn't just say that in passing 'to please the fans'. Let's have a chatteroni again after the summer break.
Torres rules out Reds exit
Author: Ben Moss
Posted on:09 January 2011 - 03:20 PM
Category:Football
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Fernando Torres has pledged his future to Liverpool and says he will honour his contract at Anfield.
Torres has endured a frustrating season as Liverpool have struggled in the Premier League and there have been suggestions he could be on the move in the summer.
Arch rivals Manchester United have been linked with an unlikely move for the striker while a return to Spain has also been mooted, with Real Madrid thought to be keen.
However, following the departure of Roy Hodgson, Torres has committed his future to the club and says everyone has to pull together during these troubled times.
"More than ever, we need to stick together," he told The People. "We must live in the present, from match to match. We need to add more points, win matches and improve our standing in the table.
"That is our challenge and I demand the total help of our supporters in doing that. My head is in Liverpool and on helping save our season. I am professional and I always fulfil my deals.
"I haven't considered leaving, although in football that depends on the club."Really?Comment
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Thank you for bringing back my love for the game.
Long live the King
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Sound mateOriginally posted by Tatterdemalion View PostHere you go Sean. I do think it leaves the door open for 'lack of commitment from the club' but at least he's getting angry.
Torres rules out Reds exit
Author: Ben Moss
Posted on:09 January 2011 - 03:20 PM
Category:Football
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Fernando Torres has pledged his future to Liverpool and says he will honour his contract at Anfield.
Torres has endured a frustrating season as Liverpool have struggled in the Premier League and there have been suggestions he could be on the move in the summer.
Arch rivals Manchester United have been linked with an unlikely move for the striker while a return to Spain has also been mooted, with Real Madrid thought to be keen.
However, following the departure of Roy Hodgson, Torres has committed his future to the club and says everyone has to pull together during these troubled times.
"More than ever, we need to stick together," he told The People. "We must live in the present, from match to match. We need to add more points, win matches and improve our standing in the table.
"That is our challenge and I demand the total help of our supporters in doing that. My head is in Liverpool and on helping save our season. I am professional and I always fulfil my deals.
"I haven't considered leaving, although in football that depends on the club."
Good talk that, I think what he might mean with 'although in football that depends on the club' is: If they see him as an asset that needs selling that's what would happen. If they didn't want him anymore.
Just the way I see, doesn't really matter. By the time he's had a good few training sessions with Kenny, he'll be back to his very best. Of that I'm certain. The way he submitted to Kenny's demand for substitution today without fail, question, but actually welcomed it (that's the way I read the body language), he ran to the touchline, they shook hands, I'm sure Kenny will work on him especially, just to get him back to his best. Torres wants it and so does Kenny, for the team.
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Absolutely! The affection and mutual respect was there for all to see. ****ing legend Kenny.Originally posted by sean_lfc View PostSound mate
Good talk that, I think what he might mean with 'although in football that depends on the club' is: If they see him as an asset that needs selling that's what would happen. If they didn't want him anymore.
Just the way I see, doesn't really matter. By the time he's had a good few training sessions with Kenny, he'll be back to his very best. Of that I'm certain. The way he submitted to Kenny's demand for substitution today without fail, question, but actually welcomed it (that's the way I read the body language), he ran to the touchline, they shook hands, I'm sure Kenny will work on him especially, just to get him back to his best. Torres wants it and so does Kenny, for the team.
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Still got to believe!!
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Independent article in full
I know it's been mentioned, but it's brilliant.
Independent.ie
Liverpool see sense and turn to Dalglish
Club's spiritual leader only man capable of uniting supporters, writes Dion Fanning
By Dion Fanning
Sunday January 09 2011
On Elvis's birthday, Liverpool turned to the king. The arguments against the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager all make perfect sense. He is out of touch, his last jobs were categorised by failure and inertia, he is a populist appointment. All these arguments are persuasive and make sense to those on the outside.
On the inside, they see it differently. Kenny Dalglish and Liverpool never made sense but something happened when they were together.
Dalglish was 34-years-old when he was appointed Liverpool's player-manager. He was too young. The two jobs were too much for one man. He had no experience. All these arguments made perfect sense.
He took over in the aftermath of the shame of Heysel and led the club to two league titles. He made it look easy, which is the hardest thing of all.
Then came Hillsborough. He was a young man and an inexperienced manager in a haunted land without a map. He instinctively knew what to do in a time that was bewildering for its lack of sense. He suffered but considered his suffering trivial compared to the grief of others. They never forgot that in a celtic city where not forgetting is part of the honour code.
Dalglish always understood that code and he understands it now. Liverpool needed that after a manager whose very appointment was a statement of the mutual incomprehension that existed between the club and its fans.
Those who believe that Hodgson's dismissal demonstrates a fundamental shift in Liverpool's relationship with their manager forget that his appointment was the fundamental shift. Liverpool had never sought middle England's approval before and those who delighted in the success of a friend never paid attention to the muted sounds of disapproval on Merseyside.
Hodgson was the wrong appointment, not an appointment that didn't get time. There was not a fundamental shift in Liverpool supporters' relationship with their manager. Roy Hodgson was not their manager. He was Sky's manager, the establishment's manager, the English FA's manager. Now they can all find something for him to do.
Liverpool supporters will back Dalglish and they will back the man who succeeds Dalglish. The desire for his return was always more sophisticated than some Newcastle United-like yearning for a Messiah.
They chanted for Dalglish in contrast, not because they think he is the saviour who will solve their problems but because he unites like no other. If they wanted more division, there would have been chants for Rafael Benitez, but all sides recognise that, on that subject, Liverpool fans are split.
They chanted for Dalglish because the supporters realised that Hodgson's appointment was one of the last divisive acts of the old decaying regime. They are together on the unifying aspects of Dalglish's personality. He will take the team to Old Trafford today with the backing of the away support. If Hodgson had remained, that support would have been brittle and mutinous.
Liverpool are now back in a familiar position, one of defiance. The world sees Dalglish's return as a ludicrous gamble but the suicidal risk was to do nothing and alienate the supporters.
Hodgson was not the appointment of John W Henry and Tom Werner but in the last few days, he was becoming as damaging to their regime as if they had staked their reputation on him.
They had wanted to be patient and to appear different to owners such as the new regime at Blackburn who act hastily and with plenty of rash promises.
Hodgson was so poor they couldn't afford him time. He was promoted above his pay grade and sent to work in a world he knew little about. In the end, he resembled a bewildered civil servant sent to observe the last days of the Raj and discovering that the world of subservience was disappearing.
He had the backing of the opinion-formers back in London but their views don't matter so much in Liverpool any more. The old regime believed the backing of the media was important, pointing out to one fan who had objected to Benitez's dismissal that "I note your opinion doesn't seem to be shared by the media".
They spoke with one voice on Hodgson only to discover that it wasn't a language they understood on Merseyside. Benitez skipped the opinion-formers and went straight to the heart of Liverpool fans. He was not the first. Dalglish did the same.
When the press used to grumble that Dalglish was joyless and monosyllabic, the Liverpool supporters saw his smile and an articulation of their position which couldn't be stated at a press conference.
They saw the eloquence in his football teams, his three league titles and his endless time for the Hillsborough families. It is 20 years since those days but his friends will tell you that he retains an encyclopedic knowledge of world footballers and never sounds out of touch.
Hodgson, on the other hand, was "well respected in football" with "many friends" but signed Christian Poulsen.
Liverpool and Dalglish have nothing to lose, especially today at Manchester United.
Dalglish's friends will also point out the effect he could have on the Liverpool team now that the supporters are united behind him rather than united against Hodgson.
The team that was worn down by splits against managers and owners will now feel the effect of unquestioning backing. "Torres adores Dalglish," a close observer in Liverpool said last night and Liverpool's striker may have been guilty of a lack of effort under Hodgson but he had no respect for him. Hodgson asked him to play an alien game, Dalglish always had a sure touch with creative players.
He returned from holiday in Dubai yesterday too late to take training but in time to lift the spirits of a club that had been dragged down by decay. It may also be too late to inspire victory at Old Trafford but then Dalglish and Liverpool have never made sense.
Liverpool dismissed the church warden and have turned to their spiritual leader.
- Dion Fanning
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Got a new home shirt for Christmas. Its getting:
DALGLISH
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on the back at the earliest oportunity...Comment
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it will look better if your centre the 7Comment
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good idea. taComment
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