Reds on-loan - progress report

[anfieldanfield]

Why ? He's done nothing wrong, I thought he looked sharp in his last two appearances and scored a magnificent goal.

Wait until the end of the season and see how well he's doing

Yeah, he's looked sharp, maybe Rafa will give him one more year.

He must be great to have around the place for the young players as well.

[Shaggy]

Diao is in action live on SS1 now, in the Stoke-Coventry CLASH!

I've got it on although I'm not really watching. I have, however, seen Diao give the ball away needlessly on two occasions...

[Morph]

Interview with Pongo from sky:
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Recreativo de Huelva maybe steeped in the past, but for Florent Sinama-Pongolle it is where his future begins.

The French striker has swapped the subs' bench at Anfield for a place at La Liga's oldest club, albeit on loan.

Other than their claim to being the place where football in Spain was founded, it would appear Huelva has little to offer an ambitious Premiership striker, but for Sinama-Pongolle, it is the perfect platform.

The season-long stay at Estadio Nuevo Colombino is his third loan spell in four seasons at Anfield but the 21-year-old is still determined to show Rafa Benitez he is worth another crack.

"I've been used to being really disappointed, especially at Liverpool," he told Revista.

"When I used to play play well it wasn't always easy because sometimes I was on the bench for the next game.

"To be honest I wasn't really happy about it. But I've put myself in La Liga with a good team like Recreativo They're smaller than Liverpool, but for me that doesn't mean anything.

"If I can really show what I can do in La Liga, it will be a great thing for me, because I am still young, still 21 years old.

"I've still got plenty of things to prove."

Just 12 starts compared to 26 substitute's appearances suggest Sinama-Pongolle has some way to go before being considered alongside Peter Crouch, Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt and Robbie Fowler.

But he is making a fist of it. Already Recreativo's leading scorer this season, despite a slow start, he has made an impression off the field as well as on it.


Coach Marcelino, who himself has a burgeonining reputation as one of La Liga's brightest, believes the lad from Le Havre has found the perfect place to prove his point.

"Recreativo is a team that combines well and helps each other out all over the pitch, both in attack and in defence," he said.

"He is a young player, still developing and also adapting to life in Spain. Having lived in France, and more recently, in England, he is very quick at adapting.

"We are really pleased with his progress, his hard work and his commitment every day. I think that once he has settled here he is going to get better and better." .
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He started this weekend and went off after 60 minutes, can't find much on the game, but can't have been doing much to get subbed off at the 60min mark.

[Morph]

A similar story with Le Tallec - started for Sochaux and subbed off after 64 mins.

[ronan]

potter called up to ireland B squad.
reckon he will make permanent move in jan or june

[Shaggy]

potter called up to ireland B squad.
reckon he will make permanent move in jan or june

What a sad indictment on Irish football that is!!!!!

[ronan]

to be fair most of the ones called up to the b squad you wouldnt have heard of half of them

[Shaggy]

Pongo's scored again.

[Morph]

W/E - 11th/12th Nov

Diao - Won 1-0 v Crystal Palace, Played full 90 mins
Cisse - Back in training
O'donnel - Beaten 4-0 by Bradford, Played full 90 mins (FA Cup)
Carson - Decent game v Wigan - beaten 3-2, played full 90 mins
Potter - Beaten 2-0 by wolves, played full 90 mins
Le tallec - Didn't feature v Nice
Pongolle - Started and scored v Celta Vigo, subbed after 64 mins

Don't know if everyone wants this each week as i check up on the players anyway, will carry on posting each week if it's worth it

[Shaggy]

W/E - 11th/12th Nov

Diao - Won 1-0 v Crystal Palace, Played full 90 mins
Cisse - Back in training
O'donnel - Beaten 4-0 by Bradford, Played full 90 mins (FA Cup)
Carson - Decent game v Wigan - beaten 3-2, played full 90 mins
Potter - Beaten 2-0 by wolves, played full 90 mins
Le tallec - Didn't feature v Nice
Pongolle - Started and scored v Celta Vigo, subbed after 64 mins

Don't know if everyone wants this each week as i check up on the players anyway, will carry on posting each week if it's worth it

Excellent mate.

[anfieldanfield]

Pongo's scored again.

We could do with him at the moment.

Someone with a bit of pace, flair and unpredictability about him.

*sigh*

[lfc4ever]

Don't know if everyone wants this each week as i check up on the players anyway, will carry on posting each week if it's worth it

Yes please.

Oh, and when can we get Pongo back! (Did I really say that??!)

[Resu]

Good stuff, keep it coming.
Just one little thing, doesn`t Potter play for Wolves?

[Morph]

Good stuff, keep it coming.
Just one little thing, doesn`t Potter play for Wolves?

Quite right, that was a deliberate mistake, to see who would spot it first.


OBVIOUSLY it was meant to say Hull

Who by the way John Welsh plays for and came on about 1 minute from the end, if anyones interested

[GordonGecko]

Morphorino - good work with the updates....keep them coming, It's appreciated.