Reds Pre-season

[Norbs]

nah, mine's combed forwards. like so:

[Gaz]

[Neil Young]

Dave, when is the baby due?

[Tee]

[Imy]

If thats your home, you're a untidy Hedgehog.

[little dave hedgehog]

the missus' old flat

also the baby is made of consumed meats

[Neil Young]

I went to my favourite deli the other day. I think that's the fundamental reason I've put on weight.

[little dave hedgehog]

i love meat.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/04/luis-suarez-liverpool-kenny-dalglish?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Luis Suárez could feature for Liverpool very soon, says Kenny Dalglish

Luis Suárez remains in Kenny Dalglish's plans for the start of the Premier League season, despite the Liverpool manager saying no risks will be taken on the striker who inspired Uruguay's recent Copa América triumph.

Uruguay claimed their 15th South American title on 24 July but Suárez, who scored four times in Argentina and was named as the player of the tournament, is due to return to pre-season training with Liverpool next week. His summer exertions and late return to Merseyside mean the 24-year-old is unlikely to feature in Liverpool's opening league game against Sunderland a week on Saturday but Dalglish, who will certainly be without the injured Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel in the early weeks of the new campaign, has not given up hope of including a forward buoyed by his country's success. A final decision will be taken following talks between the pair next week.

The manager said: "Luis will be back next week. We'll start thinking about him then. Lucas [who played in the tournament for Brazil] is back and has been training since Monday. We'll just see with Luis when he comes in. He's had a fantastic summer. He's done fantastically in the Copa América both as an individual and as a team player. He should be pretty happy with himself and pretty confident looking forward to the start of the season."

Despite his prolonged season, Suárez did have a holiday before the Copa América and, with the exception of a Champions League group game against Milan last December, had almost two months without a game before signing for Liverpool as a result of his seven-match ban for biting an opponent while playing for Ajax.

Dalglish added: "We need to be careful with every player. We'll see how he is when he comes in and have a discussion with him. We can't predict how he is going to be like."

Suárez's partnership with Andy Carroll is seen as crucial to Liverpool's prospects of claiming a Champions League position this season. The £57.8m frontline only started only five Premier League games together last term due to Carroll's injury problems but Dalglish said there are no concerns over the England international ahead of the new campaign. The manager's main gripe is the defensive errors that have dogged their pre-season, and which he wants to see no more of in Liverpool's final friendly at home to Valencia on Saturday.

Dalglish said: "Andy is fit and well – better than he was last season when he was getting over his injury. Every single one of them has trained really well. I don't have any problem with any of them. If they're not fit they cannot be considered but they have all looked well in training. They have just got to eradicate some of the mistakes they have made in the pre-season matches and improve their fitness which is what they're doing."

Having removed Milan Jovanovic from their wage-bill this week courtesy of a free transfer to Anderlecht for the Serbia international, Liverpool remain in negotiations with Queens Park Rangers over a proposed loan deal for Joe Cole. Cole is on £90,000 a week at Anfield and QPR have offered to pay part of that salary to take him to Loftus Road. Whether the 29-year-old accepts the proposal remains to be seen, although Cole has given a clear indication that his future lies away from Merseyside by putting his house up for sale.

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Picks from today's training session. See who is back

[Craig_H]

Rushie?

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Some more

[Craig_H]

So who's back then? Is it Aldo?

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So who's back then? Is it Aldo?

Lucas and Raul

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Last night at Boston Red Sox game