"Their keeper made a great save in each half, particularly the one from Stewart Downing - it was a great, great save. And then there was the one from Gabby later on. We had two go inches past the post too.

REDS AROUND THE WORLD: MALAYSIA
Jonno Lim, Malaysia 13 January 2009

Meet 32-year-old events manager Jonno Lim, who helps run an independent supporters’ club and gets up at the crack of dawn to catch the Reds in action with hundreds of other fans in a crowded Malaysian bar.
Like most things, my association with the Malaysian independent supporters' club started with a few beers. After meeting on the fans' forum Red and White Kop (RAWK), we decided that as there were a fair number of us Reds in the same corner of the world, the least we could do was watch a game together in a bar.

Liverpool ran home 3-0 winners over Everton at Goodison Park that day in August 2003, with Michael Owen scoring a brace and Harry Kewell getting the third goal just before the final whistle.

Having supported the club from afar for so long, it felt very special to be enjoying a Liverpool victory with a few like-minded people. I had watched the Reds with friends before, but nothing like this. Even the owner of the Boardwalk on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur was a Reds fanatic, so it became known as the closest thing any Malaysian Red could get to the special Anfield atmosphere.

There are so many Liverpool fans in this part of the world, and they all have their own story to tell. Some adopt the Reds because of their history, others simply get drawn in by the miracle of Istanbul in 2005 or the breathtaking 'Gerrard Final' of 2006.





The only reason I can offer for following the Reds is probably quite similar to most people's - all of my family are massive Liverpool fans. It goes way back to the seventies and beyond, so it was a no-brainer for me to be the same as them.

My earliest memory is of Michael Thomas and Ian Rush securing the FA Cup for Liverpool with great goals against Sunderland at Wembley in 1992. I can also vividly remember Neil 'Razor' Ruddock holding his head after scoring a late equaliser in the dramatic 3-3 draw with Manchester United in January 1994.

Nigel Clough scored twice that day, but the look on Ruddock's face will remain with me forever - the ball hit him on the top of his head before going in the net and he seemed in quite a lot of pain while celebrating his decisive goal at Anfield. I couldn't stop laughing.

As time went by, my Liverpool obsession grew. We experienced many joyous Saturday and Sunday nights at the Boardwalk over the years and celebrated many great Liverpool victories there. But our friend, Bala, soon told us he had to sell his bar and we were left with nowhere to watch our beloved Reds during the early hours of the morning over here in Malaysia.

And when the new owner of the Boardwalk told us they would not be opening for the 2007 Champions League final clash with AC Milan due to the fact it would be kicking off at 3.30am over here, we knew that we had to act quickly to find a new venue.

After a long and frustrating search, we finally found a small pub that would open for the match. We got in touch with our friends and fellow supporters to join us for the big game, as we knew that whenever Liverpool was involved in a big European game, it was guaranteed to be something special.





We only really expected about 50 people to turn up at the most, but the bar ended up being crammed full with about 200 fans, all screaming at the screen, willing on the Reds. We were all disappointed that Rafa's men did not win that night in Athens, but a few of us knew right then that not only did we need a bigger venue, but also a proper fan club to bring all of these Liverpool supporters together.

We called our new supporters' club 'MyRAWK', as most of us had met through RAWK, while the ‘My’ stands for Malaysia and also gives us a sense that a certain part of LFC can belong to us individually.

Things were tough at the beginning, but settling on the M Bar as our exclusive home for watching all the games helped us a lot. The owner agreed to open up at all the unsociable hours involved in supporting a club many miles away and laid on a host of generous drinks offers.

What started as a small MyRAWK blog soon turned into a full website, and before long we had Liverpool fans joining us from all over for our match-viewing parties. From local lawyers to homesick expats, tourists to ex players (Ian Rush once even joined us - that was a very special day), the M Bar is now full of fervent fans week in, week out. I usually take up the microphone at each event and am always proud to be the official master of ceremonies.

We even have our futsal team and are also in the process of setting up a full 11-a side side. Our interim team recently won our first trophy, the Christmas Cup and one day we hope to have a proper team which takes part in the local social league.




But due to the exchange rate and distance, not many of us have been lucky enough to get over to Anfield. I am currently saving up to make the pilgrimage one day next season with a few other fans. I'm sure that once we get up close to Liverpool's hallowed home, there will be many of us who will be close to tears, as this would be nothing short of our visiting our very own Mecca.

One of our newer members, Phil, who now lives in Liverpool, always talks about how unbelievable it is that a bunch of guys who have never seen the Reds play up close can wake up in the middle of the night to support a team who are playing nearly 7,000 miles away, only to go back to bed and rise for work less than two hours later.

But none of us at MyRAWK would have it any other way. Witnessing another Liverpool victory make all the long, sleepy days in the office after a match worth it - and believe you me, there have been a lot of those in recent years.

Jonno was speaking to Joe Curran

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Joe Cole :

1st game - red card
2nd game - miss penalty

Things can't get even worse I think

Joe Cole :

1st game - red card
2nd game - miss penalty

Things can't get even worse I think

liv vs manc wat time?

^cuz hes injury prone i guess,well anyway cant wait for tuesday morning,hope we gonna win this one,we really need to start winning,a draw again will hurt everybody morality,a loss will hurt even more of course

you didn't update the list on "i'll shave my head if Liverpool wins either BPL, Europa, any sort of cups or even get number 4 this season."
LOLZ (refer to previous thread)

Any reason to get rid of Aqualani?

Any reason to get rid of Aqualani?

Actually, according to the Roma official site that published the fee last season, we only paid like 3-4m for him...The rest of installments and clause depending on how many games he plays.So,he isn't really 20m rated

Actually, according to the Roma official site that published the fee last season, we only paid like 3-4m for him...The rest of installments and clause depending on how many games he plays.So,he isn't really 20m rated

The 20 million EURO transfer fee is broken up into the following:

- 5 million EURO upfront
- 3 million EURO by 4th January 2010
- 7 million EURO by June 30th 2010
- 5 million EURO by June 30th 2011.

Further Add ons include:

- 300,000 EURO for every year Liverpool qualify for the Champions League from 2010/11 to 2014/15

- 250,000 EURO everytime the player reaches 35 appearances, 70 appearances, 105 appearances and then 140 appearances.

- 1 million EURO the first time Liverpool either wins the Premier League or Champions League by 30 June 2014.

- 5% of any future transfer fee will be paid to Roma.

end of the day v stil nid to fork out the 20m for aqua no matter wat.. Sigh

taken from rawk
so far we paid 17M euro with all add ons not valid and a further 5M euro next summer

The 20 million EURO transfer fee is broken up into the following:

- 5 million EURO upfront
- 3 million EURO by 4th January 2010
- 7 million EURO by June 30th 2010
- 5 million EURO by June 30th 2011.

Further Add ons include:

- 300,000 EURO for every year Liverpool qualify for the Champions League from 2010/11 to 2014/15

- 250,000 EURO everytime the player reaches 35 appearances, 70 appearances, 105 appearances and then 140 appearances.

- 1 million EURO the first time Liverpool either wins the Premier League or Champions League by 30 June 2014.

- 5% of any future transfer fee will be paid to Roma.

Newcastle kicked Villa's ass with 6 goals... Good for us?

Newcastle kicked Villa's ass with 6 goals... Good for us?

Pound and Euro got difference.So, it's still better than paying him full...

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Added on August 22, 2010, 10:21 pm
17m?
Thought we only paid the bold part...So, 15m Euro , no?

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Added on August 22, 2010, 10:21 pm
17m?
Thought we only paid the bold part...So, 15m Euro , no?

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Added on August 22, 2010, 10:21 pm
Based on posted info, you still need to pay the other 5 mil on 2011.
So it is still a 20 mil deal. Whether it is installment or how the installment deal, it doesn't affect the total/initial amount dealed.

Somemore with loan out, mean it is still a Liverpool player which run its course of original contract signed.
Just wages may not need to pay for loaning out player.

So basically, you save the wages by loaning out the player, but since the players contract still running, aka the nearer the contract expired, the less value of resale value.

i only foresee a 2 nil win for us  as we are playing away.......

Torres should open his account this time and a new signing will score, who??
we will see

0-1 win is good enough already.
Man City is not a so so team especially at home.

Liv away record always not good to start with.
RH with Fulham time, away record also not something very good.

yeah, lets not be too carried away, RH's fulhamFC last season was credited with 1 Away Win.

WE hav a freaking GOOD defence this season

city has a good team now,but i believe in our team

we still not good enough?? 

we look better now...
i believe this season Ngog n Lucas will shine, who knows...
my Ngog & Lucas....

quote my word
" both of 'em can be good IF we got a good wide creativity skillful player. ''

why?

all lucas job is juz take the ball n pass to the player
and
all ngog job is juz scored the goal passed by the player
so
lucas is playmaker
ngog is scorer
player is a star

But Balotelli is much more better than Torres, as what is said by Mancini... 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/22/roberto-mancini-mario-balotelli-manchester-city

He said, Balotelli can do more than torres. We may have torres, but they have Balotelli, who is a much better player than Torres, according to him. 

and.... the PLAYER is JOE COLE..... 

3 am..tomorrow morning

Money-crazed Rafa-Fanboy.. if he doesnt wanna play, then dont let him. i hate passionless players.

i can understand his reasons for wanting to quit but why punish the club when there isn't a proper bid?