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This post has been edited by solstice818: Nov 21 2011, 01:52 AM

The History

On his appointment he released 24 players and began to reshape the team.Promotion to the First Division was achieved in 1961–62, and the club won the League for the first time in 17 years in 1963–64. Another League title followed in 1965–66, after the club had won their first FA Cup the previous season. The club won the League and UEFA Cup in 1972–73 and the FA Cup again a year later; after this, Shankly retired and was replaced by his assistant Bob Paisley.Paisley was even more successful than Shankly and the club won the League and UEFA Cup in 1975–76, his second season as manager. The following season they retained the League title, won the European Cup for the first time, but lost in the FA Cup final, narrowly missing out on a treble. Liverpool retained the European Cup the next season, and the season after won the League again with 68 points—a domestic record, conceding only 16 goals in 42 league matches.During the nine seasons Paisley managed the club, Liverpool won 21 trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six league titles and three consecutive League Cups. The only domestic trophy to elude him was the FA Cup.

Paisley retired in 1983 and (as Shankly had done) handed the reins to his assistant, veteran coach Joe Fagan. The succession of coaches came from the Anfield Boot Room where the Liverpool staff discussed strategy and allegedly stored gin.[10] Liverpool won three trophies in Fagan's first season in charge: the League, League Cup and European Cup, becoming the first English side to win three trophies in a season.Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985. The match was against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium. Before kick-off, disaster struck: Liverpool fans breached a fence which separated the two groups of supporters and charged the Juventus fans. The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing 39 fans, mostly Italians. The match was played regardless and Liverpool lost 1–0 to Juventus. English clubs were consequently banned from participating in European competition for five years; Liverpool received a ten-year ban, which was later reduced to six years. Fourteen of their fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter.
The statue of former manager Bill Shankly, outside Anfield

Fagan resigned after the disaster and Kenny Dalglish was appointed as player-manager.During his reign, the club won another three League Championships and two FA Cups, including a League and Cup "Double" in 1985–86. Liverpool's success was overshadowed by the Hillsborough Disaster: in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed. 94 fans died that day; the 95th victim died in hospital from his injuries four days later, and the 96th died nearly four years later without regaining consciousness. After the Hillsborough tragedy there was a governmental review of stadium safety. Known as the Taylor Report, it paved the way for legislation which required top-division teams to have all-seater stadiums. The report ruled that the main reason for the disaster was overcrowding due to a failure of police control.Dalglish cited the Hillsborough Disaster and its repercussions as the reason for his resignation in 1991. He was replaced by former player Graeme Souness. Apart from winning the FA Cup in 1992, Souness achieved little success and was replaced by a former member of the "Boot Room", Roy Evans. Evans fared little better: a League Cup victory in 1995 was his only trophy. Gérard Houllier was appointed as co-manager in 1998–99, but was left in sole charge after Evans resigned in November 1998.

In his second season in charge Liverpool won a unique treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.In the 2001-02 season, during which Houllier underwent major heart surgery, Liverpool finished second behind Arsenal.The following seasons failed to live up to expectations and Houllier was replaced by Rafael Benítez. The club finished fifth in his first season in charge but won the UEFA Champions League by beating Milan 3–2 in a penalty shootout after the match finished 3–3.The following season Liverpool finished third with 82 points—their highest total since 1988. They won the FA Cup as they had the Champions League victory the previous season, by beating West Ham United in penalty shootout after the match finished at 3–3. In 2006–07, the club's search for investment came to an end when American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of Liverpool in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. That season, the club reached another Champions League final, but this time lost 2–1 to Milan

SQUAD NUMBER FOR 2011/2012 SEASON

* 1. Jones
* 2. Johnson
* 3. Enrique
* 4. Meireles
* 5. Agger
* 6. Aurelio
* 7. Suarez
* 8. Gerrard
* 9. Carroll
* 10. J Cole(LOAN)
* 11. Maxi
* 12. Pacheco(LOAN)
* 14. Henderson
* 16. Coates
* 18. Kuyt
* 19. Downing
* 20. Spearing
* 21. Lucas
* 22. D Wilson
* 23. Carragher
* 25. Reina
* 26. Adam
* 30. Suso
* 31. Sterling
* 32. Darby
* 33. Shelvey
* 34. Kelly
* 35. Coady
* 37. Skrtel
* 38. Flanagan
* 39. Bellamy
* 41. Hansen
* 42. Gulacsi
* 44. Mendy
* 46. Amoo
* 47. Wisdom
* 49. Robinson
* - Kohlert
* - Roberts
* - Sokolik

2011-2012 Fixtures

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OCTOBER:


NOVEMBER:


DECEMBER:



JANUARY:



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Premier League Scorer

Suarez - 4
Henderson - 1
Skrtel- 1
Adam - 1
Carrol - 1

Carling Cup Scorer

Suarez - 1
Carrol - 1
Maxi - 1
Bellamy- 1
Kuyt - 1

IN:

Jordan Henderson ---- £16m ---- Sunderland
Charlie Adam ---- £9m ---- Blackpool
Steward Downing ---- £20m ---- Aston Villa
Alexander Doni ---- FREE ---- Roma
Villyan Bijev-------Unknown------ Unknown
Jose Enrique -------- £5.5m ------- Newcastle
Craig Bellamy -------FREE------ Manchester City
Sebastián Coates ------Undisclosed------ Nacional

OUT:
Paul Konchesky---- £1.5m ---- Leicester City
Gerrardo Bruna ---- Undisclosed ---- Blackpool
Stephen Darby -------- loan ----------Rochdale
Chris Mavinga ---- £1m ---- Rennes
Peter Gulacsi -------- loan ----------Hull City
Tom Ince ------------- FREE ----------- Blackpool
Milan Jovanovic ------- FREE---------- Anderlecht
Daniel Ayala --------- £800,000--------- Norwich City
Nabil El Zhar ---------- RELEASED -----------------------
Villyan Bijev ------------ Loan ------------- Genk
Sotirios Kyrgiakos -------- undisclosed---------- Wolfsburg
Dani Pacheco --------------Loan----------------- A.Madrid
Alberto Aquilani ------------ Loan ---------------- AC Milan
Emiliano Insua-------------- Undisclosed --------- Sporting Lisbon
Joe Cole ------------ Loan ----------------Lille
Christian Poulsen ---------Undisclosed----------Evian
David N'Gog ---------------Undisclosed ---------- Bolton
Raul Meireles---------------£12m------------------Chelsea
Phillip Degen --------------- RELEASED---------------------------

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Derby won! Carrol scored. Too bad Kuyt missed the penalty.

The reason why we cant play high tempo football is because our defensive line has been nothing short of disastrous for the last few games. Shaky and our centerbacks are blessed with pace either. That's the way I see it.

Age....Experience of playing first games count too.... Plus, the burden of expectation bearing the 35m mark isnt light either.

Anyway, like to see hw Reina celebrated the goal. See a future captain in him.Woohoo!

I think you guys din follow much of Suarez back in his time with Ajax. That time, the play acting was far worse than now. Not that I m encouraging any play acting in game but as far as I m concerned, he reduced the number significantly after he joined the premier league. Anyway, he is a fighter who want to win any game on any day regardless of who the opponent is. We have seen him keeping uruguay alive in world cup by being a part time goalie and that sent Ghana out. We all did know that he is controversial type of player, din we even b4 he join us. So, why keep harping on it and repeating it non stop for the last 12hrs or so?

He was....and as usual, very influential in his holding role assigned to him.

That's because he was playing the holding role.

Suarez is being realistic there. Nothing wrong. Even our own owner said the realistic target is to get back into top four this season.Though I must question the need of saying it in public.Hmm.....

Anyway, I cant pretend i m stunned by the idea of starting Carrol in the match. First and foremost, he hit a goal last game bt that itself doesnt guarantee a starting berth in the team. Plus, his immobality and lack of willingness to work for the team makes it a liability to the team.... More like 10men on field than 11, just like most of us said in the last game. I would certainly prefer Bellamy to start the game. He has shown in previous few games that he managed to change our game to next level whenever he came on. His pace and experience will play a vital part for us in such an important match.Let's not forget, he got workrate as good as Suarez, if not better than Kuyt. So, I hope I can see lineup like this...

Reina

Kelly---Carra---Skrtel----Enrique

Kuyt---Lucas---Gerrard---Downing

-----------Bellamy----------------

-----------Suarez----------------


I hope KD doesnt make a bold decision by fielding Henderson in such an important game especially when the mancs are in great form. Henderson and Carrol can come off the bench but pls, stay away from starting lineup. Not that I m not being supportive here, it's just that I m being rational and realistic that there are better options upfront for us than these 2.

Carra hinted he might retire in near future. I guess he did realize after all that his age is catching up with him and his recent performance is nothing close to satisfactory. Nervous defending from him of late, you can see him actually feeling relieved when Saha's shot went wide the other day. Carra of old time wont do so but to shout around order to strengthen the defensive line. Let's hope he will do well the coming game and go on playing for few more seasons.

Liverpool starlets could be offered psychological help to help them make the first team

Liverpool are considering appointing a club psychologist to work within their academy set-up.

With mental preparation becoming as increasingly important as physical training in modern day football, the Anfield club are looking into the prospect of introducing a specialist member of staff to help their promising talent get to grips with the pressures of senior football.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...gical-help.html

The latest news states that we need another 13 teams to back us for such proposal to be implied. Impossible if u ask me. The smaller team surely do not want it that way.

Jones said Adam dive, Evra accused Suarez being racist...Ferguson said Suarez dive all over the place... now, excuse after excuse...

Was wondering as well why are we talking about chelsea game when we are weeks away from that... thought i missed out some additional matches from cup...