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This post has been edited by solstice818: Dec 22 2011, 05:55 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

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This post has been edited by solstice818: Nov 21 2011, 01:20 PM

Premier League Scorer

Suarez - 4
Henderson - 1
Skrtel- 1
Adam - 2
Carrol - 2
Maxi - 1
Johnson- 1

Carling Cup Scorer

Suarez - 3
Carrol - 1
Maxi - 1
Bellamy- 1
Kuyt - 1

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

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---------------------------

*RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE*

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hi, boleh berkenalan?

Reporting in on a great weekend result!

so.. what do u think KOP will do to prevent ManCity from getting their victorious winning again?

this week will full support liverpool ... hahaha

credit must be given to kenny for bring in maxi ...

great game!!

Our current defenders line up are very solid with good passing ability. Sorry Carragher, Skertel - Agger combo provide more calmness with equal defensive solidity.

Yesterday game was Charlie Adam best performance so far, good defensive work rate, nice movements & passing. Now the understanding between Lucas & Adam is getting better.

I'm glad we're able to get a win, the whole team deserves the credit. It's an off day for Suarez though, I think he need some good rests.

This post has been edited by Yluxion: Nov 21 2011, 02:08 PM

+1... i'm loving it

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Added on November 21, 2011, 2:16 pmAdam's passing sure remind me about you-know-who no.14 not so long ago

This post has been edited by kimimaro_kun: Nov 21 2011, 02:16 PM

Yeah but his defensive ability is a joke..

suarez's passing very very poor la last nite..
else, we might score 2-3 goals more..

We were very lucky to have Lucas, track down everytime to help with the defence. The Chelsea goal was a very bad defensive mistake, nobody was tracking Malouda

its not often to have a defensive midfield so obvious in his contribution.....

Maybe KD play maxi bcoz he wants to rotate his 1st team player (downing henderson) for man city..lol

Are you sure?
But all these while, i am not a fan of C.Adam's defensive ability.
Lets look at the equalizer from Chelsea, Adam's position was poor, F.Malouda was given space to run at, G.Johnson has to check on Ashley Cole, thus giving tons of space for Malouda to run at.

Let's give credit when due to. Adam involved in both goals. In fact, most of the goals we scored this season came from his involvement. He is piss poor when it comes to tackling and defending but I think he did pretty well last nite in tackling and nicking the ball away from the blue midfielders. Anyway, he has Lucas to cover his ass up. Lucas can do all the dirty job as long as Adam keep creating chances for the front line.

However, I must say that Adam's corner last nite were piss poor. Nowhere near the 10m rated corner we are seeing last time around. Low ball to the near post where most of the blue shirts are and he actually tried it few times despite trying in vain for the previous few attempts. Hmm, poor decision making.

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Added on November 21, 2011, 4:10 pmAdam gave Malouda space but he was right at his position and he just didnt close him down or tackle but that's more like precaution way of avoiding unnecessary tackling to gift the opponent penalty.

The real culprit was Enrique who didnt man mark Daniel Sturridge and the latter just slotted in the easiest goal of century and he then began shaking his ass, rubbing his armpit for his celebration, contributing my eyesores. I blamed Enrique for that.

All this while, I think that Enrique was our best buy this summer simply because he is reliable and consistent. It stunned me when Spain preferred to play our beloved Arbeloa over him when Arbeloa is a natural RB instead of LB. Last night match explained it all. If you cant perform well in big game, you are not ready for the big stage in national team. If enrique want the call up, he need to buck up and play better in big games. He wasnt even up to his usual standard last nite. Poor crossing, poor man marking, losing possession. Even Robbo did better than him in big games (against arsenal)

This post has been edited by solstice818: Nov 21 2011, 04:12 PM

not to discredit CA but it was a world wide field that johnson ran into. a win like this is surely great but we need to beat the smaller teams to make these kind of results count. perhaps from now on its better to start with bellamy and maxi, and bench downing and henderson (and carroll).

did not watch the game but i heard we were palying badly in the 2nd? read somewhere we played for counter attacking?

Yes, we played extremely bad in the second half. Normally, we played better in 2nd half, no? I think the players get complacent. For 20minutes or so, we were defending deep despite conceded a goal. Instead of pushing forward, we looked like we were looking for a draw. I had no idea why though. Luckily, a moment of brilliance from Adam and Johnson made it up for us

c'mon guys. Players did mistake on the pitch. Well at least they bounce back an stood on their feet to win back the game.

If you missed the game this morning because of a power failure, earthquake or whatever, the replay is on now

Considering the fatigue level, I don't think there was anything wrong to play counter attack in the 2nd half. We were pressing them aggressively in the first half so its understandable that the players started to show some mental and physical fatigue in the second half. Adam in particular was clearly pancit, he looked very laborious so i think the idea of bringing in Jordan to help tighten up the midfield made a lot of sense.

We seriously need to start playing high pressing football again, if we can destablize a team like Chelsea, imagine the impact of pressing against lesser teams. Hopefully, the reason why we're not seeing much of Maxi and Kuyt is that Kenny wants them fit and ready for the 2nd half of the season.

City's back 4 is really tough to break down. With Kompany coming back after a red card, lets hope our lads put on their best attacking form so as defensively.

attack is the best defense

Watching the repeat with the volume up and noticed Luis Garcia's chant being sung by the away end.

I think liverpool should give glen Johnson a winger role and let martin kelly take his right back place. Since Glen Johnson enjoy going forward, let him be an attacking force.

superb spirit shown by the lads last night especially the 2nd goal. reminds me of gerrard's long pass back when he's paired with didi hamann, crossing to an open player on the other side of the pitch. lots of goals came that way back then IMO. was a great performance nonetheless. certainly cant wait for what KK have installed for city

Okie, take that Fernando, I will just take 3 points for each and every match coming!

This post has been edited by solstice818: Nov 21 2011, 05:40 PM

but ur siggy still shows el nino with a Liverpool background?

I appreciated him for what he did for us. Hated his act in January by deserting the club but support him as good footballer. Still a fan of him. Plus, kinda lazy to dig around new siggy to change. Plan to get one of Lucas / Suarez

http://www.eatsleepsport.com/liverpool/red...l?#.TsohKfFhiSM

I saw Dyer play against the mancs and he was giving Evra a torrid time so much so that Fergie had to replace him with Fabio. Reminds me of a young Shaun Wright Phillips. He showed no fear and took the game to Evra by running at him in one-on-one situations. Might prove to be good value.

i hav a very strong feeling tat we will be the first team this season to beat MC, provided KD play the same lineup again, with Lucas and Adam playing the midfield duo , Maxi is sharp so is Bellamy, why did KD sub out Bellamy so soon?

that what i think

u haven't been quite a predictioner (if I remember)

never the less, its my hope we stretch MC, given they (MC) have all wins n 1 draw, we'll (still) be cautious.

We'll take each game as it comes along. christmas/year end schedules will be hectic, & it will be super to be within touching distance with the leaders.

This post has been edited by koolspyda: Nov 21 2011, 07:57 PM

Only if Carroll can play like Patrick Berger

who took the place of Maxi in yesterday's nite match?

btw, i strongly believe Miereless purposely shot the ball over the bar

and Torres was trying to prove a point but failed

red or blue... let take a break and give our support to the national team.

SEA GAME's FINAL MATCH:
INDONESIA VS MALAYSIA
8.30 PM

any live link pls, no tv here

Congrats to our national team

probably the best week for me this year

Yeah

My fantasy team position also going up after going downhill all this while.

But i am little bit worried that chelsea are gonna bid for maxi and johnson in january

This post has been edited by Rotuham: Nov 22 2011, 12:12 AM

Liverpool F.C just wished Malaysia F.A congratulations. woooooo hooooo!


(its just a gesture to make sure that we Malaysian fans are kept in touch, i reckon!)

Nothing sweeties then we beat both of our rivals in their holy home..YNWA MALAYSIA!

Liverpool FC

Congratulations to Malaysia on winning the SEA games!

Indonesian reds sure butthurt! haha.

Hope they stop supporting liverpool.We dont need fans like them.Leave the stadium empty just now after the defeat.Very similar to some team but the context of my post is not to take a dig at that rival.

maxi and bellamy combo is nice,with suarez upfront it mean we played narrow football.

but then maxi and bellamy is invicible in the 2nd half.

to operate narrow football, strong and high work rate midfield is needed.we got that in lucas and kuyt.Adam is superb in the first half,but with he lack stamina to keep pressing.

if we are playing johnson in the wing..than kuyt is best placed as central striker.

Not all substitutions are made because a player is tired or having a bad game. Happens when you make a tactical switch and in this case we were clearly overrun in midfield and there is no point in having two forwards when you can't even get possession of the ball, hence Bellamy was sacrificed. That being said he was largely ineffectual up front in the second half.

They do constitute for the largest number of LFC Facebook fans in the world but yeah I get what you mean. Passionate support is admired but the Indonesian fans are hostile. No place for them in any club for that matter.

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Added on November 22, 2011, 8:46 amI posted a link of Nathan Dyer yesterday and it's now on .tv. No one seen him play then? This is a very real possibility unlike more popular transfer rumors involving the likes of Villa.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Nov 22 2011, 08:46 AM

well one thing i noticed from the past few games...Luis Suarez had been overdoing it.

there were a few instances in the 1st half he overdid it and didnt pass to open players ie Bellamy & Maxi

i know he is skillful but sometimes passing is the better option

Hopefully the coaches & KD will address this so as to NOT waste possession and goal-scoring chances

Seems like their tactic of buying whoever scored against the from Liverpool has not been working for them yet.

Maybe we can buy Sturidge b4 the game at Anfield to score against them.

Oh if anyone interested in watching the reserve play today, its on now into the 10th mint

http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/93639/2...reserve%29.html

and coates just scored

I am just happy that goals are coming from all over the team this season.Johnson,suarez,bellamy,adam,maxi,carroll and gerrard.

If you see previous season it's mostly torres and gerrard ,occassionally kuyt.

I am hepi the away form has been pretty much improved...

but now with the home form.. i really don't have confidence the team can win

This means that Kenny intents to use the youngsters in the carling match? If so, good decision by him.


Anyone has a good link for highlights of the reserves match against Sunderland? Thanks

No one should go to a footie game and come back in a body bag

ur siggy pic & the words don't really match

...
but the scoring rate is too poor imo. nothing to be happy just yet
if anything our scoring records show that our strikers cant score and we need to rely on so many players to provide the occasional goal

This post has been edited by Petre: Nov 23 2011, 10:39 AM

just hope this week another uruguayan striker destroy mancity after what happened last nite where cavani score a brace to shutdown mancity

On a positive note, we've conceded the least amount of goals in the Premiership.

Dunno why KD & team not about to get their tactics right with 'minnows'?

Anybody have the insight?

True..apart from the 4-0 defeat at WHL , we have conceded least goals in BPL.

Meanwhile, Bellamy's thought on his return to Anfield.

“This was everything I wanted,’ said Bellamy. "I'd never sound negative against Rafa or Gerard Houllier because they did so much for the club and were outstanding for the club.

But this was the Liverpool I grew up supporting. I watched the way they played towards the end of last season, the passing and moving, the free-flowing football. It felt like it was back.”

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Nov 23 2011, 02:28 PM

Lot of work today so point form for me:-

1) Inability to break down tight defences. Big teams attack us. Notice the amount of space Chelsea afforded us in the first half. Also, Johnson's second goal was a result of a raking crossfield pass which he ran onto. To break tight defences, we need to move the ball instead of hoping for Suarez to dribble past 5 defenders - pass and move. This will improve as players play together more often and have a better understanding of one another. The Suarez-Bellamy-Maxi goal is a prime example. Quick ball movement making if difficult for defenders to adjust.

Actually, that's about all I have.

The commentator of the match did say on Saurez as well. He may be good, tricky, and can create something out of nothing, but stat wise, shot on goal not less than 40-50, but only 4 goals scored until now is not good enough stat.

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Added on November 23, 2011, 2:43 pmSimple, not clinical enough, when chance created, you must take it.
This is always the different between top 4 of the league vs middle table team.
Opponent make mistake, you must capitalise, then going to win 1-0. Just like what happened in the win over Chelsea match.

Also tempo is not high enough and movement of the ball is not quick enough.

Don't know my observation correct or not, the team play the ball better on the ground and pass and move more, with Kyut, Bellamy, Suarez combination.
While when Carroll in the team, resort to long ball, and movement become slower.

This post has been edited by cherroy: Nov 23 2011, 02:43 PM

If I'm to be honest, we to muster a lot of shots on goal but most are half chances. We don't create many clear cut opportunities.

manc lose yesterday... they rest agero and nazri
its a tough game for liverpool..

Looking forward this Sunday match. I've faith in them.
btw, Steven Gerrard should be around this weekend right?

soccernet reporting that anelka might be available. second coming for another striker?

bellamy kuyt suarez anelka (+carroll). hey suddenly we can have a really fearsome striking line up

Chelsea putting hope on Torres could be disaster?. I don't see Lukaku staying long enough like Drogba did.
Drogba (possibly) could be on his way out of Chelsea as well.

Wonder what could be Chelsea's backup plan for front line.

No Anelka please. His attitude sucks and no one likes him. Read what Robbie had to say about him in his biography. I want to see Adam Morgan progress to the first team.

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Added on November 24, 2011, 1:10 pmBaffles me to no end how Enrique continues to be overlooked. I mean Capdevilla is old and Arbeloa is right footed. Neither have the pace Enrique has and whilst Arbeloa is arguably a better defender, he doesn't offer as much going forward. Oh well, Spain's loss is our gain.

http://www.nesn.com/2011/11/jose-enrique-w...ol-mission.html?

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Nov 24 2011, 01:10 PM

Found this on twitter @stupidfootball
Have to clarify that this was only meant as a football joke.

"Chelsea have made an official complaint to the FA accusing Luis Suarez of abusing Fernando Torres. Apparently he called him a striker."

They have many more jokes on their twitter @stupidfootball
Please forgive me if I offended anybody here..

lol. Torres will never have any success with Chelsea. Time to move on

Aahhh...i miss this time...

"ttorresss!!!" love it when commentator shout his name.

Hope we will do well against City and other games.

damn i missed him now..

imagine he partnership with Suarez..

Well, me too. Thanks for the memory though..

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just sharing



inb4 slowpoke

This post has been edited by hercules3110: Nov 25 2011, 04:04 AM

we will prevail against man city and chelsea for the third time again!

This post has been edited by ForsakenFaith: Nov 25 2011, 09:46 AM

yeah..we can do it
we'll give man city their 1st lose

Ah reminiscing about Torres are we lads? Well here's an ad I've watched countless times. I really miss doing the Torres bounce and singing his chant. Catchy as hell. Lost count the number of times I'd sing it at the top of my voice. I do wish him the best but certainly not while he is playing for one of our rivals, understandably so I hope. Club comes first.

anyone interested can join now..link in my siggy..any official lfc member would be great but the owner of the account hv to make the purchases..we can sort that out later..

"Alex Ferguson picks his all-time Man United team: Durkin, Dean, Riley, Stiles, Wiley, Clattenburg, Atwell, Webb ©, Atkinson, Dowd, Winter."

@stupidfootball

lol at the end of the video. scouse scream in spanish

among my favourite chant coz like you said its catchy as hell. and its easy to memorize. oh how i wish he would be patient for at least one more season. if he can find his grooves back, he + suarez will be a joy to watch.

oh well, he with the plastics now.. good luck to him.

Guys,

Be careful! Mancs around the world are resorting to desperate attempts to convert us into fans! I just got frapped for the 2nd time in 2 days. Log out of FB, lock your phones and laptops!


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BREAKING NEWS: Patrice Evra has admitted that the 'N' word Suarez used ten times was "nutmeg".

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any official news?

damn.. really miss those goal celebration moment with the faces like gerrard, torres, alonso, riise, benayoun, arbeloa, kuyt.....

well.. gotta move on.. You'll never walk alone!