BBC Football is the site that I use the most, basically the first thing I opened everyday is BBC Football on my laptop and phone when I woke up, and that's the impression I got the more I read their articles and watched their videos and also Match of the Day. Used to be soccernet but somehow I switched.. :/

Wigan have given Liverpool permission to speak with boss Roberto Martinez about the managerial post at Anfield, Latics owner Dave Whelan has confirmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18110974

#FML

Asian pride? hahaha

Yes ABC i think.. just saying.. haha..

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Added on May 18, 2012, 4:35 amI think that is exactly what most people who don't want roberto martinez are concerned about.. he's a good manager but if he wants new challenge villa will suit him more than liverpool.

This post has been edited by vcj1992: May 18 2012, 04:46 AM

That's a very valid point imo. They will lose respect from their own fans and this is the worst thing that could possibly happen to a manager. Also, I believe it has something to do with the fact that they still had unfinished business in their own club to start another new project in Liverpool. Perhaps not the right time..

If, and I mean IF, Rafa does come back, I wonder how he will do with the budget? Just saw the video of Hillsborough memorial someone posted a while ago, thank you for that.. I'd agree with the top comment there: "Wonder what he can do with 100 million in one summer and great support from his owners?" He has bought some great players for the clubs who went on and did so well for the club, such as Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano, Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and even Lucas Leiva etc. And of course some rubbish who never proved himself in the club too especially during the last years in Liverpool..

True that, it's pretty sad that Torres gave his prime to Liverpool but never got a medal, only came very close to the Premier League in 2009. We won the FA Cup in 2006, were in the Champions League final twice in 3 years and won it once, but he only came after the second final. In the end he got what we won before he joined us in Chelsea, when he was no longer guaranteed any starting place. I guess it's fated. So it's good to see him got the redemption with all the things that he didn't get to win with us..

Thanks a lot for the videos. How I missed the time when we had Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun with Torres. Don't forget Sissoko, Crouch, Riera etc too. Liverpool was such a good team, we were..

True man.. Things started to fall apart when we sold Alonso in 2009, without a proper replacement for him. We could have challenged the Premier League properly in 2009-2010 considering how strong the team performed the season before, we just needed some improvement in squad strength, but instead we sold one of the best players in the squad.. Imagine Alonso stayed with us and we got Suarez in the team without Torres leaving.. As much as I respect Rafa as one of the best managers in our history, I just felt he built the team and dismantled it himself piece by piece somehow.. Not sure how long we Liverpool fans have to wait again to see the team challenge the title.

This post has been edited by vcj1992: May 22 2012, 01:24 AM

That one I know. It wasn't really a secret either anyway back in those years at 2008 and 2009.

This post has been edited by vcj1992: May 22 2012, 01:51 AM

http://www.koptalk.co.uk/201204214418/Live...rt-downing.html

" Reports today claim that Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish turned down the opportunity to sign Juan Mata in favour of Stewart Downing purely because he was British.
*Sources close to former Reds director of football Damien Comolli claim that the Frenchman was frustrated at Dalglish's insistence on chasing British players rather than foreign imports that can often be more cost effective.
One report today claims: 'Comolli feels that the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad.
'For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard's representatives. Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million.'
During that transfer window, KOPTALK continually maintained that Mata was up for a move to Anfield and that his father had met and spoken with the Reds on several occasions. Juan Mata Senior - who is also the player's agent - had commented how his son was in awe of Liverpool's history and status as one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Despite big-money offers from other clubs, we believe Liverpool had a real chance of signing the player, which is why we were adamant about our chances.
* When reports say 'sources close to..', this is often actually the person at the centre of such reports who is commenting off-the-record. In this case for example, this could be Comolli himself, although there is nothing to suggest that is the case."



Seems like Mata was keen on joining us as well. Of course these are just rumours and we can't 100% believe it but if it's true, We missed a big player, one that is MUCH better than Downing. He could have been the star for us. Anyway, I hope this is not true.

This post has been edited by vcj1992: May 24 2012, 04:15 PM