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Not read all of this and know nothing about Kronkamp but glad the kid seems to be rated. One thing I'd say though is that maybe now'd be a good time to stop all the bitching about Josemi. He came here and he didn't make the grade, but when he first signed he looked like he might so he's obviously not without ability. I'm in no way I'm saying I want him to stay but I wish him all the best in the future. He won't be going too far away from most of us anyway, as I imagine a fair few of us have pictures of him on desktops and walls from May.

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Right, off to pub. Enjoy everyone.

Have faith, young man!

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It's I-play-for-the-greatest-football-team in-the world-esque hair.

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Samuel is a professional bore, whose sole purpose seems to be to attempt to generate controversy. He's very dull.

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About twenty four hours at the rate it's coming in for me right now. Thank you very much for putting it up there though.

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"We made him the man he is today"?! I half know what you're getting at but I can't agree. Michael's talent would've made him a success with or without Liverpool Football Club. Maybe we don't 'owe' him anything if you think the financial rewards cover any debt we might have to him, but I'd like to think that nearly a decade of goals and the odd trophy might mean that we remember him with fondness and look on him as one of our own. Half the problem with Michael is that he's not the most loveable of characters. He's not overburdened with charisma, is he? I'm sure he's a lovely lad but there's always been a tad too much of the automaton about him. That's really beside the point though. The reason we loved him as far as we did was he scored goals. Just to pick two at random, the two he scored away to Roma were an utter delight. One could easily construct an argument that they were instrumental in helping this club start to believe in itself as possible European power again. Now he's gone it falls to others to fulfil his role, and they will, but that in no way lessens what Michael did for us. So maybe we do owe him something after all; gratitude. No more, no less. He made his choice to leave as other wearers of the red shirt will in the future, but the trophies and goals will always be there.

Of course Owen is a club legend. I don't see how that can possibly be disputed. He left and we've gone on to bigger and better things without him. When Keegan left I was mortified but the club moved on. If I'd known how good his replacement was going to be I wouldn't have batted an eyelid. The biggest loser in all of this has been Owen himself. He missed out on a chance to win one of the biggest prizes of all. Ironic considering it must've been one of his main motivations for going. I think if he'd stayed last season might've been very different. That night in May might not have happened. Michael left us and he missed out on one of the great triumphs in the club's history. The chants reminding him of that are probably fair enough cos they're humorous. Where's the humour in booing though? It's a s*** thing to do to one of your own, and the way I see it little Michael is 'family'. You can't give that much to the club and not be, no matter the manner of your leaving.

Just out of interest does anyone have any idea how many appearances Callaghan had made at Jamie's age?

The good things Owen did for the club far outweigh the bad. If the booing was purely a 'psychological ploy' to paraprase an earlier poster then fair enough, but I'm sure there was more to it than that. I wasn't there but if the booing was inspired by similar resentment to that displayed here then it seems unlikely. Mickey was never quite loved in the way outsiders might have expected him to be, but he gave this club so much over the years and we all benefited from him wearing the red shirt. Yeah, the contract thing leaves a bad taste, but it's the way of the game now. We've benefited from a fair few players doing the same to their previous clubs and we'll continue to do so given half a chance. Michael didn't make those rules. That people are now writing him off as a footballing force is unbelievable. I'm not sure I want him to come back but seven goals in nine Premiership appearances this season is a pretty good return by anyone's standards. If any of our lads had that sort of return we'd be a lot closer to Chelsea right now.

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