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A quick look at his wikipedia page is impressive, and I must say I have been surprised at Valencia's form this season, despite losing their two key men. Never knew who their manager was though. I'm game

Yea good spell, Jova and Babel lacking end product

Why the long face 'arry? Oh

Inter 3 -0 Tottenham and it's 13 minutes in

If we get a new manager in, or if Roy's performances improve (unlikely) then I don't think we have to worry about finding points to stay up. There are plenty more opportunities for points vs s**** and we have also played city and united away, which we might never have taken for granted at the start of the season. The problem still remains that our manager/team is s*** at the moment and it needs to be turned about sharp.

Don't think that will stop them sacking him if the results don't improve sharpish.

Wide player Turan, DM Lass, Benzema (?) might be on a cheap. Also saw something about Lopez, would love that. Aly Cissohko is class isn't he?

Yusss I can finally buy a shirt. Would be a pretty good show of support to have an enormous increase in sales figures across the board starting today.

Indeed, was the only place I bothered to look at in the end

Why do they want to own it until after the deadline day?? Spite? Do they believe they can somehow convince RBS or whoever to let them keep it.

That pretty much nails it then doesnt it?

The Americans go into a little huddle and point and whisper at Broughton, Grabiner leaning back in their seats. Got to give the twits some time to tweet, I suppose

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/oct/12/liverpool-fc-rbs-hicks-gillett-john-w-henry

This

I think the point is that there was a counter claim that G & H were acting in the 'best interests of the club' because they knew that not all bids had been considered. I guess that means that if it is found that not all bids have been considered, then G & H's actions will have been deemed reasonable, and they will win. The thing is, its bulls***, and they did consider all reasonable bids, so it's safe.

"Lim owns a series of Manchester United F.C. themed bars and clubs in Asia, which led to him bidding to take ownership of Liverpool F.C. in 2010, to expand the brand in Asia." f*** that

This is how I read it. This other bid is probably the reason why Henry has been doing his PR thing and why he has been keen to move it along. I'm cautiously optimistic about both parties, probably leaning on the NESV side, purely because of their apparently excellent track record with the Red Sox Inspiring coverage

Its not scheduled yet

Cissohko and Diarra remove our two worst players from the starting line up, and Mario Gomez sounds alright, although not sure if he would be keen to sit on the bench. Set up like arsenal, Lass holding with Mereiles and Gerrard floating in front of him behind Torres. Keep the Kuyt/Johnson combination going (which was effective last season) and play Jovanovic/Cole on the left. I haven't seen Danny Wilson play yet.. can he start to make the step up next season or not? If not, another young and classy CB, although might want a proven PL player here. Can't think.

A lot of people are talking about the stadium investment, saying that if they aren't going to invest in the stadium they shouldn't be welcome, because it is necessary to generate the revenue to compete with other clubs. From what I understand from interviews with Ayres (linked from this site) the club has a huge operating profit and the only reason we haven't been able to re-invest this into players is the leveraged buy out!! I am more than happy to see investors clear (most of) the debt on the club and, as they say, get a feel for the club before committing to a stadium investment. That being said, hopefully such a prudent approach to the take-over will be an indication of the type of business these people like to run, and so we should be away laughing in a few years: manageable debt, player investment and healthy operating profit, with investment in a stadium (not ground-share, please) imminent-ish. We can't expect too much, but to me it sounds like the right noises are being made. Also agree that CP and Ayres should be given a clean slate/shot, and RH.. Even though I wish rafa hadn't been forced out, it doesnt' seem to make sense to hound out another manager so early in his reign. But we'll see.

f*** it. Bad result tonight, but it was just kids and it was just the League Cup. Got to try to move on Give him a chance in the league. I don't have much hope myself, but he still deserves more time in the league. Roy, if you can start making substitutions earlier than 75 minutes it might help me have a little faith in you, especially when we are losing. Thanks

What a sub!!! A moment of clear genius by Hodgson!

Lucas?? wtf

I agree. When we came out with that 3-5-2 or whatever it was, everyone was livid (because it didn't work, obviously). I would love to see this, as I believe it is an arrangement of the 'default' formation which includes all of our best players (except Kuyt, injured) and almost all playing in their natural positions Reina Johnson Carra Agger Paul Mereiles Poulsen Maxi Gerrard Cole Nando

Why the f*** did he wait for 75 minutes to make those changes. We are looking half decent