koppper

"Hicks has shown that he does not always (ever) speak with a straight tongue".

1) Benni 2) Pennant 3) Lucas Tricky...

I accept your challenge and I will see you in the Man of the Match thread.

Other than Benni, tell me who was better?

Pennant was our best player after Benni....is Finnan reaching his sell by date?

I would love Masch to get a goal.

Benny, Pennant and Lucas ok, the rest need to wake up.

Sktrl playing a bit better and has shown that he has some pace.

Reflecting that support, Kop recently approved his transfer payment request to sign Martin Skrtel for £6.5 million and is in discussions with Rafa and Club management regarding additional player signings this summer. No more in this transfer window then? Just sell Momo and G+H have made a profit in this window.

LFC Supporters Network Survey Who do you think most has the best interests of the football club at heart? Tom Hicks/George Gillett [ 5 ] [1.38%] Rafael Benitez [ 358 ] [98.62%] Right lads, we've flushed out 2 of the buggers, just three more to go.

But what would happen if we got knocked out of the CL or missed out on 4th place? That's a big risk for them. Aslo, they are now putting up their own cash, plus they are paying interest on all the loans every day. They should want to get out ASAP, they just don't want it to be a fire sale. I hope it is.....I hope that DIC get us for peanuts.

It's not over yet. We were told that re-financing would be the probable prelude to a DIC purchase. The re-financing seems to be for only 18 months, and just 60 million is allocated to the new stadium. This means that the financing is very short term and with just 60 million, no work can start on the stadium, as they would want financial guarantees to start any project. I think (hope) that DIC are still well in the race.

Agree, we must have the number of supporters surveyed in the press release to give it weight. e.g. 2,000 Liverpool supporters were asked.....

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Due diligence must have been (P)rick Parry's job - that's what he was employed for.

Babel time coming up?

Adverts arte not quite what I was expecting.

What if, when built, we issue some type of debenture/season ticket thingie?

Devils Advocate: Say Hicks doesn't sell and they get the loan, then we have to service interest payments of 30 million per annum which wipes out our profits and leaves nothing in the transfer kitty. This would rise to over 60 million once a new loan is taken to cover the actual cost of the stadium. Any manager would also want at least 20 million per annum to stay in the top 4 because if we missed out even for 1 year, the value of "our" club goes down by at least 50 million. Therefore, even if they can get they can get the stadium re-financed on top of the current re-financing, they would still need to fund 50 million pa out of their own pockets, with the risk of losing out big time if we slip out of the top 4. Given that they don't even want to fund anything at all from their own pockets and that Gillett and possibly Hicks are strapped for cash, they only have 1 option - SELL. If they hang on, the downside risk is too much. I hope that they get the 220 million which they put in plus say 20 million in various stadium plans, plus 20 million in paid interest, plus 10 million profit = 270 million in total.....I don't think that they are in a strong position, and DIC know this. p.s. I get annoyed when I see articles talking about loans taken out to cover G+H funded transfers. We only spent net +20million ffs, after reaching the CL final. They took money out of the transfer kitty, not the other way around. They should sell now while they can get their money back with a small profit - then we can ALL count ourselves lucky not to have suffered too much.

Hmmm...the last 2 pieces about our first team on the Offal have been by Alex Miller...speak Rafa....don't make us nervous....

"We only sell the family silver once" (so we want the best price - who cares if it gets melted down). Do we know who met Klinsmann other than G+H? Was Parry there? Did he know about it?

When we heard that G+H did due diligence in a couple of days we were impressed - unfortunately, Coco seems to have done no due diligence about this guy at all - Moores must be distraught (but rich) - we are the losers!

This year's league stats from the Telegraph: John Arne Riise Fouls 12 Won Tackles 26 Penalty saves 0 Assists 1 Attempts created 22 Won contest 7 Total passes 540 Red Card 0 Saves 0 Accurate Passes 406 Clean Sheet 7 Tackles 37 Scoring attempts 37 Good high claims 0 On target attempts 4 Goals 0 Yellow Card 0 Minutes played 1333 Total contest 17 Clearance 89 Alvaro Arbeloa Fouls 16 Won Tackles 44 Penalty saves 0 Assists 1 Attempts created 9 Won contest 6 Total passes 630 Red Card 0 Saves 0 Accurate Passes 538 Clean Sheet 9 Tackles 52 Scoring attempts 0 Good high claims 0 On target attempts 0 Goals 0 Yellow Card 2 Minutes played 1480 Total contest 15 Clearance 93 So, 37 shots in the league this season so far with 4 on target and 0 goals. 1 in 10 on target - my cat can do better than that. These stats don't even show the number of times Riise has to pass backwards because he can't go forwards on his left foot. Arbeloa is right footed and always injured but his stats are better than JAR. Or how about this for Riise: 2007 - 2008 17 appearances 0 goals 2006 - 2007 33 appearances 1 goal 2005 - 2006 32 appearances 1 goal He has been a loyal servant, but he does not help our play and I see him as selfish. A team just has to squeeze the ball over towards JAR, make sure he can't go outside, and the ball is theirs. If we had someone there with 2 feet who could cross, we would be so much more balanced.

I don't understand: 1) The board is Hicks, Gillett x 2, Parry and Moores. Even if Parry and Moores disagree, they are in the minority so they canot block anything. 2) How much have Hicks and Gillett spent on the club? £174m to buy us, £45m debt written off, say £10 in studies for the stadium. Nothing extra for transfers. This is a total of £229m or is there something else which I am missing? If so, I would be happy if they got exactly the same from DIC.