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somebody from rawk posted this: This is pure hearsay so feel free to give it a miss... Out of respect, people like Rafa are being tight-lipped about a lot of things. But I hear from a friend-who-knows-someone-who-knows-someone-who-knows-someone at Melwood that, while Robbie busted his gut and worked hard in training, his attitude often stunk. He came with a lot of delusions of grandeur and probably put himself in the same category as Torres or demanded similar consideration and treatment ... Not outrightly, but his attitude and body language were often negative and very resentful. As a newbie, he lacked Fernando's humility (and, some would say, supernatural gifts)... Remember a time early in the season when he wasn't scoring and the media thugs were asking why Rafa didn't drop him for a couple games? Well, Rafa tried and tried with Keane and gave him lots of chances. Even when Fergie came out and criticised the deal, saying he was "surprised" anyone would pay 20 mil for Keane, Rafa was indignant and defended Robbie. But eventually he turned against him, mostly because of his attitude. The tide really started turning against Robbie after that horrible miss against Atletico, where he was trying to be too cute. Rafa sort of lost patience with him and publicly criticised him for not scoring that chance. That was sort of the beginning of the strain on their relationship. But apparenly the s*** really hit the fan when Lawro came out in the press claiming that Gerrard had told him Keane was going to be sold. Whether or not Rafa had it in mind to sell Keane from so far back, you and I will probably never know, but this "revelation" put a strain on the relationships in the dressing room. Keane, unable to establish a partnership early on with Torres, became sort of perceived as the intruder/villain who threatened to disrupt the Torres-Gerrard partnership, and he wasn't good enough to be in the same league as them too. Said distant informer also thinks Gerrard was taking an indirect swipe at Keane when he gave an interview saying how FT had set a new standard in terms of the speed at which a foreign player can adapt to the Premier League. He said something along the lines of other new players/foreign players would have fewer excuses. Like I said, pure hearsay. But don't shoot the messenger.

keane was happy to leave too it looks like. he didn't try too determined to stay. but i guess with rafa it would have been difficult anyways.

is right, read that too. also read somewhere that stevie preferred to play deeper in midfield (he told rafa that), hence the reason someone like keane was sought. not sure if these are the actual reasons, mind.

mascher hasn't been as good as last season. can't wait till torres hits form.

some from tlw claimed snn reported it. but someone else said that stevie was in the middle of it. he was told by a copper friend in liverpool.

Gerrard was acting as peacemaker according to an eyewitness.

i remember rafa was confident that we'd get heinze.

i thought what rafa said on saturday wasn't out of order. he mellowed somewhat and he's simply stating his side of the story and wasn't at all attacking the owners. but the newspapers seem so ready to sensationalise the headline.

fat sam has been feeling left out. he envies verbal slinging matches between the big boys. now that he's in a "big" club, he wants to be the new special one, and starts slinging away. c***.

@#$%^&* Atletico Madrid - Why the @#$%^& are they not trying stuff like this on @#$%^& Chelsea? @#$%^&

that thread on rawk has either been removed or has moved down the pages. i don't see it anymore.

how's carson's prematch warm-ups btw?

we must demand an apology from the ref. another 2 points lost.

foster's involved in looking at players?

a reliable poster from rawk, Des Lynam, indicated that he's being told we are in negotiations for Jonas Gutierrez.

was that ES next to stevie?

toulouse were toothless tonight. would have been interesting if they had their psychotic manic midget on the pitch.

now that you mention it.

is there a light 'armor' that he can put over it to protect his rib from further damage? as a precaution, after he's been given the go ahead by the doctor that he can play, of course.

prolly rafa is going for someone versatile, someone who can play CENTRAL DEFENDER and WINGER.

at least that piece by bascombe makes me hopeful that it's not as bad as it first looked.

i agree - it's extremely manic and passionate, this one is very much pro-liverpool. english commentators are very dull and boring in comparison. i take passion over so-called 'analysis' of skysports commentators every time.

that clip looks better than the ones i've seen. we have a real talent on our hands. i agree with the other posts here, when he's settled, babel and torres will run rampant ...

maybe there's some sort of light body armour to protect him (just like those goggles for the eyes). maybe we can add on eletric spikes so that striker c**** don't take advantage of carra's situation.

now this has got me real anxious. anybody knows how our fixtures are in the next month or so?