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It's a lot of money spent on good players but will it be a good team ? I have my doubts. Rafa is building a team. He's signed good players for less than some of our rivals ( compare the money we spent on Xabi Alonso with that spent on Essien by Chelsea ) Seems like we've signed another player today - a much needed one - and yet some of the posts i've read on the forums since Owen signed for Newcastle are baffling. People moaning at Rafa for not signing players, sometimes not in the right order. People moaning at Parry for stitching Rafa and the club up - and yet he backed GH and he's backing Rafa now with money. And how do people think Rafa arrived at Liverpool ? Not all aimed at you, Mike.

Had we signed him there would have been people saying we'd wasted money on a centre forward when we need a centre back and a right midfielder. 2 things make the whole saga worse : a ) The sale of Baros b ) The fact it was Owen. Any other striker and there wouldn't be half the fuss. Some of the statements on here today are from the people who feel cheated.

And has been picked a few times this season, including the friendlies. Think the slowest one was Morientes, Le Tallec, Riise and Potter.

Having just had a go at a poster for telling someone to " **** off " and spoiling the debate, the following comment may seem a little hypocritical but **** off. " Genuine dislike " ?

Real and Newcastle have agreed a fee which according to Newcastle is a record deal ( £16m + ) but Newcastle have yet to agree anything with Owen, who still wants to come back here but has said he'll go to Newcastle on loan. You can just tell he's dying to join Newcastle and work with Souness.

Definitely XabinStevie. Makes Gollum look normal. " Xabi is bessst " " No he isn't " " XABI IS BESSST ! " " No, he isn't. Go away and don't ever come back ! "

Haven't seen them since Blackburn drew over there. Looking at their results at home in the last couple of years they're not something to be afraid of.

6'5" forward available on a free transfer. Can use either foot. And if you can play the matches at Newbury it would be grrreat

MH's response, courtesy of the Express : Tory leader Michael Howard denounced as "nonsense from beginning to end" an article in The Spectator magazine which accused Liverpudlians of wallowing in victim status over the murder of Ken Bigley and the Hillsborough football disaster of 1989. Mr Howard, who is a fervent supporter of Liverpool Football Club, spoke out angrily over the editorial which, although unsigned, was written under the direction of the magazine's editor, Tory MP Boris Johnson, who is shadow culture secretary. Now there is speculation about whether Mr Johnson, MP for Henley, will be able to retain his front-bench post. The article which spoke of the "extreme reaction" to the beheading of Mr Bigley aroused instant fury in Liverpool and demands for an immediate apology. Mr Howard said: "I totally disagree with the comment in The Spectator about Liverpool. I have nothing but the greatest admiration and affection for Liverpool and its people. "I think what was said in the Spectator was nonsense from beginning to end." Mr Johnson's immediate reaction to the furore was to say: "We certainly did not mean to offend anybody in Liverpool. The Spectator loves Liverpool." But Peter Kilfoyle, Labour MP for Liverpool, Walton demanded an immediate apology, saying: "It is inaccurate. It is outrageous and it is bigoted and it is the responsibility of the man who presumes to be shadow minister for culture, media and sport. "He should immediately apologise for this disgraceful comment about Liverpool, and the tragedy at Hillsborough and the implied insult to the Bigley family. "To single out Liverpool as somehow being psychologically flawed is absolutely outrageous." " "We certainly did not mean to offend anybody in Liverpool. The Spectator loves Liverpool." " Don't think the peole of Liverpool are stupid, Boris.

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I'm not surprised, just very puzzled and i guess....disappointed.

Just been on the 6 o'clock news on Radio 2. What gets me is the people who are defending the article - how can they defend an article that hasn't even been researched or has been purposely written with a lack of care ? ' over 50 ' ...

Anyone who's seen Boris on ' Have I Got News..' will know he's a complete moron with no sense of the real world. Some of the points in that article are arguable but the whole part about Hillsborough has been so naively reported..it's pathetic but unfortunately not surprising.

That would be fanbloodytastic. A huge banner in The Kop and a huge banner at their end or maybe " Don't Buy The S*n " with a word in each stand ?

But when Princess Diana died - " No more photos, more respect for privacy ". Ha. BIG FAT LYING SCUMMY RAG. "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story "