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referred pain... if you re-look at the video clip, shortly after Cole hits him, his left foot seems to get caught in the turf a bit, so it may have been that that was the real worry rather than the initial impact.

It was his left ankle that was getting seen to by the physio immediately after the tackle.

I'm only pleased that Spurs drew the minnows. Lucky buggers, eh?

It's at the end of this article.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/7948879/Jamie-Carragher-Joe-Cole-is-like-a-god-in-Liverpool-despite-red-card-against-Arsenal.html

From today's Telegraph: Liverpool are assessing as many as five formal offers to buy the club from owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, sources close to the deal claim. Martin Broughton, the chairman, and Barclays Capital, the bank conducting the sale, hope to conclude a deal within a month. Of those five bidders, Kenny Huang, the Chinese entrepreneur, is the only candidate to have gone public. He is regarded as a serious contender. Yahya Kirdi, the Syrian businessman who suggested last week he would have a deal to buy Liverpool in place within seven days, has not lodged a formal offer, though one bid is thought to emanate from the Emirate of Sharjah. It had been speculated that Kirdi was acting for the gulf state’s ruling family

I feel destabilised just reading through the first few posts

Hey everybody... over here...Kev's glass is half full.....

it's a theory. don't diss the theory.

yellow at worst? perhaps some lines after the match? detention ? It was a dozy challenge, reckless. Not a red in retrospect, I agree. Still not a bad game with lots of positives for us.

Yes, but the ref is only going to react at the time. Hardly going to wait until half time is over to see him gambolling on to the turf, is he? It looked really horrible - I can see why a red was given, especially from 222.

It looked horrible in real time from the Upper Anny (222), Kev. Probably not helped by the fact it was committed in front of the away supporters.

He's got a t shirt with CIC on it underneath his footy top. He only needs his hat-trick goal to reveal it....

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Here is the Guardian latest.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2010/aug/11/liverpool-limbo-takeover No idea if this is something to despair at or whether it is the sign of masterful brinkmanship by a potential buyer...

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Inscrutible.

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Latest from the guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/06/kenny-huang-liverpool-takeover

City haven't done anything yet though, Murph. The problem I have, and I think Heighway 61 was articulating, is one of the relationship between the club and the fans. You can split the club component into two, 1 being the administration and the other being the players. for a while it seemed as though the players were losing the connection with fans (in general, not just at Liverpool) because of increasing salary and increasing self-importance. Recently the administration really has separated itself from the fans - football clubs aren't owned by local businessmen any more it's billionaire this and that. I can just about cope with that but the moment that the club becomes so rich that it can buy mercenaries to take the place of Carra (for example) just fills me full of dread. We could end up with a club that just does not connect with the supporters. And Heighway 61 is right in that it is all presumptive but I don't want the club to be the biggest toy on the planet. PS Newsnight on BBC2 had an interesting front page from the times for tomorrow. China it is.

Me too. I don't have problems with billionaire owners as such but I do want a manager that can put a team together and not have us ending up like some classless outfit of the likes we've derided over the last few years.

How many Fields of Anfield road did you have to endure? I must have had to put up with over 50 on Tuesday....

He doesn't know anything. He's on third base.

Not that hard to be selective though....

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