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Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
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He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
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He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
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He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
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I think I'd rather get Senna from Villareal as a stop gap if we can't find anything else.
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
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He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
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I think I'd rather get Senna from Villareal as a stop gap if we can't find anything else.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
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and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg907002#msg907002 date=1247754614]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
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and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
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Quite so.
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg907002#msg907002 date=1247754614]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
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Quite so.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg907002#msg907002 date=1247754614]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
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Model professional? Wasn't he banned from the Scotland squad and stripped of the armband by Rangers because of a "drinking incident" recently?
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg907002#msg907002 date=1247754614]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
and we'd be replacing one model professional with another.
[/quote]
Model professional? Wasn't he banned from the Scotland squad and stripped of the armband by Rangers because of a "drinking incident" recently?
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Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
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Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
Fucking hell - I can't believe this thread is so big - I mean when we went through that summer where SG was going to leave I don't think the thread got bigger than 60-70 posts !!!!
I think we should all accept he is off and that whatever we end up with - we should go for someone physically strong and faster than Xabi and someone who can at the very least do the simple passes consistently - that will be enough. I am using the games against Chelsea as the main standard of midfield opposition we should try and compete against as their midfield managed to out do us in the CL games.
Regards,
Moron
Fucking hell - I can't believe this thread is so big - I mean when we went through that summer where SG was going to leave I don't think the thread got bigger than 60-70 posts !!!!
I think we should all accept he is off and that whatever we end up with - we should go for someone physically strong and faster than Xabi and someone who can at the very least do the simple passes consistently - that will be enough. I am using the games against Chelsea as the main standard of midfield opposition we should try and compete against as their midfield managed to out do us in the CL games.
Regards,
Moron
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=moron link=topic=33578.msg907013#msg907013 date=1247755686]
Fucking hell - I can't believe this thread is so big - I mean when we went through that summer where SG was going to leave I don't think the thread got bigger than 60-70 posts !!!!
I think we should all accept he is off and that whatever we end up with - we should go for someone physically strong and faster than Xabi and someone who can at the very least do the simple passes consistently - that will be enough. I am using the games against Chelsea as the main standard of midfield opposition we should try and compete against as their midfield managed to out do us in the CL games.
Regards,
Moron
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Well it started off with just Xabi leaving posts but then in an effort to conserve white space any topic with the word Xabi or Alonso in it was melded into this topic, and that was followed by any LFC related post - not only from this forum but from any and all forums ... things just snowballed from there until this Black Hole of a Xabi thread now threatens all humanity with obliteration and oblivion.
[quote author=moron link=topic=33578.msg907013#msg907013 date=1247755686]
Fucking hell - I can't believe this thread is so big - I mean when we went through that summer where SG was going to leave I don't think the thread got bigger than 60-70 posts !!!!
I think we should all accept he is off and that whatever we end up with - we should go for someone physically strong and faster than Xabi and someone who can at the very least do the simple passes consistently - that will be enough. I am using the games against Chelsea as the main standard of midfield opposition we should try and compete against as their midfield managed to out do us in the CL games.
Regards,
Moron
[/quote]
Well it started off with just Xabi leaving posts but then in an effort to conserve white space any topic with the word Xabi or Alonso in it was melded into this topic, and that was followed by any LFC related post - not only from this forum but from any and all forums ... things just snowballed from there until this Black Hole of a Xabi thread now threatens all humanity with obliteration and oblivion.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
Nice one FF.
Nice one FF.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907017#msg907017 date=1247757084]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
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Great picture Stu but don't milk it. haha.
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907017#msg907017 date=1247757084]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
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Great picture Stu but don't milk it. haha.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=33578.msg906786#msg906786 date=1247733800]
Oh and just as an after thought , nice of Xabi to give a bit of a passing thought to the fans who backed him last year, even if it does sound like it was for his own good.
regards
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In fairness, it would be downright moronic for Xabi to claim he doesn't want to be here when there's no guarantee of him leaving. He is a model professional, and thus far has been just that - professional.
Is it what Jamie Carragher would have done? Of course not, but we can't expect that from every one of our players. Or even Steven Gerrard, once upon a time.
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=33578.msg906786#msg906786 date=1247733800]
Oh and just as an after thought , nice of Xabi to give a bit of a passing thought to the fans who backed him last year, even if it does sound like it was for his own good.
regards
[/quote]
In fairness, it would be downright moronic for Xabi to claim he doesn't want to be here when there's no guarantee of him leaving. He is a model professional, and thus far has been just that - professional.
Is it what Jamie Carragher would have done? Of course not, but we can't expect that from every one of our players. Or even Steven Gerrard, once upon a time.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=ILD link=topic=33578.msg907052#msg907052 date=1247761886]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907017#msg907017 date=1247757084]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
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Great picture Stu but don't milk it. haha.
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I think i'll use it every time it's called for, it is a brilliant picture.
[quote author=ILD link=topic=33578.msg907052#msg907052 date=1247761886]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907017#msg907017 date=1247757084]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=33578.msg906997#msg906997 date=1247754307]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=33578.msg906990#msg906990 date=1247753569]
Barry Ferguson's available on the cheap
[/quote]
He can play that metronomic role, and certainly has an excellent passing range. Would be a decent stopgap.
[/quote]
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Great picture Stu but don't milk it. haha.
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I think i'll use it every time it's called for, it is a brilliant picture.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
Re Barry Ferguson.
Is it Birmingham that bought him for something like 1.2M this week? I've missed most football news, so I'm a bit behind the times on this one.
If so, that's a great bit of business. Don't be put off by one failed spell at Blackburn (it certainly doesn't help foster spirit at a new club when you start riding your captain's missus) cos Ferguson's a very good footballer.
He stood out like a sore thumb for Rangers for years, he was Scotland's only footballer worth talking about for a 4/5 year spell, and for that price is a fantastic bit of business.
Despite his obvious allegainces, I never disliked Ferguson, probably because he was the only player in many Old Firm games actually worth watching. He's a proper footballer, and if they get him fit and get his head right - Brum have a fantastic deal on their hands.
Re Barry Ferguson.
Is it Birmingham that bought him for something like 1.2M this week? I've missed most football news, so I'm a bit behind the times on this one.
If so, that's a great bit of business. Don't be put off by one failed spell at Blackburn (it certainly doesn't help foster spirit at a new club when you start riding your captain's missus) cos Ferguson's a very good footballer.
He stood out like a sore thumb for Rangers for years, he was Scotland's only footballer worth talking about for a 4/5 year spell, and for that price is a fantastic bit of business.
Despite his obvious allegainces, I never disliked Ferguson, probably because he was the only player in many Old Firm games actually worth watching. He's a proper footballer, and if they get him fit and get his head right - Brum have a fantastic deal on their hands.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
McLeish is building a pretty solide side, and if anyone can get the best out of Ferguson its him. Great piece of business.
All three newly promoted teams have done some good signings and I dont see a stand out obvious relegation candidate. It will be close and exciting at the bottom half of the table.
All 3 sides have a striker that can fire them to safty, if they find their feet in the PL;
Ebanks-Blake
Benitez
Fletcher
McLeish is building a pretty solide side, and if anyone can get the best out of Ferguson its him. Great piece of business.
All three newly promoted teams have done some good signings and I dont see a stand out obvious relegation candidate. It will be close and exciting at the bottom half of the table.
All 3 sides have a striker that can fire them to safty, if they find their feet in the PL;
Ebanks-Blake
Benitez
Fletcher
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
This must be the ultimate Tribal Football non-story. Hilarious:
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso failed to invite manager Rafa Benitez to his wedding last week.
AS says Xabi did not invite his manager in a sure sign their relationship has not recovered after last summer's on-off move to Juventus.
The Liverpool manager did congratulate Xabi by SMS, which was their last communication as Real Madrid step up their bid for the player.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/liverpool-boss-benitez-not-invited-xabi-wedding-257598
This must be the ultimate Tribal Football non-story. Hilarious:
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso failed to invite manager Rafa Benitez to his wedding last week.
AS says Xabi did not invite his manager in a sure sign their relationship has not recovered after last summer's on-off move to Juventus.
The Liverpool manager did congratulate Xabi by SMS, which was their last communication as Real Madrid step up their bid for the player.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/liverpool-boss-benitez-not-invited-xabi-wedding-257598
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=Pesam link=topic=33578.msg907550#msg907550 date=1247844884]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907546#msg907546 date=1247844712]
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
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Mañana.
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Nah, makes me paranoid. Thanks anyway.
[quote author=Pesam link=topic=33578.msg907550#msg907550 date=1247844884]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907546#msg907546 date=1247844712]
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
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Mañana.
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Nah, makes me paranoid. Thanks anyway.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=33578.msg907556#msg907556 date=1247845229]
[quote author=Pesam link=topic=33578.msg907550#msg907550 date=1247844884]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907546#msg907546 date=1247844712]
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
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Mañana.
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Nah, makes me paranoid. Thanks anyway.
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Why has it always got to be about you?
[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=33578.msg907556#msg907556 date=1247845229]
[quote author=Pesam link=topic=33578.msg907550#msg907550 date=1247844884]
[quote author=Stu link=topic=33578.msg907546#msg907546 date=1247844712]
When are the Spanish lads due back? Monday?
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Mañana.
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Nah, makes me paranoid. Thanks anyway.
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Why has it always got to be about you?
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
Anybody has that old compilation of Xabi Alonso against Spurs in his very first season? If i remember right the song in the compilation was "i predict a riot...."
I absolutely loved that compilation. But i can't find it in youtube any more.
Anybody has that old compilation of Xabi Alonso against Spurs in his very first season? If i remember right the song in the compilation was "i predict a riot...."
I absolutely loved that compilation. But i can't find it in youtube any more.
Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
From all the guff that i am reading from various website we are asking for 35millon. So is it 35mill Euros or 35mill pounds. I know the rate is only about 1.157 pounds to the euro but that can make about 5mill difference. So what are we asking for 35mill euros or 35mill pounds.
From all the guff that i am reading from various website we are asking for 35millon. So is it 35mill Euros or 35mill pounds. I know the rate is only about 1.157 pounds to the euro but that can make about 5mill difference. So what are we asking for 35mill euros or 35mill pounds.
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