Liverpool

Liverpool: All the latest Liverpool flavoured news, views, rumours and other assorted bits and bobs

• Fernando Torres has ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ inscribed on the inside of his captain’s armband April 24th, 2007 Liverpool

  Atletico Madrid captain Fernando Torres, reportedly a summer transfer target for Man Utd, wears an armband with ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ inscribed on the inside – the armband came loose during Atletico’s 2-0 defeat away to Real Sociedad at the weekend.

• Rafa Benitez and his magic, self-captioning hands April 24th, 2007 Liverpool

  Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez demonstrates his unique method of introducing himself!
  

• Champions League review: Liverpool 1-0 PSV Eindhoven April 12th, 2007 Liverpool

  Not the greatest game you’ll ever see, but then Liverpool did 95% of the work in Holland; there was no way PSV were going to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit. Crouchinho scored his third goal against PSV in two games to complete a thoroughly professional job. Apart from that, not much to report. You can […]

• Classic Moments: Luis Garcia’s controversial goal against Chelsea, 2005 April 12th, 2007 Chelsea

  With a Chelsea-Liverpool Champions League now confirmed, time for a spot of deja vu. Here is Luis Garcia’s goal which decided the 2005 semi-final between the two sides. All of the ball over all of the line? Hmm. [Rob Parker]

• Liverpool luv Eto’o, and now Eto’o luvs Liverpool April 5th, 2007 Liverpool

  Samuel Eto’o has given the first signal that he might be keen on a move to Liverpool. It is only a few days since we were looking at possible targets for Rafa Benitez and his £40 million warchest (© The Red Tops), and now it seems that Barcelona striker Eto’o might not mind Liverpool’s advances […]

• 5 Conclusions: PSV 0-3 Liverpool April 4th, 2007 Liverpool

  1 There are few sights in football as beautiful as a confident Peter Crouch doing his thing. It’s like watching an excitable baby giraffe taking its first steps. 2 Nicely bobbling ball, 25 yards out: John Arne Riise is the man you want! 3 We stuck our necks out after the last round and said […]

• Champions League review: PSV Eindhoven 0:3 Liverpool April 4th, 2007 Liverpool

  The Reds looked great in yellow last night, beating PSV 3-0 away from home to virtually assure themselves a place in the Champions League semis, against either Chelsea or Valencia. As professional as Liverpool were, the Dutch side were very, very poor – on last night’s evidence you’d say they’d struggle to avoid relegation in […]

• Liverpool transfer rumour special April 3rd, 2007 Liverpool

  Liverpool’s new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks are set to make £40 million available for Rafa Benitez to go on a summer spending spree. Pies gives you the lowdown on the players linked with a move to Anfield today. 1 Daniel Alves (Sevilla) Benitez has been slobbering over the right-sided Brazilian for a long […]

• THE VOTE Who should Liverpool buy with their £40m warchest? April 3rd, 2007 Liverpool

  George Gillett and Tom Hicks, Liverpool’s new American owners, have agreed to provide Rafa Benitez with a Chelsea-scaring £40m to blow in the summer transfer market. That’s twice as much as Benitez has had to play with since his arrival at Anfield Since his arrival at Anfield, the most Benitez has spent in a calendar […]

• The mystery of Mascherano April 2nd, 2007 Liverpool

  What a difference a club makes. A few months ago, Javier Mascherano couldn’t get selected for West Ham’s ailing first XI. He was rated behind the likes of Hayden Mullins and Nigel Medi-Ocre. Having watched Mascherano closely during the 2006 World Cup in Germany, this astonished me – the young Argentine was clearly one of […]

• Classic Moment: Michael Thomas wins the league for Arsenal at Liverpool, 1989 March 30th, 2007 Arsenal

  We did feature this Classic Moment on Pies many moons ago, but it is worth seeing again as Liverpool and Arsenal meet at Anfield tomorrow. Michael Thomas bundles his way through the Reds’ defence to win the league for Arsenal in the most dramatic circumstances. “It’s up for grabs now!” [Rob Parker]

• Haiku Corner: Steven Gerrard’s MBE March 22nd, 2007 Liverpool

  Welcome back to the tranquil haven that is Haiku Corner. Take off your shoes and let us sit a while, to contemplate the more spiritual side of the beautiful game. This week, our Zen-like focus is on Steven Gerrard, the bestest midfielder in the whole wide world ever, who collected his MBE medal on Wednesday. […]

• Liverpool v Barcelona, the Spanish view (with ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ karaoke) March 9th, 2007 Liverpool

  Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you get a great idea of how Spanish TV saw the game. Watch out for the awesome karaoke version of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ at the beginning of the video.

• Liverpool, Man Utd & Chelsea through, Celtic & Arsenal out: a few Champions League reflections March 8th, 2007 Arsenal

  1 Why is it Ballack & Shevchenko can do it against Europe’s finest, but not against the likes of Wigan and Charlton? Must be very frustrating for Chelski fans.2 It’s never a good idea to headbutt the pitch. Just ask poor Mikael Silvestre.3 Celtic have got some very talented kids who should be proud of […]

• Eamon Dunphy’s latest rant: ‘Steven Gerrard found out… a nothing player’ March 7th, 2007 Liverpool

  Liverpool must be buzzing today. They’ve just beaten Barcelona! The European champions for crying out loud! Well, whilst the players smile away, any neutral who watched the game must be wondering why they bothered. With most of the press being, shall we say, kind to Rafa & Co, the same can’t be said for the […]

• THE VOTE Can Barcelona come back against Liverpool? March 6th, 2007 Liverpool

  "The danger for Liverpool is if they think they have already done the hard work by winning in Spain… We are the defending European champions and we will not relinquish the trophy without a fight." Ronaldinho As much as I dislike some of Barca’s stars, I would never write off a team containing Ronaldinho, Eto’o […]

• Craig Bellamy School of Golf t-shirt March 6th, 2007 Kits & fashion

  The wags at T-shirts365 don’t miss a trick. In this case, the trick is producing a t-shirt called ‘The Craig Bellamy School of Golf’, just days after Bellamy showed the world his swing. Ouch, it’s zeitgeisty! Available in green, red or white, for the princely sum of £14.99. BUY IT

• Obscene season ticket prices to be slashed? February 26th, 2007 Arsenal

  News reaches us that Premiership chairmen are going to be forced into cutting ‘obscene’ ticket prices because fans have just about had enough of being the victims of daylight robbery every weekend, and as a result, football has reached a tipping point. Two top-flight chairmen have expressed the same view, both of whom predict price […]

• Rob Hulse puts the ouch into Peter Crouch February 26th, 2007 Liverpool

  Q: Who put the ‘ouch’ in Crouch? A: Blades striker Rob Hulse, whose stray boot connected with the blonde giraffe’s face during Liverpool’s 4-0 defeat of Sheffield United on Staurday. There goes Peter’s catwalk career… The injury to Crouch was the only downer of the game for Liverpool, although I’ve read several reports claiming that […]

• Barcelona – great club, ghastly players February 22nd, 2007 Liverpool

  As I said to my flatmate last night, I love Barca as a club –€“ great fans, great history, the fact they refused to sully their shirt with a sponsor for so long etc. – but they have the most annoying players in the world: Ronaldinho raises his chubby arms – is it me or […]

• Benitez fines squad February 20th, 2007 Liverpool

  With some people saying "It’s all lies. I’d be more ashamed to believe it than anything. If you could conjure up an eyewitness report or a police record, that’d be great" about the Craig Bellamy story on these very pages, it’s worth pointing out that today, Rafa Benitez is set to hand out the punishment […]

• Riise and Bellamy kiss & make up February 19th, 2007 Liverpool

  This recent photo, courtesy of Liverpool’s official website, proves, beyond any doubt, that the alleged Riise/Bellamy karaoke incident is a drizzle in a teacup. Look how happy they are!

• Did Craig Bellamy attack Riise with a golf club? February 19th, 2007 Liverpool

  Is Craig Bellamy the dimmest man on the face of the earth? His move to Liverpool was a slightly risky one on Rafa’s part, but we can all presume that he thought Bellamy may pull his finger out and keep his head down as his stint at Liverpool would probably be his last chance to […]

• Liverpool fans one year ago February 7th, 2007 Liverpool

  I know it’s a cheap gag, but I couldn’t resist. Surely the Liverpool fans must be a little embarrassed by all this takeover business?

• American tycoons complete Liverpool takeover: what the bloggers say February 6th, 2007 Liverpool

  Hopefully, a bright and red future ahead of us. I shall reserve my comment to later and not jump to conclusion. But it is exciting times indeed. [The Red Cauldron] Liverpool, with a proposed new stadium and increased transfer funds, will be looking to firmly place themselves in between Chelsea and Manchester United – and […]