Posts Tagged ‘football’

It’s summer time and every club in Europe is looking to strengthen its squad. Over the years we’ve see the price of players continually increasing but this year it seems to have, as Rafa quite rightly put it, gone crazy. Even for a club of Liverpool’s stature the ‘star’ players are simply unaffordable. I’m sure the signing of Glen Johnson in a years time will look like a brilliant piece of business, even though the £18m fee was questioned as being over the odds.

Rafa Benitez speaks out against crazy transfer fees

Rafa Benitez speaks out against crazy transfer fees

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Should Michael Owen have been a Red once more?

Should Michael Owen have become a Red once more?

OK is it just me or was any other Liverpool FC supporter thinking Michael Owen should have been given a chance to return to Anfield? What was the risk? Sir Alex Flippin Ferguson has got him on a free and a basic wage of £20,000 a week, granted with huge bonus potential, but only if he performs.

I quite fancied him playing alongside Torres and he would have given Liverpool great options up front both at home and in Europe.

Am I just being nostalgic and did Ferguson just pull off another coup?

Let me know what you think.

I had the pleasure of going to a Seattle Sounders soccer match a few weeks ago to see them play the Columbus Crew at Qwest Field. As a Liverpool FC supporter I was curious to see what the standard of football was like in the MLS as well see how U.S. soccer fans supported their team.

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Qwest Field - home of the Seattle Sounders

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As you can see I’m predicting (and naturally hoping) that Liverpool get maximum points from their final 5 games and that United slip 3 times. Your thoughts??  Is it possible?

A prediction of scores of Liverpool & Man Utd's last games of the season

A prediction of scores of Liverpool & Man Utd's last games of the season

Rafa Benitez announced this week that he is staying in charge of Liverpool FC until 2014 after a long drawn out series of contract negotiations. Like most Liverpool supporters I’m delighted with the news but if I’m being honest I have been a critic of his tinkering with the team in the Premiership, especially against the so called “lesser” teams. (more…)