Football 2014/15

[eFestivals]

How does Gerrard react if left out of a big game, not sure it's ever happened before. Will be a challenge for Rodgers, but likely it will have to happen one day

even the biggest ego in football 9whpoever that might be, I've no idea) is very likely to have a greater sense of self-awareness aged 34 than you're crediting Gerrard with.

[eFestivals]

Toni Kroos cheaper than llalana, the price you pay for English players.

Is "Kroos not interested in Manc Utd" not a story then?

[thetime]

Is "Kroos not interested in Manc Utd" not a story then?

Not really no, do you think it is?

[eFestivals]

Not really no, do you think it is?

I'd have thought it was as much of a story as the opposite was, but that would require a consistency that doesn't exist.

[pink_triangle]

Toni Kroos cheaper than llalana, the price you pay for English players.

The price of a deal is not purely down to transfer fee, lallanas wages will be far less.

[pink_triangle]

even the biggest ego in football 9whpoever that might be, I've no idea) is very likely to have a greater sense of self-awareness aged 34 than you're crediting Gerrard with.

I think he will be happy playing less games, I'm just not sure the games he will want to miss, will necessarily be the best ones.

[Essex_George]

Don't refresh after you're in at 8.15 though. Just be on the 'website closed' or whatever page into the queue and wait...

Even worse today! Got onto the website closed page before 8:15, got into the queue. Still over an hour left to go after being in the queue for over two hours, all tickets sold out.

[thetime]

Liverpool fans write a book about finishing second.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00LEG66SE/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

[Wooderson]

Utd fans trawling/trolling Amazon for LFC books. Fair enough.

[lost]

there are some cracking reviews in there:

I bought this and invited round the auld fella, his auld

fella and a few of my bezzie mates. We've all got seasies

and we never miss a match, home or away. I read this

book aloud for them and within 10 minutes they were all

wellin' up, I had to compose myself on numerous

occasions as I was also on the verge of wellin' up. We ran

the full gamut of emotions, from tears of joy after beating

City, seething at Mourinho's antics at Anfield to tears of

rage at Palace. When I had finished the book there was

total silence for ten mins, grown men with tears running

down their cheeks, the only sound was tears dripping into

pint pots of Carling. Finally the silence was broken by my

auld fella addressing his auld fella, 'Brendan made us

dream didn't he dad?' his auld fella, face reddened by

tears, replied 'he did son, he did... but then they broke our

hearts'. That was it, within seconds every one of us had

welled up again, tears poured down our faces and we

couldn't stop. There we were wiping away each others

tears with no embarrassment, we knew what this meant.

These were not tears of rage nor tears of joy, no, these

were tears for our club, our family. No football club does

emotion like Liverpool Football Club, no writer gets into

the emotion of our club quite like Paul Tomkins.

[thetime]

Utd fans trawling/trolling Amazon for LFC books. Fair enough.

[Wooderson]

Utd fans smugly bragging about commerical deals. Fair enough.

[strummer77]

Toni Kroos cheaper than llalana, the price you pay for English players.

Isn't Kroos in the last year of his contract?

Liverpool fans write a book about finishing second.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00LEG66SE/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

He writes a season review every year.

Even worse today! Got onto the website closed page before 8:15, got into the queue. Still over an hour left to go after being in the queue for over two hours, all tickets sold out.

Ah shit. Think system is struggling to cope with demand to say the least.

Got lucky today - got on about 7.35 on the 'website shut page' and left it until queue opened around 8.15. Reckon it took me about 45 minutes and managed to get two games. Just go for late availability games now or European sales should be on after the draw!

Edited July 17, 2014 by strummer77

[kaosmark2]

Another Newcastle signing. Anyone know anything about this Riviere guy?

[Andre91]

Kroos has got to be the best value for money signing this summer so far. As if Real Madrid's squad wasn't already amazing, James Rodriguez and Falcao could be on the way next. James will I think, Falcao not so much.

[Gucci Piggy]

Janmaat to Newcastle and Debuchy to Arsenal are complete.

[TheGayTent]

Valencia is done too, if the work permit goes through...

[Andre91]

Very happy with Debuchy!

[kaosmark2]

Fairly happy with Janmaat. Hopefully we made money over the selling Debuchy to buy him.

[Gucci Piggy]

Fairly happy with Janmaat. Hopefully we made money over the selling Debuchy to buy him.

Yeah I think Sky Sports said ~£12m for Debuchy and ~£5m for Janmaat.

[kaosmark2]

Yeah I think Sky Sports said ~£12m for Debuchy and ~£5m for Janmaat.

I'd be happy with that. Fee we receive for Debuchy covering both his replacement's transfer fee and his own.

[mrtourette]

I have said it before, but why anyone would want to live in London ahead of Liverpool is beyond me. Its one of my biggest regrets in life not moving to Liverpool, when I worked in the Wirral, fantastic city. It makes sense Liverpool increasing their squad size, but in the past they had a big squad and not enough quality. Im hoping for one big signing to supplement the increased depth.

If only Alex Sanchez and his family had your personal experiences to call upon when making his decision. A missed opportunity.

On a serious note, nice signing by Newcastle.

Edited July 17, 2014 by mrtourette

[kaosmark2]

On a serious note, nice signing by Newcastle.

I reckon so. Shame to lose Debuchy as he was ace last season for us, one of the few, but was always likely to happen once we sold Cabaye.

[Wooderson]

Madrid signing Kroos and James. The elite are getting even more elite in recent years.

Distance between Madrid/Barca/United/Munich/City/PSG/Chelsea and the rest hasnt decreased in recent years - its increased. FFP is a larf.

[pink_triangle]

Yeah I think Sky Sports said ~£12m for Debuchy and ~£5m for Janmaat.

How will janmaat adapt to the new language, I hear he doesn't speak much French!