And that is the sounds of Mahmadou Sakho keeping three straight clean sheets at Palace... Please, Jurgen, give the guy a chance. #ForgiveSakho #SakhoIn
RIP Ronnie Moran. A true Scouse legend and long serving employee of LFC. Sure could have used him at left back this season. YNWA
Indeed,Ronnie has been a great servant to the club over many decades. His time as a player was just ending around the time I really began supporting Liverpool. One of my biggest memories was of him coming in at lb v Inter Milan in the 1965 European Cup semi final replacing Gerry Byrne who had broken his collar bone in the FA cup final the previous weekend. Nicked from Twitter: 50 years at the club 379 apps 17 goals 7 trophies as a player 37 trophies as coach
As one of Kuyt's biggest critics anywhere in midfield (he's too slow at initial inertia dribbling and passing) I'd very much doubt he'd be playing in a Klopp team, as the only position he would be technically cut out for would be the central front one. If Sturridge can't hold that down, it's doubtful that Kuyt would, although Kuyt's harassment workrate (like Firmino's) would stand him in with a chance.... But no chance at all of playing lallana or Wijnaldum's spots............. (unless Rafa or Bert Marwick were picking the team)
Sunday Dirk Kuyt plays his 900th match as a pro and that against Ajax in Amsterdam in a match Ajax must win to keep hope alive to grab the title. Any other result makes it very difficult for Ajax to jump over Feyenoord in the race. Dirk needs one goal to take his Eredivisie total to 150! So I'm counting on you all to pray for Dirk's luck from 14:30 on! Are you with me?
I always liked Benteke and Sakho as they definitely can play and add value / were quality signings at the time.....there is always an element of risk with any signing and this time it didn't pay off
god, you couldn't make this crap up .... Sakho's drug ban seems to have been based on a cockup at WADA .... Uefa has heavily criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency for wrongly flagging up a positive drug test by the Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho after he took a fat-burner without the club’s knowledge last year. Sakho, who is now on loan at Crystal Palace, was suspended at the end of April 2016 after testing positive for higenamine following the second leg of Liverpool’s Europa League last-16 tie against Manchester United the previous month. However, in early June Uefa’s disciplinary body absolved Sakho of taking a performance-enhancing drug and on Thursday European football’s governing body went further still, releasing a damning report pointing out that higenamine is not specifically listed on Wada’s prohibited list. The report also suggested there are significant doubts among experts about whether higenamine is among a group known as B2–agonists, all of which are banned by Wada – and pointed out that Wada’s laboratories do not routinely test for the substance and that if Sakho’s sample had been handled by the Lausanne laboratory and not Cologne’s then it would not have been tested for higenamine. The Uefa report added: “Higenamine is not expressly mentioned by name on Wada’s prohibited list. The fact that the Cologne laboratory tested for higenamine but had to check with Wada before making a determination indicates a problem, as does the fact that the Lausanne laboratory does not test for higenamine at all. “In this regard, Dr Saugy [giving evidence] explained that he has not received any formal instruction from Wada to test for higenamine and explained that the Lausanne laboratory would not start testing for higenamine until such communication is received.” It continued: “The onus is clearly on Wada to communicate to its laboratories what is and what is not on the prohibited list. There are clearly gaps in communication with regard to higenamine, something which also tends to support the suggestion that Wada’s own internal procedure and analysis in respect of this substance is incomplete.” Sakho was suspended by Liverpool when Jürgen Klopp, their manager, and the club’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, agreed it would be prudent to omit him from games while the investigation commenced, and he was then provisionally suspended by Uefa. Among the games he missed was the Europa League final, which Liverpool lost 3-1 to Sevilla after leading at half-time, and he was also omitted from France’s squad for Euro 2016. At the time Michele Verroken, director of Sporting Integrity and formerly in charge of anti-doping in the UK, said she advised athletes against using any substances described as fat-burners. “What is causing that fat to burn is that these supplements contain a form of stimulant,” she said. “They are not regulated products. It’s just too big a risk. I warn against any weight-loss products. It’s probably going to be a prohibitive supplement.” Sakho fell out with Klopp having been sent home from a pre-season tour for reporting late for a series of team meetings during the trip to the United States, after which he was accused of displaying “a lack of respect.” But having missed the early part of the season with an achilles injury he has prospered after joining Palace in January.
The story of Jon Newby and his one PL appearance for Liverpool. http://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/jon-newby-interview-kop-playing-liverpool-back-kop/
The commentator on the Newcastle game last night described Jonjo Shelvey as “the best player by far in the Championship this season”. I always liked Shelvey – he has talent and he’s as mad as a box of frogs – but that comment still came as a bit of a surprise. It looks like Insua’s going to earn promotion as well, with Stuttgart. If we could somehow fuse his nous with Moreno’s speed, we’d have one hell of a LB on our hands.
Jonjo Shelvey is similar to Can in our current setup.....if a player is utilised in the centre of midfield, his obvious faults are highlighted 10 times therefore the player needs to be near enough 95% a complete player otherwise he Is labelled 'not Liverpool class' & 'not good enough for team wanting to challenge' And the comparison with certain legends of the not so distance past
4 points ahead, 2 matches to go http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/watch-dirk-kuyt-brad-jones-12936865 Watch Dirk Kuyt and Brad Jones receive hero's welcome with champions elect Feyenoord