Liverpool Football Club in the Media (Linked Articles Only)

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 7, 2008

Young Liverpool Star Injured in Car Crash - Keep him in your prayers

Crouch Ponders Liverpool Future

Sami Happy to Sign on For Another Year -

Rafa: Pressure on Arsenal

Ablett Aims for Reserve Glory

Red Bird · Apr 8, 2008

CCSC_STRIKER20 said: ↑

Young Liverpool Star Injured in Car Crash - Keep him in your prayers
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Indeed. Such as tragic waste of life, so sad.

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 8, 2008

Hicks To Miss CL Match, Back In States for Baseball

Torres Could Have Been a Gunner

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 8, 2008

Liverpool Edge Out Arsenal in Six Goal Thriller

YNWA!!!

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 8, 2008

Benitez Salutes Liverpool Belief

Wenger Unhappy at 'Dodgy' Penalty

Gerrard Hails Team Display

Houllier Backed Arsenal to Win

Alonso Confident Liverpool Can Go All The Way to MOSCOW!

Red Bird · Apr 9, 2008

This is a gem. I know Flamini's injury has been touched upon in the match thread but, in a game where there were many twists, to single out one turning point ...

What You Won`t Read In Tomorrow`s Papers
It is strange what you don't read in the newspapers. First of all, there's the absent acknowledgment that the football section is written for the victors. It is a truth accepted up and down Fleet Street but one that is never admitted in public.

For the Fourth Estate, a defeat for England at a major tournament is a disaster as the next day invariably produces the lowest circulation figures of the year. Fans of defeated teams do not want to be reminded of bad news so they shun newspapers. So when a team loses and a team wins - like, say, with Arsenal and Liverpool on Tuesday night - the next day's newspaper is written for the victors in the hope that the coverage will be so well received as to produce repeat custom.

The loser is the art of perceptive reporting, which comes secondary to good business practice. The loser, too, is the neutral reader, forced to digest the production of myopic one-eyed coverage and accept such oversights as the apparent failure of Fleet Street's finest to spot the critical turning point of a Champions League quarter-final played out in front of their very eyes.

There is, you see, a very strange anomaly in their coverage of Liverpool's win. In their haste to laud Liverpool for wrestling back a measure of control over proceedings after being outplayed for the opening half-hour, the absence of an explanation for why this shift occurred is as glaring as the explanation itself is obvious. Why so? Because pointing out that Arsenal were on top until Mathieu Flamini was injured - either when he slipped after challenging Steven Gerrard or when he was whacked on the ankle by Javier Mascherano - and they then suffered for his absence does not fit with the media's requirement to fete the Liverpool fans. To depict the moment he was substituted as a critical turning point just wouldn't do because it won't persuade those notoriously-sensitive Liverpool fans to buy tomorrow's newspapers as well.

Study this morning's papers and it is possible to find a few brief acknowledgments that Arsenal were the better side during the opening stages. Even some Liverpool fans are willing to admit as much. Yet with practically no mention of Flamini's demise being coupled with Gilberto Silva's introduction, the impression fostered is that Pool were the sole architects of their own recovery. Never mind that Flamini has been key to Arsenal's improvement this term or that his replacement Gilberto Silva has been woefully inadequate. Newspapers have to be sold and egos massaged.
So Liverpool supporters are assured that Liverpool won because 'they are Liverpool... the legend of a Liverpool who will not lie down' (The Times) and Rafa Benitez's 'tactical mastery' (The Guardian). Forget about the penalties and missed chances, it's Liverpool wot won. Or if you listened to ITV - "You just mentioned them as one body, it almost is like they are one soul, all connected" - the Kop.

SO WHERE is Denilson? As Gilberto, a walking defeat note this season (Arsenal have won just one of the games he has started in the Premier and Champions League), wandered into the fray to squander possession, that question again cropped up. The young Brazilian, a superior alternative replacement for Flamini, wasn't on the bench. Nor was he even at Anfield, his name conspicuous by its absence on the squad list published by Arsenal on the morning of the game.

And with no answer forthcoming, a second question also begged to be asked: just why isn't anybody in the media asking where Denilson is? Last spotted as an unused substitute against AC Milan over a month ago, he hasn't been since then. In fact, he has become a non-person since then. Arsenal - via their official website or any other form of communication - have made no reference to the midfielder in over six weeks, let alone provide an explanation for his absence. Meanwhile, the nation's newspapers refuse to list him as injured.

Rumour has it that Denilson was crocked in a behind-closed-doors practice game a few days after the Gunners' win in the San Siro, but there's been no confirmation of whether this embarrassing accusation is true. And, as far as F365 can detect, no enquiry from Fleet Street as to his whereabouts. If they made a belated enquiry now, perhaps they'd even make mention of Flamini's injury.

Pete Gill
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CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 9, 2008

Fans Ready to Approach Owners for Takeover

Rafa dreaming of more Euro Glory

Liverpool Gearing Up For Familiar Experience

Houllier: Arsenal Robbed By Refereeing - WTF?!

Torres: My Biggest Night Yet

Torres Dreaming of Moscow

Winterburn and Carter: Liverpool - Arsenal

Hush: England Players in Squads for Arsenal-Liverpool

Tomkins: Progress At All Levels

Babel: We don't fear Chelsea

Rafa: Liverpool Fans are amazing and very special to us

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 15, 2008

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Service For Hillsborough Victims

Kewell Agent Plays Down Juve Link

Torres: I Fancy Barca in the Final

Blood in the Boardroom - By Phil Holland of ESPN, a good read.

St. John: Liverpool are in shambles off the field

Yossi: We Must Keep our Focus

Rush Salutes Perfect Partnership

Rafa: Hillsborough families in our thoughts

Kuyt hails Gerrard and Torres

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 16, 2008

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Megson and Bolton Hoping Rafa Stay Strong - I hate this time of year, where relegation teams try to put the blame of them being relegated on us not playing our strongest team.

Villa Dreaming of Gunners Switch - But he wouldn't mind Liverpool

Fabio Focused on Fulham

Carragher Hails Fantastic Fernando

Carragher demands focus for Champions League

Tom Hicks Set to Speak about Liverpool on TV

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Lawro: Benitez Could Walk Away From Liverpool

Cardiff Earn European Approval - I know this isn't LFC related, but Fowler could be in Europe again if they can win the FA Cup Final. Come on Cardiff!

On this day (Well yesterday) - Mcallister's free kick against Everton.

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Hicks: Parry's Reign a Disaster

Parry Unfazed by Hicks Outburst

Rae's Say: Beauty and Beast of Champions League Semi-Finals

Hicks: Dubai Group Won't Buy Players

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Kennedy Calls For Unity

I have been thinking. I think ex-players/legends who are retired and out of the game should form a consortium to take over the club.

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Gillett Hits Back at Hicks

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Liverpool Told to Announce Champions League FINAL Ticket Plans

UEFA have forced Liverpool into taking the unprecedented step of putting tickets on sale for the European Cup final before the semi-final has even taken place.

European football's governing body has instructed all four semi-finalists to seek ticket requests from fans for the final in Moscow on May 21 amid concerns over the processing of visa applications.

Though uncomfortable with the situation, Liverpool have had to fall into line and today released ticket details for the final more than a month before the game.

Manchester United have done the same and Chelsea and Barcelona are expected to follow suit.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry today insisted the club has no choice but to follow UEFA's instructions.
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CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Crouch: No Old Pals Act For Danny (Fulham Preview)

Kuyt Backs Torres to be Record Breakers

Liverpool Ladies Hoping to be Record-Breakers

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Benitez Backs Benayoun To Get End of Season Playing Time

el-capitano · Apr 17, 2008

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Steven Gerrard and the mob fixer

During the trial, the jury heard from Paul Gerrard, the Liverpool captain's father.

In a letter to the court, he said that Kinsella had stopped George Bromley Junior, a gangster known as "The Psycho", from terrorising his son, and that he had "total respect" for the defendant.

He wrote that his son's car had been smashed up, and that the midfielder had been chased home after training.

"We were introduced by a family member to John Kinsella. I told him about the ongoing threats and violence. John then reassured myself and my family he would resolve this nightmare and not to worry," the letter read.

"From that day until this day forward we have never had any more threats from the Liverpool underworld. Steven and I have total respect for John for what he did for us."
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CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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el-capitano said: ↑

Steven Gerrard and the mob fixer
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The article said he stole 50,000+ Euros of Easter eggs, Crisps, and detergent. That must have been some expensive product or a ton of the products.

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Davies Set For Liverpool Clash

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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According to Guillem Balague

Atletico Madrid Have Contacted Benitez

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 17, 2008

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Hillsborough News!

Liverpool FC to Play Celtic FC in Benefit Match at Anfield

Next year around April 19th.

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 18, 2008

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Benitez Rejects Megson Plea

Benitez Focused On Fourth

Barry - Just Speculation

Benitez Committed to Liverpool

Benitez Debates Torres Selection for Fulham

Hicks Outlines Plans, Buyout Gillett

CCSC_STRIKER20 · Apr 19, 2008

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Liverpool's Doubt About Gerrard For CL

Rafa Backs Grant

Mourinho Backs Chelsea Over Liverpool

Barry Considering Options At Villa

Rafa Praises Squad, Hits Out At Rotation Critics

Liverpool, Pennant Sink Team America - Keller Plays Poorly

Red Bird · Apr 20, 2008

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Liverpool's grand old Duke promises the soon, moon and stars

If Tom Hicks wanted to ensure his audacious leap from Liverpool's villain to folk hero was successful, he could have added one more offence to the list of Rick Parry's failings he circulated last week.

"Rick says I stand on my record," Hicks said in his breathtaking Sky Sports interview, before going on to demolish that record with some precision. But he could have sealed his position as a man of the people by pointing out that the greatest of Parry's many blunders during his time as Liverpool's chief executive was to bring Tom Hicks to the club.

Hicks could have mentioned his old pal George Gillett too, just to sound a little less preposterous, but the essential argument would have been the same: Tom Hicks wants to fire Rick Parry for incompetence and the trump card in this argument is Tom Hicks himself.

He was going for broke anyway, so it would have been worth a try. Hicks was dealing in the big lies, the ones that seem like the truth. His words were the truth as bulls*** which is the only kind of truth Tom Hicks appears to understand.

Last week's performances were the displays of a master and he may now only be regretting that he didn't go further. In some ways, of course, he did, coming out against the idea of co-ownership even though he remains merely a co-owner alongside Gillett, the pair increasingly resembling the Duke and the Dauphin from Huckleberry Finn.

For a long time, it has been said that Liverpool needed to change, but this was probably not what they had in mind. Last weekend, the former chairman David Moores went public in a baffling display of self-pity in which he failed to explain why he had been persuaded to sell to the Duke and Dauphin in the first place, except for a plaintive cry.

"I believed these fellas," he said, sounding like a fella himself watching his savings float away down the riverbank. "I believed everything they said to me and they said it all again to the fans via the media and you can judge for yourselves whether they kept their promises." Except Moores walked away with £80m and would presumably have been given a few more details than the Liverpool supporter turning on the main evening bulletin on Sky Sports News for his information.

But now Moores is distressed and Liverpool prepare for a Champions League semi-final against Chelsea with the club making the occasional power struggle at Stamford Bridge look like The Waltons.

It's hard to know where to start when pointing out what was wrong with Hicks' plans to reform Liverpool for the simple reason that there is nowhere to start. It is a brilliant plan, perfect in every aspect and, in highlighting the weakness of Parry, it places on the record the areas in which Liverpool have failed over the past ten years. It is a sensational plan but there is only one thing wrong with Tom Hicks' plan, apart from Tom Hicks: he doesn't have the money to implement it.

Seen through this rather important prism, every word of fact he uttered last week was not the whole truth. When Hicks talked about buying out George Gillett and said he hoped to be in a position to do this "soon" he veered dangerously close to the truth. Soon. There is a lot of soon with Hicks, a lot of things that will happen one day on the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Liverpool, he points out, should have built a stadium by now and he's right. But Hicks and Gillett should have started building one too. So far they can only offer an end date for the stadium but can't say when it will start which if you're searching for a definition of bulls*** may be as close to it as you're going to get. Because you can't know when something is going to be finished unless you know when it's going to start, unless you are not dealing in reality, but in illusion and sophistry.

Soon, soon. Soon Tom will be rolling out his "mighty purty pictures" of a stunning steel construction and asking fans to get excited about a stadium he can't afford to build. Soon, Tom will be talking about the players he wants Benitez to buy, forgetting that he wanted to fire him this time last year when the manager criticised the transfer policy. "We talk and talk and never finish."

Benitez was talking about a problem that had begun under Parry but which has been taken to new levels under Hicks. Liverpool talk about everything now and Hicks is as free to talk as he has ever been because he has no money to implement these sparkling plans. He has been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah and while he's still willing, Dallas Tom can't find the funds for his beautiful dreams.

So it is just a seduction, part of the game and this is where Tom Hicks has taken Liverpool, this is how far they have sunk: when Rick Parry says it is no longer just his job to remain at Liverpool, but his duty, he is right. Parry, a man who has done more damage to Liverpool's interests over a long period of time than any other employee, with the possible exception of Emile Heskey, understands what is at stake.

Benitez will probably walk away in the summer after a season which can only be viewed as a triumph given how he has been systematically undermined.

The Duke and the Dauphin are drifting down the Mersey instead of the Mississippi, slugging it out as they provide a personal masterclass on how American corporate governance has pushed the world into a recession.

Hicks is right to say Parry hasn't done his job. He is right to say that the club would benefit commercially if Parry were to leave and he is right to point out Parry's failure to sign the players Benitez needed. But Liverpool need Parry right now. He is Liverpool's past and that is a lot better than a Tom Hicks future.
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Grinners89 · Apr 20, 2008

Red Bird said: ↑

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...promises-the-soon-moon-and-stars-1353435.html
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Rep for Dion Fanning for writing a great piece...Independent can be counted on for good, honest articles.