Liverpool laughing stocks?

[boltonboris]

Where are the twins?

[CAPSLOCK]

The gloryhunting carrot cruncher will no doubt tell me this is shite, but heyho

As John W Henry, the club's principal owner, said recently: "The worst surprise [following FSG's takeover last October] was the lack of depth in the squad. Our biggest concern in taking on this responsibility was this issue and it was a bigger issue than we feared. There was a huge multi-year payroll for a squad that had very little quality depth."

The free signings Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic, for example, earn £100,000 and £120,000 a week at Liverpool respectively, although the latter's
astonishing salary includes a signing-on fee payable over the first 12 months of his contract

No, that's not shite - you always pay free transfers more than you do players that you've bought, precisely because you're saving money on transfer fees. That's the whole point of how the Bosman rule's been used for ages. Which is why I was so sceptical of Joe Cole's move around this time last year when everyone was proclaiming it as a bargain and a brilliant move.

As to whether the figures are right my guess is that they're likely to be inflated, because players' wages are always inflated in the media. I don't know why they've decided to include Jovanovic's signing on fee in his monthly wage (all players have signing on fees, typically paid over a period of time). I'd imagine Jovanovic to be on a much lower basic wage than Cole (and I bet the latter's signing on fee isn't taken into account in that £100k figure quoted above, either). Either do both or neither, because that doesn't make for a fair comparison of their respective costs.

By the by

6 million on Jovanovic

In one fcuking year

Good God

[thebish]

having just signed Enrique for £10mill, King Kenny has now taken his spending to £107million....

[Beefheart]

having just signed Enrique for £10mill, King Kenny has now taken his spending to £107million....

Does that include selling Torres for 50m?

[thebish]

having just signed Enrique for £10mill, King Kenny has now taken his spending to £107million....

Does that include selling Torres for 50m?

no - because that's not spending!

[Lord Kangana]

So what has he recouped then? Only, if his spending is net £57m, he'd better bloody get that CHampions League place or there'll be egg on the face of a few down the Anfield Road.

[bobo the clown]

I'm thinking of opening a florists in the Anfield area around next April/May.

The queue's to lay wreaths to their fckd up club will be humungous.

[thebish]

not really what they were hoping for from a home fixture against Blunderland.....

maybe they need a new Central Defender??

[seanworth]

They looked very very good the first 30 minutes or so. By the end they looked rather lost.

[TANGODANCER]

See they've got a new diving champion and card-waver up front.

[Annoyed Grunt]

Decent goal by Larsson.

[TANGODANCER]

Decent goal by Larsson.

Rather better than decent I'd say. It was a real belter. Nolan once did something similar against..Blackburn?

[Prufrock]

Odd game. Straightest of straight reds not given. Pool dominated the game, but, if Seb Larsson's goal had been scored by, say Wayne Rooney, against, say Man City, they'd still be wanking over it

[Annoyed Grunt]

Odd game. Straightest of straight reds not given. Pool dominated the game, but, if Seb Larsson's goal had been scored by, say Wayne Rooney, against, say Man City, they'd still be wanking over it

You're not wrong there.

[seanworth]

It was a brilliant goal.

Doubt that Liverpool will be panicing that much though after that game. They started off very well. That Henderson fella based upon his first game should be loaned out to Blackpool or similar type team though. Would have had a better chance to win if he was not on the pitch. 20m and based upon yesterday's performance was fit to shine the boots of Eagles or Coker.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Professional footballer scores volley....wow that's new

[seanworth]

Odd game. Straightest of straight reds not given. Pool dominated the game, but, if Seb Larsson's goal had been scored by, say Wayne Rooney, against, say Man City, they'd still be wanking over it

if Seb Larsson's goal had been scored by Muamba, LL would still be wanking over it.

[Lofthouse Lower]

If Muamba had attempted that, the ball would still be going up in the air now

[Prufrock]

[boltonboris]

Liverpool would've lost that game last season