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News from England has LIVERPOOL FC Spanish Manager Rafael Benitez
commenting that his current goalkeeper Spanish International PEPE
REINA is the Best Goalkeeper in the Premier League & in Spain. The
reasons are his strong competitive mental attitude, his team role, his
aerial work, security & the physical style of game which is perfectly suited
to English Football.
Reina is the Spanish National Teams second choice goalkeeper behind
Real Madrid Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS who has been voted the 4th
Best Football player in the World for 2008.
These comments are arguable but come in a logical moment & from a
logical source. It´s part of Manager Benitez strategy & work to build up
confidence in his players & to show that he is the person that steers
the ship with leadership & true belief in his team. Rafael Benitez did the
same thing a couple of days ago announcing full support for team Captain
Steven Gerrard after being charged with assault in a nightclub incident.
The “You´ll Never Walk Alone” slogan at Anfield is deeply embedded in
the Clubs culture & that should – will – give wings to the Liverpool
Football team players to meet the upcoming vital clashes in the Premier,
FA Cup & Champions with a strong “family”/ Team mentality that will
help enormously with the difficult task ahead.
Smart move & words from Benitez, who is creating “school” at Liverpool
& in English Football. The reader should not interprete this as a Reina
vs Casillas statement, its more intelligent than all that.
Written by STRIKER on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on Goalkeeper and Iker Casillas and Liverpool FC and Pepe Reina.
The details (few) can be found here. Really, if I were a Liverpool fan, my concern wouldn’t be the legal punishment awaiting Gerrard, but the fact that he has really bad taste in music. Bonus points to whomever can guess what song Stevie G. was trying to get played.
My guess: “I Can Feel Him Cumming In My Hair Tonight.”
Written by Darkvader on December 30th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Arrests and Liverpool FC and Steven Gerrard.
Normally Fergie is first to open his mouth (normally only long enough to take breaths in-between swigging from the whisky bottle), but Rafa’s trying his hand at this psycho-babble, and early too! (Though if Jose were still in the league, he’d have started back in September).
So Rafa thinks his side need a miracle to win the EPL. Brutal, shocking honesty? Headgames with his rivals? Attempts to temper expectations ahead of the xmas break? You decide.
[Guardian UK]
Written by Darkvader on December 12th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Lingering Bursitis and Liverpool FC and Rafa Benitez and fun with soundbites and playing the media game.
Just kidding.
Anyway, Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has a $75M payment due in January. This bit of debt is particularly interesting because Gillett apparently secured it by putting up his 50% of Liverpool as collateral. So that means if he defaults on the loan, the folks holding it could conceivably assume Gillett’s share of Liverpool F.C.
Gillett borrowed the money from a group called Mill Financial on January 25, 2008. Mill Financial is a unit of Springfield Financial Co., which is based in Virginia. To secure the loan, Delaware-incorporated Gillett Football LLC, pledged all of its “right, title and interest in Football Investments LLC,” lien documents filed in Delaware show. Football Investments LLC is the company through which Gillett owns his 50% stake in Liverpool F.C. (the other half of the club is owned by Tom Hicks).
From the Sports Business Journal:
The duo originally borrowed about 280 million pounds (currently $429 million) from Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia to finance their acquisition… Hicks and Gillett had expected to refinance easily, but the credit markets soured in the summer of 2007. A hoped-for refinancing proved arduous, and the lenders required the duo earlier this year to put in about $150 million of equity they were not envisioning. That means there is at least $575 million of debt directly tied to Liverpool.
Springfield is selling the debt and say a transaction will be completed this month (December). According to the SBJ article, there are at least two groups trying to purchase the debt. One is Gillett himself with some additional investors. The other is a separate group with “eye on seeking control of Gillett’s Liverpool interest.”
Basically, if the non-Gillett folks purchase the debt and Gillett doesn’t have the funds to cover the money due, they could assume his half of Liverpool. If Gillett fails to purchase the note, then he does have the option of simply paying it off when it’s due (Jan 25, 2009), assuming he can come up with the cash. But if you’re Gillett, you’re probably looking at paying a premium on your own debt to compete with the other group, and if you are bringing other investors in to do that, that’s a sign that you don’t have the $75M.
Anyway, there is more in the Globe and Mail here and on soccernet here. The Globe and Mail story is worth the read because it’s written from the standpoint of what the impact might be on Gillett’s ownership of the Montreal Canadiens, so it has a wider scope on Gillett’s sports business operations. The soccernet page is worth a click because, above the Gillett piece, is a story about beer.
Written by Darkvader on December 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on George Gillett and Liverpool FC and Schadenfreude and Stupid Financial Decisions and Tom Hicks.
I’m jealous after seeing the Arsenal tweens absolutely massacre a nearly full-strength Wigan side yesterday. I wonder what Liverpool’s 2nd XI will do against Spurs’ 2nd XI?
3 games on tap… join us after the jump, won’t you?
The schedule and lineups: (all kick-off at 2.45pm ET)
Chelsea vs. Burnley
Chelsea: Cudicini, Ivanovic, Alex, Belletti, Bridge, Ferreira, Deco, Mineiro, Malouda, Drogba, Kalou.
Subs: Hilario, Lampard, Di Santo, Mikel, Sinclair, Terry, Woods.
Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Duff, Caldwell, Jordan, Eagles, Gudjonsson, McCann, Elliott, Blake, Paterson.
Subs: Penny, McDonald, Akinbiyi, Mahon, Rodriguez, Kay, MacDonald.
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Sunderland vs. Blackburn
Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, Collins, Henderson, Whitehead, Richardson, Malbranque, Cisse, Jones.
Subs: Colgan, Tainio, Diouf, Murphy, Leadbitter, Reid, Kay.
Blackburn: Robinson, Simpson, Khizanishvili, Samba, Olsson, Kerimoglu, Derbyshire, Mokoena, Treacy, Fowler, Haworth.
Subs: Brown, Ooijer, Warnock, Nelsen, Roque Santa Cruz, Villanueva, Judge.
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Tottenham vs. Liverpool
Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Dawson, Corluka, Bale, Lennon, Zokora, Huddlestone, O’Hara, Pavlyuchenko, Campbell.
Subs: Cesar, Bentley, Bent, Modric, Gunter, Boateng, Rocha.
Liverpool: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Degen, Babel, Leiva Lucas, Ngog, Plessis, Torres, El Zhar.
Subs: Gulacsi, Riera, Alonso, Benayoun, Insua, Carragher, Darby.
Written by Darkvader on November 12th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Chelsea FC and Gary Lineker and Liverpool FC and Open Thread and Spurs and carling cup.
The current credit crunch appears to be threatening a number of football teams over the next few months. One man who certainly seems to be making money in these tough times is former Football League supremo Keith Harris.
Harris’ firm brokered the deals to bring new owners to Aston Villa, Manchester City, West Ham and Hull in recent times and Harris says that Liverpool could be in trouble if they do not find a new sugar daddy to lift the burden of the hefty debt currently held by Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
Harris believes Liverpool may have to cash in on some of their players or face the risk of the bank repossessing the club.
“Liverpool’s debt is due in January, with maybe a six-month extension. The two banks which are the principal lenders - the Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia - are two of those that have suffered. Whether they want to lend it again or not, they may not be able to.”- Keith Harris.
The situation is not much better for Liverpool’s close neighbors Everton either. Harris has been trying to pimp out the Toffees for weeks with not much luck.
“The demographics of Liverpool as a city are not hugely compelling” says Harris who quit his position as Chairman of the Football League in the face of the much publicized fiasco that was the ITV Digital farce.
Harris’ firm Seymour Pierce Investment Bank is currently charged with finding new owners for Newcastle, Norwich and Everton. What is interesting is that Harris says that “it’s never been harder to find investment”, yet he is taking on the task anyway. What a hero.
Delia Smith at Norwich should certainly not hold her breath over Harris’ efforts. His difficulty in finding buyers for Premier League clubs does not credibly indicate that he will be able to find some mug wants to pony up to buy a Championship club. However awesome that club may be!
-Bigus
Written by Darkvader on November 12th, 2008 with no comments.
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After the goalstravaganza of yesterday, I’m sure we’re in for a slew of cagey 0-0 draws. It’s not like anyone’s watching anyway.
Lineups and stuff after the jump. Maybe we’ll see more sliding celebrations from the Dutch Sloth.
Today’s schedule:
Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj, Group A
Spartak London v. AS Roma, Group A
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Inter Milan v. Anorthosis Famagusta, Group B
Panathanaikos v. Werder Bremen, Group B
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Basle v. Barcelona, Group C
Shakhtar Donetsk v. Sporting, Group C
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Atletico Madrid v. Liverpool, Group D
PSV v. Marseille
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Lineups:
Atletico: Franco, Seitaridis, Perea, Joshua, Antonio Lopez, Camacho, Maniche, Luis Garcia, Simao, Forlan, Sinama Pongolle.
Subs: Bernabe, Pernia, Heitinga, Raul Garcia, Aguero, Paulo Assuncao, Miguel.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Dossena, Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun, Gerrard, Riera, Keane.
Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Pennant, Kuyt, Babel, Leiva Lucas, Darby.
Former LFC lads Luis Garcia and Florent Sinama-Pongolle starting for Atletico tonight, while super-goal hero Dirk Kuyt takes a seat on the subs bench for a bit.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho, Bridge, Deco, Mikel, Lampard, Kalou, Anelka, Malouda.
Subs: Cudicini, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Ferreira, Alex, Belletti, Stoch.
AS Roma: Doni, Cicinho, Panucci, Mexes, Riise; Taddei, De Rossi, Aquilani, Brighi, Totti, Vucinic.
Subs: Artur, Loria, Perrotta, Tonetto, Montella, Menez, Okaka Chuka.
Written by Darkvader on October 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Champions League and Lingering Bursitis and Liverpool FC and Open Thread and Spartak London.
It was the dream of FERNANDO TORRES, Atletico de Madrid
fans & Football Lovers in general to see the return of the prodigal
son to the “Vicente Calderon” Stadium in Madrid for the Atletico
de Madrid vs Liverpool Champions League clash next Wednesday.
However, that dream went wrong when reality struck with the
injury of Fernando Torres last Wednesday night when representing
Spain against Belgium. He was taken off midway through the 1Âş half
with a muscle strain that will keep him off the field for 10 days at
least.
Big blow for Torres, who was “dying” to return “home” with the
colours of Liverpool. Maybe it will finally be good luck for Atletico
that Liverpool have´nt on their field the main goalscorer!
Written by STRIKER on October 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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If you’ve ever been to my hometown, you’ll notice that the smells there aren’t particularly brilliant. Liverpool, being a dock town, isn’t exactly known for its pleasing aromas, but there might still be hope yet with the news that LFC is launching a fragrance for men. And right in time for Christmas, too!
I believe the hope is that the smell will last longer into the New Year than Liverpool’s title aspirations.
The Mirror had some delightful, witty riffs on what this fragrance, and those of other EPL teams, might smell like, but we feel that we can all do an awful lot better.
What would Liverpool’s fragrance smell like?
Other fragrances of interest:
- Newcastle United
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Hull
- Portsmouth (nachos, perhaps?)
- Everton
- Manchester City
- Arsenal
- Chelsea
Give us some fragrance notes. I’d imagine the Spurs one to be a heady blend of money, paella, and despair.
Comment on!
Written by Darkvader on October 15th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Lingering Bursitis and Liverpool FC and aromas and fun with advertising.
Nothing will ever be simple for the Hicks family in Liverpool. They were welcomed with the same cautious enthusiasm that met soldiers in Baghdad square (well, we’re led to believe so anyway), and now, they’ve been exposed as rather insidious and dishonest since then.
Liberators on one hand, now they’re the dismal status quo holding us back.
Well, it seems like even a monumental win over Manchester United this weekend STILL couldn’t buy them some second-hand goodwill.
Tom Hicks’ son, Alex Hicks, thought that a night on the town would be a bit of fun, although a drunk American outside the Cavern Club is going to draw some attention, especially when traveling with a small cadre of minders and bodyguards (Rule #1: no matter how restless and crude the natives appear to be, treat interaction with them as something more relaxed than an anthropological journey).
Back at the hotel, a fight broke out, and his bodyguard punched out a security guard and spent the night in the clink.
From the report:
“Witnesses said alcohol and cutlery were hurled out of an upstairs window to the street below. A drunken fracas is believed to have revolved around Alex Hicks and his group of friends.”
He was charged with assault and sent on his way, but it is yet more bad press for the already embattled Americans in charge at Anfield. At least Gillett has been seen at some games recently! He even tried to sing along with You’ll Never Walk Alone!
Still, it’s worth noting that the incident took place at the Hard Day’s Night Hotel, the recent downtown development of a Beatles-themed hotel. There’s an All You Need Is Love joke in there somewhere…
Written by Darkvader on September 18th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on American Owners and Fights and Liverpool FC and adventures in travel and crime.
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