Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [10th - 14th Feb 2012]

I didn't say they weren't fussed at all but it's not been seen as a big deal by them. Also, Standard Chartered's talks with Liverpool came after the club issued their statement. So much for them being the ones pulling the strings. Also according to the Times, the statements were Ayre and Dalglish's idea and approved by the owners, not the other way around (that even surprised me).

And, no, it won't be £500m (I have no idea why you made that up) and it won't be anything like that.
 
I do. We're looking at naming rights for our new stadium too. It's difficult to get a decent idea as to how much naming rights are worth when the only two of note are Arsenal (years old) and City's deal.
 
BaZ87 said:
I do. We're looking at naming rights for our new stadium too. It's difficult to get a decent idea as to how much naming rights are worth when the only two of note are Arsenal (years old) and City's deal.
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but as a club LFC have been markedly less successful recently than Arsenal, on a year by year basis, and along with the general financial situation getting worse since Arsenal signed their deal- so wouldnt you think this would counter balance the age of their deal?

Its certainly not going to be close to the "bung in an extra £100m or so" Etihad deal though, I certainly agree with that :D
 
FrankJH said:
but as a club LFC have been markedly less successful recently than Arsenal, on a year by year basis, and along with the general financial situation getting worse since Arsenal signed their deal- so wouldnt you think this would counter balance the age of their deal?
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Given that our other commercial deals are significantly more than Arsenals and despite the 'general financial situation getting worse', clubs commercial deals have continued to rise, the answer to your question would be no.
 
Well I'm just back from West Ham away and I fully sympathise with every west ham fan that says big sam has ruined the club, as the football they played was pathetic.

Worse still some kid fans thought it'd be funny to throw random change at me and a mate in the away bit under the home fans. FA are getting a shouting at tomorrow for the stewards doing nothing about it at all and the club getting away with nonsense seating allocations (don't see why home fans as scummy as the ones above us should be allowed above away fans).

Only redeeming thing is we got a much deserved equaliser and played some of the football Upton Park will see ever and the burger out side the ground was good.
 
I was glad when I saw Saints had equalized, I really don't like West Ham this season!

In the end I would actually say Brightons result was not that bad, though If we are being serious about the play-offs we really should beat Milwall at home. Still, we came back from behind twice so its not all bad. A lot of fans I spoke to seemed to expect Brighon to lose for some reason, Milwall must be in form atm(i haven't noticed)


I fancy Reading for promotion this season now. Probably Rreading/Saints for automatic with West Ham being found out
 
West Ham have been embarrassing this season, really hope they don't go back up now to see they players they have be just so so dull and poor.

Milwall put us out the cup and seem to be sorting it out which is so weird!

I don't think Reading will be the automatic, Brum look a better shout especially to find out West Ham ;)
 
I went to Colchester away last night. At the end of the night I'd formed two opinions:

1) Colchester's new stadium is my least favourite ground in the football league. Vacuous, soulless, soundless, etc.

2) I hate football

We conceded twice in the last five minutes to finish the game losing 2-1, trains were screwed and I was outside in the freezing cold for almost five hours in all!
 
Castiel said:
Hahaha.

The only one who couldn't let it lie was Suarez.

Let us be clear here, Suarez was the one who originally abused Evra, Evra is the wronged party in this....Suarez was banned, he has served his ban and Evra by offering his hand to Suarez showed that he was willing to draw a line under the incident.

Suarez decided, for whatever reason that he would escalate and inflame an already tense situation by purposely refusing to shake the hand of Evra, he then made a joke about it to his team-mate in front of Evra immediately after the players broke to the field.

These are not the actions of a man who wishes to let it lie, they are the actions of a man who cannot see beyond his own prejudices and unfortunately he is a bad reflection on a club who have a long and proud footballing tradition and who are committed to stamping out the very attitude and actions that Suarez has been banned for.

At best he was petulant and infantile, at worst he is a racist. In either case Liverpool FC have an issue they need to deal with quickly and authoritatively and that is one that revolves around the actions of Luis Suarez and not Patrice Evra, who throughout the game showed integrity and strength of character, something that if Suarez had shown just a little of during the pre-match handshake then we would not be discussing this, but discussing the football itself.

As far as his after-match celebrations, he is not the first, nor will he be the last player to let his passion and emotion get the better of him in a win of such importance to him and the club, this was about the relationship between Evra, his club and the Manchester United Fans however, and nothing to do with Suarez.

Suarez today disgraced not only himself, but the club that he was representing, and if Kenny Dalglish has any integrity left to him then he will cease to defend the actions of Suarez and address them with the player directly. If he does not then a great club with a fantastic pedigree will be associated with the petty racially motivated actions of Suarez for years to come. No-one wants to see that.

And Robbo getting suspended for his opinion is unfair in my opinion. If someone is allowed their opinion on a subject no matter what their motivation then another member should be able to give theirs regarding that motivation.
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Absolutely this.

It saddens me that it has taken the strong words of Sir Alex Ferguson and the intervention of John Henry to get Liverpool to apologise, they should have immediately taken an apologetic stance instead of embarrassing themselves time and time again.

Instead of condemning the actions of a man who was racist, they have tried to worm their way out of the situation and have failed miserably. There is obviously an incredibly strong stance on racism in football, and it isn't something that can be taken lightly or ignored. Especially when the perpetrator is someone who doesn't care about his own reputation, the reputation of the club or his fellow team mates.

Let's hope Liverpool can move on now and hopefully they can keep Suarez under control. If he does something remotely like this again (a reasonably likely scenario), he'll be gone.
 
Urgh no footballer should play they race card! Pretty much rock bitten for just having no idea what's going on!

Wish football would stop being gay and playing the race card for no reason lime it's an easy way out of a bad challenge or a good way to damage your rivals! Childish and pathetic.

Real football and a 4-0 win today has never left nore of a bitter taste from Tuesday's draw... Then again we are top of the league :D
 
Yep great result for us today. Nice to see Tadanari get on the scoresheet and top the league again. Just coming into the form we showed earlier in the season at exactly the right time.

Hopefully Jos isn't out for long because he has been immense, although Martin is looking a very handy player and a decent replacement incase Jos is out for a while.

Is it me or does Tadanari's style and movement remind you of a certain Mr Pahars?
 
Haha I don't want to give Chung the FM kiss of death and say he's the next anyone yet ;)

Absolutely amazing goal though! He looks like he'll get really good as we play him more

Jos was just precautionary but Martin has proven him self this season to be an excellent rotation for either of the CB's which leaves us with 3 brilliant choices and lots to smile about :)
 
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