Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Liverpool's injury crisis mounts as captain Gerrard is ruled out for rest of season By Sportsmail Reporter Last updated at 2:45 PM on 8th April 2011 Comments (5) Add to My Stories Liverpool have suffered a second injury blow in three days after captain Steven Gerrard was ruled out for the rest of the season. The England midfielder returned to training a week ago after a groin operation in early March but sustained a similar but not identical injury last Friday. He has spent the week undergoing assessment and manager Kenny Dalglish confirmed the worst at the club's Melwood training ground. Crocked: Gerrard hasn't featured for Liverpool since their win over Manchester United in March 'We still don't know definitively what the problem is,' said the Scot. 'We will wait to get a precise answer from the people that he has to see but he won't be involved again this season. 'We just have to get on with it and without being disrespectful to the players who are injured the most important ones are the ones who are fit. 'They are the ones who can be chosen. At this particular moment in time I'm as good a player as Steven.' Gerrard will undergo further assessment in order to get to the root of a problem which robbed the England midfielder of his best form over the last few months. On Wednesday defender Daniel Agger had his campaign ended prematurely when it was confirmed he would be sidelined for at least two months with a knee tendon injury sustained in Saturday's defeat at West Brom. Dalglish is also without right-backs Glen Johnson and Martin Kelly (both hamstring injuries) for the next month. Defensive crisis: Johnson (sitting) will be out for the next month while Agger is also injured 'Anybody getting injured is disappointing for us, but also disappointing for the players, added Dalglish. 'We know where we stand and we have to get on with it. 'It may be stretching the resolve of the players a little bit but we've got to go right to the limit and make sure we're not feeling sorry for ourselves because we've lost three or four players through injury. 'We've just got to get on with it and accept that's the position we're in. It's up to us to make the best of it.' In Gerrard's absence 22-year-old academy graduate Jay Spearing has seized his chance, having his best game for the club in last month's win at Sunderland. Dalglish hopes others, like 19-year-old defender Danny Wilson who was signed from Rangers last summer, will have a similar opportunity to benefit. 'Jay is an experienced youngster but he was in last week (against West Brom) any way and was in against Everton (back in January) before he fractured a bone in his foot,' said the Reds boss. 'Out of somebody's misfortune always comes good fortune for somebody else. 'For certain players they'll be closer to getting a game in the first team than what they would have been if the lads had been fit.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1374760/Liverpool-captain-Steven-Gerrard-ruled-rest-season.html#ixzz1IxaEntVU That's 3 key players gone for the season effectively. Glen Johnson has been fantastic since Dalglish took over and now we've got a defence consisting of absolutely no attacking creativity and probably sheer incompetence (Soto Kyriagkos anyone). Gerrard's gone leaving the midfield dry on creativity. It's going to be a tough end to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 and probably sheer incompetence You can say that again. He was unbelievably bad last weekend. What a donkey!:stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 You can say that again. He was unbelievably bad last weekend. What a donkey!:stunned: Yeah. He single handedly destroyed the game for Liverpool. He was utterly abysmal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Yeah. He single handedly destroyed the game for Liverpool. He was utterly abysmal. Even the Championship would be too good for him!:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Even the Championship would be too good for him!:rolleyes: I've seen a lot of performances from some Liverpool players who wouldn't be fit to lace the boots of some Championship players. But I would quite happily state that this season has proved to me that David N'Gog is probably the poorest striker Liverpool have ever had. There was a player called Sean Dundee who Gerard Houllier signed some 12 years back now and he was shipped off as soon as it emerged that he wasn't good enough. He only played 3 games but because of the extraordinary length of time N'Gog has had at the club I find it very easy to say that he is the worst striker to have played for the club in the modern era. He is well below the required standard of the Premier League and I seriously doubt his ability to perform in the Championship. What Rafa Benitez was doing in buying him I will never know. Rafa made a lot of strange decisions in his final couple of years at Liverpool. That was the strangest. With N'Gog here's who should be shipped out in the summer Kyriagkos, Poulsen, Maxi Rodriguez, Fabio Aurelio (good enough but too injury prone), Jovanovic, Konchesky, El Zhar, Degan, Jones. A few of those are out on loan but all have seen too much action in a red shirt and are of an awful standard. Big rebuilding job in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 good joke from last nights ep of special1tv "i don't know why Fulham fans are complaining (about the MJ statue) they probably got theirs cheaper than the 50 million Chelsea paid for theirs" :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 good joke from last nights ep of special1tv "i don't know why Fulham fans are complaining (about the MJ statue) they probably got theirs cheaper than the 50 million Chelsea paid for theirs" :laugh3: :lol: The MJ statue doesn't have to be paid every month, either!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Arshavin, Clichy and Bendtner are Gonners as Wenger planning shock Arsenal clearout By Sami Mokbel Last updated at 11:54 PM on 8th April 2011 Comments (0) Add to My Stories EXCLUSIVE Arsene Wenger will wield the axe in a summer shake-up after finally losing patience with his Arsenal flops. The Frenchman has given the green light to an end-of-season rebuilding plan at the Emirates which will see a number of the club's top stars depart - including £15million Russia forward Andrey Arshavin, left back Gael Clichy and the self-styled 'best striker in the world' Nicklas Bendtner. Tough times: Arsene Wenger shows the strain during the recent goalless draw against Blackburn The Arsenal manager will also consider offers for bit-part players Emmanuel Eboue, Tomas Rosicky, Abou Diaby, Denilson and the goalkeeper with whom he persevered for so long, Manuel Almunia. Wenger's belief in his current batch of Gunners stars had been staunch despite their six-year trophy drought. But a sequence of one win in seven that has seen the Gunners lose the Carling Cup final to Birmingham City and crash out of both the Champions League and the FA Cup has forced the manager into a rethink. Sportsmail understands influential members of Wenger's backroom team floated the idea of selling a number of the club's underachievers to raise money for new signings. Wenger is primed to show his ruthless streak with a clearout and there is a feeling Bendtner has had enough time to prove his worth, with the Denmark striker so often failing to fulfil his promise. Arshavin's arrival in January 2009 was heralded as a major coup but he has struggled to replicate his dazzling Euro 2008 displays. Sportsmail revealed last month that the Gunners feared the worst in their attempts to persuade Clichy to sign a new contract and will sell him in the summer rather than risk letting him leave on a free transfer in a year. Arsenal hope to recoup as much as £35million from player sales this summer and Wenger has already told chief scout Steve Rowley to instruct his global network of scouts to identify targets. Some are already in Wenger's sights but yesterday he gave an impassioned defence of his record, insisting being second in the league is not a 'disaster'. The Arsenal Supporters' Trust expressed their 'considerable disappointment' at recent results but Wenger hit back, saying: 'We are second in the league. Is that a disaster for you? 'There are teams who invest 10 times more than us, one player cost more than the whole team and they are behind us. I don't understand the way people think. Where is the common sense? 'Some of the clubs behind us have done nothing for 20 years, yet suddenly they get a lot of praise. I don't understand. 'To be consistent at the top level is the most difficult thing in our job. We have been in the Champions League for 15 years and there are only two clubs who have done that in this country - us and Manchester United. 'The way we are doing things is right. If I look at this team I'm proud of them, proud of the attitude of the players and the football we play.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1375076/Arsenal-clearout--Arshavin-Clichy-Bendtner-Gonners.html#ixzz1J0uYoXOJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nobody talking about today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nobody talking about today? Nah. Was following the action at Aintree. edit: although I know this video is still as relevant as ever [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtcU4p-17t0]YouTube - All of Fernando Torres' Goals & Skills for Chelsea[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Two deaths I heard. And my Dad backed the winner. Foy is a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Two deaths I heard. And my Dad backed the winner. Foy is a ****. Backed the winner here as well. Very happy! What's Chris Foy been getting up to? Keeping the standard of English refereeing at a shockingly low level still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Congrats. Yes, I really hope he was actually being biased otherwise he was ridiculously bad. The Birmingham fans after the game who we know were even saying they got loads of decisions from him and at times they were actually embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Congrats. Yes, I really hope he was actually being biased otherwise he was ridiculously bad. The Birmingham fans after the game who we know were even saying they got loads of decisions from him and at times they were actually embarrassed. Thank you! Matches that bear not much interest to the media and are unlikely to get media coverage are always susceptible to dire refereeing. I think it's the refs believing they can get away with it. It's either immense slacking or a finding of greater ease of giving decisions to their preferred team where they wouldn't get away with it in a big Sky televised match. I really think the standard of refereeing is so bad that the Premier League should bring in foreign officials to ref matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Whenever Blackburn Rovers qualified for Europe I always found that the referees had no agenda and the games were more about the football than how the referee performed. When they get four big decisions wrong mixed across both teams it starts to become more of a lottery. I agree with the foreign referees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thank you! Matches that bear not much interest to the media and are unlikely to get media coverage are always susceptible to dire refereeing. I think it's the refs believing they can get away with it. It's either immense slacking or a finding of greater ease of giving decisions to their preferred team where they wouldn't get away with it in a big Sky televised match. I really think the standard of refereeing is so bad that the Premier League should bring in foreign officials to ref matches. The worst decision of the day, however, was allowing Chelsea's goal to stand when Torres clearly failed the GK. A disgrace!:angry: By the way, forget what happened with Roy Hodgson at Liverpool, I reckon he deserves Manager of the season for what he's done since he's been at West Brom. Respect is definitely due!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 The worst decision of the day, however, was allowing Chelsea's goal to stand when Torres clearly failed the GK. A disgrace!:angry: By the way, forget what happened with Roy Hodgson at Liverpool, I reckon he deserves Manager of the season for what he's done since he's been at West Brom. Respect is definitely due!:cool: He's done incredibly well there since he became manager but it was clear there was something too big to handle for Roy at Liverpool. Expectation, a squad with many good players still (as well as bloody awful players) and he couldn't get the best out of the best at the club. I feel he's the sort of manager who can only improve the levels of lower quality players to good solid players by following a very strict tactic regime but when the players have experience and flexibility in tactics like at Liverpool then lumping it long isn't good enough for them. Some of his decisions like the refusal to play Daniel Agger (one of the best defenders in the Premier League - 6 clean sheets in the last 6 games he's played for Liverpool) which almost caused Agger to leave, buying Paul Konchesky, playing Raul Mereiles on the left (but I thank him for signing him) was just bizarre. I really don't know who manager of the season or player of the season should go to. The standard has been very poor this year but if I was pushed I'd probably go for Owen Coyle of Bolton and Scott Parker or Charlie Adam in the best player award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Chelsea owner Abramovich may sell Torres the flop as £50m nightmare goes on By Bob Cass Last updated at 10:20 AM on 10th April 2011 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Roman Abramovich is already going cold on £50million flop Fernando Torres and will consider selling him this summer. The Chelsea owner drove through the record-breaking signing of the striker from Liverpool in January in the hope that he would make the club a force in Europe. NOW READ: Chelsea 1 Wigan 0: Blues scrape ugly win but Torres draws a blank No way: Fernando Torres sees his shot saved by Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi But after losing to Manchester United in the first leg of their quarter-final in the Champions League last Wednesday, Abramovich's patience is wearing thin. A Chelsea insider said: 'I know the owner is not happy with his investment. He could even sell Torres in the summer, despite having just bought him.' Sir Alex Ferguson's side went 10 points clear at the top yesterday with a 2-0 win over Fulham. Torres has failed to score for Chelsea despite spending 648 minutes trying and he squandered good chances when he came on against Wigan yesterday, as Carlo Ancelotti started with Didier Drogba in a 1-0 win. Way to go: Torres last found the net in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Wolves in January He has looked a shadow of the player who took the Premier League by storm at Liverpool and Abramovich is aware that interest in the former Atletico Madrid player remains strong in Spain. It would be a climbdown for the Russian to give up so soon but he will listen to offers if he sees no improvement before the end of the season. Chelsea have struggled with Abramovich-led buys before, with £30m Andriy Shevchenko failing at the club and his presence adding to problems with then manager Jose Mourinho. But Ancelotti said: 'Everyone here wants him to score. The goals will come, maybe at Old Trafford, who knows?' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1375290/Chelsea-owner-Abramovich-sell-Torres-flop.html#ixzz1J70o2MSb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Batter them Arsenal. I think Blackpool are down now. Their heads have gone. One less team for Blackburn to worry about in the dogfight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hodgson for manager of the year is also a ridiculous statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hodgson for manager of the year is also a ridiculous statement. Just remember who said it and it makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Around Europe News: Unbeaten Porto wrap up title Incredible season from bright young manager Andre Villas Boas's Porto side in the Portuguese Premier League. I remember checking their progress a couple of months back and seeing them having only drawn 2 games back then. I was stunned. I'm even more stunned to see they're still at only two drawn games. Stunning. They won the league already last weekend beating Benfica and look good odds for the Europa League as well. Sources in Italy claiming Roma and Inter Milan are wanting him to manage their squads next season. One source says he has rejected Roma 'because he has a pre contract agreement with Liverpool'. Sounds like utter bull to me! But watch out - Villas Boas is potentially the next big thing in football management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Young Porto manager to conquer Europe? Heard that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Just remember who said it and it makes more sense. Just remember how many points West Brom had when Hodgson took over and how many they have now.:smug: They would almost certainly have gone down if it hadn't been for him. One person who definitely won't qualify for "manager of the season" is Ian Holloway. Blackpool appear to be disappearing down a black hole.......................... :rolleyes: And talking of "holes", it appeared on the evidence of today's match that Joey Barton has rereverted to type. I knew it wouldn't last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Long way to go yet, but if they do stop up he should get it a million miles ahead of the owl. I don't think they will stop up though. Their heads have dropped and at this stage of the season that could be critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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