damaso Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) this is getting ridiculous. man city have upped the ante and are now ready to spend over $350m (271m euro) on kaka. ac milan gets $157m (120m euro), kaka's wages amount to the same figure of $157m, plus $40.5m going to agents and brokers. that is simply a staggering amount of money for one player. kaka has so far shown his loyalty by rejecting the offer. but c'mon kaka, take the money. no one would fault you for it. i know if it was me, man city would have had me at hello. Edited January 16, 2009 by damaso Quote Link to comment
redshirt Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Rafa's b!tching is starting to sound Jose-esque. We might also hear him say "The linesman scored." in a week or two. B!tching won't win you the BPL, I have always been against rafa's crazy rotation plan. Don't get me wrong. I believe he is a good manager but he is too unorthodox. Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 nice win against wigan midweek & if manutd wins against bolton this weekend, the red devils will be top of the EPL again .. i think the comments of rafa against sir alex were triggered by an underlying cause, the papers have said that the contract talks between liverpool & rafa are strained because rafa wants total control of transfers but the american owners want to have a say..he should back his talk with results in the pitch, right now liverpool are found wanting ..thats why sir alex comments are respected because he backs it up with results & trophies .. Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 barcelona 5 deportivo la coruna 0 there's really not much more to say about barca. another unbelievable goal by messi, another incredible performance by barca. dani alves had an outstanding match as well. in my opinion, he is the second most important player for the team. the goals - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388OWp9EX0Y&eurl Quote Link to comment
redshirt Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Who's back on top of the EPL? Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 if you think man utd always gets the calls, watch real madrid in la liga. this last weekend, osasuna had 2 clear penalties denied them and not only that: their striker was dismissed for "diving". against getafe last month, pepe blatantly pulled down the getafe's striker who was in the clear. the striker was past him about to be one-on-one with the keeper, and pepe grabs him by the collar from behind. an obvious red card. no card, not even a foul. about 2 months ago, madrid were behind at home and the referee added a full 6 minutes instead of the 3 minutes which was shown by the fourth official, giving real madrid just enough time to draw level. Quote Link to comment
duchessXI Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 time for the derby! woohoo! Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) nice derby 1-1 draw hehehehe manutd still top of the epl Edited January 20, 2009 by _eRon_ Quote Link to comment
redshirt Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I knew it. The mercyside darby would end in a draw. I miss those wherein carragher german suplexes someone.... Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) manutd wins carling cup semifinal against derby, 4-2, and advance to the final of the carling cup against either tottenham or burnley nani, o'shea, tevez & c.ronaldo score and give the red devils the chance to win their 2nd trophy of the 2009 campaign, the younger players were able to play with the likes of foster, chester, gibson, and welbeck playing great..tosic, the newest signing wasn't able to play but he has impressed at training and will likely play in utd's next game against spurs in the fa cup.. wilson palacios has signed for tottenham as well as the chelsea reserve gk cudicini..spurs are now targeting inter milan's materazzi..the palacios signing has put jenas & huddlestones futures in doubt; with jenas being recruited by mourinho's inter milan and huddlestone is being signed by former spurs manager martin jol at hamburg..hamburg's nigel de jong is still in talks with manchester city; craig bellamy has signed with city from west ham united.. Edited January 21, 2009 by _eRon_ Quote Link to comment
duchessXI Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 "Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at the ''unexplainable advantage'' handed to Manchester United by next week's fixtures in the Premier League." looks like RAFAs not alone in this one against Fergie's own Scotland Yard in the FA. i bet scolaris next to be followed by moyes, o neill, or hughes.. Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 everybody's complaining; let the results do the talking ..the fixtures don't matter as long as you win your games, di ba? arsene & rafa wouldn't be complaining if they were not drawing or losing their games Quote Link to comment
duchessXI Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 everybody's complaining; let the results do the talking ..the fixtures don't matter as long as you win your games, di ba? arsene & rafa wouldn't be complaining if they were not drawing or losing their games http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...and&cc=4716 From the words of Arsene Wenger backing Rafa Benitez. ''I feel that next week [Liverpool manager Rafael] Benitez has a case if you look at the way the fixtures are arranged,'' said Wenger. ''You can say that Manchester United have been extremely advantaged, unexplainably advantaged." 'But that is what we have to cope with. 'It is difficult to explain why one team plays on Tuesday and the others are all on Wednesday. It is unfair competition. ''Next week the fixtures are advantaged for Manchester United, who before had a point against Liverpool - I supported them when they had a case. But this week, I think Benitez has a case. Wenger continued: ''I do not think you need to be a specialist in football to understand that in this case it is an unfair advantage for Manchester United." EAT THAT manure Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) daming dahilan & excuses hehehe pero pag nanalo nman yung mga team nila; ok na di ba? ganun lang nman yan; kahit si sir alex nagrereklamo din sa fixtures especially ngayon that manutd have 12 players injured.. tsaka the red devils played additional games dahil sa fifa club world championships; may jet lag pa kasi galing japan, stop whining & just play ..buti pa si big phil ng chelsea hindi nagrereklamo hehehe... another DRAW for liverpool sa fa cup hehehehe .. nafinalize na ba ang contract ni rafa with liverpool? Edited January 25, 2009 by _eRon_ Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Portsmouth are set to bring in AC Milan's Brazilian midfielder Emerson. - Daily Mail Bolton Wanders are in negotiations with Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso. - Guardian Manchester City are ready to throw in a final bid for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. - Manchester Evening News Juventus are keen on taking Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda to Italy. - Sky Sport Harry Redknapp wants Robbie Keane back at White Hart Lane. Arsenal have agreed to an undisclosed fee for Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin,. - Daily Mail Spurs are ready to exchange Mexican forward Giovani Dos Santos for Lyon's Brazilian striker Fred. - Daily Mirror Shay Given is in Manchester to meet officials from City to tie up a 10 million pound move. - Daily Mirror Spurs has signed Chelsea's GK Cudicini & Sunderland's Pascal Chimbonda Quote Link to comment
bubuy Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 ^puro mga tabloid, hardly a reliable source.. Quote Link to comment
duchessXI Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 ROBBIE KEANE LEAVE! we dont need you. knew he wasnt going to do too good in liverpool. Quote Link to comment
redshirt Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 A few points from me. I always knew Keene was a lemon for LIV. The fixture list was effed up too when LIV participated for the club world cup. I don't see why there's a need to complain. The team is playing poorly, do better and stop whining. Quote Link to comment
bubuy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 hayaan niyo na magcomplain, that's what happens when the wheels start to fall apart.. mahaba pa ang season, they should start focusing more on what they should do instead of what the others are doing.. Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 rafa has lost me. only a week ago i posted that i was already losing faith in him but now he has definitely lost me. wigan draws level in the 80th minute and what does rafa do? take out steven gerrard - our best player! the one player who always always scores the crucial goal late in the game! how many times has our captain saved us?! and rafa takes him out??? what the hell was he thinking? i give up. liverpool will not win the premiership with rafa benitez... Quote Link to comment
bubuy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 rafa has lost me. only a week ago i posted that i was already losing faith in him but now he has definitely lost me. wigan draws level in the 80th minute and what does rafa do? take out steven gerrard - our best player! the one player who always always scores the crucial goal late in the game! how many times has our captain saved us?! and rafa takes him out??? what the hell was he thinking? i give up. liverpool will not win the premiership with rafa benitez...extension of the rotation policy. : :upside: Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 no, its not just the rotation policy. he's completely lost it. against wigan, rafa plays torres as lone striker, babel and benayoun as wingers, gerrard in the middle and 2 defensive mids (lucas and mascherano). against a side like wigan, i have no idea why he plays 2 defensive mids. anyway, they do ok and liverpool is up 1-0. about the 70th minute, rafa completely loses the plot... rafa decides to remove torres. i'm assuming he wants to keep torres fresh. so who does rafa send in to replace torres? keane?...nokuyt?...no he brings in riera - a winger. so now we have 3 wingers and no striker. and predictably liverpool was a mess. no one was leading the line, and the players were just basically passing the ball with no direction or intent. i was shaking my head in disbelief. the gods of tactical football were clearly upset and intervened: benayoun came up limping and had to be replaced. so kuyt came in and behold - we have a forward! rafa decided to give the finger to the gods and placed kuyt on the right and babel as the target man. at this point, i was pulling my hair and screaming in anguish. and the equalizer from wigan arrives via penalty. thanks to lucas (who i still don't believe is brazilian). why rafa plays lucas ahead of xabi alonso i'll never know. so right after the goal, rafa decides to finally bring in keane but WTF??? you take out gerrard??? the guy averages 20 injury-time goals a season! rafa says in an interview later on its because gerrard was tired. excuse me? do you think sir alex will take out ronaldo in this situation? do you think scolari would remove lampard? in reality, liverpool should have lost that game. in injury time, wigan hit the bar with reina beaten. haaay, what a waste of a season. Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 i still think rafa's tactics are suspect especially during this period when his contract hasn't been resolved; he's distracted and the pressure of staying on top is getting to him.. i hope manutd win against everton tonight so that the red devils can extend their lead and stay top of the epl.. some transfer news (i get my transfer news from espnstar.com...) Tottenham have agreed to sell striker Giovani Dos Santos for 7 million pounds to Tony Adam's Portsmouth. - The Sun Fulham are looking at taking Derby Count winger Giles Barnes on loan for the rest of the season. - therams.co.uk Shay Given who is rumoured to be keen on a move to Manchester City has handed in a written transfer request. - The Irish Times Blackburn Rovers have signed Senegalese striker El Hadji Diouf from Sunderland for a fee of two million pounds. Atletico Madrid are preparing a bid to take Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso back to Spain. - Daily Mail Bundesliga highflyers Hoffenheim are lining up a 19 million pound bid for Brazilian striker Jo. - Manchester Evening News Arsenal have successfully applied for a work permit for Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin. Sky Sports News Kevin Nolan is now a Newcastle United player after the Magpies paid five million pounds for him. Sunderland and Bolton are fighting for the signature of West Ham defender Calum Davenport. The Times Cardiff have set Joe Ledley's asking price at six million pounds with Fulham reportedly keen on the midfielder. - Daily Mail Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Redknapp hits back at Benitez http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-l...ack-at-Benitez/ Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp launched an attack on Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, after his 3-2 defeat to Bolton. Redknapp was left fuming over Benitez's claims this week he had deliberately sought to unsettle out-of-sorts Reds striker Robbie Keane with comments aimed at bringing him back to White Hart Lane.Redknapp said: "The comments I made, there was absolutely nothing wrong with them. I don't know why the manager of Liverpool gets upset about everything - it is strange. "I said Robbie is a terrific player and a good lad but he belongs to Liverpool so it's not a possibility. It's crazy. I never mentioned I was interested in him. It was never a goer really." Redknapp revealed there is still no confirmation over the extent of the training-ground injury suffered by Jermain Defoe with the striker yet to go for a scan on his suspected broken foot. But he praised substitute Darren Bent for his two second-half goals, which came after Davies and Sebastien Puygrenier had put the hosts two ahead, adding: "Darren came on and worked his socks off and, if he does that every week, we haven't got a problem - he'll be fantastic. "We came back to 2-2 and there was really only one winner at that stage. How were they 2-0 up with two shots on goal? But Kevin Davies comes up and he's fantastic for them." manutd wins against everton, 1-0, with c.ronaldo (14 goals this season) scoring the decisive penalty before halftime, we are now 5 pts above chelsea & liverpool..aston villa falter against wigan, 0-0, and fail to claim 2nd place before the liverpool-chelsea game; arsenal fail to break down west ham, 0-0.. other transfer news from espnstar.com.. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will bid £18million to beat Real Madrid to the signing of Wigan's Luis Antonio Valencia. - Daily Mirror Aston Villa are interested in Marseille playmaker Elliot Gradin - Daily Mirror Everton manager David Moyes is trying to secure Darren Bent on loan deal from Tottenham - Daily Mirror Manchester City are ready to go on a £45m spending spree to secure Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure and Shay Given before the transfer window closes. - Daily Mail Bolton manager Gary Megson has tabled a bid of £2million for Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis to replace former skipper Kevin Nolan. - Daily Mail Sunderland and Stoke City are chasing Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia. - Daily Mail Manchester City misfit Gelson Fernandes could be set for a move to Hamburg. - The Sun Russia striker Andrei Arshavin is flying to London from Dubai to seal his move to Arsenal. - Sky Sports News Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) there you go rafa! keep torres and gerrard in the game and good things will happen! i hope you've learned your lesson. i doubt it. i still think rafa will cost us the title. we rode our luck. that was a poor decision from the ref to send off lampard. i didnt think it was even a foul, let alone a red card. Edited February 1, 2009 by damaso Quote Link to comment
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