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by **red_guy** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:29 am

We wish you all the best Sami. A True Legend. YNWA!!!!

by **Madmax** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:33 am

Good luck and all the best. Would have been great if he was somehow still involved with us.

by **RobinHood6969** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:49 am

Its a shame to see Sami go... But hes been a class act and a great asset for our club.. All the best to him... Hoping to see him back at LFC soon :bowdown

by **Festy** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:52 am

Absolutely gutted to see him go. He's still a perfect choice these days against hoofball teams like Stoke, Bolton and teams who sit back and doesn't have pacey attackers. Who will be our 4th choice CB now ?

Sami a true Anfield legend. :bowdown

by **tonyeh** » Tue May 05, 2009 6:34 am

That's a shame. I think he still had something to offer Liverpool.

Farewell to one of the greats.

As for Liverpool, this move compounds the problems at the back. Benitez is going to have to do something in the Summer.

by **Sabre** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:11 am

It's been so many years of service!! I don't know if I can find the list of most games with a red shirt, but Sami Hyypia must be surely in the top 5? It's been so many years and games.

All I have to say is a big thank you.

Ooooooh Sami Sami

Sami, Sami, Sami, Sami Hyypia.

by **Owzat** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:00 am

I asked in another thread if people think Sami in his pomp was better than Vidic is, I'll post it here to expand this thread beyond sentiment.

It is a shame to see a great servant go, but he's played only 14 times this season and looks like he wants regular 1st team football. Maybe another league will suit him better than the Premiership. He will miss out on a league winners medal if there is no miracle this season

SAMI HYYPIA PREMIERSHIP APPEARANCES

99/00 38 apps (2 goals)
00/01 35 apps (3 goals)
01/02 37 apps (3 goals)
02/03 36 apps (3 goals)
03/04 38 apps (4 goals)
04/05 32 apps (2 goals)
05/06 36 apps (1 goal)
06/07 23 apps (2 goals)
07/08 27 apps (1 goal)
08/09 14 apps (1 goal)

A remarkable record of keeping fit. Only Carragher and Gerrard have played more Premiership games for us. He's not got that many fewer trophies to his name than the club in the Premiership, the League Cup triumph of 1995 is the only trophy he wasn't here for. He's done pretty well to last through two managers and 10 years, not many players could manage either. Rafa cleared out most of Houllier's signings, in fact he is the last Houllier signing to leave and on his own terms.

Will he play again? If opportunity arises I'm sure Rafa will bring him on, not so sure he'll start him. He's our oldest player by a few years, he was bound to leave/retire/suffer a career ending injury sooner or later. He's done more for the club than a lot of his predecessors in this Premiership era, and more than some of his current team-mates and future LFC players ever will.

by **Owzat** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:07 am

Sabre wrote:It's been so many years of service!! I don't know if I can find the list of most games with a red shirt, but Sami Hyypia must be surely in the top 5? It's been so many years and games.

Third in the list of Premiership appearances, all-time I know of this one link but I don't know how up to date it is.

ALL COMPETITIONS - Hyypia is 20th

1 Ian Callaghan 857
2 Ray Clemence 665
3 Emlyn Hughes 665
4 Ian Rush 660
5 Phil Neal 650
6 Tommy Smith 638
7 Bruce Grobbelaar 628
8 Alan Hansen 620
9 Jamie Carragher 574
10 Chris Lawler 549
11 Billy Liddell 534
12 Kenny Dalglish 515
13 Ronnie Whelan 493
14 Roger Hunt 492
15 Steven Gerrard 480
16 Phil Thompson 477
17 Steve Heighway 475
18 Steve Nicol 468
19 Elisha Scott 468
20 Sami Hyypia 463

http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_appearances.asp

LEAGUE - Hyypia is 36th

EUROPE - Hyypia is 3rd

1 Jamie Carragher 116
2 Steven Gerrard 101
3 Sami Hyypia 94

LEAGUE CUP - Hyypia is 41st
FA CUP - Hyypia is 34th

by **stmichael** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:17 am

Such a shame he's not going to end his career with us but it's a mark of the man he's still desperate to play every week at 35.

:bowdown

by **shakey** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:51 am

What a bargain buy,imagine how much he would cost in todays transfers fee's.
Fantastic player for our club.
All the best for the future Sami & thank you :bowdown

by **Espionage** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:39 am

I really love Sami Hyypia......

Good luck, absolutely gutted to see you gone

YNWA

by **Sabre** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:00 pm

Cheers Owzat interesting data that, and to be honest I expected Hyypia to have more games.

857 games!!!!! that's absolutely shocking.

by **mkingdom** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:36 pm

Best of luck Sami. Never let us down in 10 years.

Would love to see him back in a coaching role at some point.

by **JamCar05** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:42 pm

Don't know what to say about big Sami that hasn't already been said by others. A great servant and a true LFC legend (and I don't use this term lightly mind).

Best of luck with the rest of your career Sami, and hopefully we'll see you back at Anfield in some capacity.

by **Keris** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:17 pm

What a defender.
Always dependable.
I used to have a theory (during the GH era

), that when Liverpool was losing,
that is because Sami was off form.

All the Best Sami. YNWA!! :bowdown

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