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by **Reg** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:18 pm

The owners score YET another own goal...........

by **NANNY RED** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:12 pm

Come on people get downloading,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyb0RlnHnU&feature=player_embedded

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/march-sons-anfield-single/id377170464

by **dundreamin** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:19 pm

I.am in the process of trying to start a SOS skelmersdale branch. Put the word out. Got to expand and show the vermin we mean business. We need a USA branch and a far east branch to make a massive impact.

by **Reg** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:03 pm

Protest against the owners is largely a UK passion, I wouldnt expect far east cultures to become militant for LFC, its not their fight.

by **zarababe** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:19 am

.. No it's not their fight.. it's the fight to save a club they all follow.. quite passionately.. Liverpool FC is famous worldwide, we in the UK, are but blips in what is a worldwide fan base and following.

by **Ciggy** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:27 pm

Email reply from RBS :glare:

Thank you for contacting RBS concerning our ongoing relationship with Liverpool Football Club.

You will have seen the press release from Liverpool Football Club, announcing the appointment of a new, independent Chairman, Martin Broughton, and details of the formal sales process launched by the current owners, Thomas Hicks and George Gillett Jr. This process needs to be allowed sufficient time to maximise the chances of the Club being sold to ownership capable of realising its long term potential. However, we are confident that the Chairman and the Board will be mindful of the need to avoid any unnecessary delay in concluding a sale, as it is in no one’s interest to risk deterioration in the performance of the Club prior to it being sold.

Our common goal is the long-term success of Liverpool Football Club and the Bank’s primary objective is to ensure financial stability, so that the Club can continue to perform both on and off the football pitch.

There is little more I can add at this juncture, only to reiterate we are supportive of the steps that have been taken and we hope to have the opportunity to continue our financial support for the Club under its new ownership, once determined.

Thank you once again for taking the time and trouble to write to us. I appreciate that the Club’s finances have been a source of frustration for many supporters but it is in the interest of the fans, the Club and the Bank that we continue to support it through this process to ensure its longevity for all concerned.

Yours sincerely,

Roger Lowry
Head of Public Affairs
Royal Bank of Scotland Group

by **Reg** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:37 pm

I wrote to that lad as well.

by **Ciggy** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:10 pm

Reg wrote:I wrote to that lad as well.

You probably have the same email in your inbox Reg.

Steve Rotheram Gillet & Hicks Asset strippers

Used his opening speech in Parliament to criticise their reign.

Liverpool's U.S. owners branded 'asset strippers'

Football Club have been labelled "asset strippers" by an MP in the House of Commons.

Labour's Steve Rotheram, MP for Liverpool Walton, used his maiden speech in the Commons on Thursday to claim the actions of George Gillett and Tom Hicks "threatened the club's existence".

In a separate Commons motion he has accused the pair of failing "to exercise responsible stewardship of the club".

The Americans, who bought the Reds in 2007, recently announced their intention to sell the club, which is £351 million in debt.

Mr Rotheram, a former lord mayor in the city, told MPs he was a "dyed-in-the-wool" Liverpool fan and an Anfield season ticket holder.

"But I would honestly say the same things if it was Everton FC that had been the victim of a leverage buyout that endangered its future survival and which has caused so many problems for my constituents living in close proximity to the football stadium.

"England's most successful football club is slowly being drained by the greed of two American asset strippers and this is having a negative impact on regeneration projects for the whole area.

"Unfortunately the beautiful game does not always attract those with beautiful intentions."

In an early day motion, Mr Rotheram expresses "dismay" at the Americans' activities and "regrets the failure to fulfil promises of a new stadium".

by **rocky29** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:14 pm

could anyone explain to me why the feck the man city owners invested in that :censored:

club with no history and global fans like ours?

by **zarababe** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:50 pm

I think it was to do with knocking Utd of their perch..

by **Reg** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:56 pm

Ciggy wrote:
Reg wrote:I wrote to that lad as well.

You probably have the same email in your inbox Reg.

Steve Rotheram Gillet & Hicks Asset strippers

Used his opening speech in Parliament to criticise their reign.

Liverpool's U.S. owners branded 'asset strippers'

Football Club have been labelled "asset strippers" by an MP in the House of Commons.

Labour's Steve Rotheram, MP for Liverpool Walton, used his maiden speech in the Commons on Thursday to claim the actions of George Gillett and Tom Hicks "threatened the club's existence".

In a separate Commons motion he has accused the pair of failing "to exercise responsible stewardship of the club".

The Americans, who bought the Reds in 2007, recently announced their intention to sell the club, which is £351 million in debt.

Mr Rotheram, a former lord mayor in the city, told MPs he was a "dyed-in-the-wool" Liverpool fan and an Anfield season ticket holder.

"But I would honestly say the same things if it was Everton FC that had been the victim of a leverage buyout that endangered its future survival and which has caused so many problems for my constituents living in close proximity to the football stadium.

"England's most successful football club is slowly being drained by the greed of two American asset strippers and this is having a negative impact on regeneration projects for the whole area.

"Unfortunately the beautiful game does not always attract those with beautiful intentions."

In an early day motion, Mr Rotheram expresses "dismay" at the Americans' activities and "regrets the failure to fulfil promises of a new stadium".

Shame we cant do a BP on them and force them to put $20 billion into an escrow account whilst we build the best stadium in the world.........

by **NANNY RED** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:19 pm

yep i got the same email. the usual sh.it

by **Igor Zidane** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:24 pm

Same here . We keep the pressure up though .

by **Penguins** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:08 am

rocky29 wrote:could anyone explain to me why the feck the man city owners invested in that club with no history and global fans like ours?

WHY?

They had a new stadium actucally already built.
The club cost a fraction of what our owners want for the club.

This means that instead of filling the pockets of the previous owners and paying back loans, they could instead spend the money where it matters, on the squad!

That is what wins you titles, not history and memories if there is no money.

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:16 pm

Saturdays Liverpool Echo

HERE is a question that has been asked numerous times this week but is never easy to answer – how can players move on when a club doesn’t have a manager?

While many thought the period between Rafa Benitez leaving and his replacement being appointed would see a lull in Liverpool’s news agenda, the futures of Yossi Benayoun and Javier Mascherano have dictated otherwise.

As you will have noted, the Israeli midfielder will, barring an unexpected twist, become a Chelsea player in the not too distant future, while Mascherano – as one of his advisors revealed – is debating whether to join Benitez at Inter Milan.

Inevitably, certain supporters have looked at the picture which is unfolding and decided, rightly or wrongly, that Benitez’s sudden departure will be the catalyst for a mass exodus of talent from Anfield.

The assumption is that players are looking at the lie of the land now that Benitez is no longer around and are deciding it is time to follow suit; maybe, fans will be wondering, Albert Riera’s ‘sinking ship’ analogy wasn’t so far off the mark, after all.

Now the scene which is about to be painted is not an attempt to make it appear that everything in the Anfield garden is rosy; clearly it isn’t and we would not dream of conveniently ignoring certain issues, particularly regarding finance.

But where Benayoun and Mascherano are concerned, it is important to make a few key points to get a better understanding of why these players will be packing up and leaving regardless of who jumps into the hot seat.
Let’s start with Benayoun. He’s been a good servant for Liverpool in the three years he has been on Merseyside and 2009 was his annus mirabilis, the peak being that headed goal in the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid.

In recent months, though, it became clear he was getting itchy feet; whether Benitez had remained or not, Benayoun was going to depart; the pair had fallen out and the only thing that wasn’t known was which club it would be to.

Benayoun is not someone who regularly courts the media and limits his interviews to a handful every season; though he is always convivial and happy to talk in passing, he does not want to be quoted all the time.

So when he stopped after the defeat against Chelsea on May 2, it was clear that he had something he wanted to get off his chest and, without warning, he volunteered the following words.

“Personally I don’t know whether I will be here or if I won’t,” he said. “A lot of things can happen. We will have to wait and see. Liverpool is a great club and I enjoy it. But a lot of things are happening in this moment and we will have to see.”

Players do not make such statements unless they are pretty sure they will be on the move and it’s fair to assume that Benayoun’s advisors had encouraged him to keep his options open.

Similar sentiments apply to Mascherano. He enjoyed a terrific second half of the season, filled two positions with aplomb but, for someone who enjoys kissing the Liver Bird on his chest which was encouraging to fans, something didn’t sit right.
That, of course, was the lucrative contract he had been offered remaining unsigned; Pepe Reina may have wasted little time inking his extension but, after getting to a certain point, Mascherano got cold feet.

Some claim his representatives were treated shabbily, others argue his demands were unreasonable; whatever, the paperwork will almost certainly remain unsigned.

If Benayoun wants to join Chelsea and Mascherano wants to join Inter, thank them for their service, wish them well and then move on; if Liverpool are going to progress again, they need men who are single-minded in their love for the club.

What will be interesting to see is whether all the funds that will be brought in from those deals will be given to Benitez’s successor – but that is for another time.

Now it is a case of taking stock and deciding who wants to stick around for what might be a bumpy ride – only the committed need apply.

Maybe not the most appropriate thread to include this in ,but I believe it throws up more concern as to the condition of the club, rather than the players involved

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