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by **Kharhaz** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:16 am

roberto green wrote:
Kharhaz wrote:Those hospital beds are dead comfy, I asked one of the nurses for a pillow as it was massive and really comfy. But they said no..... [email=b@stards....]b@stards....[/email]

I bet you wouldn't find them that comfy if you found out how many people had died on them.

When all is said and done, comfort is comfort !

by **ethanr** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:01 pm

Pepe Reina's acting twin

by **red till i die!!** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:45 pm

PabloMedina28 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:
dawson99 wrote:Lakes, he is one of our best players and would walk into ANY team in the premiership easy

yes i agree with that.......and some of them have CL next year. we have the UEFA EURO 2012, he would love to be spains no1 for that, dont think he will get it without CL football next season.

Hell never get it not, with while Spains pin-up golden boy is still around. He knows that and he wont ever be no1 CL or no CL.

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agree once casillas is breathing ain't no way pepe is going to oust him and exactly for the reasons you state.
shame really as overall pepe imo is a better keeper.

by **Kukilon** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:16 pm

Valdes, Degea and Pepe are all better keepers than Iker at the moment. Iker has been massive the last 10 seasons though so they won't stand a chance as long as he doesn't forfeit his spot.

by **Reg** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:53 am

Its like when Clemence was England goalie, Shilton had no chance breaking through.

by **jacdaniel** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:10 am

Anybody else find it a bit odd that he hasnt saved a pen in so long? tbh, I cant even remember the last time he saved one and he used to have a reputation as a great peno stopper.

Something to spend more time on in training?

by **Kenny Kan** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:07 pm

jacdaniel wrote:Anybody else find it a bit odd that he hasnt saved a pen in so long? tbh, I cant even remember the last time he saved one and he used to have a reputation as a great peno stopper.

Something to spend more time on in training?

Yep, been thinking that recently too fella. His 'peno stopper' tag isn't very creditable anymore.

by **Dundalk** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:44 pm

From the Mail. This is from Reinas new book, some interesting stuff here.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina nearly quit Anfield three times as the club fell apart under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The Spaniard has shed new light on the turmoil at Liverpool and claims the club stopped him from joining Arsenal in 2010 because they feared it would send out the wrong signal to potential buyers as the Hicks and Gillett era collapsed under a sea of debt. Reina, who wanted permission to speak to Arsene Wenger as Arsenal tabled a £20million bid, claims there were splits in the Liverpool dressing room over the Americans and says he wanted local heroes Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher to do more to support fans' protests. Reina also campaigned against the appointment of Roy Hodgson to replace Rafa Benitez. After hitting his 'lowest ebb' under the new man, he considered leaving again in January - only to be talked out of it by his wife. On an earlier occasion, Benitez had talked Reina out of joining Valencia. The goalkeeper's head was turned by Arsenal when he returned from Spain's World Cup victory celebrations last year to find Liverpool in crisis with Benitez sacked, Hicks and Gillett clinging on to power and the running of the club left to managing director Christian Purslow, who was trying to find new owners. 'I went from elation one minute to depression the next as the realisation dawned that Liverpool were going nowhere fast,' says Reina in his new autobiography.

'When I signed my contract in April 2010 I hoped that better times were just around the corner, a feeling that was fuelled by the promises of improvement from people at the club. 'It didn't take me long to feel that their promises were hollow. I felt betrayed. Our owners were at war with each other, the club's debts were spiralling out of control and a change in manager had failed to dispel the feeling that we were on the road to nowhere. 'Arsenal had made their determination to sign me clear by offering £20m, a phenomenal amount for a goalkeeper. Part of me felt that I was well within my rights to consider my future even if I did so with a heavy heart. 'When Liverpool received the bid, they rejected it. This was not because I had been told that I was too good a keeper to leave. The reason I was given was quite different - and it left me feeling down. I was told that my continued presence was crucial to the sale of the club. I was simply a bargaining chip in the sales process. 'I still don't know what to think of Purslow because I understand he was there to look for new owners and to try to sell the club but ultimately he was making big football decisions that he was not qualified to make.' Reina publicly called

Pepe Reina: My Autobiography, £18.99, Trinity

for Hicks and Gillett to go long before current owner John W Henry took over last October. The 29-year-old also admits he would have liked Gerrard and Carragher to have taken a similar stand. 'I was probably one of the loudest objectors because I believed it was important the supporters knew I was with them,' he says. 'All I wanted the owners to do was sell up to people who could take the club forward, so I said so. 'The way I saw it, Stevie and Carra are the two principle members of our squad, the ones who the people love and if they had said something maybe it would have put Hicks and Gillett under real pressure. 'But in their view, it was more important to try to keep things as normal as possible.'

by **Penguins** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:15 am

Finally this might put to bed the stupid morinic idea that world class players will play and come to lfc to play for us even if we are in the conference and not fighting for titles.
In todays world playing in the CL, playing for titles is worth much more, for the best players, than putting on a red shirt.

by **Kharhaz** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:36 am

Penguins wrote:Finally this might put to bed the stupid morinic idea that world class players will play and come to lfc to play for us even if we are in the conference and not fighting for titles.
In todays world playing in the CL, playing for titles is worth much more, for the best players, than putting on a red shirt.

That is not Reina's gripe. What he was getting at was, although a foreigner he felt strongly against what H & G were doing, and thought that the local lads (Gerrard and Carragher) should be voicing their opinions along with the supporters.

He is not saying that this club isnt worth playing for. Dont twist the words to suit your argument.

by **maguskwt** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:17 pm

Reina's gripes were perfectly understandable... That period was really a terrible period. Even though broughton and Purslow helped us find good owners they are also the ones that appointed Hodgoson... OMFG...

by **roberto green** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:59 pm

It shows you how quick things can change in football though eh, Look at Aresenal now and us.

by **maguskwt** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:19 pm

roberto green wrote:It shows you how quick things can change in football though eh, Look at Aresenal now and us.

The thing is arsenal's ownership situation is not as bad as ours was...

by **maguskwt** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:21 pm

roberto green wrote:It shows you how quick things can change in football though eh, Look at Aresenal now and us.

The thing is arsenal's ownership situation is not as bad as ours was...

by **Johnny Boy** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:13 pm

Don't understand why players release a book whilst they are still playing - save for it a few years.

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