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Zidane wrote:

SupitsJonF wrote:

Sir Roger wrote:If Rafas trying to prove a point with keane then hes failing.
If he had enough faith in keanes ability to buy him, he needs to have faith enough to play him until he comes good.

Yeah, lets keep dropping points until our striker scores a goal.

We're dropping points with or without Keane anyway.

you got owned there mate. 

Zidane wrote:

SupitsJonF wrote:

Sir Roger wrote:If Rafas trying to prove a point with keane then hes failing.
If he had enough faith in keanes ability to buy him, he needs to have faith enough to play him until he comes good.

Yeah, lets keep dropping points until our striker scores a goal.

We're dropping points with or without Keane anyway.

kazza wrote:I wander if it has something to do with the shaking of the head when substituted and all the facial expressions from Keane that has something to do with  (oh yeah and the fact he misses sitters) the lack of play time Keane gets. It would p1ss me off if I was manager. He is not good when we play teams that defend ten behind the ball which is often. He started off playing regularly did not perform and now plays less. Simple really!

Mikz wrote:Glad hes back in the squad..Hes nothing to prove in my eyes and once his confidence returns we will see the best of him.
Liverpool 2-0  Keane scoring both 

He's nothing to prove to Spurs mate!

But he's plenty to prove at LFC,his performances have been mostly nowhere near whats expected off him,or what he's capable of doing consistantly.

Theres a huge amount of pressure on him now IMO because of all the hype about him being unused!The fans expect,the manager will expect and the media will be waiting with sharp knives on him to fail.I hope he plays a blinder tomorrow night and scores,then I hope Rafa gives the lad a run of games,he comes good and becomes accepted...cause it just does'nt feel like he has been so far.

heimdall wrote:

GYBS wrote:good news and now maybe the press can stop with all the speculation .

what, good news that our second best striker manages to make the squad???

Igor Zidane wrote:

Aussie Style wrote:Found this on footy rumours..

LFC – More Fact than rumour,regarding Rafa rejecting a new contract because he wants full control of Transfer activity at the club. A very good source at the club informs me that at the end of last season (just before Euro 2008), Rafa had received information from sources/insiders at Valencia (who were struggling Financially)that they were prepared to sell David Villa to for £25m. Villa was informally approached and was happy about the prospect of linking up with Torres and also wearing the famous LFC No.7. Rafa then went around saying that he needed to act quickly in the transfer market to get the players he wanted. However it then seems that Rick Parry and his Team entered into preliminary negotiations with Valencia but tried to barter them down to £20m (obviously working in the best interests of the Gillet and Hicks). Valencia turned this offer down and as the process dragged on Euro 2008 kicked off, and as you are aware David Villa stole the show. After Euro 2008 Valencia were able to doule David Villa's value and so Liverpool, due to restricted finances were blown out of any potential deal. Rafa was furious with Parry's inept negotiating skills as this was not the first time a potential deal had fallen through over what was peanuts. My source informs me that Parry then formulated the deal for Robbie Keane late in the Summer Transfer Window as he was the only real viable option left within the Club's budget. Rafa will not let this issue rest and his treatment of Keane is a bit of a "told you so" to the board and Rick Parry. Rafa will walk away from the if Parry is not relieved of all transfer decisions and negotiations. !!

Footy rumours is not very reliable ace . Very large pinch of salt needed.

GYBS wrote:

Fowler_E7 wrote:

stmichael wrote:silva is a top quality player but didn't want to leave spain. the same with david villa. the fact is they may be available in the summer as valencia are in a dire financial state but even then you're looking at £50m for the pair. Pavlyuchenko is average at best.

can't believe more bigger clubs weren't interested in podolski though.

podolski's a very average player, if you ever check him out for Bayern in the bundesliga you would see. He stands out in a poor German national side. He's going back to cologne now, not even the other decent german sides wanted him, his reputation is based on the performances he put in for Germany at the world cup and euro's, he is an extremely inconsistent performer.

yet still manages to score a lot of goals for germany and was scoring a lot of goals for bayern before the manager started preferring Luca Toni and Klose to himself .