Liverpool FC Forum

kazza » Sat May 30, 2026 8:04 am wrote:I just hope we don’t go shopping in the “had a great World Cup” isle, has that ever panned out? I remember Totò Schillaci, the Colombian James, El Hadji Diouf  Denilson just to name a few. I’d rather we tied things up before the WC or stay disciplined to the plan.

We bought Phil Babb off the back of his performances in the 94 WC as well, Phil's a nice bloke but its fair to say that transfer wasnt exactly a roaring success either, you make a good point, buying players based off their performances in world cups and european championships is a bit of a fools errand. Paddy Berger was probably the best of that particular bad bunch.

kazza » Sat May 30, 2026 9:04 am wrote:I just hope we don’t go shopping in the “had a great World Cup” isle, has that ever panned out? I remember Totò Schillaci, the Colombian James, El Hadji Diouf  Denilson just to name a few. I’d rather we tied things up before the WC or stay disciplined to the plan.

bang on, Diouf and Salif diao what combo. Difficult to judge players during World cup as systems are different.

7_Kewell » Sat Jan 10, 2026 10:30 pm wrote:Very sad news about Kev, he’s before my time but strange how he’s not held such high esteem as other former pros.

Ok paper, he was world class for us.

I see poor old KK is now stage 4. God bless the lad, always loved him, always gave 101%.

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Keegan is one of the greatest names in our history, if you look at where we were when he signed and where we were when he left he arguably achieved more than any one else in a red shirt.
i think a lot of our fans think we signed big Ron and the Saint and never looked back, it wasnt like that there was a sustained period where we didnt win anything, we were drifting big time signing duds like Alun Evans and Tony Hately and even John Toshack, in Tosh's first season he looked a lumbering plodder.
Then something happened, we signed Kevin Keegan, from that moment on this club never looked back, Kevin Keegan lit a fire under this club which has never gone out, by the time the bad times arrived in the 90's we were a Levathian, an institution and the term bad times became relative. Finishing 5th in the top flight was awful. 
He signed for a club that had had a bit of success but had lost its way, tonnes of clubs won the league in the 60's and early 70's, Leeds, Derby, United, City, Everton, Spurs, Arsenal even the likes of Burnley and Ipswich won it. That's how Alf Ramsay got the England job. When Kev signed for us we were lost in the middle of that pack, in fact we were dropping down it. When he left us 6/7 years later we were miles ahead of them all, we were the best team in England and Europe, we were a dominant force.
You know all these murials around the ground, Kevin had his name spray painted all over that area decades before murials were even a thing. He was a rock star.

Was my first favorite player and I was lucky to take a photo with him as a kid, he was so nice to my brother and I.

That red number 7 shirt was already the most iconic shirt in English football before Kenny even put it on. I genuinely think a lot of our fans give Kenny the credit for what Kevin actually did, Kenny, Souey, Jocky Hansen et al kept us at the top but it was Kevin who took this club by the scruff of the neck and dragged it up the mountain, He transcended football and became a cultural icon. In the 70's number 7 was seen as a 'cool' number, that was largely down to Kevin and to a lesser extent Barry Sheene, if you went the fairground everyone wanted the dodgem car with number 7 on it or if you went to Stanley Park boating lake everyone wanted boat number 7, that was the power of Kevin. Bill Shankly described Kevin as the best signing he ever made, praise doesnt come higher than that.