tsubaki
Player Valuation: £90m
It is probably that the comedy they provide is second to none, neither United or Chelsea provide that level of hilarity.
ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"
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It is probably that the comedy they provide is second to none, neither United or Chelsea provide that level of hilarity.
BlueLlama
10/11/17 TWAIN CRUSH DAY
Errm everyone's favourite 2nd team ffs
Their second XI
Talk about biased..
Looking at Sky Sports reports on the opening weekend. Surely most objective viewers would argue that Liverpool were fairly ordinary - they scraped a win against a fairly moderate Stoke..
So let's just take a quick look at the marks for the players:
http://www.skysports.com/football/stoke-vs-liverpool/341195
Liverpool: Mignolet (7), Clyne (7), Lovren (7), Gomez (7), Skrtel (8), Milner (6), Coutinho (9), Henderson (6), Lallana (6), Ibe (8), Benteke (7).
Total average 7 plus 1
Other teams to win that weekend:
City - all over West Brom like a rash:
Manchester City: Hart (7), Sagna (7), Kompany (7), Mangala (6), Kolarov (6), Toure (8), Fernandinho (6), Navas (6), Silva (9), Sterling (6), Bony (8)
Total 7 minus 1
Man Utd - generally ordinary against Spurs
Manchester United: Romero (7), Darmian (8), Smalling (9), Blind (6), Shaw (7), Schneiderlin (6), Carrick (6), Mata (7), Depay (6), Young (7), Rooney (6)
Total 7 minus 2
Villa - winning at Bournemouth 7 minus 3
Palace - comfortable winners at Norwich 7 minus 6
West Ham - easily the performance of the weekend 7 minus 4
Leicester - easy winners over Sunderland - 7 minus 7
Watford - a very decent effort at Everton - 7 minus 7
Swansea - an excellent draw at Chelsea - 7 minus 2
So there we have it - apparently, according to Sky Sports the RS performance was the best of the week and Coutinho, with one sweet shot into the net was worth a 9 out of 10.
PATHETIC.
Looking at Sky Sports reports on the opening weekend. Surely most objective viewers would argue that Liverpool were fairly ordinary - they scraped a win against a fairly moderate Stoke..
So let's just take a quick look at the marks for the players:
http://www.skysports.com/football/stoke-vs-liverpool/341195
Liverpool: Mignolet (7), Clyne (7), Lovren (7), Gomez (7), Skrtel (8), Milner (6), Coutinho (9), Henderson (6), Lallana (6), Ibe (8), Benteke (7).
Total average 7 plus 1
Other teams to win that weekend:
City - all over West Brom like a rash:
Manchester City: Hart (7), Sagna (7), Kompany (7), Mangala (6), Kolarov (6), Toure (8), Fernandinho (6), Navas (6), Silva (9), Sterling (6), Bony (8)
Total 7 minus 1
Man Utd - generally ordinary against Spurs
Manchester United: Romero (7), Darmian (8), Smalling (9), Blind (6), Shaw (7), Schneiderlin (6), Carrick (6), Mata (7), Depay (6), Young (7), Rooney (6)
Total 7 minus 2
Villa - winning at Bournemouth 7 minus 3
Palace - comfortable winners at Norwich 7 minus 6
West Ham - easily the performance of the weekend 7 minus 4
Leicester - easy winners over Sunderland - 7 minus 7
Watford - a very decent effort at Everton - 7 minus 7
Swansea - an excellent draw at Chelsea - 7 minus 2
So there we have it - apparently, according to Sky Sports the RS performance was the best of the week and Coutinho, with one sweet shot into the net was worth a 9 out of 10.
PATHETIC.
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-flop-mario-balotelli-content-6247962
Liverpool flop Mario Balotelli content to train with the kids while awaiting six-figure 'loyalty' bonus
Reds are willing to pay 60% of striker's wages if he goes on loan but his contract states he is due huge sum if he's still at Anfield when the window closes
The Italian striker has been forced to train with the kids after being told he was surplus to requirements by boss Brendan Rodgers.
And the Reds are so desperate to get him off the books they are prepared to contribute 60 per cent of his wages if Lazio or Sampdoria take him back to Serie A on loan.
The 25-year-old took a drop in wages when he joined from AC Milan last summer, but had a variety of add-ons built into his £70,000-a-week, four-year deal.
So that proposal would see Liverpool subbing Balotelli's wages by £42,000 a week.
Liverpool which saw him make just 10 starts and score only one goal in the Premier League.
Sources close to the controversial player insist that no matter how far into the wilderness he is thrust, he is prepared to stick it out at Anfield and pick up his pay-cheques.
They suggest, too, that the striker has little interest in returning to Italy, where he feels he is the target of some hateful abuse and where he had a tough time in his 18 months at AC Milan.
He still has friends and family in the north-west of England from his time at Manchester City and is in no mind to be forced out, even though he is now SIXTH in the Anfield striking pecking order and will continue to train away from the first team squad.
That leaves Liverpool in a tough position where they must consider paying up the remaining terms on the player’s contract to get rid of him, a situation they also find themselves in with the intractable Jose Enrique.
Liverpool flop Mario Balotelli content to train with the kids while awaiting six-figure 'loyalty' bonus
Reds are willing to pay 60% of striker's wages if he goes on loan but his contract states he is due huge sum if he's still at Anfield when the window closes
The Italian striker has been forced to train with the kids after being told he was surplus to requirements by boss Brendan Rodgers.
And the Reds are so desperate to get him off the books they are prepared to contribute 60 per cent of his wages if Lazio or Sampdoria take him back to Serie A on loan.
The 25-year-old took a drop in wages when he joined from AC Milan last summer, but had a variety of add-ons built into his £70,000-a-week, four-year deal.
So that proposal would see Liverpool subbing Balotelli's wages by £42,000 a week.
Liverpool which saw him make just 10 starts and score only one goal in the Premier League.
Sources close to the controversial player insist that no matter how far into the wilderness he is thrust, he is prepared to stick it out at Anfield and pick up his pay-cheques.
They suggest, too, that the striker has little interest in returning to Italy, where he feels he is the target of some hateful abuse and where he had a tough time in his 18 months at AC Milan.
He still has friends and family in the north-west of England from his time at Manchester City and is in no mind to be forced out, even though he is now SIXTH in the Anfield striking pecking order and will continue to train away from the first team squad.
That leaves Liverpool in a tough position where they must consider paying up the remaining terms on the player’s contract to get rid of him, a situation they also find themselves in with the intractable Jose Enrique.
madkiwi
Koffee please
As disappointing as Eto'o was, at least we could get rid.
Sounds like they won't be able to get him out until January, after soaking up millions more in bonuses and wages.
We'd be bankrupt if we ran the club like this.
TippEverton
Player Valuation: £35m
No chance, Enrique is awful, I hope he stays and fights for his place in the team like he has said, and wins, or that Moreno lad loses a leg like our left back just has.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
Eto'o wasn't awful mate, most talented player we had on the pitch.
it was the shoe horning onto the pitch that meant he couldnt play the role he is meant to do
From failing to learn team-mates' names to disruptive training antics: How Balotelli's Liverpool career unravelled
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...ons-league-how-mario-balotellis-a2488126.html
It was during the week after Liverpool’s home defeat to Manchester United in March when a realisation struck among those with influence inside Anfield that Mario Balotelli would not change.
Two stories reflect Balotelli’s listless attitude. During training Colin Pascoe, then Liverpool’s assistant manager, gathered the squad in a huddle close to Melwood’s perimeter wall. Thirty or 40 yards away, Jon Flanagan was hobbling by, an injured player facing almost a year on the sidelines. Balotelli started shouting towards him for no apparent reason, “Hey, hey…” interrupting Pascoe’s flow. For that, the Italian was threatened with banishment to the changing rooms.
Later in the afternoon, Balotelli scored a jaw-dropping goal from near the halfway line. Witnesses stood open-mouthed: first-team players shook their heads in disbelief, youngsters smirked nervously at the brilliance in front of them. One problem: the goal was at the wrong end.
At 1-1 during a 10 on 10 match, with Balotelli on the weaker team made up of likely substitutes for the weekend’s game at Arsenal as well as teenagers from the academy, he deemed it appropriate to turn around and fire a shot towards Brad Jones. The goalkeeper was helpless. Balotelli thought it hilarious, laughing away by himself in the centre circle.
When Liverpool’s squad travelled to London on Good Friday, Balotelli was not present. His next appearance came almost a month later as a substitute when Aston Villa stubbed out the remaining light on both his and Liverpool’s miserable campaigns.
Balotelli’s Liverpool career unravelled quickly. Staying up with friends late the night before a Champions League defeat to Basel in Switzerland was a bad way to endear himself to manager Brendan Rodgers. Then he was banned from driving after being caught speeding at 109mph on the M62 in December.
By Christmas, indeed, Balotelli did not know the names of some of his team-mates – regulars who feature in the starting XI. It is reasoned he lost out on moments where relationships are developed because he missed home cooking so much that rather than eating at Melwood before and after training, he organised for lunch and dinner to be delivered to his Formby mansion from an Italian restaurant.
Balotelli now knows he has no future at Liverpool. It did not deter him from beginning his 25th birthday celebrations at 1am on Wednesday morning, with friend Desmond N’Ze releasing a video on social media of the striker being sprayed with Veuve Clicquot champagne. Earlier, upon receiving a parking ticket in Liverpool’s city centre, Balotelli took to Instagram, revealing a photograph of the issuing attendant.
Until 18 months ago, N’Ze was also a footballer, contracted to Fujeida MYFC in the Japanese third division. Having met Balotelli at Internazionale in 2008, N’Ze is said to have given up on his professional career and since has operated as Balotelli’s gopher.
The pair have been inseparable on Merseyside, with Balotelli frequently inviting N’Ze into Melwood before it was made clear by management that he would not be welcome.
As last season ambled towards a conclusion, N’Ze was often seen sleeping in the passenger seat of Balotelli’s red Ferrari in Melwood’s car park, waiting for his friend to finish work.
Those who witnessed Balotelli’s efforts in training admit that he might as well have joined him.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...ons-league-how-mario-balotellis-a2488126.html
It was during the week after Liverpool’s home defeat to Manchester United in March when a realisation struck among those with influence inside Anfield that Mario Balotelli would not change.
Two stories reflect Balotelli’s listless attitude. During training Colin Pascoe, then Liverpool’s assistant manager, gathered the squad in a huddle close to Melwood’s perimeter wall. Thirty or 40 yards away, Jon Flanagan was hobbling by, an injured player facing almost a year on the sidelines. Balotelli started shouting towards him for no apparent reason, “Hey, hey…” interrupting Pascoe’s flow. For that, the Italian was threatened with banishment to the changing rooms.
Later in the afternoon, Balotelli scored a jaw-dropping goal from near the halfway line. Witnesses stood open-mouthed: first-team players shook their heads in disbelief, youngsters smirked nervously at the brilliance in front of them. One problem: the goal was at the wrong end.
At 1-1 during a 10 on 10 match, with Balotelli on the weaker team made up of likely substitutes for the weekend’s game at Arsenal as well as teenagers from the academy, he deemed it appropriate to turn around and fire a shot towards Brad Jones. The goalkeeper was helpless. Balotelli thought it hilarious, laughing away by himself in the centre circle.
When Liverpool’s squad travelled to London on Good Friday, Balotelli was not present. His next appearance came almost a month later as a substitute when Aston Villa stubbed out the remaining light on both his and Liverpool’s miserable campaigns.
Balotelli’s Liverpool career unravelled quickly. Staying up with friends late the night before a Champions League defeat to Basel in Switzerland was a bad way to endear himself to manager Brendan Rodgers. Then he was banned from driving after being caught speeding at 109mph on the M62 in December.
By Christmas, indeed, Balotelli did not know the names of some of his team-mates – regulars who feature in the starting XI. It is reasoned he lost out on moments where relationships are developed because he missed home cooking so much that rather than eating at Melwood before and after training, he organised for lunch and dinner to be delivered to his Formby mansion from an Italian restaurant.
Balotelli now knows he has no future at Liverpool. It did not deter him from beginning his 25th birthday celebrations at 1am on Wednesday morning, with friend Desmond N’Ze releasing a video on social media of the striker being sprayed with Veuve Clicquot champagne. Earlier, upon receiving a parking ticket in Liverpool’s city centre, Balotelli took to Instagram, revealing a photograph of the issuing attendant.
Until 18 months ago, N’Ze was also a footballer, contracted to Fujeida MYFC in the Japanese third division. Having met Balotelli at Internazionale in 2008, N’Ze is said to have given up on his professional career and since has operated as Balotelli’s gopher.
The pair have been inseparable on Merseyside, with Balotelli frequently inviting N’Ze into Melwood before it was made clear by management that he would not be welcome.
As last season ambled towards a conclusion, N’Ze was often seen sleeping in the passenger seat of Balotelli’s red Ferrari in Melwood’s car park, waiting for his friend to finish work.
Those who witnessed Balotelli’s efforts in training admit that he might as well have joined him.
Got to laugh. They knew exactly what they were buying. Trying to character assassinate him like they did with Sterling won't work as he'll love the attention and just keep being Mario. I hope he drains them for every penny he can and they do end up paying over 40 grand a week when he's someone else's player
Whistlin' Dixie
Player Valuation: £50m
Took them until March to suss him out?
They really are very dense.
They really are very dense.
Minimeister
Player Valuation: £35m
Absolutely. Ironic the article mentions Colin Pascoe one of the men their manager sacrificed so he can keep his own job. Ballotelli is twice the bloke he is.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
haha what a great.
liverpool FC - stand by a racist
- banish a player who scores an own goal in training to the reserves
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