Re: Liverpool FC Multimedia Thread

[RedOranje]

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[McAgger]

RedO this should be posted in the 'Moyes being appointed as Yanited manager' thread

[donttreadonred]

The look on that kid's face.

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[McAgger]

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[McAgger]

[RedOranje]

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[McAgger]

Gave me goosebumps that. I will always love Bellers. He was our sort of crazy, the right sort of crazy.

[McAgger]

Another passage from his autobiography.

In February 2007, Liverpool travelled to Portugal for a five-day training camp to prepare for their Champions League second round tie against Barcelona.

On the last night on the Algarve, Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez allowed the players out for a meal but it was disrupted by an argument between Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise, whose nickname was Ginge...

Ginge was a nice enough lad.

He was a bit of a child. He was insanely ­competitive. If there was a competition to see who could ping a shot against the crossbar, he was always mad keen to win it.

People used to make a joke of it and say: ‘I bet Ginge could do that’.

That night at Vale do Lobo, I was sitting with Steve Finnan, who was my ­room-mate, Sami Hyypia and Ginge.

I told Ginge he had to sing a song. I might have said it a couple of times. He said he didn’t want to do it.

I mentioned it again and he snapped. He got s****y about it. He got up and started shouting. “Listen,” he yelled, “I’m not singing and I’ve had enough of you banging on about it.”

Sami told me to ignore him and Ginge left fairly soon afterwards. But as the evening wore on and I had more to drink, it started eating away at me.

At that time, the way I was, I didn’t know how to control my emotions if someone disrespected me in front of the rest of the players.

I am one of the worst people on drink. It doesn’t agree with me.

After a while, I told Finnan we were going.

I told him I wanted to sort it out with Ginge.

“I’m not having that,” I said to Finny.

“What are you on about?” he said.

“That ginger f****** p****, he ain’t speaking to me like that,” I said.

Finny told me to ignore him. He told me to forget it and go to bed.

“I’m not ignoring him,” I said. “I’m going to go to his room.”

Finny told me to calm down.

“No, let’s go to our room,” he said.

He was trying to humour me, like a warder with a madman.

We did go back to our room but I still couldn’t let it go.

We had a shared lounge with bedrooms that were upstairs.

Our golf clubs were in the lounge. I’d got one out as I was stewing over what Ginge had done.

It was an eight iron.

I started taking a few practice swings with it.

“Let’s go and see him now,” I said.

John Arne Riise "I just whacked him across the backside ... if I’d taken a proper swing, I would have hit the ceiling with my backlift"
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I just wanted to wind Ginge up a bit.

He had tried it on with me once or twice in training. He had given me a little nudge in the back.

I’d just look at him and think ‘F*** off, Ginge.’

So we got round to his room and I knocked on the door. There was no answer.

So I tried the door and it was open. I let myself in and turned the light on.

Ginge was in bed.

He was facing away from me and covering his eyes with his hands because the lights had been switched on.

I just whacked him across the ­backside with the club.

You couldn’t really call it a swing. It was just a thwack, really.

If I’d taken a proper swing, I would have hit the ceiling with my backlift.

Finny, by the way, was hiding behind the door at that point.

Ginge panicked.

He curled up in a ball with a blanket.

“You ever speak to me like that in front of people again,” I told him, “I will wrap this round your head.”

“Listen, I didn’t mean it like that,” he said.

“Yes you f****** did,” I barked at him.

“No, no, I didn’t,” he insisted.

“Yes, you did,” I told him again. “That’s a couple of times you’ve pulled that f****** stunt on me and it won’t be happening any more.”

I was warming to my theme now, like people who have had too much to drink usually do.

I threatened him a few times.

“And if you’ve got a problem with any of this, come and see me in my room tomorrow,” I told him. “Don’t go moaning about it.”

I look back at what I did now and I cringe.

It was pathetic. It was stupidity of the highest level. It was drunken, bullying behaviour.

Eventually, I left.

As Finny and I were going back to our room, the coach pulled up outside and all the players poured off it.

They bumped into us in the corridor and, not knowing anything of what had just gone on, piled into our lounge.

It had been a big night. Nobody even noticed the golf club in my hand. Or if they did, they didn’t mention it.

So the night out continued.

The lounge got wrecked basically.

Sofas were turned upside down, lampshades got knocked off lamps, somebody even chucked a plate at one stage and it split someone’s head open.

By the time I went to bed, that room was not a pretty sight.

The next thing I knew, Finnan was knocking on my door.

“The Gaffer and Pako are downstairs,” he said. ‘Oh, s**t’, I thought. ‘There are a whole number of reasons why they might be here’.

I went downstairs. It was not a pretty picture.

Rafa and his assistant, Pako Ayesteran, were sitting on a sofa that they must have had to pull upright themselves.

Rafa - the most ordered, controlling man I knew - surrounded by utter chaos, by a scene that screamed out loss of control.

There were plates and lampshades everywhere.

Rafa looked at me and told me to put some shoes on before I cut my feet on some debris.

“John Arne Riise has just come to my room to say you attacked him with a golf club,” Rafa said.

“I wouldn’t say I attacked him, exactly,” I said.

I gave him my version. I was already full of remorse.

Rafa looked bemused. It turned out he had had quite a night himself.

A little while later, Dudek appeared with grazes down the side of his face.

“What the f*** happened to Jerzy?” I asked.

After I had left the previous night, things had got out of hand.

Jerzy had refused to leave the bar and the police were called and he had ended up in the cells. Rafa had to go and bail him out.

I actually felt relieved.

‘That’s miles worse than my one,’ I thought as I stared over at Jerzy. ‘That might save me.’

That delusion didn’t last long...

[Fahim89]

I loved the concept. This from a guy who recently even featured in our official site brilliant brilliant work!! Even my signature was by the same guy!!! Brilliant!!

I feel McAgger just might go mad seeing this

[McAgger]

OHHHH MYYYYY GAWWWWWWWWWWWD YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS. SUCH ALPHA MALEISM GOING ON. Fahim

Agger :proud:Skrtel

I hope you don't mind me using this as my sig

[Fahim89]

OHHHH MYYYYY GAWWWWWWWWWWWD YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS. SUCH ALPHA MALEISM GOING ON. Fahim

Agger :proud:Skrtel

I hope you don't mind me using this as my sig

lol . . . not at all mate i love mine with the Dagger on fire.

[McAgger]

Looks great that one too

And also this

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[Red Alert]

lol . . . not at all mate i love mine with the Dagger on fire.

No idea why, but that made me laugh.

[Fahim89]

lol . . . not at all mate i love mine with the Dagger on fire.

No idea why, but that made me laugh.

I see it now that you mention it! Embarrassing man! It's just wrong in so many levels!

[Fahim89]

[Nishankly]

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Henderson

[Nishankly]

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"It's behind me isn't it?"

[donttreadonred]

"What do you mean, smile for the camera...? This is my happy face."

Alternatively...

When taking pictures of Martin Skrtel, the camera is so scared, it smiles for him.

[Fahim89]

"What do you mean, smile for the camera...? This is my happy face."

Alternatively...

When taking pictures of Martin Skrtel, the camera is so scared, it smiles for him.

OR

"how happy do you expect me to be with this jersey on??"  

[McAgger]

Good job fellas, gave me a proper laugh

[McAgger]

Nice list, although there are so many more that have missed out that I recall. I remember a Benayoun through ball to Torres vs United in 09/10. There was the Lucas through ball to Gerrard vs Newcastle away in 08/09. Plenty of other Gerrard/Alonso beauties. Suarez has done some absolute peaches as well. The one against Arsenal away this past season to Sturridge was out of this world (sadly he didn't score).

Anyways enjoy

[stevieg8]

How did Owen ever win the ballon d'or scoring goals like that? clearly a crap player and a conspiracy. #generalsectiondoesntknowanything

anyway, great video and two great through balls from coutinho

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Luis Suarez should have been on the list.

He's made countless through balls slicing the opposition open with ease...

Surprised Gerrard is only their once (and in 2002) considering he made 10000+ through balls for Torres. Not too mention the amount of times he's tried to set up team mates. I think Luis Garcia's goal against Chelsea in the semi-final iniatially came from a Gerrard through ball.

I also agree with McAgger, Lucas' assist against Newcastle was CLASS. Outside of the foot, perfectly waited... just amazing.

Don't think Coutinho deserves to be there. Maybe I'm a tad harsh, but I think this is a PR video to jump on the Coutinho bandwagon to be the next "Anfield hero" just in case Luis is to leave...

On a side note, now I just mentioned him, I miss Luis Garcia.

[McAgger]

Luis Suarez should have been on the list.

He's made countless through balls slicing the opposition open with ease...

Surprised Gerrard is only their once (and in 2002) considering he made 10000+ through balls for Torres. Not too mention the amount of times he's tried to set up team mates. I think Luis Garcia's goal against Chelsea in the semi-final iniatially came from a Gerrard through ball.

I also agree with McAgger, Lucas' assist against Newcastle was CLASS. Outside of the foot, perfectly waited... just amazing.

Don't think Coutinho deserves to be there. Maybe I'm a tad harsh, but I think this is a PR video to jump on the Coutinho bandwagon to be the next "Anfield hero" just in case Luis is to leave...

On a side note, now I just mentioned him, I miss Luis Garcia.

Good shout on the Garcia goal, dat Gerrard flick was insanely out of this world. Maybe they didn't count it because it wasn't your usual old fashioned through ball, or it was meant for Baros and he didn't score
Whatever the reason, should be there.

I think Coutinho's Villa through ball for Henderson definitely deserves to be there. Even if it is a PR reason, I'm already sold, Cou is already the "Anfield Hero" for me

[Red Alert]

Don't get me wrong, both the assists from Coutinho were amazing in their own right. But we've seen a lot of through balls that were 'better' during the years. Especially during Rafa's time here.

[No disrespect to Ged's team, but we weren't exactly the best team going forward. We had the best defence in the league but no attacking structure. It was basically kick long to Heskey, knock it on to Owen, and that's all she wrote. Still can't believe he benched Fowler. Ah the memories are pouring in. ]

[Helmer]

Guys, how can I be so frrracking dumb to skip reading this thread again and again. I almost started reading it two hours before and still clicking back pages

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