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Liverpool, Tottenham & Arsenal fans groups attack Gunners away seats allocation and ticket prices
A rare event of fan solidarity has happened this week as supporters groups from Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal joined forces to call for action against the Gunners seat allocation policies.
The central charge aimed at Arsenal is that the Gunners have a capricious price and ticket allocation structure which visiting fans interpret as a simple money-making scheme designed to bleed them of their money.
Now, of course, there is no breaking news surrounding claims that football clubs are in the profits business, however the Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal fans have good data which deserves answers from the powers that be. |
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Liverpool pay tribute to the Man United Munich air disaster using last year’s poster minus LFC symbols [Pictures]
Credit to Liverpool FC.
For the second year running Manchester United’s greatest historic rivals Liverpool have paid tribute to the victims of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
Liverpool’s official Twitter account tweeted out a graphic of remembrance on the sombre day, along with the message:
Thinking of those who lost their lives in the Munich air crash. Some things are more important than football rivalry.
While Liverpool’s gesture towards Manchester United was undoubtedly a good one, it was noticeable that the Anfield club reused the same graphic which they produced in 2013 minus some obvious deletions.
Liverpool cut off the bottom section of their poster which included LFC symbols included a design of the Reds shirt.
Compare and contrast Liverpool’s 2013 and 2014 Munich air disaster tributes below.
Liverpool FC ✔ @LFC Follow Thinking of those who lost their lives in the Munich air crash. Some things are more important than football rivalry. 6:09 PM - 6 Feb 2014
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Premier League: Liverpool's Martin Skrtel out to topple Arsenal
Martin Skrtel is anticipating a tough game against Arsenal on Saturday but believes Liverpool have the strength to come out on top.
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Liverpool's loans
Peter Fraser looks at the extremely encouraging form of Suso, Fabio Borini and Oussama Assaidi during their season-long loans as reasons for optimism for the future at Liverpool...
There has been much criticism of Liverpool's failure to complete any major signings in January. It has also been questioned why the Anfield club were targeting attackers, such as Mohamed Salah - who went to Chelsea from Basel - and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's Yevhen Konoplyanka - who could yet move in the summer - instead of looking at defenders.
With the likes of fellow £7million men Iago Aspas and Luis Alberto already going relatively unused as backup to the abundance of attack-minded players in Brendan Rodgers' starting line-ups, the transfer window policy did seem unusual.
Not only that but Liverpool also have three attackers out on loan this season who are enjoying excellent campaigns and could return to Merseyside in the next campaign as significantly better players. That makes the pursuit of Salah and Konoplyanka seem additionally strange.
Here, we look at the encouraging form of those three loanees, youngsters Suso and Fabio Borini and 25-year-old Oussama Assaidi, as reasons for optimism at Liverpool. They might not be giving the mid-season boost which January signings could have brought but they could be significant assets in the next season and beyond to mean not signing Salah and Konoplyanka is not the end of the world.
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SUSO
Age: 20
Position: Attacking Midfielder
On loan at: Almeria
The young Spaniard is a favourite with Liverpool fans and has been spoken of in excited terms on The Kop ever since he first joined the club's Academy in 2010
Suso's quick feet, versatility, shooting and, above all, eye for a pass made an instant impact on Rodgers following the manager's subsequent arrival in the summer of 2012. Suso consequently made 20 appearances in the 2012/13 season despite still being only a teenager. He impressed but the majority of those appearances did come before the January transfer window of 2013 after which Suso lost his place to Philippe Coutinho.
Rodgers therefore decided to loan Suso to Almeria for the duration of the current 2013/14 season and the player has not looked back. In 20 La Liga appearances, Suso has an excellent six assists, the same total as the world's best two players - Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - and Luka Modric. He has also scored two goals, one of which was a superb strike against Celta Vigo, while averaging 1.7 shots per game. He also averages 1.8 dribbles per game in Spain's top flight, which is only 0.2 less than Current Ballon d'Or Ronaldo.
At the same time, Suso has been attempting 21.9 passes and 1.1 key passes on average per game, which will be very encouraging for Rodgers. But his overall passing success rate is slightly disappointing at 72.8 per cent.
| La Liga 2013/14 | Games | Goals | Assists | Key Passes Per Game | Passing Success % | | Suso | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1.1 | 72.8 |
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FABIO BORINI
Age: 22
Position: Forward
On loan at: Sunderland
Having paid more than £10million to sign Fabio Borini from Roma in the summer of 2012, Liverpool were majorly disappointed with the Italian in his debut season at Anfield. In 2012/13, the forward scored just one Premier League goal, which was his team's fifth in the 6-0 humiliation of Newcastle United at St James' Park in April 2013.
Rodgers had made Borini his first signing after taking over at Liverpool, having been impressed when they worked together at Swansea City in 2011. But Borini's trademark celebration was rarely seen on Merseyside, with his only Anfield goal coming in the 3-0 victory over minnows Gomel in the Europa League play-offs.
A broken bone in his foot suffered in the October of 2012, which ruled him out for three months, and then a dislocated shoulder sustained in the February of 2013, which ruled him out for another two months, were major factors in Borini's lack of goals. So, he was sent on loan to Sunderland for the duration of the current 2013/14 season in order to rediscover some form and confidence.
Borini has therefore scored five goals this season, with three of those coming in the Premier League. He has not produced enough assists in the top flight, with just one in his 19 appearances for Sunderland while his pass success rate (76.8%), key passes per game (0.6), passes per game (14.7) and shots per game (1.6) are also nothing sensational.
Borini sees more of the ball in high, wide areas for Sunderland (left) than for Liverpool (right)
When comparing Borini to the players Liverpool targeted in this January's transfer window, he would be most similar to Salah as a versatile forward. The Egyptian is widely considered to have more potential and experience, having already played in the more competitive environment of the UEFA Champions League. But it cannot be dismissed that, at only nine months older than Salah, Borini is, too, still learning his trade. Liverpool will be watching his good work at Sunderland and, if they study how he is best utilised, it will be interesting to see his comparative development with Salah.
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OUSSAMA ASSAIDI
Age: 25
Position: Winger
On loan at: Stoke City
After joining Liverpool from Dutch club Heerenveen in the summer of 2012 in a £2.4m deal, it was questioned whether Rodgers rated Oussama Assaidi. The Moroccan winger made only 12 appearances in the 2012/13 season, with only four of those outings coming in the Premier League.
It was a difficult one for Anfield fans to understand given that when Assaidi did play he showed plenty of attacking threat with his pace, trickery and shooting. His performance when coming on for the last 30 minutes in the second leg of Liverpool's Europa League last 32 tie with Zenit St Petersburg particularly sticks in the memory as he terrified the Russian side's defenders, who were already 3-1 down but narrowly progressed on away goals.
But Rodgers still rarely used Assaidi and then sent the 25-year-old on a season-long loan to Liverpool's Premier League rivals, Stoke City, in the current campaign. Since moving to the Britannia Stadium, Assaidi has gone on to make 14 Premier League appearances in Mark Hughes' team and is earning high praise. He was a big miss for Stoke in their 5-3 defeat by Liverpool when he was ineligible. Often playing on the left and being able to cut in on his right foot, Assaidi is the inverted winger which is a modern trend. Raheem Sterling is proving himself and Liverpool also have long-term hopes for Jordon Ibe but they are both still teenagers and Assaidi would represent a more mature alternative.
Three goals and one more in the Capital One Cup, a stunning strike at Birmingham City, is a positive return from Assaidi and is also the exact same return as Sterling. Passing enthusiast Rodgers will also surely be encouraged by the fact the wide man has a pass success rate of 88.4% in the current season, which puts him in the top 27 players in the Premier League for that discipline. An average of 1.1 key passes per game is also impressive but he has yet to produce an assist and his passes on average per game are also down at 15.4.
Assaidi is dispossessed on average 1.9 times per game, which is among the worst 30 players in England's top flight, but it is also not an uncommon statistic in attackers and is the exact same average as Liverpool star striker Luis Suarez. It is also balanced by the fact Assaidi makes on average two tackles per game, which is very good for a winger.
| Head-To-Head | Games | Goals | Assists | Key Passes Per Game | Passing Success % | | Assaidi (Premier League 2013/14) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 88.4 | | Konoplyanka (Europa League 2013/14) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1.4 | 85 |
credit to :skysports.com
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Apakah tidur esok malam akan ditemani oleh senyuman?  |
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HarizAzhari posted on 7-2-2014 09:51 AM 
Apakah tidur esok malam akan ditemani oleh senyuman?
apakah ekspektasi terhadap game esok? 
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Tengok line up dulu le kot. Apa pun kena positif. Jangan BR buat experiment gila lagi dah le. |
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BR seperti rajagopal, eksperimen berpisah tiada |
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Assalamualaikum...
happy freedom friday liverpudlians...  |
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punkerzoe posted on 7-2-2014 10:44 AM
Assalamualaikum...
happy freedom friday liverpudlians...
semoga minggu yg baik utk kita
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harapnye begitu la roses... |
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BR: "Saya kenal pemain saya." |
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De Boer: I want to coach Liverpool or Tottenham
The coach, who is looking to claim another Eredivisie title with Ajax this season, says he would welcome a future move to the Premier League
Ajax coach Frank de Boer admits he would be interested in managing Liverpool or Tottenham, but revealed he has turned down previous approaches from both clubs.
The former Netherlands international took over at Ajax in December 2010 and has led the club to three successive Eredivisie titles.
And the 43-year-old, who was heavily linked with a move to White Hart Lane after Andre Villas-Boas' dismissal, says he would be open to a move to the Premier League.
"Those two clubs [Liverpool or Tottenham] are clubs that I think in the future I could be a manager of," De Boer told the BBC.
"I think the history of the clubs and what you can do with the team is my cup of tea.
"But I'm not really thinking about it because I'm very happy here at Ajax. I'm not in a hurry to leave because everybody is still happy with me.
"I step in my car with a big smile to go to the club. I don't think I'm finished here but there will come a time when I don't like it any more or the club doesn't like me any more.
"Then we have to part ways."
De Boer confirmed that both Liverpool and Tottenham have approached him in the past, while he also revealed he turned down the chance to take charge at White Hart Lane after Villas-Boas was sacked in December.
"Tottenham called my boss with the possibility after sacking Villas-Boas but I said: 'No, right now it's not the right moment,'" he added.
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