why dont players leave liverpool fc when they have not won anything worthwhile for quiet sometime???

The last time liverpool won a league title was when I was in my nappy pads. They have not won anything of importance since that epic they won at istanbul against milan. Their title challenge fizzles out in a familiar pattern every time, a la slip between the cup and the lip. Inspite of this they never see an exodus of quality players in bulk, unless the club itself wants to sell. The situation is more or less the same at arsenal, if not better in terms of getting opportunities at a very young age. But unlike liverpool, players leave arsenal fc without any hesitation, whatsoever. Why does it happen? can somebody throw some light on this...

Is there something more than that meets the eye?

There is a pattern to spending this season. Spanish giants are spending as if there is no tomorrow. Real Madrid has broke the bank and so has barca to get zlatan. They paid them 45m euro plus etoo who himself was worth 30m euro, if not more. So, that a lot of money. and do we need to tell about Madrid.
On the contrary Arsenal and Man U have money, courtesy adebayor and ronaldo respectively. But they are not spending a lot. Is it due to the recession present in world economy and they are saving the money for a rainy day?
There is something 4 sure....

John Terry:: A Human after all

Man city want him desperately, and rightly so. They can have all the strikers they have but a team with weak defence never gets far in premiership. They HAVE to get quality players in mid field and defence to supply their high flying offensive line up. JT is the most important player whom they must get to make an impact, perhaps even more than KAKA.
But JT is a chelsea man from top to bottom. Why did he not move in to quash these rumours and nip it in the bud. Is he not loyal enough or is he after all a human. In the end its all about money honey.
Right JT?

does AW likes his players injured???

A few days back there was a report everywhere claiming that eduardo has also joined Nasri on the injury list. This looked like a replica of whatever happened in last 2-3 seasons.
But wait a sec, there was a twist to this, this was refuted by Eduardo himself. He claimed he was fit and raring to go. So what was all this about? AW, please don't play with fans' emotions.

To all those who are Anything But United

Every person has a passion in life. Whether its becoming an incredibly rich person or romancing a hot girl or even having the best cuisine available in the world, it is this passion that drives people towards the destination of the Journey of Life. I pondered a lot over what my passion is. Was it doing well in academics? Was it watching movies? Was it quizzing? I do like scoring good marks in whatever subject I pursue, but is this a passion in life? Nah. I love watching movies and am absolutely besotted with quizzing. But again, calling them a passion in life would be taking it over the borders of truth. What is it then I ask myself? Am I one of those rudderless souls that go through their entire lives without passion in their hearts? Just then an answer pops into my head. Not an answer per se but an image, an image that has been burnt into my conscious so vividly that my existence would be grossly incomplete without it. That image is the red crest of Manchester United FC.

I have been a United fan for about 9 years now. Those were the days of Beckham, Giggs, Yorke, Cole and co. in ther full pomp. Since then I have been riding this rollercoaster of fandom. When exactly was it that I turned from a fan to a zealot I don't know. But what i do know is that right now Manchester United runs through my veins. It brings joy so unadulterated into my being that I find it overwhelming everytime I so much as look at that crest. I share their happiness, I feel their pains, I rise with them and I fall with them. I can say for sure that in the moment when Edwin Van der Sar saved Nicholas Anelka's penalty, I had been the happiest I have ever been in my life.

Having said all this I feel obliged to add that I am not only a fan of Manchester United but also a worshipper of football/soccer in general. May be not with the same fanaticity. But to be a United fan or for that matter any club's fan would require one to be inevitably a football fan first. To love one would require one to love the other. To not do so would just amount to pretentious behaviour. Imagine loving the Beatles and hating Music in general. Preposterous isnt it? Being a lover of football I love and respect everything that is genuinely to do with it. I respect good footballers and I respect their desire to win. Even if you are a Liverpool fan or a Chelsea fan, I would at some level respect you if you are a true fan ( even if it would be tremendously hard for me). Of course there would be a certain amount of pleasant banter. That is something unavoidable because it brings out the raw passion that underlines football.

However, if there is someone who calls himself a Liverpool fan or a Chelsea fan or an Arsenal fan just so that he has a pretext for hating Manchester United then that person is a disgrace to football. The same goes for the so called 'fans' of any football club. How are you a fan when all you are obsessed about is booing the other team just because they are more successful than the others. How can you not see the effort that they have put in to get there? How can you be so cynical that seeing the rival team lose causes in you more joy in you than seeing your own team score? How can your life be so sad that you vociferosuly jeer the rivals and merely applaud your team's efforts? If you want your team to win the title and because of that you want the other team to lose, then that is acceptable. But if you want to watch your rivals stutter just to derive sadistic pleasure out of it, then it borders on conduct so malicious that you might as well grow horns and tail and call yourself Lucifer.

There might be people who think that this guy is getting frustrated just because his team's performances have hit rocky waters. To this I would say: Ofcourse I am frustrated. Which true fan would not be? Our shortcomings cause me more pain than anything. But watching people jeer us for no conceivable arrogance on our part brings about in me disgust. Disgust in such copious amounts that it is always advisable to let it out lest it spread poison in my system.

Its a call from me to all the true football fans. Save football from such frivolous hatred. Save it from these so called 'FANS'. Otherwise what once was heavenly fun would soon become nightmarish paranoia and loathing. As for me, this is my first and last outburst against this menace. Now I will go back to the shadows and continue my personal quest for achieving NATIVITY IN RED.....

a good lather is half the shave done. wat abt a bad lather???

a new season is about to start but the same old story again. the season starts with yet another injury to a first team player. early reports suggests that he is gone for 2 months. Stevie G told once that u cant win the league in first 2 months but surely lose it. and it surely looks like it. unless and until le prof gets some1 to replace him.
full report to follow....

the BLUE half of United..

First things first,money does not guarantee success in football(ask Real Madrid).Having said that,exceptions are always there(ask Chelsea!).
The arrival 'f a diminutive Selaco in Robinho,no less,signalled the beginning of something to really look out for.This happened at the start of last season and it seemed money was the chief bargainer here.Or was it?
10th is all Manchester City could manage at the end of the season and this after signing more than a few big names(in monetary terms ie!) while at it.Money is no more a problem at the Eastlands with the guzzling Arabs having taken over,like the other super-rich fellas before(Roman anyone?).What the problem seems is the way they are going about things.Chelsea achieved success ensuring they have a solid 'spine' to the team,this meant a rock-solid defence,a brooding goal keeper,mean holding mid-fielders et'al.City,on the other hand,plan to start with 11(+7) strikers come the start of the 09-10 season.They already have 14 mind you!!
Robinho,Bellamy,Bojinov,Benjani,Vassel were already on the books.What makes them sign Tevez,SantaCruz,Adebayor,quality players no doubt,without offloading the non-performing incumbents,baffles me to my wits!Players like Elano and Barry will also add to the attacking flair of the side but whether they have any defensive cover to face the likes of the Rooney's,the Torres's,the Drogba's and the VanPersie's of this world,remains to be seen.I dare to think otherwise.If last season was an indication,the Citizens have surely not learnt there lessons well.Mark Hughes has a good footballing acumen but it's the money-rich environs which seems to have taken over his otherwise meager way of managing things.
As a neutral, I'd want them to get real and buy(as if that was a problem!) good,what-if old,defenders to make a serious dent in the top-4.If not,watching them play sure will be fun 'cause a rout would always be around the corner(for and against!).And yeah if not,they can also go for a record of sorts by actually starting with 11(+7)forwards!!
"Mark Hughes,mate,surprise us!?"