Robbie Keane Press Conference

Liverpool FC’s latest signing in ex Spurs Robbie Keane.

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Red Robbie

Liverpool have completed the signing of Spur’s Robbie Keane for 20Mil Pounds. He will be replacing Peter Crouch who moved to Pompey a few weeks ago. Personally i think this is a great signing, he has been a good player for Spurs and pretty explosive. The prospects of having Keane line up together with Torres is pretty juicy. I think that no Voronin, Arbeloa and Alonso may be sold to raise funds for the purchase of Gareth Barry.

Keane is the fifth summer addition to Rafa Benitez’s first-team squad after the arrival of David Ngog, Diego Cavalieri, Philipp Degen and Andrea Dossena.

Personally i selling Voronin is ok but i think Alonso and Pennant are pretty awesome players which i rather see wearing a red shirt than anything else. The new season is about 3 weeks time and i cant wait!!

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Pako To United??

I read the most shocking news today at tribalfootball .  Apprently ex liverpool assistant manager is in line to become Sir Alex’s new second man!! WTF?! Cant be good for Rafa! Nobody knows Rafa like Paco does and this could spell trouble,  i dont think the Liverpool fans be too happy with this piece of news…..if it happens!

United current asst manager Quiroz has being strongly linked to take over the Portugal hotseat left by new Chelsea boss Scolari

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Spain Are Euro 08 Champions

The Euro 2008 is now over! I watched the Euro 08 finals with Shashi and Danny at Stevens Corner at OUG last night and i must say the frenzy this year is not as big as previous years but still not that bad. Danny picked me up at about 130am and we made our way to the landmark ‘mamak’ which was not full as yet.

The crowd started coming in as the kick off neared and by the time the game started it was packed!

Spain were worthy winners of the night dominating most of the play and came close in more than 1 occasion to score. The Liverpool hot shot, Fernando Torres bagged the winner in his trademark runs and flick over the helpless Lehmann who saw the ball rolling into the net.

The Germans were lack luster for most of the match except a few sparks of brilliance that hardly troubled the spanish captain Iker Cassilas. The Spaniards managed to hold on to the lead till the final wrap-up by the Italian referee and effectively became the European Champions.

Im sure the folks at Liverpool would be delighted with the results with Torres and Alonso both featuring in the squad together with Reina and Arbeloa sitting on the bench. Hopefully this sparks off the Reds of Merseyside to do well in the new season of the EPL that starts on the 15th of August.

My man of the match Xavi

Now for the Chinese Olympics

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Liverpool 2008/09 Fixture

The fixture list for the 2008/09 season is out. The Reds kick off their new season with a away trip to Suderland before starting their new campaign at anfield on the 23rd of August against Gareth Southgate’s Boro .Full fixture list below

August:
16 Sunderland (a)
23 Middlesbrough (h)
30 Aston Villa (a)

September:
13 Manchester United (h)
20 Stoke City (h)
27 Everton (a)

October:
4 Manchester City (a)
18 Wigan Athletic (h)
25 Chelsea (a)
29 Portsmouth (h)

November:
1 Tottenham Hotspur (a)
8 West Bromwich Albion (h)
15 Bolton Wanderers (a)
22 Fulham (h)
29 West Ham United (h)

December:
6 Blackburn Rovers (a)
13 Hull City (h)
20 Arsenal (a)
26 Bolton Wanderers (h)
28 Newcastle United (a)

January:
10 Stoke City (a)
17 Everton (h)
27 Wigan Athletic (a)
31 Chelsea (h)

February:
7 Portsmouth (a)
21 Manchester City (h)
28 Middlesbrough (a)

March:
4 Sunderland (h)
14 Manchester United (a)
21 Aston Villa (h)

April:
4 Fulham (a)
11 Blackburn Rovers (h)
18 Arsenal (h)
25 Hull City (a)

May:
2 Newcastle United (h)
9 West Ham United (a)
16 West Bromwich Albion (a)
24 Tottenham Hotspur (h)

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Liverpool 8 Besiktas 0

In the brink of elimination and they come up with a brutal trashing of the same team who beat them in the last game.

This gives Liverpool a glimmer of hope to qualify but with 2 games to win, its anybody’s guess. Im just hoping that Rafa will take this same team into the next game in the league with minimal or no changes.The team is packed with confidence and this could re-ignite the season for them.A superb performance and awesome result but it will count for nothing if they cant carry this through.

Walk On

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