You’ll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone

Sunderland sing it better :)

In what might be considered the most absurd move in history of RS, manager Dhimitri left Valenciennes, one of the most promising clubs in RS to join Liverpool FC, a club admist one of its darkest hours as it is about to be relegated again to Division 2 of English football.

“Leaving Valenciennes was hard. We were fighting for the title and the team was just coming on its own this season. I am proud of what I have achieve with them. But the call of Liverpool was even harder to avoid. I have been a fan of this club since I was a toddler and now I have a chance to set things right for this great club,” the new manager said.

“When I first came here, I thought I had walked into a resting house for old people. I was shocked. Average age was above 32, the club was losing hips of money and was about to go bankrupt. And there’s no hope whatsoever!”
“We might as well consider the present as the Year Zero! Everything has to start from scratch. My first objective is to get Liverpool out of misery and into a place of hope. And that shows how much work is needed here. We should forget about results and trophies. This is a moment to set our foundations for the future. It is the start of a new philosophy, the start of a new tradition. Before playing football, the club needs an identity and that’s what we have to build”

“It will take time, and lots of sweating, and lots of patience. But we will get there. Where’s there? To the very top of this beautiful game. In time, the name of Liverpool will echo all around the globe!!!” Dhimitri concluded.

@Davison

I really doubt that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11MQnQ8QjJs&NR=1

2:30-3:40 sends chills down your spine :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSmqNIJQbY&feature=related

lol sunderland fans singing at home vs newcastle while beating them.

FUCK THE MAGS
AND FUCK ALAN SHEARER

Season 36 Review
As promised at the start of his assignment, manager Dhimitri has completely changed the face of Liverpool. Old players that were found at the team are long gone and 28 new promising players are currently wearing the glorious red jersey. Overall, 37 players were bought and 21 were sold or have left the team.
“When you start things from ground zero as we did here, then it’s safe to say even the janitor had a chance to make the team,” the manager joked.
Liverpool started the season with a first team player average of just 515 pts and had not table goals, other than to use the matches to groom its youthful roster. However, new additions along the season and some loaned players helped the team to achieve a respectable mid table position beyond all expectations.
“I can say that we played some entertaining football out there and we did surprise some people. Of course, we did also have some disastrous days, but what matters is that we brought people back on the stands. This is important, because it shows that the fans believe in us, in our project, and in our players,” a smiling Dhimitri said.
Indeed, the Reds have made great strides in improving their team in just a season. At the end of the season the first team players averaged 565 pts, a whooping 50 pts increase from the beginning. Fortunato “Lucky” Alves is a bargain deal signed from Avai who might just become a future legend at Anfield. Despite turning 25 this year, the manager has high hopes for the lad.
“We can say that Alves is currently the best striker and player at our team, and he would fare quite well at the Premiership level. But i think he’s not done improving, hence we expect more from him. "
Pinonero, is another interesting prospect that joined Liverpool at the end of season 36. Like Alves, he seems a bit old to be called a prospect at 26 yo, however, the mangers thinks he might just be the late boomer to surprise people.
“I coached him at Valenciennes for fours seasons when he was still a young lad, just like the ones we have here. Then he moved to Betis where in four years he only played a handful of games which stagnated his growth. That’s why I think Pinonero still has some quality to prove in his career and Anfield will be the best place for him.”
There are other bright prospects in this young team, but it would be too harsh from us to put too many expectations on their shoulders right now. What matters is that the players and their manager have been quite committed to their jersey and we can only hope that last season’s success and growth is a sign of what the future holds for Liverpool.

Season 37 Preview
Not much will change for Liverpool in terms of goals for this season. Despite the fact that the board has set a middle of the table season end goal, which seems achievable with the current team, the main objective remains the improvement of the team. What we can be sure is that fresh faces will join the squad and others will leave.
“Another long season awaits us. And it won’t be pretty. But at the end we only have to gain and nothing to lose. All that matters is to keep our focus ahead and everything will be fine!!! I’m happy of what we achieved so far, and I expect nothing less in the year ahead of us” Dhimitri conluded.

Back to Wonderland

The Mighty Reds have finally returned to the top flight of Premiership after a four year sabbathical! It has been a long and difficult road where the once legendary team has been recreated almost from scratch.
“Yes it has been tough and tiresome, but we are finally here, and we are in great shape. The most important thing that this team has regained is its identity. Four years ago we started with an history lesson of what LFC is and how important it is to be part of this great club. There’s no player todays who doesn’t feel that jersey he’s wearing as part of his own skin. Now we are done with history lessons. It’s time we write our own chapter and add that to the Liverpool Bible. Think of this team as the new civilization after the Flooding,” said the manager.

Indeed, the team has yet to play a game in this season, and yet, the board has set ambitions of the old times. The board goal is for the team to rich an Europa League spot. The league is not hard, almost all teams can be described as being equals and the goal is far from impossible, but it remains to be seen how far this team can improve along the season. Despite the fact that the Reds cruised last year through Division 1 defenses, the Premiership is going to be a whole new story. Can the Reds make it to top 6. Stay tuned to get the answer.

YNWA

First Half of the Season completed as Liverpool enjoys dream season

After the first round of 19 matches, the newly promoted Liverpool are enjoying a great season being ranked third in Premiership, only a point behind the second place Blackpool. At the start of the season the Red’s Board had set what seemed an ambitious objective to reach qualification in the Europa League. Not only has Liverpool performed to the objective, by being 11 pts above the 7th place Colchester, they have also performed beyond the most optimistic expectation by being well into contention for a CL spot. One reason behind their success is the hiring of excellent veteran Adolfo Berrugoso, aged 31, for a total sum of 28 million from Sporting de Gijon. The experienced keeper has allowed only 5 goals in the last 11 matches, helping the Red defence to rank second, with 2 more GA than first place Charlton. Many questioned the extravagant splashing of money over a 31 yo goalie who could be past his prime, but so far, the player’s performances have proved the whole deal right.
That said, Berrugoso is only half the story of the RED success. The cinderella team enjoys a young core of players who keep improving every game, thus making the team a tougher opponent to face as the season progresses

Can Liverpool actually win the Championship???

Charlton leads the PL by 10 points on the second place Blackpool, and 11 pts on third place Liverpool, which perhaps marks them as the biggest surprise so far. While the season is only half way, chance are Charlton will drop a few pts with the European Cups just around the corner. In addition they face both its followers away, and generally its away schedule looks much tougher. Blackpool has both quality and depth to mount a serious chase to challenge for the title. On the other hand, being 11 pts adrift, could prove too much for Liverpool. However, the reds enjoy the advantage of not having to play in other competitions, and their young core will keep improving as the season goes on. What liverpool lacks is experience in such situations. And with their season already successful beyond expectations, the Reds might just be happy to attain their CL spot,

“Challenging for the title is not smth we are considering right now. We want to paly CL next season, so far we have reach that objective and we will try our best to keep our current position. We’ll take it one game at a time. At the end of the season we’ll make our assesment, but as far as I am concerned atm, Liverpool are already champions given their performances this season,” the manager said for the press.

Season 40 Review

Liverpool FC can be considered the surprise of season 40 in EPL after concluding the season at the second place, above the former Champions of Blackpool. If it wasn’t for another great surprise, Charlton, who won the title with an excellent performance throughout the season, the Reds could have been lifting their first trophy in decades by now. But it takes nothing away of their great achievement which brings them to participate in the most coveted competition in Europe, the Champions League, only a year after they got promoted to top flight.

Season 41 Preview
It took only one season for the mighty reds to establish themselves as one of the top teams in England. Liverpool has a consolidated team all over the pitch, with their goalie being the star of the team. In addition, most starting elements are still young and have space for improvement, which should strengthen the team further. However, the manager might considering to splash some money on the market, also in view of the CL participation where the reds hope to qualify for the group stage, despite a very tough qualification match up with Hannover 96. What the reds could do is get at least one experienced prolific striker to add to their trident, and money allowing it, an experienced mid.
At home, Liverpool could be considered a solid contender for the title and have a good run at the domestic cup. One thing that could work against the young team is that they can’t enjoy the element of surprise anymore, however, on the other hand, the Reds can usufruct from their previous season experience in EPL to improve some of their gameplay.

All in all, this should be a highly competitive season where the fight for the title could go to the wire with the usual suspects Blackpool, Charlton, and now Livepoorl, fighting it amongst them.

LIVERPOOL STRENGTHENS ITS OFFENSE WITH SWIFT MOVES IN THE MARKET

After a surprising elimination in the FA Cup quarterfinals from the hands of Bristol City and the CL Qualifications approaching, the Reds management moved swiftly in the market to improve its offensive threat. Overall 11 players were involved, with 7 players leaving and 4 others joining the legendary football club. In what could be considered a bold move, Liverpool sold it’s offensive trident of Muller, Barbanera, and Saillard, to replace them with Amado, Gandara, and Felicio.
In addition, the Reds added veteran defender Herve Flores to lead their already strong defense. This was what the manager had to say regarding the latest moves:
“While already establishing ourselves in EPL, we needed to strengthen our team in regards to international competitions. Hence we had to move in the market for the best options available. We lost some important elements like Muller (age 25, games 28, goals 33) and goalies prospect Jeanjean (Age 23, 96 keeping) and other first team players, but in return we manages to get: two good veterans in Amado and Flores (both 31 years old) who can still offer 3-4 solid years on the pitch, Saul Gandara (27 yo, 97 shooting), and Bruno Felicio, a young lad who is as good as Barbaner, but with still some room left to grow. Just to give you and idea of our improvement in offense, here are the numbers:

Old offense: Muller (28 games, 33 goals), Barbanera (25 games, 9 goals), Saillard (17 games, 5 goals). Total: 47 goals in 70 games
New offense: Amado (10 games, 16 goals, Gandara (8 games, 10 goals), Felicio (7 games, 3 goals). Total: 29 goals in 25 games.

The improvement is truly vast. I can say that Liverpool has definitely becomes the best team in EPL, and is currently in the CL group stage. Perhaps is not much, but if you take into consideration the fact that two years ago we were still in Division 1, then this team truly becomes a piece of wonder. But we are not resting yet. I believe this team is 2-3 moves from becoming a CL contender, but that is to happen next year rather than this season, where are our objectives are to win the EPL and have a good group stage performance."

CL QUALIFICATIONS: LIVERPOOL VS. HANOVER 96 11-1 AGG.
At the start of the season, when the reds were drawn with Hanover96 for the CL qualification round, the manager considered the qualification almost impossible. After the recent swaps in the market, Liverpool improved enough to have a good chance vs the Germans who currently lead the Bundesliga with best attack and best goal difference. Yet, what happened in the two games could have not been imagined even in the wildest dreams of the most optimistic supporter out there. LFC thoroughly destroyed Hanover 96 with an 11-1 aggregate score, including a 7-1 result in Germany. The final score is a lot unfair to the German side that were only outshot by 10 shots (29-39). That said, the consistency of Amado and Gandara in front of the oppositions goal was truly amazing (7 goals between them)
Let’s hope such a result is a sign of things to come for the legendary REDS and not just an episode. Whatever happens, one cannot doubt the Reds surely know hot to make an entrance

CL GROUP STAGE
LFC have been drawn in Group 2 with Real Sporting de Gijon, Marseille, and Eintracht Frankfurt. It’s a tough group, with the Spanish giants the most likely to win it and the other three teams to fight it amongst them for the second place. The Reds play the first game at home against the Eintracht. Let’s hope they keep their positive trends against German sides.

THE LEGENDARY REDS ARE BACK!!!

Liverpool won its 13th domestic title, but only its first in 35 years. Their last EPL title, and also the last trophy ever won by Liverpool, dates back to season 16.
After ending 2d a year ago, which as also their promotion year to EPL. Liverpool fought to the very end in a fantastic fight with Blackpool, to finally win the title only 5 minutes before the final whistle of the season. Both teams finished with 100 points, but with a 143-26 goal record, Liverpool enjoyed a cushion of +17 goal difference over Blackpool to claim the title.
In addition, Liverpool managed to beat Blackpool in both league games to a 7-3 agg in goals, and also kick them out of the CL quarterfinals.
“We are definitely back,” said an overjoyed manager. “Allow me to also add: THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!”
Indeed, all doubters can rest quiet after the RED’s perfomances in the last couple of years. What is also impressive is the club’s run in the CL, where they managed to reach the semifinals only to crash out to the eventual champions, Sporting de Gijon.
“We clearly beat them in the group stage in Anfield,” said the manager. However, our lack of depth meant the players were growing tired as the season progress, which clearly counted against us in the later stages of the competition. In addition, Gijon used their vast international experience against us. That said, Liverpool showed what it is made of, and people are noticing us. Next year, with a couple of additions, who knows, we might actually go all the way. Don’t be surprised by such claims, for this is what we are here for."

Dhimitri you are a crack!!!
good manager and i have to say i enjoy your post

salud

Thanks mate!!!

It’s all good fun. And you were right 6 seasons ago ;)

YNWA

SEASON 41

Liverpool Just Another Valencieness!

Even though it is becoming the 7th season into the Liverpool revival, their manager insists in speaking “French”. In many ways, the new Liverpool is just another Valencieness, with the manager relying on his old prodigies to rebuild his new team. Since he moved from Valencieness to Liverpool, 8 players have followed the same route. Currently, 4 of them are regular starters in the names of Amado, Corcelli, Saldivar, and Flores. The last to follow such trend, Socrates Melo, has joined his former teammates as an impact player who will add considerable depth to the Red frontline.
The remaining three players were Marcio Novais, Eduardo Martins, and Martial Carvahlo
In addition, two more players, joined Liverpool from Valenieness via other teams. They were, Milan Muller and Ambrosio Pinonero. In total, 10 former Valencieness players have afterwards joined Liverpool.
In Total for those 10 players, Liverpool has payed:
78.2 million
In Total for the sale of 5 of those players, Liverpool has recouped:
51.0 million

Liverpool To Complete The Perfect Premiership Season???

Twenty-two weeks into the season, the Red Army has registered 22 wins for a total goal record of 91-10. They sit comfortably at the top with 6 pts from 2nd place Blackpool and 17 pts from 3d place Charlton Athletic.
Most importantly the ANFIELD favorites have won the games against its three closest players, all played away: 0-2 at Blackburn Rovers, 1-3 at Blackpool, 3-6 at Charlton Athletic. The league dominance of the most famous Enlglish team is now a certainty. But one question remains?
Will Liverpool manage to win all its remaining games to complete a perfect domestic season of 38 wins in 38 games?
In the words of their manager: “Of course we would love to accomplish such a feature. But this team is competing in three fronts and the hardest part of the season is yet to come. Ask any fool to choose between a perfect domestic performance and the chance to win the treble of EPL, FA CUP, and CL. They will surely go for the treble. The truth is that beyond our starting eleven, we only have 5 players who could offer us some depth and flexibility. There will be a lot of rotating in the coming weeks to make sure that our players don’t drop dead in the middle of a CL semifinal. We are still devastated by the humiliation we received at the hands of Sporting de Gijon last season. Better not repeat that, don’t you think?!”

RED ARMY INVADES EUROPE

When the Battle of Berlin ended in May 2, 1945, Marshal Zhukov of The Red Army called Stalin and asked if he could continue the advance all the way to the Atlantic. Naturally, we can easily imagine that such proposal was refused by Stalin, otherwise we would be still calling each other “COMRADE”.
Decades later, another Red Army has invaded Europe. This time, no order has been issued to halt its progress. Europe has but one color, the LIVERPOOL RED!!!

In a night that would be remembered forever, two teams clashed for the ultimate European glory. On one side stood the Spanish giants of Real Sporting de Gijon, who were aiming to score the trophy for the third time in a row. On the other side, there stood the English has been giants of Liverpool, desperate to reclaim the glamors of the past. Only a season ago, the same pair met in the semis with Gijon humiliating the Reds in a show of power and tenacity.
This time around, a stronger and hungry Liverpool came more confident to clash with an aged Spanish side which could still make use of all the teeth in its mouth. The game started strongly for the Reds who enjoyed a three good chances before opening the score with a wonderful Gandara outside shot in the 16th minute. 1-0 for Liverpool and the past glory was not past anymore.
After falling a goal down, Gijon increased pressure, storming the Liverpool goal again and again. But each time, attempts by Claudio and Calabrese found an unbreakable wall in Adolfo “The Black Spider” Berrugoso", who ended the match as MOTM with a perfect 10 rating, after stopping 18 shots for a clean sheet.
Interesting enough, Berrugoso was bought from Gijon three seasons ago for the sum of 28 million. It was the first buy for Liverpool when they returned to Premier League. 3 years later, Berrugoso made his former teammates pay for letting him go with the most outstanding performance of his career.
With the first half ending 1-0, the Red Army opened the second half in the same fashion as the start of the game. And again, in the 15th minute of the second period, the Spanish giants were found unprepared as Joel Jay, who had made his entrance in the game only 5 minutes earlier, made it 2-0 for his team with an excellent personal incursion from the the other end of the midfield.
2 minutes later Gijon had a chance to start kick its comeback when a penalty kick was awarded. But Berrugoso stood out once again, collecting the shoot from Calabrese in his arms. One wonders if Calabrese will call Berrugoso after the match to congratulate him. With the PK chance wasted, the Spanish offense seemed to had lost its confidence, and the rest of the game proved quite futile with both teams playing an opened but more balance game.
At the end of the night, the deserving Reds collected their third CL trophy, but their first in 34 years.

Fields of Anfield Road

Outside the Shankly Gates
I heard a Kopite calling
Shankly they have taken you away
But you left a great eleven
Before you went to heaven
Now it’s glory round the Fields of Anfield Road
All round the Fields of Anfield Road
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and he could play)
We had Heighway on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
Of the glory round the Fields of Anfield Road
Outside the Paisley Gates
I heard a Kopite calling
Paisley they have taken you away..
You led the great 11
Back in Rome in 77
And the redmen they are still playing the same way
All round the Fields of Anfield Road
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and he could play)
We had Heighway on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
Of the glory round the Fields of Anfield Road

Liverpool claims its 2d treble in history
With CL win, Liverpool claimed a wonderful treble, only its second in history, 34 years after the first one was conquered by Henrique Dias in Season 8.
Liverpool thrashed Blackpool 4-1 in the FA CUP, and also managed to win the EPL Championship, 3 weeks from the end, also over Blackpool.
Three season since they returned to top flight, Liverpool has already collected 4 trophies: 2 EPL, 1 FA Cup, and 1 Champions League.
Next: Clubs World Cup Final against Tigre. Will it be another Mission Impossible for the Reds against the strongest team in the world???
Stay tuned!!!

Congratulations, Dhimitri! I really enjoy reading what you post in this thread :D

Thanks Gabriel. It was about time and with the right team :)

Reds Fall Short in CWC Final

Liverpool lost 1-2 to Tigres failing to add the only trohphy missing in its cabinet.
This is what their manager had to say: “Tigres were the favorite. They have a fantastic team that can achieve everything they want. But that is as far as odds go to justify our loss. We did play a great game. Unfortunately we started slow, fell behind quite early in the game and their second goal before the half time was hard to swallow. The second half was completely ours despite falling a man short. The game was there, the chances were there, but we couldn’t finalize. All I can say is that I’m proud of how my boys performed. Can’t take anything away from this night, it just wasn’t our time!”

Liverpool manage to pull a goal back at the 87th minute culminating a series of back to back chances. But it turned out be too little too late for the Red Army, experiencing their first halt in an otherwise formidable campaign.

Great thread Dhimitri! I remember I lost the CL final against the reds of Henrique Dias in season 8 with Genoa. You made them come back as true champions. Congrats with your victory in CL. Too bad you couldn’t give them the CWC thropy.
Good luck next season defending all your titles. :)

Thanks Dirk. I think it’s good to keep a sense of history in the game, not only in terms of managers, but also in terms of teams. It makes it all more meaningful and entertaining. :)

Liverpool Hall of Fame

This is to honor those player who left a mark at Liverpool no matter how short they stay

1. Giovanni Paociullo (Forward)
Games played 25 (16-2-7)
Goals scored 21 (15-1-5)
Bought from Auxerre for 10.6 million
Sold for 10 million

Instrumental in helping Liverpool to their 13th EPL title in season 41.

2. Moussa Henry (Midfielder)
Games played 53 (36-3-13-1)
Goals scored 19 (14-1-4-0)
Bought for 10 million from Grenoble
Sold for 5.5 million

Helped Liverpool to 2 EPL Titles (41-42), 1 FA Cup (42), 1 CL (42)

An almost Extraordinary season.

Liverpool managed to repeat the success of last season by claiming the treble in domestic and continental competition. However, in what seemed like a mirror to last year, the Reds failed again to overcome the mighty Tigre, losing the CWC with 2-1 score.

FA CUP
An easy journey for the Red Army as they played most of the competition with their second string at raving performances. The final saw Liverpool and Blackpool in a rematch for the second year in row, with the former winning again with a 3-0 score that left no room for debate.

Premier League
Liverpool dominated this season again from start to finish, with everyone else left to compete for the second place. The Red Men scored a record breaking 158 goals despite playing their last 12 games with their second string. They wrapped up the title by week 30, in a show of both Liverpool dominance and the general weakness of the Premier League. We hope some of the managers do wake up from the recent lethargy to create more competition both domestically and internationally. England can surely use some international points, which would guarantee a better pool of youth for the future. Presently, there is no chance of this happening.

Champions Legue.
Liverpool managed to win Group D, which from our own personal opinion, it was the toughest CL group this season, also featuring Portugal Runners Up of Vitoria Guiamares, the Turkish Champs of Galatasary, and the French Champs of Rennes. The final spots of the group were decided only in the 6th week, with Liverpool destroying the Rennes second string 9-1, and Guiamares excelling against Galatasary with a 6-0 futile win.
The quarterfinal draw was benefical to the Reds who faced Fenerbahce, only to get read of them with a 7-2 aggregate.
Liverpool and Sporting de Gijon met in the semis in what could be considered to be a premature final. The Reds triumphed in a 4-0 aggregate with Alfonso “The Black Spider” Berrugoso being the star of the series with two shutouts and a perfect rating of 10.0. In the last 3 seasons, Berrugoso has managed 4 shutouts in 7 matches against his former employees. Credit goes to Gijon who deserved something more out of this series, but who unfortunately dropped the home leg with a 0-3 score thanks to Berruguoso’s acrobatic saves.

The final.
Liverpool-Valladolid 3-1.
Last season Liverpool met Valladolid in the semis and Gijon in the final. This season, the Spanish giants switch places, alas to no effect. A beautiful game with plenty of chances from both sides. The game could have gone either way and Valladolid clearly dominated ball posession. However, the Reds turned out to be more prolific in front of the goal. The Reds scored first with Amado from a corner at the half hour mark. Abreu tied the game 2 minutes before the before break. Two goals from Amado and Vasconcelos with 3 minutes from each other ended Valladolid’s hopes and gave the Reds the second title in as many years.
Liverpool now counts 4 CL titles, shared by former legend Henrique Dias and the current manager.

CWC Final.
We knew it would have been mighty hard to win this one. Tigre is perhaps the best team this world has ever witnessed, perfect in every position on the pitch. But Liverpool, true to their spirit, fought till the end, in a match of equals, but ultimately falling short to the supremacy of Tigre talents.
2-1 the final score
No regrets though. In a way, the legendary British team, has been unlucky to rise at a time dominated by the sci-fi quality of the Argentinian team. But in time, we can rest assure the Red Army will manage to get its hands on the trophy.

Looking at the future.
Despite the relatively old age (it will average 31.2 years of age next season) the current starting eleven is strong enough to compete at the highest levels for another 2-3 seasons). In addition, the Red Army enjoys a very interesting second string with young and coming talents such as Cardozo and Bellot in attack, Vinet, Ferret, and Dubuc in midfield, Brault, Dimitri, and Heitman in defense.
It won’t be a surprise if the managers decided to shuffle his team, with some of the veterans leaving to open space for the young talents that storms the team. Future is definitely bright for the current Champs!!!

Your posts get more incredible every time, the same as Liverpool, just kicking ass in Europe :D

I defintly agree our CL Group was the hardest by far, I needed an away draw to get it but it doesn’t happen… The last matches don’t count, the losing teams had no motive to fight anymore :D

I’ll probably go to England this or the next season (depending on National Teams managers selection). There are some major named teams in the Division 1 I think it would be a great challenge to get them back on the top…

Congrats for a 2nd CL title in a row!
Hertha will challenge you, hopefully.
Keep up your posts

Thanks Filipe and Philipp.

Now the challenge is to make it three in a row (Hertha is the only team to accomplish that) :)

But the greatest news yet is the new manager at Manchester United. I am sure Filipe will live up to the reputation of the real life whiskey nose, Sir Ferguson. ;)

PS: Philipp, don’t forget to line up your first team in the qualifiers, like you did last season ;)

hehe, true, thanks for reminding.
Hertha, the only team with 3 in a row? Oh, one good reason more to challenge Anfield this season! :)

CATASTROPHE!!!

Liverpool out of CL in the group stage.

A sad day for the current European Champions who have fallen out of grace with the football gods. The Reds lost 1-2 at Anfield to Guiamares in a make or brake game. After a promising 3 first games where Liverpool collected 5 points out of 9, all away from the comfort of home, the Reds were though to have the qualification and perhaps the Group lead at hand since the remaining 3 games were to be played at Anfield. However it wasn’t meant to be so and as the first three games had shown, the Reds were having trouble finalizing their chances, despite the fact that they always outplayed the opponent. Liverpool lost the first home game 1-3 to Auxerre, despite dominating 21-13 in shots. Hence, a win over Guimaraes became imperative. Liverpool scored first in the very first minutes of the games, creating the idea that the Red Army was about to walk over the Portuguese champs. But the Lusitans turned the game around quickly, showing a display of strength and technique never before demonstrated so far in the group matches. Final score 1-2 and quite shockingly Liverpool were out. So is the cruel fate of football my dear friends!!!
Yet, we cannot conclude this monologue without a feeling that we deserved more, from this last match and from the matches before. Despite collecting only two points in games with Auxerre and Vittoria, Liverpool outshot the opponents 77-55. And somehow, we were outscored 4-7. Cry me a river Justin!!! :D

Oh well, good luck to our opponents. I hope Charles can make it all the way to the final :).

Meanwhile: FIRE SALE AT LIVERPOOL!!! Team will be renewed to support implementation of new ideas in the team.

Cheers
D

You’ll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone

After a month of absence we are back

First thing First:

The latest news in our planet is also the oldest. Hertha Berlin is back ladies and gentleman is back to win it’s 12th CL trophy. After their 2nd place last season, we did expect the Germans to go a step further this season and so they did.
CONGRATULATIONS PHILLIPP
With Superman Palacio between the posts and Lagos directing the midfield, Hertha has returned to claim the throne of Europe with great ball possession, slick passing and cynical finishes. We can assume this is just the start of another decade of Berlin dominance, and that makes the CL even more interesting

The Rising of New and Old.
It seems that more teams will be able to fight it out for the Champions League in the future seasons. The old guard of Valladolid, Gijon, and Liverpool, all made it to the final stages. Liverpool eliminated Gijon, and Hertha Berlin eliminated both Valladolid and Liverpool.
Auxerre, another “new entry” made it to the final this season after a semifinal appearance last year. With a young solid team, we can expect the French to fight for the trophy on and on.

The best League
It’s the French one!!!
Marseille won Ligue 1
Auxerre is CL runner-up
Bordo won the Europa League
Grenoble was EL runner-up
All four will play CL next season.
In addition, there are Rennes, Dijon, and Valenciennes (very young and promising team) who make the French championship a living hell for everyone.
Great thing are to be seen from the French.

Liverpool
Happy 10th anniversary of the Liverpool Revival. Since the manager joined the relegated Reds 10 seasons ago and their return to top flight 6 seasons ago, Liverpool have become a European Powerhouse again with 11 new titles to their cabinet.
The Red storm has won 5 EPL titles and 4 FA Cups.
It also won back to back CL titles, and counts for two more semifinal appearances.
The revival of this team has collected a total turnover of 1.222 billion pounds during the decade, with a total net spending of just 4 million :)
Future is bright.

Waiting for Manchester United and Brest
Felipe is doing a great job with MU, they missed a Europa League spot by only 4 points, and that is still an amazing achievement.
Sly is also back, and his Brest is collecting great promissing youths from all over the world. They should fight for promotion this comming season, and challenge head on the one after this one, simply because their talent humongous.

Congratulations are in order:
For Shawn Larsson. For those who don’t know him, Shawn is the manager of Cobresal in Chile, currently ranked the 4th manager in the world. Shawn is fighting it out everyday with the powerhouses of Brazil and Argentina in the Copa Libertadores.
Last season, Cobresal were the Runners-up in the competition, falling 2-1 to Tigre in Final.
It shows that with determination and skill, any team could achieve a lot.
CONGRATULATIONS SHAWN!!!
May other managers take your example to play this beautiful games as they should.

Cheers and see y’all next season!!!

Thx for the mention Dhimitri. It’s good to be back :). Nice to see some managers still kept France in the running. I like to give a shoutout to Charles @ auxerre. I think he’s done very well with his squad vs some of those “Giants”. One tip though, don’t sub in a youth goalkeeper in the CL final :). Even when behind :). You wrecked your image man! PSV – Feyenoord Deja Vu here…..

it was a “phantom” sub rule!

i was sure I had cleared all my rules… once again, setting lineups while DRUNK= FAIL