Liverpool [Official Topic]

[Il Maggiore]

http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche ... 48617.html

[Mav]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Adesso si spera solamente che la ritrovata tranquillità societaria porti un pò di grinta nello spogliatoio...nella speranza di essere a tiro della zona champions a Gennaio, fare qualche innesto CAZZUTO e rompere il culo a tutti.

[Il Maggiore]

intanto è necessario tirarsi fuori dai bassifondi

Giornata 7

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o chelsea 18
o man city 14
o man united 13
o arsenal 11
o tottenham 11
o west bromwich 11
o stoke city 10
o aston villa 10
o blackpool 10
o fulham 9
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o sunderland 8
o bolton 8
o blackburn 8
o wigan 8
o newcastle 7
o Birmingham C. 7
o everton 6
o liverpool 6
o wolverhampton 5
o west ham 5

questa classifica è indecorosa per una squadra come il liverpool

[Mav]

Personalmente imputo un 40% di questa situazione allo scazzo dei giocatori per la situazione societaria, un 40% al fatto che Roy manca di esperienza alla guida di una squadra così "grande" e un 20% al fatto che, obbiettivamente, abbiamo delle carenze tecniche a livello di rosa.

vedremo come evolve la situazione, ma sicuramente adesso si vede una luce in fondo al tunnel

[Il Maggiore]

intanto però la KOP ha fatto la sua scelta...

LONDRA (Gran Bretagna), 4 ottobre 2010 - La Kop ha emesso il suo verdetto dopo 13 partite e 89 minuti con un’unica parola che vale più di fischi e insulti: Dalglish. Il nome della leggenda Reds è stato, infatti, invocato a gran voce dai tifosi del Liverpool all’approssimarsi dell’ennesima, brutta prestazione della squadra di Roy Hodgson, che ieri ha perso in casa contro Blackpool per 1 a 2. E se sentire una curva che chiede la testa di un allenatore dopo così poco tempo sarebbe già una sorpresa, in casa Reds lo è ancora di più, perché qui si predica l’arte della pazienza e della fedeltà incondizionata. Ma di fronte a certi spettacoli, anche i più leali si stufano e passano all’azione, acclamando Kenny Dalglish, ovvero lo spauracchio di ogni tecnico di Anfield (era successo anche negli ultimi periodi di Rafa Benitez), mentre i lettori del “Mirror” online hanno espresso il loro dissenso nei confronti di Mister Roy in un sondaggio, che vede il 60% dei partecipanti favorevole alla cacciata dell’allenatore.

HODGSON: COLPA MIA — Allenatore che si è comunque assunto ieri l’intera responsabilità della penosa situazione di classifica, ammettendo, per quanti si fossero momentaneamente distratti, che il Liverpool “è in zona retrocessione”. Un evento che non si verificava dal 1984, come puntualmente è andato a scartabellare il “Daily Mail”, evidenziando che quello dell’attuale stagione è il peggior inizio da 57 anni e che nell’annata 1953-54 un avvio così brutto si era poi concluso con la discesa negli inferi. “Le cose stanno andando davvero in maniera deprimente – ha detto Hodgson -. Siamo nelle ultime tre posizioni, quindi in zona retrocessione, e dobbiamo convivere con questa situazione. Ma io adesso non voglio pensare a questo, con 31 partite che ancora ci restano, ma al fatto che non stiamo giocando al nostro pieno potenziale o che lo facciamo per brevi periodi”.

TORRES NUOVO STOP — E a proposito di “pieno potenziale”, non ha fatto per niente piacere ad Hodgson l’ennesimo infortunio di Fernando Torres, uscito dopo appena 10 minuti per un problema all’inguine. Oggi gli esami strumentali, ma è certo che lo spagnolo salterà la chiamata della sua Nazionale per le sfide contro Lituania e Scozia. “Non sappiamo quanto grave sia il problema – ha spiegato l’allenatore a fine gara – ma è stata una sorpresa, perché non sapevamo nemmeno che avesse un fastidio all’inguine”. Tornando alla contestazione della Kop, Hodgson incassa e replica: “I tifosi hanno il diritto di esprimere la loro frustrazione e hanno un sacco di motivi per essere delusi. Io sono il responsabile, perché sono il tecnico di questa squadra e quando si gioca male è giusto che se la prendano con me. Ma non credo di non essere più capace di allenare dopo 35 anni e sono convinto di essere in grado di gestire la situazione”.

KUYT CHIEDE SCUSA — Una convinzione che è anche di Dirk Kuyt che, attraverso il sito ufficiale del club, ha chiesto scusa ai tifosi per la misera prestazione contro Blackpool, mentre Rafa Benitez ha pensato bene di togliersi qualche sassolino Reds attraverso il “Sunday Independent”, sostenendo di aver lasciato “una fantastica eredità al Liverpool”. Come dire: è chi è venuto dopo di me che ha fatto i danni. Fra quindici giorni l’ardua sentenza: dopo la sosta internazionale, infatti, il Liverpool farà visita all’Everton e allora sì che non ci saranno più scuse, perché anche da queste parti il derby è il derby.

Simona Marchetti

[marce]

Così imparate a silurare Alberto!

[Mav]

Non sono mai stato un fan degli allenatori usa e getta, ma forse King Kenny doveva essere scelto sin dall'inizio.

E' fuori dal giro da parecchio...ma c'ha fatto vincere 3 scudetti e ne ha vinto uno COL BLACKBURN. E poi è una delle leggende del club...mo vediamo che succede coi nuovi proprietari...non mi meraviglierei di vedere un cambio in corsa con qualche nome più blasonato, alla Hiddink per capirci

[Mav]

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton says he is hopeful the deal to sell the club to New England Sports Ventures will go through in the next week.

Broughton faces a legal challenge from current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett who are looking to block the sale in hope they can hold out for more money with nine days left to pay the £285million owed to the Royal Bank of Scotland.

It also emerged this lunchtime that a rival bid from an Asian-based consortium was turned down in favour of the bid from the American firm, who own the Boston Red Sox.

Broughton told Sky Sports News, “We’ve agreed a sale subject to a number of things including Premier League approval. A judgement from the court must be made to clear it. I would hope this would be resolved by the end of next week.

“It’s a pity they’ve [Hicks & Gillett] have done this. It was their last chance of walking out with their heads high, and it’s a pity they’ve chosen to go this route.

“Part of the terms of me taking on this role was that they took a written undertaking that only I could change the board, and this is written down. They also gave this undertaking to RBS. This is abuse of those undertakings.

“The agreed fee from the new owners is £300million. £200million to pay off acquisition debt, and some to pay off working capital debt, plus other amenities. Other bank charges are a matter between the RBS and the new owners.

“On a short timetable, we will have a new stadium development of over 60,000 capacity. The new owners will listen to the people, just as they have done with the Boston Red Sox.

“I’m sorry I haven’t given a running commentary on these proceedings, but I said I wouldn’t. These are the best owners. Keep the faith.”

Broughton has also spoken to the club’s official web site. You can read that here.

Fans’ union Spirit of Shankly have announced they are seeking talks with the new owners.

[Mav]

Che poi mi so accorto solo adesso...la prima partita dopo la sosta E' IL DERBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarebbe perfetto, per la nuova proprietà, iniziare con una vittoria nel derby. Sarebbe una pera di entusiasmo.

[Mav]

Martin, it's been quite a dramatic 24 hours in terms of the sales process. Can you explain exactly what the situation is right now?

It certainly has been dramatic. The latest position is that we have a sale agreement in place, we've agreed the sale to New England Sports Ventures, that sale is subject to a number of conditions like Premier League approval and other normal conditions. The specific additional condition is that it's subject to confirmation that the Board acted validly in drawing up the sale documents.

Last night fans read a statement on the official website claiming that the owners had sought to remove Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre from the Board. What was the reasoning behind this and were the owners successful?

The court will ultimately decide whether the owners were successful. The reasoning behind it was that the owners felt we were reviewing two bids which they considered undervalued the club and therefore they wished to remove Christian and Ian and replace them with Mack Hicks, who is Tom's son, and Lori McCutcheon, who also works with him.

We don't think it was valid to do it. Essentially when I took the role they gave a couple of written undertakings to Royal Bank of Scotland. Those written undertakings included that I was the only person entitled to change the board and that was written into the articles of the covenants, and also that they would take no action to frustrate any reasonable sale. And I think they flagrantly abused both of those written undertakings.

You announced on Tuesday night that the club received two excellent offers. Why, in your opinion, is New England Sports Ventures the right new owner for Liverpool Football Club?

I think both of them would have been excellent new owners. New England have a lot of experience in developing, investing in and taking Boston Red Sox - as the closest parallel - from being a club with a wonderful history, a wonderful tradition that had lost the winning way, and bringing it back to being a winner. Their commitment to winning is what it's all about there and they've extended it from Boston Red Sox to Nascar and other things, but Red Sox is the main one.

I have been meeting them now for several weeks in Boston, in Liverpool, in London, and I feel they are totally committed to supporting and getting the winning mentality back into the team.

Is their winning mentality the thing which has impressed you most about them during this period?

Yes. Their commitment is to winning on the pitch and that helps you win off the pitch too. The two are mutually reinforcing.

Fans have already got lots of questions, with three of the main ones being:

a) Will the debt burden be removed completely?

To all intents and purposes, yes. All of the acquisition debt that was involved in the current owners acquisition will be removed completely. We'll still have what we call normal working capital debt and there's a facility there for the new stadium which will remain in place, but to all intents and purposes all the major debt that has been causing our problem has been paid off.

b) Have the proposed new owners committed to investing in the playing squad?

Yes. They don't want any hostages to fortune, very sensibly, so they're not going to make any comments about how much or anything like that. But this goes back to the winning mentality. I think the demonstration is: let's look at what they have done at Boston, what they said in Boston, what they have done in terms of investing in players - and I think you get a high degree of confidence of their willingness to do that.

c) Is there a commitment from them to progress the new stadium project?

Yes, there's definitely a commitment to invest in a stadium and we will finish up with a 60,000+ seater stadium. Where they haven't finalised their view is whether that should be the new stadium or whether there are still opportunities to build at Anfield itself. They have done both. The people involved have built the new stadium at Baltimore Orioles, for example, and at Fenway Park they looked at the two options and decided that actually redevelopment with all of the tradition was better than a new stadium. So they have done both, they are committed to looking at both very professionally and seeing which is the best option, but there will be stadium development.

Just to clarify, what needs to happen now for the sale to be finalised?

The key thing is the court case. We need to go to the court to get a declaratory judgement, which is for the court to declare that we did act validly in completing the sale agreement, and then the buyers can complete the sale. We have to get Premier League approval and I'm certain that's not going to be an issue. There are one or two minor things like that but the key issue is the court, which should meet I would think next week sometime. That is the most likely time, in short order.

Can the owners block the sale of LFC to New England Sports Ventures?

Well, we have to win the court case. So effectively yes, if they win the court case they can block the sale. But then we may have one or two other thoughts in mind as well.

Could the sale process be dragged through the courts for months before a resolution is reached?

No, I don't think so. We should get a declaratory judgement I would have thought probably by the end of next week, in short order. There is an appeal process but that is also very fast.

How confident are you that Liverpool Football Club will soon be officially under new ownership?

I am confident. I wouldn't have taken the Board through that process yesterday if I hadn't been confident. I wouldn't have exposed everybody to that risk if I hadn't been confident, but you can never be certain. These things are legal judgements. We have been properly advised and I am confident.

Looking back, how thorough has the process been to identify the best new owners for the Club and how pleased are you with the final outcome?

Ideally one would have had buyers who were not only the best buyers but also satisfied the owners. That's what we were looking for and we haven't managed to do that second piece of it. Has it been exhaustive? Absolutely. We have, first of all through BarCap, contacted every plausible buyer. The media coverage has meant that you would have to be living on Planet Zog not to know that Liverpool was for sale and so if you had any interest in it you had the opportunity. We've talked to lots of potential people. At the end of the day, with the deadline for debt repayment looming we had two bidders, both very viable bidders. I think they were competing, there was competitive tension there and I think that demonstrates that we have the market price.

Finally Martin, what is your message to the Liverpool fans?

Keep the faith. We said we would deliver the best buyers for the club and I think we have delivered exactly that. I know they've been frustrated by not getting a running commentary and I know a fan wants to know what's going on. I thank them for their patience because I do believe the only way you really get these things done is out of the media glare and it's difficult to do it out of the media glare, but we've found the right owners. I thank them for their patience, their support, keep the faith, this is going to work. They're with us.

Molto interessanti i passaggi sullo stadio e le domande sul fatto che i vecchi proprietari possono bloccare la vendita.

[Il Maggiore]

però dice anche che la base su cui vogliono bloccare la vendita viola le clausole alla base dell'accordo che portava Broughton alla presidenza con l'incarico di vendere il club

[Mav]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... t-Kop.html

Sto tipo mi piace

[Luca_fio]

Kuyt 6 mesi fuori.

[Mav]

Kuyt 6 mesi fuori.

io avevo letto 3...non ci voleva...ma finalmente abbiamo RISOLTO la crisi societaria.

Siamo puliti dai debiti.

Abbiamo una dirigenza nuova e vogliosa di vittorie.

Mi dispiace per Kuyt...ma il futuro adesso finalmente è roseo

[Shay Given]

ci vediamo domenica il Derby?????