ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[Jags..class]

Really, the time when some grock defender goes through the back of him two footed and seriously damages him can't come soon enough. It's a toss-up who I hate more out of him and the club he plays for these days.

He never injured cos he always cheats and dives before the tackle comes in.

 

[tsubaki]

Pretty sure Pepe are Real Madrid did it, I'd probably do the same - it winds me up no end

Pepe is a horrible snide and the 10 game ban that he got for the repeated assault on Casquero was nowhere near enough.

[video=youtube;jf1OuA2hI80]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf1OuA2hI80[/video]

 

[Minimeister]

hahahaha these Rawksters are a breed apart. He's always the victim, it's never his fault -

'just saw the uruguay v peru game. the media kicked up a storm about how suarez dived for the penalty and made the most of a challenge to get the opposition player sent off. anyhow from watching the game, its actually ridiculous how vicious and foul peru were, which leads me to my point that granted he's a ****, but the media machine really do antagonise and spin a story around to paint him the villain. he's no angel but hes not half the c**t everyone thinks he is'

 

[d34noj]

Pepe is a horrible snide and the 10 game ban that he got for the repeated assault on Casquero was nowhere near enough.

[video=youtube;jf1OuA2hI80]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf1OuA2hI80[/video]

Maybe so mate, he took action against someone diving, hardly touched him with the first or second kicks, Casquero holds his face when Pepe was nowhere near it too. Of course its a red and a big ban but it wasnt a 'repeated assault' mate, more like an 'attempted repeated assault'... probably hence the lenient ban.

 

[tsubaki]

Maybe so mate, he took action against someone diving, hardly touched him with the first or second kicks, Casquero holds his face when Pepe was nowhere near it too. Of course its a red and a big ban but it wasnt a 'repeated assault' mate, more like an 'attempted repeated assault'... probably hence the lenient ban.

It wasnt a dive - he blatantly shoves him in the back - he connected with both of the kicks, and the "accidental" stamp on his ankle at the end. There was also a shove in another Getafe player's face in the fracas as well.

The bloke is a clown.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Just seen that video, he is conjuring new ways of making enemies. That's despicable.

 

[Blue 1]

It wasnt a dive - he blatantly shoves him in the back - he connected with both of the kicks, and the "accidental" stamp on his ankle at the end. There was also a shove in another Getafe player's face in the fracas as well.

The bloke is a clown.

Really? If that's a shove then Suarez doesn't dive.

Pepe is a horrible yard dog of a player though, I agree.

 

[tsubaki]

Your taxes at work:

John W Henry, Liverpool's principal owner, has said there will be no repeat of the stalled stadium projects of Tom Hicks and George Gillett because Fenway Sports Group has the financial backing to redevelop Anfield.

Liverpool announced last October that plans for a new stadium on Stanley Park had been scrapped in favour of refurbishing the club's historic home into a 60,000-capacity stadium, costing approximately £154m. Henry insists "good progress" has been made by Liverpool city council in purchasing the few remaining privately owned properties around Anfield, although a planning application will be submitted only once those deals are complete.

Tom Werner, the Liverpool chairman, held further talks with council officials during a visit to Merseyside last week and the club hope a breakthrough is close in the long-running, controversial stadium saga. FSG's predecessors, Hicks and Gillett, prolonged the delay during their near-ruinous tenure by scrapping stadium designs and then failing to secure funding for their preferred project. But Henry insists the finances are in place for FSG to redevelop Anfield, believed to be via the club's own banking facilities, and there will be no detrimental effect on Brendan Rodgers's transfer budget once work begins.

Henry said: "They [Hicks and Gillett] were talking about going out and borrowing an enormous amount of money for an enormous facility. That's not what we are doing here. One of their problems is that they weren't able to get financing.

"When this [project] happens, that won't be the problem. We just need certainty with regard to these properties. The number of properties is being reduced. The city council is doing everything they can and that's all we can ask. Not just the city council but Your Housing [a social housing developer] and everyone associated with this are all on the same page. The regeneration as well; we're all on the same page."

 

[Minimeister]

Can't stop laughing at this....you have to watch it all to see what passes they've included hahahahahahahahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai75xxIrlTI

 

[Walken]

Your taxes at work:

Quick translation, we and the council will drive people out of their homes to benefit ourselves

 

[Goat]

Well this means that the Stanley Park site is now available.

I look forward to The Everton board submitting plans for our new ground shortly.

 

[roydo]

Well this means that the Stanley Park site is now available.

I look forward to The Everton board submitting plans for our new ground shortly.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Well this means that the Stanley Park site is now available.

I look forward to The Everton board submitting plans for our new ground shortly.

Being serious here. What really stands in the way of that?

I'm not sure it would ever be viable to us as we probably need a retail giant to help fund it, ala Kirby.

Don't think the council would be too pleased with a Tesco Extra right in the middle of a park.

 

[d34noj]

It wasnt a dive - he blatantly shoves him in the back - he connected with both of the kicks, and the "accidental" stamp on his ankle at the end. There was also a shove in another Getafe player's face in the fracas as well.

The bloke is a clown.

Kicked his shinpad and then 'swipes' his arse?, it wasn't a shove mate he put his hand on his back, no push - Casquero dived, Pepe lost it. The stamp was a good 'un though.

Not defending his actions at all mate he shouldn't have done it and he is a real snide get, but it wasnt a bloodbath.

 

[roydo]

Being serious here. What really stands in the way of that?

I'm not sure it would ever be viable to us as we probably need a retail giant to help fund it, ala Kirby.

Don't think the council would be too pleased with a Tesco Extra right in the middle of a park.

Im not as up on the local politics and stuff, but other than that, it is our old pal cash. I guess.

GP is, (I think), security for current loans, but if we sold it, presumably to a supermarket chain, and could then borrow against the new stadium on a long term basis, not renegotiated every year, and/or attract a backer who could support the outlay, then maybe it would stack up.