Last night's dramatic play-off between Ireland and France which ended in disgrace for Thierry Henri who twice handled the ball in the box to set up Gallas to score a very controversial goal in extra-time to send Ireland out of the World Cup and France to shamefully through.
The FAI have lodged an appeal to FIFA to have the game replayed has fallen on deaf ears. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry is my favorite player of all time. He has had so many magical moments on the pitch that it is hard for me to list them all. That is what makes this all the more painful. Yes, Ireland should have taken their chances. Yes, this will renew the call for instant replay.

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Kop favourite Craig Johnston believes Rafa Benitez may have lost the dressing room and that his reign as Liverpool manager is hanging by a thread.
Benitez's side needed a controversial penalty to salvage a 2-2 home draw against Birmingham last Monday night and have won just once since the end of September. Click to continue reading...

Most of you have probably already seen this, but Robin van Persie tore an ankle ligament today, an injury which will keep him up for around 2 months..

What, you may ask, super-important match was he playing in to take on such an injury? Was it the World Cup? Nope. The European championships?

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Saudia Arabia's soccer chiefs are head-hunting former Liverpool pair Gerard Houllier and Rick Parry to sort out their football.
The oil-rich government plan to recruit former Kop chief Houllier as their new director of football to oversee the national team and their top sides.
Houllier is in charge of France's football empire and could even be allowed to do both jobs - although the cash in the Middle East may tempt him to go there full-time. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher admits Liverpool are paying the price for letting Nicolas Anelka leave the club.
The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million. Click to continue reading...

Veteran pinpoints big failing.

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Jamie Carragher: Liverpool should have signed Nicolas Anelka

The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million.

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HAMM:
This is not much fun.
(Pause.)
But that's always the way at the end of the day, isn't it, Clov?
CLOV:
Always.
HAMM:
It's the end of the day like any other day, isn't it, Clov?
CLOV:
Looks like it.

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Gerard Houllier was back in familiar territory this week – entranced by a swaying Kop and quietly mouthing the words to You'll Never Walk Alone.
But rather than being flanked by an assistant in the dug-out, he was sitting in the directors' box next to the man who had saved his life. Click to continue reading...

Granted that all LFC fans want us to succeed but to agree along with what the media have been calling for non-stop now would be ridiculous. They want Rafa's head to roll. And this after what Rafa has achieved even with so many obstacles (need they be mentioned again and again?) in front of him.Â

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It is a measure of Arsene Wenger's impact on global football that having arrived at Arsenal in 1996 to the headline "Arsene Who?", he could now waltz into almost any managerial post in the world.

Other leading clubs would long since have sacked a manager who failed to lift a single trophy in four years but, as Gerard Houllier told BBC Sport, "Why do Real Madrid still want him then?

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There are plenty of reasons to be disappointed with Rafa Benitez right about now. Liverpool head into this weekend's match against Manchester United with the prospect of lodging their fifth defeat on the trot. After such high expectations for this season, Liverpool have been finally exposed as a two-man team.

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Pardon the super cheesy title, but after reading Miralem Pjanic's super inspiring interview this morning, I felt...well, super. Lyon are in first place in their CL group, Liverpool are in the unwelcome position of being in third, and both teams are coming off of weekend losses in their domestic leagues.

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Oh God! I am beginning to get a sense of history repeating itself at Anfield.
Remember back in 2002 when we finished in the League to Arsenal, they finished on 87 points while we gained 80 points well ahead of the chasing pack, but no title.
We were all expecting the team that time to push on the next season and win the League, having come so close but it didn't happen. Click to continue reading...

Played 11 - Lost 4. It doesn't make for pleasant reading, does it? This is not the first time Liverpool have had such a poor start to the season, and while it is definitely too early to write off the club's title chances, history proves that when the team starts this badly, the season is usually a washout. Click to continue reading...

SEASON SUMMARY After an extremely promising 2001-2002, 2002-2003 turned out to be the "beginning of the end" of Gerard Houllier. Realistically, that occured earlier during a period of 2001-2002, but the signs weren't evident until a streak of 11 matches without a victory in the league during a season known for being a "three-parter. Click to continue reading...

SEASON SUMMARY John Arne Riise celebrates quite possibly the hardest hit goal you could ever see against Man U. WHAT A GOAL!!! Following the sensational Treble season of 2000-2001 was never going to be easy to do. But in 2001-2002, Gerard Houllier and his mighty Reds did a very admirable job, finishing with- at the time- their [. Click to continue reading...

Much has been said about Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva's dive against Celtic during last Wednesday's 2nd leg of the Champions League pre-qualifier. One split-second incident has led to questions about Michael Platini's proposed system of 5 referees, TV technology, retrospective charges and just exactly what is it that constitutes a dive.

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Scaremongering or harsh truth, you decide!

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The storm clouds are circling above Anfield yet again with another story about our unscrupulous American owners surfacing. This time it's over the amount of funds they have given Rafael Benitez to strengthen his squad.

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Liverpool have come a long way since Rafa Benitez last took his side to White Hart Lane on the opening day of the Premier League season.
August 14 2004 was the Spaniard's first competitive domestic assignment in the Anfield hot-seat but he headed to the capital with Gerard Houllier's team. Click to continue reading...

On the 9th April 2002, a particularly catastrophic tactical decision by Gerard Houllier robbed Liverpool FC of the chance to participate in what would undoubtedly have been the game of the century.
On the night in question, Liverpool faced Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool FC's inability to win the title since 1990 has been blamed on a various people over the years, including David Moores; Rick Parry; Graeme Souness; Roy Evans, Gerard Houllier and, most recently, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The real blame, however, for the club's abject failure to bring home the trophy Bill Shankly famously called ‘our bread and butter' lies solely at the feet of one man: former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher started preparations for his 14th season as a top flight footballer yesterday – but respected judges believe he should soon be preparing for life as a manager.
Liverpool great and former Anfield assistant-manager Phil Thompson believes Carragher has all the qualities needed to break into the cut-throat world of football management. Click to continue reading...

He conquered European champions Spain with two delicate touches of his right foot, then came within a whisper of masterminding the downfall of world football's Goliath mighty, magnificent Brazil -Â in the final of the Confederations Cup. So who is this footballing Adonis? Argentina's beloved Leo Messi?

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It seems increasingly clear that the signing of Glen Johnson from Portsmouth is a nailed on certainty. But he's just a full-back; not really the attacking signing Liverpool FC need and not not really the type of player who can take the club to the next level. Or is he? Mark Jones seems to think so.. Click to continue reading...

It's official: Tuesday Juninho,alongside JMA, Bernarde Lacombe and Claude Puel, anounced his intention to leave OL after eight seasons. Although it would have been nice to send-off Lyon's son with an eigth Le Championnat trophy, but it wasn't to be. Regardless, OL's captain made sure that he would not leave his squad without-as he has done so many times in the past- leading them into victory.

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Sami Hyypia called the curtain down on an illustrious decade of service at Liverpool recently, and will embark on one last footballing voyage - to Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen.
It is a move that has brought with it countless tributes, and club legend Ian Rush believes the Finn is deserving of any accolade. Click to continue reading...

So that's it. The scum have won it again, they scraped home with a 0-0 draw against Arsenal to get their 18th title, the bloody same amount as us.
We were always up against it after a disastrous run of draws in January and although we have been playing some great football since then, beating all around us, it just wasn't enough to overtake the Mancs. Click to continue reading...

Jon Carter of ESPN Soccernet wrote an article recently that was in line with a previous column I had written about whether great players making great managers.
After seeing both Marco Van Basten (Ajax) and Jurgen Klinsmann (Bayern Munich) get fired early this month, it leads you to believe that a longer apprenticeship and coaching pedigree might be needed before thrusting our star players into management. Click to continue reading...

In news that has left many unimpressed, Herenveen's Croatian winger Daniel Pranjic is being linked with a move to Liverpool. Although signing a twenty-six year old from a small Dutch club might mirror what Gerard Houllier did a decade ago with Sami Hyypia, it isn't something to look forward to especially when other stories are mentioning the likes of Carlos Tevez and David Silva. Click to continue reading...

This may not be a familiar sight anymore

As Juninho rose, Lyon did too. The Brazilian is now at the twilight of his career and the sun may also be setting on Lyon's era of dominance. Their loss to Valenciennes gives Marseille its best chance at a title since 1992.

Lyon is a remarkable record in the annals of French football.

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£2.5million. That's all it took to get Dutch outfit Willem II to part with Finnish centre back Sami Hyypia back in May 1999. Looking back on all of Hyypia's accomplishments over the past 10 years you've got to believe Williem II are kicking themselves for letting the player get away for such a low cost.

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"I am not the coach but it's true that with all those changes we sometimes find it difficult to get our bearings... It would be a catastrophe of the prospect of Lyon not winning an eighth consecutive title."

Those words, by Lyon ace Karim Benzema, adequately describe the club's state of mind.

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Gerard Houllier has told Liverpool fans to be patient with David N'gog during an exclusive interview with setanta.com.
The 20-year-old striker has come in for criticism for his lack of sharpness in front of goal, but France's technical director Houllier has urged fans and experts to give him the time he needs to settle. Click to continue reading...

All hail Rafa Benítez, conqueror of Europe and vanquisher of Real Madrid. Liverpool has developed a reputation as masters of the Champions League tie, punching well above their weight in cup competitions compared to their performances in the Premiership. To date Benítez has delivered an FA Cup, one Community Shield, the European Super Cup and of course [. Click to continue reading...