Jose Enrique has been excellent for Liverpool football club since arriving from Newcastle United, and he has (arguably) proven to the most consistent of all Kenny Dalglish's summer signings. John Aldridge is a big fan of the player, but he believes the Spaniard's form has tailed off a little over the last few weeks.

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2011: A year in photos

The return of the King, the emergence of a sensational new No.7, a tour of Asia and the arrival of seven summer signings are just some of Liverpool FC's highlights from 2011. Here's how the year unfolded in pictures.

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Blog: 'Beardo can inspire new boys'

In his blog on The Kop Times journalist and lifelong Red Tony Barrett explains why the Peter Beardsley factor from 1987 can inspire Liverpool's summer signings for the second part of 2011-12.

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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish expects £35million man Andy Carroll to take his opportunity with 'two hands' over the festive period.
The former Newcastle striker, who moved to Anfield last January, has started just eight Premier League games this season and has scored only two goals.
A traditionally busy fixture-list over Christmas and the New Year means Carroll could be offered chances to start as Dalglish rotates his squad.

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Liverpool need Steven Gerrard fit to lead by example for summer signings, says Gary McAllister

The England midfielder has not featured for Kenny Dalglish's side since October 22, and the ex-Anfield man believes that the club captain could help the new arrivals bed in

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Rafa Benitez's agent Manuel Garcia Quilon has dismissed growing speculation linking the former Liverpool manager with Paris Saint Germain.
Al Jazeera announced yesterday that that Benitez was set to take over, but Quilon swiftly issued the following denial:
"Rafael Benitez is in Liverpool tonight having dinner with his family.

Despite under-performing, overpriced summer signings; disappointing home draws; injuries to Gerrard and Carra; goalscoring problems, and a fatal inability to beat the 'lesser' teams, it's a great time to be a fan of Liverpool FC, and there are plenty of reasons to be positive at the moment.

Clarke: No Surprise at Maxi Impact

Liverpool assistant manager Steve Clarke believes Maxi Rodriguez' fine display against Chelsea on Sunday came as no surprise to those who have watched the player in training. Having been ousted from the squad by some of Kenny Dalglish's summer signings, Maxi has worked hard to force his way back into the manager's thinking, and Clarke believes the Argentine deserves all the praise he gets for managing to do so.

One of the summer's main talking points was "chances created," a fairly new statistic meant to replace assists. Assists take two to tango, reliant on the goal scorer actually scoring the goal. LiverpoolFC.tv clarifies the stat by renaming it "shot assists," a name I actually prefer, although I'll stick with Opta's nomenclature since I'm using FourFourTwo's StatsZone stats throughout this piece.

We're almost a third of the year through the 2011-12 Premier League season, and already several summer signings have stood out as comparatively bargain buys. Which clubs have done their best homework to find the bargains who are producing the ...
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The adage has it that winning while playing poorly is a sign of a good time, but the sentiment in this corner of the interweb is that we win these games because our forward line between them just have more quality than most others in the division. Lennon's, Defoe's and even Bale's ability in the way they took their goals were of the highest order; Fulham for all their pressure did not have that class and clinical touch to apply the coup de grace as necessary.

Liverpool could move back into the top four of the Premier League when they host Swansea in the first league clash between the sides in almost 30 years.
Boss Kenny Dalglish, who played in the Reds' 3-0 victory over the Welshmen in April 1983, has overseen a rich vein of form for the Anfield side in recent weeks.

Manager Kenny Dalglish believes the evolving partnerships in his Liverpool squad will prove key to the club's chances of long-term success.
With seven new arrivals in the summer and January signings Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll having hardly played alongside each other in the latter stages of last season it has taken a while for things to knit together at Anfield.

Liverpool winger Stewart Downing has struggled to make any significant impact at Anfield so far this season, and his outdated brand of 'kick and rush' football has proved to be consistently ineffective. Despite this, Liverpool legend Ray Houghton inexplicably believes that there's actually a lot more to Downing's game than meets the eye.

Liverpool legend Kevin Keegan has been running the rule over Liverpool's summer signings, and despite the massive amount of money spent, he believes that Jose Enrique is the only player who has really 'hit the ground running'.
Keegan believes that Kenny Dalglish 'still hasn't found his best combination yet', and the former Newcastle manager urges Carroll, Henderson, Adam and Downing to step it up a bit:
"Stewart Downing and Charlie Adam need to step up.

Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Pepe Reina hopes Liverpool's summer signings will help close the gap on their rivals come the end of the season

Anfield's Spanish shot-stopper believes it's too early to tell whether the Anfield side can compete on an even keel, and insists they need to improve on a daily basis

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard believes the club are in a good position to challenge to regain Champions League status.
A summer of significant recruitment has added strength and depth to a squad which was lacking in a number of areas over the last couple of seasons.
Kenny Dalglish's side may have lost twice already this campaign - at Stoke and Tottenham - but a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United at the weekend has given Gerrard, who made his first start in seven months at Anfield on Saturday, renewed confidence about the future.

Match facts, team news and quotes ahead of the Premier League clash between Arsenal and Sunderlandat the Emirates Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Bacary Sagna's ankle injury sustained against Tottenham means he has joined Jack Wilshere, Abou Diaby and Thomas Vermaelenon the injury list, but defenders Laurent Koscielny and Sebastien Squillaci and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny are available.

Exclusive- Gerrard predicts big things for Liverpool new boys

Reds captain reckons summer signings can bring back glory days to Anfield

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Newcastle v Tottenham: Champions League Qualification A Step Too Far? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Newcastle United as the race for fourth spot in the Premier League heats up. The Magpies have enjoyed a promising start to the season and sit proudly where the London club is desperate to be.

Summer signings half-term report: Aguero, Gervinho, Young, Enrique and more Premier League new boys

talkSPORT takes a look at the signings making an impact at their new clubs and those struggling

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Harry Redknapp's been involved in football long enough to know that great opportunities are hard to come by. It's taken him many years to reach the level he has, so should he risk throwing it all away?

A look at previous England managers such as Eriksson, Keegan, Hoddle and McClaren proves that it's hard or even impossible to recover your reputation.

Stewart Downing is delighted with the manner in which the Liverpool squad has knitted together, and believes the camaraderie in the Reds' dressing room has been a key factor behind the club's encouraging start to the new campaign.
Kenny Dalglish made no less than seven summer signings, all of which have settled quickly into life at Anfield, wasting little time in making an impact on the Barclays Premier League, with a return of 13 points from their opening seven games.

Positive results earned by two Londoners on their Champions League matches as Arsenal grabbed their first win in the group stage after beating Olympiakos 2-1 at Emirates, while Chelsea got a point from 1-1 draw against Valencia in Spain.

Two summer signings, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos contributed the goals for the Gunners, while at Mestalla, Frank Lampard's goal was canceled out with a late penalty because of Salomon Kalou's handball.

After the disappointment of missing out on the Champions League places last season, followed by losing badly to the two (albeit strong) Manchester clubs in our opening fixtures this campaign, for most Spurs fans it is great to see that manager Harry Redknapp finally has selection problems in a good way.

Craig Bellamy's inspired performance helped Liverpool secure progression to the Carling Cup fourth round as they condemned Brighton to their first competitive defeat at the Amex Stadium.
The 32-year-old flourished on his second full debut for the club, having rejoined the Reds from Manchester City in the summer.

Chelsea's 18-year old midfielder Josh McEachran has revealed his determination to follow in the footsteps of Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey by using the Carling Cup to showcase his bright talent.

McEachran has been tipped as the long-term replacement for veteran Blues ace Frank Lampard but rather than looking too far into future, the youngster is focused on gradually making a positive impression.

After surviving the shock of falling a goal behind to their League Two opponents, struggling Arsenalcame back to beat Shrewsbury Town 3-1 and comfortably progress into the fourth round of the Carling Cup at the Emirates Stadium.

The visitors stunned the Emirates crowd after 16 minutes when James Collins's bullet header beat Lukasz Fabianski, and a major upset looked to be possible.

League Cup, Third Round Major changes for BWFC did the trick

• Sunday, September 20, 2011
• Venue: Villa Park
• Attendance: 22,261
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Bolton Wanderers book their place into the fourth round of the League Cup with a pleasing win away from home.

By Alan Duffy

Despite spending a fair amount of money on his Sunderland team, Steve Bruce has endured a rather rubbish start to the season. However, at home to Stoke on Sunday, the Black Cats finally marked their territory by weeing all over the Potters.

Not famed for his goalscoring ability, Titus Bramble opened the scoring while summer signings Craig Gardner and Seb Larsson also helped to give the Black Cats their first win of the new season.

You Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone

Liverpool's summer signings have seen the squad strengthened to levels unprecedented in recent times. The depth is such that some sections of the Anfield faithful have even gone as far as to suggest that a even a certain Steven Gerrard is not guaranteed a free passage back to first team football, following a six-month lay-off.

Disappointing news arrives from Newcastle United's camp as the club revealed that one of their new summer signings, Davide Santon is set to take a month rest from the playing field as the ex-Inter Milan player will be facing a surgery to his knee.

The bad news was reported by the club's manager, Alan Pardew, who looked very worried with his new player's condition revealing that Santon might be facing a cartilage problem.

By Alan Duffy

It always seemed a rather strange decision by the Venkys bigwigs to jettison Sam Allardyce for not playing attractive enough football only to promote his second in command, Steve Kean, to the top job.

Prior to jumping into the hot-seat at Ewood Park, the 43-year-old Scot had never managed a team himself, instead racking up a number of assistant manager gigs at the likes of Fulham and Coventry City.