jaynesangel

Great result for Liverpool and easily our best performance yet. If history repeats itself ... when we beat Man Utd at Old Trafford our season took off (last season). Great we kept a clean sheet! Loved Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports saying Jamie Carragher should have been sent off and that if Jamie was asked he'd say the same ... five minutes later Jamie was asked if it was a sending off and Jamie said no! That's it, Jamie, deny everything!! Now to Wed and a match to Arsenal - not expecting much, to be honest. Wonder if Aqualani will get a run out?

Ah well 105 points to play for. Long way to go yet. I've definitely got my concerns though, although we were like this at the beginning of last season. There was a man on LFC TV last night said something similar but pointed out we were picking up wins when we didn't play especially well. From what I heard on Radio 5 Liverpool weren't that bad .... as my dad told me when I was a child there's sometimes in football it's just not your day, no matter how you play. (Actually it didn't rhyme like that). Though he was talking about are local team, Coleraine, and it was rarely our day.

Friedel seems to be in fine form, Villa seem to have parked a proverbial bus! Oh and how much longer will we have to hear that Liverpool are going to miss Alonso?? Everytime we are losing or at 0-0, seemingly!

Can't believe Liverpool are losing 2-0. Against the run of play, mostly. Just heard on Radio 5 that's 3 we've conceded from set plays.

Great result for Burnley - cue three days worth of analysis of how Man U are a poorer side without Ronaldo. Happy days for Liverpool - crisis? what crisis!!

While I understand the ruling - surely if you are sent off you should be punished (irregardless of which team you play for/ are registered for)?

Can't believe how poor Liverpool were ... no urgency; thought they were playing like it was a pre season friendly. On the plus side, I thought Reina, Johnson and Benayoun played well. Full credit to Spurs - they deserved the win.

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Alonso will be missed but, from a purely monetary point of view we have made almost 3 times what we paid for him. The rumours were that he was going to Juve for 16 million last summer ... now, in one season, he's worth 14 million more. Kinda glad the saga is over ... was this to Liverpool's disadvantage? After all there is only a week and a half til the season starts.

Don't understand the appeal of Eriksson ...an article in today's Daily Telegraph had some interesting points, basically he happens to have advantages on his side... led to Benefica to success in Portugal (one of the biggest clubs in the country), IFK Gothenburg (another big club) and Lazio (whose owner showered millions on the club). Why would you appoint someone as director of football in the fourth division of football who has no experience of working this far down in a league. Whoever fills in Sven's application forms ... could he help me when I do mine??

The Sun is saying that Liverpool will receive 60million for Alonso and Mascherano. If you were Benitez would you take it? 60 million is alot of money - could sign 4-5 very decent players. But you weaken a strong midfield. Dilemma or not?

Heard on Setanta Sports News that George Gillet has sold the Montreal Canadiens for 500million. Cue the rumours in tomorrow's tabloids of Liverpool spending massively this summer. Not sure of economics but Liverpool must have some money from the sale to spend on players? If I had the choice of just of signing just one player it would be David Villa.

Ah, didn't know that, Ben. Are they available in supermarkets? Any time I'm in Asda, Tescos or Sainsburys I only ever see iTunes vouchers.

Did think it was on the low side! My general rule of thumb for rumours ... in a tabloid, approach with caution; in a broadsheet, more plausible. Is this the inner snob in me coming out?

How good would it be for record companies to have a Saturday early evening show to highlight music ... people hear a song on Saturday evening and download it on Sunday. Oh, for Top of the Pops to back on TV! I remember reading in 1996 how valuable a slot on the BBC lottery show was ... think it was The Times who highlighted the performance of MeatLoaf's single (can't remember it) and Suggs' Cecilia. After performing these songs on the lottery show both soared up the charts. As for itunes ... from personal experience I buy from itunes because my wife buys me vouchers (which are easily and readily available in supermarkets) for presents. Perhaps amazon needs something similar?

Rooney, funny you should mention that ... Real are offering Robben to tempt Liverpool into selling Alonso. Barcelona are offering Eto'o for Mascherano and according to the Mail and the Star Liverpool are going to step up their pursuit of Glen Johnson. And I have seen Liverpool preparing to buy Crouch for 4 million. Of course these are all rumours ... take with a liberal dose of sodium chloride ... gotta love the silly summer season <_<

Have read in various papers that Liverpool are going to sign Distin, Tuncay and Gary O'Neil. Don't exactly set the pulse racing ... though neither did Agger and Skertel when Liverpool signed them and I think they're good players.

The BBC football website has a page with the tabloid rumours - a great read. My rule of thumb is if it involves my club (Liverpool) buying a player I like I believe it; if it involves Liverpool selling a player I like I take it with a pinch of salt. I'll be annoyed if the rumour that Xabi Alonso is leaving for Real Madrid for 23 million if Perez is elected president, is true. He had a great season. Glad we didn't sell him to Arsenal. The Sun had a story (reported on Radio 1's Newsbeat as a rumour) that Liverpool would sign Tevez for 50 million. Surely not?

To me, as a Liverpool fan, the season seemed to be in two parts. The first part saw Liverpool play with a fairly cautious approach which resulted in a number of frustrating draws. The second half, from the 1-0 victory in Madrid, saw Liverpool play with the bit between their teeth, control games, worked hard and seemed to have a positive approach. Will Rafa revert to the cautious approach or approach every game like they have since their 4-1 defeat of Man Utd?

Thanks for all the columns, Good delta - was one of my first ports of call on a Sunday night. Love the idea of a end of the year review ... I remember James Masterton did a top 30 of the year's best sellers - I have a hard copy of his 1997 edition.

On the chart of the 20 January 2001 Westlife had two albums in the Top Ten – their debut, Westlife was at number 3 while their follow up was number 10. If my memory serves, Westlife was on sale at the time. Not sure if anyone else has had two albums in the Top Ten since ... (Source of album positions: ChartStats

Just a few random thoughts re: TOTP. I don't think TOTP is dead, merely sleeping. Take a look at the second highest rated tv programme of the day (Dr Who). Cancelled in 1989 due to poor ratings (amongst other reasons) and brought back in 2005. I doubt many fans would've predicted that it would return to such a critical and ratings success. TOTP can return with the correct format and presenters who really connect with the audience. The music industry needs and wants TOTP. One of the only places to get music on primetime is X-Factor but you're not likely to hear Bloc Party's latest single on it. While people knocked TOTP for being naff it was a great leveller - songs appeared because of their position in the charts irrelevant of genre. People made fun of TOTP for years -it was uncool, played novelty tunes and certain acts wouldn't appear and yet most within the music industry would give their arm and leg to have a music show on primetime in 2008. As Bart Simpson said 'The ironing is delicious'. The BBC should not be driven by ratings - it is funded by the licence fee and is not reliant on ratings and commercial revenue as other stations are. Slightly off topic - I believe last year's Dr Who Christmas special scored a 13.2million rating which starred Kylie Minogue. Obviously Kylie was responsible for the extra viewers last year. Someone on Buzzjack will appreciate that ...

I think Geraldine and Take That will record a track for Comic Relief - Relight my fire? Also, Band Aid 25 to have the Christmas number one ... chances of that happening - slim and none and slim left town.

Really interesting singles charts ... the OCC must be delighted as the press gave the 'Hallelujah twice in the top two' lots of coverage. The bookmakers must be delighted as well ... don't think too many people would have put money on Jeff Buckley being Christmas number two!

It's easy to remember the biggest hits/ number ones but which songs on the Now series to you think are long forgotten by most people but still sound pretty darn. good? Here's three to start. Phixx - Hold on me (Now 56) Still sounds a great, overlooked pop record. I alawys thought this record came a few years too late ... 2003 wasn't the time for a boyband to release a chart topping number one. Got to number 10 if memory seves me. They had three follow up hits including a cover of Duran Duran's 'Wild Boys'. Ainslie Henderson - Keep me a secret (Now 54) Ainslie was part of BBC's Fame Academy and this was his only hit, reaching number 5 in 2003. Reminds me of a song which should be played on a summer's day. if you're going to be a one hit wonder it might as well be as good as this. Scarlet - Independent Love Song (Now 30) Just checked Polyhex about this group. I wasn't really into chart watching at this time. Didn't realise this only reached number 12 (would've guessed Top Ten) and also didn't realise they had 4 singles (never heard the other three). Anyone know anything about this group (think it was a female duet...) So there's three to start ... any others which should be brought back to our attention?