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From @PaulEdwards1973:

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Had an interesting chat with someone close to the ground rebuilding work. Described it as a bit of a farce.

LFC have started changing the agreed spec and the price has gone up

Rodgers has been given lots of influence on the design of the sporting areas and changing rooms Etc

A small astro turf pitch will be hidden away in the main stand so the players get more warm up space on match day

Some of the main stand structure will remain with concrete added to raise the angle of the lowest rows

Apparently it’ll pay for itself in 4/5 years due to the increased ‘covers’- corporate seats massively increased

LFC had messed up some sight lines for the new upper tier meaning the roof on the Kop and Anny Road will need to be cut back several metres. That’ll happen next summer and mean the front rows of the Kop will get wet if it rains

And apparently the council are being slow in clearing the land holding things up

When it comes to the main build they will have 16 weeks to do most of the work- 200 men working 3 shifts 24 hours a day apparently

Apparently our last game of next year and start of the one after will be away to give extra time for the works

Builders will have penalty clauses for each seat not ready for the new season

Was told that the builders will have gear on site on the signed commencement date even if just for PR purposes as currently site not ready

The final thing he said was that the Anny Road rebuild will happen if we are still in CL, it’s not as crucial as less corporate seats


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No early Liverpool return for Origi
Divock Origi will not be allowed to return to Liverpool midway through his season-long loan at Lille, despite Brendan Rodgers' ongoing struggles to replace the goals of Luis Suarez.

Origi, 19, signed a six-year deal with Liverpool in the summer but was immediately loaned back for the season to Lille, the club where he had established his reputation as one of Europe's most exciting talents.

With Mario Balotelli so far failing to fill the void left by Suarez's £75 million summer departure for Barcelona and Daniel Sturridge hampered by injury problems, there had been speculation Liverpool could recall Origi, who has scored three times in 10 league outings for Lille this season.

But Lille coach Rene Girard says Origi will remain at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy until May, as initially agreed with Liverpool.

"It's only a rumour. There have been no approaches, as far as I know. It was agreed that Divock spend the year with us. There's no reason he should leave midway through the season," Girard, who compared Liverpool's problems in front of goal with his team's own difficulties, told Belgian radio RTBF. "Us too - we really need him."

On suggestions Balotelli could move the other way to compensate for Origi's departure, Girard said: "The matter has never been raised."

Origi - who made his Ligue 1 debut at 17 - was a surprise inclusion in his nation's World Cup squad, and is tipped to become a future star.

Girard compared his young forward to compatriots Aston Villa's Christian Benteke and Everton's Romelu Lukaku and believes Origi will outshine them in England.

"Divock has no reason to envy them, given his youth and his desire to succeed. He's going to continue improving year-on-year, and I think next year, he's going to be able to show he's one of Europe's greats," Girard explained.

Girard said earlier in October it would be wrong to expect such a young player to score "20 goals a season" for Lille, but still feels there is room for improvement from Origi.

"Currently, in terms of his heading, he must be at around 30 or 40% of his means," he added. "I am convinced that heading is more a state of mind rather than something truly technical. You go looking for the ball with your head if you really want to, and you can also use it as a weapon if you want to. There are players who aren't very big, but who are excellent headers of the ball.

"I think he's a boy who still has some way to go. Right now, he's at a club where he can grow by playing. He's a boy who has the makings of a great player. He has all the attributes."

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/364015.html#rZIGF4jcSZ1gFjR6.99

No early Liverpool return for Origi
Divock Origi will not be allowed to return to Liverpool midway through his season-long loan at Lille, despite Brendan Rodgers' ongoing struggles to replace the goals of Luis Suarez.

Origi, 19, signed a six-year deal with Liverpool in the summer but was immediately loaned back for the season to Lille, the club where he had established his reputation as one of Europe's most exciting talents.

With Mario Balotelli so far failing to fill the void left by Suarez's £75 million summer departure for Barcelona and Daniel Sturridge hampered by injury problems, there had been speculation Liverpool could recall Origi, who has scored three times in 10 league outings for Lille this season.

But Lille coach Rene Girard says Origi will remain at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy until May, as initially agreed with Liverpool.

"It's only a rumour. There have been no approaches, as far as I know. It was agreed that Divock spend the year with us. There's no reason he should leave midway through the season," Girard, who compared Liverpool's problems in front of goal with his team's own difficulties, told Belgian radio RTBF. "Us too - we really need him."

On suggestions Balotelli could move the other way to compensate for Origi's departure, Girard said: "The matter has never been raised."

Origi - who made his Ligue 1 debut at 17 - was a surprise inclusion in his nation's World Cup squad, and is tipped to become a future star.

Girard compared his young forward to compatriots Aston Villa's Christian Benteke and Everton's Romelu Lukaku and believes Origi will outshine them in England.

"Divock has no reason to envy them, given his youth and his desire to succeed. He's going to continue improving year-on-year, and I think next year, he's going to be able to show he's one of Europe's greats," Girard explained.

Girard said earlier in October it would be wrong to expect such a young player to score "20 goals a season" for Lille, but still feels there is room for improvement from Origi.

"Currently, in terms of his heading, he must be at around 30 or 40% of his means," he added. "I am convinced that heading is more a state of mind rather than something truly technical. You go looking for the ball with your head if you really want to, and you can also use it as a weapon if you want to. There are players who aren't very big, but who are excellent headers of the ball.

"I think he's a boy who still has some way to go. Right now, he's at a club where he can grow by playing. He's a boy who has the makings of a great player. He has all the attributes."

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/364015.html#rZIGF4jcSZ1gFjR6.99

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/05/luis-suarez-chelsea-liverpool-jose-mourinho

Saurez book comes out tomorrow, interesting article about last years Chelsea game and ''the slip''

Tragic reading that Degsy.

Yeah I know, have to admit I'm looking forward to watching him play tonight.

Damien Comolli has claimed his sacking from Liverpool FC was down to his decision to sign Jordan Henderson.

The Frenchman spent 18 months at Anfield between 2010 and 2012, latterly as the club’s director of football, which gave him responsibility for the identification and recruitment of new players.

Among the deals Comolli sanctioned was that of Henderson, a £16m capture from Sunderland in 2011. And it is that transfer that he believes was key to his departure from the Reds less than a year later.

“When we signed Jordan Henderson, he got so much criticism, I got so much criticism,” he said.

“I was never told why I was sacked but I was led to believe it was because we signed Jordan Henderson, and the owners were convinced he was not good enough.”

Henderson, of course, has since gone on to establish himself at Anfield, and was named as Liverpool’s vice-captain earlier this year. And Comolli has explained the detailed scouting that was undertaken prior to his signing.

“Looking at Jordan Henderson, we wanted legs, we wanted physicality, we wanted pace and creativity in the final third,” he said.

“I was able to benchmark Jordan against the top midfield players in the Premier League, taking his age into consideration, taking the transfer fee into consideration, and in my position, you need to look at age, money and the player’s ability.”

“Looking at all this, what he was doing for his age, and all due respect to Sunderland, he was definitely undervalued by the market. And I’ve been told we overvalued him. Even directors at Sunderland later said ‘you didn’t know what you were doing’.

“Jordan stood out at the time, when he was 20, because of the number of chances he created in the final third. He was very good at it. When you look at chances created in the final third in open play, you are the best player finishing in the top 5-10 [in the Premier League] every year.

“So when I saw Jordan in that area, I thought he’s definitely got something. Because when I was looking at it five years back, (Thierry) Henry, (Frank) Lampard and (Cesc) Fabregas were there, so when he was there, I thought definitely he’s got something. It can’t be a coincidence, and now look at him.”

Another article by Gary Neville .a good read!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footbal...oming-back.html

Constantly hearing ex-players who are now pundits saying the same thing. I suppose in a way it raises the entertainment value but at what cost to the game.
Football will always evolve and in 10-15 years we'll have Jack Wilshire as a pundit saying ''it wasn't like this in my day''