Rival watch

Oh he's definitely a class act but didn't I read that the Spanish government "gives" Real and Barcelona financial help?

 

As he's doing about as well as Mancini, the answer must be "no". But no point making a change until the end of the season.

 

just read Real are preparing a 20million pound bid for Hugo

 

Inevitable. They're the only big club I can think of that will be looking for a new number 1 soon. Although they did buy Keylor Navas in the summer, PLEASE Keylor become number 1 and become un-droppable

 

Nobody on earth deserves that type of money.

 

Doesn't matter to me if Hugo leaves because Vorm is a decent keeper.

 

In my eyes, Ronaldo does. But maybe I am a bit biased, because he has won me a few quid this season.

 

I couldn't care less how much anybody earns as it ain't my concern baby.

Hoops told £10mill if they want Defoe, madness.

 

He'll cost more than that

 

I think £85m is the going rate for them to take our best player.

 

Buffon cost £32m in 2001. We have 13 years of inflation on that too. I'd expect Lloris to fetch at least £35m.

 

Not sure about Barca but Real I believe get large amounts of interest wiped off their loans

 

According to the Metro Madrid want to swap Bale for Di Maria. Now if they want Lloris maybe we could get them to swap him for Bale?

 

Lloris reminds me so much of Bill Brown.Same build too.Hope he stays but can't blame him if he wants to go to Real.It looks like it will be many moons before we win something.

 

Factitious get plenty of favours from Madrid council, too - for example buying some land near the Bernebeu for something like 35 times its value.

 

Every once in a while you see something which gives you hope for humanity. I just saw my first useful use (in my experience) of video evidence in Chelsea's first goal. It was so satisfying to see a decision which officials on their own get wrong half the time decided correctly, definitively and quickly thanks to technology.

 

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea came out for the start of the second half like they were sleepwalking. Must be nice.

 

Big test for Rodgers now. Really doesn't need to be going into the international break on a loss, especially as it would be three in a row.
No shame in losing to Chelsea, of course, but the press would be onto him.

 

Don't worry, I'm sure there's another club who will be accommodating enough to take the press' minds of the hard task of writing stories about Liverpool failing. Hopefully at the hands of QPR...

 

Well that's one favour done and now for Arsenal to take points off Swansea and then we need our arses kicking if we don't beat Stoke. 6th place beckons. I wasn't sure about the Pool result today as both teams have been failing a bit, I thought a draw.