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Trust me I KNOW how big Celtic are and Rangers also. I mean no dis respect when I say they are not as big as Liverpool. They just are not. The have a massive history ( I should know, coming from Ireland you can effectively say every one has Celtic as their "second" club. The EPL is corrupt, FACT! But so are the Spanish and Italian leagues and have been for years. The TV/Media age has taken the EPL to a dizzy-ing height and only now with the fair play rules coming in will it hopefully take it down a notch. Now, saying that Celtic and Rangers still play in the Scottish league, just look at the table for crying out loud. It's a two horse race EVERY year up there. The league is not as good quality wise and has not been for years. Hence the money is NOT going there. Look at the FAI, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, etc. Same effectively. The EPL is attractive, has the star players and is riding the train until it buckles. Celtic and Rangers going into the EPL will effectively kill off Scottish football and should not happen. It is only for money any way!

I think there will be a bigger draw if Liverpool play someone like Real Madrid. However, the support for Celtic is big here, especially from the Irish crowd so it would be good to see it. Now that NESV own LFC I will be hoping they take the available NESN channel and use it. Showing games and doing a weekly or daily spot on the club. Also, there maybe an American pre-season tour in the future!!! Fingers crossed.

If Liverpool play the ressies you MIGHT have a chance......

You are DREAMING if you think Liverpool would not sell out Fenway! DREAMING! Not ALL teams are in debt either mate. So are you a Liverpool fan or....just Celtic?

"as pointed out before could any other british club sell out fenway?" Liverpool, Man Utd., Chelsea, definitely! Easily Liverpool! FACT! It is also a novelty game at Fenway that I know a few of my mates from Boston went to because it was thought it may not be seen again.......! Celtic will NEVER be atop club in Europe ever again mate. With the likes of their "top players" like McGeady leaving to go to Moscow, that tells you something of their quality. SKy (Murdoch) bought the rights so he could sell them on and make money. It needs a governing body like the MLB/NFL/NHL over here to OWN ALL rights....... That will never happen coz UEFA and FIFA are ripe with corruption.

Not really taht funny mentioning NEVERTON to be honest...... The fact that Scottish football is well below par EVEN before the Premier League..... Look back in history mate at the Scottish teams in the European Cup.....the CL. It is NOT impressive. Also, I doubt that last year was a once off for Inter or Bayern. Scottish football is not well run nor ever has been. They know it and so do others. The quality is not there and the prem has it, if you promote it right you will get more money which will get more top players which will create more.......

The Scottish Prem league is not on a par with other teams in Europe mate. Celtic and Rangers have dominated for YEARS. The quality in Scotland is on a par with maybe the 3rd division or the championship. The draw of Benfica(?) and Celtic at Fenway had a lot to do with the "Irish" connection. The "top 7" of Europe eh? How come Bayern Munich were in the final this past May and an Italian team are CL champs? Germany has the right idea on how to run clubs yet it is not making money as a profit to promote it as entertaining.... The Spanish league is a victim of corruption and money from TV rights not going to the rest of the clubs. It should be shared between the teams not the top ones. The prem is a marketing dream and creates a massive income for the clubs in it. Wigan, Bolton, Birmingham etc will do whatever they have to do to remain in this cash cow. Taht is the way it has gone. I guess we differ in opinions though.

The ONLY thing with sense here (no offence) is the last line and the debt of the top clubs. I reckon the top clubs will have to be sold to curb their debt. The 'Sky Sports League' is far from just in England with Sky subscribers mate. Do a google search and find out the TV rights .....or in fact let me help you out..... http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-nets-16314bn-tv-rights-bonanza-1925462.html If the Prem is less superior to the Spanish league why for over the past 5 years have teams from England been in the last 4 of the CL? Spain has two massive teams, Barca and Real. They own their own TV rights and the rest of the league is suffering due to it. They are also in debt too. I would rather watch a Villa vs. Spurs game than sit and watch a Villareal Vs Zaragosa game or Lecce Vs. Catania game from Italy........any internationals on those teams who excite? The Prem league attracts the best managers because of the talent there. Ajax....haha LONG gone as a European power house!

Me LIKEY LIKEY!!!!

Not about Keegan mate, just you with the "Ladies".......! The Charmer you are. Right now I want to fast forward to next Friday. Hopefully this will be sorted!!!!

Seriously, Keegan as manager? Sorry, but nah, not for me. Great player for sure, but he is not the leadership we need to take us forward. I would go for Hiddink if anyone to be honest. Redguard you are a charmer mate!

I actually did not want Kenny back while the club had these two f***-nuts in office. Really, I grew up watching The King play and then later manage my club, memories of a great. My sporting Idol. To have to deal with those two pricks would have tarnished his reputation no matter what the fans thought. There are a new generation out there. With new owners........maybe. I do like Hiddink though, he took Chelsea by the balls and is a fantastic coach. Klinsman, NO WAY, sorry. Not too sure on who else. But I know, Roy is out of his depth and is not a tactical coach. We saw that in Utrecht and on Sunday last.

Liverpool fans may have mixed feelings about exchanging one set of American owners for another after it emerged the Premier League club was about to be sold to the New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox. But supporters on both sides of the Atlantic may be interested in a potential link-up between two clubs that are steeped in the history of their respective sports. Like Anfield, Boston's Fenway Park is one of the best-known sports venues in the world, while both cities have a strong expatriate affinity with Ireland. Liverpool's hopes of building a new stadium stalled during the ownership of George Gillett and Tom Hicks, but despite a brief flirtation with a "new Fenway", the Red Sox happily remain at their historic home ballpark - even while many other Major League Baseball teams have moved. Opened in 1912, Fenway is the oldest MLB stadium in use. And while a young Liverpool player's ambition may be scoring in front of the Kop, a prospective young slugger making it through Boston's minor league system will probably have dreamt of hitting a home run over the "Green Monster" - the famous 37ft high left-field wall at Fenway. Liverpool have not won the English league title since 1990 but Boston ended a much longer title drought when they won the World Series in 2004, two years after NESV's takeover. For decades, the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" haunted Red Sox Nation and was immortalised in Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy's book of the same name. The "Bambino" in question was baseball legend Babe Ruth - sold by the Red Sox owners to their bitter rivals, the New York Yankees, in 1920. Having won five World Series titles between 1903 and 1918, the Sox then went 86 years before winning it again, gaining a reputation as loveable losers or nearly men - depending on your point of view. Boston's march to the 2004 title arguably matches Liverpool's "Miracle of Istanbul" Champions League success of 2005 for the manner in which they overcame adversity. Before the season started, legendary horror author Stephen King and fellow novelist Stewart O'Nan decided to chronicle their season in book form but could not have imagined what was to transpire. Finishing second behind the Yankees in the American League East, the Red Sox met them again in the seven-game American League Championship Series. New York won the first three games, threatening a 4-0 sweep, but Boston hit back to win Games 4 and 5 in extra innings, before winning Games 6 and 7 at Yankee Stadium to secure a remarkable comeback triumph. The Red Sox went on to sweep St Louis Cardinals 4-0 in the World Series. King and O'Nan's subsequent book "Faithful" was not alone in marking the end of "the Curse" - as it was also the subject of a film whose title may ring a few unwelcome bells in the heads of Liverpool fans. When Liverpool were pipped to the First Division title by Arsenal in 1989, it was the springboard for Gunners fan Nick Hornby's seminal book "Fever Pitch", which was made into a film in 1997. Several years later, an American remake, also entitled "Fever Pitch", was on the cards, switching baseball for football and the Red Sox title drought for Arsenal's 18-year wait for a league title. It was filmed in 2004, including several scenes shot at Fenway - and Boston's unexpected success reportedly forced the film-makers to rework the ending. It is not uncommon in the United States for individuals or groups to own a range of professional teams across different sports, so it is no surprise that some owners' portfolios stretch across both sides of the Atlantic. Outgoing Reds co-owner Hicks owned the Texas Rangers baseball team from 1998 (succeeding a certain George W Bush) until earlier this year but the UK/US connection is kept up by the likes of the Glazer family (Manchester United and Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and Randy Lerner (Aston Villa and Cleveland Browns), who both possess a Premier League football club and an NFL American football franchise. Meanwhile, notable Arsenal shareholder Stan Kroenke owns the St Louis Rams (NFL), Colorado Avalanche (NHL ice hockey), Denver Nuggets (NBA basketball) and Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer) - so needs a baseball team to complete a "full set". However, Liverpool fans may be encouraged to note that a Sports Illustrated article in 2009 listed Boston's proprietors as the best owners of the 30 MLB clubs - while Hicks' stewardship of the Rangers was ranked as the second worst. How closely Liverpool and Boston may be linked remains to be seen but the common ownership may cause certain rivalries to become even more entrenched. In 2001, the Yankees - Boston's arch rivals - announced a marketing deal with Manchester United. And make no mistake, the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is as intense as that at any derby game at Anfield or Old Trafford. The Babe Ruth trade may be a distant memory but players rarely move directly between the Red Sox and Yankees - and likewise with United and Liverpool, with Phil Chisnall the last player to do so in 1964. Ace pitcher Roger Clemens starred for Boston for 13 seasons, before being allowed to leave in 1996 as Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette notoriously commented that "The Rocket" was "in the twilight of his career". Clemens moved to Toronto but played in the majors for another 11 years and went on to win more pitching awards and two World Series titles with the Yankees in 1999 and 2000. This led him to be vilified by the unforgiving majority of Red Sox fans, while the fire was further stoked by Boston president Larry Lucchino, who dubbed the Yankees as "the evil empire" in 2002. But like Liverpool, Boston can boast supporters far and wide across the globe, although fans of other Premier League teams will find familiar cause with those followers of other MLB teams who roll their eyes as the Red Sox and Yankees invariably garner more media attention and live television coverage than any other sides. This week, the Red Sox owners took out a full-page advert in the Boston Globe, apologising for the team's failure to reach the play-offs. Could that really happen in Liverpool? After recent humiliating defeats by Northampton and Blackpool, Liverpool's editors may be waiting by their phones.

As long as this all goes through, Henry will bring in the right people to run this club right. If that means Roy is gone, so be it. I did not want Roy in, he is not the right manager for us and not LFC standard. HOWEVER, he is the manager and I will support him, but I think he is out of his depth. The Derby game will tell a lot. Players also need to step up.

Yes, it would appear so. On a side note, how about Halladay last night eh? f*** me, Did we get the wrong pitcher in Lackey??????

Redguard, here is the link to it. Hilarious. Listen to the part about Clint Dempsey, that's FUNNY! (All in good fun!) Link: http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/translator/2010-10-07/translator-hodgson-fuming-agger-spills-beans-anfield-crisis

I read that this morning mate over the coffee. Nice read. I know a good few from Liverpool over here!

Pink Hats......Prawn Sambo's......Gloryboys.......!!!! The way the game changed from the old FA to the "Premiership" created a whole new fan base. The fairweather fans who jumped on an off many a band wagon. (The New Chelsea plastic fans for one!) The younger ones in our fan base are a lot more educated into the traditions of Liverpool. It all comes from the generations previous who have lived through those old days. Similar to the Sox. I have lived here almost 14 years and many of my friends are all die hard socks fans. Experiencing 2004 and again in 2007, most people thought that the long 89 years would go on and on. The pain and traditions and history was passed along through generations. VERY SIMILAR to Liverpool fans. Let's hope that the courts do not allow Hicks to scupper this deal.