Stuff to read while you watch the beautiful game in pictures....... George Best as Jesus. (Unprofessional Foul) Jermaine Pennant goes romantic, proposes in a graveyard. (The Spoiler) FC Budyonkor prove money can buy Uzbeki titles - even without Eto'o. (ESPN) They're no Rory Delap's, but six hurlers who'll do. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you listen to Emmanuel Adebayor mimic a wounded cow in labor..... The regression of the Roman derby. (Football Italiano) You're a lot more like Thierry Henry than you think. Probably. (Reuters Soccer Blog) A gilded blueprint in Ukraine for 2012. (Guardian Unlimited) More proof playing isn't a prerequisite for a proper WAG. Click to continue reading...

What have we learnt...

1. I do have a crystal ball =X
2. Daniel Agger would make a good winger or midfielder.
3. Our opponents should be careful the next time they score against us first.
4. Once again, we have won the hard way, but we have what it takes to be serious title contender.

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Former Tottenham's crafty forward Robbie Keane look to set be Liverpool's most significant transfers this summer, but in my opinion it is a another flying winger that would benefit the team most.

With youngster Ryan Babel already making an impressively vibrant impact last season on the left-hand side of midfield, I believe a similar type of player on the right-hand side would be extremely helpful to the side's stuttering attacking play. Click to continue reading...

There have been many critics of Jermaine Pennat – a good portion of them Liverpool fans – yet I have always failed to understand the reason for all the negativity. I appreciate that he's probably not good enough, or at least not consistent enough, to be playing each week for a team with title ambitions but, as a squad player, he isn't a bad option. Click to continue reading...

Robbie Keane has had five games to work himself into the Liverpool squad, but it only took thieves one night to make him a part of the Anfield family. Like Steven Gerrard, Pepe Reina, Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt and Daniel Agger before them, Keane's penthouse flat (what? he's a 20m player - you expected a [. Click to continue reading...

SAMI HYYPIA today admitted his shock and dismay at being dropped from the Reds Champions League squad until the New Year at least – but hopes he still has a significant part to play in Liverpool's plans this season.

New UEFA regulations mean that eight players from every club's 25-man Champions League squad must be home grown. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are keen to offload midfielder Jermaine Pennant before the transfer window closes tomorrow night. The former England under-21 international has been linked with a possible £4 million move to Premier League new boys Stoke City in recent days. (News of the World)

The former Arsenal youngster has found it hard to nail down a first team place at Anfield in ever since signing for the club back in 2006. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez looks to clear the deadwood and apparently Blackburn see this wide man as ‘perfect' replacement for David Bentley. But are they sadly mistaken? Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! According to the Daily Mirror, Blackburn will try to push through their interest in Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant before . Click to continue reading...

The way Chelsea Football Club ruined Shaun Wright-Phillips is a travesty. Go back in time to 2005 and the dimunitive winger was tearing down the right wing at the City Of Manchester Stadium. The player was such a joy to watch as he took on players and went on mazy runs often beating two or three [.. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are to offload midfielder Jermaine Pennant for as much as £6 million. The former Arsenal youth player has struggled to nail down a first team place at Anfield since his arrival at the club two years ago from Birmingham. (The Guardian)

Pennant, 25, has been linked with a move to Paul Ince's Blackburn aswell as Tony Pulis' Stoke City but as yet nothing has been agreed. Click to continue reading...

Aside from the Barry saga, this was the summer in which the core of Liverpool's successful reserve side got an opportunity to prove their worth at a higher level. Daniel Pacheco, Damien Plessis, Jay Spearing, Kristian Nemeth, Stephen Darby and Emiliano Insua all got to play in the club's pre-season friendlies with each one hinting that, should the need arise, they were more than capable of doing a job. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has admitted he is eager to stay at Anfield despite reports linking him with a move away from the club.

Manager Rafael Benitez has reportedly been told he needs to raise funds in order to sign new players and Pennant had been one of those players rumoured to be expendable after being unable to cement a place in the first team. Click to continue reading...

It appears that these two players are very near to an Anfield exit! Why not join the debate at the COS forum? According to reports, Liverpool are working to tie-up the sale of winger Jermaine Pennant and forward Andrei Voronin. The Reds boss Rafa Benitez is still keen to bring £18m-rated midfielder Gareth . Click to continue reading...

Rafa continues his spring clean and looks to offload this former Arsenal man in order to balance the books. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Alan Curbishley looks set to join the race to sign Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant according to reports coming out of the East London Club. Click to continue reading...

Despite starting a Champions League final, Jermaine Pennant hasn't quite cut it at Liverpool. He has however, got a list of admirers, and West Ham United have emerged as a potential suitor.

Liverpool's wideman, Pennant, 25, has been frozen out of Anfield affairs due to last summer's acquisitions of Ryan Babel, Yossi Benayoun, and Dirk Kuyt. Click to continue reading...

West Ham are ready to join the race to sign Liverpool misfit Jermaine Pennant, according to reports. The winger is a candidate for the chop at Anfield as Reds boss Rafael Benitez looks to raise funds to land summer-long target Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. Blackburn are favourites to land the 25-year-old, and are rumoured to be [. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn Rovers are lining up a move for Liverpool midfielder Jermaine Pennant as a replacement for David Bentley. Pennant has been linked with a move to Paul Ince's men for weeks now but so far nothing has materialised.

After receiving £18 million for the sale of Bentley to Spurs, Paul Ince is keen to rebuild his squad. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa Midfielder Gareth Barry reported to join his partner in England team Steven Gerrard in Liverpool. Liverpool have agreed an £18million transfer fee to bring Barry to Anfield over the next 24 hours. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez plans to pair Barry with Steven Gerrard in the centre of midfield - a partnership that has proved successful for England.

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Rafa appears set to receive a bid for a player he will surely seek to cash in on as he looks for funds for new arrivals. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Ince is expected to make a firm bid for Liverpool's Jermaine Pennant as Bentley's replacement. And should England ... Click to continue reading...

Jermaine Pennant is wanted by Blackburn & Paul Ince

Paul Ince is set to target the Anfield winger Jermaine Pennant as a replacement for the about to depart David Bentley, who is on the verge of joining Tottenham.

Blackburn officials have sounded out their Premier League rivals with a view to making a £6million offer for Pennant, although reports are saying Liverpool want a similar fee to the £6. Click to continue reading...

With Blackburn Rovers looking increasingly likely to have to sell winger David Bentley, however reluctantly, Liverpool's Jermaine Pennant is emerging as their main target to replace him.

Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Ince is being tipped to make a move for Liverpool midfielder Jermaine Pennant as soon as David Bentley leaves Ewood Park, which is looking increasingly imminent.

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Liverpool are to sell Scott Carson and Jermaine Pennant in order to fund a deal for Tottenham striker Robbie Keane. The pair have both been linked with exits from Anfield all summer as Rafa Benitez looks to rebuild his side for a title challenge this season.



Scott Carson will complete a £6 million move to Premier League newcomers Stoke City, once he has passed a medical. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool may have to wait until European champion Xabi Alonso returns from holiday before they can sort out the Spanish midfielder's future.

Alonso has been given a three-week break following Spain's successful Euro 2008 campaign, with his proposed £16million move to Juventus seemingly on hold. Click to continue reading...

Yet more talk of comings and goings at Anfield.... £20m rated England trio Peter Crouch, Jermaine Pennant and Scott Carson remain up for sale at Liverpool. The cash from the exits is said to be crucial to future incoming transfers (The Guardian) Rafa apparently needs a great deal of money in order to finance his forays into [. Click to continue reading...

The fountain of journalistic truth, The Sun, reckons that Kevin Keegan's masterplan for success will start with the signing of a typically superfluous wide skillster. The man that King Kev has chosen to be this generation's David Ginola? Liverpool lackey Jermaine Pennant. The Sun reckons that: "King Kev is desperate for owner Mike [. Click to continue reading...

Videos nabbed from http://eplmatches.blogspot.com/

1st half highlights

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It is always the big men who take the credit. Much of the focus after last Tuesday's win over Inter Milan was how the introduction of Peter Crouch changed the complexion of the game, with his height providing an additional dimension to Liverpool's play.

Which, in all honesty, it did especially as the Inter defenders didn't know how to react. Click to continue reading...

And I'm not talking about our performance. I'm referring to the onslaught of garbage the press is force feeding the general public, most who didn't even see the match and won't look at the facts. The truth is this was a no contest. The truth is Havant scored on a set-piece, which any club can do against any other club no matter the differential in talent. Click to continue reading...

- At the start of yesterday's match with Arsenal it looked as if we were about to emerge from our current injury crisis with both Xabi and Torres starting and Arbeloa on the bench. It was all for naught though as El Nino was subbed at the half and Xabi re-aggravating his foot injury later in the match. To make matters even worse, Javier Mascherano left Anfield in a medical boot. Click to continue reading...

Well, this makes sense and sort of makes me feel bad for the kid, but honestly, he should have probably not been playing hurt and taken care of this right away. I'm not a team physician so I'll just assume they did what they felt was best for him. Pennant will have surgery this weekend for a stress factor of his right tibia. He is expected to be out at least ten weeks. Click to continue reading...

- Like the saying goes, 'It's only gonna get a whole lot worse before it's gonna get any better.' Those words seem to be a fair representation of what our beloved club is going through at the moment. Yesterday, just to add a glacier to the well put-out fire, the Ladies lost 2-1 to Everton in league play. Despite taking a 1-0 lead, our girls couldn't hold on as two strikes in two minutes in the second half were enough to lead the lady Toffees to the victory. Click to continue reading...

- Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has singled out Jermaine Pennant as the player his side is worried most about come Saturday. Pennant though, who played two seasons for the Blues, isn't sure he'll even get to play after being sent off in the Porto match. I'm not sure he'll start, but would be a bit surprised if he didn't get to play at all. Rafa may save him for our Carling Cup match at Reading next week. Click to continue reading...

- Sam Allardyce, who's Newcastle side lost to Derby 0-1 yesterday, the same Derby County we dismantled 6-0 a few weeks back, has stated that Rafa is 'very lucky' to still be employed with LFC and the only reason he is so, is because of our Champions League showings. Other than the obvious that Big Sam needs to worry about his own job and his own side, the Magpies manager appears to be showing signs of amnesia. Click to continue reading...

This should be pretty easy considering who Rafa didn't start on Saturday at Pompey. The more I think about it, the more shocked I am that he started what is usually our European front in Voronin and Crouch. I understand that Torres and Kuyt probably needed the rest, but it sort of undermines the goal of the league. Anyhow, that's Rafa the Gaffa for ya. Click to continue reading...