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DC9

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Coutinho playing so deep is probably not at his best.  Unless they give him free roam.

 

If I were a pool fan I'd rather Henderson or Milliner there and then Firmino/Coutinho behind the strike force.  Could Even see Firmino alongside Sturridge with Coutinho playing behind.  

 

Well, if all things were equal, I'd have Coutinho as the CAM.  But Jurgen wants his CAM to score goals.  Phil is best pulling the string on a play and hitting a player in behind.  He's easily one of the top 5 passers in the world.  So for those reasons I'd have him further back and Firmino forward.

 

I would, however, rather Phil play an 8 instead of off to the side like that.  But I love the diamond.

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FanboyOf91

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Muh economics!

 

https://twitter.com/richard_conway/status/697495288752246785

 


Breaking:Liverpool FC apologise for "distress" of ticket prices for 2016/17. £77 ticket scrapped. Full announcement:

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http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/206821-fsg-s-message-to-liverpool-supporters

 

But fighting back doesn't work!

 

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Gibbs Hog Heaven

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Fb beat me to the punch, but ...... WOW!

 

Just reading through this. WOW! 


Anyone care to argue again that protesting is pointless and fans can't win?


Principal Owner John W Henry, Chairman Tom Werner and President Mike Gordon have tonight issued the following message to Liverpool supporters...

Dear Liverpool supporters,

It has been a tumultuous week. On behalf of everyone at Fenway Sports Group and Liverpool Football Club, we would like to apologise for the distress caused by our ticket pricing plan for the 2016-17 season.

The three of us have been particularly troubled by the perception that we don’t care about our supporters, that we are greedy, and that we are attempting to extract personal profits at the club’s expense. Quite the opposite is true.

From our first days as owners we have understood that serving as custodians of this incredible institution is a distinct privilege and as such, we have been driven solely by the desire to return LFC to the pinnacle of football. In the world of modern football, growing the club in a sustainable way is essential to realising this objective.

To that end, we have never taken a single penny out of the football club. Instead we have injected vast sums of our own money to improve the playing squad and modernise LFC’s infrastructure - exemplified by the £120million advance from FSG to build the new Main Stand. This massive undertaking was made in order to provide more supporters access to Anfield and also to produce additional revenue to help us compete financially with clubs that have greater resources. When it opens in August this year, the stand will accomplish those goals, thereby fulfilling a promise we made upon acquiring LFC in 2010.

We were strongly engaged in the process to develop the ticketing plan for 2016-17. We met directly with representatives of LFC’s Supporters’ Committee and along with LFC management, wholeheartedly agreed with major concerns raised, notably: access for local and young supporters; engagement and access to Anfield for local children; access to Premier League matches for those in Liverpool most challenged by affordability.  

We believe the plan successfully addressed these concerns and are disappointed that these elements have been either lost or, worse, characterised as cynical attempts to mask profiteering in the plan as a whole. Rather, we prefer to look at them as the parts of the ticketing plan we got right. 

On the other hand, part of the ticketing plan we got wrong.

In addition to the other elements of the plan we proposed price increases on a number of tickets. These pricing actions generated growth in general admission ticketing revenue on a like-for-like basis exclusive of revenue from newly-added GA seats. 

We believed by delivering a vastly improved seat offering in what will be the newest stand in English football, concentrating the price increases on those tickets typically purchased by fans least sensitive to affordability, and for LFC to begin repaying the £120million advance from FSG for the new Main Stand that these increases were supportable even in the context of growth in revenues from the new Premier League TV deal.

However, the widespread opposition to this element of the plan has made it clear that we were mistaken.

A great many of you have objected strongly to the £77 price level of our most expensive GA seats and expressed a clear expectation that the club should forego any increased revenue from raising prices on GA tickets in the current environment. 

Message received.

After an intense period of consultation with LFC management we have decided to make major revisions to our ticketing structure for 2016-17:

  • Removal of game categorisation – regardless of the opposition fans will pay the same price for matchday tickets.
  • The pricing of tickets will be readjusted to result in zero revenue growth from GA ticketing on a like-for-like basis.
  • Though individual ticket prices may move marginally from this season, we are freezing our 2016-17 GA ticket revenue at the 2015-16 level exclusive of newly-added seats in the new Main Stand.
  • The price of our highest general admission ticket will be frozen at the 2015-16 level - £59.
  • The price of our highest season ticket will be frozen at the 2015-16 level - £869. The lowest price reducing a further £25 from the 2015-16 level to £685, as well as all other tiers being frozen or reduced.
  • £9 GA seats will be offered for each and every Premier League match, an allocation of more than 10,000 tickets across the season.

We would hasten to add that the other initiatives announced last week in the 2016-17 plan will remain:

  • 17-21 young adult concession – 20,000 tickets across the Premier League season available at a 50 per cent reduction for young people.
  • 1,000 tickets to Premier League matches across the season will be given away free of charge to Liverpool schoolchildren based on merit, as recommended by their teachers.

As a sign of our commitment to this improved ticketing structure, we are further announcing that this plan shall be in effect for both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. For the next two seasons, LFC will not earn a single additional pound from increasing general admission ticket prices.

We believe we have demonstrated a willingness to listen carefully, reconsider our position, and act decisively. The unique and sacred relationship between Liverpool Football Club and its supporters has always been foremost in our minds. It represents the heartbeat of this extraordinary football club. 

More than any other factor by far, that bond is what drives us to work tirelessly on behalf of the club and its future. We have great conviction in our world-class manager and our young, talented squad and know that in time the on-pitch success we all crave will be realised. 

We look forward to sharing in that success with you.

John W Henry, Tom Werner, Mike Gordon


Full credit to FSG for accepting their monumental **** up. MASSIVE credit to the SOS and in particular Spion Kop 1906 for organising last Saturday and getting such a response at 48 hours notice. 

I want to write on this but I'm just dumbstruck to get SUCH a turnaround SO quick. 

To everyone who walked out of Anfield last Saturday with me, give yourselves a MASSIVE pat on the back for standing as one, thinking of your fellow supporters and all the generations to come. and saying NO! Enough is ENOUGH!

To every other club's fans who doubted just what you can achieve when you're unified and stand as one; don't doubt anymore! Get out there and do the same! Without you, there is NO game!

Can't tell you the pride I'm feeling in most of our support right now. 

Just WOW! AND YES! As one of my City's favourite sons believed and sung, 'POWER TO THE PEOPLE!'

 

Hail. 

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Gibbs Hog Heaven

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A MASSIVE first step. Next (hopefully) comes far better dialogue and working with us to ultimately bring prices down over the next few years to a far more accessible fee for all now and for future generations. 

 

It's only a step. But WHAT a step. And again, credit to the owners for admitting they got this monumentally wrong and for apologising for it.

 

Hail. 

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Gibbs Hog Heaven

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Just realised I'm loosing at as I was actually getting a reduction under the initial 'proposal' for where my ST is. 

 

But we aren't about the 'I'm alright Jack' attitude which has been the crux of most of the absolutely disgraceful social media comments. ('Stop moaning. Get educated, get a better job and you can pay the money' was my favourite.). 

As was deafening Sat'day just prior to the walkout and just what can be achieved when this group stands as one ..... 'WE ARE THE FAMOUS, THE FAMOUS KOPITES!'

 

Hail. 

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FanboyOf91

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Your moment of MLS zen:

 

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/eng/mls-orlando-city-makes-progress-with-nocerino-the-latest/

 

 


After a long negotiation, Antonio Nocerino is set to join MLS. The Milan midfielder was at first linked to DC United, but in the last few hours Orlando City has made progress in the negotiation. Nocerino is now discussing the details of his contract with Kaka's club. Nocerino is still practicing at Milanello, but his time in Serie A is coming to an end, there are just a few bureaucratic matters to settle before he joins Orlando City.

 
 
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Gibbs Hog Heaven

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Arsenal fan protest: Gunners supporters urged to join five-minute Leicester ‘walkout’ during title clash | Football | Sport | London Evening Standard

 

It would be awesome if Arsenal fans can show solidarity with their Leicester counterparts and the rest of us. Be another absolutely brilliant message to send if a top of the table clash kicked off with loads of empty red seats the telly.

 

Hail. 

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Gibbs Hog Heaven

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So much for a stay-out protest. 

 

Kudos to the few who did. Big disappointment on the majority who didn't. 

 

 

 

Good luck Arsenal. Out of the current top 4, my preference to win it all would be Arsenal Tottenham, Leicester, City. 

 

Although I think City ultimately come through. 

 

Hail. 

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DC9

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Phil and Sturridge are starting today.

 

Waiting for the rest of the 11.


Good luck Arsenal. Out of the current top 4, my preference to win it all would be Arsenal Tottenham, Leicester, City. 

 

Although I think City ultimately come through. 

 

Hail. 

 

They are so tough to break down man... we literally lucked into our win.

 

And now a pen.

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Phil and Sturridge are starting today.

 

Waiting for the rest of the 11.

 

They are so tough to break down man... we literally lucked into our win.

 

And now a pen.

 

 

Never a pen. Vardy leaves his leg in and manufactures that. Complete;y conned the ref. If it stays like this Wengers rant after should be EPIC!

 

 

A front three of Firmino, Sturridge and Phil. Be still my beating heart. 

 

Hail. 

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Was hoping to see Danny Ward, but Coutinho, Firmino, and Sturridge on the pitch in the attack.

 

LFC Liverpool FC ‏@Liverpool_FC_ 1m1 minute ago

#LFC XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Milner, Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge.


Never a pen. Vardy leaves his leg in and manufactures that. Complete;y conned the ref. If it stays like this Wengers rant after should be EPIC!

 

 

A front three of Firmino, Sturridge and Phil. Be still my beating heart. 

 

Hail. 

 

He missed the ball, tho!  That's always a pen these days.

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