[asher7]

nice one m8, great detail! nice to see u writing these again... gotta love summer holidays

[The Roll]

Feedback said:

Cheers mate, yeah got to love the summer. Apologies for the lack of updates - going to Goodwood tomorrow but will churn some out on Satuday.

[The Roll]

Sunday, August 30 2009


STUBBORN CITY HOLD LIVERPOOL

Shay Given helped his Manchester City side hold impotent Liverpool to a goalless draw today at Anfield.

Dalglish opted to go with Jamie Carragher ahead of Martin Skrtel for the first 'big' clash of Liverpool's season and Javier Mascherano also returned in place of Yoann Gourcuff. City welcomed back Simon Kjaer and Pablo Zabaleta from injury.

In a match of few meaningful chances, Man City should have clinched it with the last kick of the game, however Jô could only scoop over from close range. Liverpool's best chance came from Carlos Tevez - but he could only blast wide from 15 yards. Tevez is still goalless after six competitive games for the Reds. Other chances fell throughout the match to Stuart Downing, Mascherano, Daniel Sturridge, Robinho, Antonio Valencia, Daniel Agger and Fernando Torres.

After the two week international break, Liverpool face Aston Villa at Villa Park. Mark Hughes' side welcome Fulham.

Teams
Liverpool: Reina; Glen Johnson, Cissokho, Agger, Carragher; Valencia (Hammill 81), Downing, Mascherano (Gourcuff 66), Gerrard ©; Tevez (Negredo 66), Torres.
Unused Subs: Enyeama, Skrtel, Grosso, Hernanes.

Manchester City: Given; Richards, Naughton, Dunne ©, Kjaer; Zabaleta, Barry, Elano (de Jong 88), Ireland (Fernandes 60); Robinho, Sturridge (Jô 90).
Unused Subs: Hart, Kompany, Michael Johnson, Bojinov.

Man of the Match: Man City's Shay Given
Referee: Rob Styles
Attendance: 45334

This post has been edited by The Roll: 31 July 2009 - 12:38 PM

[The Roll]

Tuesday, September 1 2009


SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW SLAMS SHUT

As the clock struck midnight tonight, clubs all over Europe are now unable to alter their squads until January. Here we will look back on the last three month's activity from club-to-club.

In:
n/a

Out:
Cedric Evina (Derby County) - free transfer
Graig Eastmond (Leeds United) - free transfer
Jay Simpson (Motherwell) - season long loan


In:
Tomas Hübschman (Shakhtar Donetsk) - £7,500,000
Gonzalo Pineda (Deportivo) - £6,500,000

Out:
Marlon Harewood (Charlton) - free transfer
Moustapha Salifou (Toulouse) - free transfer
Stuart Taylor (Southampton) - free transfer
Adam McGurk (Norwich) - season long loan
Craig Gardner (Reading) - season long loan


In:
Dagoberto (Olympiacos) - £5,000,000

Out:
Frank Fielding (Bradford) - £425,000


In:
Gökhan Inler (Atlético Madrid) - £26,500,000

Out:
Liam Bridcutt (Kilmarnock) - season long loan
Tom Taiwo (Kilmarnock) - season long loan
Nana Ofori (Kilmarnock) - season long loan
Jeffrey Bruma (Coventry) - nominal fee
Juliano Belletti (Ipswich) - undisclosed fee
Paulo Ferreira (Ipswich) - undisclosed fee
Florent Malouda (Everton) - undisclosed fee
José Boswinga (Man City) - undisclosed fee
Andrei Shevchenko - released
Hilario - released
Michael Modubi - released
Ben Sahar (Sunderland) - free transfer


In:
Florent Malouda (Chelsea) - undisclosed fee
Giovani dos Santos (Tottenham) - £13,000,000
Serdar Tasçi (Stuttgart) - £10,000,000

Out:
Jamie Jones (Hereford) - season long loan
Marourane Fellaini (Juventus) - £20,000,000
Carlos Marchena (Ipswich) - £10,000,000
Kieran Agard (Stockport) - loan


In:
Matteo Brighi (Roma) - £2,000,000
Leonardo (Newcastle) - £2,000,000
Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen) - £7,500,000
Alexander Tettey (Birmingham) - £7,000,000
Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham) - season long loan
Augusto Fernandez (River Plate) - £6,500,000

Out:
Elliot Omozusi (Getafe) - free transfer
Brede Hangeland (Juventus) - £8,500,000
Dickson Etuhu (Mallorca) - free transfer
Toni Kallio - released


In:
David van Zanten (Hibernian) - free transfer
Søren Larsen (Toulouse) - free transfer
Pablo Herrera (Deportivo Alajuelense) - £100,000
Juliano Belletti (Chelsea) - undisclosed fee
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea) - undisclosed fee
Carlos Marchena (Everton) - £10,000,000
Stephan Appiah (Parma) - £10,000,000
Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul) - free transfer

Out:
Alan Quinn (St. Mirren) - free transfer
Liam Trotter (Hartlepool) - season long loan
Gareth McAuley (Carlisle) - free transfer


In:
Carlos Tevez (Man Utd) - free transfer
Nick Jackson (Sheff Utd) - nominal fee
Aly Cissokho (AC Milan) - £17,000,000
Michele Rossetti (Young Boys) - free transfer
Elemer Toth (Ferencvaros) - free transfer
Tom Banks (Leicester) - tribunal fee TBC
Marco Farina (Palermo) - free transfer
Ben Keeling (Crewe) - £85,000
Fabio Grosso (Lyon) - £2,000,000

Out:
David Martin (Motherwell) - free transfer
Craig Lindfield (Leicester) - free transfer
Kyle Naughton (Man City) - £9,500,000
Xabi Alonso (Tottenham) - £16,500,000
Aridane (Huddersfield) - free transfer
Ryan Babel (Sunderland) - £11,500,000
Ryan Crowther (Bury) - free transfer
Cristian Nazarith (Gent) - season long loan
Sam Vokes (Southampton) - season long loan
Godwin Antwi (Southampton) - season long loan
Nikolay Mihaylov (Leyton Orient) - free transfer
Martin Kelly (Southampton) - season long loan
Dionatan Nascimento (Gent) - season long loan
Emiliano Insua (Newcastle) - £7,500,000
Zsolt Poloskei (Brighton) - free transfer
Astrit Ajdarevic (AFC Wimbledon) - free transfer
Radovan Majoros (Accrington) - season long loan
Andras Simon (Birmingham) - free transfer
Mikel San Jose (Hibernian) - free transfer
Miki Roqué (Leicester) - free transfer


In:
Kyle Naughton (Liverpool) - £9,500,000
Arjen Robben (Real Madrid) - £22,500,000
José Boswinga (Chelsea) - undisclosed fee

Out:
Ian Daly (AFC Wimbledon) - free transfer
Donal McDermott (Hartlepool) - free transfer
David Ball (Mansfield) - free transfer
Kelvin Etuhu (Hearts) - season long loan
Martin Petrov (West Ham) - £2,500,000
Javan Vidal (Leeds) - £1,000,000
Michael Ball (Wolves) - free transfer
Adrian Cieslewicz (Derby County) - nominal fee
Wayne Bridge (Tottenham) - £14,000,000
Tal Ben-Haim (Middlesbrough) - £3,000,000


In:
n/a

Out:
Gary Neville - released
Sam Hewson (St. Johnstone) - season long loan
Carlos Tevez (Liverpool) - free transfer
Corry Evans (Hamilton) - season long loan
Daniel Drinkwater (Bournemouth) - loan
Matthew James (Watford) - £150,000


In:
Ibrahima Sonko (Norwich) - £1,300,000
Malkhaz Asatiani (AZ Alkmaar) - £6,000,000
Tal Ben-Haim (Man City) - £3,000,000

Out:
Richard Stearman (Reading) - £5,500,000


In:
Thomas Vermaelen (Zaragoza) - £5,750,000
Cani (Getafe) - £9,500,000
Emiliano Insua (Liverpool) - £7,500,000

Out:
Claudio Caçapa - released
James Marwood (Burton) - free transfer
Leonardo (Fulham) - £2,000,000
Mark Viduka - released


In:
Waldo Ponce (Velez) - £5,250,000
Jamie Ashdown (Portsmouth) - £275,000

Out:
n/a


In:
Romaric (Sevilla) - £4,000,000

Out:
Joel Ward (Dundee) - free transfer
Kanu (Bradford) - free transfer
David James - released
Hermann Hreiðarsson (Walsall) - free transfer
Jamie Ashdown (Plymouth) - £275,000


In:
Lubos Kalouda (Brno) - £700,000
Diego Penny (Burnley) - free transfer
Richard Stearman (Middlesbrough) - £5,500,000
Matteo Rubin (Torino) - £5,000,000
Craig Gardner (Aston Villa) - season long loan

Out:
Ross Kitteridge (Shrewsbury) - free transfer
Noel Hunt (Charlton) - free transfer
Nicky Butt (Hamilton) - free transfer
Oliver Bozanic (Luton) - free transfer


In:
Ryan Babel (Liverpool) - £11,500,000
Ben Sahar (Chelsea) - free transfer
Alan Hutton (Tottenham) - £4,000,000
Daisuke Matsui (Almeria) - £4,000,000
Jonny Howson (Q.P.R.) - £100,000

Out:
Michael Liddle - released
Jordan Cook (Morecambe) - free transfer
Robbie Weir (Airdrie) - free transfer
Steed Malbranque (Anderlecht) - free transfer


In:
Xabi Alonso (Liverpool) - £16,500,000
Cristian Ledesma (Lazio) - £11,500,000
Wayne Bridge (Man City) - £14,000,000

Out:
Oscar Jansson (Luton) - free transfer
Dorian Dervitte (Rennes) - season long loan
Jamie O'Hara (Fulham) - season long loan
Giovani dos Santos (Everton) - £13,000,000
David Button (Walsall) - loan
Lee Butcher (Exeter) - loan
Alan Hutton (Sunderland) - £4,000,000


In:
Mark Brown (Inverness) - £125,000
Steven Davis (Rangers) - £6,000,000

Out:
Dean Kiely (Wycombe) - free transfer
Kim Doo-Hyun (Hannover) - free transfer
David Worrall (Sheffield Utd) - undisclosed fee


In:
Ben Foster (Bolton) - £2,250,000
Martin Petrov (Man City) - £2,500,000
Gretar Steinsson (Bolton) - £6,250,000
Allan McGregor (Rangers) - undisclosed fee

Out:
Luis Boa Morte (Maccabi Netanya) - free transfer
Terry Dixon (Luton) - season long loan


In:
Mauro Zarate (Al-Sadd) - undisclosed fee
José Sosa (Celtic) - £7,750,000

Out:
Chris McCaughtrie (Burton) - free transfer
Russell Saunders (Tranmere) - season long loan
Henri Camara - released
Richard Kingson - relseased
Kris King (Dundee) - season long loan

- - -

This post has been edited by The Roll: 31 July 2009 - 12:42 PM

[The Roll]

Thursday, 3rd September 2009

Premier League Review - August

After 5 games each, here is how the Barclays Premier League looks.

The player of the month is Elano of Manchester City. He scored in all three games he played in, as well as setting up another three. BBC Player Rater gave him a rating of 8.33 out of 10.

The young player of the month is Jack Collison of West Ham. He made four appearances this month, creating one goal. BBC Player Rater gave him a rating of 7.50 out of 10.

The manager of the month is Kenny Dalglish of Liverpool. He led his side to three wins and two draws, as well as a victory in the Community Sheild.

[The Roll]

10th September 2009


REDS INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP
Tevez to miss time

Fernando Torres scored three for Spain in their EURO 2012 qualifiers against Macedonia and Israel. However Carlos Tevez did not have such a good day; as he suffered a dislocated shoulder in Argentina's win over Chile and will be out of action until at least November. Martin Skrtel (Slovakia), Steven Gerrard (England), Glen Johnson (England), Krisztian Nemeth (Hungary), Robert Huth (Germany), Daniel Agger (Denmark), Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands), Hernanes (Brazil), Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), and Antonio Valencia (Ecuador) also played games.

The first under-21 Liverpool player to represent was Adam Hammill. He set up a goal for the England under-21's against their Estonian counterparts. Aly Cissokho, a late call-up to the French under-21 squad, managed to score a brace for his nation in their win over Macedonia. Also representing their countries at this level were Elemer Toth (Hungary), Gerardo Bruna (Argentina), Nikola Saric (Denmark), Radovan Majoros (Slovakia), Michelle Rossetti (Switzerland), Marco Farina (Italy), Dean Bouzanis (Australia), and Joakim Olsen (Norway). Daniel Pacheo (Spain), Michael Burns (Scotland), and Martin Kelly (England) also played for their countries at under-19 level.

The club will seek due compensation from the Argentinian Football Association for the injury Tevez suffered because of the time he is set to miss. All other players reported back to Melwood today with no injury concerns ahead of Saturday's trip to Aston Villa.

[The Roll]

Just to say that this is not dead. Just been horrendously busy recently. Will churn out some more updates on Sunday.

What does everybody think??

[Ryan Van Kappel]

Layout's good mate, I like the window round up, but it physically pains me to see Sunderland above wor toon. Will keep checking back, hopefully you're not too busy. KIU m8

[The Roll]

Saturday, September 12 2009


VILLA GO TOP AT REDS EXPENSE

Liverpool were never able to recover from an early setback to win at Villa Park, where they were steam-rolled by the Premier League's suprise so far, Aston Villa.

Due to Carlos Tevez's shoulder injury suffered on Argentina injury, Alvaro Negredo partnered Torres up front. Villa were still without Tomas Hubschmann.

In only the fifth minute Liverpool were down to ten men. A rash challenge by Glen Johnson on ex-Red Andrea Dossena led to Steve Bennett giving him his marching orders. Dossena, who was later revealed to have suffered a heavily brusied shin, was replaced immediately by Stiliyan Petrov. The resulting free-kick was duly dispatched into the top-corner by Gabriel Agbonlahor to give the home side the lead.

Villa continued to press home their one-man advantage and soon doubled their lead. Raul Meireles' piledriver from 35 yards was never going to be stopped by Reina. Minutes later, Agbonlahor scored his second from close range to make Villa comfortable. John Carew could have made it four before half-time if Reina had not been spectacularly equal to his effort.

Dalglish's reaction to the first half mauling was a tactical reshuffle. Alvaro Negredo was sacrificed for Martin Skrtel, allowing Gerrard to move back into the midfield with Torres playing the lone striker role. However, Liverpool could not produce enough to claw back a point; The only chance Liverpool truly capitalized on was after Martin Skrtel's header was disallowed for a foul on the goalkeeper, Torres latched onto the poor free-kick and lobbed Rob Green in the Villa goal.

It was not to be a Hollywood ending though. Emile Heskey cooly slotted home after a lazy backpass from Aly Cissokho found his feet.

Liverpool would be relieved to have heard the final whistle; despite the fact that they've now slipped down to sixth place. Aston Villa, on the other hand, are top of the table now after six games played.

Liverpool host Fernando Torres' old club Athletico Madrid midweek in the Champion's League, whilst Aston Villa also play midweek in Turkey against Besiktas.

Teams
Aston Villa: Green; Chretien, Pineda, Cuellar, Davies; Milner, Dossena (Petrov 5), Cahill (Heskey 58), Raul Meireles; Agbonlahor ©, Carew (Reo-Coker 80).
Unused Subs: Guzan, Taylor, Luke Young, Falcao.

Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Cissokho, Agger, Carragher; Valencia (Hammill 81), Downing, Mascherano (Gourcuff 63), Gerrard ©; Torres, Negredo (Skrtel 45).
Unused Subs: Enyeama, Grosso, Hernanes, Kuyt.

Man of the Match: Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor
Referee: Steve Bennett
Attendance: 42619