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There's a few other names that surely shouldn't be on there before we got to Shelvey and Sterling but hey hoe, it's Liverpool.

You're really going to get defensive about something that's pretty much spot on.

Well Jese starred at the Euro u19s, that's probably why he's there.

More like it's posted in the Liverpool thread so we're talking about Liverpool right, not every other player on the list.

Doesn't mean you have to uproar about it because there's Liverpool players involved.

I for one thought Shelvey was very shite before the season started, but he's been one of our best players this season. Rodgers has a lot of faith in him as well.

So did Suso, who's also played more first team games but isn't on the list

There's a few names that would raise an eyebrow before we even get to our two, so I don't see why you'd complain specifically about our two.

Uproar? Really?

All I said was they both shouldn't be there, which is true imo and then KL starts the defensive bullshit that Liverpool fans on here have recently started. We're talking about a list for the best young player in Europe over the previous season, if you think Shelvey or Sterling are in the top 21 I think it was then you need medication.

EDIT: I'll also point out I said Sterling will be a very good player, but lately it's like how dare you say something about Liverpool or a Liverpool player, must defend club no matter what!!

Ok. Not sure what you're getting at though? I'm just offering a reason as to why Jese got nominated seeing as it's being questioned.

He was the star of the tournament, top scorer and scored the winning goal in the final.

Just saying going on the basis of having a good tournament at the u19's then Suso should be on the list too considering he had a very good tournament as well. I'm not going on a big defensive about Liverpool here as personally I'm surprised Sterling and Shelvey are on the list considering they've only come to the fore this season, even if they undoubtably have been very good in the games they have played.

Kudos to Rossi for being the only rational Liverpool fan here.

Also, whoever said Jesé had only played once for Real and played for their reserves mostly, he played for Castilla in Segunda which is a significantly higher level than Reserves.

The stats for those asking relating to Gerrard's comments for long balls in the derby; Everton 14%, Liverpool 17%

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has likened Everton to Stoke, claiming their rivals used long-ball tactics during Sunday's Merseyside derby.
The Premier League match at Goodison Park ended 2-2 after Luis Suarez's late 'goal' for Liverpool was ruled out.
Gerrard, 32, said: "Every single time they get the ball to the goalkeeper it comes in long.
"There was only one team who came to play football and that was us. Everton are not better than us."
The statistics, however, showed that Everton enjoyed greater possession, made more passes and completed proportionally fewer long passes than Liverpool.
Gerrard added: "I thought we were fantastic and stood up to a team that are very similar to Stoke.

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Fuckinel, Rodgers is there 5 mins and Gerrard thinks they're some kind of moral saviours of good football.

Time for KL's daily 'lets defend the retarded things people around Liverpool FC say and do'

Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre has apologised in writing on behalf of the club for the inappropriate behaviour of communications director Jen Chang towards Liverpool fan Sean Cummins, the creator of spoof journalist ‘Duncan Jenkins’, during a meeting between the pair on 22 August and in the days afterwards.
Cummins, a 35-year-old copy writer from south Manchester, gained 40,000 followers for Jenkins’ Twitter account, where he tweeted misspelled nonsense, malapropisms, Colemanballs and ‘inside’ information that had actually been picked up second-, third- and fourth-hand from around the internet.
Chang became so concerned about ‘perspiring journalist’ Jenkins, who described himself as a member of the blogging ‘paternity’, that he met Cummins in a Manchester restaurant on 22 August and asked Cummins to tweet as Jenkins that a) ‘Jenkins’ was not real; b) ‘Jenkins’ had no club mole.
Cummins detailed the meeting and the aftermath in an explosive blog post on 12 October, in which he outlined a series of accusations against Chang, including that Chang had effectively threatened to ban him from games by cancelling his shared season ticket.
The full extent of Chang’s alleged threats is detailed in the blog (linked here).
Sportingintelligence has established beyond doubt that the meeting took place; that all the tweets and emails within the blog are genuine; and that Liverpool have seen evidence of the above.
Ayre met Cummins in person in Liverpool last week to hear Cummins’ side of the story. Ayre held a second meeting with Cummins in Liverpool today, when he handed over a letter of apology.
Ayre writes in the letter: “Based on everything I have heard and seen, including information provided by the parties involved in the matter, I acknowledge some of the elements you highlight were not appropriate …
“I would therefore like to apologise to you on behalf of Liverpool FC, for any upset and distress this caused you.
“Clearly it is not appropriate for me to comment on how the club is managing this internally, and I trust you understand this.”
Liverpool have declined to comment on what disciplinary action, if any, Chang might now face.
Sources say that Liverpool’s chairman Tom Werner has already rebuked Chang, privately and verbally, for his meeting with Cummins and the way he handled its aftermath, but Chang has declined to comment on this – or provide any public account of his version of events.
Asked on 12 October whether Cummins’ blog was a faithful account of their meeting on 22 August, Chang emailed to say: ‘No, it’s total nonsense’.
He declined to respond to follow-up emails which asked for clarification about what actually happened.
It has subsequently been proved beyond doubt via CCTV footage, emails, texts and phone records that every part of Cummins’ story that it is possible to verify using that evidence has been verified.
What nobody will ever be able to verify is precisely what Chang said to Cummins during a 1 hour, 46-minute lunch on 22 August (right), but Cummins feels vindicated with the apology and acknowledgement that his concerns were genuine.
“As a Liverpool supporter, I fully appreciate that our great club has got a lot more serious issues to handle than what a spoof character was writing on Twitter,” Cummins has told Sportingintelligence this afternoon.
“It was never, ever my intention to distract from those issues, and I was shocked and surprised things unfolded as they have done, over a made-up character who was always clearly trivial.
“All I ever wanted was an apology and I got one in writing today.”

KL will you now admit Jen Chang is a bellend after your comments in the previous discussion?