Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Feb 9, 2012, 10:33 am
As Daniel Agger dealt comfortably with Tottenham’s potent attacking force on Monday night, it was hard to believe that it was only the Dane’s 100th start in a Liverpool shirt. Since arriving from Brondby in a £6m deal in 2006, Daniel Agger has established himself as one of the Premier League�...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Feb 3, 2012, 9:02 am
As the days, hours and seconds of the transfer window ticked away, Melwood remained quiet. Dalglish himself admitted that “there’ll be no one moving in or out” and but for an audacious bid to prize wantaway Carlos Tevez to Liverpool, there was very little to excite the fans. Rewind a year and...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 30, 2012, 11:30 am
There has been a lot of talking saying that Liverpool chief Tom Werner got Liverpool to sign Stewart Downing from Aston Villa based on seeing a fake video of Downing kicking balls into trash cans. The video is impressive (as you can see below) but surely anyone who knows their football knows that w...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 30, 2012, 9:23 am
With only a few hours left in the January transfer window, many fans have been keeping a close eye on the rumours linking us with bringing in a new player. The latest rumour had us linked with a loan move for Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez but any chance of him joining Liverpool have been dashed b...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 29, 2012, 7:00 am
Dirk Kuyt is not leaving Liverpool to go to Italy, this according to the Mirror. It is no secret that Dirk Kuyt has had a poor season for Liverpool thus far as he is no longer one of the first names on the team sheet. But following his late winner for Liverpool yesterday (Saturday) against Manchest...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 29, 2012, 6:41 am
What a result! What a game! It is matches like yesterday (Saturday) that make me proud to be a Liverpool fan. We dream of games like that and they do not come any sweeter than beating Manchester United. Going into the match, I was confident of a victory especially knowing that United has some serio...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 29, 2012, 5:54 am
Reports this morning in the Mirror are saying that Liverpool tried an audacious transfer deal during the week when they tried to offer Andy Carroll to Manchester City in an exchange for their want away striker Carlos Tevez. Apparently Manchester City have rejected this swap deal and Tevez himself i...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 27, 2012, 7:42 am
Man of the moment, Craig Bellamy could easily have been an Everton player. The Liverpool striker signed from Manchester City in the summer on a free transfer has revealed that back in 2005 he was so close to joining David Moyes at Everton. Bellamy was speaking to the Liverpool magazine earlier in t...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 26, 2012, 2:49 am
I have been recently diagnosed with hypertension and my doctor told me to take it easy and not stress. But I can assure you that last night my doctor would have had a fit if he saw what I was going through as I sat watching Liverpool play Manchester City. Football is a funny old game, one moment yo...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 25, 2012, 7:49 am
One of Rafa Benitez’s biggest mistakes whilst he was still manager of Liverpool was trying to sign Aston Villa’s Gareth Barry at the expense of losing Xabi Alonso. Benitez had this fantasy of Gerrard and Barry in midfield for Liverpool but his dreams never came through. And instead he never got ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Jan 25, 2012, 5:14 am
The Metro is reporting that Liverpool have opened talks with Dutch side FC Groningen about Uruguay striker David Texeira. It is no secret that Liverpool need to bring in a new striker before the January transfer window closes if we are to start firing in more goals. Luis Suarez has been out banned...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 3, 2011, 10:23 am
The Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra saga continues to drag on. This surely must come to an end soon so we can move on away from it. It is now almost three weeks since Evra claimed that Suarez racially abused him a number of times in the 1-1 draw at Anfield. Suarez has denied these allegations. Kenny D...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 3, 2011, 8:12 am
Alex Ferguson has now been the boss at Manchester United for 25 years. Kenny Dalglish was asked about his thoughts on this and he responded by congratulating Ferguson and then highlighting why Fergie is still in the managerial hotseat at Old Trafford after such a long time, and it boils down to one ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 3, 2011, 7:06 am
The news coming out of Melwood today (Thursday) is not too bad on the injury front. There had been suggestions that Steven Gerrard could be out injured until December with his latest ankle injury infection but Kenny Dalglish has said that Gerrard is making good progress. Dalglish said, “Since the...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 2, 2011, 5:31 am
Kevin Keegan believes that Kenny Dalglish was the only man the club could have bought in to turn things around for the club after the disaster of Roy Hodgson. “I think only he could have come in at the time and lifted the club,” Keegan told Liverpoolfc.tv. “They needed someone who the fans be...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 2, 2011, 2:35 am
The Mirror is running an exclusive today where by they believe that Liverpool are interested in signing Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone. Now where does the Mirror get this one from? Firstly, why would we need to sign Huddlestone? We have more than enough cover in central midfield right now. Se...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 1, 2011, 4:00 pm
The masters of purchasing overpriced players were up to their usual tricks again this summer, however one deal stood out to me that could be the bargain of the season in the Premier League. Craig Bellamy had a tough time at Manchester City since his move from West Ham in January 2009, and spent the...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Nov 1, 2011, 1:34 pm
As Stewart Downing put pen to paper over the summer, there wasn’t a great deal of fanfare made about his signing, nor was there any real fuss in the media. It was an widely-known secret and probably the only signing of the summer that pretty much everybody inside and out of Anfield knew was going ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 31, 2011, 12:46 pm
LIVERPOOL midfielder Charlie Adam described the performance of £35m striker Andy Carroll as “unbelievable” in the Reds 2-0 win at West Brom, but insists the team still need to improve. Adam opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 9th minute after Luis Suarez was tripped by Baggies defe...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 28, 2011, 4:00 pm
Liverpool make the trip to West Brom on Saturday following our 2-1 win against Stoke in the Carling Cup. With Liverpool taking the Carling Cup seriously this season, we fielded some of our regular starters on Wednesday night but you can be sure that Dalglish is going to make a couple of changes for ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 28, 2011, 7:20 am
Kenny Dalglish has given us an update on the injury situation at Liverpool ahead of the West Brom game on Saturday. The biggest concern is Luis Suarez who picked up a knock against Stoke in the Carling Cup but Dalglish said they will wait until the last minute to see if Suarez is fit enough to play...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 20, 2011, 4:00 pm
We have all gotten to know Steven Gerrard as Captain Fantastic at Liverpool. He will go down as one of the greatest players to ever wear the famous red shirt. But if there is one flaw or criticism of Gerrard which comes from Damien Comolli is that Gerrard is not vocal enough as a captain. “If eve...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 20, 2011, 2:00 pm
Why are Liverpool linked with a move for another right-back? The latest news coming out of Ghana claim that right-back Samuel Inkoom is set to join Liverpool in the January transfer window from Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Inkoom told Ghana radio station Top Radio: “My agent is still lo...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 20, 2011, 11:26 am
The saga between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra is not over yet as the FA is still holding their investigations. Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has however come out and spoken about the situation. Dalglish said, “The only thing we’ll say, and then that is it put to bed, is that this Football club ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 19, 2011, 4:42 am
Liverpool FC have been searching for a new stadium for many, many years. Rick Moores’ principle reason for selling the club was because he could simply not afford to fund the move. Fast forward four years, and Liverpool are still no closer to moving out of Anfield. Whilst Tom Werner has recently ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 17, 2011, 10:48 am
“Did he dive or did he not dive?” That seems to be one of the biggest talking points coming out of Liverpool’s 1 -1 result against Manchester United on Saturday. Liverpool were awarded a free-kick just outside the box when Charlie Adam went on a run and was bought down by Rio Ferdinand. The r...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 17, 2011, 6:14 am
Rafa Benitez has made his future plans clear, he wants to return to manage Liverpool one day! But would that be a good move? Benitez spoke last night at The Empire theatre and said, “I was really proud to be Liverpool manager and I want to be manager in the future. “I will wait. I don’t want...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 17, 2011, 5:39 am
It was billed as the match of the season, Sir Alex Ferguson called it the biggest match of the Premier League whilst King Kenny Dalglish just called it ‘any other game with three points up for grabs’. When I saw the Manchester United starting lineup for the match on Saturday I was shocked. They ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 14, 2011, 8:52 am
There will be a new face at Anfield on Saturday when Liverpool take on Manchester United. Basketball star, LeBron James who is a minority owner of Liverpool has jetted into Liverpool to watch the big game alongside John W. Henry and Tom Warner. James made his arrival known on Twitter when he said, ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 13, 2011, 9:18 am
Hopefully Kenny Dalglish is going to remain as the Liverpool manager for many seasons to come and bring back the success the club so richly deserves. I have no doubt that Kenny can go on for another 5 – 10 years as Liverpool manager if the team is doing well, but as with anything good, it has to c...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 13, 2011, 5:20 am
So our Managing Director has come out with a “diabolically evil” idea for Liverpool and other EPL team to negotiate their own international television rights that will give give the top brand teams larger chunks of revenue than the (with respect) Boltons of this world. Wigan’s chairman came o...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 12, 2011, 10:48 am
Now we get to central midfield in my team. As i have mentioned before this is in my opinion the most important position in the team. This is the engine room of any team and needs players with leadership to drive their team forward. Central midfield in my team was easy and two players were never in d...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 12, 2011, 8:38 am
According to recent reports, Rafa Benitez has yet again expressed an interest in returning back to Merseyside as the manager of Liverpool. The ex-Liverpool gaffer was quoted saying: “I was really proud to be the Liverpool football club manager, so I would like that in the future …… But Kenny ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 11, 2011, 11:21 am
There is a time under the disastrous final season under Rafa Benitez that Pepe Reina actually thought that Liverpool could have been relegated due to their poor form. Reina has revealed in his autobiography that Rafa’s time was up at Liverpool and he had to go. “When Rafa left Liverpool at the ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 11, 2011, 8:55 am
This seemed to be the case under Rafa Benitez! Pepe Reina’s new autobiography is set to be a very good read. A lot of insight into Liverpool under the Rafa Benitez era has been revealed in this book. Pepe explains to us the biggest argument he ever had with Rafa and funny enough it was over a bee...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 11, 2011, 4:06 am
Who would come out on top in a football skills challenge between Jordan Henderson, Martin Skrtel, Stewart Downing and Jonjo Shelvey? Melwood was the scene as the four stars of Liverpool FC took part in an exclusive skills challenge set up by the club’s Official Betting Partner, 188BET. Downing, ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 10, 2011, 4:00 pm
Steven Gerrard, a man who has been one of Liverpool’s key players for the past decade, is finally back in the first team. After six months out due to injury, Gerrard recently made his return as a substitute in the League Cup clash with Brighton & Hove Albion, before further encouraging cameo appea...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 10, 2011, 9:55 am
The Mirror is reporting that Liverpool are set to make a £6million bid in January for out of favour Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou. The 26-year-old Ivory Coast international has been at Chelsea since 2006 when he joined from Dutch side Feyenoord but now he has gone down the pecking order at Chelsea...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 10, 2011, 5:48 am
Pepe Reina could easily not be a Liverpool player today. The Spanish goalkeeper has revealed in his autobiography that he almost joined Arsenal for £20million in 2010 but the Liverpool owners then blocked the move stating that selling Reina would send out the wrong message to potential new owners a...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 10, 2011, 5:18 am
LIVERPOOL legend Sami Hyypia turned 38 on the 7th of October and we here at OurKop hope he enjoyed a fantastic birthday. To celebrate let’s take a look back at his successful time at Anfield. The giant Fin was a rock at the back for Liverpool for almost 10 years. He signed for the Reds for £2.6 ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 am
Some players go through their whole careers plagued with injuries and no matter how talented they are, their success is always tainted by their poor injury records. Just take a look at our very own Daniel Agger: he could easily be Europe’s top defender today if he was fit more times than he is inj...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 7, 2011, 10:36 am
There does not seem to be any stopping the press from speculating on players coming to Liverpool even though the transfer window is closed. Liverpool bought in Craig Bellamy just before the window closed as we needed another striker in our squad following the departure of David Ngog. Now Bellamy is ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 7, 2011, 10:22 am
The Daily Mirror is reporting that Liverpool are a step closer to finalising a move to a new stadium as the club has narrowed down the search for naming partners for the stadium to just three. There has been a lot of debate as to whether Liverpool will redevelop Anfield or move to a new stadium. Fr...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 7, 2011, 4:52 am
LIVERPOOL legend Ian Rush believes Kenny Dalglish has the firepower at his disposal to bring success to Anfield this season. Rush, who is Liverpool’s all-time record goalscorer, feels the striking quartet of Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt- as well as a fully fit Steven Ger...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 6, 2011, 6:08 am
Luis Suarez believes that Liverpool do not stand a chance of winning the Premier League this season and should rather focus on the cup competitions if we want any silverware this season. Suarez said: “We have no limit and want to stay in the top four. But winning the Premier League is now very di...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 6, 2011, 4:42 am
The latest Merseyside derby this weekend highlighted a lot of issues. Are our referees really the best in the world, and if not, when are they going to be held accountable? Are we starting to see the ugly side of fans, creeping back into our stadiums, and are clubs doing enough to combat those disgu...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 6, 2011, 4:26 am
Martin Kelly’s return to the back four of Liverpool coincided with the team’s first clean sheet in seven matches. In fact, since Kelly injured his hamstring against Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool have failed to keep a clean sheet. Since announcing himself on the scene under Rafa Benitez, Kelly ha...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 4, 2011, 5:00 pm
How did Liverpool manage to beat Everton 1-0 on Saturday to win the Merseyside Derby? Two reasons: patience and a big defensive performance. These are the reason Martin Kelly has identified. Kelly said, “At half-time Kenny told us not to rush and that if we were patient the chances would come. �...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 4, 2011, 4:00 pm
Jonjo Shelvy joined Blackpool last week on a loan deal until, the end of the year and on his debut he scored a cracker of a free-kick. Kenny Dalglish has come out and told us why he sent Jonjo out on loan. Dalglish said, “It’s helpful to everybody. Jonjo’s a very promising player for us, but ...
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Itayi C. posted an article on Our Kop - Oct 4, 2011, 10:03 am
Following the Merseyside Derby on Saturday some Liverpool fans and many fans from opposing clubs were calling Luis Suarez a diver after Jack Rodwell tackled him. At first look, the tackle looked bad but then replays show that it was not that bad a tackle and Suarez may have milked it. The FA have t...
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