As I sit here tonight - Transfer Deadline Day - I'm a mix of emotions. Torres going, Suarez signed and Carroll due in. Followers of the Reds probably know that this started on Thursday/Friday of last week with Chelsea making a bid for Nando. His transfer request was just the delaying ploy from Liverpool to see if he could be quickly replaced. I believe that had Andy Carroll not wanted to come, that Torres would never have been allowed to leave, no matter what the offer. But it is what it is.
I'm not too disappointed with what we've got today - two strikers instead of one for a net spend of just under £8m. I can live with that. Torres hasn't wanted to be at Anfield since the summer and his performances, attitude and body language have shown that. For me, it's just been bad timing. He came to win trophies and that clearly hasn't happened. However, I won't miss the international breaks where he always seemed to come back injured. He'll have competition for his place at Chelsea and play in a very different system, but I guess we'll find that out when we go to the Bridge next Sunday. I can only wish him well and thank him for his time here and remind myself of the times that Liverpool had success in replacing their best players and continued to win.
Monday, 31 January 2011
A New Start
Well this is all new to me. Never blogged before. Sure I have Facebook and Twitter but it's hardly the same. And I post on forums of the football page I visit for the latest stories and ask questions of the baseball reporter but this page is all me.
I'm Tim, 34 currently and I'm a fan of Liverpool FC and the Boston Red Sox. I follow American Football & Ice Hockey as well, along with Cricket & Rugby and almost every other sport worth watching but those are the main two.
I've been following Liverpool for a while now. My first football memory was sitting in a poolside bar in Cyprus, May 1986 watching Ian Rush helping Liverpool to the League & FA Cup double by sinking the Toffees at Wembley. My dad is a Blue but me and my brother turned out as Reds. I think that game probably had a lot to with it. Kids are glory hunters - they don't like to follow a loser. Since then, I've followed Liverpool through the glory days of the 80's and the years we weren't allowed in Europe, sitting in the car listening to the commentry from Hillsborough on that day in '89, followed not long after by Michael Thomas at Anfield. The reign of Souness, and the fall of the empire built on Shankley's efforts. In recent years, Houillier's Hat-Trick Heroes and that night in Istanbul. I even made it all the way to Athens for the disappointing replay. Rafa's rant, Woy's woeful wegime, and right up the this month - January 2011 - and the Return of the King.
Baseball on the other hand is more recent to me. I saw my first game at Fenway Park, Boston, in 1993. A rain affected win over the Blue Jays. I just remember sitting in the balmy Boston night and marvelling at the colours and sounds of the game. It was another six years before I'd get back into the game and become a true member of the Red Sox nation. And boy, what a time to join - two World Series later and it's a great time to be Sox fan.
I'm Tim, 34 currently and I'm a fan of Liverpool FC and the Boston Red Sox. I follow American Football & Ice Hockey as well, along with Cricket & Rugby and almost every other sport worth watching but those are the main two.
I've been following Liverpool for a while now. My first football memory was sitting in a poolside bar in Cyprus, May 1986 watching Ian Rush helping Liverpool to the League & FA Cup double by sinking the Toffees at Wembley. My dad is a Blue but me and my brother turned out as Reds. I think that game probably had a lot to with it. Kids are glory hunters - they don't like to follow a loser. Since then, I've followed Liverpool through the glory days of the 80's and the years we weren't allowed in Europe, sitting in the car listening to the commentry from Hillsborough on that day in '89, followed not long after by Michael Thomas at Anfield. The reign of Souness, and the fall of the empire built on Shankley's efforts. In recent years, Houillier's Hat-Trick Heroes and that night in Istanbul. I even made it all the way to Athens for the disappointing replay. Rafa's rant, Woy's woeful wegime, and right up the this month - January 2011 - and the Return of the King.
Baseball on the other hand is more recent to me. I saw my first game at Fenway Park, Boston, in 1993. A rain affected win over the Blue Jays. I just remember sitting in the balmy Boston night and marvelling at the colours and sounds of the game. It was another six years before I'd get back into the game and become a true member of the Red Sox nation. And boy, what a time to join - two World Series later and it's a great time to be Sox fan.
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