John Arne Riise - Fulham

Just scored for Norway against Scotland has Riise........... Allways had a sweet left foot.

Former player thread here: http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php?topic=828.0

Just scored for Norway against Scotland has Riise........... Allways had a sweet left foot.

Had the help of a deflection. Just a shame you couldn't say the same about his heading ability!!

He was good against Scotland, in a match where Norway absolutely bullied them.

His brother, Bjorn Helge Riise looked good as well.

RIISE: AQUILANI WILL SHINE AT ANFIELD

Roma defender John Arne Riise has backed former teammate Alberto Aquilani to be a star in the Barclays Premier League.
Riise knows all about adapting to life in England after spending seven years at Anfield - and he believes his Italian friend has all the qualities necessary to succeed.
 
"When I first came to Roma, I didn't know a thing about Aquilani," said Riise, who swapped Merseyside for Rome last summer.
 
"I knew all about Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Philippe Mexes, of course, but Aquilani was the player who surprised me the most in my first months with what he could do.
 
"He's really good on the ball, with good passing, good movement, he works hard and is a good professional.
 
"He likes to have the ball at his feet but not because he likes to dribble, he just wants to keep the team moving. He never stands still, he's always on the run.
 
"He certainly runs more than Xabi and is probably more dangerous in terms of getting in the box and trying to score goals.
 
"When I came to Rome he was my neighbour and helped me out a lot. He's a good friend. Liverpool will be getting a very good player."
 
Aquilani will become just the second Italy international to sign for Liverpool after agreeing personal terms to complete the move from Serie A.
 
Riise added: "There is an obvious difference between the Italian and English leagues.
 
"Here it is more tactical whereas in England you're playing 90 minutes up and down, up and down, and there is more emphasis on power and physical force. But Cristiano Ronaldo isn't all about physique and he has been the best player in the Premier League in recent seasons.
 
"Everyone can adapt. It just takes time. The key is how long it takes. I was lucky - I fitted in quite quickly when I came from Monaco. Alberto is someone who wants to make the most of his talent and wants to prove himself, so if Liverpool come in for you it is very hard to say no."
 
Meanwhile, Riise remains a keen follower of his former club and believes 2009-10 could be an historic season for the Kop.
 
"Last season I was so sure they would do it. They made a fantastic start but drew some games and United got stronger," said the Norway international.
 
"I really hope they can do it this time. Xabi and Alvaro Arbeloa leaving is a shame, but Glen Johnson is a brilliant signing.
 
"All the Premier League games are shown on Sky Italia, and I managed to watch every Liverpool game last season. The club is in my heart. I had all my highlights at Liverpool. I still speak with Stevie and Carra, as well as Pepe Reina and Dirk Kuyt.
 
"The first months for me at Roma were hard, learning a new language and settling in, but I am happy here and enjoying it. We can have a really good season and I hope Liverpool can, too."


http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2009/aug/7/N165324090807-1944.htm

Still love the guy ..we shoud've never sold him .

"All the Premier League games are shown on Sky Italia, and I managed to watch every Liverpool game last season. The club is in my heart. I had all my highlights at Liverpool. I still speak with Stevie and Carra, as well as Pepe Reina and Dirk Kuyt."

Top fella, John.

He's still got as long as he stays away from the 5 yard box and tries to clear with a diving header 

What a legend.

He was one of the best LB in PL. Even Evra couldn't match that.

I love JAR! Now he doesn't play for the 'Pool any more! Hardly a legend and his sweet left foot just wellied the ball against a Jock defender causing the ball to fly in the opposite corner.

If only his right peg was a bit better than it is now...
Still a legend and has won many things with us, not a bad achievement at all.

Still like to hear ex players doing well and happy he scored last night.

Done a great job for us and i will never forget him for that.

Legend. Hopefully he will have a much more settled season with them in 09/10.

Riise scored a goal, today in Roma 7-1 Kosice.

Really wish he was still with us. Him at left-back, Johnson at right-back would be very good indeed. Especially going forward - counter attacks galore!

Always loved John. Wished he was still with us. I mean, he'd be great down the left. Rather have him on the bench than Dossena.

Yeah, i cant disagree with that, id still have had Risse here, unfortunately a lot of people never forgave him for the o.g against the chavs, it hurt Riise as much as it hurt us, and that should not have happened , he loves this club still. And given the choice now Riise or Dossena , i know who i would have.

Yeah, I cant disagree with that, id still have had Risse here, unfortunately a lot of people never forgave him for the o.g against the chavs, it hurt Riise as much as it hurt us, and that should not have happened , he loves this club still. And given the choice now Riise or Dossena , I know who I would have.

Riise every single time. Like you said, he loves the club. He would walk back to Anfield to play for us.

Yeah, i cant disagree with that, id still have had Risse here, unfortunately a lot of people never forgave him for the o.g against the chavs, it hurt Riise as much as it hurt us, and that should not have happened , he loves this club still. And given the choice now Riise or Dossena , i know who i would have.

Insua, at least he can defend!

Christ a legend, has everyone forgot his right-foot was F***ing useless, just there for standing on and if i remember rightly was giving a roasting TWICE by Pennant when he played for Leeds and Birmingham.

He was alright, scored a few good goals, but I wouldn't be going over the top about him.

Insua> Risse...

Insua> Risse...

Well, duh!

Insua > Riise though is a different story :

https://twitter.com/#!/RBFlemma/status/88384123206504448

Riise to Fulham on wednesday...

I wanna see him back in the EPL - i think he still has the drive for it.

I want him to return to Anfield.

The ginger f**ker owes us a goal 

Will the Fulham fans still chant 'Mummy's boy' ?. He's too good for Fulham.

don't wanna see him at Fulham. maybe Norwich I'd accept..

Amazing how a few nice words and some well taken goals from a left back can have people forget at times how completely inept he was defensively.

Legend? Behave.

Heard he's gone to Fulham for 2.6m.

Heard he's gone to Fulham for 2.6m.

True.

https://twitter.com/#!/RBFlemma/status/88384123206504448

Riise to Fulham on wednesday...

Twitter accuracy, who'dathunkit.

Heard he's gone to Fulham for 2.6m.

Gutted. Would have loved to have Riise back. Watched a compilation of his goals for Liverpool on LFCTV, what a F***ing left peg he has!.

Gutted. Would have loved to have Riise back. Watched a compilation of his goals for Liverpool on LFCTV, what a F***ing left peg he has!.

Dunno...think he's had his day here to be honest Hardcore.

Good luck to him at Fulham though, think he'll do well there.

Dunno...think he's had his day here to be honest Hardcore.

Good luck to him at Fulham though, think he'll do well there.

He's got a great engine and a good few seasons left in him yet. Wouldn't fit in with the NESV philosophy anyway, so i suppose you're right.

The last thing i want to see though is Risse smashing in a 35 yarder against us for Fulham though, stuff of nightmares is that!. 

Riise is one of my favorite players, so I would love to have him back at Anfield, even tough I understand he's past his prime and wouldn't help too much right now.

He has agreed a move to Fulham. Was good then faded hence the reason he was sold.

Hope we buy a good right winger, then. Riise's sh*te. Didn't see him tie down an opposition player in two seasons.

Still i respect him and love his passion for our club. Some absolute gems.

Left foot was crazy. Scored tons of goals for us!

I have a friend who trained in the Roma academy around 2009 and he said he John Arne Riise is one of the nicest and friendliest guy you can meet. Talks to everyone and stops to sign autograph all the time for everyone after every training session.

Has he gone to Fulham yet?

I would love to have him back.

I'm probably Riise's biggest fan in the southern Hemisphere.

Love the lad, would love to have him back at LFC.

Left foot was crazy.

I loved to see him shoot with his left foot. Could have apart torn a few nets.

Word is he signed and good luck to the lad.

ooh aah I wanna know how you scored that goal

He was my favorite player for a while, absolutely love him. Good luck, John.

Good purchase for Fulham. Always felt he was a solid and reliable player for us until his last couple of seasons when he started looking a bit dodgy. Looking back on it now, we'd have been much better off keeping him until we found a better replacement. Aurelio was that player for most of 08/09 but far too injury prone in the end, while less said the better about the others who had a go there. LB is still a position we need to sort.

Wishing you all the best JAR, except against us.

Who doesn't like John Arne Riise?! Good luck to him! Great to see him back in the Premier League!

The most devastating left foot on him...so devastating it ruined Alan Smiths career with that thunderbolt into his leg a few years back! Awful episode for him but just proved that no one would want to stand in the way of his left foot strikes.

All the best JAR, is Murphy still at the cottage as well ?

All the best JAR, is Murphy still at the cottage as well ?

Yep. So are Dalla Valle, Kacaniklic and Baumann (not sure about this last one.)

Good luck John Arne! One of my favourite players about 5/6 years back.

God luck to him!

Christ a legend, has everyone forgot his right-foot was F***ing useless, just there for standing on

Served him alright in the Nou Camp if memory serves me right!

Nice to see him back.  Always had lots of energy, but took his eye off the defensive ball a bit in the last season or two with us.

Ace left peg though.  Will enjoy watching him wallop one in at the theatre of tossers, sorry, old trafford.

Good luck there JAR, YNWA.

One of my old favourites too. Good luck John.

An adopted Scouser in my eyes. Great lad and I hope he does well.

Riise on Rafa, leaving and his OG

20th Jul 2011 - Latest News

John Arne Riise has taken his seat for an interview with Liverpoolfc.tv but our cameras are not yet rolling.

The 30-year-old is wearing a white cap and a good lathering of suntan lotion, necessary precautions at this time of year in the Algarve, where celebrities and footballers are competing in the Steven Gerrard Foundation golf tournament.

There isn't a cloud in the sky and the prevailing silence is broken only by the metallic ping of club on ball and the occasional whine of a golf buggy. But serenity is about to be interrupted.

The tune is instantly familiar to any Liverpool fan. The words are too. You'd probably even recognise the singer. It is DJ Spoony who begins wailing the Kop's adaptation of Bruce Channel's Hey Baby, the one which enquires how Riise scored THAT goal. Another golfer joins in and soon Ginge (as his former teammates call him) is singing and clapping along, his face smothered by glee.

In that moment it becomes apparent how fondly he remembers Liverpool fans and his seven years on Merseyside, and over the next half an hour this feeling and his disappointment at leaving will be alluded to in almost every one of his answers.

"I do miss the city and the fans," says Riise, speaking a few weeks before completing a move from Roma to Fulham. "When I left (in 2008) I was sad, I was disappointed - not only at Rafa, at that time, but also with myself because I didn't do as much as I could have done to stay longer.

"When you've been somewhere for seven years you get so comfy. I was too happy with my position and I didn't work as hard as I could. I was too settled, I didn't think I had to work that hard. I regret that now - hopefully I won't regret it too much.

"I didn't want to go. I had a chat with (Rafael) Benitez. He said to me straight out that next year he was going to buy another left-back and my future was not there. It was quite straightforward and I respected that he was honest and told me so I could sort things out, because there was no way I could have stayed there another year and not played.

"He spent so much money on Andrea Dossena and I knew he was going to give him a lot of chances, even though I thought I was a better player than him.

"I don't think there have been many left-backs to replace me since then. Not many have adapted to the English game and last season there was (Paul) Konchesky and I don't think he played."

It is a decade since a 20-year-old Riise arrived on Merseyside from Monaco for a fee of approximately £4million tasked with improving a team that had just won a treble.

"I was a young lad at the time and nobody expected anything," he recalls. "It's harder when you go to a club and everyone expects you to play good. So I just went there with no pressure and just trying to do my stuff.

"I wanted to be respected for who I was. So in the first running session, I was the fittest player there, so I ran the most. And I tackled straight away because I wanted to be respected. And it worked. Both Steven Gerrard and Danny Murphy told me that's the reason I got into the group so quick because I worked so hard."

With his new teammates won over, Riise was about to find acceptance among the patrons of Anfield.

Contrary to popular belief, it was a strike at Goodison in September 2001 when he turned Steve Watson that first prompted Kopites to ask how he scored THAT goal - though an unstoppable free-kick against Manchester United six weeks later ensured it was sung with greater fervour.

"I didn't know that it was my song. It's hard to hear sometimes when the fans are singing because it's so loud and the accent is different," says Riise. "After the game they told me that so many people were singing this song about me and it just gave me this tremendous will to give something back, so I hope I did. There aren't many people who get their own song, especially at Liverpool.

"I think it (the Man Utd free-kick) was the best goal I ever scored - definitely the most important one in my career with Liverpool because it got me into the hearts of the Liverpool fans and it proved I could do stuff.

"It's been mentioned a few times after as well."

Ten years on from all this, having written his own little chapter in Liverpool history, Riise is back in English football having signed for Fulham, where he'll work under Martin Jol.

His first opportunity to join the London club came prior to Liverpool displaying their interest in the summer of 2001.

"I was very close to signing for Fulham but Gerard Houllier called my agent and said he wanted me," remembers Riise, who was invited for a tour of Anfield with Houllier and his assistant Phil Thompson.

"It was quite an easy choice when I saw the stadium and I knew the reputation of the club. Gerard taught me a lot and he gave me the confidence to play. He gave me another chance if I got something wrong, so I have a lot to thank him for."

Without Houllier's intervention, Riise's career would have taken a very different path - but the full-back is philosophical when he looks back on the Frenchman's departure from Anfield in 2004.

For Riise, the heart surgery which prompted an enforced sabbatical in 2001-02 was the beginning of the end of Houllier's reign.

"After he got sick things changed a little bit," says the 96-time Norway international.

"At first it was quite a shock (when he came back for the Roma match in 2002) because he had changed so much during his illness, body-wise.

"I think it took him a while to get back to his normal self because after what he had gone through he had to take it slowly.

"I think every club needs a change sometimes and it was good for Liverpool. I didn't want him to go because I was happy with him but the club needed a change."

While Houllier was reputed to have a close, almost fatherly relationship with his players, Benitez is often portrayed as a colder presence in the dressing room.

So what differences did Riise notice?

"It was quite similar, actually," he says. "He (Benitez) was very powerful, a very strong person and we won some trophies under him. He gave me the best trophy I could win as a club footballer, the Champions League, so he's a manager I'll never say anything bad about."

Winning a fifth European Cup had been inconceivable at the start of Benitez's first season in charge, even more so when results started going badly in the group stages, but a never-to-be-forgotten victory over Olympiacos teed up a last 16 clash with Bayer Leverkusen. Juventus were next to be dispatched, stunned into submission early doors at Anfield. Then it was Chelsea, and in the words of Riise, no one expected Liverpool to prevail.

"I remember the official putting six minutes on the clock and it was the longest six minutes in the world," he recalls.

"The atmosphere was unbelievable. I was down in my underpants after the game because I gave everything to the fans. That night will never be forgotten and in the dressing room it was crazy."

A model pro on and off the pitch, Riise was a favourite among Liverpoolfc.tv journalists during his Anfield years because a/ he always turned up early, and b/ he usually had something interesting to say.

Today is no different, and the defender is happy to go wherever our questions take him. But it is only when the events of May 25, 2005 are mentioned that he becomes restless in his chair.

"I was thinking of going home after that first half, it was horrible" says Riise, when asked about his mindset after goals from Paolo Maldini and Hernan Crespo (2) gave AC Milan a 3-0 lead.

"I don't think we played that badly, they just scored with every chance they had."

What occurred in the Liverpool dressing room during the 15-minute interval has been the subject to speculation and wonder ever since, even inspiring a full-length feature film.

Two questions often arise. The first is what Benitez said to his troops.

"He changed the system a little bit, changed a couple of players and he told us to listen to the fans," says Riise. "We started listening to the singing then, because we didn't before the game.

"He just told us to get that first goal and it can't get any worse. If you lose 3-0 or 6-0 it's the same thing so just play.

"At the end of Benitez talking we could hear the fans singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and that gave everyone a boost. We went out there fired up and trying to get that first goal as soon as possible."

The second question often put to those who were present in the guts of the Ataturk Stadium is whether, as legend would have it, the Milan players were celebrating.

"I didn't speak Italian then but I do now and there were a few people saying that this game was over, which was obvious because they were winning 3-0 and playing so good," reports Riise.

"But the game wasn't over, and it was very nice to beat them after we saw that.

"That's something special about Liverpool, you never give up."

Riise played his part in the comeback by providing the cross for Steven Gerrard's headed goal which made it 3-1.

He then volunteered to take a penalty after 120 minutes of sporting theatre failed to establish a winner.

"Coming to penalties I was quite confident we were going to win it," says Riise, who by this stage was Liverpool's No.6, having worn No.18 through the Houllier era.

"I had cramp before the penalty and I was thinking of blasting it but I was scared of getting my cramp back. I didn't notice Dida had gone the same side for every penalty before me. I think I hit it quite well but he just got a hand on it.

"Stevie (Gerrard) came up and gave me a clap on the back. At that time you think the worst but it didn't take long to turn to happiness."

Happiness is surely underplaying it, especially as in his next answer Riise describes that evening in Turkey as the best night of his footballing life - although incredibly he has never watched the game back.

Within a year of Istanbul Ginge and his teammates were in another final and again it proved to be a Did that just happen? occasion as Gerrard inspired another miraculous turnaround before penalties decided the destination of the 2006 FA Cup.

"I was the first one to go up to Benitez to tell him I wanted to take the fourth penalty because I'd taken the fourth in Istanbul," explains Riise, who averaged just under 50 games a season in his time with the Reds. "There was no doubt about what I was going to do this time.

"They (his teammates) didn't say anything. Nothing. I was just thinking about kicking that ball as hard as I could so, even if the keeper got to it, it would have been a goal."

Riise's theory proved correct and he could now add the FA Cup to his CV alongside the League Cup (2003), Champions League and Super Cup (2001 and 2005).

This list of honours is impressive enough to cope with a European Cup final defeat to AC Milan in 2007, but little did the defender know that he was about to enter his final campaign in L4.

It may never be known exactly why Benitez decided to invest in a new left-back but a costly own-goal during another Champions League semi-final with Chelsea in 2008 may well have sealed Riise's fate.

It's a night he thinks about a lot.

"One second of bad judgement killed me," he says. "I was thinking about kicking it with my right foot or getting it away with a header. It skidded off my head and went into the top corner. It was a great goal but too bad it was in the wrong end.

"There and then I was very, very much down.

"It was a difficult three or four days. People come up and clap you on the back and say don't worry but how often do you end up in a Champions league final? I knew I had let the team down, the fans down and I had let myself down. I was not a person to talk to for the next three or four days.

"I regret doing it because I let so many people down and I think we could have won it that year. But I learnt from it and I grew from it and I'm a better person and player now."

Benitez had yet to reveal his intentions in the transfer market, but it was at this point Riise knew he was fighting for his Anfield future.

"I never thought I would be leaving at the end of the season but obviously after that own goal I scored against Chelsea I knew the pressure was going to be on," he said. "I thought, 'Next season, I'm going to have to really step it up.'"

But next season never happened, at least not for Riise and Liverpool. As stated, he respected Benitez's honesty at the time, though he was distressed at not being given the opportunity to bid farewell to the Kop nor play the two games required to reach 350 for the club.

Though he is now at Fulham, the thought of joining another English club didn't appeal to Riise in 2008 and he signed for Serie A side Roma.

"At that point I couldn't go to another English club because I loved Liverpool so much and I didn't want to compete with them," he says.

With just one year remaining on his contract in the Italian capital, Riise decided to return to the English game this summer following months of speculation which even included rumours of a possible return to Liverpool. He admits to being 'glad' at hearing such tittle tattle and that 'you can never say never' - though any prospect of a second coming now seems to be gone.

So how would the man himself like to be remembered by Liverpool fans?

"How? Not that own goal, that's for sure," he laughs. "I think as a guy who came and gave 110 per cent no matter what, a nice guy, loyal and never gave up. I tried to prove I was good enough and I hope I did that."

With the interview complete, all that's left is to ask Riise for another rendition of THAT song - this time with the cameras switched on.

"No, no, no!" he says. "I'll have to come back and score a goal at Anfield but I'm not singing on TV. I might later tonight though!"

Always loved Ginge, best of luck at Fulham Riise!!

His passion is very obvious. He never wanted to leave, and has been following us since his departure.

Was our last decent LB.

Loved Riise. Even now.

I have to admit I haven't been keeping track of him ever since he left but he's always a player I loved watching. That left foot - omg.

Will always have a soft spot for Riise, but he was a good left back, not a great one. Felt his time had come up  when he left, still do and even he admits he 'lost' his way some what during his final season here.

Riise eyes Anfield return

29th Jul 2011 - Latest News

Former Liverpool full-back John Arne Riise says he is looking forward to returning to Anfield this season with new club Fulham.

The Norwegian signed for Martin Jol's men from Roma this summer and is due back at Anfield with his new club on April 14, 2012.

The Istanbul hero can't wait for the trip and is hoping he receives a positive reception from the fans he used to play in front of week in, week out.

"I spent seven years at Liverpool so it is going to be strange to play against them but I look forward to going back to Anfield," said Riise.

"It will be my first time back there and hopefully I get a good reception there.

"But I am a Fulham player now and I am going to do my best and try to score some goals for my team."

Riise, who left Liverpool for Italy three years ago, says he is glad to be back in English football.

"I enjoyed my time in Italy. We fought for some titles and didn't get there in the end, but I needed that experience for my footballing career.

"I've been quite lucky to play in France, England and Italy now so I am enjoying it, but England is my type of football."

Liverpoolfc.tv

Always gave his best though he's been out of form sometimes but me too have a soft spot for John-Arne. Good luck the new Cottager 

Always gave his best though he's been out of form sometimes but me too have a soft spot for John-Arne. Good luck the new Cottager  

Take it you missed the articles above, in which admitted he lost focus during the end of his tenure here & didn't give his best.

John Arne Riise retires from football

David Lynch
@LynchMDavid

Former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise has confirmed his retirement from professional football at the age of 36.

The Norwegian, who most recently played for the club where his career started, Aalesund, revealed the news in a blog post on his official website on Monday.

Riise spent seven years of his 20-year professional career at Anfield after arriving from Monaco to link up with Gerard Houllier.

The Molde-bon full-back was one of the heroes of the miraculous 2005 Champions League victory and also claimed an FA Cup, League Cup and two UEFA Super Cups during his time with the Reds.

Since leaving the club in 2008, Riise has featured for Roma, Fulham, APOEL, Delhi Dynamos and, finally, Aalesund.

He ends his career as the most-capped Norway player of all-time, having appeared for his country 110 times.

Best wishes to Riise on his retirement. Good player who scored some memorable goals and made one memorable cross in his time with us.

I think his off field distractions cost him in the end at Liverpool, but I prefer to remember him as a good hard working player with thunder in his boot.

Gerrard :- "Congratulations "Ginge" on a great career and best wishes for your future. Top left back and the second hardest shot at Liverpool for years" 

Happy retirement John. Thanks for all the memories.
A superb left-back who was for a while my favourite player.
I feel so old seeing him retiring from the game!

The Ginger Prince has left the building... Loved this guy!

The day he hit a ball so hard it broke Alan Smiths leg - (not that that is something to laugh about of course) unreal... What a bloody cannon he had...

For my money these are the players we should be bringing back into the club to help us. Imagine the work he could do finding us the next Riise and we all know the Scandinavia churns out some world class players!

Best wishes to the great man on his retirement. What an awesome player and career but most of all a great guy as well. There are hundreds of nations armies out there who would have killed to have a weapon as deadly as his left foot! 

He'll be at the academy for a few months in 2017 to do his coaching badges. Be good to see him back for whatever period of time it'll be.

He'll be at the academy for a few months in 2017 to do his coaching badges. Be good to see him back for whatever period of time it'll be.

Awesome.

His Twitter is full of love for the club. Deserves to learn his trade while at the club.

Awesome.

His Twitter is full of love for the club. Deserves to learn his trade while at the club.

He was easily one of my favourite players when he was here, scored some amazing goals too! I think it's great that the club are allowing him to get the experience here.

He was easily one of my favourite players when he was here, scored some amazing goals too! I think it's great that the club are allowing him to get the experience here.

It's really great to see so many former players being allowed back to learn their trade.

And Jürgen seems willing to accommodate.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/dec/28/craig-bellamy-raised-the-club-and-swung-he-could-have-ended-my-career-john-arne-riise-liverpool?fbclid=IwAR1CSZfXSA_d-FXLapiwSRklL-U69Z6nmuSyYjc_QMUCCjV3hB9AoSSViPw

Interesting excerpt's from Riise's league regarding his brawl with Bellamy in Barcelona before out Champions League clash in 2007, in which they both scored btw.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/dec/28/craig-bellamy-raised-the-club-and-swung-he-could-have-ended-my-career-john-arne-riise-liverpool?fbclid=IwAR1CSZfXSA_d-FXLapiwSRklL-U69Z6nmuSyYjc_QMUCCjV3hB9AoSSViPw

Interesting read from excerpts of Riise's book regarding his brawl with Bellamy in Barcelona before our Champions League clash in 2007, in which they both scored btw.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/dec/28/craig-bellamy-raised-the-club-and-swung-he-could-have-ended-my-career-john-arne-riise-liverpool?fbclid=IwAR1CSZfXSA_d-FXLapiwSRklL-U69Z6nmuSyYjc_QMUCCjV3hB9AoSSViPw

Interesting excerpt's from Riise's league regarding his brawl with Bellamy in Barcelona before out Champions League clash in 2007, in which they both scored btw.

And if Bellamy had dared to come out of his room the next morning, as he had agreed, Riise would have smashed the little tw*t to pieces.

And if Bellamy had dared to come out of his room the next morning, as he had agreed, Riise would have smashed the little tw*t to pieces.

Hahaha as if, the only thing I remember John Arne smashing was the birds he had on the side

Hahaha as if, the only thing I remember John Arne smashing was the birds he had on the side

 

Riise was and is a big lad, he'd have smashed Bellamy to bits, which is why Bellamy hid in his room the next morning andwouldn't come out til Riise had gone.
If Bellamy was all that, he wouldn't have needed a F***ing golf club to do Riise, he'd have just gone in and fu**ed him up, but the gobby F***ing midget had to get tooled up first, like a F***ing coward. 

I’d pay PPV to watch them pair at it... 😂

I’d pay PPV to watch them pair at it... 😂

Don't think it would last long mate.

In my experience, anyone that has to get tooled up for a row like that isn't worth a sh*t.

Riise was and is a big lad, he'd have smashed Bellamy to bits, which is why Bellamy hid in his room the next morning andwouldn't come out til Riise had gone.
If Bellamy was all that, he wouldn't have needed a F***ing golf club to do Riise, he'd have just gone in and fu**ed him up, but the gobby F***ing midget had to get tooled up first, like a F***ing coward. 

You should chill out and remember what it led to and that no one is really that arsed other than it led to one hell of a goal celebration

You should chill out and remember what it led to and that no one is really that arsed other than it led to one hell of a goal celebration

I'm perfectly chilled fella.
I thought the laugh and the smiley face indicated that, but apparently not.