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      Shay
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #23: Sep 01, 2008 07:32:43 pm
      Yeah, deffo.

      Dunno what rhymes with it for a song though.

      Bossy, glossy...er...
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      Reply #24: Sep 01, 2008 07:33:26 pm
      Hopefully he will do well.
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      Reply #25: Sep 01, 2008 07:35:52 pm
      Yeah, deffo.

      Dunno what rhymes with it for a song though.

      Bossy, glossy...er...

      posse !!  yossi !!  :laugh:
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #26: Sep 01, 2008 07:36:36 pm
      Welcome on board Albert. Lets hope you prove the doubters you already have wrong
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      Reply #27: Sep 01, 2008 07:37:31 pm
      Welcome on board Albert. Lets hope you prove the doubters you already have wrong

      He's already got the pub next door named after him, what more does he want ?  :D
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #28: Sep 01, 2008 07:51:12 pm
      Re//Shay and Smiggs breakdown of floss no7 quotes man city didn,t use him to his strengths well thats us fcked because he wiil probably be playing centre back . :mad: :mad: :lmao: :lmao:
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      Reply #29: Sep 01, 2008 07:52:40 pm
      Re//Shay and Smiggs breakdown of floss no7 quotes man city didn,t use him to his strengths well thats us fcked because he wiil probably be playing centre back . :mad: :mad: :lmao: :lmao:

      We're looking for a goalie arent we ??  :lmao: :lmao:
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #30: Sep 01, 2008 08:13:17 pm
      Groundsman?
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      Reply #31: Sep 01, 2008 08:15:36 pm
      With a name like Flossy, he could be Rafa's next secretary !  ;) :D
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #32: Sep 01, 2008 08:17:41 pm
      If he's been given the number 11 shirt, what numbers yossi then, cos wasn't 11 yossi's number? Is that what the hold up was over?
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      Reply #33: Sep 01, 2008 08:19:57 pm
      Huyton Red, Yossi switched to 15 after Crouch left as 15 is Yossi's number, which he also plays in for Israel
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      Reply #34: Sep 01, 2008 08:21:35 pm
      So much for rafa loving yossi then!!
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      Reply #35: Sep 01, 2008 08:27:46 pm
      So much for rafa loving yossi then!!

      I think Yossi requested No. 15. It's his favourite number.
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #36: Sep 01, 2008 08:29:52 pm
      Well that clears that up then!
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      Reply #37: Sep 01, 2008 08:30:45 pm
      What Paulrobbo said was what I was trying to say!
      Sorry if I made it confusing
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      Reply #38: Sep 01, 2008 08:33:03 pm
      I just watched a few Youtube videos on Riera, he looks good, but I'm not sure he'll cut it in the prem. Seems to need a lot of time on the ball, which you just don't get in the fast paced prem. Also, he likes to do little flicks and back heels, again, doesn't work often in the prem.

      Could be another Garcia and loose the ball a lot, but score some magnificent goals. I hope I'm wrong and he's brilliant in the prem... we shall see
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      Reply #39: Sep 01, 2008 08:41:48 pm
      http://www.soccerway.com/news/2008/September/01/liverpool-sign-riera-offload-finnan-and-voronin

      LIVERPOOL (AFP) - Liverpool signed Spain winger Albert Riera and offloaded veteran defender Steve Finnan and Ukraine striker Andriy Voronin in a busy transfer deadline day at Anfield on Monday.

      But as Riera's arrival from Spanish first division side Espanyol was confirmed, the club suffered a setback when striker Fernando Torres was ruled out of action for two to three weeks with a hamstring tear.

      Riera, 26, has signed a four-year contract for a transfer fee believed to be around eight million pounds after turning down a host of other clubs including Liverpool's city neighbours Everton.

      The winger, who has made five appearances for his country but was left out of the Euro 2008 squad, has already tasted Premier League action having played for Manchester City on loan in the 2005-06 season.

      Liverpool's Spanish manager Rafael Benitez said Riera would give the club fresh options in attack.

      "Riera has the qualities we were looking for," Benitez said. "He's a left footer who normally plays on the left wing, he's good in the air, strong, powerful and a good crosser of the ball.

      "He can talk English and of course he knows the Premier League, which is a big bonus.

      "Usually foreign players need time when they go to a new country, but Riera already knows the league and the style of football."

      Republic of Ireland defender Steve Finnan, a member of Liverpool's 2005 Champions League-winning team, moved in the other direction, joining Espanyol for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract.

      Right-back Finnan, 32, lost his place in Rafa Benitez's team this season after the pre-season signings of full-backs Andrea Dossena and Philipp Degen.

      He is expected to make his debut for his new club against Getafe on September 21.

      Voronin, 29, meanwhile was loaned to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin on a one-year deal after failing to establish himself in his one year at Anfield during which he scored six times in 27 appearances.

      Torres had already pulled out of the Spain squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia-Hercegovina and Armenia after tearing a hamstring in the goalless draw against Aston Villa on Sunday.

      Liverpool confirmed on Monday that the club's top scorer last season would be sidelined "between two and three weeks" and may struggle to be fit for the Champions League group stage opener at Marseille on September 16.

      A club spokesman said: "A scan this afternoon has confirmed a hamstring tear in Fernando's right leg. He is expected to be out for between two and three weeks."

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      Reply #40: Sep 01, 2008 09:51:27 pm
      http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N161120080901-1747.htm

      7. Guillem Balague believes the winger will make the most of his second spell in the Premier League after claiming City did not take full advantage of the 26-year-old's strengths. "He was not given the opportunity to play in his natural, attacking, position at City," he wrote on his website. "He spent his time there being used as a wing back: his natural position is a winger in a 4-2-3-1 formation."

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      Most encouraging thing I've read so far.
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      Reply #41: Sep 01, 2008 09:59:41 pm
      he looks like alonso

      maybe its an omen
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      Reply #42: Sep 01, 2008 10:07:47 pm
      http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N161120080901-1747.htm

      7. Guillem Balague believes the winger will make the most of his second spell in the Premier League after claiming City did not take full advantage of the 26-year-old's strengths. "He was not given the opportunity to play in his natural, attacking, position at City," he wrote on his website. "He spent his time there being used as a wing back: his natural position is a winger in a 4-2-3-1 formation."

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      Most encouraging thing I've read so far.

      If Rafa starts playing him out of position I hope there's no tantrums....

      Welcome to Liverpool though Reira. Looking forward to see what you can do!
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #43: Sep 01, 2008 11:46:54 pm
      Don't know anything about the man apart from what's been posted on here.

      All I can say is  :welcome: to the Greatest Football Club on the planet.  :kop5cf8koxp6:

      I hope you can be the answer to our left wing prayers and hope that your Liverpool career will be a successful one filled with plenty of Silverware.  :champ:
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      Re: Albert Riera (Winger)
      Reply #44: Sep 02, 2008 01:14:24 am
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      Reply #45: Sep 02, 2008 01:20:22 am
      Lets just hope he solves our left wing problem and seeing as torres is out it looks like it will be 4-2-3-1

      hopefully babel right and riera left

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