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"Kaunas vs Liverpool"

Is this on TV? At all? TNS getting dicked by Stevie was on ITV2, but tonight it doesn't seem to be that. Instead, they're showing a rerun of Man Utd vs some Chinese club in a friendly.

Man Utd win 3-0, by the way. Park and two from Scholes. Some guy fouls Nistelrooy and he uses it as an excuse to vent spleen about the fact he's crap now. Alan Smith continues to play in a defensive midfield role (this makes me laugh). I've checked so you don't need to watch it. Don't thank me.

Am I going to have to listen to it on Radio 5? Presuming they have it and not live coverage of Shaun Wright-Phillips eating his first meal in the Chelsea canteen (Commentary by Ed De Hoey).

Oh, and the match. Baros is in the squad. Odds on him staying on the bench and not even moving to warm up in case he trips over Traore and reduces his market value?

Morientes is certainly lacking, I hope he does well, but Liverpool are made of Carragher, Gerrard and Cisse.

All the other signings Benitez has brought in have been partial dissapointments. I hope Crouch and Zenden come good.

Not without Nunez weaving his magic out on the pitch. Liverpool are doomed without Nunez, DOOMED!!!

Morientes isn't godawful. He'll find his form. He did just the same as Ruud from when he arrived in the Premiership.

No-one, except you, thinks Morientes isn't all quality. He'll score more goals than Crouch this season. You'll see. You'll all see. Cisse-Morientes will form a beaut partnership.

Crouch, Cisse and Owen... that is a strong trio of strikers and Liverpool would be a fool to rely on the down-right awful Morientes.

I'm actually in mourning for the loss of Nunez. He had the potential to play football to Conference North standard he did. It was a sad day in this household when he departed, I tell thee :'-(

Nunez is good enough to play for two clubs. Sometimes he's playing in two different matches at the same time - that's how good he is.

£20 million was a steal for Celta Vigo, if you ask me. That right-wing void won't be filled in a hurry, I tell you.

Stryke wrote:
> Well, that's the obvious stumbling block. The problem is, they'll
> obviously want Nunez back as part of the deal to fill the void left
> by Figo's impending departure, and we've already sold him for an
> undisclosed fee (believed to be close to £20 million) to Celta
> Vigo.

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Nunez gets about a bit, just popped down to the Riverside to help out Atletico Madrid. I have a feeling that they meant to put Antonio Lopez, that's one hell of a typo though.

Edit: Somebody at the BBC has changed it now.

I would have held out for £30 million for Nunez. He's obviously worth it...

Well, that's the obvious stumbling block. The problem is, they'll obviously want Nunez back as part of the deal to fill the void left by Figo's impending departure, and we've already sold him for an undisclosed fee (believed to be close to £20 million) to Celta Vigo.

I'm being really stupid about this but buying Owen for the supposed asking price of £15 million when Liverpool sold him for £8 million just doesn't make good business sense.