Now Jurgenna believe us - Liverpool 20/21
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cybershot
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Need another one tonight, but I can't see it, the crowd made all the difference in that game, and while we got the winner agaisnt Villa I could just hear the Kop in my head towards the end of that game urging them on when they were pissing about at the back with 5 minutes to go!
Corner taken quickly...
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Nah, the Barca comeback was May 7th 2019. It was the Dortmund comeback on this day in 2016.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Nah
Yossarian
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Classy.
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Window smashed on Real Madrid's bus
A window on Real Madrid's team bus is smashed by an object thrown from a crowd of Liverpool fans gathered outside Anfield.
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Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
No need for it, rightly and immediately condemned by the club
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Is that from the bbc rumours section hence no actual source? Or the source is the scum?
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sleaterkinney
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It was funny. Could see it coming a mile off.
From The Athletic. Bit of a long C&P and a bit fawning but all deserved. Oh captain my captain.
There was a time when Jordan Henderson didn’t feel like Jurgen Klopp’s captain. He was wracked by both pain and self-doubt.
Having been given the Liverpool armband by Brendan Rodgers in the summer of 2015, Henderson was desperate to prove to their new manager that he deserved to keep it when he took over that October.
However, that first season under the former Borussia Dortmund coach was decimated by injuries. The most serious problem was a debilitating heel condition — plantar fasciitis, a thickening of the band of tissue that runs underneath the sole of the foot.
The pain from it used to keep Henderson awake at night and he would trawl through YouTube in the early hours looking for answers as Liverpool’s medical staff sought advice from experts around the world in the fields of cricket, baseball, rugby union and ballet in their search for a solution.
The England international featured in just 17 of the club’s 38 league games in 2015-16 – the fewest in his 10 seasons at Anfield to date. And when he did play, with the aid of injections, he wasn’t able to do himself justice.
As if following in the central midfield and captaincy footsteps of Steven Gerrard and taking on board all that extra scrutiny and pressure weren’t challenging enough. He was in a dark place.
“There were times when it was hard to feel like the captain. I couldn’t help as I wanted to,” he admitted.
Henderson has certainly made up for it since.
Over the course of Klopp’s five and a half year reign, he has blossomed into the role and silenced those critics who repeatedly questioned his credentials as both an elite midfielder and an inspirational leader.
He has helped Klopp in so many ways – from setting the standard each day on the training field to helping to create and maintain a close-knit spirit and unity in the dressing room. Despite being sidelined since groin surgery in February, Henderson’s influence around the champions’ new AXA Training Centre hasn’t waned.
Having now captained Liverpool on 196 occasions, he’s seventh on the club’s all-time list of skippers, just nine games shy of going past Sami Hyypia. His name also sits alongside Emlyn Hughes, Phil Thompson, Graeme Souness and Gerrard in Anfield’s pantheon of greats as one of the club’s European Cup-winning captains.
He was the man who lifted the Premier League trophy last July after a 30-year wait for a 19th domestic title and was crowned the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year in recognition of his immense contribution to Klopp’s side.
But, arguably, what Henderson has achieved off the field is even more impressive.
This week once again showcased both the 30-year-old’s moral compass and his leadership qualities.
Henderson has once again delivered for the Liverpool fans (Photo: Shaun Botterill/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Shocked by John W Henry’s commitment to enlist Liverpool in a Europe-wide Super League without consultation, Henderson led a collective show of force from a squad who were exposed to a torrent of abuse before their game in Leeds on Monday as a result of their renegade principal owner.
Rather than sit back and see how things played out, Henderson ensured that those in the dressing room mobilised and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the club’s furious supporters against their paymasters. The message sent to Henry and company back in Boston was deafening.
“We don’t like it and we don’t want it to happen. This is our collective position. Our commitment to this football club and its supporters is absolute and unconditional,” was the statement the players posted on their social media accounts at 9pm on Tuesday.
Within two hours, Henry had sanctioned a short statement confirming that Liverpool had withdrawn from the Super League.
Earlier on Tuesday ,Henderson had spoken with his team-mates and following those discussions, they were in agreement that they needed to stand with the fans and collectively fight against it. Henderson also relaid those feelings to FSG.
“It was all led by Jordan. Once again, the leadership he showed was immense and the rest of the boys were right behind him,” a source close to Klopp’s squad tells The Athletic.
An emergency meeting of Premier League captains Henderson had organised for Wednesday with a view to a nationwide response from the players wasn’t ultimately required.
That wasn’t the first time his influence extended well beyond Liverpool.
A year ago, Henderson was the driving force behind the #PlayersTogether fund which was set up by Premier League footballers and raised millions of pounds for NHS charities during the pandemic.
At a time when bungling politicians tried to shamelessly deflect attention away from their own failings by calling for footballers to take pay cuts, Henderson was already working behind the scenes to find the best way to help as he held talks with the other 19 top-flight captains via WhatsApp and Zoom.
Then, late last year, he spoke passionately to The Athletic about his support for the Rainbow Laces campaign and his desire to ensure that football grounds were a welcoming environment for everyone. He wore a rainbow armband for the December win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
“I’m a parent, a husband, a son and a brother and the idea that anyone I love and care about wouldn’t feel safe or comfortable coming to watch me play if they were part of the LGBT community makes me wonder what world we live in,” he said.
“Maybe as players we’re too insulated from it because I honestly don’t see why anyone would have a problem or feel motivated to say anything that makes someone feel unwelcome. As long as even one supporter questions whether they are welcome or can enjoy football because of their sexuality, the campaign is important. It sends the message: you are welcome, we are on your side and the small-minded idiots who make you feel uncomfortable have no place in football.”
This week, Henderson was shortlisted for the Football Allies 2021 accolade at the British LGBT Awards.
February saw him use his status and profile to demand action over the sickening online racist abuse suffered by team-mates and opponents. He called on social media companies to prevent people being able to “hide like cowards”.
“At Liverpool and England, this season and last, I have witnessed people with whom I have shared a dressing room be subjected to what I would describe as written assaults — in the form of threats and attacks in comments and direct messaging,” he wrote in his programme notes.
”It really gets to me when I hear the suggested solution is for the player who has been the target of the abuse to come off social media. Would you say to someone who had their car stolen the solution is to walk everywhere and no longer own a car?”
Henderson seriously considered deleting his own social media accounts but earlier this month decided instead to use them as a force for good.
He handed over control of them to the Cybersmile Foundation, an international non-profit organisation that provides support for victims of cyberbullying and online hate campaigns. Each of the powerful stories they have shared and details about how to get help have reached Henderson’s four million Instagram followers, 3.4 million Facebook followers and 1.3 million Twitter followers over the past fortnight.
“I don’t have all of the answers. I may not even have any of them. When it comes down to it, I’m a footballer with no expertise in social media, but I do know the difference between right and wrong and I think I would be doing a disservice to my upbringing and the position of responsibility I hold if I did nothing,” Henderson said.
He temporarily took back control of his social media accounts on Tuesday night to give that damning verdict on Henry’s Super League plan, tweeting “because as Liverpool players it needs to be said”. It certainly did and once again he wasn’t afraid to speak out.
Henderson is a rarity in modern football. He’s able to transcend the tribalism of modern football. He commands the universal respect of his peers.
There isn’t some giant PR machine behind him. There’s no image being carefully protected. He’s real and genuine. He cares. He’s a family man who puts others before himself.
Henderson has never sought the limelight. Even the praise he received for winning Footballer of the Year he quickly tried to deflect on to his manager and team-mates. That’s him. He will tell you this week was a collective effort and he only played a small part.
But when Liverpool really needed him, the Premier League’s captain of captains raised his head above the parapet. He stood up for what was right and delivered once again for the supporters he represents.
He’s sorely missed on the field during his injury absence but off the field he remains absolutely integral.
i take back all the ribbing about Henderson. He must be worth something to be captain of a Klopp team. Maybe I haven't watched enough of him.
I also wonder about the tissue problem in his foot. I have nodules growing in my hand and there is a chance that it could spread to my feet, tho it has a different name. How'd he get rid of it?
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
Feel a bit strange after that one. The pessimist in me is saying it's because it's been a very strange day at work and that's kind if thrown me a bit. The optimist thinks it's because, when all said and done, this post Fergie United, so they're objectively shit...
i have no idea how they are 2nd
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Half a season of Lampard, a weird six game run at anfield and Leicester being a bit unlucky.
they're shit
