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Alonso is at Formby Hall with Dalglish

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Woland

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Now if he was signing for us I doubt he'd be doing so in public, but he came in by helicopter and it's a nice thought on a rainy day.

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Thrawling through that thread now. Haha.

Poor lad is taking abuse for saying exactly what Krump said here.

Surely its a charity related but why would Xabi fly all the way over to discuss/arrange it?
 
Ha... I just went onto RAWK and my login details were still saved in firefox from when I was banned for questioning Lucas. The 'goodbye' message is still on there.

I quote: Sorry Guest, you are banned from using this forum! "No idea what you're doing on here if it so painful an experience? Fuck off elsewhere you obnoxious cretin."

This ban is not set to expire.
 
Xabi was over for Brian Durand's daughters birthday. That's good of him.
 
Some one said he is over for a mates daughter's birthday party and also playing golf at Formby Hall

[size=9pt] edit Beat me to it Dave[/size]
 
[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=45713.msg1347944#msg1347944 date=1307899853]
Ha... I just went onto RAWK and my login details were still saved in firefox from when I was banned for questioning Lucas. The 'goodbye' message is still on there.

I quote: Sorry Guest, you are banned from using this forum! "No idea what you're doing on here if it so painful an experience? Fuck off elsewhere you obnoxious cretin."

This ban is not set to expire.

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Nice people.
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=45713.msg1347952#msg1347952 date=1307900803]
Who's Brian Durand?
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http://twitter.com/#!/briandurand56

Wonder was he taking the piss with the reason Xabi was over.
 
Fucking hell!! The abuse that poor lad is taking is unreal. RAWK is one of those sites I never really trawled, can see why now.
 
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45713.msg1348064#msg1348064 date=1307911356]
Quote from: rednile on Today at 02:28:22 PM
Alonso pffft ! he's no Lucas .
Maybe Madrid want Lucas?
[/quote]

Raul ----Alonso exchange deal makes Maureen and cristiano happy and Alonso and Dalgish happy.
 
[quote author=aquaman4 link=topic=45713.msg1348265#msg1348265 date=1307972107]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45713.msg1348064#msg1348064 date=1307911356]
Quote from: rednile on Today at 02:28:22 PM
Alonso pffft ! he's no Lucas .
Maybe Madrid want Lucas?
[/quote]

Raul ----Alonso exchange deal makes Maureen and cristiano happy and Alonso and Dalgish happy.
[/quote]

oh please make this happen!!
 
[quote author=Sunny link=topic=45713.msg1348282#msg1348282 date=1307973132]
Could never see that happening.
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Not a hope it'll happen......as much as I like Meireles...Alonsos a better player. Mourinho will know this and anyone who watched Madrid last year will know how important Alonso is to them. If they are to get near Barcelona its Khedira who needs improving or replacing, not Alonso.....he runs the whole show!
 
When talking with Real Madrid's Alonso, one immediately notices how calm, intelligent and thoughtful he is in his responses -- qualities which could also easily be used to describe the midfielder's metronomic, instinctive playing style.

You could make a very strong case for Alonso being the finest deep-lying midfield playmaker in the world. Now 29, Alonso's in his prime, but even early in his career at Real Sociedad -- when he was barely in his 20s -- he was already regarded as a leader on the pitch with his precise passing and ability to control a game's rhythm.

Those attributes make Alonso indispensable to his teams. Liverpool's midfield has never been the same since his departure in the summer of 2009 and Real has been the beneficiary of Alonso's unerring sense of how to dictate tempo, mounting club-record point totals in La Liga the past two seasons.

How frustrating is it then for this Real team to find this all-conquering Barcelona squad standing it its path? "I think [the gap's] closing, because this season we have not been that far away," said Alonso. "In the [Copa del Rey] final we beat them, in the league it's been really tight.

"Being second two years in a row with over 90 points in the league, it's not really normal . In the Champions League we were really close as well so I think [we're closer]. Of course they have a fantastic team and the way they won the Champions League final was fantastic, but I am optimistic looking forward to next season."

The debate in Spain continues as to how best to stop Barcelona. Does the answer lie in the primarily defensive tactics as laid out by coach Jose Mourinho in the clásicos which earned rebuke from club legends such as Alfedro di Stefano, or would a more positive attacking mindset pay dividends? According to Alonso, there's no easy solution. "You have to analyze the strong points they have, and the strong points we have," said Alonso. "We know they are a special team, because they share and have that quality to keep the ball and it's really difficult to regain the ball from them.

"So we try to control the midfield and try not to let them get comfortable and win a little battle in that part of the game and that's the way we need to play in the clásicos."

Alonso of course references the unprecedented four games, Real Madrid and Barcelona played against each other last season in a span of 18 days (five clásicos in total on the season), where every game had implications for a trophy. In some of those games, Barcelona lined up with his old midfield partner from Liverpool, Javier Mascherano, in its lineup. "It was strange [to face Mascherano] because we have played so many years together, but that's part of football, " said Alonso. "Each one takes their own path and we have ended one in Madrid, and the other one in Barcelona. But [we are] still good friends."

It's safe to say Alonso is still close with his former teammates. Like Arbeloa, the midfielder appears nostalgic at times when reminiscing about his days in England. "I have great, great relations with my former Liverpool teammates," said Alonso. "I have been in touch and I have been at Anfield a few times as well. I watch all the games I can, because sometimes [Real] are playing at the same time, but as I've said a few times, I still keep my Red heart."

There's also a palpable sense of relief in his voice when he discusses Liverpool's ownership changing hands last October from the troubled Tim Hicks and George Gillett regime to the more stable Fenway Sports Group. While Alonso says the players weren't aware of just how much money was being siphoned from the club to service debt interest repayments, it's obvious the squad knew something wasn't quite right. "No, we were quite apart from that. I was there when [Hicks and Gillett] bought the club and they stayed there for a few years, we didn't really realize what was happening, so we were just focusing on football matters. It wasn't a great sporting adventure for them, but it finished, luckily and now with another American owner of the team, it looks in better hands."

And of what of the team itself since his departure? In watching Liverpool over the past two seasons, it's been plainly apparent to all observers that there's been a void in central midfield where Liverpool is crying out for an Alonso-esque player. Alonso himself though, ever modest, doesn't quite see it that way.

"No, no, I think that Lucas for example, has improved quite a lot the last few years, he has won a lot of importance in the team and has become quite mature," said Alonso. "But [let's not] think about a new Alonso. Try to think of a new pattern, a new pattern of play, a new idea of how to play and that comes from Kenny [Dalglish], as well as Steve Clarke who's done a great job. That's going to be important to create a style, and that's what they're going to try to work on. And now, when they sign new players, try to jell them as well as possible."

Only 29, and with a cerebral style of play and economy of motion that suggests he could remain at the top of his game for quite a few years to come, Alonso, like many players in Europe is intrigued about a possible post-Europe career in MLS. "Absolutely, it is something that I have in mind to enjoy that experience in the future for me, for my family as well, it'd be really interesting," said Alonso. "In a few years, probably I will research it and I will think about it because I think it could be good for me and for the MLS to bring that experience from players that have played in important leagues. Why not?"
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jen_chang/06/12/alonso.arbeloa.silva/1.html
 
As a (totally unwanted) aside, isnt Formby Hall ace?


I had a "when I were a lad all this were fields" moment with my dad when I stayed there, and the weekend could only have been improved if I'd followed my good lady's advice to "floor it" when she spotted Dave Watson crossing the car park in front of us....
 
it's dead expensive and full of snotty old people. My granddad bummed off it, think he was the captain or some shit but i didn't see the appeal.
 
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