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Today we see what another Liverpool Stalwart has to say about Liverpool. Mohammed Carrim Mombhai is a loyal blogger of mines and he has been an avid Liverpool Supporter for a long while now. Even though he used to Hang Around with Dooj who always used to have a blue Arsenal Away top while he was MAALING. Mombhais Intervew was before last nights woeful performance against Haifa

swoosh: How long have you been a Liverpool Fan?
mombhai: Ever since I started watching football…. I was around 8 or 9

swoosh: Have you ever been to Anfield?
mombhai: Yup, did the whole tour etc, saw the changerooms, trophies, etc… also saw a premiership game, Liverpool v Newcastle in December 2004…. The boys came from behind to win it 3-1… absolutely special…. I sat next to the Kop….Joining the fans sing You’ll never walk alone as the boys ran out was sublime (in your words)…. Anfield rocks, I can only imagine what it must be like on the European nights….

swoosh: Who was the greatest ever Liverpool Player?
mombhai: Has to be King Kenny….. I never really saw much of him myself, but from what I’ve read and from footage I’ve seen…. Has to be Kenny Daglish… hope Stevie G can go on to win the champs league again and a few more FA cups and some premiership titles…if he does in 10 years time my answer will be Stevie G ;-)

swoosh: What did you think of Graeme Souness, When he single mombhai: handedly f&*ked Liverpool up as Manager?
Just goes to show that great players don’t always make good managers…. But he was a great player for LFC

swoosh: What has been Liverpools best signing in the past four years to date?
mombhai: Probably Alonso…. But he was also one of our more expensive signings at around 10 million quid… in terms of value for money, guys like Sissoko, Finnan and before that Hyppia were very good signings…. But watch Gonzales… I expect big things from him

swoosh: Istanbul,Tell us how was it when they were three goals down?
mombhai: Upset, but still had a little hope…. There was just sumtin about that season in Europe…. I was thinking about Stevie’s goal against Olympiacos earlier in the campaign… so I still had hope... but was shocked and shattered as well

swoosh: And 3-2. What did you think
mombhai: Milan are on the ropes now…. Lets go on and win it boys !!!
8 3-3 extra time & Penalties. Must have been Sublime
Un-F#$kin-Believable !!! I was watching the game with some of the owes….. myself, Gaba and Cajee were the LFC supporters… and it was great watching how fu#$ed and disappointed the Milan guys were…. There were some die hard Milan supporters with us – Boda, Popeye and Habib…

swoosh: What did you think of Liverpools ARID ORANGE KIT?
mombhai: Better than United’s

swoosh: Was it worse than Man Utds ANC KIT?
mombhai: No

swoosh: WHAT do you have to say to the UTD MUGGS. Do you think you guys will f*((k them up?
mombhai: I don’t see why not…. I keep telling Azee that the topie (alex) has lost the plot… he is getting old now…. The scum will never dominate English football like how they did in the nineties ever again !! Even with that domination, LFC are still officially the English team of the century !!!

swoosh: Okes are blaming Liverpool Players for Englands exit. What are ur comments on this!
mombhai: Jealousy makes you nasty… Crouch was more than decent and Stevie did no wrong…. Sven messed up, that’s the bottom line… and other big players like Lampard and Rooney also messed up…. Any honest owe will admit that the LFC players were not the ones who caused it

swoosh: What are ur views on Rafa . Will he ever be a Bob Paisley?
mombhai: Rafa is a great manager, tactically one of the best around…. He has turned LFC around in his 2 seasons here… his real test is this season now…. If he keeps improving….we will win a lot under him…. He’ll need to a do a helluva lot to match Bob…. He has the potential and the squad, so hopefully he can take us there…hopefully Rafa and Stevie will be as successful as what Bob and Kenny were

swoosh: Dont u think there is too much of a Spanish Influence as mombhai: opposed to the Liverpool squad of the 80's . Team of the decade
Not really, its natural for a manager to go for players that he knows or to get players from leagues he is familiar with…. Like Wenger did with the gunners…. In the 80’s there weren’t as many foreign (non-british) players in England …. Times have changed

swoosh: What do you think of Rafa’s siginmgs so far?
mombhai: I like them…. Rafa is known not to overpay in the transfer market…. He also has limited funds that he is trying to use to buy a few players… he has strengthened areas that need strengthening… pennant at right wing….bellamy up front…. Aurelio at left back… palletta as cover for Centre back… and we finally got Gonzales work permit sorted…. Most importantly, all these player have lots of pace…. We probably still need another striker… seems like it will be Kuyt

swoosh: How could you guys not gone for AIMA, TREZEGOL, IBRAHIMOVIC?
mombhai: Rafa enquired…. But they were probably too expensive or rafa probably felt they wouldn’t fit into his plans….they good players, but the gaffer felt they not right for LFC...either way IN RAFA WE TRUST
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swoosh: Pick out your stars for the season
mombhai: Expect Gerrard to deliver more of the same…. And Bellamy to get us the goals… also think Gonzales will become a hit at anfield
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swoosh: Dirk Kuyt? Talk us through this
mombhai: We need another striker… and rafa has been monitoring him for a while…. I only really saw him play when he played for the dutch in the WC…. But he is still fairly young and already has an impressive goal record…. 70 odd goals in 3 seasons is good in anyone’s book in any league… but once again, IN RAFA WE TRUST

swoosh: What are ur Predictions in the Premiership? Be honest. So I can f$$% u up come end of season!
mombhai:Liverpool to win it with 89 points…. I honestly think our time has come…. Lets just say that I will be truly disappointed if we don’t finish a few points behind in 2nd at the very worst…

swoosh: And Champions League?
mombhai: LFC will make the semi’s atleast….think Madrid, Chelsea and Barca will be there too...if Milan are allowed to play... they will push to do well in Europe too..... if i have to choose a winner, i'll say Madrid - Cappello will turn things around there this season

swoosh: Do you honestly think Chelsea can honestly be beaten. With Ballack & Sheva?
mombhai: Ofcourse they can, I admit they both excellent players…. But it also means Jose will have to consider changing his successful formation and some players might get upset about not being in the starting 11 etc…. plus, they started to falter abit towards the end of last season…..Jose is already starting to say that LFC are not title contenders and that the charity shield is just a friendly that he won’t take serious etc etc etc…. the way I see it, the only reason he keeps talking about LFC is because he fears us…. We knocked them out of the champs league and FA Cup (and went on to win both)…. Next we knock them of their league pedestal too…

swoosh: If I were to tell you that Del Piero was coming to Anfield. What would be ur views?
mombhai:Not a bad signing… he has class and experience… similar to when Houllier signed Litmanen and McCallister a few seasons back…. Good guys too have on the bench and in the chageroom…. (before you get all up-tight… I’m not saying these guys are in Del’s league… just similar type of signing in terms of age, needs for the squad, etc…)

swoosh: Lastly will you pick the greatest evr Liverpool team throughout the footballing era?
mombhai: Since LFC had so many great players in the 70’s and 80’s (either before I was born, or while I was very young), my selection would be based purely on what I’ve read etc… was Hansen better than carragher….Is owen or fowler better than rush ??? its tough for me to know this…. All I can say that of the current generation…I’m sure Stevie G would be there… and had Owen not left for Madrid when he did… he would probably also have been there…… of the other legends, barnes and rush were the only others that I saw play for LFC that would probably make it….there were too many others… souness, daglish, clemance, nicol, Whelan, lawro, keegan, Beardsley, kennedy….. I’ll get back to you on this one.

Thanks Mombai I see you owes cut it fine and have not been at your very best at the start of this Campaign. You guys go Up against Haifa , a goal down virtually.

swoosh