With all the banter surrounding the Liverpool vs Man Utd Post it is evident who our MUGG OF THE WEEK ought to be.
Phil Thompson once said (Dont quote me) "When a owe back in he day pulled in with the team bus and saw the Gates of Anfield & "You will never walk alone sprawled on the top" He wore the Jersey with pride. I mean there were greats like Dalglish, Souness, Rush, Thompson, Kennedy Bru's, Whealan, McDermott, Toshack, Keehan, Hughes............................ Shankley , The Boffet was the the best Boffet I have ever seen......(Emlyn Hughes on the food after a post match function). Paisley. These okies built and formed an Empire ................AND THEN CAME GRAEME SOUNESS & F%^KED IT ALL UP.
The man sold the quality and brought in the crap. I agree with the okes comments. He is no Benitez. He is in a different class.
Julian Dicks, Torben Piechniek(The man that took the brunt for Souness as a previous MUGG), Paul Stuart, David Burrows.............Were there any more. I cant go on. All I know he almost single handedly took a great iconic team to the kabr..........BY HIMSELF
GRAEME SOUNESS IS THE MUGG OF THE WEEK
What more can you say? Swoosh, you hit the nail on the head. This Chop Souness throwed Liverpool into Sakraat and only now we are properly recovering from this Mugg's tactics. Ary_M
ReplyDeleteNaseem why do you love this man so much? Were you a Liverpool supporter back in the day. No doubt this was the beginning of the end for the then great Liverpool side. He really did mess things up. Evans & Houllier tried to get he side back and now it looks as if Rafa is finally getting it right. ?Just goes to show that you might have all the talent when you get a side but if the manager is a C&^t than what are you supposed to do. The beauty of this is that all the teams that he has managed after Liverpool, never learned.
ReplyDeleteYes mr Talia, You ritte the othe ba$%ards never learnt.
ReplyDeleteI support Juventus but have a spot for lIVERPOOL more than any other side in the Premiership. But I am a Juve Man.
DID YOU KNOW WE ARE NOW -10 In the Serie B & 17 points behind the leaders.
The PUNISHMENT THEY GAVE US WAS TOO HARSH.
I knew it!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo that where this biasness toward Man Utd comes from
I always knew your heart was full of shit.
I have no hope for you
Now its definately all over for you
As a player Souness was bloody good!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteand as a man united supporter he was an even better manager
ReplyDeletei neva lived in the SOUNESS era but i beleive that he was shitte!whoever the fuck trys 2 compare him 2 RAFA is indeed a mugg of the lowest order. . . faheem_vezharz
ReplyDeletewhat a perfomance!3 nil. . .we on our way now.wheres all the UTD MUGGS!esspescially those that were givin me stick!i predict KUYT 2 b this seasons top scorer. . .faheem_vezharz
ReplyDeletePremiership champions have a starring role in the film, titled Jhoom.
ReplyDeleteIt features Bollywood heart-throb Abhishek Bachchan as a devoted Chelsea fan. The film will be partially shot in London and will include footage of the players in action.
Producers are in talks to give Chelsea's star players and manager Jose Mourinho walk-on parts.
Chelsea hope the movie will boost their popularity in India and persuade British Asians to take more of an interest in the club.
"Naturally we are delighted to be involved in a Bollywood movie and we take it as a big compliment to be approached with this storyline and to be associated with this calibre of actors and actresses," said the club's business affairs director Paul Smith.
"From a Chelsea perspective, we have been looking at ways to reach out to the Brit-Asian community and play a leading role by involving them more in football.
"But we are also looking to Asia, particularly India, as part of the strategy of extending the Chelsea brand into new markets.
"In contrast to the approach taken previously by other clubs, the Chelsea strategy is focused on media and the power of communicating the club's image."
Smith added: "Nothing compares with the glamour and appeal of Bollywood and its stars. Making a connection to the new football fans of India through Bollywood confirms Chelsea's status as the leading Premiership club."
Bachchan is a Chelsea fan in real life and was recently spotted in the stands at Stamford Bridge with former Miss World Aishwarya Rai.
He said: "The character I play in the film is a very loyal Chelsea fan.
"I have now had the chance to see Chelsea live after following them over the last few years and the club have given me a jersey with my character's name, Ricky, on it.
"The Premier League is very popular in India and Chelsea has a huge support over there, which is growing all the time."
Bachchan's father, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, has a cameo role in the film, while Preity Zinta is the leading lady.
The film will be released next May.
Forget his turbulent tenure in the Anfield hot-seat and remember Graeme Souness for his majestic midfield performances in the famous Red shirt during the most dominant period of success in the club's history.
ReplyDeleteWhatever sins he committed as Reds boss – and he has since apologised for them anyway – they should never be used to taint the wonderful memories he left behind as a player.
An awesome midfield enforcer, Souness was a renowned hard-man who possessed a subtle touch. Once described as 'a bear of a player with the delicacy of a violinist', he was the general who dictated much of Liverpool's play throughout a glorious six year career in front of the Kop.
A native of Edinburgh, Souey first shot to prominence as a young player of immense potential under the tutelage of the great Bill Nicholson at Tottenham but made just one senior appearance for Spurs before moving to Middlesbrough in 1973.
His precocious talent blossomed on Teeside and his services were soon reportedly being courted by many top clubs of the time. That was the cue for Bob Paisley to swoop and it took a record fee between two English teams to secure his services. It was a wise move and was to prove money well spent.
The impact was immediate. On his debut at West Brom, he hinted at what was to come by not mis-placing a pass, then on only his second home appearance he burst the back of Paddy Roach's net at the Anfield Road End with one of the finest first-time strikes you are ever likely to see as Manchester United were beaten 3-1 on a wet February afternoon.
Souness quickly became a regular, replacing the ageing Ian Callaghan and come the end of his first season at the club was celebrating a European Cup victory - his precision pass paving the way for Kenny Dalglish's winning goal at Wembley against FC Bruges.
The influence he exerted on the team grew with each passing season, as did his medal collection. As part of arguably the best midfield quartet in Liverpool history, Souness prospered and reaped the rewards. Titles and trophies came his way and in January 1982 so too did the honour of skippering the Reds
It was in the wake of a dismal Boxing Day defeat at home to Manchester City that Liverpool slumped to 12th in the table and Paisley shook things up by asking Souness to take possession of the armband from Phil Thompson. The tough Scot duly accepted and five months later the Championship pennant was once again flying high outside Anfield, while the Milk Cup sat comfortably on the inside.
Away from the game, his liking for the good things in life, including the odd glass of bubbly, earned Souness the soubriquet 'Champagne Charlie' but that was in stark contrast to his image on the field where nothing could disguise the fact that he was a ruthless competitor with a steely determination to win at all costs – qualities that made him a natural choice to lead the team.
No opposition crowd, however hostile, could faze his ice-cool temperament in the heat of the battle, while no opposing players would escape without retribution if they'd committed any misdemeanors against his Liverpool team-mates.
The more intimidating the atmosphere, the better he performed - a fact never better illustrated than during the climax to the triumphant 1984 European Cup winning campaign. In the semi-final second leg against Dinamo Bucharest, Souey was targeted by the Romanian crowd following an incident in the first leg that left a Dinamo player with a broken jaw. But, with every boo, whistle and jeer, the Reds skipper grew in stature and orchestrated proceedings as a place in the final was memorably secured.
Having already scored the winning goal which clinched the Milk Cup for Liverpool that season and having lifted a third successive League Championship, an unprecedented treble was now on the cards and there was no better man to lead the Reds into the lions den of the Olympic Stadium in Rome than Souness.
With a frenzied home crowd baying for blood, he boldly led his colleagues on a pre-match walkabout that sent confidence in the red camp soaring and planted the first seeds of doubt in the minds of the previously ultra-positive AS Roma fans.
A couple of hours later and Souey was deservedly basking in the glory of his finest moment in a Liverpool shirt after inspiring the Reds to a fourth European Cup triumph against all the odds. Leading by example in the white-hot Italian atmosphere and netting from the spot in the never-to-be-forgotten shoot-out victory.
But little did anyone at the time know, hoisting the giant trophy aloft was to be his last act as a Liverpool player. That summer he ended months of speculation by opting to try his luck abroad, leaving for the land of the lira in a £650,000 deal that saw him join Sampdoria.
Unlike many other 'greats' who had left the club, Liverpool struggled to replace a player of Souey's calibre. At the peak of his powers, the one-time 'emperor of Anfield', was rightly regarded as one of the best all-round midfield players there has ever been.
Few Liverpudlians will disagree and he'll always be considered an automatic choice whenever any all-time Reds XI is discussed. Even his unsuccessful spell as manager cannot change that.