Author Topic: Jari Litmanen (Read 88227 times)

buchigo! · « **Reply #240 on:** October 19, 2009, 05:30:29 pm »

another masterclass. shame about the clueless linesmen.

is he fit for the finnish cup semis this sunday?

Roger Federer · « **Reply #241 on:** October 19, 2009, 05:49:49 pm »

Quote from: Helsinki Red on October 18, 2009, 07:29:33 pm

Litmanen against Germany. Class is permanent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTGBjIwC-s

Thanks for posting. Few players I rather watch than Litmanen at his best, his awareness and vision are out of this world.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #242 on:** October 19, 2009, 05:53:37 pm »

Any chance of him wanting to come back in January?

rowan_d · « **Reply #243 on:** October 19, 2009, 05:58:43 pm »

How the fuck does he see some of those runs? Watching it from the broadcast, I still can't see the movement of his teammates that he can. For instance, that left footed, curled pass over the top, I didn't know what the fuck he was doing until I noticed that a striker was making a run to the ball

Corkboy · « **Reply #244 on:** October 19, 2009, 06:33:47 pm »

Quote from: yorkykopite on October 19, 2009, 05:53:37 pm

Any chance of him wanting to come back in January?

Wouldn't it be nice?

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Kuyt Lucas Gerrard Riera
Litmanen
Torres

And I never post line ups...

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #245 on:** October 19, 2009, 06:45:20 pm »

Quote from: corkboy on October 19, 2009, 06:33:47 pm

Wouldn't it be nice?

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Kuyt Lucas Gerrard Riera
Litmanen
Torres

And I never post line ups...

Nor do I, though I can't help thinking your team would improve with some pace on the right wing and with our player of the last six months on the left.

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #246 on:** October 19, 2009, 08:07:54 pm »

Quote from: buchigo! on October 19, 2009, 05:30:29 pm

is he fit for the finnish cup semis this sunday?

Yes he's fit as far as I know.

Corkboy · « **Reply #247 on:** October 19, 2009, 08:12:28 pm »

Quote from: yorkykopite on October 19, 2009, 06:45:20 pm

Nor do I, though I can't help thinking your team would improve with some pace on the right wing and with our player of the last six months on the left.

On the right, fine, and on the left, much as I admire Yossi, he does his best work on the ball, and I expect Jari will have that most of the time.

buchigo! · « **Reply #248 on:** October 20, 2009, 12:49:08 am »

Quote from: rowan_d on October 19, 2009, 05:58:43 pm

How the fuck does he see some of those runs? Watching it from the broadcast, I still can't see the movement of his teammates that he can. For instance, that left footed, curled pass over the top, I didn't know what the fuck he was doing until I noticed that a striker was making a run to the ball

i know. it's like he has eyes in the back hidden under that mullet. didn't even look up.

would be really made up if my favourite player of all time came back- a sort of macca redux.

Quote from: Helsinki Red on October 19, 2009, 08:07:54 pm

Yes he's fit as far as I know.

great news hope he wins the whole thing.

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #249 on:** November 12, 2009, 07:17:46 pm »

The making of Jari Litmanen

Part 1: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34004/1073741824/912015

Part 2: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34004/1073741824/913802

Oddball · « **Reply #250 on:** November 12, 2009, 08:02:46 pm »

Quote from: Helsinki Red on November 12, 2009, 07:17:46 pm

The making of Jari Litmanen

Part 1: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34004/1073741824/912015

Part 2: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34004/1073741824/913802

Brilliant. Thanks for them.

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #251 on:** November 13, 2009, 08:26:02 am »

Quote from: oddball2514 on November 12, 2009, 08:02:46 pm

Brilliant. Thanks for them.

No problemo mate. Lovely vids.

Oddball · « **Reply #252 on:** November 13, 2009, 08:57:48 pm »

Quote from: Helsinki Red on November 13, 2009, 08:26:02 am

No problemo mate. Lovely vids.

Defo mate, all them clips...God I wish we could still get him on loan now. Doesnt matter who the main striker is. Jari would create chance after chance for them!

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #253 on:** November 13, 2009, 11:22:06 pm »

Quote from: oddball2514 on November 13, 2009, 08:57:48 pm

Defo mate, all them clips...God I wish we could still get him on loan now. Doesnt matter who the main striker is. Jari would create chance after chance for them!

Not a Rafa type player though is he? Dirk every time.

Corkboy · « **Reply #254 on:** November 14, 2009, 11:00:06 pm »

Quote from: yorkykopite on November 13, 2009, 11:22:06 pm

Not a Rafa type player though is he? Dirk every time.

VdeM is right, isn't he?

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #255 on:** November 15, 2009, 04:35:36 pm »

Quote from: corkboy on November 14, 2009, 11:00:06 pm

VdeM is right, isn't he?

He's often right, but what are you referring to specifically?

Oddball · « **Reply #256 on:** November 15, 2009, 06:08:26 pm »

Quote from: yorkykopite on November 15, 2009, 04:35:36 pm

He's often right, but what are you referring to specifically?

What he said.

Corkboy · « **Reply #257 on:** November 15, 2009, 09:28:50 pm »

Quote from: corkboy on November 14, 2009, 11:00:06 pm

VdeM is right, isn't he?

You have it in for Dirk. All because his second touch is a tackle.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #258 on:** November 16, 2009, 08:15:26 am »

Quote from: corkboy on November 15, 2009, 09:28:50 pm

You have it in for Dirk. All because his second touch is a tackle.

He runs around a lot more than Jari though etc.

buchigo! · « **Reply #259 on:** November 16, 2009, 01:29:04 pm »

Quote from: corkboy on November 15, 2009, 09:28:50 pm

You have it in for Dirk. All because his second touch is a tackle.

david's first touch is his tackle.

buchigo! · « **Reply #260 on:** March 7, 2010, 06:34:05 am »

was browsing around for previews when i came across this:

"But my real saviour at Ajax, the man who saved my career, was Jari Litmanen. He was so good and committed and experienced. We had three good strikers: Machlas, Mido and myself. And Jari took you by the hand, on the field. He talked, coached, guided and basically made you better on the pitch. He allowed others to play better.”

he then speaks of kuningas in the company of zizou and bergkamp- which is pretty much consistent in my view where jari is in history- one of the really "complete" players in terms of finishing, passing, technique, tactics and awareness.
http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/zlatan-ibrahimovic-jari-litmanen-saved-me.html

very touching video of his last game for the ajacieden (with one of the very underrated yet very technically gifted/tactically minded defenders of all time- dirk "danny" blnd): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKHWluuWMQg

on a tangent- do we have an official channel yet?

Jaska · « **Reply #261 on:** March 9, 2010, 11:42:17 pm »

Quote from: buchigo! on March 7, 2010, 06:34:05 am

was browsing around for previews when i came across this:

"But my real saviour at Ajax, the man who saved my career, was Jari Litmanen. He was so good and committed and experienced. We had three good strikers: Machlas, Mido and myself. And Jari took you by the hand, on the field. He talked, coached, guided and basically made you better on the pitch. He allowed others to play better.”

he then speaks of kuningas in the company of zizou and bergkamp- which is pretty much consistent in my view where jari is in history- one of the really "complete" players in terms of finishing, passing, technique, tactics and awareness.
http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/zlatan-ibrahimovic-jari-litmanen-saved-me.html

very touching video of his last game for the ajacieden (with one of the very underrated yet very technically gifted/tactically minded defenders of all time- dirk "danny" blnd): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKHWluuWMQg

on a tangent- do we have an official channel yet?

Fantastic!

Interesting read about the managers' styles as well.

Roger Federer · « **Reply #262 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:45:35 am »

What a great read. Very refreshing interview that, you never get anything like it in Sweden. Like Zlatan himselfs says, it's just tabloids trying to sell papers using his name, you never get any insights about him, his clubs, or the managers he's played for. Comes across as a quite thoughful and humble person, not what I expected.

mbroon · « **Reply #263 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:00:06 am »

Quote from: Roger Federer on March 10, 2010, 09:45:35 am

What a great read. Very refreshing interview that, you never get anything like it in Sweden. Like Zlatan himselfs says, it's just tabloids trying to sell papers using his name, you never get any insights about him, his clubs, or the managers he's played for. Comes across as a quite thoughful and humble person, not what I expected.

You wan't to get an insight about Zlatan, watch Blådårar 2. Follows Malmö FF's way back into Allsvenskan and Zlatan enters the fray. There are off-pitch interviews with him, the director at Malmö and others.

buchigo! · « **Reply #264 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:05:55 pm »

for dutch speakers: http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-TV/Jari-Litmanen-op-de-Toekomst.htm

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #265 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:20:36 pm »

Also for the Dutch speakers can I just say that Dirk Kuyt is shuyt.

buchigo! · « **Reply #266 on:** March 11, 2010, 11:45:21 pm »

Quote from: yorkykopite on March 11, 2010, 08:20:36 pm

Also for the Dutch speakers can I just say that Dirk Kuyt is shuyt.

you went in the litmanen thread for that? god you're lame.

Captain Relief · « **Reply #267 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:07:25 am »

One of the best players in the 90s for sure.
Might have been posted before but has anyone seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-ZfM71TFM
The quality's not the best but that's a compilation of his performance in a game of the Finnish Cup when he was 17. What a talent.
Allegedly there was an Ajax scout watching that game, and they obviously signed him immediately since the scout was so convinced that this lad would become one of the top players in the world.

sull14 · « **Reply #268 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:38:19 am »

He is nothing short of a footballing genius. his ability to execute what he intends is poetry in motion. What a footballer.

Of all of the regrets of GH's era, (not signing Anelka, not pushing on for the league) etc this is the one that pains me most.

The lad was made up when he signed by us. and you can clearly tell from reading about his persona off the field, that he meant every word.

Wish he was given a fair go. Genuinely think he'd still nearly be with us if he was treated properly.

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #269 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:19:05 am »

Litmanen signed a new contract with FC Lahti until the end of season. Finnish Premier League kicks off tonight.

astowell1 · « **Reply #270 on:** April 16, 2010, 04:40:13 pm »

Quote from: Helsinki Red on April 16, 2010, 09:19:05 am

Litmanen signed a new contract with FC Lahti until the end of season. Finnish Premier League kicks off tonight.

Legend.

buchigo! · « **Reply #271 on:** April 16, 2010, 06:30:11 pm »

Quote from: Helsinki Red on April 16, 2010, 09:19:05 am

Litmanen signed a new contract with FC Lahti until the end of season. Finnish Premier League kicks off tonight.

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! one more year from kuningas!

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #272 on:** April 25, 2010, 08:43:41 pm »

Litmanen scored his first goal of the season today. King Litti equalised for Lahti on 89th minute.

Robert_B · « **Reply #273 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:19:30 pm »

Very tempted to get Litmanen 37 on my shirt. One of my favourite players of all time.

howes hound · « **Reply #274 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:20:42 pm »

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Of all of the regrets of GH's era, (not signing Anelka, not pushing on for the league) etc this is the one that pains me most.

I couldn't agree more. In fact, over 50-odd years of watching LFC I'd put losing Litmanen as one of the half-dozen or so times I've wondered if I was beginning to lose confidence in the way the team was being run. A unique player.
I'm trying to remember who we were playing, that game when he robbed somebody out on the right wing not far inside their half, then ran through and scored untouched. Sheer genius.

hooded claw · « **Reply #275 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:21:31 pm »

That pass to Heskey, in the Man City FA Cup game. Sheer bloody genius.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #276 on:** April 26, 2010, 01:06:18 pm »

Quote from: hooded claw on April 25, 2010, 10:21:31 pm

That pass to Heskey, in the Man City FA Cup game. Sheer bloody genius.

First time diagonal ball for Heskey to run onto? Made Andy Morrison look poor and that was no easy feat!

Favourite game of his was the 5-0 against Palace when he set up a few and tried to tee Fowler up for a goal when it was easier for him to score.

hooded claw · « **Reply #277 on:** April 26, 2010, 01:10:25 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on April 26, 2010, 01:06:18 pm

First time diagonal ball for Heskey to run onto? Made Andy Morrison look poor and that was no easy feat!

That's the one. Poetically beautiful.

electricghost · « **Reply #278 on:** April 26, 2010, 01:35:01 pm »

Absolute class player and I was disappointed to say the least that he didn't or wasn't allowed to make a bigger impact in his time here.

One stat that surprised me is that he has only scored 25 league goals since 1999 !

Helsinki Red · « **Reply #279 on:** May 3, 2010, 06:13:30 pm »

Litmanen scored his 2nd goal of the season tonight. Lahti are leading 1-3 against Inter away.