Author Topic: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia  (Read 10750 times)

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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #40 on: December 3, 2012, 06:09:21 am »
What a player
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #41 on: December 3, 2012, 06:56:41 pm »
Just wanted to say cracking read as I didn't get round to it yesterday!

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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #42 on: December 4, 2012, 04:05:48 pm »
When you lived through the Paisley era, the era of Hansen, Lawrensen, Souness, Terry Mac, Kenny, Rushie etc it makes you a bit spoilt, a bit unimpressed by any modern player.

Hyypia impressed me from beginning to end. Undoubtedly one of the greatest players to grace LFC. Gentleman, professional, reliability personified, class player. Ohhh Sami Sami...
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #43 on: December 5, 2012, 12:00:43 am »
Two contrasting memories of the great man and wonderful servant to the club.

The very first time he played for us I was startled by how slow he was, I said in work the next day we're in for some shockers with this bloke, how wrong I was.

Sitting on down-heartened on a vociferous Kop surrounded by anxious supporters, drawing 0-0 against a hapless Wolves with the whistle imminent. We get an injury time corner, Sami trots up and heads in the winner - forever loved.

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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #44 on: December 5, 2012, 12:08:05 am »
I remember the delight on his face when he scored v Juventus, that crazy goal and the run past their fans to the Main Stand... I remember watching the two SH's in tandem game after game, match after match, one puffing blowing his cheeks out already and the other running onto the field to jump into the air to head an imaginary ball...
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #45 on: December 5, 2012, 10:04:50 am »
Fantastic player and he seems like a genuine nice fella. Liverpool legend.

Got the pleasure to meet him in the early 00's, and then he went on to score a typical Hyypia back post header the following week in some Europe game, which the name of the match has escaped my mind.
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #46 on: December 5, 2012, 06:47:12 pm »
D'awwww U guise <3
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #47 on: December 18, 2012, 11:59:39 pm »
Does anyone know if that twitter account is his?
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2012, 09:45:58 am »
If I was picking an all time XI for liverpool there would be two names that got in there without hesitation- Souness and Hypia, all the other positions could be debated depending on formation, who would gel with who etc.

Not these two, best Centre Back I think I have seen at LFC, him and Hansen in my lifetime.
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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2012, 09:37:01 am »
there is so much i could write about Sami

I feel I owe it to try and I will soon

One abiding memory for me was a match around this time of the year in 2005 at home to Middlesboro, Sami was briefly forced off the pitch after a bad clash of heads, possibly with Mark Viduka. However despite the injury Sami was quickly back on the pitch with his head heavily bandaged and received deserved warm applause for playing on in an era of diving fannies. Liverpool would win the match 2-0 thanks to two Fernando Morientes goals but the biggest cheer of the afternoon came shortly after Hyypia came back on, bandaged or not, head injury or not within seconds he launched himself at a cross to nuff out an attack. I swear he must have leapt about 12 foot in the air towering over everyone to head it clear.

I have heard goals cheered less, the crowd really gave it socks before breaking into "sami, sami hyypia"

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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #50 on: December 20, 2012, 04:01:30 pm »
One of the players I miss most. I felt like we had a strong chance of a clean sheet when he played, especially with Reina behind him.
Sad that we haven't yet replaced him.

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Re: My Favourite Player #2 - Sami Hyypia
« Reply #51 on: September 17, 2013, 07:52:51 pm »
Emotional, slightly topical bump
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