Topic: Arthur Melo

[Pistolero]

Farewell Gremio's Prince....we'll always have the 13 minute stint in the 4-1 hammering at Napoli....

[newterp]

Farewell Gremio's Prince....we'll always have the 13 minute stint in the 4-1 hammering at Napoli....

Wasn't it 5-2

[El Lobo]

Respect to him for going to that party

[Fromola]

We were never signing him permanently but letting that be known hardly helps the players motivation for the rest of the season, when professionalism is clearly an issue with him.

[newterp]

Respect to him for going to that party

A classic ask for forgiveness later scenario

[Number 7]

Doubt he kicks a ball for us for the entirety of his loan.

[Aldo1988]

Doubt he kicks a ball for us for the entirety of his loan.

Didn't he get a touch against Napoli?

[damomad]

Some corkers in the first few pages of this thread, it’s a “best of” worst shouts ever.

[Knight]

We can field a whole team of midfielders 

This is particularly good, bless Serbian. Firstly, it'd be a team on crutches and secondly, it'd be very, very bad.

[classycarra]

Was always going to be the case, but interesting the club are putting that out there now. Good day to bury news that paints the recruitment guys in a not great light, I guess

[killer-heels]

Was always going to be the case, but interesting the club are putting that out there now. Good day to bury news that paints the recruitment guys in a not great light, I guess

In full playground mode, I reckon the footballing lot would say “they started it first”.

Certainly in the case of the article by Sam Wallace about Ljinders.

[Ghost Town]

Anyone have any spares for one of Arthur's parties...?

[AmanShah21]

To Sell a player they also have to agree to leave. Possible Ox didnt want to leave also.
Dont think Liverpool going to offer Keita anything more then 2 years, He in his right to hold out for other clubs on free and also would make sense for Liverpool to want to move him also.

To sell a player you also need a buyer. Given how Ox has been injured in most transfer windows, it would be hard to find anyone to make an offer that he would want to accept. He has had hard lines, same with Keita.

[Number 7]

Didn't he get a touch against Napoli?

You are right. In the 4-1 drubbing over there. Came on for a few mins before the end. I had switched off at 4-1 so didn’t even see it.

[MonsLibpool]

We might as well just terminate it now. Why waste a spot in the squad?

[classycarra]

We might as well just terminate it now. Why waste a spot in the squad?

Only necessary to get that squad spot back if we bring in a player this month haha

[Arrowsmith]

He seems to still have plenty of fans...

[AndyMuller]

Gutted. He will be missed.

[Barrow Shaun]

Who??

[Dave McCoy]

Nitpicking players is one thing; but it used to be based in affection and a wish for the player to come good. And usually required the player to actually do something wrong, as opposed to just being injured. There's a qualitative difference now, based on impatience, entitlement and outrage. Things aren't exactly the way you want them to be, and frankly someone has to pay!

Yeah, all those people pictured yelling in any crowd shout from almost any era were just doing so lovingly. You're a loon.

[mattD]

Another fine mess by recruitment. Certainly one to add to their greatest hits. Almost harking back to the duds from the ‘transfer committee’ era during Rodgers time.

[redintweed]

Another fine mess by recruitment. Certainly one to add to their greatest hits. Almost harking back to the duds from the ‘transfer committee’ era during Rodgers time.

Be really interesting to know who rubber stamped this deal. Or better still, whose original idea it was....

[classycarra]

Yeah, all those people pictured yelling in any crowd shout from almost any era were just doing so lovingly. You're a loon.

Haha, indeed!

It's got me thinking about the odd match I was able to make it to twenty years ago (and what family who went to every game said), in the post-treble Houllier era.

The main thing I recall is that the crowd were calm and relaxed, a picture of patience, affectionate to all players - those were the days. Few years before that, I remember nobody was ever impatient, tactless or unpleasant about sick note  oops sorry, I mean Jamie Redknapp - either.

This is all just a very recent development

[Aldo1988]

Yeah, all those people pictured yelling in any crowd shout from almost any era were just doing so lovingly. You're a loon.

Yeah, but you'd always have the odd loon in the crowd who for no reason would hate a certain player (who wasn't as bad as they made them out to be) and never give them a chance!

[MJD-L4]

The most pointless transfer since Ben Davies. Waste of time & money.

[Clayton Bigsby]

If we take a swing like this again to save money let it be at the start of pre season so they can at least be up to speed with Klopps methods.

We can't spend £50m on a player to keep the seat warm for our injured midfielders and that's fine.

[classycarra]

Yeah, but you'd always have the odd loon in the crowd who for no reason would hate a certain player (who wasn't as bad as they made them out to be) and never give them a chance!

Fucks sake Riise!

[storkfoot]

Artur’s transfer from Barca to Juve is also implicated in the Juventus corruption case.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64150753

It appears that there was a lot of bad stuff surrounding this lad. Who, at LFC, was responsible for completing due diligence on this loan deal?

[Ghost Town]

Yeah, all those people pictured yelling in any crowd shout from almost any era were just doing so lovingly. You're a loon.

Dear, dear Davo, may I introduce you to the phrase "And usually required the player to actually do something wrong, as opposed to just being injured". You have actually met before, believe it or not, in my previous post, but as you can't seem to read properly, it seems like you failed to connect.

As for people shouting in crowds, I take it you've never been to an actual game before? I'd happily take a 100 people shouting "For fucks sake, Melo" in the heat of the moment for some actual error he has made on the field of play to the outpurings of shite so many twats here aim at a player day in, day out for being injured.

Still, brave of you to come out as pro-twat. Weird, but brave.

[Dave McCoy]

Dear, dear Davo, may I introduce you to the phrase "And usually required the player to actually do something wrong, as opposed to just being injured". You have actually met before, believe it or not, in my previous post, but as you can't seem to read properly, it seems like you failed to connect.

As for people shouting in crowds, I take it you've never been to an actual game before? I'd happily take a 100 people shouting "For fucks sake, Melo" in the heat of the moment for some actual error he has made on the field of play to the outpurings of shite so many twats here aim at a player day in, day out for being injured.

Still, brave of you to come out as pro-twat. Weird, but brave.

The fact that you think people in the stands are reasonable just gives up the gig. Pretty pathetic attempt but keep at it.

[Ghost Town]

The fact that you think people in the stands are reasonable just gives up the gig. Pretty pathetic attempt but keep at it.

Quite a downer you've got on 50k+ people there, mate. Wanna talk about it? Mind you a couple of them are proper quilts, it can't be denied

[classycarra]

Still, brave of you to come out as pro-twat. Weird, but brave.

Whut

As for people shouting in crowds, I take it you've never been to an actual game before? I'd happily take a 100 people shouting "For fucks sake, Melo" in the heat of the moment for some actual error

Have you?! You seem quite to have a rose tinted view if you don't think there's outpourings of shite

You've never heard "fucks sake Kewell you fucking shithouse c*nt" when he's jumped out of a 30/70, or Riise delivering a cross too deep and out for a throw being met with "fucking prick Riise, fucking want it". Or someone like Xabi smartly avoiding getting deliberately booted yet again being told by he needs to "fucking want it more you coward". What about a "fed up with you c*nts, i'm off" when we're 85 mins in chasing a game. Nope, no outpourings of shite there, it's just people online haha

[Coolie High]

Zakaria was available from the same club...

[rob1966]

The fact that you think people in the stands are reasonable just gives up the gig. Pretty pathetic attempt but keep at it.

Have you ever been to Anfield or just basing it all on watching Sky/ESPN/NBC or whatever you watch it on?

Whut ;DHave you?! You seem quite to have a rose tinted view if you don't think there's outpourings of shite

You've never heard "fucks sake Kewell you fucking shithouse c*nt" when he's jumped out of a 30/70, or Riise delivering a cross too deep and out for a throw being met with "fucking prick Riise, fucking want it". Or someone like Xabi smartly avoiding getting deliberately booted yet again being told by he needs to "fucking want it more you coward". What about a "fed up with you c*nts, i'm off" when we're 85 mins in chasing a game. Nope, no outpourings of shite there, it's just people online haha

There's always dissenting voices, you'll always get that, but it's in minority at Anfield (I'm saying fuck all about the Pit) I didn't grow up hearing people at the ground abusing the fuck out of a player because he got injured.

I remember Frank McGarvey warming up v Ipswich in 1980, he never got on the pitch, but it didn't mean he got dogs abuse for being too shit to get into Bobs team - I also don't remember Bob getting dogs for signing him either.

We have, sadly, started getting "supporters" following us who have no idea how to support the players and how to get behind the team when the chips are down.

[classycarra]

There's always dissenting voices, you'll always get that, but it's in minority at Anfield (I'm saying fuck all about the Pit) I didn't grow up hearing people at the ground abusing the fuck out of a player because he got injured.

yeah definitely. I know it's developed a bit (some things worse, a minority of things better) since my days going growing up. but the pearl clutching from ghost town (plus making up what Dave was saying) was just a little much.

making it seem like its lurched from heady days where there were never 'outpourings of shite' from people in the crowd to what it's like now with fans that he reads online is more than a little bit hyperbolic (and definitely a bit of a denial of reality, at least compared to my experiences 15-20 odd years ago - particularly the last couple of seasons of Houllier and Rafa)

We have, sadly, started getting "supporters" following us who have no idea how to support the players and how to get behind the team when the chips are down.

this is true too, but even then in the last couple of decades i've heard more than enough local dissenting voices (obviously hard to tell outside of the regular ST holders who 'know' from experience how we support the team) shout out of line shit about (and directly to) our players.

think GT suggesting it only happens online and is a recent phenomena, that people in the ground never get on the players backs about injuries (like kewell, redknapp, aurelio, ,aquillani, degan - no laughing at the drop in their quality please!) didn't and maybe still doesn't happen, feels a bit like harking back to a golden era with rose tinted specs (i can only offer my perspective for this century though )

[Ghost Town]

EDIT: On second thoughts, forget it. Won't do any good and poor Arthur doesn't deserve this shite from me in his thread, lol

Though I was kinda proud of the Madame Defarge line; now lost to obscurity, like tears in the rain as David Batty's brother once said

Anyway good post, Rob ^

[lamonti]

There was some lad who said either in this thread of the transfer thread that he'd take a bet that this fella never plays a minute of league football for us.

[AmanShah21]

Have you ever been to Anfield or just basing it all on watching Sky/ESPN/NBC or whatever you watch it on?

There's always dissenting voices, you'll always get that, but it's in minority at Anfield (I'm saying fuck all about the Pit) I didn't grow up hearing people at the ground abusing the fuck out of a player because he got injured.

I remember Frank McGarvey warming up v Ipswich in 1980, he never got on the pitch, but it didn't mean he got dogs abuse for being too shit to get into Bobs team - I also don't remember Bob getting dogs for signing him either.

We have, sadly, started getting "supporters" following us who have no idea how to support the players and how to get behind the team when the chips are down.

Thats what football fandom has become with some of the online channels propagating it as a culture to rant and rave and abuse players. The whole divide within fan groups, what with the whole top red bottom red crap is mind-numbingly stupid but still front and center in social media. I know that Liverpool is more of a global brand than it was in the past and that is part of being successful where you will have bandwagoners, the difference now is that they are actually heard by everyone directly and indirectly and those awful ideas and theories come before everyone. There is no solution to this, you can only hope the players/coaches/sane fans have thick enougj skins to not engage them.

[smurfinaus]

is there any realistic chance we actually get to see him have some time with the first team at some point during the season?.

[rob1966]

is there any realistic chance we actually get to see him have some time with the first team at some point during the season?.

He's almost fit now, so then I cannot see why not if Klopp and his team feel he can do a job. For all we know, he may turn out to be a good fit during training and be heavily involved in the rest of the season.