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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #40 on: September 4, 2011, 04:35:56 pm »
I think he actually hit Pacheco in training a month or 2 before the whole thing became public.
I remember on IrishKop, a consistently reliable source left a wierd message on Rieras thread a good bit before about how he hears "Albert packs a punch in training".
Remember reading it thinking wtf, and then it was  quoted in the IK thread from a month or 2 back when the story hit.

So I think the game Albert started at Spurs was probably long after the incident, or maybe Rafa was thinking shop window.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #41 on: September 4, 2011, 04:59:11 pm »
He was a good player with a huge ego. He may or may not have hit Pacheco which was c*ntish... but then Bellamy hit Riise and I like Craig a lot so I can't get too high and mighty. He really just came accross as a bellend when he kept slagging Rafa off.

Shame I remember his very impressive debut versus the Mancs. He could have been a real hit. Hope he does alright really, left on a sour note but there's ex-players I hate a lot more.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #42 on: September 4, 2011, 09:49:06 pm »
He's very good in Family Guy.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #43 on: September 4, 2011, 09:57:48 pm »
The best part of his career here was hearing Roy Hodgson trying to pronounce his name when he left.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #44 on: September 4, 2011, 10:20:04 pm »
Some people have short memories. Everyone thought he was great in our first season, and he contributed a lot. There's no doubt about it.

His second season was bad both in his football and in his persona. He wasn't a nice guy in the end and we got rid of him. That doesn't change how he was in his first season though.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #45 on: September 4, 2011, 10:23:51 pm »
Why didn't we?

Because we'd spent all summer chasing Gareth Barry for 18 million?
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #46 on: September 4, 2011, 10:48:02 pm »
As a player, I thought he was good for us (in his first season) and I liked him. Off the pitch, as a person, I couldn't simply for the above mentioned incident.

The thing that I think served him the best in most people's opinions is that we were playing very good football in that season and we'd lacked any balance from the left hand side for years and Riera provided that. He had good footwork which more often than not he pulled off but his assists stats for the season weren't as high as you'd expect from a winger of his ability.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #47 on: September 4, 2011, 11:31:25 pm »
I always wanted to see him on the team sheet and when he was he more often than not let me down.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #48 on: September 4, 2011, 11:34:05 pm »
Erm, wasn't this thread done a while back?

He fucked off, we all got happy. End.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #49 on: September 5, 2011, 01:17:20 pm »
08-09 he was awesome.

gave us great width, piddled out the year after like so many others

didnt he label the club a "sinking ship!"

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #50 on: September 5, 2011, 01:19:29 pm »
Riera was NEVER awesome, for us - he had spells of good games

remember United and Everton at home during one season he had especially good games, never a top top winger though and in the end i was happy he left, started being abit of a gobshite and was never on a level where he could do that and get away with it.

Downing is a better winger and can do everything Albert did and more, and even Downing (for me) isn't a great winger either, quite good - yes.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #51 on: September 5, 2011, 01:21:31 pm »
08-09 he was awesome.

gave us great width, piddled out the year after like so many others

didnt he label the club a "sinking ship!"



Awsome my arse. He gave us shape and width in games when he first came, the reason his game dropped was because he stopped doing that and constantly cur inside instead of doing what he does best and stay wide .
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #52 on: September 5, 2011, 01:29:32 pm »
Awsome my arse. He gave us shape and width in games when he first came, the reason his game dropped was because he stopped doing that and constantly cur inside instead of doing what he does best and stay wide .
he gave us a balance and answered a problem that had been there for years

pity it was only short term.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #53 on: September 5, 2011, 01:31:09 pm »
other than quagmire from family guy he used to remind me of charlie sheens character in Ferris buellars day off

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #54 on: September 5, 2011, 02:35:17 pm »
How opinions change...

Remember how highly regarded the two were when this happened? And now look at them


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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #55 on: September 5, 2011, 03:28:11 pm »
I liked his technical ability, he hardly gave away the ball and could hold onto it in miraculous circumstances, a big part of our ball retention in that title challenging season. He went off the boil a bit after but came back strong towards the end of it.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #56 on: September 5, 2011, 04:25:32 pm »
How opinions change...

Remember how highly regarded the two were when this happened? And now look at them


when this happened? Fernando Torres eating bread?

If it was a gif of a wonder goal where Riera rinses 3 defenders and smacks a ball on Torres' head then maybe i'd agree - Torres was obviously incredible for a couple of years, Albert wasn't close.

Goal against Villa at the Anny road end from Pepe's awesome knock was great though, was sat dead in line with Albert when he connected with it - top goal
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #57 on: September 5, 2011, 04:40:28 pm »
when this happened? Fernando Torres eating bread?

If it was a gif of a wonder goal where Riera rinses 3 defenders and smacks a ball on Torres' head then maybe i'd agree - Torres was obviously incredible for a couple of years, Albert wasn't close.

Goal against Villa at the Anny road end from Pepe's awesome knock was great though, was sat dead in line with Albert when he connected with it - top goal

At the time, the chemistry in the squad was great, things were looking up, those two were in the first 11 and were very popular. Its since become apparent that Riera is a prick and Torres is an ungrateful cardboard cut-out

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #58 on: September 5, 2011, 04:49:19 pm »
H&G anyone? Remember them?

Either that or Robbie Keane costing Ł20m. Take your pick.
just checking, it sounded like there was some other reason. I'd always pick Downing over Keane. I never saw Keane as anything but a limited striker
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #59 on: September 5, 2011, 04:50:57 pm »
How opinions change...

Remember how highly regarded the two were when this happened? And now look at them



Riera is a prick!  Torres just wanted to win things. H&G  were the architects of his leaving. Clearly he left too soon in some respects. In others he left at the right time for Kenny who could build an entirely new team  without having to build around a striker that was ageing
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #60 on: September 6, 2011, 11:13:04 am »
Vilified for stating the obvious when he obviously shouldn't have stated it. We were a sinking ship, but you don't fucking let people know!

Good player and I enjoyed his first season at the club. People are too willing stick in the knife into anyone who leaves in less than glamorous terms and will find any reason to denigrate him.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #61 on: September 6, 2011, 12:07:16 pm »
He was absoluetly brilliant first 6 months or so, amazing against United, Chelsea and a few others. Pure class, then he just got worse and worse. If he could have pulled out performances like he did when he arrived could have been brilliant for us. He was right though about us being a sinking ship...

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #62 on: April 5, 2012, 04:28:47 pm »
At the hospital after being beaten up massively by Felipe Melo

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #63 on: April 5, 2012, 04:32:30 pm »
At the hospital after being beaten up massively by Felipe Melo
fucking hell, gotta a link to the fight? :D
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #64 on: April 5, 2012, 04:37:08 pm »
At the hospital after being beaten up massively by Felipe Melo

Not his usual type, he usually scraps with young Spanish kids :)

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #65 on: April 5, 2012, 06:11:45 pm »
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #66 on: April 5, 2012, 06:16:19 pm »
Surely people could have stopped it before he got beat so bad he had to go to hospital?
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #67 on: April 5, 2012, 11:27:43 pm »
Surely people could have stopped it before he got beat so bad he had to go to hospital?

Maybe they didn't want to....

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #68 on: April 5, 2012, 11:33:13 pm »
Surely people could have stopped it before he got beat so bad he had to go to hospital?
It is Turkish football, some fans probably joined in and threw some fireworks in there for good measure!
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #69 on: April 5, 2012, 11:50:58 pm »
Maybe Melo got fed up with him being shit, the most ironic part of the story is how Galatasaray are taking violence seriously and are considering action against the perpetrators! Its not still my birthday is it?

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #70 on: April 5, 2012, 11:54:59 pm »
Felipe Melo.



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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #71 on: April 5, 2012, 11:57:21 pm »
When the story popped up about a Galatasary training ground fight, for some reason I really hoped someone sparked out Eboue.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #72 on: April 6, 2012, 07:40:36 am »
He once hit the kids when he was here, no? Karma may be
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #73 on: April 6, 2012, 08:43:47 am »
Melo must be an animal.  Riera's quite a big lad.

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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #74 on: April 6, 2012, 10:15:27 am »
He once hit the kids when he was here, no? Karma may be
He had a go at Pacheco. Apparently. No one knows why and no one knows for certain it's true.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #75 on: April 6, 2012, 10:38:29 am »
He had a go at Pacheco. Apparently. No one knows why and no one knows for certain it's true.
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #76 on: February 7, 2017, 06:11:13 am »
Albert Riera is waiting until the end of February to sign with Tom Tomsk, the eastern-most team in the Russian Premier League

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/ex-liverpool-man-albert-riera-explains-why-hes-stranded-in-siberia-a7553056.html
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #77 on: January 25, 2018, 04:33:47 am »
Riera announced his retirement on his twitter

https://xcancel.com/11RIERA11/status/955904991054761984

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Right time to say BYE as a player. Thanks to the clubs and supporters that have been along this way with me from 2001 till today. Proud and thankful for the way we have been together during 17 years. Now time to look forward and impatient for my new step! #thanks #football  12:48 PM - 23 Jan 2018 from Madrid, Spain

edit:  Echo article

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-liverpool-winger-albert-riera-14196063
« Last Edit: January 25, 2018, 04:42:31 am by zabadoh »
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #78 on: January 25, 2018, 11:00:40 am »
His goal against Aston Villa comes to mind. Decent player, but one of many who couldn't get along with Rafa. 
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Re: Albert Riera
« Reply #79 on: January 25, 2018, 11:12:21 am »
His goal against Aston Villa comes to mind. Decent player, but one of many who couldn't get along with Rafa. 
well if you look at Rieras career after us he seem to either be released or fall out with clubs.

i mean look at why he left Udinese for instance.
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