A special message by Liverpool FC to The Reds in Malaysia:

Kepada semua penyokong The Reds di Malaysia yang kami sanjungi,

Semua rakan-rakan di Liverpool FC ingin mengambil kesempatan daripada sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia untuk merakamkan ucapan terima kasih di atas sokongan berterusan yang diberikan semua peminat The Reds di Malaysia.

Sebagai tanda terima kasih di atas sokongan padu yang diberikan oleh  peminat dari Malaysia melalui laman rasmi Liverpool, rangkaian sosial Facebook dan juga Twitter, kami telah menyediakan laman edisi Merdeka khusus untuk anda.

Kami mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih di atas sokongan anda. Diharap anda serta rakan-rakan terus mengikuti perkembangan skuad Liverpool melalui www.facebook.com/liverpoolfc dan www.twitter.com/lfctv. Untuk makluman anda, buat masa ini jumlah penyokong dari Malaysia mengekori rapat jumlah penyokong dari Indonesia. Bolehkah anda mengatasi jumlah tersebut? Teruskan sokongan anda bersama rakan-rakan lain untuk Liverpool!

Diharap dalam tempoh terdekat, kami dapat menambah ruangan khas di laman http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/fans/thekop juga!

Terima kasih sekali lagi dari kami di Liverpool FC atas sokongan berterusan dari semua rakyat Malaysia.

Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan dan Salam 1Malaysia!

LFC

Dear Malaysian Reds,

Malayasian Independence Day gives everyone at Liverpool FC a chance to say thank you for the wonderful support we’ve received from Malaysia.

On Facebook, Twitter and the Official Liverpool FC website Malaysian fans have shown their support in huge numbers. We wanted to find a way to say thank you and so we’ve created this webpage on the Official LFC website just for Malaysian Reds.

Thanks once again for your support. Please continue to follow our www.facebook.com/liverpoolfc page and www.twitter.com/lfctv with your friends and share them with other supporters, at the moment Malaysia is just behind Indonesia in numbers of Liverpool fans on our Facebook pages, can you catch them up?

Hopefully we’ll soon have more features for you at http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/fans/thekop too!

Thanks again from Liverpool FC for your continued support and of course Happy Independence Day!

Best wishes

LFC

Ps, many thanks to Syaiful Arief Syah @ariefsaid and our friends at Standard Chartered Malaysia for their generous help in creating this page.

Source: LiverpoolFC.tv

El Nino doing his thing against West Brom!

Join the MyRAWKites to watch the home clash against West Brom. This could very well be the match to kick start our season after the draw against Gunners and the disappointing lost to City.

The boys in Red need our support, so head on down to The Library @ e-Curve, Petaling Jaya on Sunday night, starting from 9:30pm onwards to cheer and spur them on!

Venue: The Library @ e-Curve (click on link for google map to the venue)

Time: 9:30pm onwards

Entrance: Free

Our limited edition t-shirts will be available for sale as well at the venue. So are you RED enough to be there to show your support?

-MyRAWK-

MyRAWK Match Viewing: Liverpool vs Arsenal

As Gerry Ormonde’s award-winning Liverpool FC blog puts it – A New Season, A New Hope.

And with that, MyRAWK welcomes all Reds in Malaysia to join us this coming Sunday for the crunching season opener against Arsenal. Match viewing details as follows:

Game: Liverpool vs Arsenal

Date & Time: Sunday 15 August 2010, 11pm

Location: Royal Oak, Jaya One, Petaling Jaya (map)

Entrance: FREE

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MyRAWK’s limited edition Torres and Shankly 50th Anniversary T-shirts will also be on sale during the viewing. See you there, and bring your vuvuzelas!

Even though the gaffer has left, many fans still hold Rafa dearly, and this little story found on the LiverpoolFC.tv forum clearly illustrates that:

Just a little something that I wanted to share with my fellow Reds.

And let me preface with saying that I fully support Roy and what he’s doing for our club. I am 100% Red and that’s where my loyalty lies.

Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that many are that Rafa Benitez did a lot for this club and we are eternally indebted to him.

OK, here it is:

Being a Texan football fan, I jumped at the opportunity to go see my local team FC Dallas (which I’ve never seen live before) play European champions Inter Milan this past Thursday at the horribly named (but fairly nice) Pizza Hut Park. I was pretty stoked to see Rafa too, thought it would at least be cool to see the man that brought Liverpool its 5th European cup, if from afar in the stands. So I brought a sign to the game that said “Rafa, Thanks for the memories, Thanks for Istanbul, You’ll Never Walk Alone.” It was honestly a pain to carry and I kept thinking how I should just throw it away. But I didn’t, I took it to my seat, set it under and when I got to my seat realized it was too far for him to see and stuff.

The game was good, I enjoyed seeing Eto’o score a neat little goal in front of me, and though it ended 2-2 I had a blast seeing the champions of Europe have a solid game against lowly MLS team FC Dallas.

So then, as we walked out I took my sign, again intending to toss it in the garbage, but I thought I’d take it anyways. We were about to head to the car and then we noticed the team bus and a crowd waiting to come out. So we waited for what seemed like forever and then saw the stars come out- Cesar, Balotelli, Milito, Materazzi, etc. Then Rafa came out, went quickly to the bus after signing an autograph. Downtrodden again, I just told my mate we should just go. So we started to go but then I stopped and wondered maybe Rafa hadn’t gotten to his seat yet, so I went round to the front of the bus. I looked into the bus and saw him, Rafa was seated behind the driver, talking to someone. So then I held up my sign, in clear view of the front of the bus. I saw Rafa stop his conversation and look towards me, clearly concentrating and reading. Then he stopped, smiled, waved a hand to me and then gave me a thumbs up. Needless to say, I FREAKED out and waved and gave him a thumbs up. Then, of course, I jumped around like a maniac and told my mate (unfortunately a Chelski fan) about it, and he thought it was cool but I was flying and couldn’t stop talking and thinking about it.

He may not be our manager and he may have needed to leave, but he left our club as one of the greats, and his actions surrounding his dismissal show that he is a completely class act. I am so proud to have shown my and hopefully all of our appreciation toward him, and I hope that he felt that appreciation from us. I’m still flying, three days later.

YNWA Rafa

Via Tupperwarez

The Vuvuzela Verdict

The World Cup has come and gone. And it’s left a few, hopefully lasting moments in our footballing memory. There’s plenty of reviews on what has happened in South Africa over the past month. Was it the best tournament in living memory? Were Spain deserving winners? Were Holland really nasty? Did the vuvuzela cause any deafness and so on. My review will be a bit different. A bit like those pre-World Cup movies where they build up to the final by featuring different teams. (I’m sure you’ve watched those) Instead I’ll go player for player, not necessarily the best, but those that left a lasting impression on me over the course of the tournament. They’re in no order whatsoever.

Mesut Ozil

A breath of fresh air over a smog covered Schalke skyline. Which was incidentally where Ozil started his career at. Replaced Johan Micoud and then Diego at Werder, if there was one player who the Germans can lay claim changed their whole system of play, it’s our boy Ozil. Drifting from wing to wing, taking on defenders and operating between the opponent’s midfield and defence, he created havoc. His style of play allowed Podolski and Mueller to remain on the wings which made the German offence devastating. A bronze medal for his efforts.

Keisuke Honda

Hands up to those who thought Shunsuke Nakamura would’ve been the mastermind of a Japanese run into the knockout stages. You were wrong. So was I. Shunsuke was perenially on the bench, while Honda was swerving and bending the Jabulani and his hips while beating the Danes and Cameroon at the same time. Listed as a midfielder, he basically played the target man upfront for Japan and did a mighty good job at it. Trapped and shielded well, which allowed Endo and Okubo to join their not-so-frequent but successful forays into the opponent box. The coach Okada had predicted a semi-final spot for his charges, and we all knew that was almost impossible to achieve. But eventually, a crossbar’s breadth separated Japan and Asia, from a win away from the Semis. Proud showing. Read South Korea and Lee Chung Yong too.

Luis Suarez

Should be remembered mostly for his outrageous flapping at the football against Ghana, which hides his poise and balance – ingredients found in an excellent attacker. I say attacker because of his style, a perfect poster boy for the modern striker in which he floats around the hole, swan dives with Forlan perfectly, excellent control, dribbling and superb technique on the football. Plays with a buckteethed smile and always looks happy. Him, Forlan and Uruguay’s enthusiasm in this tournament should neutralize the sourness of a Ghanaian (African) failure to make the final four.

Andres Iniesta

The World Cup winner for Spain. Spain only scored 7 goals on the way to the trophy. However, if ever 1-0s can be convincing for the fans, it definitely is Spain’s method in arriving to it. Controlled and passed, shimmied and dummied, backheeled and flicked to everyone on the field who were accomplished on the football. The old adage is very simple, you can’t score without possession. Spain dominated possession so much that it was very hard for teams to score against them in the rare occasions they had the football – they just didnt know what to do with it. If Xavi was the heartbeat of the team, Iniesta was the veins of the team – supplying the lifeblood to the attackers. Well done Espana, Campiones de Mundo 2010.

Wayne Rooney

As an England fan, Rooney left a lasting (non)impression on the followers of the Three Lions. At the turn of the year when Rooney was scoring right, left and center, I remember saying England might as well not show up for the World Cup if Rooney got injured. Didnt quite work out that way did it? Some attributed it to the burden of expectation, the gruelling Premiership schedule or that the English just didn’t care. Easy solutions to all the three listed above. This was the tournament that finally made England and the English realise what their deficiencies have been since 1966 and end their incredulous claim to be among the favourites every four years. Start from the back, use the midfield and pass to team-mates are among the very basic lessons learnt from South Africa. The Premiership is the largest importer of foreign talent in Europe, maybe that needs a re-think too.

Team of the tournament –

Enyeama (Messi doesnt know me, but if I see him I will say hello – after being named MOTM against Argentina. All round decent bloke.)

Maicon (devastating, huge as a Predator, best player in his position by a country mile)

Mathijsen (Mike Tyson? Might not have the punch of Iron Mike but does a great job of harassing)

Pique (on one hand I have Johny Evans and on the other, nahh he won’t make it… OOPS Sir)

Taye Taiwo (small, zippy, nifty, hard. No, not Evra)

Xavi (runs an average of 12.7kms a match, passed 669 times in 7 matches and still maintains that ‘I love football’ enthusiasm.)

Iniesta (Powder grew up with a skin pigmentation problem, God made up for it by putting in extra points on footballing talent perhaps.)

Schweinsteger (did decent as a left winger despite his huge frame, think he’s found his best role at the finals. A run from deep defensive midfielder. Cant think of a similar player in this role. Can you?)

Ozil (gives back the meaning to how the number 10 is the most influential in a team. Eventhough he wears 8. You know what i mean.)

Donovan (enthusiasm, pride and will to win. Captain America remade his name at Everton and carried the form all the way before Gyan became party pooper)

Forlan (shame on all of us for only remembering this fella who couldnt score in almost 30 games. Its not always about the Premiership you know!)

*Checkout every single goal from the World Cup by heading to http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b4Vdb*

*This round-up taken with permission from Rants Of A Red blog belonging to fellow MyRAWKite – Haz.

Here is the 2010-11 calendar in full:

August

14 – Arsenal (h)
21 – Manchester City (a)
28 – West Bromwich Albion (h)

September

11 – Birmingham City (a)
18 – Manchester United (a)
22 – Carling Cup 3
25 – Sunderland (h)

October

2 – Blackpool (h)
16 – Everton (a)
23 – Blackburn Rovers (h)
27 - Carling Cup 4
30 – Bolton Wanderers (a)

November

6 – Chelsea (h)
9 – Wigan Athletic (a)
13 – Stoke City (a)
20 – West Ham United (h)
27 – Tottenham Hotspur (a)

December

1 – Carling Cup 5
4 – Aston Villa (h)
11 – Newcastle United (a)
18 – Fulham (h)
26 – Blackpool (a)
28 – Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)

January

1 – Bolton Wanderers (h)
5 – Blackburn Rovers (a)
8 – FA Cup 3
12 – Carling Cup SF1
15 – Everton (h)
22 – Wolverhampton Wanderers (a)
26 – Carling Cup SF2
29 – FA Cup 4

February

2 – Stoke City (h)
5 – Chelsea (a)
12 – Wigan Athletic (h)
19 – FA Cup 5
26 – West Ham United (a)
27 – Carling Cup final

March

5 – Manchester United (h)
12 – FA Cup 6
19 – Sunderland (a)

April

2 – West Bromwich Albion (a)
9 – Manchester City (h)
16 – Arsenal (a) (FA Cup SF weekend)
23 – Birmingham City (h)
30 – Newcastle United (h)

May

7 – Fulham (a)
14 – Tottenham Hotspur (h) (FA Cup final weekend – dates and kick-off subject to change)
22 – Aston Villa (a)

ALL FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF TELEVISION AND/OR FOR OTHER REASONS SUCH AS POLICE REQUESTS AND UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE COMMITMENTS.

For the latest fixture updates checkout LiverpoolFC.tv’s Fixture & Results page.

LFC's World Champions - Fernando Torres & Pepe Reina

Big congrats to our very own world champions – Fernando Torres & Pepe Reina of La Furia Roja! Unfortunately El Nino suffered a tear in his abductor muscle playing in the final, but he will recover in time for the start of the new 10/11 BPL season.

Not forgetting the runners up – Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel from the Oranje team.

LFC players in South Africa:  Argentina – Javier Mascherano & Maxi Rodriguez, Denmark – Daniel Agger, England – Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard & Glen Johnson, Greece – Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Holland – Dirk Kuyt & Ryan Babel, Slovakia – Martin Skrtel, Spain – Fernando Torres & Jose Pepe Reina and *Serbia – Milan Jovanovic

Roy Hodgson Reveals As The New Gaffer In Anfield

A big welcome to Anfield to new gaffer – Roy Hodgson. He has big shoes to fill and big players to convince to stay and fight for the Anfield cause. Irregardless of how some fans feel about his appointment, he deserves all the support from all of us. Set aside the difference of opinion on who should have taken over and also the unfortunate way how Rafa Benitez left. He might not be as highly regarded by many, but his managing experience is vast and varied. He’s been accredited with helping save Inter Milan (how ironic as Rafa is there now) from the brink. His experience there could well be invaluable to us, with all the expected sales of players and the reorganisation of the squad. He has also managed a Swiss side that went into the last-16 of the 1994 World Cup.

“I’m really looking forward to working with your team and looking forward to getting your support, which I’ve seen so many times throughout the years. I said recently that this is one of those clubs where your motto ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is really lived by the fans. It’s a club where you feel you’re not alone. I shall need lots of help and lots of support and I sincerely hope you make sure I never walk alone. That would be my message. Help me to do a good job and I’ll do my best to do it.”  Roy Hodgson – Liverpool’s 18th manager.

You’ll Never Walk Alone – MyRAWK

Who says Liverpool don’t have quality players?

All of Liverpool’s first teamers (12 in all) will be at the World Cup, representing 7 different nations.

England: Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Jamie Carragher
Argentina: Javier Mascherano and Maxi Rodriguez
Netherlands: Ryan Babel and Dirk Kuyt
Spain: Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina
Greece: Sotiros Kyrgiakos
Denmark: Daniel Agger
Slovakia: Martin Skrtel

Via Red & White Kop