Downing Completes Liverpool Transfer

[Mellin]

Citeh away.

[Des Little]

I honestly am not sorry to see Downing go, especially for 20M.  Let's re-invest it and move on.

[mazrimsbruv]

has anybody got that video of him hiding off the pitch when we concede, cant remember the game.  It would be a good time to watch it I think.  Remind us of the spineless p*ick

Yeah, Man Shity at Wastelands when a result would have kept us in contention for 4th place. He tried to block a cross in the box but the citeh player dummied him and he slid over the byeline. He then got to his feet and casually strolled towards the near post whilst watching the player cross for Adebayor (I think) to score.

I remember thinking that if he'd run to the near post he'd have blocked the shot but he never even got back on the pitch. I remember saying to by brother at the time that I could imagine MON tearing him a new one in the dressing room afterwards.

Lack of skill you can forgive. Such a total lack of effort when your goal is under threat, is unforgiveable. 

[Mazrim]

Yep, what a lambhearted shithouse.

[Redman]

I have to admit, I'd be pretty chuffed if my club just got £20m for Stewart Downing.

Needs to be reinvested though.

[KevinGage]

I don't get the bitterness in all this (well I kinda do).

Downing isn't a local lad, didn't grow up with pictures of Gary Penrice on his wall -unless he has a thing for Freddie Mercury lookalikes- and has netted us close to double the fee we spent in 2009.

Thanks for one decent season and we move on. Don't wish him any ill will, but by the same token I don't think he'll be getting a rapturous reception on return. In contrast to someone like NRC who probably will. Despite quitting on a Bosman and generating no fee. Such is life.

[Mellin]

I understand why people are annoyed, what with him stating he'd like to sign a new contract a couple of weeks before ruling it out, but someone from Liverpool's clearly had a word during that period.

I think I've just become immune to it all, which is probably a good thing the last couple of years considered.

[Matt Collins]

if we get n'zogbia, Parker and Hutton with this money, plus given from what we'll spend of the young money and manage to squeeze in a backup wide player for cheap or on loan I reckon that's about as good as we're going to get and pretty good work from mcleish under constrained circumstances

[UsualSuspect]

HAS HE FUCKED OFF YET !!!

Reports in the Liverpool Echo say he's been parked up at the edge of the river Mersey for the last few hours, unable to get to the other side as he doesn't know how to cross.

*like*

As much of a cnut that he is, we wouldn't be this angry if he was a crap player.  He was our best player last season.

And he still did my head in with his half-hearted attempts at tackles, no tracking back, not marking opposition players and not fancying actually running very much if he didn't feel like it. Very glad to see the back of him for 20 mill. Liverpool will be as disappointed as I have been.

Totally agree

I could never forgive him for "postgate" against Arsenal

[Legion]

Wasn't it Man. City?

[Jimbo]

Heart of a lamb, face of a weasel, spine of a jellyfish and disposition of a maggot - sod Liverpool, we should have sold him to the Smithsonian Institution.

[UsualSuspect]

Postgate was Arsenal at home a night game in jan/Feb 2010, he had a free header in front of the Holte but bottled it because his momentum would have meant him running into the post.

Average last season so 20 million is a great deal, wait until Christmas when the dippers realise how 1 dimensional he is. They are such fuckwits, one of them posted yesterday that he had scored 17 goals whilst at VP!

[Legion]

Postgate was Arsenal at home a night game in jan/Feb 2010, he had a free header in front of the Holte but bottled it because his momentum would have meant him running into the post.

Average last season so 20 million is a great deal, wait until Christmas when the dippers realise how 1 dimensional he is. They are such fuckwits, one of them posted yesterday that he had scored 17 goals whilst at VP!

Gotcha. I was referring to where he sauntered off the pitch and casually watched as the opposition player scored a goal that he could quite easily have blocked had he been in play. The spineless wanker.

[richard moore]

I don't get the bitterness in all this (well I kinda do).

Downing isn't a local lad, didn't grow up with pictures of Gary Penrice on his wall -unless he has a thing for Freddie Mercury lookalikes- and has netted us close to double the fee we spent in 2009.

Thanks for one decent season and we move on. Don't wish him any ill will, but by the same token I don't think he'll be getting a rapturous reception on return. In contrast to someone like NRC who probably will. Despite quitting on a Bosman and generating no fee. Such is life.

Not like me then. I loved Gary's tache...

[UsualSuspect]

Postgate was Arsenal at home a night game in jan/Feb 2010, he had a free header in front of the Holte but bottled it because his momentum would have meant him running into the post.

Average last season so 20 million is a great deal, wait until Christmas when the dippers realise how 1 dimensional he is. They are such fuckwits, one of them posted yesterday that he had scored 17 goals whilst at VP!

Gotcha. I was referring to where he sauntered off the pitch and casually watched as the opposition player scored a goal that he could quite easily have blocked had he been in play. The spineless wanker.

I can honestly say that having followed the Villa since 1976 he is probably in my top 3 hated players - mainly because of him being a spineless wanker.

I can forgive players being a bit shit but his whole girlieness I can't.

That Liverpool midfield of Adam henderson and Downing is going to be frightening!