12 Sep 2016 21:38:57
Ed what did you think of Babel, immensely talented but seems to be more interested in us now than he did when he played for us! Did he have an attitude problem?

{Ed001's Note - he is a nice lad and a very genuine Liverpool fan but he was too busy trying to make a career in music to knuckle down and work at his football.}

1.) 12 Sep 2016
12 Sep 2016 22:16:47
Always remember he used to cut inside beating a man, and smash a shot, which always went near post, if he could just put it across the keeper he would have scored loads more.

2.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 09:26:02
I will always remember him for his helicopter :)

3.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 10:30:17
What are people's opinions on Markus babbel? (before his illness) I always thought he was our best full back in the last 20 years, but after speaking to some fellow fans the word average was mentioned a lot.

{Ed001's Note - fantastic player, anyone who thinks he was average has never seen him play.}

4.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 11:33:04
I'll never forgot when he posted a photo of Howard Webb in a man united shirt on Twitter.

5.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 12:23:47
Walsallred, absolutely agree with Ed001. He was one of the reasons we won the treble in 2001, not average at all! If he hadn't developed GB I'm pretty sure we could have got even closer to the title in 2002 (that alongside Geds heart issue) .

In terms of best full back in 20 years, I would put him alongside Rob Jones who just sneaks into that timescale.

Next level down (for me) would be Finnan and Riise, imo.

6.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 12:41:25
Btw, has anyone read 'Robbed' Rob Jones' autobiography? One from that era that I haven't read yet! Any good?

7.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 14:50:54
Markus Babel is simply one of the best defenders I`ve ever seen even before his LFC career. Go watch the battle he had with Shearer during the Euro`96 semi final when he marked him man to man. Awesome player.

8.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 20:31:26
I thought we were talking about Ryan Babel hahaha, my bad.

9.) 13 Sep 2016
13 Sep 2016 23:24:00
We were bobcat and then it changed to Markus. 😄

Markus was not average at all, he was a class player and could have played in several positions.
Ryan I would say was average. He loved to stand in an offside position, seemed a bit afraid of his own ability in my eyes and never really asserted himself like he should have.
The Howard Webb tweet was legendary though 😆.