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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: PL: West Ham 2 vs 2 Liverpool Bowen 43’Robbo 48’ og (tit) 65’ Antonio 77’

« Last post by GreatEx on Today at 02:44:59 am »

Yep, if he was paying advantage then there was no reason to call on the physio. Total garbage yet again because of a reflex that miraculously only kicks in when Liverpool or Wolves are the wronged party. No corruption!!

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Are you enjoying it?

« Last post by G Richards on Today at 02:43:47 am »

Yes, I am enjoying it. LFC is one of the great loves of my life. Been a fan since a nipper, can just about remember back to Kenny coming in, and everything since. I live overseas these days and watch all our games on tv.

Obviously there are issues. Man City are cheats and the Prem needs to be strong, and thorough, to see that through.
The refereeing is bad, and Tomkins wrote a large piece that strongly suggests deeper issues than them just being bad.

So I’m not blind to the issues.

With the tiniest bit of luck, Klopp could be leaving with 3 league titles and 3 CL titles. He has been a great leader and great manager for us. But all things come to an end, and his time is coming to a close.

We have a very good squad and some great youngsters coming through. A new manager is on the way. I’m excited to see what he will do. We have a structure at the club that will hopefully set him up to succeed. There are a few issues in the squad to resolve and I am looking forward to seeing how we handle it.

Gutted this season hit the wall late on. After unexpectedly getting into a title fight, I would have loved to win it - for the players, fans, and especially our great leader Jurgen Klopp. But it wasn’t to be. Instead we have a cup in the bag, a probable third spot in the league, and a new chapter is about to begin with the club in a strong position.

Yes, I am enjoying it, warts and all. Our games are in my calendar, I will arrange work things around it if I can, I watch with my lad, I phone my dad back in England to talk about it all… yes, I am enjoying it.

YNWA

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: New Kit thread

« Last post by spider-neil on Today at 02:40:56 am »

The kit would have been a lot better with a simple white roll neck collar like the one on the current kit.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: PL: West Ham 2 vs 2 Liverpool Bowen 43’Robbo 48’ og (tit) 65’ Antonio 77’

« Last post by Eeyore on Today at 02:40:01 am »

No idea what happened there unless Taylor called for an advantage there

He couldn't have played advantage though because he restarted the game with a drop ball. If it was a case of playing advantage and then bringing it back for a free kick then the restart would have been a free kick.

From the restart Taylor drops the ball and Areoloa picks the ball up.

He was 60 yards away when Areola initially assumed he had a free kick and rolled the ball a good ten yards away from where he caught the ball. Areola is in the process of taking the free kick when Gakpop realises it isn't a dead ball situation. Gakpo then waves at the assistant and asks if he can challenge for the ball and there is no flag.

Areola has made a silly mistake and then Taylor decides to intervene. He stops play, asks for the physios to come on, and then tells Areola to go to the floor despite Areola trying to attempt to play the ball twice.

It is corrupt as fuck.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Are you enjoying it?

« Last post by GreatEx on Today at 02:37:02 am »

Good parts from bradders and Jwils. As the excitement of the Klopp era dissipates, I find myself asking when was the last time football actually brought me joy. Even the cup wins in 2022 and 2024, did I enjoy those or did I just feel a lot of anxiety followed by relief? I think the COVID pause might have been the end of football joy for me. The way everyone tried to get the season annulled, the way even friends of mine said with straight faces that our title should have an asterisk over it... perhaps this was the tipping point where it became clear that what some call banter is really just psychological cruelty. I know, strange that this should be the tipping point when we've had 35 years of tragedy/ poverty chanting, but I suppose it was just the sheer lack of acknowledgement of excellence that did it for me. Like, I despised Ferguson with a passion, and might have mitigated some of his accomplishments, but I always respected his undeniable greatness. That has gone from the game, spirited away by brazen cheating, washed away in oceans of cash and political power plays, obfuscated by confected outrage and false equivalence. All that's left is a vehicle for hatred in a disintegrating society. The last bastion of decency is exiting the stage and the audience are shouting good riddance you c*nt.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by Historical Fool on Today at 02:31:58 am »

There is a monumental difference though between working under a Sporting Director and alongside one. I would say Guardiola, Arteta, Klopp, Emery, Ange, Ten Hag, Howe etc work alongside DoF their DoF's.

For me that is changing with Slot. Rodgers and Klopp had the final say on transfers. The new structure changes that for me. That is the massive difference.

There are literally tens of posts where you have argued differently in the past, that Rodgers and Klopp did not have the final say on transfers …

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: PL: West Ham 2 vs 2 Liverpool Bowen 43’Robbo 48’ og (tit) 65’ Antonio 77’

« Last post by RedG13 on Today at 02:22:05 am »

Can anyone somehow explain why the referee blew when Gakpo was about to put the ball into the net?

Did the referee wave for an advantage then changed his mind when he thought the keeper wasn’t fit to play on? That’s about as close I can get to a plausible answer. However there was no foul and it looks like the keeper threw the ball down and then stopped to pull up his socks. I’d love to hear a decent answer as I am completely stumped and it just looks like the referee made it up on the sport.

No idea what happened there unless Taylor called for an advantage there

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Jarell Quansah

« Last post by RedG13 on Today at 02:20:20 am »

I don't know, I think the fact that we allowed Bowen to cross uncontested from within our penalty area under no pressure into a 2 v 2 in our box was the bigger issue, but what do I know?

Perhaps if the five players standing around watching the cross come in had intervened earlier, we wouldn't be relying on our CB's to win every duel against Michael Antonio to keep a clean sheet.

It's almost as if that goal had been coming for five minutes before-hand, via approaches we've seen repeated many times this season or something.

It was also a 25% chance that was given up. Antonio shot was really good

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by DLF on Today at 02:13:15 am »

Liverpool in the 70's and 80's, Ferguson in the 90's and 00's, Wenger in the 00's have all been the dominant teams with the manager having a huge amount of power. Guardiola has dominated recently with a huge amount of power. Arsenal have flourished since under Arteta who has a lot of power.

The biggest turnaround in the Premier League has been Aston Villa with Emery bringing in his own DoF in Monchi and having a huge amount of power. Our best seasons over the last couple of decades have been when the likes of Benitez and Klopp had huge amounts of power.

No one in this League has ever had a transformative SD or DoF who has changed things and turned their team into the dominant force.

Surely this is also the flaw in the all powerful manager model?  For all their success, United have spent a huge amount of money and time trying to find the the next Busby or the next Ferguson.  18 of their 20 league titles and all their European Cups have been won by just 2 managers!  Everything goes tits up when the glorious reign comes to an end.  No continuity.

Txiki Bgiristain was DoF at Barcelona and now City.  He hires the coaches and players to suit the style of play he decided on i.e principles of Cruyff.  When Guardiola goes he will find a coach compatible with the way they play.  Since he and Pep are completely on the same page and have worked together for so long Pep does actually get a say in identifying transfer targets.  Pellegrini didn't and the next City coach won't.  It will probably someone we haven't heard of from Barcelona B!

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The Boozer / Re: Word Association Game... where will our minds take us?

« Last post by BarryCrocker on Today at 02:10:58 am »

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