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General Football and Sport / Re: VAR! Video Assistant Referee & Shite Referees in General

« Last post by thaddeus on Today at 01:34:57 pm »

 

I meant more that if Gakpo had scored then it would have forced it into a bigger issue.  Taylor would have had to justify why he blew his whistle and disallowed the goal rather than the theoretical that is currently is.  As it stands it's had almost zero attention, certainly far less than the Gabriel (non-)handball against Bayern.

I've been the ref for my sons' teams a few times and when you see your son's team - or worse your own son - make crazy decisions it's very hard not to intervene.  Taylor seemingly telling Areola to go down comes across as that sort of subconscious bias.

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General Football and Sport / Re: VAR! Video Assistant Referee & Shite Referees in General

« Last post by smicer07 on Today at 01:32:53 pm »

'the referee has done well to dig himself out of a hole', courtesy of Dermot Gallagher on Sky 🙄

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

« Last post by Draex on Today at 01:32:51 pm »

Should we let Salah go on a free to boost the net spend if its the all important metric? This past 12 months has seen plenty of evidence that just spending more money has no correlation to achieving anything

What we do need is to make more good decisions on recruitment and add 3 or 4 players who can make a big contribution to the team. Getting Edwards back in is a big boost to this

Exactly, Matip and Thiago will leave so I'd expect their wages will be used to renew contracts and give us some flexibility to improve the squad via transfers.

People will hate it because ya know agendas but Bradley and Quansah will save us fortunes. Likewise I'm excited to see what the future holds for Beck, Bajcetic, Carvalho, Gordon, Doak etc. etc.

The squad needs 2-3 signings of elite cusp players but Slot is all about getting youngsters in for their energy so I'd expect more to step up just as much as we sign some players.

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General Football and Sport / Re: LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD - 2023 (FSG posts = get muted) - No Mbappé

« Last post by KC7 on Today at 01:32:49 pm »

Salah expected to stay next season, says Ornstein.

Good news. Slot has apparently said he wants him. You'd like to think if he is still doing it there could be a new contract next season.

Was really encouraging to see him put on the afterburners vs West Ham. He was the sharpest i've seen him look.

Think we may have underestimated the effect that (rare) injury had on him. He was still contributing in moments (great passes, the odd goal) but not as frequent as before. Also the midfield is still a disjointed mess so hopefully a key addition in the 6 will sort that out plus the 8s being in their natural advanced position (and having bedded in), and a functioning midfield with 8s not having to do the work of two men will enhance the attacking threat. So much of the play through midfield has been slow, and the chances (while there have been many in games) are often very difficult. 28 shots vs West Ham, yet very few clear cut opportunities.

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News and Current Affairs / Re: India - deteriorating?

« Last post by Yorkykopite on Today at 01:32:16 pm »

The life for Indian Muslims under Modi and his party:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68498675

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: New Kit thread

« Last post by JasonF on Today at 01:32:02 pm »

Odd one - easiest way of getting a name off the back of the shirt? Got a baby's kit for my little one at a car boot sale for £4 and it's got the original kid's name on it. Not a huge problem if it doesn't come up, it's to chuck on on the beach, probably end up getting left in Spain with a load of knackered clothes .

This stuff works but you'll probably be left with a faint outline from the adhesive residue where the name and number used to be: https://www.xpres.co.uk/transfer-remover-spray-for-garment-film-htv-400ml

It's like ~£22 a can though so may not be worth it just for a one off.

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Media and Arts / Re: Dave's TV Snobbery Topic with added Low Brow Self Indulgences

« Last post by Kenny's Jacket on Today at 01:31:23 pm »

The Shits

I had them Sunday after my Indian breakfast

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General Football and Sport / Re: VAR! Video Assistant Referee & Shite Referees in General

« Last post by red_Mark1980 on Today at 01:31:16 pm »

Exactly. I've been critical of Gakpo this season..but this is all on that bald Manc prick.

He's shit his kecks big time.

Honestly wild that a linesman elbowing our left back is only the third maddest thing that's happened to us in just over 12 months

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *

« Last post by Lisan Al Gaib on Today at 01:30:58 pm »

Crikey, not a bad fee that. Granted he seemed irreplaceable for us back then.

There were a hell of a lot of conditions though and I don't think it was £100m straight up. For example a very large part of the add ons were on the condition they won the Club World Cup. It was farcical.

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

« Last post by istvan kozma on Today at 01:29:41 pm »

He defo needs backing and plenty of it, I'm already fearing a summer of "Slot wants time to assess the squad" and "It's difficult in a tournament summer" type excuses but hopefully that's misplaced.

Why would you fear that?
You'd think the shambles at Chelsea would make people realise that assessing your squad during pre season, before spending is the right thing to do for a new manager.