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

« Last post by Eeyore on Today at 03:01:14 pm »

Look at the midfield we had then and now, its night and day. We are a top no6 short but we have quality and options everywhere else.

It's difficult to pin down targets, as the initial results may be up and down (remember beating Arsenal away in 2016 then losing to Burnley?). If the football is looking good then there is a base to work from even if results are mixed.

Personally, I think the midfield has been really bad during the run-in. I think Macca is the only one you would say was a nailed-on starter. Even then there are question marks over where you play him. I agree we have loads of options but how many world beaters do we have.

I think our record against the top teams is telling. It is great having a good squad and loads of options but it is your first 11 that beats the top teams. In our pomp our first 11 was obvious and 11 top players. I honestly couldn't name our best 11 now.

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

« Last post by red mongoose on Today at 03:00:32 pm »

So who are we signing at centre back?

We've been linked to the Ecuadorian Willian Pacho, 22-year-old left-footed CB from Frankfurt. 6-2 in height, which is apparently 187 cm.

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General Football and Sport / Re: The Golf Thread

« Last post by 4pool on Today at 02:59:06 pm »

Rory and Lowry just won in New Orleans team event. This gave Rory 25 PGA Tour wins.

The question of the day is, when thinking about winning an event should team events count in your total?

To give this some other context, Tiger and Sam Snead are joint top with 82 PGA tour wins. Tiger has 0 team event wins, Snead has 5.  So, does Tiger have the record for most tour victories.

Thoughts...

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General Football and Sport / Re: Man City - Cheating Bastards on & off the pitch - 115 Charges

« Last post by Walshy nMe® on Today at 02:59:00 pm »

The more titles they win, the harder it will be in the eyes of some for the PL to pretty much wipe out a decade's worth of trophies. Cycling is still dealing with the fallout from Lance Armstrong. This would be much bigger and the PL has turned a blind eye for too long to protect the brand and TV revenues

They'll bottle it, give them about 40 point deduction in one season, and then move on. The one season they may even still push for Europe even with 40 pt deduction, be a 2 year break and they'll be back to normal.

The players won't (be allowed to) leave, so they'll just carry on as normal.

I have lost all faith the Premier League will do anything meaningful, I think they are testing the waters with these Everton and Forest deductions, and will just give them a fucked season, not strip anything, not relegate them, not do anything meaningful.

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News and Current Affairs / Re: Do you support the strikes?

« Last post by west_london_red on Today at 02:57:46 pm »

I don't have any idea why it happens, but asking for a double digit pay rise to bring you back into line with several years single digit pay rises in the private sector is always a hard sell.  And I doubt the unions can negotiate a triple lock or something similar to achieve standard pay rises throughout a period of 'steady' growth.

Comparison to the private sector in general is fraught with issues, you'd have to find comparable sectors and factor in the lack of risk with working in a nationalised industry.

Glad I bought up the topic though, it's going to be really interesting to see how the unions and labour mix.  My suspicion would be that the unions accept the low end of fair and labour agree to regular, not drawn out reviews , maybe a pay review body.  Labour's biggest risk at the following election will be if they are seen to have been bent over by the unions.

We used to have something not far off the triple lock before austerity (although it was a single lock), we would get 3 or 4 year deals of RPI plus x, so if you got a rating of 3/5 (the average) in your end of year review you got say RPI plus 0.5%, if you got a 4/5 it would be RPI plus 1% and if it was 5/5 you got RPI plus 1.5%, that worked fine, since Austerity we’ve had about 3 years where the rise has been above RPI and most years below. For me personally, the if they had maintained pay levels between 2010 and 2020 I would have happily accepted less then RPI for the last 2 years when inflation was so high it’s when it’s been the same for most of the last 10 years it gets ridiculous.

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The Boozer / Re: Ask - R(ob)AWK replies

« Last post by Kenny's Jacket on Today at 02:57:04 pm »

How do you read The Times for free? There's an article from last week I want to read but it's paywalled

Ive not tried it myself but try putting the url in here

https://archive.is/

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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 Dougle on Today at 02:52:46 pm »

Definitely. Someone on here called Gakpo a ‘Gentle Giant’. That’s what he is, needs to develop a killer instinct.

You could say that for the whole team. In both boxes just not getting it done.

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The Boozer / Re: Ask - R(ob)AWK replies

« Last post by Barneylfc∗ on Today at 02:52:21 pm »

How do you read The Times for free? There's an article from last week I want to read but it's paywalled

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

« Last post by RedSince86 on Today at 02:51:59 pm »

This is the red line crossed and the Club should insist Taylor cannot do our games anymore.

He's got an agenda and it's plainly obvious to see.

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News and Current Affairs / Re: Do you support the strikes?

« Last post by oldfordie on Today at 02:50:12 pm »

Railways do feel less 'essential' than the other sectors you mentioned there.

I guess 'cutting' is in a way increasing profits, but those profits are never seen, just re-invested in the areas that need to grow.
Knowing where and how you can do that is the trick.

I read somewhere, that was bizzarely saying the NHS needs more managers, not fewer.  Definitely an argument for that if it frees up medical staff from spending time 'managing' things.  Possibly managers / admin is a better description!

My opinion on strikes changed after the grave diggers went out on strike back in 1978/79, my opinion now is has everyone got the right to strike? it's not so simple. in theory yes but we should come up with a system that treats them fairly if we think they should never do it.  the Torys took advantage of the NHS etc for years thinking they would never take serious industrial action, the NHS workers right to strike was justified once the government did this. if your going to take away someone's right to strike then they have to be treated fairly not exploited.
I think that's the difference between the NHS, Elec, Gas and Water. they are all vital to life. some will argue the railways are as well in modern life, nahh, I think we know the difference.