Leicester City 3 Liverpool 1 (Feb 13 2021)

There's a lot to unpack here but even so, I'm going to try to keep this as brief as possible again, not least because I didn’t even see any of it after it went 1-1. Maybe if I had kept the TV on I’d be more pissed off about the way we capitulated, but I didn’t see the capitulation though so that’s not my primary focus of anger.

I switched it off because I’ve had enough. This sport is rigged. Officials are dictating the outcomes of games for reasons I’m not going to speculate on. I don’t know why this complete dishonesty and utter lack of sporting integrity is happening, I just know that it is. Because I see it virtually every week. Not just in our games either, although we do seem to be on the receiving end more than most.

I’ve seen too much evidence of it this season to put it down to bad luck or acts of random incompetence. It isn’t that. If you want to tell yourself it is because you don’t want to look like a conspiracy loon or bad loser or whatever, that’s fine. Have at it. Keep telling yourself this is happening because referees are shit. Funny how we never benefit from that ‘shitness’ though, eh? 

This was the straw that broke this particular camel’s back. I don’t think I’ve ever switched off before the end of a game before. Certainly not with this long to left to go. I had to though. For my own sanity. I couldn’t watch anymore of this shit. There’s only so much you can take before completely snapping and if I’d kept that TV on I’d have done something I regretted. I love my big TV, I don't want to see it with the coffee table embedded in it.

So I switched it off and went into another room. I knew what was happening because I had my phone and the lads in various group chats were posting about it but I didn’t see it so somehow it wasn’t as bad. That equaliser being allowed to stand broke something in me though. I’ve honestly had enough now, I don’t even want to watch footy anymore as it’s corrupt as fuck.

I’ve been saying it for months and not just relating to our games, but in general. On those close offside decisions they decide what decision they want to make and they then manipulate the lines to fit.

That Leicester goal is offside under the current shitty rules. Without VAR I’m fine with that being given as a goal as it’s close. No problem if a linesman thinks its level and gives a goal. One of those things, it happens. Arguing about offside decisions that are that close is pointless. How can you expect a lino to be 100% when it’s that tight?

As soon as you bring the video into it though it’s a different ball game. I’ve seen goals allowed / disallowed based on lines being drawn a few centimetres back of where one should be and a few ahead of where the other should be.

The lines here are bullshit. The line is on the shoulder of the Leicester player. Compare that with the one Bamford had disallowed where they drew the line nearer his fucking elbow. Or Virgil at Goodison. Countless others too. And look at the line for where Bobby’s boot supposedly is. Is he wearing Sideshow Bob’s clown shoes or what? (actually that would explain a lot)

As I say, they give whatever decision they WANT to give. If there was any way the cunt on VAR could have given the penalty instead of a free-kick he would have done. Anthony Taylor couldn’t wait to point the spot and will have been gutted he was over-ruled. Surprised the baldy manc cunt didn’t join in the celebrations with the Leicester players. Fuck him. Everything time he’s near one of our games bad shit happens.

I’ve had enough now. I can live with us not winning games and just being a top half side. Shit, I’ve lived with it for large parts of the last 30 years. I can’t be doing with this incessant fucking cheating we’re being subjected to. Because it is cheating. Anthony Taylor and VAR not giving a free-kick when a defender shoves Sadio over with two fucking hands is cheating.

Call it an error if you like, but it isn’t. This is the problem. I keep saying it but when you look at these decisions in isolation you can say “he got that wrong” or “could have gone either way” or whatever. And that is exactly how these cunts have been getting away with it all season. Because taken in isolation you can explain away any decision.

It’s bullshit though. They know what they’re doing. Don’t tell me that four officials all ‘forgot’ to send off Pickford. Don’t tell me that Lee Mason the VAR saw Mo shoved in the back on the edge of the Fulham box when they scored and thought ‘that’s not a foul’. No, he saw it and he knew it was a foul. Just as the cunts on duty at Goodison all knew it should have been a red card.

And these fuckers in this game knew EXACTLY what they wanted to do and they did it. And they’ll keep doing it because they can. There’s nothing to stop them doing it. They give decisions based on what they WANT to give and not on what they SHOULD be giving. There’s no way to prove it of course and I’m almost certain there’ll be no money trail to follow because it isn’t THAT kind of corruption. At least I hope it isn’t.

But don’t tell me this is a level playing field and we just aren’t getting the rub of the green because it’s fucking bollocks. I switched off when that goal was allowed to stand because what is the point in watching this anymore? Seriously? Why should we watch? We invest so much time, money and emotion into a sport that is now about as legitimate as WWE. At least WWE fans know their sport is rigged and aren’t under the illusions football fans are.

We may as well have Vince McMahon sat in his office deciding on the outcomes of these games. Instead it’s Dermot Gallagher, a twat who looks like a dandelion with all the fluff blown off. His little bunch of minions are shafting us every other week. It isn’t random acts of incompetence. The sample size is way to big to explain it away like that.

We’ve got enough problems of our own to deal with but when you factor in the completely one sided officiating of our games there’s just no chance really. Virgil won’t change this. Shit, we could build a team machine and bring Alan Hansen back from the 80s to play against him and it won’t make a blind bit of difference. 

For 75 minutes of this game we were good. We were clearly better than Leicester and deservedly led. A win would have been huge for us when you look at the table. It would have helped rebuild some of the fragile confidence. But then out of nowhere the rug is pulled out from under us. Firstly, that’s not a foul in a million years. Trent and Thiago have closed off any space and there’s nowhere for Barnes to get though. So he knocks the ball through and runs straight into Thiago. 

I see Thiago getting a lot of stick for that (especially from that skinny cunt McManaman who was an absolute disgrace on commentary by the way) but Barnes is hitting the deck regardless of anything Trent or Thiago do. Thiago doesn’t even tackle him. He initially goes to but then doesn’t, and Barnes just throws himself to the floor. He’s playing for it and he was all afternoon. He got Jones booked with a dive, he did the exact same thing to Trent soon after and then Kabak was booked because Barnes ran straight into him as well.

Put it this way, would Salah have been given a foul for that? Or put it yet another way, would Barnes have been awarded a pen in the first half for the incident in which Mo got the ball first and was clipped on the foot? I think we know the answer to those questions, but if you’re unsure about the second one then I’ve got two words for you. Danny. Welbeck.

This is what I’m saying. You can look at any of these incidents and justify the decisions made because they’re subjective. It’s only when you look at how many of these ’subjective’ decisions have gone against us and how few have gone for us that the true picture emerges. 

That wasn’t even a fucking foul but Taylor pointed to the spot immediately, even though it was outside the box. VAR must have been like “sorry Ant, I’d love to let that stand but it’s outside and I can’t get away with it. We’ll get ‘em though, don’t worry”. Seconds later he’s like “it’s ok, he’s offside but it’s close enough that I can sort it. Jobs a good ‘un”.

And just like that, 75 minutes of good work is undone and our players lost their fucking heads completely. It’s easy to criticise them for that but we knew going into the game that their confidence was fragile and it just seems to me that there’s only so much adversity you can rail against until eventually you just succumb to it. 

I mean fucking hell, I didn’t even want to watch it after that ‘goal’ but those lads are then expected to just pick themselves up and get on with it. And then when they do, Sadio is blatantly shoved to the floor, it gets ignored and just like that it’s 2-1 in a game we had under complete control. If I’m Hendo I’d have walked off the pitch at that point and forfeited the game in protest.

No fucking wonder they let in a third. Their heads will have gone completely. I haven’t seen the second or third goals, all I’ve seen after it went 1-1 was the two handed shove on Mané that was ignored. I don’t care who was at fault or what happened after that equaliser. I honestly just don’t give a fuck because it’s irrelevant anyway.

For us to have any chance of overcoming the officiating we’d have to be playing at the level we were last season (at least until before Watford) and that’s just not going to happen with the injuries we’ve had and with no fans. We’ve dropped off significantly due to various factors but with a level playing field we’d still be comfortable in second or at the absolute worst third.

If I had a choice I’d fuck the Premier League off completely and the only games I’d watch for the rest of the season would be Champions League. That’s not an option for me because this is my fucking job. There’s no escape. No walking away from it and there’s actually a part of me feels guilty that I switched the TV off at 1-1 because this is my job and I take pride in it.

The truth is though, if I had another way of making a living I’d walk away from this tomorrow because I fucking despise what they’ve done to football now, with their stupid rule changes and VAR bollocks and jumped up little fucking nazi refs throwing their weight around without any kind of comeback. What can you do though?

If Klopp complains he’ll get fined and nothing will change. If he doesn’t, they just carry on anyway. If he were to insist on that bald fuck Taylor being banned from our games one of his buddies will step up and screw us even more just to teach us a lesson. Besides, it isn’t just Taylor. There’s at least half a dozen of them who are continually fucking us.

We’re at the point now though were we have nothing to lose. Klopp should go off on one big time with a list of all the times we’ve been shafted. He should also instruct the players to be fucking hammering the ref from start too finish. We just accept these decisions and say fuck all. From now on, I want all of them fucking surrounding them and screaming at them. 

If it’s Mason or Taylor I want Hendo screaming “YOU CHEATING BALDY MANC CUNT”. If it’s Jon Moss I want him or Robbo or Trent or whoever in his face calling him a fat useless sack of shit. Take the fucking headset off them and abuse the VAR twat as well. And if one gets sent off, then another one needs to get right in there and do it. They can’t send everyone off. Show the cunts we’re not standing for it anymore. 

I despise the body language of our players when these decisions are going against us. We make it easy for them by saying fuck all. It does my head in. Stand up for yourselves. I don’t give a fuck if that’s not Klopp’s way. Let these cheating fucks know we’re onto them and apply some pressure on them. Seriously, I guarantee none of them have the balls to send two or three players off for dissent. 

You’ll notice I’ve said virtually nothing about how we played and what worked and what didn’t, because what’s the point? Seriously, none of it matters when you’re up against this kind of shit. I actually feel that criticising players or pointing out mistakes is glossing over the real problem in this game which was 100% the officials. It was fine until they fucked us over. Looking at what happened after that is just a distraction from the real issue.

I can’t write a ‘normal’ match report for this game because my head has gone completely. I can’t get past the officiating screwing us over like that again. I said a few weeks back that going into games now I never fear the opposition (other than City to an extent) but I’m terrified of what the officials will do. THIS is exactly why. Every week I worry about what the officials are going to do and half the time it turns out to be justified.

So I don’t give a shit about Alisson supposedly fucking up again (haven’t seen it) or Kabak getting done on a goal (haven’t seen it). I’m not arsed about Thiago still looking like a fish out of water or Bobby being shite again (other than that glorious assist). I’m not arsed because I just don’t think it matters anymore.

The season is fucked because everything that could go wrong has gone wrong and any attempt to fight through that shit is being undermined at every turn by cheating from the officials. So yeah, that’s how I feel and I don’t care if it sounds like paranoia or self pity. I might be paranoid but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

Team: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Kabak, Henderson, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Milner (Thiago), Jones (Oxlade-Chamberlain); Salah, Firmino, Mané: