Saturday Sep 15
Spurs 1 L 2. Great three points but we should have snotted them. We let them off the hook with some terrible decision making and it was doing my head in. There was so much to love about this performance but the wastefulness almost undermined everything.
The game was won and it had been comfortable, but then we gave up a scabby goal from a corner and would also have conceded a pen only for Michael Oliver getting himself in a bad position and not being able to see it. I can’t even imagine how fucking pissed off I’d have been if we’d blown this win, but it wouldn’t have been the defenders I’d have been angry with. Sadio and Mo in particular need to stop fucking around in the box and make better decisions.
How shit were Spurs though? Eric ‘Dire’ lived up to his name but the rest were garbage too. Pochettino recently called Dembele one of the best players in the world and compared Harry Winks to Xavi and Iniesta. He’ll gone the full Brendan there, and you never want to go the full Brendan. And what about Harry Kane eh? I keep hearing all this bollocks about him being tired because of the World Cup. Yeah, I’m sure it’s such hard work goal-hanging, taking a few pens and stealing the Golden Boot.
Sunday Sep 16:
Moyes rocks up on Super Sunday and says his Everton side were ‘a centre forward away from challenging for the title’. Fuck me, I knew he was delusional but this is the kind of stuff he could be sectioned for.
Meanwhile, look at the fucking state of this….
It takes a special kind of knobhead to make Fellaini & co sympathetic figures, but watching that all I could think of was “come on Fellaini, let’s have one of those sly, ‘accidental’ elbows. Then the copper appears and I’m thinking, either arrest the fucker or just throw him in front of the train and get the United lads to say he jumped.
Honestly, what a fucking piece of shit that guy is. The best bit was defo Pogba just dancing away on the platform, completely oblivious to what was going on.
Monday Sep 17:
Looks like Bobby is out and Solanke and Origi won’t be available either. Both of them played and scored for the 23s at the weekend and now they’re not available? The fuck happened there then, they go out on a bender to celebrate finally finding the net?
On a serious note, what absolutely fucking horrific news about Stephen Darby. I travelled up and down the country watching him and Speo playing for the 18s and ressies for a few years and spent a lot of time with their Dads, who I got to know quite well. ‘Darbs’ is such a great lad who was liked by everyone and this is just really fucking unfair. I don’t even know what to say, this news has really got to me.
Tuesday Sep 18:
L 3 PSG 2 Not too unlike the Spurs game in many ways. Complete dominance, by far the better team, didn’t kill them off and almost paid the price. We were really close to fucking this one up though as we surrendered a 2-0 lead. That can’t happen. I’m not unduly concerned about it as overall we defended fucking brilliantly. Their first goal was offside and although the second was self inflicted (fucks sake Mo) it was also unlucky as Van Dijk stopped Neymar but the loose ball fell perfectly for Mbappe.
It wasn’t Mo’s night, but Sadio and Studge both did well and of course Bobby came off the bench to get the winner. The real stars were the midfielders though. Fucking hell, James Milner is an absolute monster. That clip of him putting Neymar on his arse with a perfect tackle is something that I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing. He’s the fucking man is Milner.
Gini was great too, and then there’s the captain. Few things bother me more than seeing twitter virgins posting pointless stats and agenda driven video compilations trying to convince us all that Klopp doesn’t know what he’s doing in having this bum as his captain and a regular in the side. It winds me right up, I hate the unjustified shit Hendo gets. Just look at his performance tonight, he bossed it and the PSG players wanted no part of him.
PSG were fucking rubbish I thought. A bunch of individuals who are used to having everything their own way in the French league. They didn’t know what had hit them when our lads were just swarming all over them. Thiago Silva was immense and I felt bad for that Rabiot lad in midfield as he had to do the running of about three players. Neymar and Mbappe were proper big timing it, not doing any chasing back and only showing interest when the ball was at their feet. That’s why our front three pisses all over theirs.
Meanwhile, the kids battered PSG 5-2. It should have been about 10-4 as it was a mad game and our lads completely battered them. They’ve got a chance of going all the way as there are some really talented lads in this side. Obviously Jones and Camacho are known to everyone after pre-season, but one you probably haven’t heard much about but who I think could be a real star is Neco Williams the right back. He’s brilliant.
I was talking to someone well connected to the Academy over the summer and I mentioned that Williams was one who had caught my eye in the limited times I'd seen him, and apparently he was one of Gerrard’s favourites too. Stevie loves him and reckons he’s got a real chance. Keep an eye on him. And Adam Lewis too, he's got something about him. Reminds me a little of Ste Warnock when he was coming through.
Wednesday Sep 19:
Uh-oh. Dejan is in trouble as he’s going to have to stand trial for perjury back in Croatia. Apparently it stems from when he had to give evidence as a witness. The court said “state your name and occupation for the court”. He replied “Dejan Lovren, I’m one of the world’s best defenders” and just like that, perjury charge.
The best thing about a win like let night is soaking everything up the next day. This was the undoubted highlight for me today….
That’s the Mig in a nutshell. He really tries, but just can’t quite get right, bless him.
What is not so cool about the fallout from last night is all this ludicrous bollocks about Mo not celebrating Bobby’s goal. It’s been debunked by slow motion clips that show him with both fists clenched and arms raised in the background as Klopp is giving it loads, but why did it even need that to shoot down what was a fucking moronic suggestion anyway.
Why on earth would he be pissed off at Firmino scoring the winner? How stupid must you be to convince yourself that he’s such a selfish, egomaniacal twat that he would be pissed off at us winning a game in stoppage time just because he had been subbed? The shit people can convince themselves of never ceased to amaze.
The Champions League drama tonight was provided by Ronaldo, who was given a red card for pulling an opponent’s hair and then cried his eyes out at the ignominy of it all. Also, he misses his big Old Trafford return, which is hilarious.
Almost as hilarious as City losing at home to Lyon. What wasn’t so funny was seeing how great Nail Fekir looked. I’m getting a Michael Laudrup vibe about this one. Someone will buy him and he’ll be incredible. I just hope it’s not an English club.
Thursday Sep 20:
Ox was on LFC TV tonight. It’s a fucking travesty what happened to him as he’s such a sound lad. Every time I see him speak he goes even higher in my estimation. He’s fucking ace, and that injury was one of the cruelest things that I can remember happening to any player. He was in the form of his life, the team were playing unbelievable football, and then just like that he not only misses a Champions League final and a World Cup, but it looks like he’s going to miss the bulk (if not all) of the following season too. Not only that, he has to sit and listen to Bruce Grobbelaar plugging his new book. No-one deserves that, least of all Ox.
Speaking of TV shows, it’s claimed that John Henry wanted us to do one of those Amazon series like the Man City one, but Klopp was having none of it. Klopp is right. The thing with these shows is they’re great when it’s someone else. Much as it would be fascinating to how Klopp interacts with his players behind the scenes, I’m fairly certain that no good could come of it and I’m glad we won’t be doing it.
That said, I’d be all in on a documentary that just followed Alberto Moreno around all day for the entire season. I reckon it would be compulsive viewing as the lad is a fucking loon.
Friday Sep 21:
The u23s are spanked 4-0 at Arsenal. They’re doing shite this year (only one win in six) and as I’ve mentioned before I’ve got no inclination to watch them at all. It’s just a miss mash of players and I feel sorry for the coach as it can’t be easy for him. I can watch the players I’m interested in when they play in the 18s or in the kids CL competition, because these games are just soul crushing to sit through. I mean fucking Markovic played tonight. Ain’t no-one wanting to see that.
Finally, Emre Can is in bother for speaking out about Ronaldo’s joke of a red card and saying “we’re not women, we’re playing football”. He’s had to issue a grovelling apology for it and it was a bit naive of him. I’m even sure what he meant, I mean Ronaldo wasn’t sent off for a manly right hook, he pulled someone’s hair, which at the risk of sounding as sexist as ‘Big Sexy’ is very much something you’d associate with women in a scrap rather than men.
Some are even calling for Can be banned, which is ridiculous as it was more a figure of speech than him deliberately being disrespectful, but it’s not the kind of thing you should be saying in this day and age. It’s offensive to women, not least because anyone that has ever seen women’s footy will tell you there’s no way you’d ever see them acting like as much of a fucking sissy as Ronaldo often does.
In fact, football has really performed a complete 180 on this issue. In the past men would often taunt each other with remarks like “stop acting like a big girl” or “don’t be a woman”. The way the game has gone now, it’s women who should be saying “pack it in, you’re acting like a big soft man” or “look at her rolling around like a man”.
That was the week that was….
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