Barcelona (H) Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg 7/5/19

[Strontium]

14 hours ago, Jennings said:

 

 

Fucking hell, Tyler sounds like he's commentating on his own funeral.

[TheBitch]

2 hours ago, Strontium Dog said:

 

Fucking hell, Tyler sounds like he's commentating on his own funeral.

If only. 

[rubble-rouser]

18 hours ago, Jennings said:

There were a few Barca fans in town in celebratory mood. They weren't being dickheads. Just a bit jovial. We couldn't be arsed with them.  

 

We went the Red Dog Saloon for a burger. Even in there, there were some Barca fans. Again not being idiots - but we sat away from them. Just cause their moods were a lot happier than ours.

 

Not that we were miserable. Just a bit sort of quiet/reserved/sombre. I dunno the right word.

 

We had a burger (really good actually) then went up to Faulkener Street for a quiet coffee. We sat in outside. We hardly talked about the match. We talked about how different it was a year before. How excited we were before playing Roma. We talked about cricket and other stuff...really the topic of the game hardly came up and when it did it was in a reflective what-might-have-been type way.

 

We headed down to Brew Dog before going back to the hotel to check in and pick up the tickets.

Did you have relish or ketchup on your burger?

[Captain Turdseye]

7 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Don’t agree with your view of Messi but agree with your opening sentence 100%

 

Oh I bet you do, you uppity cunt. Belligerent my arse. 

[rubble-rouser]

22 hours ago, suzy said:

And where's Stig to start the Wolves thread??

Recovering from his first pint 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

 

[cloggypop]

23 hours ago, suzy said:

And where's Stig to start the Wolves thread??

He's taking Bouncer for a walk

[El Rojo]

'Spanish media heavily criticised Barcelona on Wednesday, calling the previous night's collapse, "The Greatest Embarrassment In History".'

 

Glad to see that Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps never reached Spain.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

 

[Davelfc]

 

[Davelfc]

It's getting fucking dusty in here again.

 

 

Nice piece by Lawro from today's Irish Times: 

There’s so much from Tuesday night at Anfield that will live long in the memory, but one thing I will never forget was the sight of lots of Liverpool fans staying on in the stadium long after the players had left the pitch, not making any noise, just sitting there quietly, as if they were trying to come to terms with what they had just witnessed. Asking themselves, ‘did that really happen?’ I was asking myself the same thing.

 

 

Later outside the ground I saw some Barcelona fans waiting for their team bus, ready to give them what for. Because for them, for everyone, what had happened just beggared belief.

“Look, this really is impossible,” Jürgen Klopp had told his players in a meeting before the game, “but when I look around the room, I think, hold on a minute . . . it might just be possible.”

I don’t know if he actually believed that, I certainly didn’t. Not least because Liverpool were without two thirds of their attack. And, most likely, having to keep a Barcelona attack made up of the genius that is Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho scoreless. If you’d presented that script, the story ending with Liverpool winning 4-0 and going through to the final . . . no chance. In the end it was fantasy football.

 

 

Anfield has had many magical nights down through the years, but for me this one topped them all. I would even put it ahead of Istanbul, and I genuinely never imagined anything bettering that.

All through those 94 minutes the players knew that however immense the effort they put in, it would all count for nothing if Barcelona got even one goal. And Barcelona expected to score. There was a little bit of arrogance about that, but if you’ve got Messi in your team, you’re probably entitled to assume the goal will come.

And even though Liverpool got that early goal, it was 47 minutes before they scored the second, with plenty of good Barcelona chances in between. So I still didn’t see it coming. And by then Liverpool were often going two on two at the back, both full-backs pushing up, a gamble they had to take.

 

Once Georginio Wijnaldum had scored those two quick goals, for Barcelona it had become like trying to turn a tanker around. And they just couldn’t do it. You could see the frustration on their faces, Suarez getting more and more angry by the minute, he and Messi looking utterly bewildered when Origi got the fourth.

I know when we talk about European nights at Anfield it riles other supporters, they believe they can create an atmosphere just like it. But it’s different at Anfield. It IS different. You have to experience it. There’s just something about those people and that ground on European nights, they applaud everything, every tackle made, every throw-in won, roars come from nowhere, they just ratchet up the atmosphere, the intensity, it becomes electric. And that gets to the opposition. It got to Barcelona. The 12th man had a major, major influence on that game. I have never experienced an atmosphere like it.

 

Maybe Klopp sowed the seed when he told his players ‘it might just be possible’. And that’s the thing with Jurgen Klopp, he gets everything out his players, literally everything, and he makes every one of them better.

Sometimes the most important people at a club are the players who don’t play regularly, because they’re the ones who can cause you problems. But Klopp does not allow that to happen. He takes no s***. He’s all the players’ friend, but he’s not their best friend. That’s the difference. He loses it on occasion too, and that keeps them on their toes.

 

You cannot have performances like Tuesday night’s without all the players being in it together. You can see the camaraderie, and while those who aren’t playing might be miffed, you can see how pleased they are for the ones who do. That’s why that sense of team is so massive in the club. And that’s what Klopp has helped create.

I see him in action behind the scenes sometimes and he treats everyone the same, whether it’s Mo Salah or a groundsman. As far as he’s concerned everyone there is part of the club. LFC TV have an office at the training ground and he goes in there sometimes looking for a cigarette. He’ll knock on the door, if he sees someone who he’s never met before he introduces himself, ‘Hi, I’m Jurgen, who are you?’ ‘Are you new to the club?’ ‘What’s your job?’ All that. He’s just one of those guys who gets it.

He’s a perfect fit for the club. And I think players around the world are looking at Liverpool now and thinking ‘wow, I’d love to play for Klopp’. He is a massive sell for the club. He alone attracts players. Any player would love to play for him. I’m 61 and I’d love to play for him.

 

He is creating something very special at Liverpool, and on Tuesday night he and his players created a night like no other.

 

Fantasy football on a fantasy night.

[Davelfc]

[aws]

We broke him.  

[Mark M]

1 minute ago, aws said:

We broke him.  

Just like we broke Shevchenko.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, 16613 said:

It's getting fucking dusty in here again.

 

 

Nice piece by Lawro from today's Irish Times: 

There’s so much from Tuesday night at Anfield that will live long in the memory, but one thing I will never forget was the sight of lots of Liverpool fans staying on in the stadium long after the players had left the pitch, not making any noise, just sitting there quietly, as if they were trying to come to terms with what they had just witnessed. Asking themselves, ‘did that really happen?’ I was asking myself the same thing.

 

 

Later outside the ground I saw some Barcelona fans waiting for their team bus, ready to give them what for. Because for them, for everyone, what had happened just beggared belief.

“Look, this really is impossible,” Jürgen Klopp had told his players in a meeting before the game, “but when I look around the room, I think, hold on a minute . . . it might just be possible.”

I don’t know if he actually believed that, I certainly didn’t. Not least because Liverpool were without two thirds of their attack. And, most likely, having to keep a Barcelona attack made up of the genius that is Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho scoreless. If you’d presented that script, the story ending with Liverpool winning 4-0 and going through to the final . . . no chance. In the end it was fantasy football.

 

 

Anfield has had many magical nights down through the years, but for me this one topped them all. I would even put it ahead of Istanbul, and I genuinely never imagined anything bettering that.

All through those 94 minutes the players knew that however immense the effort they put in, it would all count for nothing if Barcelona got even one goal. And Barcelona expected to score. There was a little bit of arrogance about that, but if you’ve got Messi in your team, you’re probably entitled to assume the goal will come.

And even though Liverpool got that early goal, it was 47 minutes before they scored the second, with plenty of good Barcelona chances in between. So I still didn’t see it coming. And by then Liverpool were often going two on two at the back, both full-backs pushing up, a gamble they had to take.

 

Once Georginio Wijnaldum had scored those two quick goals, for Barcelona it had become like trying to turn a tanker around. And they just couldn’t do it. You could see the frustration on their faces, Suarez getting more and more angry by the minute, he and Messi looking utterly bewildered when Origi got the fourth.

I know when we talk about European nights at Anfield it riles other supporters, they believe they can create an atmosphere just like it. But it’s different at Anfield. It IS different. You have to experience it. There’s just something about those people and that ground on European nights, they applaud everything, every tackle made, every throw-in won, roars come from nowhere, they just ratchet up the atmosphere, the intensity, it becomes electric. And that gets to the opposition. It got to Barcelona. The 12th man had a major, major influence on that game. I have never experienced an atmosphere like it.

 

Maybe Klopp sowed the seed when he told his players ‘it might just be possible’. And that’s the thing with Jurgen Klopp, he gets everything out his players, literally everything, and he makes every one of them better.

Sometimes the most important people at a club are the players who don’t play regularly, because they’re the ones who can cause you problems. But Klopp does not allow that to happen. He takes no s***. He’s all the players’ friend, but he’s not their best friend. That’s the difference. He loses it on occasion too, and that keeps them on their toes.

 

You cannot have performances like Tuesday night’s without all the players being in it together. You can see the camaraderie, and while those who aren’t playing might be miffed, you can see how pleased they are for the ones who do. That’s why that sense of team is so massive in the club. And that’s what Klopp has helped create.

I see him in action behind the scenes sometimes and he treats everyone the same, whether it’s Mo Salah or a groundsman. As far as he’s concerned everyone there is part of the club. LFC TV have an office at the training ground and he goes in there sometimes looking for a cigarette. He’ll knock on the door, if he sees someone who he’s never met before he introduces himself, ‘Hi, I’m Jurgen, who are you?’ ‘Are you new to the club?’ ‘What’s your job?’ All that. He’s just one of those guys who gets it.

He’s a perfect fit for the club. And I think players around the world are looking at Liverpool now and thinking ‘wow, I’d love to play for Klopp’. He is a massive sell for the club. He alone attracts players. Any player would love to play for him. I’m 61 and I’d love to play for him.

 

He is creating something very special at Liverpool, and on Tuesday night he and his players created a night like no other.

 

Fantasy football on a fantasy night.

Spoke to my Dad on Wednesday and he said he had heard Lawrenson before the game on radio Merseyside (I think that's what he was on) and he was saying we have no chance of winning. I cant stand Lawrenson but he is spot on with all that. Surprising to see him speak so highly of the current set-up as well. he has always struck me as a jealous bastard who wants the glory days kept back in his days. 

[Mark M]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Spoke to my Dad on Wednesday and he said he had heard Lawrenson before the game on radio Merseyside (I think that's what he was on) and he was saying we have no chance of winning. I cant stand Lawrenson but he is spot on with all that. Surprising to see him speak so highly of the current set-up as well. he has always struck me as a jealous bastard who wants the glory days kept back in his days. 

In fairness I can see why the like's of Lawrneson, Whelan and players of that era would have a chip on their shoulder seeing over the years donkeys for example Adam or Pennant making a fortune playing for us and being journeyman players at best.

 

I've seen a lot of Whelan over the years commenting about Liverpool and when he's on Irish TV he's bitter as fuck when he's on LFC Tv he changes his tune.

[TheHowieLama]

I think what he is saying is "This means more."

[El Rojo]

14 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Spoke to my Dad on Wednesday and he said he had heard Lawrenson before the game on radio Merseyside (I think that's what he was on) and he was saying we have no chance of winning. I cant stand Lawrenson but he is spot on with all that. Surprising to see him speak so highly of the current set-up as well. he has always struck me as a jealous bastard who wants the glory days kept back in his days. 

Fair fucks to you on landing the corporate treatment for the game and meeting Hansen, by the way.

[Oh Buoy]

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We're boss. 

 

Pass it on. 

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Fair fucks to you on landing the corporate treatment for the game and meeting Hansen, by the way.

Nice one mate. I didn't know until a couple of hours before the game that that's what I had. Would have sat on the roof for that game to be fair. Hansen was sound as fuck. 

[The Guest]

Class article by Lawrenson that.  I like him and his shit jokes in commentary, always have.

[suzy]

24 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Nice one mate. I didn't know until a couple of hours before the game that that's what I had. Would have sat on the roof for that game to be fair. Hansen was sound as fuck. 

Was good to see Hansen still about the club, I miss him on Motd

[VladimirIlyich]

Lets not dwell on this like Dortmund and make sure it counts for something by winning the trophy. I really hope this breaks Jurgen's finals jinx.

[Grinch]

Still can't believe we're in the final again.   For the second year fucking running. 

 

This is no fluke.   Players will be desperate to join in the summer.   Perhaps only man city, PSG and the other mancs will have more pull in the summer.  Simply cause of throwing stupid money around for two of them. 

[3 Stacks]

The only clubs who have more pull than we do right now are Man City, Barcelona Real Madrid and possibly PSG but that depends on the player. Everybody else is in the rear-view.