Atlético Madrid (H) - CL, Wed 3rd Nov 2021 (8:00pm)

[sir roger]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

Joe Allen even laughed while in possession of the ball in the middle of derbies. This is as magnificent as any Renaissance painting:

 

 

I'd rather he had scored that absolute sitter in the derby. Worst miss I can remember.

[s(k)aturation]

4 minutes ago, Boss said:

I personally am very appreciative of Suarez and what he did for us. 

 

Me too.

It's OK to like Dalglish and Barnes and Keegan and Callaghan and Suarez, isn't it?

 

 

 

[Mook]

5 minutes ago, Boss said:

I didn't mean you specifically Mook when I was talking about the Arsenal thing, I just meant people in general. Besides, it's all subjective, isn't it? I personally am very appreciative of Suarez and what he did for us. 

I loved watching him play for Liverpool as much as anyone Boss, I wouldn't fawn over him though personally and don't see why anyone else should either.

 

I also have no issue with people wanting to clap him off.

[s(k)aturation]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

 

Joe Allen even laughed while in possession of the ball in the middle of derbies. This is as magnificent as any Renaissance painting:

 

 

 

 

Except for maybe The School of Athens.

There were some serious football brains in that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CapeRed]

2 hours ago, Boss said:

He was the best player in the league in that 12/13 season where he scored 23 goals. He was robbed of the PFA player of the year award because of the fallout of the Evra incident. They gave it to Gareth Bale if memory serves. He should've got about 10 penalties that season but no ref would give him anything. I know it wasn't in that season but do you remember this...

 

 

The media came out to justify this decision based on the way Suarez went down, saying it wasn't a penalty because Suarez made a meal of it. United players go down in the box when they feel a breeze, and this was an NFL style collision in the box where Ox got zero of the ball. This was what we had to deal with week in week out.

 

You have to judge Suarez's time here prefaced on the fact he was the most hated player that ever played in the league, and virtually everyone, from the refs, managers, players, pundits, media and even the FA itself was adversarially against him from day one, and yet he still owned them all in spite of this. He's the greatest Premier League player of all time in my opinion. A true force of nature. 

Suarez just hated losing and carried us a few times. Webb should be embarrassed to not give that SYP cunt.

[an tha]

I love the horrible get.

 

I love how hard he tried for us and all the incredible goals he scored for us...still to this day the only player i have seen score a header from edge of the box....

 

I love fact he was a snide bastard, but he was our snide bastard.

 

Loved his two goals v Ingerlund in the world cup.

 

Loved fact he played through pain barrier for us, the borrowing Gerrard's boot to play because his foot was so swollen his didn't fit him sums up his attitude.

 

I like fact he didn't buy into this not celebrating v an ex team lark...its a load of bollocks IMO.

 

Ok he acted the twat to get a move and his behaviour with the bite was out of line and that is a shame, but for me booing him is small time and wrong.

 

I still think he was stitched up over the Evra thing as well...i genuinely don't believe he meant to racially abuse him, and that rat Evra stitched him up big time with the 'non handshake' lark when we played them after it all too.

 

He was a superb player for us....a loon, but a superb, sublime player.

[TheHowieLama]

That header was hit so hard it had a curve to it.

[magicrat]

33 minutes ago, an tha said:

I love the horrible get.

 

I love how hard he tried for us and all the incredible goals he scored for us...still to this day the only player i have seen score a header from edge of the box....

 

I love fact he was a snide bastard, but he was our snide bastard.

 

Loved his two goals v Ingerlund in the world cup.

 

Loved fact he played through pain barrier for us, the borrowing Gerrard's boot to play because his foot was so swollen his didn't fit him sums up his attitude.

 

I like fact he didn't buy into this not celebrating v an ex team lark...its a load of bollocks IMO.

 

Ok he acted the twat to get a move and his behaviour with the bite was out of line and that is a shame, but for me booing him is small time and wrong.

 

I still think he was stitched up over the Evra thing as well...i genuinely don't believe he meant to racially abuse him, and that rat Evra stitched him up big time with the 'non handshake' lark when we played them after it all too.

 

He was a superb player for us....a loon, but a superb, sublime player.

He was no Djibril Cisse

[liverpoolsno9]

Seeing that Suarez/Webb non decision…….

Watched the Juventus match fixing episode of Bad Sports on Netflix & how Luciano Moggi pressurised refs for Juve in the 2005 season. I remember it vaguely from the time but didn’t realise it was so bad. Looks like he had the head referee in his pocket and he was getting refs to give favourable decisions, one ref & his linesman got demoted & threatened by the head ref for giving a right offside decision against Juve. Got me thinking of this column from a few years ago

 

http://diminbeirut.typepad.com/my-blog/2012/09/the-truth-is-out-there.html

 

And also this, 

 

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/sir-alex-ferguson-accused-of-matchfixing-and-bribery-pagliara-bribery-case-english-football-corruption-news-manchester-united-matchfixing/news-story/071649003b8bbe5c57ad6bb30418df84
 

Suarez/us were well done over by the refs at that time & the media.
The media (Fergies mates) also turned on Rafa years earlier after his ‘facts’ press conference. Rafa knew things were going on back then, that was his way of blowing it. The perception of Rafa cracking up, Fergie winning the ‘mind games’ the media had a field day at his expense. Rafa knew what he was doing alright. 

 

[CapeRed]

4 hours ago, s(k)aturation said:

 

He might be a cunt, but he's our former cunt.

Just watched inside Anfield from the other night. Ther's a piece right at the end  The King meeting up with Luis. If he's good enough for Kenny that will do me.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

6 hours ago, CapeRed said:

Suarez just hated losing 

His autobiography drives that home really well.

[VladimirIlyich]

7 hours ago, an tha said:

I love the horrible get.

 

I love how hard he tried for us and all the incredible goals he scored for us...still to this day the only player i have seen score a header from edge of the box....

 

I love fact he was a snide bastard, but he was our snide bastard.

 

Loved his two goals v Ingerlund in the world cup.

 

Loved fact he played through pain barrier for us, the borrowing Gerrard's boot to play because his foot was so swollen his didn't fit him sums up his attitude.

 

I like fact he didn't buy into this not celebrating v an ex team lark...its a load of bollocks IMO.

 

Ok he acted the twat to get a move and his behaviour with the bite was out of line and that is a shame, but for me booing him is small time and wrong.

 

I still think he was stitched up over the Evra thing as well...i genuinely don't believe he meant to racially abuse him, and that rat Evra stitched him up big time with the 'non handshake' lark when we played them after it all too.

 

He was a superb player for us....a loon, but a superb, sublime player.

I seem to remember Steve Mcmahon scoring a header from around the edge of the box too.

[m0e]

37 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I seem to remember Steve Mcmahon scoring a header from around the edge of the box too.

Nicol did at Highbury 

 

https://youtu.be/B5hX0YvX-nI

[an tha]

I remember the Nicol one now you mention it...but not McMahon

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, an tha said:

I remember the Nicol one now you mention it...but not McMahon

 

[Gumsy]

Loved Klopps answer at the post match presser when asked about the Simone handshake issue: "I'm not the biggest handshaker on this planet and I dont't want to annoy people with my handshaking!".

 

What a guy!

[VladimirIlyich]

4 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

Nice one Tony. Screen Sport Super Cup game?

[an tha]

7 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

  Nice one.

 

That screensport super cup lark...no wonder don't remember it!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I seem to remember Steve Mcmahon scoring a header from around the edge of the box too.

I've a vague memory of a Luis Garcia looping one from thereabouts (against Charlton, maybe?)

[Tony Moanero]

6 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I've a vague memory of a Luis Garcia looping one from thereabouts (against Charlton, maybe?)

I saw that recently. I can’t remember who the opposition was but I don’t think it was Charlton.

[Rotpeter]

19 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

I saw that recently. I can’t remember who the opposition was but I don’t think it was Charlton.

Anderlect?

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

31 minutes ago, Rotpeter said:

Anderlect?

 

 

Yeah, that’s it.

[gkmacca]

On 04/11/2021 at 07:44, Boss said:

 

No one, not Dalglish, not Barnes, not even Gerrard himself, played with the intensity Luis Suarez played with for us. 

Unless by 'intensity' you mean merely what shows up as a facial expression then, no, Dalglish most certainly did play with just as much intensity.