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

[Trumo]

Very good performance tonight. We played with the right hunger and desire, didn't try to overdo it, didn't fall for Atletico's shenanigans and just kept it professional. We had a job to do and we did it.

 

I thought the starting XI all played extremely well, and the subs found it harder to make an impact because Atletico were already all about damage limitation by then. Bobby didn't really do aything and then had to go off. Taki was busy but unable to do much. Thiago looked rusty as fuck. Not sure Big Nat had a touch of the ball. Div had more involvement, with a run down the right that was checked by the ref getting it wrong and giving a foul against him, a header at the back post, and that long ranger at the end that ended up smashing a bus window as it passed along Walton Breck Road.

 

Have to mention the ref though. He was a bit Mike-Dean-law-unto-himself with a lot of his calls. We might have benefitted from his decision to sent Felipe off for a blatant foul followed by even more blatant dissent, but there were a flurry of yellow cards in the game that were nothing such. Diogo and Big Bird especially.

 

Anyway, qualification for the knockouts achieved at the earliest opportunity, and no need to go strong in the remaining games. I'd rather not lose against Porto mind you, because I absolutely HATE losing at Anfield.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Agree with @dave u's future match report that it was disappointing not to score 5 and humiliate them.

[J-V]

4 minutes ago, Anubis said:

So the Kop were simply stating facts?

I thought they were lenient.

[Boss]

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

[Josef Svejk]

1 minute ago, Boss said:

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

That was embarrassing. 

[Anubis]

 

 

[johnsusername]

2 minutes ago, Boss said:

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

It's crap - proper pantomime, tinpot and small time.

[3 Stacks]

Suarez was ultimately a mercenary and he's a cunt. That doesn't lend itself to being remembered fondly. It's not embarrassing or small time from the supporters, he's just not likeable.

[Anubis]

 

 

[Kevin D]

6 minutes ago, Boss said:

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

 

Agreed.

[Anubis]

In better news (than Bobby anyway)…

 

 

[sir roger]

4 minutes ago, Anubis said:

 

 

No fucking fouls ?   A full back ?   Get rid.

[Anubis]

 

 

[gkmacca]

17 minutes ago, Red Shift said:

 

 

Fascinatingly, I was listening to Jurgen post match - he was asked the question about being able to play weakened sides now in the last 2 CL matches, because Liverpool have qualified and he said ‘no - the club earns big money in the CL for every game won, and we have to do the best for the club’ !! That’ll rattle a few sabres on this thread I imagine ;-)

 

 

 

Is it true that we get more for winning one CL game than we'd do for winning the League Cup final? That's pretty sobering. I guess if we want as much cash as possible for signings (and Salah) then we can't really complain if we don't rotate as much as some demand.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

32 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Gutted for Ox, because he looked decent before he got injured.

Feels like he's stuck in a cycle now, much like Keita. Injured, come back, struggle to make an impact, have a few stinkers, play into some form, get injured again.

 

At some point the question has to be whether the periods of good form are worth the trade off of the bad games as they get back up to speed.

[Josef Svejk]

12 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Suarez was ultimately a mercenary and he's a cunt. That doesn't lend itself to being remembered fondly. It's not embarrassing or small time from the supporters, he's just not likeable.

One of our greatest ever players, cunt or otherwise. As for mercenary: at least he worked for his cash.

[Reckoner]

20 minutes ago, Boss said:

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

I booed him off. The attempt to injure Van Dijk was fresh in my mind so fuck him.

[KMD7]

I don't see the issue with booing him off. He's acted like an absolute twat any time we've played against him since he left. 

[magicrat]

7 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

One of our greatest ever players, cunt or otherwise. As for mercenary: at least he worked for his cash.

Cunts are only good when they are our cunts 

[Baltar]

34 minutes ago, Boss said:

Not arsed about Simeone, but I am surprised by the treatment of Suarez. I understand it's "win at all costs" but we shouldn't have booed him off. 

Disagree, he burnt his bridges with us when we played Barca a few years back. His behaviour - especially for a former Red who was given more support by us than any club in his career - was disgraceful. Our club's name was dragged through the dirt thanks to this cunt and he repaid us by forcing a move out, and behaving like an utter shithouse when we played him. Fuck him, he deserved the boos.

[dockers_strike]

24 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

Is it true that we get more for winning one CL game than we'd do for winning the League Cup final? That's pretty sobering. I guess if we want as much cash as possible for signings (and Salah) then we can't really complain if we don't rotate as much as some demand.

We get $3.3m for each Champions League group stage win, about £2.4m. Winning the EFL Final, a club gets £100,000.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

56 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Who was the wanker chant aimed at? Couldn’t quite hear.

Simeone is a wanker, is a wanker.

 

Little kid behind me was singing it with the relish of a 9 year-old being allowed to swear.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

43 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

It's crap - proper pantomime, tinpot and small time.

There was also a decent number of people applauding him off, which was only right.

 

Sad to report that I did hear "Ole's at the wheel" at one point. Fucking small club behaviour.

[etho]

I thought ox was excellent in that left of the three, moved up the pecking order above Jones, who looks subdued but is still not a bad 7th choice to have. Tsimikas surely making a case to start a few more games over Robbo. We're much better with Matip and Van Dijk

[an tha]

Cracking result.

 

Group nailed now.

 

What a bunch of shithouses Atletico are - the worst in the game.

 

Good to see a ref not falling for their shite and dealing with it too.

 

Hope they end up in the uefa cup.

 

Another fucking injury the blot on an otherwise good night - we really are fucking cursed injury wise.