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Look carefully Watson, the footprints leading to the scene. A loping gait, favouring the right leg. That mark by the heel, my word, Lonsdales... *Watson coughs* We're on the trail of a worthy foe indeed. And the Strongbow Dark Fruit can, see it was held by a left handed man? Er, Holmes Crushed in such a way as to indicates great grip, but thrown in a manner that is unmistakable of a bad shoulder. We're looking for a manual worker. Holmes This is a devilish case. We'll need our wits about us. I've tangled with killers, robbers, blaggards, smugglers, jewel thieves... Holmes ...and plummeted over Reichenbach Falls with Moriarty himself, but never have I come across a more elusive... Holmes! It's Terry Lubbock from Hull. He filmed himself in his counterfeit Stone Island jumper helping a rotund woman push a burning wheelie bin at Lestrade.12 points
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The man has literally said no to Arsenal and Bayern Munich. He is now seriously considering uprooting from his boyhood club and home to move to Liverpool. He is doing this clearly because he sees it as a massive opportunity. None of us have any idea of the hold his home has on him. There could be a 100 other factors outside of football that mean he is concerned that he needs to stay where he is. Giving him until Wednesday is a good move. It's not a demand of wanting an answer by the end of the day, but a good few days to mull it over with family. He is clearly massively talented, but he has to be here with every fibre of his being, so you give him time so he knows that he can give his 100%. His loyalty is to be applauded. And if he decides to turn us down and stay where he is, then that is absolutely fine too and not some sign of failure on our behalf.8 points
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PEAK transfer thread. Absolute peak.8 points
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Next person to start a welcome thread before the player is actually signed need banning.5 points
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Well, that's sound then.5 points
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I was watching a video of someone doing just this the other day as the depressing reality of my situation dawned on me. Even if I could get someone to watch the kids for a week I’d still have to take the Mrs with me. Might as well just make do with the Mash and Barrel in Haven and the occasional onsite Burger King when the kids aren’t looking.5 points
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I had Twitter up until end of last week where it just became a constant stream of Israeli and far right propaganda. I'd say it's really strange because apart from news on the riots, I wasn't searching much on either of the subjects. But then with Musk having a public meltdown, it's not that strange at all. So, off it's fucked, with the account deleted.5 points
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Monday Aug 5: Ok well us signing a new goalkeeper was probably the last transfer rumour I expected, but it feels like there may be something to this one, as if you were making up a bullshit rumour this doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d come up with, so therefore I’m assuming there’s something in it. I know nothing about the lad in question, Giorgi Mamardashvili, but he was meant to be boss at the Euros and he’s been Valencia’s number one for three seasons. The suggestion is he wants to come here but not while Alisson is here, so the plan is to get him now and then loan him out again, preferably to a PL club. That club is claimed to be Bournemouth, who also want to sign him. Ah, Richard Hughes obviously didn’t change his password when he left! Maybe I'm imagining this, but Alisson’s time here feels like it is coming to a close and we’ve probably only got one more year of him, maybe two at most. He can still be great for many more years but it feels like he’s going to want a change of scenery and he might fancy that Saudi money. Achteberg reckons we were close to losing him this summer, so it makes sense to have a succession plan and if this fella is the best out there then sound, go and get him now. Meanwhile, saw a headline on news now saying "Everton want Matip". As if! Firstly, you don't go overnight from the heights he had at Liverpool to slumming it with Everton. He'd be mental to do that. Joel has been building a spectacular house back in Germany. He didn't live anywhere fancy when he was here and he was putting his money into building his dream house in Germany. I assume near Schalke where we got him from but I don't know. He'll be looking to go to a German club if possible, and if its not possible he'll be doing a damn sight better than Everton. He'd probably retire before signing a contract there. The other reason this seems ridiculous is that Everton wouldn't want him either. He's not their type of centre half and his skillset wouldn't be needed there. That isn't even a criticism, it's just a fact. They need the big, physical, defend your own box and put your body on the line type of defender. They don't have a place for an elegant, ball playing, adventurous maverick who loves his mazy runs. Also today, Solanke is closing in on a move to Spurs that will net us around £8m because of a clause Edwards put in when he sold him to Hughes. Those two will have the cigars out when that deal is finalised. Or instead, how about getting those new contracts sorted? For us to be going into this season with no deals for Trent or Virgil is fucking appalling. Players are even making jokes about Trent and Madrid now. Either Nunez or Diaz today (difficult to make out which one said it) made a crack about him and Real Madrid, and a couple of weeks ago there was a clip of Curtis joking at the end of his press conference that "I can't believe no-one asked me about Trent". Either there's something going on, or they know there's nothing in it and they're having a laugh about it. If he had a contract it wouldn't be an issue though.5 points -
It was clear on Friday that we weren't close to an agreement when he played in their friendly. At this point, if the player is the hold up, I think we should pull out of the deal anyway. You need players who are coming here because they think it's going to be the best thing that's ever happened to them. Not reluctantly rocking up because you feel a bit pushed into it.4 points
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New manager. New season. New format. Of course, some things don't change. We are again in Jurgen's favourite TV slot, with a Saturday lunchtime fixture away to a newly promoted team whose fans will be up for it. That's a different proposition to consider compared to a February afternoon or evening when the newly promoted team's form and fortunes may be dwindling, and they just want to avoid a bumming. As I write, we are yet to sign anybody, and are the only side in the league not to have done so. As strong as the coaching staff may say the squad is, there is no doubt that strengthening it with some quality new additions can really help. As I write, there has also been no movement on the contract renewal talks with Mo, Virg and Trent. That needs rectifying sharpish as they can all talk to other European clubs from January 1st otherwise. Anyway, this new change? I got bored of anagrams a while back so just used the same one all last season. I also got tired of searching for highlights of games, and realised that some were repeats of previous match threads. This year, I thought it would be interesting to see how our previous managers have got on in their first corresponding fixture against the same opposition since the advent of the Premier League. Ipswich had been absent since 2002 so not much to go on. Souness...25/08/1992...Ipswich 2-2 Liverpool (Walters, Molby pen) Evans...29/10/1994...Ipswich 1-3 Liverpool (Barnes, Fowler 2) Houllier...10/04/2001...Ipswich 1-1 Liverpool (Heskey) Thompson (caretaker)...09/02/2002...Ipswich 0-6 Liverpool (Xavier, Heskey 2, Hyypia, Owen 2) Benitez...N/A Hodgson...N/A Dalglish...N/A Rodgers...N/A Klopp...N/A I don't ask for much. Maximum motivation, control, application, attitude and concentration from minute one. 3 points please. Get it done!3 points
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I feel for Slot. If it wasn't hard enough following Klopp, it's going to be even harder now. It's astonishing that in 12 months the only holding midfielder we've identified as good enough to play for us is one that's already rejected multiple big clubs.3 points
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It's not really about him, is it? (Though the number six role is definitely a major concern.) We're the only club in Europe's top five leagues that hasn't made a signing. Despite loss of senior and junior personnel and a significant reduction in the wage bill. That would be fine if we were top of the tree. But we clearly aren't. And we have a more demanding season coming up than we had last (because of the Champions League, which is also in a new format). Not forgetting, of course, that our three most senior players are about five months from effective free agency. One of them has just made it clear that nothing has happened on the renewal front. If it makes you feel better - morally superior even - to deride others as "bed-wetters" or whatever, good for you. But I think that's at least as tiresome as the most extreme form of "bed-wetting".3 points
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Richard Hughes: How am I doing boss? Jörg Schmadtke: Get a piña colada and put your feet up son3 points
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Kurt Zouma Fails Saudi Medical Problem found during CAT scan?3 points
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He’s trilled.3 points
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Is fucking right. And hash browns - people who have hash browns on a fry up should have their hard drives checked....3 points
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Any abstentions (especially those that have to do with the obvious Russiafication of this particular poll) shall be tallied as a no. In fact, they way this should work is we start with the entire members list as all No.3 points
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Of course beans belong on a fry-up. Tinned tomatoes: that's the real abomination we should all revolt against.3 points
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It’s getting closer and closer to the day Chelsea put a bid in for one of their own players.3 points
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An interesting little visit. My wife’s cousin described it as like a scene from Borat. Can I have a receipt for this stuff please for my tax returns? Is this T-shirt Donald and Stormy? (I knew it was Melania). We love the supreme leader in the UK. Hopefully this election isn’t stolen from under him, the whole world knew he won in 2020. Etc etc etc. I have to admit, I think The Punisher Tshirt is ace.
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It's strange I looked at sone of them scouting reports on thar Georgian keeper and he's not thought to be anything special with the ball at his feet. If Ali is off next year why not just keep Kelleher anyway. Pretty good with his feet, not Ali level but few are and hone grown.2 points
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I'm kind of tired with the same old routine to be honest, we laugh about it "monitoring", "existing player could be the answer" etc but it's actually true. I don't suspect Klopp left solely because of it but I reckon it's been a big part of what contributed to his general stress. Year after year, same old shit. The idea of having to find more and more every year but the resources and support to do so getting smaller and smaller while they Ll pretend to everyone else that that's not the case, in the knowledge that the buck will still always stop with you. Will be even worse now with the fucking Dave Clarke Five. Bunch of fucking flash spreadsheet twitchers trying to run a club via a mix of stats, PR and used car salesman style patter instead of - you know - a football man building a football team. I'll still follow us and watch us but I'm genuinely largely indifferent to what happens this season, combined with the undoubted dominance of City again, it's pointless fretting over it.2 points
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So we might go into next year with exactly the same squad, minus some youth players but could possibly sign a goalkeeper that we loan out. Saving up for a 2025 war chest when we need to replace Salah,Trent and Virg because the egg heads want to be clever2 points
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My God this site is slow2 points
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Hughes didn't close the deal. No coffee for Hughes. Coffee is for closers.2 points
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Well at least we tried. It shows how much the owners were prepared to invest.2 points
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They'll fall for anything
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All this talk of how great the place is has me looking at flights. A weekend in September looks good to go, if Richard Hughes does nothing else I'll at least have this.2 points
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Gary Abletts.2 points
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I wouldn't say that, I'm wanking on the image of you messing with some guys dick.2 points
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The bed wetting in this thread is spectacular.2 points
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BREAKING NEWS Real Sociedad player trains with Real Sociedad. More soon on this breaking story.2 points
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I'm glad I was sitting down to read that.2 points
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As much as that would be funny, there isn't a hope in hell that his narcissistic brain would even consider dropping out. I've never known a more petulant child of a politician or celebrity. And his fucking rubes just get deeper and deeper into the cult.2 points
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Incredible. Not surprising, obviously, But still, incredible.2 points
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Although I’m not completely surprised by this, it’s still hard to have the cause of death confirmed. It really can be astonishingly difficult for sufferers of depression and anxiety at times. My heart goes out to him, all who did love him (no matter what he might have thought), and to all those who continue to suffer.2 points
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You mean we say goodbye Zubi, Tuesday?2 points
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I think it's absolutely insane that we're considering selling him, he's got massive potential. The uncertainty as to his position is a positive thing - it was the same for Gerrard at that age. If a young player with his promise, after a season like he had last time around, is just dismissed from our plans, that sends a message that suggests we're undoing all of the great work the Academy has been doing.2 points
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Shut up you tart2 points
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Why? Trent is supposed to sacrifice what he gains from his career to line the pockets of some Bostonian billionaires? We're not a community club, we are a vehicle to make billionaires richer. The club offered him a very well paid contract, which he signed and is honouring (clue in the word honouring). If Trent had a career ending injury today, do you think the club would offer him a new deal? A cunts trick would be going on strike to get a move. He's not doing anything of the sort. He's working through his contract and our club owners and executives are unable to convince him his future is here and sign another one.2 points
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He's no Ryan Giggs that's for sure2 points
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Imagine your average copper's clearance rate after this. You spend years learning how to interview people and piece together evidence, then one day someone gives you loads of phone footage of people not wearing masks, filming themselves committing crimes and posting about it on their own social media channels, which often include where they live and work. If Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about this shit the book would be two pages long and called "Holmes stays at home and injects smack".2 points
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You have missed out on the part where the entire line applauded them as they left...2 points
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A Bluenose mate put pics on Facebook of him taking his little daughter to her first match at Goodison.
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Jeremy Chan head chef of ikoyi in London. He was on Masterchef the other night talking about himself for about 10 minutes . You have to be a special kind of wanker to say, "Spice is a huge part of my DNA," on national telly. Going on about how to most of us plebs, his food would be chaos but to him it's beautiful. His food looked like the typical one-bite-stacked-cylinders of £150 nonsense.
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