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  1. Escape goats never work. You always end up back behind baaas. Ayethankyew.
  2. Most of them are pretty odd coves. The BBC's Steve Wilson, for example: LFCTV keep using him, for some odd reason (I think the only connection he has is he went to the local university), and he insists on being filmed via Zoom with a different set of album covers on his wall every time he's on - he actually goes to the trouble of rearranging all of the ones he has framed. What is he - 17? Anyone who moves to Sky quickly acts as though they've just been put through some brain-washing religious experience. Suddenly absolutely everything is so thrilling they can hardly stop screaming, and even the dullest individual is suddenly a charismatic 'character'. I agree about Drury - perfectly fine until Sky 'improved' him.
  3. There's a rumour that he told someone 'This doesn't feel like my club anymore'. I'm not inclined to believe that, but I'm certainly astonished he's agreed to them filming his last months in charge - he's been so resistant to that before, it feels more like a shrug of the shoulders at what's happening than a willing agreement. I suppose the initial shock is now wearing off and I'm still wondering what the hell happened. Journalists who saw him in the summer, at the time he said it dawned on him that he was too tired to continue, said how re-energised he seemed. Now they're backtracking and suddenly 'remembering;' he was fatigued. I really still find it very perplexing. And remembering how Shankly was adamant he was finished, and then he wasn't, and how Kenny was adamant and then he wasn't, I feel resigned to seeing Jurgen realise six months or so on that he has plenty more in the tank. I just hope he had a proper chat with Kenny - if anyone could have given him pause for thought, it's him.
  4. Quite ironic. If you treat politics as if it's all about picking a team to support, you can do what the hell you like in London. If you just support a football team, you're a high risk. 'It's a funny old world, Saint'.
  5. Ljinders is an excellent coach. By making him manager, he'll cease to have the time to do what he does best. You'd basically have Brendan Rodgers again.
  6. You've let it out. Take a breath. Let the nurse get on with her business. Night night.
  7. In a desperate attempt, belatedly, to appear even remotely keen to be 'non-partisan,' they've added Robbie Fowler, looking like Pitt the Younger after his last pint of port, to supplement LFC-hating Ferdinand and Joe Cole. How sweet.
  8. Excellent performance. Some gorgeously quick and precise passing late on.
  9. To be fair, it IS a football match, not Songs of Praise. I'm always happy to not hear songs until we're close to winning
  10. A good half. Jota - he has his off-days but my god, when he's on form he must be terrifying to play against, he's just lethal. Thrilled for Bradley - imagine where he'd be if some fans had got their wish and we'd signed some new right back - probably somewhere like Bolton, losing all self-belief, to a chorus of 'I told you so's'. Nunez I won't comment on - we all know what to say.
  11. Nice to see SOME player touch the sign. With this lot they treat it as if it's bloody kryptonite.
  12. 'Okay, It's LFC v Chelsea, so what pundits should we get, you know, for balance and relevance?' 'Well, Rio...' 'Manchester United, no connection with either club, hates LFC, fair enough'. 'And maybe Joe Cole?' 'Keeps saying how he regretted ever signing for LFC? And wished he stayed at Chelsea? His club? Sounds ideal. Can we possibly move the game to lunchtime on Saturday...?'
  13. At least his refusal has spared any new manager the soul-draining horror of having to sit through monotone 'deep dives' of targeted players. This is like some weird revenge of the nerd - the most boring speccy idiots get to be depicted as though they deserve statues outside the stadia. The bloke we already have in situ is supposed to be worshipped by the nerd community so I suspect we'll get by well enough without St Michael returning.
  14. Not a bad first half. Pretty much what was expected for a cup tie against a lower league team - dominance but a bit of a lack of bite. Gomez looking like the most grown-up player on the pitch, Bradley looks really assured at this level. More pace and precision in the next half.
  15. I suspect one of the main reasons it's such a blow is the fact that Klopp managed, amongst so many other things, to make football seem like a proper sport, a proper game, and above all else proper fun again. At a time when so many were absolutely pissed off by the hyped-up tribalism, the obscene amount of money being used to buy success and the increasing pomposity and inasanity of the various governing bodies, Klopp made you just enjoy the sight of fast and frantic footie again. There are a few other managers around who might offer a similar tactical sophistication, even excitement, but they won't bring that simple unforced joy of playing the game. Not even Shanks, Paisley, or Kenny offered that to the same extent. That's an irrecoverable loss.
  16. I hope Jurgen takes the Germany job. I cannot believe he'll be able to resist coming back after a year out - he didn't last that long the last time he took a break. To get a manager that good tactically, and in terms of man-management, and also a magnificent human being who got the club and the city so well - you may as well hope for another Beatles. 'Now and then I miss you' - how apt.
  17. The thing that worries me about that is it's going to be phenomenally draining emotionally between now and the end of the season. Every win will be pumped up and any setback absolutely demoralising. We'll all be shattered come the summer. It won't be impossible to find a good replacement - Paisley took over from Shanks - but the change of mood will take some getting used to. I'm hyper sceptical of any claims to charisma - it usually just serves as an analytical shrug of the shoulders - but Klopp's ability to charm the players, the club, and the whole red half of the city, and masses more scattered all over the world, has been truly astonishing. I doubt we'll ever see that kind of appeal ever again.
  18. He's earned the right to make this decision and time it when he wants. It's still shattering. What an incredible privilege it's been to have him associated with the club. What a human being he is. I just hope we can find someone who'll move the team on in the right standard and style, but what an absence he'll leave behind.
  19. Decent performance, some great passages of play, very professional. Another Chelsea final? Feck's sake. Wake me when it's over. But well done, those players, it was a fine effort.
  20. Thanks for sharing. I wasn't writing about Verstehen. I was writing about the risible moaning both players articulated and/or encouraged about our supposed insufficient reverence towards them as fans. So another issue entirely.
  21. I can see why Gini is still there. He wasn't appreciated enough here. Over there, the 1,809 people who see him regularly really show him the full and proper respect. Same goes for Sadio - Senegal have judged the 2,196 people who watch him every other week are much, much, more respectful than we ever were.
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