ZonkoVille77

Get Trent off ASAP. Fucking asleep, strolling around watching the game. Terrible

Will they happen on 65 mins for a change?

Big match beaut

Trent off right now. Bloody liability. The arrogance is astounding. Gomez RB, Robbo LB please, Klopp.

Getting torn apart. Bound to happen. That starting line up just isn't working. Gravenberch, Gakpo and Trent is the worst right hand side line up he could have chosen. Anyhow plenty of time to get back into this. They need to wake the fuck up.

Ah right, didn't realise. Poor lad.

Trent back in the line up. Bradley not even on the bench, Load of shite. Unless he's injured? Likely to see goals conceded down Trent's side? That right side of Trent and Gravenberch has given me the shits. No Nunez to keep them busy. Not confident now at all.

What's with the sheep's guts on the right? Fuck sake. The toast and sausages look good.

"Countries not safe for Jews"

I loved Cast when I was in Uni. Their first 2 albums are great but then they lost their charm. I've gone for The Coral. Amazing live and I still listen to all their albums. The fact they are still producing great music just nails it for me.

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Oh and we're fuckin shite.

I can see Trent starting instead of Bradley. There'll be space for him to exploit. The rest will likely be the same as last night.

Kiss me piss

Alan Kennedy is one of the nicest blokes I've ever met. A true gentleman.

That was his best game for us. Excellent.

Feel so sorry for him tonight. He was top drawer and deserved a goal or 2. Gutted. Cursed Darwin.

Just making up for the other shit he pulls. He'll just point to this game and say, " see - I'm not always a cheating corrupt cunt". And the nodding dogs will agree. He's a fucking bellend turnip headed cunt.

Other than a Nunez goal, I got my wish. Nunez was excellent tonight. And we fucking battered them. Well in, Redmen

Joke this. Klopp needs to get a grip on the players here.

I wouldn't want him starting at all against Arsenal. He'd be smelling himself all game and doing fuck all defending.

That doesn't happen with Bradley on the pitch. Subs need to get into the game ASAP.

Fuck me - I should have put a bet on that.

Is that the same Tierney? Fuckin hell. We've been superb. Neither Trent nor Robbo should get back into the side when we're playing like this.