Mikhail

He's an evil fuck who has laid out the red carpet for whatever fascist decides to run in 2024.

Us winning this game through a Diogo Jota goal that was scored in a way that would never have been scored by Firmino just adds to my theory that Klopp playing Jota in that meaningless Champions League match was the worst decision he has made this season. I'm not angry about it since this entire season has been a farce with the injuries and corrupt officiating but I'll always look back at that decision and just wonder why?

The team with their lack of centre backs, midfielder who was our best defender the season, backup striker who was one of our best performers and now captain are not good enough to fight against the shit we've been getting from referees. The whole point of this season now is to just survive and go again next season. It's so depressing though but it's a matter of course that when we play in the Premier League a ref will give a match altering performance and the media will run cover for their ineptitude which will then be used by fans of other clubs to laugh at us. I really wish the teams will push for that Super League because honestly there is no point in even thinking the systemic issues we're experiencing in the Premier League will be fixed. Regarding Carra while I won't go so far as calling him a cunt I will say I'm done with taking his opinion seriously as he's gone down the same route as Lawrenson, Murphy and Hamman where they go so far in their attempt to come across as impartial when it comes to Liverpool that they are actively working against the club.

I've said more than once that I consider this season a write off due to COVID however, that was with the hope that at the end of the season everything would at least be close to normal again However, things are still so bad that Liverpool can't even travel to Germany for their CL match and there is a very real possibility that we will go into next season with fans still banned from stadiums. If we go into next season with this form while still being unable to really buy or sell players it's gonna be even worse. It's so demoralizing watching the team suffer. Everything that could have gone wrong this season has and it's a fucking joke. We didn't get to celebrate our title and we have had to go through the worst luck while defending our title what the fuck man. The only thing I can do is hope that Jota comes back to help the forward line rest and the new defenders are good enough to allow our midfield to return, and then finally can this injury bug just leave us alone until the end of the season.

I always considered this season to be a write-off because of COVID and the way the lack of fans would affect us but that Summer window got me. We got the best midfielder in the world, we got a backup for the front 3 and we got backup for our leftback. That is what a lot of fans wanted to be addressed and we got it. No one foresaw all three new players being missing for major chunks of the season and us losing our 3 first choice Centrebacks for the whole damn season. The fact that we got to such a dominant position in spite of these circumstances and the vendetta against us by the PGMOL where pundits and other teams were ready to hand the league to us is crazy. And then things went wrong. It's depressing watching the team finally break after 4 full seasons of greatness but I can't be too hard on them based on the circumstances.

I knew United were gonna have a bad result eventually after which their fans would start complaining, because that club is just so predictable. The Gini situation is bringing the conversation around club loyalty into the light here, Gini is one of our most loyal players who has sacrificed his natural playing style and a higher salary with no complaints at all and now that he wants that same loyalty returned to him with a new contract the club is not playing ball. It just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because if in the middle of his contract Gini started agitating for a move or downing tools until he got a new contract we would have been subjected to a discourse around club loyalty. This kind of shows other players that there is no point in staying loyal because clubs will more than likely not return the favor.

Hey Dave, Awesome wrapup I would just add another thing to your list to be angry about this season: Klopp playing Jota in a nothing Champions League match leading to him getting injured for two months. I can understand us not replacing Lovren, I can even understand us not buying a replacement CB this window as Klopp doesn't just buy cover for the sake of it as we saw with him waiting 6 months for VVD but playing Jota in a match where we already were through and didn't need him is one of the craziest and potentially season altering decisions. Our defense is doing extremely well all things considered it's our misfiring front 3 that's the problem and the lack of Jota has a lot to do with that. Also fuck the referees in the UK, that entire Oliver interview smelled of him trying to save his reputation as "the best referee in the premier league" without throwing his mate David Coote under the bus. The funny thing is he didn't have to do that because if there's one thing the football media loves to do it's not hold referees accountable. He could have just ignored it and leave Liverpool fans to stew in our anger while other fans laughed at "the victims". Clattenburg also should have just shut the fuck up because all he did was confirm what everyone knew was happening with United under Fergie. And now he's retweeting people defending him by saying well actually he meant something else. I never liked that incompetent fuck but the fact that he confirmed he was basically the idiot I thought he was makes me feel good. Its not healthy how much I hate referees but when I easily access moments these fucks screwed us during seasons we missed out on the title by small margins in 2008/09, 2013/14 and 2018/19 it makes sense.

I don't even consider myself a football fan anymore as Liverpool fan are the only ones I care about and watch. It's entirely because of my hatred for other fanbases and the football media because I knew when Klopp brought up our penalty record other fans would take the piss along with the media, just as I know they would refer to how much harder it must be now that LiVARpool is not getting all the decisions if we dared to we only have more fouls than Sheffield United. We're even getting shit from other teams as I am still confused by Chris Wilder calling Klopp selfish for wanting 5 substitutions. This season has felt harder than most because we have been getting it from all corners all at once. The fact that Everton were allowed to end the season of our best center back with no repercussion, and also remove our best midfielder for half of the season, while the ref of VAR screwed us out of 3 points with no explanation, and then we had our 3rd best centre injured in training for the fucking English national team, we also lost TAA for a while because Klopp was forced to keep him on the field because idiots like Chris Wilder prefer 3 subs to 5. I always considered this season a write-off because of COVID and if we won the league I would have seen it as a bonus but seeing how much better we are than the other teams and how much we've been fucked over to make this season competitive lets me really put my fucking tinfoil hat on that this entire season is a fucking stitchup

United are really starting to get too big for their britches OGS referring to Rafa's "Fact" Rant when asked about Klopp mentioning the fact that they have received more penalties in the 2 and a half seasons OGS has been at United than Klopp in his entire 5-year stint at Liverpool. They are feeling themselves a little too much for my liking and need to be brought back to reality

What the actual fuck?

This was a great review Dave as it basically summed up all of my thoughts. The only thing I don't agree with is the suggestion that refs are hard on us because we're doing well. They've been doing this even when we were average the only thing that changed is the justification because now it's LiVARpool while the former bullshit narrative was that the Kop influences the ref to give soft penalties while during the 2017/18 season we got no fucking penalties in the premier league at Anfield. I hate it when we lose or draw matches where we played shit, Atalanta, West Brom, Newcastle and Fulham sucked to watch but I could take it because we were shit but matches like Everton, Brighton and Southampton just sticks in the brain because of just how fucking unfair it is. When I think of playing United what I remember is Origi getting fouled in the build up to their goal and VAR not even bothering to check so I'm nervous for that match.

Happy New Year to you and the family Dave you've honestly been amazing this year getting through COVID and continuing to give us these weekly reviews even when we had no football for the longest time. I have no respect for United's achievements this season they remind me a lot about Chelsea, Leicester and Everton when they were flying high and then they eventually came undone usually after playing against us, the only problem with United is Rodgers, Lampard and Ancelotti can only wish the referees would bail them out with penalties as much as OGS is getting bailed out. Last night I saw Fernandes scored and called it as a penalty before I even checked it's the same reason I can't rate him. Gilfy Fernandes is an apt description for him. If Liverpool beat the teams they were supposed to United and City who's consistently picking up wins now would not have had a sniff now. Lets hope 2021 goes better in terms of football and life

Was it something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfcy15ZUE2c

When we were leading 1 - 0 at half time and the pundits were talking about how negative West Brom were being I was worried because I've been watching Fat Sam teams for years and I knew he would have loved being 1 - 0 down. This match reminded me of the 2017 Merseyside Derby in many ways, we dominated the Allardyce led Everton, we had a soft ref that gave them every decision, then we got sucker punched late in the game because we couldn't put them away. It's so frustrating how many times this asshole gets us like this I fucking hate him because I know he takes great pleasure in winning these battles against us. Anyway onto the next match if we win it this one can be forgotten. Also fuck Kevin Friend

I was so naïve when it came to VAR I honestly thought the biggest issue with it will be that the same idiots who were doing such a bad job officiating games will be working on VAR and making the same mistakes. I never expected the offside and handball rule to be completely changed and ref decisions being justified with lines that can't possibly be accurate. I expected VAR to be similar to TMO where they watch the video and make a decision based on what they see no manipulations at all but they can't even do that. Right now they have sacrificed the fans enjoyment of football and created a situation where people trust referees even less than before because useless cunts like David Coote has found new ways to suck. Man City being exonerated has taken a lot of my love for football and now with COVID and the empty stadiums with fake crowd noises I've not been enjoying football at all VAR seems like it will really be the death knell.

Keita makes no sense to me because he's so damn timid. This is not the man I was expecting to see when I heard he got into a fight with his Leipzig teammate because Keita gave him a bad tackle as retribution for an earlier challenge. I was expecting a psycho on the level of Mascherano or Suarez but I don't even think I've seen him angry here. I really want his career to take off and another injury in his third season will not make him feel better. Anyway Jota is amazing I was never unhappy we bought him just surprised cos I completely looked past him due to the heart eyes I had for Traore. I can't wait for the fans to safely come back because he deserves to know how much devotion he's inspiring from his new fanbase.

That cunt David Coote being employed without having answered for what he did makes me see the point in Project Big Picture or European Super League more and more. FIFA and the FA are acting like they are a law unto themselves and I can't think of one thing they did to improve the conditions of the players during this period. If they weren't banned by law from allowing fans into the stadiums I'm sure it would have continued with Liverpool vs Atletico being allowed to go ahead being a case in point. For fucks sake even the US with the NBA and the NFL are doing a much better job protecting their players. If a European Super League happens I'm probably done with football completely but I can't say I won't understand what the league execs did to get football there.

It took Ancelotti less than a full season to sink down to Everton's level.

This match is soul destroying The pundits may agree it wasn't offside and Pickford should have been sent off but no questions will be asked of the incompetent refs that has been allowed to be incompetent for decades. The fans of other teams have allowed the media narrative that Liverpool constantly get favorable decisions to see this as justice against LiVARpool. I have always been a defender of VAR to prevent performances like Martin Atkinson gave against Leicester that cost us 2 points in a season we lost the league by 1 but looking at this now I honestly don't see what is the point. These fucks implemented VAR and used it to justify their incompetence, they promised this season was supposed to be better after how incompetently it was implemented last year but now we're here. This feeling of helplessness knowing that the people in charge will allow us to be fucked over while the fans of other teams will just ignore it because they take pleasure in watching us struggle just makes me want to give up on this sport.

I remember him bitching when Liverpool knocked Barcelona out of the CL in 2007. Talking about the better team was knocked out after beating us at Anfield even though they were beaten at the Nou Camp and only won the return leg because of Valdes. People's hatred for Real Madrid really allowed Barcelona's entitlement to fall under the radar during the Ronaldinho and early Messi era but they were just as bad. Dave your mention of the Barce fanbase's reaction to Suarez reminds me of the way they hounded him when he was going through a goal drought... Dude scored the winner in a CL final and had an amazing 40 goal season the next one but the moment he started struggling they turned on him. Fuck that entire club I will take great pleasure in watching them struggle

Something about football feels dead to me after that Man City news came out I don't think it will ever feel the same. When Newcastle arrives with their owners it's going to be even worse.

Great report as usual Dave and I honestly want the record to show we're the greatest team of all time who did not have to financially dope to get where we are. If Liverpool gets this record the City Centurions becomes even more irrelevant and that record becomes even less spoken about that it is now. Regarding: That moment when he dealt with a difficult ball over the top by heading it back over Connolly and collecting it himself before playing a no look pass to Robbo was actually unfair. I don’t think is anyone else who would have even thought of doing that let alone been able to pull it off. He’s fucking ridiculous. I can totally see Alison doing that and giving us all a heart attack

Considering how long Sheff Utd fans hold a grudge when we had to hear about Carlos Tevez for yearsI can only imagine the fume and how long it would last if Sheff misses out on Europe by one point because of VAR. Dave your That Was The Week That Was columns helped keep me sane but having you speak about actual football matches again is amazing.

I feel so sorry for Clyne cos he was a good player for us even with his lack of attacking input one of those guys you could put in the side and will always get a 7 out of 10 from every game. The only real bad-ish performance of his I can remember is against Man U in the 2nd leg of the Europa league when Martial ran him ragged. Unfortunately the team passed him by while he was injured I hope he's luckier during the rest of his career Around Werner I feel nothing tbh as Traore was always the player I wanted cos he seems more realistic than Mbappe but yeah I don't see that happening

This is probably the most frustrated I've ever been with Salah in a game and if we drew or lost this game the fume from me would have been unbearable. In his 44 goal season he was a lot more selfless and he looked a lot more complete as a player, this version of Salah does my head in and to a degree makes it easier for the defense cos they know he will go for a chance rather than look for the pass. This is probably the sorriest I've ever felt for Robertson, Traore absolutely destroyed him I think he more than anyone else would be the most relieved if we bought that monster.