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Just checked my phone in advance of Saturday, as you do, to make sure the NFC pass has updated for the game. Get a message from Google saying Wallet now needs Andriod version 7 or newer to work and stopped working on 15 January 2023! Fucking great, I hardly use the phone now and aint spending a couple of hundred on a new refurbished phone just to get in the ground. Contacted the TO via the chat option, got through straight away. They wanted a screenshot of the message then said Id have to apply for a stadium access card for future games. So if you're an arl get like me and have an old Android phone, check it is v7 or above else you may have issues getting in the ground on Saturday.

He's a fucking hypocritical bastard. Dont know if he jumped from the Wail but hopefully the regular complaints I made about his articles played some small part in getting him fucked off if he didnt.

chelsea were recognised as a small club back then. It wasnt a title decider to them and they'd have just seen it as the last home game of the season.

Wolves set the tone for moaning when the floodlights went out and they wanted a corner despite no one being able to tell who touched the ball last!

Correct. Is not and never was a sale of part of LFC to Redbird.

Undoubtedly some would lose their shit if we did miss out on Bellingham. There again, I dont see the hype others do in Bellingham but there again, I only see the odd Dortmund game on tv. Totally agree, Ronnie lad. The more I see of Bajcetic, the more I think there is a real gem here and, I'd go as far as saying this boy looks a better prospect to me than Bellingham. It's early days but he put in a great performance last night such that you wouldnt think he's still a teenager. He cramped up a bit around the 70 minute mark I think it was so yeah, managed game time and some PL appearances will bring him on.

Any potential buyers now know the numbers being talked about for a sale, $4bn \ £3bn. That's a lot of wonga in anyone's language. All of us fans are emotionally invested in the club. But buyers see it different.. By and large, Liverpool is a provincial city in Northern England to most of the world. It isnt London with its supposed worldwide appeal. Despite our storied football history it's the same reason many footballers gravitate to signing for London clubs. We've also a very vocal fanbase. Just look how we got involved cutting of the 2 cowboys hopes of raising capital. United fans may demonstrate against the Glazers but in my opinion, they havent got in there and really disrupted attempts at financing the club. It's quite possible potential buyers of us are aware of our previous actions even with FSG over 2000 high priced seats etc and decide they arent interested. How else can we explain that at this point when chelsea were up for sale, groups were falling over themselves in the battle to buy the club yet all Im seeing is virtual radio silence, ridiculous rumours and twitter posts excepted? Exactly this. It's just the same old stick to beat FSG with. If they sell part of the club they'll just pocket the money. The reasoning being when they sold part of FSG, they pocketed that money. For some reason which escapes me, many assumed that was a part sale of Liverpool so part of the proceeds should have gone to the club. Except it wasnt and was never presented that way despite what some thought.

Have a fucking day off, even when he doesnt play you repeatedly slag him off.

The kind of result you want after some of our recent displays. Thought we were very good up to the subs which strangely, seemed to make us much, much worse. But the subs had to be made because some players were tiring and some needed to stretch their legs before Saturday. Mo finally got his wish to captain the side late on but, he didnt turn in a captain's show and was pretty anonymous. That handball free kick the ref gave against him in the last minute was an utter joke. And did Phillips actually make any contact when he was booked? Cracking goal by Harvey and I dont get why some are on the boy's case. But, MoTm for me was Bajcetic. The more I see of this boy, the more Im impressed. He doesnt seem phased by anything. I thought he bossed the game. Not sure he's ready for a regular start and Saturday may be a bit too much of a big game to start him in but, I think he may be a regular next season. Onto Brighton in the next round. Wouldnt surprise me if the boys go and win there after the twatting we got on Saturday.

We need a win to stop the rot but, the 1st team is running on empty and we have chelsea up next. Being a domestic cup, Id say play the kids and be done with it.

When Jurgen arrived here, in one of his first pressers he said of the players 'I can be your friend but not your best friend.' Where does a manager's loyalty to his players stand when a manager demands loyalty and total buy into his methods by the players? There's got to be some loyalty to the players. When the players sense this isnt happening, I believe that's when I believe 'losing the dressing room' happens. Most people tends to say a manager is too loyal to players they dont rate or like. Ox is a perfect example. I think that header at Brighton apart, he's linked up well with Darwin on a number of occasions. He scored against Brentford(?) when others didnt. Same with Hendo. Lots say he shouldnt have got a new contract but bombing out your skipper so he goes on a free at the end of last season doesnt seem a good plan to me. Mo is undropable given his form since the ACON has bombed but, given our other strikers are out and Darwin hasnt hit the ground running, you can kind of see why. Keita is the big loyalty issue for me. His lack of availability, going to the ACON last but one against club advice when still injured was a major issue with me, especially when he aggrivated his injury after 1 game so was out again when he did return.

What, win at any cost? Our 'competitor' clubs are cheating and winning so we need to cheat more so we win? The DDR, Soviet Union and a few other countries used to dope athletes on a national scale to win gold and set records. I guess they liked to win not just compete? It really is bizarre, there are posts and posts going back years by people going on about city cheating, newcastle will be cheating, chelsea cheating etc, etc. But when it comes down to it, those same people are going 'Well let's join in the cheating and cheat more than them so we win'? How will that 20th league title and 7th Champions League feel deep down when 'we' are no longer any different to city or newcastle or chelsea under Abramovich? Deep down, I'll feel like they truely do have fucking asterisks against them. I'll start following Marine when that day comes.

Never rains but pours and all that. And yeah, I bet the PL are watching their spending for breach of FFP. Not! They havent done a thing about it and I still see the shite being linked with and supposedly making bids for £30m players. The last para in this article is particularly ironic. Everton’s hopes of securing vital investment into the club or a full takeover have been dealt a blow after Maciek Kaminski stepped back from talks with Farhad Moshiri. As first revealed by Telegraph Sport, Kaminski, an American/Polish real estate tycoon, made a bid to take full control of Everton last June and was granted a period of exclusivity that eventually expired. He remained in talks with majority shareholder Moshiri over the prospect of taking full control or investing heavily into the club, but it is understood there has been no contact between the pair since the World Cup. Kaminski bought Greek club Panetolikos in December and his plan has always been to acquire a portfolio of sports franchises and media. But interest in Everton now appears to have cooled with Kaminski not holding any talks with Moshiri since before the World Cup and little sign currently of negotiations being rekindled. Moshiri has made himself a target of the Everton fans with his running of the club and further angered them last week in a bizarre open letter in which he backed the club’s board and head coach Frank Lampard. Associates of Moshiri are believed to have been stunned by the nature of his open letter and a subsequent radio interview in which he claimed that his hiring and firing of managers had been as a consequence of pressure from supporters. Last Saturday, Everton announced that the club’s board of directors had been told not to attend the game against relegation rivals Southampton because of threats aimed at chairman Bill Kenwright and chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale. There were fan protests after the game that Everton lost, which left the club in another fight to avoid relegation and put more scrutiny on the ownership and board. While there is pressure on Lampard's position, Everton’s immediate prospects appear bleak, no matter who is in charge of the team. Telegraph Sport understands the Premier League are still keeping a close eye on spending amid ongoing concerns over Financial Fair Play rules. Everton are under pressure to sell at least one big earner this month, with the club receiving interest in defenders Michael Keane and Mason Holgate. Even accounting for sales, Everton have very little room to manoeuvre in the transfer market this month. One source said: “Most people at Everton would sign up for finishing 15th and cleaning up the FFP situation right now.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/01/16/everton-news-maciek-kaminski-stops-investment-talks-farhad-moshiri/

The club will be sold one day. Im not sure it will be sold any time soon and for over £3bn at the top of the market. FSG have said they've had expressions of interest in buying and investing in the club but none have wetted their appetite. There may be lots of interest in buying the club but at what price? It strikes me there was an absolute shitload of better than 'potential' buyers for chelsea with most of them not distancing themselves from being publically indentified. I know we have a history of doing things on the quiet but it's just a big leap of faith for me to believe there is a lot of solid interest in the club at £3bn. I might be wrong. This. My support for the club will only end when Im in my box but even then, I'll be wearing the shirt. But it wont sit well with me knowing certain regimes that own us have public hanging, beheadings, stonings and amputations as punishments not to mention a whole host of other human rights abuse while keeping girls and women a subserviant race. If people can cheers goals while all that goes on, good luck to them, I couldnt. There used to be 2 STHs behind me in the SKD Upper. When the 2 cowboys regime got bad, they vowed not to give the club any more money and gave up their STs. It's where each draws their own red line. Absolutely love Jurgen and Im gutted to see the players have effectively stopped playing for him. Id swap every one of them before Jurgen. But, people should never forget new owners want their own man in charge. It might seem heresy to some but if we do get new owners, no one should be surprised if Jurgen leaves before the end of his contract if results are like these currently It's Peter Lim! His time has come!

According to the gossip on BBC Football, chelsea are prepared to listen to offers for Sterling already and, are prepared to spend another £100m on 3 further signings on top of the £88m just spent on Mudryk. Seriously, how can the PL think all this spending doesnt make a mockery of the FFP exempt transfer spend they gave them to get rid of Abramovich?

They probably already own more of London and parts of British industry contracts than the Ruskies ever did so I have to disagree. It's all about nullifying the attention of the decadent West on what goes on in their region, from human rights, slavery, mysogyny etc, etc in my opinion.

It's to get the gullible on side saying 'I dont care about the human rights issues or the sportswashing etc, it means my club can compete on level terms with the rest of the odious sports washed clubs and sports.' Meanwhile, the human rights abuse, slavery etc continues unabated while fans celebrate goals and complain not enough has been spent on the latest next big name in the game.

Nope. Reason why is, football should not be he \ she who has the biggest cheque book wins else it just becomes a more popular version of F1. I stopped watching F1 in the mid 90s as I lost interest. Football authorities should be capping clubs budgets not allowing certain clubs to have totally false and inflated sponsorship deals.

He's not even fucking 20 yet.

Yep. https://www.news.co.uk/latest-news/martin-samuel-signs-for-the-times-and-the-sunday-times/

Dont hold your breath. If the PL will not sanction them for bursting through it's laughable version of FFP by a margin no one else was anywhere near, I dont think they will take any action if it turns out all the BS' claims about 'uncle Uzzie' secretly bankrolling them are proven. The PL will hide behind 'it's a government sanctions matter.'

I dont know about Jurgen showing the boys a replay of their shitshow at Brighton, he should make them watch this newcastle fulham game in full and tell them, this used to be your desire, these lot make you look like a Championship side. And that's not why the 2 kick rule on pens was brought in either but it's yet another unofficial re write of the fucking rules to suit the circumstances.

Just reading an article by Sam Wallace about Levy, the Qatari's and Spurs. Fuck me, I want to vomit. Not because of the subject matter of the article but now, Wallace is yet another tithead and has started using the phrase 'heritage' clubs' to describe the 'big 6' clubs who just happen to be the most successful at winning leagues and cup. But if journos want to stick a label on clubs, why dont they at least use an accurate monicker such as the 'successful clubs,' or 'the winners,' or something similar? What the fuck is a 'heritage club' or even a 'legacy club' for that matter? NUFC were formed the same year as us when the 2 clubs, West End and East End joined together to form the present club. That makes them a 'heritage club' doesnt it, albeit a pretty unsuccessful one in the scheme of things. I mean even Sunderland have more Division One Championships to their name. Wallace and fat twat Samuel, who by the way has now signed up as chief football correspondent at The Times truely qualify for the shitness of modern football accolade.

Have to say I was disgusted at this lad's play acting, being injured after Hendo's tackle on him yesterday. Someone on the match thread said he was break dancing on the ground which was a very apt description, I thought. Other Brighton players were at it. It was like 1970's play acting at it's best, double repeated roll overs, flayling arms and legs all over the place.

Seriously, what do you mean he isnt doing his job? For one reason and another, he's lost a number of players to injury both in games, injured on international duty and injured in training. I dont see how Klopp can be blamed for the loss of any of those players. Some on here seem to think Jurgen is just fiddling while Rome burns. He tried a different tactic set up today with Thiago pushed further up field. Some on here are screaming game to game to do something different. He did today and we got twatted. He cant be ruthless when the medical department is fucking up his players recouperation and telling him so and so player will only be out for 10 days which turn into months or, say Diaz just needed time for his injury to heal only for a couple of months later, find out time isnt a great healer and that he needed to go under the knife. As ever, Jurgen took all the blame to protect the players who nearly every one of the starting 11 today should take a long hard look at themselves because in my opinion, they arent battling in games like they have. It's fucking grim football right now but I guess there'll be plenty of empty seats in the new Annie Road judging by the comments from some on here.