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  1. What a chastening experience last night was. If dreadful recent defeats to the likes of Brentford and Wolves said much about the current squad’s level, so did getting webbed all over Anfield by Real Madrid. The players still have it within them to look like Liverpool as we want them to be, but the ability to maintain has fallen sharply, and the propensity to make mistakes has increased. Maybe the latter is a direct consequence of the former, but the erratic moments are coming from all our players. This weekend brings a visit to Palace, a side who like to play with pace on the break, and the likelihood of us wearing that god-awful ‘petrol spillage’ white away kit. We first used it in a pre-season friendly against the Mancs in the States, a game that finished with a 4-0 hiding. Since then, it seems as though, from first team through to the youth teams and even the ladies team, it’s about as lucky as that invisible grey number the Mancs jibbed off at half-time in one game in the mid-90s. Anyway: Zip. Zest. Zoned in. Zoom. I don’t ask for much. We travelled to Selhurst Park in January 2022 for last season’s corresponding fixture, and came away with a hard-fought 3-1 win. Hard-fought in that we were in control for an hour but allowed Palace to build up a head of steam that threatened to undo all our earlier good work. Ali was much the busier of the 2 keepers in the second half. We went ahead when Virg bulleted home a header unmarked from a corner. How do you not mark someone with his aerial prowess? We doubled our lead when Ox fired home a Robbo cross at the far post. At the time I remember talk of Bobby not being given offside despite moving for the initial cross. Having seen it, I can’t tell if he was offside or not, but he did engage the defender, which allowed Ox the space he found himself in. As I said before, the second half saw us take our foot off the gas, and Palace got a goal back when a defence-splitting pass saw both centre forwards get in behind. The ball was squared to Eduoard to tap in from six yards. Then the most ‘controversial’ call of the match, as VAR determined that Guaita had fouled Diogo in the box. Diogo’s touch past the keeper wasn’t one he was going to be able to do anything with as he was too close to the dead ball line when he and the keeper collided. Fab buried the spot kick with ease and that was that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUeOaz30d8 24th August 1971 saw the Reds travel to Selhurst Park and claim a 1-0 victory thanks to Toshack. Read the match report, we absolutely dominated them but couldn’t kill the game off. This was Shanks’ rebuilt squad with many of the 60s stalwarts now departed and a fresh injection of youth in their place. The quality was not in doubt, but they were a year or so away from finding consistency to match their ability. Mighty Mouse haring about in attack is the perfect example. I can’t find video footage so here’s a match report. Cambridge University’s Footlights dramatic society had a reputation for providing the starting point for many of the UK’s greatest comedians and entertainers. The Goodies had been hugely popular but it was a group comprised of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam who would go on to really capture the public imagination. The combination of wit, quirkiness and cultural references went down a storm. And Now For Something Completely Different was a film comprised of sketches from their TV series, and was created for US audiences who hadn’t seen the show. The dead parrot sketch is probably the most famous sketch they ever did, and it is absolutely brilliant even today. The site I use for these No1 films is looking at the US box office and yet reading up on this film’s success over there, it was a bit of a flop when first released so I’m not sure how it’s listed as the most popular film for that week in August 1971 at any rate. As an aside, one of my housemates at uni had a line of VHS tapes along one wall of his room, a bit like Tommy in Trainspotting. Unlike Tommy, my housemate didn’t bother doing weights, nor (I don’t think) did he have a private video of him banging his girlfriend. He didn’t even have a girlfriend back then. Anyway, I recall And Now For Something Completely Different being one of the films he owned, but I never borrowed it. He had a shitload of sci-fi stuff so that was the first time I actually watched the original Star Wars trilogy. He had even made a computer animated short film with a mate of his, and that was a bit South Park-esque, only with practically everyone ending up like Kenny. The Palace game is one where I don’t quite know what they’ll do, but I’ve no real idea what we’ll do either. Will the Real Madrid debacle be playing on our players’ minds? Will the likes of Naby and Harvey start this one? Will forgotten man Fabio come in from the cold and be involved for the first time in what seems like ages? We got a few more attacking options than we had a fortnight ago, and I think Klopp will go full strength (such as it is) for this one. Whatever he does, as long as well are focussed and apply ourselves correctly, we can get the job done. Points on the board are better than having games in hand.
  2. The first home game of the season then, and it’s being played on the Monday night. Both sides go into it with something to prove, with Vieira’s charges unable to lay a glove on Arteta’s flaky Gunners in the league season’s curtain raiser last Friday night. Our performance at Fulham has already been pored over ad infinitum, with many of our fans having already written the season off as we lie 2 points behind City with 37 games still to play. For some, it’s already all over bar the shouting. Thankfully, neither our players nor the coaching staff thinks that way. Nous. Intensity. Nerve. Effervescence. Nuisance factor. Intelligence. Luck. I don’t ask for much. Our biggest Premier League win in this fixture came at the end of November 1992. We were miles off the pace in the league as United and Villa (and for a while, Norwich!) led the way in the inaugural football season (© Sky Sports). Souness had assembled a squad where the old guard had seen better days, the youngsters - though game - needed those around them to display more consistency in order to truly flourish, and we had more than our fair share of bang-average. The club in practically every regard had fallen into the pack of also-rans that they’d managed to keep at arm’s length over the previous couple of decades. Against Palace though (who were wearing the colours of Brazil), the team displayed something that showed the fans that there might be some promise this season. Barnesy was back after a lay-off and he looked sharp. For the opener, he teased the Palace defence down their left before lofting a ball into the centre of the six yard box where Macca of all people was waiting to bullet a header past Nigel Martyn. Macca turned provider for our second, playing the ball back to Marshy 40 yards from goal.He strode forward into the space and smashed a 30-yard rocket into the top left hand corner. Great goal that one. Palace’s day went from bad to worse when a misplaced header back to Martyn was prevented from going behind for a corner by the scrambling keeper. Unfortunately for him, he gifted the ball to Macca who cut into the area and picked his spot as a couple of Palace defenders funnelled back to the goal line in vain. Macca then set up Ronny was a tap in from six yards on the hour mark for number four, and Hutch controlled a Marshy cross and cracked a low volley into the bottom corner for 5-0. There were still 15 minutes to play and another 9-0 hammering was possible, but the players took mercy on their opponents and the rest of the match petered out into a training session with the players playing keep ball and not looking to boost the goal difference. Here are the goals from this one. The big film in November 1992 was the sequel to the hit Christmas film of 1990, Home Alone. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York sees Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin actually make it to the airport for the family’s Christmas vacation, only to lose sight of his dad when faffing about with batteries for his recording device. He boards a flight to New York while the family are headed for Paris. Cue shenanigans at the 5-star hotel where Kevin checks in and toys with the suspicious hotel staff, especially Tim Curry’s concierge. We also see the return of small-time burglars Harry and Marv, this time dubbed the Sticky Bandits. This ultimately leads to Kevin turning a brownstone undergoing renovation into the latest multi-storey booby-trap. Yet again, Kevin’s mum seems to be the only one really arsed about Kevin’s safety and wellbeing as she frantically makes a dash for New York after Kevin’s dad learns that his credit card was used there. Not as good as the original but still a very good film. You can tell that Stern and Pesci were having a blast as the hapless burglars, just as they had in the first film. The traps are again inventive, and the director never loses sight of the heart aspect of the story. Nothing of significance happened on November 28th 1992, judging by a trawl of the internet. Very much a slow news day by the looks of things. I turned 14 on this day, so I suppose that’s of significance. Exactly two years earlier we had a seismic event in the House of Commons when Thatcher stepped down as PM in the wake of challenges to her leadership. She saw the writing on the wall following Michael Heseltine’s challenge, barely scraping the first-round ballot and requiring a second. She no longer had the authority she had commanded for over a decade, and several of her key allies had already jumped ship or been openly critical of her stance on issues like the European Monetary Union. She chose to stand down of her own volition rather than face the humiliation of a successful leadership challenge by Heseltine. Her departure would signal over half a decade of infighting amongst the Tories, and the UK’s departure from the Exchange Rate Mechanism was one of the key disasters of British politics under her successor John Major’s premiership. Jurgen read the riot act to his players after the Fulham game, judging by his demeanour after that match. He was not happy and clearly intimated that the players did not go into the match with the right mentality. A rocket up their arse, more than a week to stew on it, and a baying home crowd should see us put things to rights. We might be short of options in midfield, but barring a couple of exceptions in other departments, we do have a good squad to pick from. One that is well capable of getting a result against the Eagles. Sadio used to score against this lot for fun, but we have plenty of attacking threats that his departure should not matter. It is simply a case of approaching the game with the right focus, attitude and application, and doing all the things we know we can do. Get that bit right and we stand a great chance of grabbing the 3 points. Get out there, don’t be complacent, and get the job done.
  3. In recent weeks it has really felt like we’ve been playing the schedule of a Europa League side. Thursday nights under the lights, and the Sunday afternoon slot where crowds are sluggish as fuck. It’s the last league game for the club this month as they’ll have a fortnight off for the Premier League’s winter break. Except for the African lads and the South Americans of course. Stupid fixture scheduling is par for the course for the game’s authorities, coupled with additional fixtures added to the schedule. Who gives a shit about UEFA’s Nations League in the summer? Oh, I know there is an FA Cup game against Cardiff a week later but I imagine Klopp will pick a similar side to the one that dismissed Shrewsbury. Anyway: Zip. Zest. Zoned in. Zoom. I don’t ask for much. Last season’s corresponding fixture, rather than signal our intent to defend our league title and take on all comers once more, turned out to be a last hurrah before the defence disappeared for 3 months, the midfield had to fulfil square-pegs-in-round-holes duties, and the attackers forgot how to attack. Against Palace though, none of this was in evidence. Taki got the show going, showing sharpness to fire the ball past Guaita in the first few minutes. Palace had shown pace on the counter but they were vulnerable at the back. We were winning the ball back 30-40 yards from their goal almost at will, and it was through such determination that we extent our lead as Sadio got his customary goal against Palace. The third was a belter of an attack culminating in Bobby gliding through to control Robbo’s ball in with his first touch and roll it into the net with his second. Hendo got in on the act with a well-struck first time effort from the edge of the area, and Bobby got his second with a brilliant dink over Guaita from a narrow angle. Mo, who had started on the bench, was brought on for an ever-so-slightly peeved Sadio, and bagged a couple of goals for himself, one of which was a supreme curling effort from outside the box into the far top corner. 7-0 then, and the picture looked so rosy before Christmas. 24th August 1971 saw the Reds travel to Selhurst Park and claim a 1-0 victory thanks to Toshack. Read the match report, we absolutely dominated them but couldn’t kill the game off. This was Shanks’ rebuilt squad with many of the 60s stalwarts now departed and a fresh injection of youth in their place. The quality was not in doubt, but they were a year or so away from finding consistency to match their ability. Mighty Mouse haring about in attack is the perfect example. I can’t find video footage so here’s a match report. Cambridge University’s Footlights dramatic society had a reputation for providing the starting point for many of the UK’s greatest comedians and entertainers. The Goodies had been hugely popular but it was a group comprised of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam who would go on to really capture the public imagination. The combination of wit, quirkiness and cultural references went down a storm. And Now For Something Completely Different was a film comprised of sketches from their TV series, and was created for US audiences who hadn’t seen the show. The dead parrot sketch is probably the most famous sketch they ever did, and it is absolutely brilliant even today. The site I use for these No1 films is looking at the US box office and yet reading up on this film’s success over there, it was a bit of a flop when first released so I’m not sure how it’s listed as the most popular film for that week in August 1971 at any rate. As an aside, one of my housemates at uni had a line of VHS tapes along one wall of his room, a bit like Tommy in Trainspotting. Unlike Tommy, my housemates didn’t bother doing weights, nor (I don’t think) did he have a private video of him banging his girlfriend. He didn’t even have a girlfriend back then. Anyway, I recall And Now For Something Completely Different being one of the films he owned, but I never borrowed it. He had a shitload of sci-fi stuff so that was the first time I actually watched the original Star Wars trilogy. He had even made a computer animated short film with a mate of his, and that was a bit South Park-esque, only with practically everyone ending up like Kenny. The Palace game is one where I don’t quite know what they’ll do. They are without Zaha who is at the AFCON, and may be with Ayew who’s Ghana team have been eliminated already. The do have Conor Gallagher though, and he’s been amongst the very best young players in the PL this season. His parent club Chelsea will either sell him for a large fee, loan him out yet again, or waste him by keeping him without playing him like they do with a lot of their youth products. I doubt Palace will be able to buy him. We got a few more options than we had a fortnight ago, and I think Klopp will go full strength (such as it is) for this one. Whatever he does, as long as well are focussed and apply ourselves correctly, we can get the job done.
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