Liverpool (H) Post Match Thread

[cleavers]

I'm starting to detest this club more than united or maybe united are just to insignificant these days to be bothered with, iv'e always wondered why united hate them so much i guess i couldn't see the wood for the trees

Their fans have long been alongside the rags for me, no idea how old you are, but if you were at games in the 70/80's you'd know why.

 

[aguero93:20]

All this bollocks about the line thickness has been completely shot down on twitter by our head groundsman, who says the technology doesn't even use the line, it uses the bottom of the posts, which are standard size. So the line could have been 2 foot thick and it wouldn't have made a difference !!!

The pitch will have been a few centimetres longer than usual next...

 

[Stoned Rose]

It was, indeed.

No chance mate. Such phrasing is reserved only for Liverpool. Their DNA, history and class fully deserved it. We’ll always be the Emptihad Library.

 

[Stoned Rose]

The pitch will have been a few centimetres longer than usual next...

I’m just waiting for them to blame it on the game being played on a Thursday next.

 

[SebastianBlue]

It's a disgrace it's not acted on by referees, it's even less ambiguous than kicking the ball away, I can truthfully say I've been booked for kicking the ball away when I'd no idea the whistle had gone in a noisy game, that defence is gone if you pick it up.

Also leathering the ball into row Z when it's clearly gone out for a throw in, corner or goal kick, although that's harder to police.

I’ve received yellows for kicking the ball away, as well. On a few occasions I knew exactly what I was doing. I would not have even thought of doing it had I known I was going to be summarily sent off, though, which is why I advocate for them being red card offences.

Clearing the ball that is already out should probably be a yellow, though, as you said, it is difficult to ejudicate.

Another thing that frustrates me—even when our players do it—is standing over or in front of a dead ball after your team has given away the foul, in order to delay taking of the free kick. It completely negates any advantage given to the team wronged and even, in most cases, means the foul was entirely the advantage of the team committing it (as it stops a promising action/movement and allows the offending team to get players back in position to defend).

I have always thought that the rules should be changed that such an action should be an immediate yellow and free kicks occurring in the defensive and middle thirds of the pitch (dotted lines could be drawn on the pitch to demarcate the zones) should be allowed to be taken immediately within a 10 yard radius of the place of the foul, as having to take the kick at the “exact” position of the foul, when the ball often rolls off on its own after the foul, is also disadvantgeous to the wronged team.

I am sure some would argue this would impact our play (as we are apparently the masters of the dark arts), but I would assert it would more heavily impact less skilled, more physical teams, benefiting the higher quality sides and leading to more innovative tactics to stop them than just taking turns kicking lumps out of the best players on the pitch.

Edit: reading that back, I now realise how frustrated I am about the current laws of the game, haha.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I’m just waiting for them to blame it on the game being played on a Thursday next.

And at the Etihad, which is just unfair, really.

 

[Machiavelli]

The game tomorrow will be delayed to allow the ground staff to remove wreaths and floral tributes from behind the goal,

As well as allow them to cut the grass and repaint the white lines with the big paintbrush this time.

 

[aguero93:20]

Another thing that frustrates me—even when our players do it—is standing over or in front of a dead ball after your team has given away the foul, in order to delay taking of the free kick. It completely negates any advantage given to the team wronged and even, in most cases, means the foul was entirely the advantage of the team committing it (as it stops a promising action/movement and allows the offending team to get players back in position to defend).

Agree with all the rest but the way to deal with this (and we did it at amateur level) is simply to kick the ball against them and get them booked for deliberately encroaching. It's mandatory so if the ref orders a retake without booking them it's easy to point out.

 

[Machiavelli]

We'll have to cut the grass, and make the lines the right thickness too ;-)

Beat me to it. ;)

 

[Stoned Rose]

And at the Etihad, which is just unfair, really.

Actually i’ve finally worked it out.

They didn’t win because they hadn’t been through their usual pre-match routine of smashing a coach up in public.

There, all sorted now.