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Liverpool Thread - 2023/24
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oof. feeling fragile aren't we ;)
Mate, if everyone agreed with you or me it would be a sad little world. We don't need to agree to have a healthy argument. Can we agree on that? the great thing about sport is that we can see an event 2 different ways, and neither is necessarily wrong ( or right lol)
To clarify - I think my point was lost - 1) he went down too easy 2) there was contact (dubravka admited as much 'My arms are not trying to catch him. I don’t have to agree but at the end of the day it was a penalty.' 3) interpret that how you want.
also I don't think we need to enter a 'most despised fan' competition. I think you lot would be right up there (although I think that most of you are alright!)
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completely agree with second part of the post. if we're talking about lucky decisions we (liverpool have had) this season, I wouldn't put the jota event in the top 5 even. but same goes for decisions against us.
how do you folk rate the Haaland pen against chelsea? Some chelski fans I know were pretty galled about that being soft.
Is there though??
A pen is soft in most peoples books if a player makes the most of any contact whatever and goes down under it. How is that not 'cheating'? i.e. acting dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.
Sorry to nit pick but I think if I'm to agree (which I can see your pov on, for sure ) that Jota blatantly cheated then we can't be sitting here saying that 'soft' doesn't equal cheating if a player goes down to win a pen, especially not a 'massive difference'.
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fair point
feedmpenzaandhewillscore
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That goes in it’s more than likely City go on to win the game and the table looks a lot more different. Shit happens and I think we can all agree which ever side of the fence your football allegiances are, the standard of refereeing for the Premier League seems to be getting worse rather than better.
Five points off the summit with a game in hand when City have looked out of sorts within the last month or so. Think we’d have taken that, going to be a very interesting few months up until May, I don’t see it being between anyone else but Liverpool and City. Liverpool are playing some good stuff and when they are at full tilt can be a problem. City haven’t hit the heights yet and feel like we can go up another few gears.
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My final observation on the Jota penalty.
There was MINIMAL contact. He was concentrating so much on initiating contact that he lost control of the ball. When it didn't have the desired theatrical effect, he took a whole extra pace, planted the foot that had just brushed the elbow of the keeper firmly on the turf, realised he wasn't going to get the ball, shifted his weight onto the opposite leg and then folded himself in half.
It was an action he had no doubt practiced many times on the training ground, and it's cheating, pure and simple. The problem now is that the furore that has followed will potentially see on-field referee's being more cautious in their decision making, and letting VAR make the call, which will no doubt see teams not getting penalties for similar if not identical situations (as we saw at the other end of the pitch in the same game). I'm willing to bet we will suffer for this.
There was MINIMAL contact. He was concentrating so much on initiating contact that he lost control of the ball. When it didn't have the desired theatrical effect, he took a whole extra pace, planted the foot that had just brushed the elbow of the keeper firmly on the turf, realised he wasn't going to get the ball, shifted his weight onto the opposite leg and then folded himself in half.
It was an action he had no doubt practiced many times on the training ground, and it's cheating, pure and simple. The problem now is that the furore that has followed will potentially see on-field referee's being more cautious in their decision making, and letting VAR make the call, which will no doubt see teams not getting penalties for similar if not identical situations (as we saw at the other end of the pitch in the same game). I'm willing to bet we will suffer for this.
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Klopps becoming so frustrated with £85M "stiker" darwank nunez missing sitters
He's lent him a pair of his old boots :-)
He's lent him a pair of his old boots :-)
Never get flummoxed by a team that batters poor opposition, it happens a lot, they couldn’t beat the Rags a couple of weeks ago and played Newcastle at the right time, I’m not impressed apart from their ability to get the Premier League and Officials on board.
You said please, but no thanks. I'm enjoying a mature, civil conversation with some good people on here. I never go on RAWK, never have done and never will do, its a cess pit of prepubescent 13 year olds. :)
Hope that helps mate. no problem with disagreeing completely with me, and even calling me out on BS but that's a bit keyboard warrior ish.
cheers.
100% that.
And yes agree. Liverpool are only where they are on the basis of being less shit that Arsenal, tottenham etc and with more depth than Villa. We've lost only 1 game, but we've drawn far too many which is why we're not further ahead.
And yep, you lot obviously have a huge amount of gears left to go. I'm hoping you don't find them.
You say you don’t go on RAWK but I’m betting you definitely do, I know several Dipper supporters of whom just one is from Dipperville, I do know you’re definitely not from that feral city.
I hate everything about your poxy club, from its supporters, Management and Players.
It’s a weird Club, when you came back from 3-0 down to win the Champions League a lot of City fans applauded you, the behaviour of everyone associated with the club since then has turned most football fans against you. Always the victims, never your fault is written in your DNA now, wankers is the most polite I can call you lot.
feedmpenzaandhewillscore
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Salah could be missing for up to 6 weeks, pity Ramos isn’t playing for an African Nation, those Dipper twats were all over the Rodri injury in the Club Final so I’ve no problem in posting that.
Hahaha, no I definitely don't. I'm dense, illogical and many other things, but none of which lower me to that desperation. Your post sure made me grin tho, feral is an awesome word and no I'm not from there!!!
mm, I will take that on the chin. I have certainly been called worse so I'll take any win at this point in time ;)
Jokes aside, do you remember what happened to salah when he came back from last Afcon? got to the final and lost, shot his confidence to bits, resulted in a hideous drop off in form in form and he was basically like a blunt spoon from that point. So you may well get your wish....
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Says the person who comes onto an opposition's fan forum the day after his team get awarded two of the most dubious penalties that have been awarded all season simply to get a rise out of them knowing full well that their very being there will wind people up and get negative reactions.
You need to grow up and get a life "lad".
flipping heck. No mercy here eh?
I can well understand you might crunch down on knobheads but if the crime is coming on here without a contrition period and a bunch of flowers : D you lot are more delicate than I thought.
My life is going very, very well :) thanks for the concern.
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