Liverpool Thread | 2025/26

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johnevans said:
I appeal to you, dear fellow Blues, to be fair to the Scouse Red Filth and their acolytes in the media at large at this difficult time.

We should take a moment to recall how we benefited from having the media on our side after a similar incident at the end of last season (full blown press coverage within moments of it happening; daily articles on how we were 'robbed' and how the flow of the game 'could've been altered'; leader articles on the psychological and reputational damage to our fans and our home city; and so on and so on..*) and allow them to be comforted by the current media spotlighting of the terrors that have come about since last weekend's VAR debacle.

I attach photographic evidence of the incident we suffered. Just been careful, fellow Blues, not to 'cast the first stone'.. we could easily be victims once again to the foul tyranny that is VAR..

(* Oh wait.. maybe I dreamt that..?)
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CL games 2018:
Salah was offside for his goal (linesman didn’t spot it, there was no VAR that season).
David Silva was brought down (legs swept from under him, far side of the box at the Kop end second half), no pen given.
Sterling was brought down (legs swept from under him, near side of the box at the Kop end second half), no pen given.
Jesus was onside for that late in the second half disallowed goal that would have given us an away goal and taken 1-3 back to the Etihad with away goals counting back then and we scored first in the home leg which would have made it 2-3.
Milner hand balled it at our place, no pen given.
Milner played the ball for the Sané goal meaning Sané wasn’t offside, goal disallowed for offside.

Prem Oct18:
Agüero brought down, no pen given.

Prem Jan19:
Sterling was fouled by Robertson, no pen given.

Prem Nov19:
Alexander-Arnold hand-balled it, clear as day he looked at the ball and stiffened his arm, no pen given and they scored up the other end. Even if you couldn’t give a penalty to us because BSilva handballed it first (although it hit him from no more than a yard away so very dubious handball), they shouldn’t have been able to score after A-A’s handball, it should have been brought back for a Lpool free kick in their box because you can’t play advantage when it’s your team who have made an indiscretion or both teams having made an indiscretion.
Salah was offside for his goal and VAR wasn’t even used, Pep even said that he was told VAR ‘wasn’t working’ in the first half.
Mane pushed Sterling in the back, no pen given.

Prem Feb21:
Dias ever so slightly touched Salah on the shoulder and Salah dived like he’d had his legs swept from under him by that big machine on Total Wipeout with Richard Hammond… penalty given against us.

Prem Oct21:
Milner brought down Foden, no pen given.
Milner twice escaped getting a second yellow (both were bookable offences).

Prem Apr22:
No red cards for either Fabinho or Thiago. Fabinho’s could have been a straight red, and then he even avoided a second yellow for a bookable offence challenge after the yellow he got when he should have been sent off.

Prem Oct21:
Ref was letting minor physical contact go ALL game, we score a goal but they disallow it for a minor physical infringement in the build up but then allow four of the same instances of this go in favour of Liverpool throughout the rest of the game.

Prem Nov23:
Dias’ goal was disallowed for a ‘nothing’ infringement on their keeper, Akanji just jumped for the ball and happened to touch the keeper.

I’ve probably missed some…

Wasn’t there a dodgy one in the season we were going to the First Division title with them in 1977?
 
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ancoats said:
Has anybody asked Klopp about the £500million Slot's Liverpool spent? Didn't he say Liverpool will never spend big money because it's not the Liverpool way hahahaha
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Historically they've always been the big spenders of the league.

Even when they put everything into todays money a few years ago, they swamped everyone else.
 
Marvin. said:
I think they are experiencing a hangover too combined with an age-related decline in the form of Salah and Van Dijk. I can see them dropping Salah and forming a new forward line with Ekitike, Gapko, Isak with Wirtz behind them but I don't see how they will be able to fix their defence. I can see them finishing in the top 5 after Arsenal, City and Chelsea, because I don't think there are many consistent sides.
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On top of this, Slot has no experience in reversing a slump. Couple that with his lack of ability to integrate new players into his system and top 4 isn’t guaranteed at all.
 
City Mike 1969 said:
Milner was booed for doing what tront just did to the vermin club running down his contract in return for a massive signing on fee.
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No he wasn’t.

He was booed for his words and deeds after he left.

"I've joined Littlewoods to win trophies."

Twirling his shirt above his head - as Yaya had done, the previous Sunday, when he scored the winning penalty at Wembley - after he scored against us at Klanfield.

There were other digs too, but I can’t remember them off the top of my head.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I actually still think they'll come good later on in the season — as we did last season. I'd be surprised if they don't get top four. They've got talent out on that pitch, even if Salah and Van Dijk are basically a spent force, I believe.
But there's a reason why no team has ever — in the history of English football — done four in a row. (Maybe Corinthian Casuals or someone did it back in the nineteenth century, I haven't checked). Back-to-back is already hard. Three times is superhuman (yeah, I know, the rags did it). Four times, and what you get is the head-shattering hangover of last season with us. And remember that it wasn't “just” four in a row. It was six out of seven. That is mental. Bernardo's tired gesture in the penalty shoot-out against Real, in the season we did our fourth, said it all. It was burn-out. (The signs were already clearly there — I still don't understand how the team, who were wandering around the pitch like the living dead right through the second half, got through the Cup semi-final against Chelsea).
So Liverpool are experiencing their hangover after doing one. We experienced it after doing four. It's basically impossible to do four. Pep is a benevolent dictator who asks for the impossible. Like doing the domestic treble in 2019 — oh, by the way, without our best footballer for nearly all the season. That too has never, ever been done. Sometimes, the dictator gets the impossible from his players.
We should appreciate that what we've seen in the last eight years is almost certainly unique in the history of this club.
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Almost certainly unique in the history of this club?

It’s most definitely unique in the history of this country!
 
bluethrunthru said:
Its fucking Thursday and they are still banging on about it - always the victims

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The Dublin dildo thinks the goal should have stood?

I’d never have thought, in a million years, that he would come to that conclusion.

And saying that Owen agrees, like the boring bastard is some sort of authority on the laws of the game, is just pathetic.
 
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.db. said:
CL games 2018:
Salah was offside for his goal (linesman didn’t spot it, there was no VAR that season).
David Silva was brought down (legs swept from under him, far side of the box at the Kop end second half), no pen given.
Sterling was brought down (legs swept from under him, near side of the box at the Kop end second half), no pen given.
Jesus was onside for that late in the second half disallowed goal that would have given us an away goal and taken 1-3 back to the Etihad with away goals counting back then and we scored first in the home leg which would have made it 2-3.
Milner hand balled it at our place, no pen given.
Milner played the ball for the Sané goal meaning Sané wasn’t offside, goal disallowed for offside.

Prem Oct18:
Agüero brought down, no pen given.

Prem Jan19:
Sterling was fouled by Robertson, no pen given.

Prem Nov19:
Alexander-Arnold hand-balled it, clear as day he looked at the ball and stiffened his arm, no pen given and they scored up the other end. Even if you couldn’t give a penalty to us because BSilva handballed it first (although it hit him from no more than a yard away so very dubious handball), they shouldn’t have been able to score after A-A’s handball, it should have been brought back for a Lpool free kick in their box because you can’t play advantage when it’s your team who have made an indiscretion or both teams having made an indiscretion.
Salah was offside for his goal and VAR wasn’t even used, Pep even said that he was told VAR ‘wasn’t working’ in the first half.
Mane pushed Sterling in the back, no pen given.

Prem Feb21:
Dias ever so slightly touched Salah on the shoulder and Salah dived like he’d had his legs swept from under him by that big machine on Total Wipeout with Richard Hammond… penalty given against us.

Prem Oct21:
Milner brought down Foden, no pen given.
Milner twice escaped getting a second yellow (both were bookable offences).

Prem Apr22:
No red cards for either Fabinho or Thiago. Fabinho’s could have been a straight red, and then he even avoided any second yellow for a bookable offence challenge after the yellow he got when he should have been sent off.

Prem Oct21:
Ref was letting minor physical contact go ALL game, we score a goal but they disallow it for a minor physical infringement in the build up but then allow four of the same instances of this go in favour of Liverpool throughout the rest of the game.

Prem Nov23:
Dias’ goal was disallowed for a ‘nothing’ infringement on their keeper, Akanji just jumped for the ball and happened to touch the keeper.

I’ve probably missed some…

Wasn’t there a dodgy one in the season we were going to the First Division title with them in 1977?
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Kevin Reeves disallowed goal - no idea why
Micah Richards penalty given against him when the ball hit his knee then on to his arm. Not a penalty now and wasn't one then
Corrigan having a bottle thrown at him - zero punishment
The bus attack - still zero arrests
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
No wonder, the media are whipping up the liverpool fans into a frenzy... Quite ridiculous Sky Sports front page right now

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Liverpool disallowed goal vs Man City: Howard Webb says 'not unreasonable' to rule out Virgil van Dijk header

Virgil van Dijks header was disallowed for offside on Andy Robertson in Liverpools 3-0 defeat at Manchester City; Liverpool contacted the PGMOL over decision; Arne Slot compared the incident to Man Citys winner at Wolves last season, but Howard Webb says there is a clear difference
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Manchester City vs Liverpool: Virgil van Dijk goal analysed after release of referee's audio

Listen to the audio of Virgil van Dijks goal against Manchester City being disallowed. Speaking on Match Officials Micd Up, PGMOL chief Howard Webb explains why VAR did not intervene to overturn the decision.
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Manchester City vs Liverpool: Ref Watch analyses Virgil van Dijk disallowed goal

Virgil van Dijks header against Manchester City was disallowed for offside but should it have stood? Ref Watch takes a closer look.
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Liverpool contact PGMOL over Virgil van Dijk's disallowed goal in Man City defeat to raise significant concerns

Virgil van Dijks header would have brought Liverpool level at Man City but was ruled out with Andy Robertson judged to be impeding goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from an offside position in the 3-0 defeat at Man City; Liverpool accept the result of the game but feel a mistake was made
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That club are embarrassing
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Did I miss the release of the audio of the VAR check that decided not to disallow Bournemouth's goal?
 
.db. said:
It’s a myth that Milner was derogatory towards City.

Milner said in an in-house Liverpool interview, ‘Winning two titles at City, we had some good players, but as a team this is the best I’ve played in’.
He also mentioned something about the Liverpool team he was playing in had the best team spirit he’d ever played in (can’t find the quote).

Absolutely nowt wrong with saying either thing. It’s not even derogatory about City, it’s just being sycophantic to Liverpool/Lpool fans while he was at that club.

We plucked anything as an excuse to boo him in a retort to Lpool fans booing Sterling. I thought it was odd of us as a fanbase and I’ve given Milner a clap every time we’ve faced him since leaving when his name is read out before the game.

We’ve booed a number of other players, often for no reason n’all.

We booed Sturridge quite badly when he played for Chelsea and Lpool. All he did was leave because Hughes was playing Ched Evans ahead of him and Chelsea who were better than us at the time came in for him. He even didn’t celebrate when he scored against us (which I don’t actually like, get celebrating!).

We booed Dickov for celebrating scoring against us, who without we might still be in League 1.

We booed Distin and James for daring to leave us for a team higher up the league.

We booed Barton when he was still playing for us because he wouldn’t sign a new contract… he was a wanker though, even when he was with us he said his teammates were ‘substandard’, he battered Dabo in training and put a cigar out on Tandy’s eye at a Christmas do. So with him I can understand and I did boo him when he played against us for Newcastle.

Cancelo was booed when he was still our player, on loan at Bayern, and the truth hadn’t even come out about what had gone on with him at City… we just decided he was now the enemy.

We have treated some ex-players poorly with booing them when there was no reason to. Most sets of fans are similar across the board though, and we aren’t much different to any of them.

I think a number of our fans are treating Savinho poorly at the moment n’all.
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Plenty of reasons why players on that list were booed.

They all did something either in the media, or against us that resulted in them being booed'
 
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