Shak

Is there no left back that he can send on?

Delightful. Hope he cries tonight.

Nice team that, looks like Rafa has an eye on the cup too which I'm pleased about. Imagine we'll see Ritchie and Atsu switching a fair amount during the game too.

Fair play Vlad, takes a lot of guts that.

Nice of Diame and Perez to keep being shit. Rafa will surely give Gayle and Mitro a go together at some point at this rate.

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Very good up until the goal but we just stopped playing once it went in. Lucky to be ahead, frankly. Expect we'll set up to try and pick them off on the break in the 2nd half. Outside of Gayle there's a real lack of pace in the front four though. I expect Rafa will ultimately want to replace Gouffran with a pacier option in that position but not sure he trusts Atsu for that yet.

Eat my shitgoal!

Great result going into the winter. Delighted that wanker Janko made a show of himself twice near the end, windy cunt.

I know that Rafa loves his system but it would be great to see him show a willingness to try two up top of it looks like it might be our best option.

Imagine applying that to other sports and jobs. "McIlroy can shoot great rounds at courses like St. Andrews and Augusta, but can he do it at Gosforth Golf Club?" "Murray has won Wimbledon and the US Open, but would he be able to best four time local tennis club champion John Davis of Byker?" "Oliver can cook a Beef Wellington as well as any chef in the world, but can he butter the toast just right and serve beans at the ideal temperature?" Sports coverage is fucking abject on your side. You're talking to someone who knows how shit it is on your side too, don't give me that bullshit.

Class read that, yeah. Still laugh at shit like this. Imagine applying that to other sports and jobs. "McIlroy can shoot great rounds at courses like St. Andrews and Augusta, but can he do it at Gosforth Golf Club?" "Murray has won Wimbledon and the US Open, but would he be able to best four time local tennis club champion John Davis of Byker?" "Oliver can cook a Beef Wellington as well as any chef in the world, but can he butter the toast just right and serve beans at the ideal temperature?"

I feel a bit like this when I talk to my friends who don't support NUFC. Rafa

Really hate that team selection. Hope it works.

I'm worried that he evidently seems to have decided that Diame and Gayle is what he wants as the front two and he's going to just persist with it, regardless of the form/quality of Diame or the fact that they don't really link up well at all. Not really fair that Perez and Mitro had one game together and looked dynamite only to both be dropped.

You're joking right? Can't believe that. Also the idea that it wasn't a penalty. Gouff fucking hammers the guy in the back of the legs, getting nowhere near the ball. Doesn't matter if the Norwich player baits Gouffran into making the challenge, it's still a fucking penalty.

He's started one game man. He scored in that game.

I love the use of the term "fan boys", like being a fan of a player who plays for the team we're fans of is some sort of absurdity. Such a dimwitted viewpoint like, the idea that starting a big centre forward means you can only hoof it long all day.

Baffling that people seem to have developed a dislike of the guy based on a couple of poor sub performances. He's had one start so far and we won 6-0 and were excellent, by all accounts. Hope he gets a proper run in the team soon.

Mint. Got to be those two up top from now on. If not it should be that pattern, Mitrovic or Murphy with Gayle Perez or Diame with the larger one leading the line Yep, I've been beating this drum for a while. We simply don't have a quality #10 in the squad so we need a target man of some sort to act as a focal point.

Ouch.

Baby woke up crying three minutes into injury time. Just seen the result. Class.

He's started one league game for us and we won 6-0.

This'll turn out to be raising money for the IRA. Tiocfaidh ár Rafá! http://i4.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article7818943.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Liverpool-v-Newcastle.jpg