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Is Hope a Newcastle fan? I know he lives up here. The way he goes on is laughable, but then again what do you expect from that paper.

I got a successful email telling me to go into seat selection tomorrow. I had applied as a pair, but it isn’t clear to me whether I have one or two tickets/nothing on the website that I can see on my account. Just has that sign in thing. Am I right to assume I will have two? Sorry if a stupid question, not won any ballots before this one this season.

Who makes the decisions on the rigging/runs it? Aside from the obvious answer of the cartel themselves. Like is it the football league and Rick parry etc making these stupid decisions?

Was it just this round that was rigged? Or do the sinister six get to pick the time, location, opposition, referee for the further rounds as well?

Absolutely stinks of their chairman having us on and taking the mick

Excited to see how much Chelsea gazump us by.

Do we know if the English refs are scheduled to do any more games? Tempting to not even watch it when the clown show is in charge.

None of the trefoil stuff available yet then? Just a load of generic tops and the main kit it seems?

That trefoil stuff looks outrageous - only available at end or we thinking club shop as well? What time does end open in town tomorrow?

Is there much going on in town for the kit launch worth going to / taking kids to? Only thing I saw so far was the sela show late sat night

Question about VAR…if they review it/‘see it’, does that mean no retrospective action can be taken after the game? The James Maddison punch today made me wonder whether he could be banned or not for our game, or more generally whether retrospective action is even possible these days

I can’t really make my mind up about it, but is his pressing a lot worse than Wilson? Seems to get caught not going for anyone, keeper or defender, and jogs around. But then again I’m not sure what he is being told to do/the plan. Thought his dribbling looked good but so isolated in possession.

I was very tempted, but then found out that you can’t order it without booking a minimum of 4 seats.

Great draw. Wanted to be in the big boy competition and got the big boy teams. Now someone start the CL ticket and logistics thread so we can all angst on about not actually being able to see any of this in person.

Sorry if mentioned, but does anyone know if the actual fixtures get announced on Thursday or is it just the groups? Was just wondering if people would then be scrambling for travel arrangements etc

Yeah I found that, just not remotely clear to me if package means 3 games or package means one game and here is 5 minutes with John beresford. As usual clear as mud!

Where did it say it was for all 3 games? I might just be being stupid but couldn’t see it on the website, wasn’t sure if club had confirmed separately?

Can anyone even think of a possible way to rationalise that decision, beyond blatant corruption?

Exactly. Well done on the stupid pricing issue but the system is still awful and worse than last season. The trust etc need to recognise that and say way more is needed and ensure they don’t just sit around collectively patting their backs.

Surely the competition to sign this lad would be insane? Especially at 50m. Bit of a leak to drive price and bidders up? Hope its true as would be an incredible signing.

Liked the hard work pays off banner under the huge surfer. Did the group make it up or is it a quote from someone?

Huge result to not only come from behind, but to change a game in which we were getting well beaten. Now makes spurs at home pretty much the biggest game of the (league) season

Weird game, felt for large parts west ham would get into it and that we gave the ball away too much, but they might as well have been match fixing with their errors at the back

This is pathetic from us. Pitch is obviously very heavy and we seem determined to give them the ball

Do liverpool have any other right backs? Alexander arnold is a joke.