themanupstairs

52 with Rondon and Richarilson left to play. Have 15pt David Luiz on the bench ffs. Also fuck Pochettino.

From what I can see, he looks ITK tbf. As we found out last year though, with Steve Wraith, the Geordie Dentist etc, being ITK means f*** all with Ashley involved.

This. Black Cloud has a pretty solid ITK history tbf. At least in comparison to others on Twitter. Certainly more ITK than most journalists.

Unfortunately it doesn't matter one jot if the interest is real, and progress is being made. Mike Ashley can turn all of that to dust in one fell swoop.

Weren't we just about to play Everton as well when Rafa said in the presser that we have to focus on the game and then "hopefully have some good news and the fans can celebrate"?

Gutted about Arnautovic, they’re heading into decent fixtures as well.

Did he get injured? Captained him this gameweek. yay me

Get him in the side in the number 10 position. He's a great prospect IMO, and I hope he gets to play 3 or 4 games before the end of the season. Loan to championship next season if we stay up.

Don't rate him at all but that's only based on his performances for us so far.

How come nobody posted his comments the other day?

Rafa's or Mitro's? Either way could you sum up please?

Any word on his injury?

What are the chances Rafa will play 3 at the back a lot more often this season?

Just for the shits and giggles, if some PL team wanted Dummett, how much would we value him at? 8m? 10m? 15m?

Considering he's an experienced international and knows the league (probably the language too), it's a far better deal than Marlon that's for sure.

Still paper thin in midfield, no left back, no backup right back, no real number 10. Shambles.

Newcastle Loanited.

Loan Loan Blannwhite Army

James Collins on a free isn't sounding like the worst deal in the world at the moment

 

I'd probably rather we signed Joan tbh.

Harper for me like

Maolida, Jullien and N'Soki and I'll be placated.

20M?

110M and not a penny less.

Oh that's right. ffs

Is this oxygen thief the last of what has remained of al pards' legacy?

Not read what's been said and not up to date with the news, but from the snippets I've seen, Ritchie out and Townsend+Kenedy in would represent great business.

Fucking footballers today man 

It's the rampant consumerist culture that makes them (and their agents, PR teams, sponsors etc) do the crazy shit. Getting sick of it all tbh,

If anyone can do a last minute ad hoc job for Spain at the World Cup it would be Rafa.

I wouldn't be mad at him if he went to the World Cup and returned to us in pre-season.

IMO he's worth to us half of what the club is worth (Rafa being the other half).

110M for Lascelles or seriously fuck off.

Rich man's Colback

Joe Allen is exactly this!

Too much focus on selecting players deemed versatile has ironically enough left the squad looking very unbalanced.

This is a superb post and sums it up perfectly. There's nothing there apart from Kane, Vardy and Sterling. Everything else is pish.

Gutted at the loss but overall proud of the campaign.

 

Our gameplan went out of the window with Salah. Madrid defenders placed themselves at least 20 feet in front and started controlling the game.

 

Karius - feel for him. But there is no way he should start for LFC next season.

 

Having said that, even if the above two incidents did not happen, I think Madrid would have found a way to win. They found a way to win at champions of France, Germany, and Italy. They have too much European nous, too much firepower in the bench. Their midfield was at a whole different level compared to ours.

Hard luck man. It was a brilliant campaign and run to the final but maybe not yet up there with the very best. The front 3 look incredible, now it's time to work on the rest behind them. Some promising transfers so it's all looking good.

On Ramos, find it weird people are discussing the Salah incident at length, but practically ignoring him elbowing Karius minutes before the first goal.

Probably because he was actually pushed by Van Dijk into Karius (took me a few replays to spot).