themanupstairs

Steve McClaren on the delay. "The police did very well to get us here as quickly as they did. It's a shorter preparation but we'll just have to deal with it. "It's a big night for the whole team. We've had a stuttering start but we need to put down a marker down and show a little bit more than what we've shown." That legit? Very much so

He's on BeIN again, doing the pre-match analysis with Shearer. Not a single lick to report on!! Must have been told to get rid of it if he wanted to do media work. Credited himself with giving Carroll his first pro contract when he was head of the academy.

Preach, sister

tcd npw

Matt Bellamy's Dutch twin tbh

Ah ffs, didn't see he had an assist. Ditched him last second for Oxford with Lovren being the guy coming off the bench if he doesn't play. Why would you have Lovren in there man? The only defender worse than Lovren is Williamson, and as long as he's in Liverpool's lineup, they'll always concede.

I do love it when people judge Premier League players on what they've done in daft countries like France and Holland. Strange comment. Didn't you love Robert? He was from a "daft" country - using that logic we wouldn't have signed him. If he had said Russian and Ukrainian leagues, he would have been spot on tbh

I wish we (Liverpool) were like Russia. An institution with unity, , leadership, identity, and clearly an aim and strategy. Not the mix-match and f*** up that we have with no accountability. Jurgen can be our Putin. We need to act fast so he'll be our Putin, before being Chelsea's Putin. But our owners aren't much arsed with on-the-pitch results, as long as we're doing well commercially (and we're doing great there), and they have even a bigger mess in Red Sox, and John Henry hasn't even been to Liverpool for over a year...so anything bar a relegation scrap or empty seats at Anfield won't see Rodgers sacked until end of the season at least. Hope to be proven wrong though. I love a ruthless structure with desire to win and protect itself...and not just please other PR bullshit surroundings. Already on first names basis with him and he's never been associated with your club in any way shape or form. He touched the sign. Must mean he has LFCYNWAJFT96 tattooed on his cock then.

Wat? You mean you don't miss the ahhh siemo, 'im's got a bi' e magic, we was finkin vat mike and lee and graham and especially me when we've bought 'im over from the neverlends im's a baller wiv fret and a good egg to give us somefink extra special on the frun' foo'

But he took yous to second. Deluded Scousers never satisfied. etc...etc...

38 with captain Kane to play.

f*** me had forgotten all about that. "you are at your most vulnerable on match day. you might lose".

Brendan Pardgers showing his ability. Or lack thereof. Liverpool are woeful, and there is some serious dross on their books. The team also looks to be overcoached and shackled for the sake of his "philosophy". Then again, he did finish second

Rob Lee ffs Starts out saying he didn't know what Colback was about at Sunderland, and by the end of it, he still seems to be none the wiser for what he does here.

De Jong and the restless

What I'd like to see is more players in the box when we have the ball in the final third. We did that in abundance against Southampton, but haven't seen it since. That was probably due to mitigating circumstances, so maybe the aim for this match is keeping 11 on the pitch for as long as possible. Small victories anarl.

Up there with the best. As good as De Gea himself IMO.

Apparently only two chapters, the first and the last, completely bypasses the middle.

Away win imo

We are NUFC not Barca, you crumpet. Anita's role is first and foremost the defensive one, making things tick is not the only consideration, otherwise you could play a nice passer in there with no defensive duties at all. Anita's crap at the defensive part. We don't need "someone to make us tick" like Anita does.... we aren't Barcelona, Ajax or Swansea.

Not if the boots are at the top of a really steep hill

Bundesligas best player last season and probably the main reason to why Wolfsburg ended second behind Bayern. Seen him play for Chelsea Wolfsburg and Beligum and don't see anything particular special. What am I missing was the question not what his team had achieved. Hard working and creative. Basically a massive upgrade on Milner.

what a load of rubbish. As if you're the only one with a list Your arguments are so pedantic and boring I almost (almost) couldn't give a shit what your list is.

Shearer man

Very harsh. Just got back from this, and once again we (Cyprus) dominated possession but lack of support for the striker meant we couldn't translate the dominance into a real goal threat. Defensively Cyprus put up a great effort. Fellaini, Benteke and Origi were absolutely woeful. I don't think Benteke played a single pass to a teammate. Nainggolan and De Bruyne were full of energy and Hazard was sensational tbf. Both keepers made some decent saves, but two key moments involved Kompany who should have been sent off for an elbow, then got away with a foul and a stamp, and Belgium just played on and scored on the counter.