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I feel like if you're criticising Longstaff based on that game, you're just doing it because you have an agenda and want to make that known, he was literally on the pitch for stoppage time and basically did nothing of note

That was the most bog standard/ generic Newcastle at Anfield performance there ever was, it was like both sets of players knew what the end result was, and just went through the motions to make it happen. Everything felt flat and personally I have zero emotion towards that at all, not anger, disappointment or annoyance, nothing, we played a better team and lost, and didn't disgrace ourselves. I won't lose any sleep over it. I don't even think it was that bad a performance, and that we where particularly terrible, we were competitive, and we had the odd half chance, it was just meh. Hall did well I thought.

I'd bring Osula on for the chaos factor tbh.

It's been a very odd game, everything has felt subdued, I don't know if it's the weather or my own apathy towards this particular fixture, but for a game under the lights at Anfield, it's felt like everyone, from players to fans, are just going through the motions. We've not actually been that bad, we've played it around nicely at times and got into some dangerous areas, just lacking any cutting edge, and we've defended well enough, limited them to chances from range, even if it does feel like they're in second, and could score if they really wanted too.

Thats a hilarious goal to conceded

No Isak...

So has Slot's assistant supposedly.

This has come round already...

Went C, mainly as it's hard to judge him ATM due to the long lay off, and at the very least he's never going to be worse that a C. If he gets a consistent run however I'm confident he'll easily be a B and possibly an A before long.

How shit must you be that with 33 points still on offer you can no longer go ahead of 10th (Without an +40 goal swing anyway)

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Yeah, but we live in the TikTok age, we must have instant gratification right now.

Personally I'd much prefer Leeds up over Sheffield United and Burnley, the later two stunk the league out last year, and will do the same next. Leeds atleast have something about them as a club.

I went for a C, overall his time here has been a success, and prior to his injuries he was a really good keeper and shot stopper, and he's stepped up this season and been better than Pope quite comfortably this season imo, but he has dropped off a fair amount since them injuries, and you have the whole Man United thing.

Our Record at Anfield in the Premier League ffs Played: 31 Won: 2 Draw: 5 Lost: 24 Scored: 28 Conceded: 73 Difference: -45

Brighton 2 v 2 Bournemouth Palace 1 v 1 Villa Wolves 1 v 1 Fulham Chelsea 3 v 0 Southampton Brentford 2 v 1 Everton Man United 1 v 1 Ipswich Forest 1 v 3 Arsenal Spurs 3 v 3 Man City Liverpool 3 v 1 Newcastle West Ham 3 v 0 Leicester

Generally when I look at a kit of ours, i'll be relatively positive about it, and think it'll grow on me, but there isn't a single redeeming thing about that kit, its horrendous and is somehow worse than some of the efforts that Puma came up with @Shadow Puppets Please tell us its a fake

That looks like a fake someone has put together based on the FootyHeadlines mock-up. I really hope it is, as that would go down and one of our worst ever kits, its horrendous

It has to take a touch beforehand, earlier on in the year Tom Tonks "Scored" from a throw-in in the FA Cup for Tamworth, but only because the keeper flapped at the ball, and it hit him on the way in, if he'd just left it, it would have been a goal kick. I think it went down as an own goal as well.

Ah the game I hate watching the most every season is upon us.

I had no idea you could do that, game changer that.

I just checked FBref for the last year, and it basically sums the two up. Pope: Dubravka: Pope has better ability at stopping crosses and sweeping, though Dubs isn't actually as bad as I was expecting, Dubravka has a better save percentage, goals against and clean sheet ratio too, so for those who want a goalkeeper to "Be a goalkeeper" Dubravka has actually been better in that metric That said, the difference between their Launch percentage is ridiculous, Pope kicks long over twice the amount that Dubravka does, thats such a big flaw in his game, and you can't be controlling games when you have a keeper doing that.

I'm the opposite, I want Dubravka in until the end this season, he's proven he's been better this season, he's actually commanded his box well for the most part, and his calmness on the ball allows us to control games a bit better, whereas the majority of the time we look ragged at the back with Pope on the ball. I also don't think Pope's shot stopping has been miles better either. Also if Dubravka made some of the mistakes Pope did today, he'd have got pelters.