Stottie

Sutton was terrible and praising him make Savage an even bigger arse than he was already. Sutton dismissed the Konate push as a "shoulder". It wasn't even given as a foul. Craig Burley on ESPN said VAR should have checked to see whether it was a DOGSO red. Americans might call it "soccer", but ESPN punditry is much better than the UK's, to an embarrassing level. Steve Nicol is ex Liverpool but is way better than the cheerleaders used in this country.

Luckiest man last night was Slot who has avoided pelters for being mostly outplayed and managing only 5 shots in the game, over half of it against ten men. That's two conceded by Liverpool now for three consecutive games. Their run is now something like 2 clean sheets in 15 competitive games (plus none out of five in preseason).

For more xG jolly japes, Understat has us top of the league on expected points (i.e., points based on xG balance in games).

PSR is the big one. If we, Villa, and Forest, were allowed to spend, it would really shake things up and we'd have a very competitive league. The other teams too of course, but those three clubs have quite large or large fanbases and owners who can easily afford to put money in if they were allowed to. The bollocks about "sustainability" could easily be covered by the same owners parking cash in club bonds to cover future wages.

Poor from him, esp. after the sending off against Brighton in the cup. He shouldn't be playing as striker, and was missed at LW. The club set him up to fail by not buying a striker to replace Wilson and fail he did.

It was a Mo Salah Indian Summer. No big shakes to win the league with 35 goals and assists from one player.

5 shots in a match is bad enough but is criminal against ten men for 50 minutes. Slot should be called out as a fraud.

Yes, when he's not sold at a firesale price and we start fining him for not training with the team and playing in matches.

Immense today. Pissed on all their midfielders, esp. Wirtz who was shite, even against 10 men. What is the point of a door opener who cannot open up 10 men?

Not for the first one. Konate looked like a second yellow. Push in the back, no attempt to win the ball, only contact was with the arm so none of Sutton's "shoulder" bollocks.

Fucking hell. Restrict them to five shots, score twice, outplay them for long sections of the game and still lose 2-3. Vexing as fuck. Just one or two pieces short, some of which is that PSR crap and Isak being tapped up by moneybags. All designed by the league to keep us in our place. Eddie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slot

Once again, Liverpool no clean sheet in twelve games, including Preston and Yokohama Marinos. C'MON LADS!

He got the Bat signal from Mad Dog.

Seeing this in person, our owners will have to sign off on whatever it takes to get a striker in.

Christ, we don't deserve it but that should be 10 vs. 10.

Very unlucky on the goal, which came after a shit throw in by us, but not unlucky on the red. A shame for us to dominate and then gift them a strong position with basic errors. Also a shame for a big chunk of our inability to capitalize being on them tapping up our best player to the point where he won't play. (No Wilson replacement is 100% our fault).

Can you tell if its studs on leg from one angle?

We may be at the point where we just need to get one striker in to avoid potential disaster. Provided the players can be sold next year, it is possible to take punts on a number of players and sell or firesale the ones who aren't working. This would be preferable to not having anyone and a grumpy Isak still grumpy. It was a great effort to get CL and we can't just let Isak and PSR fears destroy it.

Crossing fingers we can get a deal, any deal, done once again.

Twatter says his missus is about to give birth and he has not travelled. It's all set up for NUFC to dominate the middle, without needing to turn it into a "get into them" type fiery one where the referee may intervene on guess who's side. We have pace galore to kill them in this. Like Semenyo last week, but with three of them. Even Harvey Barnes is no slouch.

If Liverpool bid today, we should wait and then livestream our Chairman saying "you're having a laugh" to the big screen when their fans are singing their precious song before kickoff.

That's why you need to get doable deals over the line, especially in the very small "proven striker" market. Forget about scrimping about over tiny potential "overpays".

Sorry for pointing out the obvious, but the only point in doing it today would be a morale boost before kickoff. We do not want a negative answer on Wissa today, because it would put more pressure on our makeshift forward lineup in tonight's match. I reckon a deal is easily doable with more money, and will be disappointed if that is not what we do.

I don't think they can do it just to save face, because it would be an open admission that their forwards aren't good enough and they need Isak. The theme of any match where they are found to lack firepower will be "Should they have got Isak?" No point in being cunts, which I guess means unsettling Isak more, if you're not going to actually buy him. It just makes Liverpool look like tyre kickers. If Liverpool come in again, they have to be confident of getting it done. I think the comment from the Saudis will scare them off. If it hasn't it will mean we get paid in full. Either way is win-win.

I presume they get Guehi done but selling Diaz means they are still a forward short with all their eggs seemingly in the Isak basket. Everyone knows Liverpool will be showered with free Saudi money for Mo Salah next summer, money unavailable to us because we can't sell there. Even 150M is nothing to them. This is probably why our owners, Saudis remember?, do not want to sell Isak on the cheap.