Tiresias

Need to make more of these chances when their defense isn't set

Ten hag will whinge like hell about that if we win

I think it's a few factors, Burn's form has dropped a bit, general fatigue and minor injuries being carried, teams knowing how to play against us better than at season start, teams definitely give us more respect and drop a bit deeper than they used to when we just could soak it up and miggy would score on the break

Perhaps but Anthony seems one of those players who is as useful at drawing yellow cards out of left backs as actually contributing

Murphy must blast those in in training all the time to give him confidence he can actually score from some of the positions he shoots in. He often comes close, not sure he ever actually hits the fucking target though

Howe doesn;t change winning teams really

niggly fouls disrupting our flow at this point

Keep this up we will win, just gotta be patient

should be ahead

howay refi

That was a presentable chance for them

shit Bruno kicking isak in the chest already

Proper chance that...

scrappy start

Gah nervous. Could well be sunk by Rashford but good chance if the defence can keep them out

Hmmm if you send him on to be pure destroyer and tell bruno to play a lot further forward is an option

Absolutely but equally he'd be daft not to have as many options open as he can

I am not sure 'leading the race' months before the transfer window opens counts for much tbh

I dunno where I stand with Rodgers, used to think he was an absolute fraud, and had little sympathy with him whinging over the summer when I thought he was just looking for a payoff, but covid destroyed their owners income stream didn't it, and resulted in no money for a while. Equally you look at his league finishes till this season and cup runs and actually pretty solid stuff with the team. Problem is if you find not quite trying hard enough to get to champions league sort of level enough, or if it's quite soulless after their league win to just aim for the middle. Having said that you need resources to geniuinely challenge for champions league and it was probably a pipe dream they could ever maintain even close to that. They have been very poor this season, and from their fans Rodgers has not really helped himself despite lack of investment. Seemed to be very negative on his own players for a while. Not sure if his reputation has completely gone down the bin considering the limitations though.

The job is obviously extremely stressful and i reckon it takes a hell of a toll and plays some part in making the managers become twatish. Not everyone can be Ancellotti I do find them both tedious often but i'd probably soften if they were coaching us lol. Klopp probably wound me up enough for me to not want him mind

City on top but perfectly vulnerable to a good counter still, reckon liverpool will nick this tbh

lucky there

That's them following the rules though. I am sure there will be punishment but I doubt (and I will be impressed if I am wrong) they would ever have any punishment that would result in them being kicked out the leage

Quite impressive from a man who suffers a brain injury weekly

Unfortunately I suspect they will keep getting away with it because ultimately la liga are not going to have the balls to significantly punish them as they will be seen as integral to the brand, and thus will bail them out of whatever mess they get in even with a lot of grumbling. I loved Peps' Barca, some of the best football I'd ever seen up till then, and yet now a) that is tainted by bribing the fucking refs and b) oh wait no just they bribed the fucking refs (allegedly lol) All that sanctimonius crap they always bang on about being more than just a club rather stripped bare. Of course part o the problem is that there is huge pressure on european clubs to keep up with the premier league mega spending, but Barca cannot whinge when you look at how much they have spent on crap transfers