OpenC

Just a reminder to folk that in the event of us losing, you're not going to feel any better about it because you can point to evidence that says you thought we might in advance Stop being so fucking soft and try to remember why you like football, man

I don't doubt you could still be gutted at a negative result to be fair, but working with them is a whole different level of stress and horror

absolutely

RTGtastic

Yeah, it's dross as a collective is what I meant, they're obviously individually talented players. I'm not convinced that all of their misfiring purchases will be that easy to move on for basically the same prices at short notice though. We'll see I suppose, I just can't imagine the situation as a whole being particularly attractive to managers at the minute despite the pedigree of the club, either as a sell and rebuild project or as a trying to make what they've got work project.

Spending like half a billion, largely on what looks like dross, must be going to impact them in some way when it comes to potential for clearing out and starting again. Would be amazed if it didn't even cross the mind of anybody who's potentially going there, seeing how lightweight and ponderous they currently look

I'm working on the basis that if he can't do it at Real he probably can't do it at Liverpool either. Unbalanced squad, dressing room full of primadonnas and drama, presumably PSR issues to come down the line. Not sure that many established and high quality managers would be that interested, certainly can't imagine that Klopp would want to involve himself. Sounds like a job for Sam Allardyce to me

This shit playing out from the keeper is going to cost them before long I reckon

Nice move and finish there though

Way off what it used to be at Kingston Park, unfortunately. Team don't look an awful lot more organised than they were last time I watched them

Letchkov is the man cheers both. No combover apparently, just no clippers either

I'm trying to remember a noteworthy footballer from the 80s or the 90s (I think, might have been later) who was bald with a dodgy combover, and who I think played for an eastern european country that might not even exist any more, like Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria or somewhere like that. Can't remember if he was that good, or if he ever played in England. Just that he had a terrible combover and I think a Slavic name. Help iz

3-3, fucking hell

I reckon Real will currently be thinking he can stay at Liverpool

they're grade moo listed cows

they'd have to put their cows on Leazes Terrace, complete non starter

All set up for Xhaka to boot the ball away and collect his yellow

I can't even hate on them for this like

Full bitterness can be fun too, man

keep it up you odious cunt

that's a fucking brilliant shout

1-4 again

4 thiaw again

Hideous conditions across the north east today. I was at Maiden Castle to watch Alnwick putting away Durham United, one of the few games that finished. Terrible place to watch football but there were lasses going at each other with swords upstairs before the game, which made a change