No, the AUDI cup became a mickey mouse cup after they lost despite going mental during the game. It's the Asia Cup that counts as a real cup. You know the one with Crystal Palace and Leicester?
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From: Thread About the Footy Tomorrow - NO COUTINHO, NO TRANSFERS, NO PRESS CONFERENCES, NO KLOPP, PROBABLY NO FOOTY OF TOMORROW FAIRLY SOON...
From: Thread About the Footy Tomorrow - NO COUTINHO, NO TRANSFERS, NO PRESS CONFERENCES, NO KLOPP, PROBABLY NO FOOTY OF TOMORROW FAIRLY SOON...
I like the guy bottom middle in the taupe hood who takes the moment to eat his tiny sandwich.
Looks like a hamster munching a peanut.
I have also just noticed this! WTF
From Football 365
Change the rules to make Liverpool good again…
So, Man City, United and Spurs concede no goals. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea concede three each. That’s the first three places in the league confirmed then.
Which leads me to a conclusion – there’s a basic flaw in football. Primarily, football is a form of entertainment. Goals are the pinnacle of that entertainment, and yet the teams that generally top the league are those that are best at denying the opposition from scoring, thereby diminishing the entertainment. Obviously they have to score themselves, but you only have to look at my Liverpool on a fairly regular basis to see that that’s not enough to win.
So I have a new, radical way of rewarding teams – goals per match, plus goals scored. After the first week the table looks like this:
Arsenal 11 (7+4)
Leicester 10 (7+3)
Liverpool 9 (6+3)
Watford 9 (6+3)
Man Utd 8 (4+4)
Burnley 8 (5+3)
Chelsea 7 (5+2) etc
Call it bonkers if you want, and there are major flaws which would need tweaking (e.g. You get more points for winning 3-2 than for winning 3-0, in fact you get more points for losing 3-2 than winning 3-0! Sorry, Huddersfield.)
So, yeah, it is bonkers. But it’d be more entertaining, wouldn’t it?
Simon, LFC, Abu Dhabi (Plan B – eliminate corners. We’d concede a lot less goals!)
Yet another Alt PL Table.
Change the rules to make Liverpool good again…
So, Man City, United and Spurs concede no goals. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea concede three each. That’s the first three places in the league confirmed then.
Which leads me to a conclusion – there’s a basic flaw in football. Primarily, football is a form of entertainment. Goals are the pinnacle of that entertainment, and yet the teams that generally top the league are those that are best at denying the opposition from scoring, thereby diminishing the entertainment. Obviously they have to score themselves, but you only have to look at my Liverpool on a fairly regular basis to see that that’s not enough to win.
So I have a new, radical way of rewarding teams – goals per match, plus goals scored. After the first week the table looks like this:
Arsenal 11 (7+4)
Leicester 10 (7+3)
Liverpool 9 (6+3)
Watford 9 (6+3)
Man Utd 8 (4+4)
Burnley 8 (5+3)
Chelsea 7 (5+2) etc
Call it bonkers if you want, and there are major flaws which would need tweaking (e.g. You get more points for winning 3-2 than for winning 3-0, in fact you get more points for losing 3-2 than winning 3-0! Sorry, Huddersfield.)
So, yeah, it is bonkers. But it’d be more entertaining, wouldn’t it?
Simon, LFC, Abu Dhabi (Plan B – eliminate corners. We’d concede a lot less goals!)
Yet another Alt PL Table.
It was never going to be a free ride; however, with Suarez and BR's team finally beginning to gel, there was a window of opportunity. That opportunity became optimism once David Moyes started to fail and as you mentioned we mounted a challenge. We sold Suarez to Barca and had a lot of cash to spend. In order for us to close the gap, we needed a strong transfer window. We courted Alexis Sanchez, he chose London. We then spent money on average players that didn't even keep us on par of team that challenged for the title.
BR left, in came Klopp. Supposed to fit in with FSG's strategy of taking the club forward. For once, it seemed that a manager who was capable of achieving the FSG model of developing talent instead of buying quality. That approach has lead to our best players leaving for greener pastures, while our closest rivals continue to buy quality and get better and better. We, on the other hand, have had two summers to deal with the frailties of our defense and have yet to address it. We played Lucas and Klavan in Central Defense, while a French International in the squad sits on the bench.
This summer was supposed to be a massive summer for us. We have a chance to make it to the Champions League and what we needed was a statement of intent from the owners and the manager that showed we care enough to stay there long term. There is something fundamentally dysfunctional. Whether it is at the ownership level, the management level or a combination, only people behind the scenes know. We have been courting targets this summer and have gone a very wrong way about it while others have quietly gone and done their business. Our best player seems to be on the verge of leaving and we still don't have any sort of replacement lined up.
It seems our team will be good going forward and scoring goals, but you have to ensure the other team scores 1 less than you, else it doesn't matter! Ever since Steve Clarke left the backroom staff, we have not had a solid defense (post-Rafa / Pako mind you). In addition, there was Jamie Carragher who didn't mind grabbing someone and shouting in their face. I don't see that in today's team.
Man Utd signed Lukaku, who was easily one of the best strikers in the PL. You play him around better players and the results are going to be obvious. Our best striker can't last a sub appearance without hurting himself. The comparisons/contrasts can go on forever and you can really pick ANY topic and beat a dead horse to prove your point the fact is, until the glaring fundamental dysfunctionality if fixed at LFC, I, unfortunately, see the gap widening over time and sadly makes me wait more and more to see us win a trophy. And as far as the referring decisions/excuses go, let's not open a can of worms as we all know your beloved manager has spent considerable time in the stands bemoaning referees and giving multiple excuses when it suits him
As I said, we can pick anything and keep going in circles
Cheers
It was never going to be a free ride; however, with Suarez and BR's team finally beginning to gel, there was a window of opportunity. That opportunity became optimism once David Moyes started to fail and as you mentioned we mounted a challenge. We sold Suarez to Barca and had a lot of cash to spend. In order for us to close the gap, we needed a strong transfer window. We courted Alexis Sanchez, he chose London. We then spent money on average players that didn't even keep us on par of team that challenged for the title.
BR left, in came Klopp. Supposed to fit in with FSG's strategy of taking the club forward. For once, it seemed that a manager who was capable of achieving the FSG model of developing talent instead of buying quality. That approach has lead to our best players leaving for greener pastures, while our closest rivals continue to buy quality and get better and better. We, on the other hand, have had two summers to deal with the frailties of our defense and have yet to address it. We played Lucas and Klavan in Central Defense, while a French International in the squad sits on the bench.
This summer was supposed to be a massive summer for us. We have a chance to make it to the Champions League and what we needed was a statement of intent from the owners and the manager that showed we care enough to stay there long term. There is something fundamentally dysfunctional. Whether it is at the ownership level, the management level or a combination, only people behind the scenes know. We have been courting targets this summer and have gone a very wrong way about it while others have quietly gone and done their business. Our best player seems to be on the verge of leaving and we still don't have any sort of replacement lined up.
It seems our team will be good going forward and scoring goals, but you have to ensure the other team scores 1 less than you, else it doesn't matter! Ever since Steve Clarke left the backroom staff, we have not had a solid defense (post-Rafa / Pako mind you). In addition, there was Jamie Carragher who didn't mind grabbing someone and shouting in their face. I don't see that in today's team.
Man Utd signed Lukaku, who was easily one of the best strikers in the PL. You play him around better players and the results are going to be obvious. Our best striker can't last a sub appearance without hurting himself. The comparisons/contrasts can go on forever and you can really pick ANY topic and beat a dead horse to prove your point the fact is, until the glaring fundamental dysfunctionality if fixed at LFC, I, unfortunately, see the gap widening over time and sadly makes me wait more and more to see us win a trophy. And as far as the referring decisions/excuses go, let's not open a can of worms as we all know your beloved manager has spent considerable time in the stands bemoaning referees and giving multiple excuses when it suits him
As I said, we can pick anything and keep going in circles
Cheers
To fair, I do not understand how any club or manager convinces themselves to rely on Daniel Sturridge.
He is another Kieron Dier/Anderton/Woodgate/Hargreaves.
He will NEVER be fit, but there will always be some clown out there that convinces themselves they are the one to cure his problems. He will have a brief patch where he is available for a couple of months and he will be lauded "it's like having a new signing" before he stubs his toe and is out for a month.
Then it turns septic and it becomes 3 months.
Then he has a headache and he is out for the season.
You see something alternative every time...We're about a post away from @marukomu coming in and posting this
Let's get back to the piss taking.
Amazing how giddy RAWK can get during the summer when no matches are being played.
Be carefull you'll get the "you don't understand it, it's a good system" crowd hounding you on your lack of intelligence which prohibits you from understanding the brilliance of it...
Nah. Not this one. The guy is wumming as well.
Jeez. You can almost smell the b.o. from that crowd from where I'm sitting.
What's the guy, who starts the gif at the red 'sky' logo, doing?
The older guy next to the one in green who yells 'twat' looks like he's climaxing.
Only just seen that now and I must have watched that gif about a zillion times.
It's literally the gif that keeps on giving.
It would have been the first time they'd gotten something from Audi that they didn't have to steal
So you actually get points for conceding goals
I can never get enough from the man rising from the grave.
It's perfect. Although I'm still a bit concerned about the man having a stroke, that doesn't look healthy.The guy behind him has just jizzed on his leg.
I can never get enough from the man rising from the grave.
If you're talking about the guy on the right of the bloke in a green jacket, I'm pretty sure he has a visible disability.
They all look like they do to be fair.
I just like the guy coming up from tying his shoes to see nothing has happenedThis one gets me every time
It was never going to be a free ride; however, with Suarez and BR's team finally beginning to gel, there was a window of opportunity. That opportunity became optimism once David Moyes started to fail and as you mentioned we mounted a challenge. We sold Suarez to Barca and had a lot of cash to spend. In order for us to close the gap, we needed a strong transfer window. We courted Alexis Sanchez, he chose London. We then spent money on average players that didn't even keep us on par of team that challenged for the title.
BR left, in came Klopp. Supposed to fit in with FSG's strategy of taking the club forward. For once, it seemed that a manager who was capable of achieving the FSG model of developing talent instead of buying quality. That approach has lead to our best players leaving for greener pastures, while our closest rivals continue to buy quality and get better and better. We, on the other hand, have had two summers to deal with the frailties of our defense and have yet to address it. We played Lucas and Klavan in Central Defense, while a French International in the squad sits on the bench.
This summer was supposed to be a massive summer for us. We have a chance to make it to the Champions League and what we needed was a statement of intent from the owners and the manager that showed we care enough to stay there long term. There is something fundamentally dysfunctional. Whether it is at the ownership level, the management level or a combination, only people behind the scenes know. We have been courting targets this summer and have gone a very wrong way about it while others have quietly gone and done their business. Our best player seems to be on the verge of leaving and we still don't have any sort of replacement lined up.
It seems our team will be good going forward and scoring goals, but you have to ensure the other team scores 1 less than you, else it doesn't matter! Ever since Steve Clarke left the backroom staff, we have not had a solid defense (post-Rafa / Pako mind you). In addition, there was Jamie Carragher who didn't mind grabbing someone and shouting in their face. I don't see that in today's team.
Man Utd signed Lukaku, who was easily one of the best strikers in the PL. You play him around better players and the results are going to be obvious. Our best striker can't last a sub appearance without hurting himself. The comparisons/contrasts can go on forever and you can really pick ANY topic and beat a dead horse to prove your point the fact is, until the glaring fundamental dysfunctionality if fixed at LFC, I, unfortunately, see the gap widening over time and sadly makes me wait more and more to see us win a trophy. And as far as the referring decisions/excuses go, let's not open a can of worms as we all know your beloved manager has spent considerable time in the stands bemoaning referees and giving multiple excuses when it suits him
As I said, we can pick anything and keep going in circles
Cheers
What all the scousers just really cant seem to understand is, FSG is a business. They bought you to make money, simple as that. The plan is to stay one of the top 8 in the league, wait 10 years, make a massive profit and then sell. They really dont care about winning stuff. Its clear to everyone else, but not your fans. They laugh at little Southampton for following the exact same plan! As long as you stay a high profile club, they improve the commercial side etc then they make millions in dividends over the years, and the club increase in value 10 fold. Thats the plan, and its working
You are too far behind the giants of the game in income, commercial set up, stadiums, scouting and training set up already to ever really catch up now as well. They know that. Why would they spend £500m (probably nowhere near enough imho) over 2 seasons for example to make the team better, to MAYBE finish higher in the league and/or win a cup? The rewards would never return on the investment with the turnover that you have
The only teams that can do that are ones that are already making massive profits and turnover, so can spend more and have more fans worldwide ie MU, Real, Barca etc or ones with owners so rich that the club is just a fun plaything for them, ie City, PSG, RB etc. Also ones where you have a great Management set up that may have money in the background if needed, ie Chelsea, Spurs etc
Now getting the rich owner option is really the only one left open to you same as the City set up. Something all your fans say they would hate and abuse other teams for being run that way. We all know if this happened you would love it! Nothing wrong when its you that benefits. But, you have owners that are seeing profits long term, more TV money as well, and never ending growth in the clubs worth. They wont be selling for many years, so this wont happen
Even team like Southampton and Everton are getting richer than you potentially, and spending more on the set up etc. Give them 3-5 years and there is a chance they will be looking down on you!
Liverpool missed the boat when the PL started as most of you are aware, the best team in the world at the time and could pick any player they wanted. But opportunity missed that will never come again and like I said you are too far behind now to catch up
You will stay a higher mid-table team in the medium term unless they sell to a Plaything owner, and when you start becoming just a mid-table team that is when they will sell for the most profit. Then hopefully for you, you get a rich owner who would have to spend literally billions to become even a top 6 team again
Yeah, I think that guy has a disability.
I've just noticed the disembodied pickpocket's hand behind Paul Scholes. There's a supernatural fluidity to it
Yeah, he supports Liverpool. Dont make fun of disable people
Bloody deluded
To be fair their squad seems quite average without Messi. Although even a 1 leg Delafoeu would improve Liverpool's squad.
Yep much better to lose 9-0 than win 1-0. It's about entertainment, see.So you actually get points for conceding goals
On the Watford game:
FFS. Even I'm not that melodramatic...RAWK said:
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