RAWK Goes Into Meltdown 24/25 Edition - David Coote is Not Our Friend Edition!

[Withnail]

Good stuff

 

[NotoriousISSY]

Why did we have to be the club to give them the temporary glee?

Nice to see an instant crash back to reality.

 

[iKnowNothing]

Why did we have to be the club to give them the temporary glee?

Nice to see an instant crash back to reality.

Especially just before the international break.

 

[Alvaro Maestre]

You guys have any rawk post you can share? (insert Chappele meme here)

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Losers

 

[Robertd0803]

Magnificent.

 

[Sassy Colin]

Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.

@No Idea For Nickname you're on

 

[P-Ro]

Wanker got what he deserved making subs on the 59th minute. What a cnut!

 

[Chairman Steve]

Bad day at the office that

Rarely are there games where there isn't a single positive aspect you can take from them. Today was one of those games. Everything was absolutely rubbish.

Oof. Crashing back down to earth.

Christ that was poor.

Even the ball boys were shit.

Massive reality check today after the media wankfest that followed the first 3 games. Good god that was poor.

International football can feck off

Looked very leggy in the second half, not sure what this means for our season as we have a threadbare squad and not much to talk about that can come off the bench and change things.

Worst part for me is these twat teams don’t do this against City or Arsenal.

I hate international football.

Well that’s annoying. So thrilled I’m not drinking at the moment as well. Shite weekend. That’s all I have to say about that.

PS - feck off Forest.

feck international breaks.

 

[Withnail]

Wanker got what he deserved making subs on the 59th minute. What a cnut!

No respect whatsoever

 

[JinnerJamie]

Rarely are there games where there isn't a single positive aspect you can take from them. Today was one of those games. Everything was absolutely rubbish.

Reality's Fault

Oof. Crashing back down to earth.

Honeymoon well and truly over.

Shocking.

Board's Fault

Pathetic result but absolutely zero blame on the manager or any players for this season regardless of how shit a particular result is, off the pitch we are an ambitionless shambles and sadly that always ends up impacting what happens on the pitch, all focus should be on them as once again they have let us and the playing staff down.

Christ that was poor.

Ball Boys Fault

Even the ball boys were shit.

Wow that was really, really bad.

I felt quite relaxed at half time because of the way the first three games went but today we got worse and worse as the game went on. It was one of those games where we could have played another 90 minutes and not scored because there was absolutely zero quality in the final third.

Massive reality check today after the media wankfest that followed the first 3 games. Good god that was poor.

Salah's Fault

That was ugly all the way around.

Salah's selfishness though.... WOW!!

Ah well that was a fun month

International's Fault

International football can feck off

Dreadful, absolute turd from the first whistle to the last. I dare anyone to find a positive in that. Roll on Milan, I'm off to drink something strong.

Why are we either brilliant or utter dog shit, man to man that was terrible.

How Salah and Szobo stayed on was beyond me, did they complete a pass.

Going to be a lot of these games where they sit back and defend deep, Slot needs to work it out quickly.

International break is no excuse for today.

United's Fault

Well that was shite. Never looked like scoring.

Nailed on to drop points today after the mancs winning the early Kick Off.

Thought Dom & Jota were really poor today. Bradley shite for the goal too.

 

[Giggsy13]

Makes our 3 nil loss to them more embarrassing. They are not as good as they think and happy that at least Forest exposed them.

 

[SuperiorXI]

It's a beautiful day

 

[Drainy]

Alison is so bitter

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.

@No Idea For Nickname you're on

Well, just got home from work, did not even check other results, nice this one, thank God we have @Chairman Steve and @JinnerJamie.
Now let's see how they feel...

Well that was shite. Never looked like scoring.

Nailed on to drop points today after the mancs winning the early Kick Off.

Thought Dom & Jota were really poor today. Bradley shite for the goal too.

Bad day. Everyone was awful, but that what gets you when u dont freshen things up in the summer. Not doing any transfers at all is shocking

Nothing more to be said other than we looked lethargic, the execution was awful, and we didn't get the rub of the green either.

Nothing the manager can do if the players forget how to play football.

Absolute shite all round - the players, the result, the ref, the subs and even the fans.

We got dragged down to their level and got beat at their game.

Disappointing. Beat United comfortably away to then lose to Forest at home. With a new manager I was thinking this season could be an up and down one.

Let's see how we respond from this.

Atrocious result. Too many good players who aren’t world class. And with a league containing City that is almost a terminal result for a title race. Meh.

How did Slot pick players who played so much international minutes to start?

Few egos poking through in that game. Salah was extremely selfish today and Trent was trying way too hard with the Hollywood balls. Subs were very disappointing as well.Goal was a case of switching off from pretty much all the defenders.

But we have the best squad in the world. We didn’t need any reinforcements this summer? How did that happen.That was utterly pathetic performance and the subs and change in formation was even worse

Players get the majority of blame but the manager does too. To suggest otherwise is silly.

How, in a world of 5 substitutes, TAA and Mo finished that game on the pitch I will never be able to answer. Utterly shocking performances from both.

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Zero blame on the manager or players for getting beat by Forest at home? Do you think our players are inferior to theirs? The entirety of the blame should be on the manager and the players for today, they woefully underperformed vs their expected levels.

Hahah here's the guy who worships American billionaires but doesn't have a nice word to say about any of our players, what a surprise.

Why are you deflecting a shocking team performance onto the owners? It’s United fan behaviour getting their green and gold scarves out after a defeat. The club should have signed players this summer, no doubts, but that has absolutely zero impact on today’s result. That side should’ve been comfortably better than Forest at home, there’s zero reason to deflect criticism for a performance that bad.

Because we are constantly let down off the pitch in transfer windows and it impacts us on the pitch, it's really quite simple.You spent the whole summer saying it was "Utd behaviour" to want signings, you're absolutely clueless.

The Gary Neville effect.

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Dunno why I'm arsed. With city here it's not like we or anyone else will win it. Farmers league...nothing more

Well, that was a bit of a reality check for us all.

Think a lot of us got a bit carried away with Slotball. Myself included. This is a reminder that there is still a lot of work to be done.

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We haven't battered anyone this season. Teams just hadn't taken their chances until today. Teams have created an xG of around 3.0 this season but only scored 1 goal.

That’s nonsense. Ipswich and Brentford didn’t have a chance worthy of the name. A couple of shots from the edge of the box most teams will have that. United had a couple of decent chances at 0-2 or 0-3 (I can’t remember which). We were hardly riding our luck up to this point and it’s fanciful to suggest otherwise.

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From Doubters to Believers to Wet wipes.

Sorry is that the fans or the club that decided that the league was none of our business?

Fans. Overreaction to Slot's 4th game as manager, sorry, head coach.

Well he wont get long, this is an 80 point team, he needs to deliver.

Aside from Hodgson when have you ever known a Liverpool manager or head coach, not get long

Given the basket cases (Ev, ManUtd, Chelsea) in this league, I sincerely hope we don’t embrace the merry go round philosophy.

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The Salah thread is locked .. but the way he’s currently running his career / were using him isn’t sustainable.He traveled … palyed 90 mins on Friday… travelled .. palyed 75 on Tuesday.. travelled then had 2 days and played today and got mostly pocketed by a massively inferior player. We’re going to have to rotate him more this season.

Players and fans alike have been dining out on that Man Utd result. Attitude today stank - we came out puffing on Slim Panatellas, thinking it was gonna be a doddle .

Did many of Slots players at Feyenoord use to go on international duty? Just felt like one of those games where we could have done starting a few of the players who barely played at the start of the season.

Thread descending into tetchy debate at hypothetical timeline of Slot’s sacking after a single disappointing performance and result.

That was pretty bad. No energy at all. None. Bad tiki taka on edibles and Xanax. Next!

Not even Brazil 1970 could win from this kind of stat being played out: "Trent, Salah and Szobo lost the ball 70 times today."

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Too early to say #SlotOut?

Depends if you want to be banned or not, I guess.

Slots’ lot not hot. Get shot.

Just locking this for 2 minutes for everyone to understand we're having zero talk about how long Slot gets.
Zero.

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Meh was always going to be a top 4 battle for us this season. Don't think we deserves to lose. But didn't deserve to win either.


We are always shit after the international break. But we need a way to break down teams

You ok ? Grow some bullocks you soft tw@

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Time to transition into getting Slotball players then. Duh!

And if that means getting rid of legends of the club so be it.

Not sure Sobo and Nunez are legends.

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Creating less than 1xg at home against a bottom 10 team is a disastrous performance, no other way to spin it. I'd say the responses here are being very kind because it's only his 4th game.

 

[Withnail]

It's mad the way they police discourse over there. Locking threads when someone suggests the manager might not to be up to it is wild.

 

[ForeverRed1]

I feel like things are restored to where they should be after last week. They’re the best team in the world, we’re the worst and yet we’re only 3 points off them. Happy days.

 

[JinnerJamie]

Well, just got home from work, did not even check other results, nice this one, thank God we have @Chairman Steve and @JinnerJamie.
Now let's see how they feel...

Welcome back!

How you trawl that website is truly remarkable!

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Our game on RAWK

Decent start by Southampton

I know. For a six pointer, thought Man Utd would be more up for it.

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bad miss from Zirkzee that. Should be 1 up.

he's a dreadful player, how much did they spunk on him?

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De Ligt looks shit, glad no one took my recommendation to sign him

Rinsed him there, turning circle of a Maguire.

Walker-Peters had De Ligt on toast there,looked statuesque like a new Maguire

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Mainoo is a good player but has far too much onus on being the midfield general he’s being asked to be

hes ok-ish-y. Makes him a standout in that midfield granted.I'd say endos way better for one example. They have the same limitations more or less but at least endos tough and gets stuck in. Pen?

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Walker-Peters had De Ligt on toast there,looked statuesque like a new Maguire

Both he and Martinez are average at best, imagine spending so much money on central defenders only to end up with the same slow and error prone CB pairing.

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ha jammy bastards

Terrible pen

fecks sake Southampton. The mancs are gonna get a scabby win here

FFS what a shit penalty

1-0 Utd Looking forward to Henry Winter’s long read and Rio’s hyperbolic performative rhetoric to signal the dawn of a new era at Old Trafford.

De Ligt punishes Southampton

'brilliant from Man United', 'character from De Ligt'

2-0 Like Ten Hag, Rashford gives the illusion that he’s on the up with a good goal every few weeks or so

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Ramsdale should not be in the prem.

He’s like a poor man’s Pickford which is saying something.

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Corner Turned

Corner Turned United Football Club

CTUN FC. A few letters jumbled up, I m sure.

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De Ligt doesnt seem like much of an improvement on Maguire. Seems slightly better on the ball and has the same Maguire trait that he can gobble up crosses and put himself in the way of shots against the fodder. When the balls on the ground though he seems to have the same weakness as Maguire where he gets turned and beaten well too easily!

Gotta love BBC, look at the page and the first sentence I see is "Has Rashford got his mojo back?"

Rashford praised for strolling around for 75 minutes.

Gotta love BBC, look at the page and the first sentence I see is "Has Rashford got his mojo back?"

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Deserved red very poor tackle.

Shocking tackle. Well deserved red card.

In his defence, it must be difficult seeing Garnacho and not wanting to do that

If you're going to get sent off at least put him out for the season

He already looks dead just finish him off lolol

Very similar challenge to the one by De Ligt on Diaz, with the exact same result.Oh wait...

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An early train from London to Southampton to just sing about us, sad as feck.

The racist Park song? I caught that too

And I'm pretty sure I heard 'without killing anyone...'Racist chanting and tragedy chanting. United fans as classy as ever.

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De Ligt motm from Lucy Ward

Lack of effort and work rate from Southampton second half. Been shite.

the missed penalty killed them, Fletch is loving this United win

3-0 Swagger!

WTF is this celebration

Southgate gets a few more weeks holiday

Back to 0 Goal Difference for them, corner well and truly turned now

When do we play Southampton?

End of November.

Easiest team to play at the moment

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

Slots lot not hot!!! That should be his thread title!

 

[Oscar Bonavena]

Slot machine on the blink already?!

 

[Karel Podolsky]

In his defence, it must be difficult seeing Garnacho and not wanting to do that

 

[Offside]

Definitely going to be some fun under Slot. This is meant to be their golden era btw.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

It's mad the way they police discourse over there. Locking threads when someone suggests the manager might not to be up to it is wild.

Locking the Salah thread as well. I'm sure they will continue to pat themselves on the back for being a loyal fanbase 'like no other'. Easy enough to proclaim that when you ban any dissenting voices.

 

[The Purley King]

He already looks dead just finish him off…..

That’s pretty good!!

 

[The holy trinity 68]

In his defence, it must be difficult seeing Garnacho and not wanting to do that

I laughed out loud at that one. At least RAWK bitterness is sometimes comedic, unlike that cesspool Blue Moon.

 

[Rojofiam]

Endo better than Mainoo

The delusion is incredible

 

[hellhunter]

Endo better than Mainoo

The delusion is incredible

Le Tallec was better than Ronaldo after all, it only makes sense

 

[moodyred]

OGS at least went 14 games unbeaten when he joined united. Slot only lasted 3.

 

[DJ_21]

Don’t get why there all crying. They’ve lost 1 in 4. Try being us Obvs it’s a game they shouldn’t have lost but they should still comfortably make top 4. Plus they only signed 1 player all summer.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Don’t get why there all crying. They’ve lost 1 in 4. Try being us Obvs it’s a game they shouldn’t have lost but they should still comfortably make top 4. Plus they only signed 1 player all summer.

Think they at least wanted the illusion of a title race for a couple of months.

 

[Pexbo]

Don’t get why there all crying. They’ve lost 1 in 4. Try being us Obvs it’s a game they shouldn’t have lost but they should still comfortably make top 4. Plus they only signed 1 player all summer.

We’re only 2 points off them…

 

[TwoSheds]

Endo better than Mainoo

The delusion is incredible

This one got me too. I have now been inspired to put Match of the Day so I can see Liverpool Flopp. Thanks RAWK!

 

[DJ_21]

We’re only 2 points off them…

I know but we’re more likely to drop more points than them.

 

[Pexbo]

I know but we’re more likely to drop more points than them.

Things could very quickly go south for them if they start rejecting his methods. That squad is absolutely riddled with egos.

 

[Oranges038]

Things could very quickly go south for them if they start rejecting his methods. That squad is absolutely riddled with egos.

It could happen, from what I've seen of them they're still playing very similar to Klopp, probably out of muscle memory more than anything else. There are occasions where they look to be trying something different and look a bit more disjointed.

They have a fair few player to replace in the next year, it'll be interesting to see how that pans out.

 

[GaryLifo]

Hopefully a bit like when Moyes took over, we got a couple of games still in the Fergie way before Moyes started pulling fuses out of the machine and chucking them over his shoulder

 

[Ahmer Baig]

From offcial LFC forums

The first thing I wish he would do is to stop talking about where he thinks other teams will finish at the end of the season during post match press conferences.

It is embarrassing to say the least.. he should worry about where we are likely to finish instead.

His rating of every opponent based on where they'll finish in the table has been epic.

It is awful. He talks well otherwise, I just don't get this aspect of his.

It is like a compulsion with him.. if he thinks Forest will not finish in the top 10, what does that then tell about his performance and the team's performance at home yesterday.

A generalisation about Dutch coaches - they don’t seem to put too much emphasis around team harmony or getting people on your side. Ten Haag is definitely like this and I get the impression Slot could be like this also. It’s only a problem when the cheats are down. Be interesting to see what line up he puts out on Tuesday.

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

To be a A Big Head at Red Bull

I think this was planned and I don't know what to say.

I can't even from an opinion on this shit, as of yet

But he loves and gets us.

My token German buddy is NOT happy about this, Red Bull are really disliked over

a bit of hard pill to swallow but guess the money is too good or he is sold on whatever red bull is selling

Can't imagine this has gone down well with Dortmund fans!

First task in Jan, full half season review of Pep.. Awkward

No issue with him taking a new job, but Red Bull?? Germany's most hated 'franchise'?

Very odd.

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People who follow German football more closely might feel differently about Leipzig but it’s not like he’s just agreed to manage a rival, or a massive club like Barca. Sounds a more behind the scenes role. That might change down the line but again, find it hard to get too worked up about it.

It's a disgusting move. Red Bull are as plastic as a club can be. They are what is wrong with modern football. Not on the same level as man city with their oil dictatorship money, but they're very close. For Klopp it's clear why he took the job. It's a way to stay in touch with football, it's not that stressful a job as being manager or sporting director and it's basically a nice side gig for him while he's waiting for the job he actually wants. I'm still disappointed that he took that job...

Saying the oil dictatorship sportswashing project and the Red Bull thing are almost as bad as each other is a wild take

I understand people not liking Red Bull and being a little unhappy with Klopp going there.

But what makes what an energy drink is doing in sports ‘very close’ to what City’s owners are doing? I just don’t see what are they doing as remotely in the same ball park

I mean, there's "They're shit corpo dickheads" and there's "They are human rights abusing murderers" I don't think they are comparable

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Keeps him off the payroll of any of our main rivals. That was my biggest fear.

A strange one that not one I would have expected

Hard to believe it wasn’t pre-planned. Football has broken me already so, whatever. At least he’s not managing a rival……..yet

Good little earner to keep himself busy within football until the Germany job becomes available. Nice one Jurgen!. If you could sell us your next superstar at a reasonable price it'd be appreciated.

Red Bull could not have made a better move. The one man in football above any other on the planet you want in your organisation is Jurgen Klopp

surprising really. the majority of German football fans have a hatred of the RB franchise and i'm surprised Klopp wasn't in that boat too

but if he has to come back to football, i think i'd prefer him not to be in a managerial capacity, at least for now, he deserves some rest behind a desk still

there's a real likelihood he'll eventually have to be involved in Pep getting sacked, assuming they don't have a miraculous improvement soon

Good luck to him, too invested in Arne to care too much either way, but yeah, Jurgen can do what he likes and we should all know that whatever he does is generally done with integrity.

Anyway, Klopp being there can even more access to their talent pool.

Meh, can't be arsed. Seems tailormade for him at this stage. Big coup for the Red Bull "franchise."

And good that we'll have a solid relationship with them, since they produce a lot of top talent.

I honestly don't care what he does as long as he doesn't manage a rival- but then I think it depends if you see him as some sort of moral guardian, in which case you might have an issue with it, as opposed to seeing him as a football man who likes earning lost of money for what he does which is the reality of the situation
I do care that he can take our loanees into an eco system that plays similarly to us and sell us a lot of quality young players when we need, so its a good move for us

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It's the organisation he's joined rather than him moving on. They've bought their way into German football, against the spirit of the Bundesliga and fan ownership.

We’re (as a club, an most supporters) happy to take their players though. I can see why their status annoys German football fans, but I can’t get too worked up by it.

Yup, sure. It's a German football thing rather than anything that impacts Liverpool. Fans over there HATE the Red Bull stuff.

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Sounds a bit of a shit job to be honest, especially after managing Dortmund and Liverpool.

I reckon he'll do it for 18 months and then become the Germany manager after the next World Cup.

Get paid stupid money to work less hours and be out of the limelight, while still working in football, and can spend time with his family.

Would fecking love that job me

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A bit disappointed by him, I thought he was really strong against ownership of multiple clubs.

But to me it doesnt diminish anything he did for us - legend.

Where you get that from? He's always been complimentary of Red Bull from what I remember in terms of praising their consistent style of play etc

 

[Nevilles.Wear.Prada]

They warming up to the fact that he could be an hypocrit is hillarious. Lads we knew that all along.