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Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

how is that not a second yellow if its a yellow in the first half??

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Swicky
Dec 29, 2013

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Hoops posted:

I always rated Johnson, going to City was a terrible mistake, he would have had a much better career if he'd gone to be a starter somewhere else

Can't really blame him though, he left Middlesbrough just as we got relegated and he was shining in the England U23 (i think) and this was his chance to get international play, which he did for a short amount of time.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Jose posted:

lol liverpool are definitely conceding a stupid goal after seeing that

Yup. Just hope we can get another one first.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Swicky seems OK in my book. Welcome friend.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

tarbrush posted:

It's not like he was the perfect keeper for Rodgers systems and we bought a goalie who has two left feet.

for some mysterious reason 'driving out popular long-serving good keeper for no reason' seems to be one of those things that certain managers like to do when they first go to a club in order to show they're the boss

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

Hegay posted:

how is that not a second yellow if its a yellow in the first half??

ref is a bottling shite who can't consistently ref a game

Swicky
Dec 29, 2013

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Hegay posted:

Swicky seems OK in my book. Welcome friend.

:glomp:

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

Hegay posted:

how is that not a second yellow if its a yellow in the first half??

Coutinho was walking away and it was booted at his back?

Also lol at Johnson

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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He caught the ball!

Insanely Sikh
Aug 26, 2009

Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013
Gerrard must be beaming

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Hegay posted:

how is that not a second yellow if its a yellow in the first half??

it would have been the dumbest ever sending off if he'd got the card

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

tarbrush posted:

He caught the ball!

I have a little celebration every time we successfully defend a set piece at the moment.

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





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lmao so much garbage on the pitch
































also lots of plastic bags and litter

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

Jose posted:

it would have been the dumbest ever sending off if he'd got the card

the ref might look a bit dumb for sending him off like that but its even worse to actively demonstrate you are unwilling to be consistent in your decision making.

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

Byolante posted:

the ref might look a bit dumb for sending him off like that but its even worse to actively demonstrate you are unwilling to be consistent in your decision making.

The yellow he got was when he stood in front of the ball and tried to block it. He was walking away just now and Johnson booted at him.

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006
West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Reid, Collins, Cresswell, Noble, Nolan, Downing, Carroll, Valencia
Subs: Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Poyet, Amalfitano, Jarvis, Vaz Te, Cole

Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Williams, Fernandez, Taylor, Britton, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Routledge, Gomis
Subs: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Emnes, Barrow, Oliveira, Bartley, Fulton

Swansea's star player and only real source of goals is at AFCON. So of course West Ham start with 5 at the back.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

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Oh god why would you tempt fate and bring on Balotelli

Insanely Sikh
Aug 26, 2009

Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013
Is Altidore on the bench?

Hoops
Aug 19, 2005


A Black Mark For Retarded Posting
It's very nice that some of the new signings look good now. I remember not understanding the point of Henderson for most of his first season, hopefully it'll be like that again and it turns out they're all brilliant

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





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lol atm it feels like liverpool are missing a player

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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A flawless tactical retreat there lads

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

EvilHawk posted:

The yellow he got was when he stood in front of the ball and tried to block it. He was walking away just now and Johnson booted at him.

The issue is about making an effort to not slow the game down by retreating the full 10 yards, he was making no effort to keep the game flowing he was just ambling about 2 yards away. Which direction he is facing has no part in saying whether or not he is timewasting when the ref showed in the first half he thought that was time wasting.

Insanely Sikh
Aug 26, 2009

Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013
What. The. gently caress.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
some liverpool player needs to just take the loving shot instead of passing it

Hoops
Aug 19, 2005


A Black Mark For Retarded Posting
Turns out Coutinho can't finish and should stop shooting, I had absolutely no idea

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

Hoops posted:

It's very nice that some of the new signings look good now. I remember not understanding the point of Henderson for most of his first season, hopefully it'll be like that again and it turns out they're all brilliant

You are a man up vs liverpool and somehow getting bossed, I wouldn't be shouting about how great the summer signings have been with this kind of performance

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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Here we go :ohdear:

Insanely Sikh
Aug 26, 2009

Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013
Sunderland fans clapping Borini, how heartfelming.

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

Byolante posted:

The issue is about making an effort to not slow the game down by retreating the full 10 yards, he was making no effort to keep the game flowing he was just ambling about 2 yards away. Which direction he is facing has no part in saying whether or not he is timewasting when the ref showed in the first half he thought that was time wasting.

My point is that he wasn't deliberately blocking the ball (because he wasn't facing the ball and therefore didn't know what was happening). Johnson didn't have to hit it at him, unlike in the first half when Coutinho was a yard away and they couldn't really go anywhere else.

edit: anyway this is stupid all refs are shite and now Balo is on to score a billion goals.

Eau de MacGowan
May 12, 2009

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agueros on the bench :3:

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
lol at henderson having to do balotelli's closing down for him

Hoops
Aug 19, 2005


A Black Mark For Retarded Posting

Byolante posted:

You are a man up vs liverpool and somehow getting bossed, I wouldn't be shouting about how great the summer signings have been with this kind of performance
Can and Markovic are both playing really well, even if we don't win that's still true

Swicky
Dec 29, 2013

DAY MAN
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Middlesbrough

Starting 11: Dimi, Kalas, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, Whitehead, Leadbitter, Reach, Adomah, Vossen, Bamford.

Subs: Mejias, Husband, Wildschut, Kike Tomlin, Omeruo, Veljkovic.

Reading

Starting 11: Federici, Gunter, Obita, Pearce, Hector, Williams, Norwood, Robson-Kanu, Mackie, Pogrebnyak, Cox

Subs: Andersen, Kelly, Cooper, karacan, Guthrie, Taylor, Blackman
Starting with the new Chelsea defender we just got on loan (Kalas), would be good to see how he plays, overall great starting 11

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

Hoops posted:

Can and Markovic are both playing really well, even if we don't win that's still true

sakho's been good too

mig and lovren have been pretty dismal though so it's a mixed bag

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

vyelkin posted:

sakho's been good too

mig and lovren have been pretty dismal though so it's a mixed bag

Mig had a decent first half but then Lovren came on.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

EvilHawk posted:

Mig had a decent first half but then Lovren came on.

as a keeper you kinda have to have two good halves in order to not be bad

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





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lollotelli

Eau de MacGowan
May 12, 2009

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Swicky posted:

Middlesbrough

Starting 11: Dimi, Kalas, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, Whitehead, Leadbitter, Reach, Adomah, Vossen, Bamford.

Subs: Mejias, Husband, Wildschut, Kike Tomlin, Omeruo, Veljkovic.

Reading

Starting 11: Federici, Gunter, Obita, Pearce, Hector, Williams, Norwood, Robson-Kanu, Mackie, Pogrebnyak, Cox

Subs: Andersen, Kelly, Cooper, karacan, Guthrie, Taylor, Blackman
Starting with the new Chelsea defender we just got on loan (Kalas), would be good to see how he plays, overall great starting 11

swicky this thread is for the premier league, there's a championship thread too, we're all just a big gang of plastics in here

Insanely Sikh
Aug 26, 2009

Winner, SA's Sikh Of the Year, 2013
Balo doing poo poo

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Nov 4, 2007





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