Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 15/16

x43r0 · 23-02-2016 11:00AM

Hangballlouie wrote: »

Prick

Ah no, I'm delighted for you pal. Enjoy the game.

Cheers

I'll treat her to a NowTV day pass so she can enjoy at home

8-10 · 23-02-2016 12:10PM

Fieldog wrote: »

**** ye...

Im going down blind with no tickets hoping to pay through my snot to get in.

If not I'll be watching in a boozer across the road...

Not many good places around there unfortunately. They'll probably split the bars between supporters too so make sure you don't go to a City one!

23-02-2016 12:14PM

8-10 wrote: »

Not many good places around there unfortunately. They'll probably split the bars between supporters too so make sure you don't go to a City one!

Defo man,

I haven't been to a game in years so I knew I wouldn't have a hope of having attended 3 home games to be in with a chance of getting tickets, so just gonna try me luck at this stage, pulling all the strings I can...

LiamoSail · 23-02-2016 12:26PM

topmanamillion wrote: »

May I interest you two gentlemen (or ladies) in your local League of Ireland club?
There's no money in it at all so it will be very difficult for you to ever become disenfranchised!
But they are your local club and strive to represent your local community.
Tickets are reasonably priced at E15 and E10 concessions.
It's a summer league so complements very well if you would still like to keep following foreign winter leagues.
Just a thought.

I go to a few LoI games a season, though haven't gone regularly since Rovers were in Tolka around 07 or 08. Certainly I do intend to start going more regularly

niallo27 · 23-02-2016 12:45PM

I'll be watching the game Sunday in Costa Rica. I don't think I'll find a bar that shows it here.

Magico Gonzalez · 23-02-2016 01:24PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I'll be watching the game Sunday in Costa Rica. I don't think I'll find a bar that shows it here.

You might be surprised. ESPN will carry it, I think Costa Rica will the LatAm ESPN (predominantly Mexican & Colombian ads, commentators). They show 1 or 2 Prem League games per on a Sat. Pretty sure they showed the whatever it is Cup Final last year.

While I still support Liverpool, winning this cup does next to nothing for me. It is the most hollow of victories, should we make it.

Don't give a monkeys about anything below the FA Cup. There should not be a League cup, adds to the stupid fixture congestion and degrades the FA Cup.

54and56 · 23-02-2016 01:42PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I'll be watching the game Sunday in Costa Rica. I don't think I'll find a bar that shows it here.

Why not drop these guys a message and find out? https://www.facebook.com/CraicIrishPub/?rf=263270430429847

Harry Palmr · 23-02-2016 02:35PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

While I still support Liverpool, winning this cup does next to nothing for me. It is the most hollow of victories, should we make it.

Don't give a monkeys about anything below the FA Cup. There should not be a League cup, adds to the stupid fixture congestion and degrades the FA Cup.

Like Liverpool are in such a position as to argue the toss - it's the first final since May 2012 and it one I want to see the side win just so they know it's possible.

8-10 · 23-02-2016 02:53PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

While I still support Liverpool, winning this cup does next to nothing for me. It is the most hollow of victories, should we make it.

Don't give a monkeys about anything below the FA Cup. There should not be a League cup, adds to the stupid fixture congestion and degrades the FA Cup.

I cannot agree with that. If that's all that matters then might as well support Man City or Barcelona or PSG.

If I were a Stoke City fan, for example, I'd be sick reading that. Haven't won anything since the League Cup in 1972. Have faithfully followed their team up and down the divisions since then, now showing they're a capable Premier League side and getting away from the pulisball tactics and playing good football. Chairman gives free bus travel to away supporters and affordable tickets to home games - always a good atmosphere at the Brit. Then this season get all the way to the semi-final of the League Cup, holding banners reminiscing of the 1972 team in the stands, lose to Liverpool on the coin toss of a penalty shootout after 210mins of a stalemate in the 2-leg semi final.

....then Liverpool fans the week of the final say they don't care if they win it or not anyway. Shame.

corwill · 23-02-2016 03:03PM

Nothing succeeds like success. If we can get past Augsburg, it would be wonderful to see the team go into the last 16 of the Europa knowing they can actually win a pot, because they have just won one. They'd have nothing to fear.

I want a big shiny distraction at the front of next season's squad photo.

martyos121 · 23-02-2016 03:06PM

corwill wrote: »

Nothing succeeds like success. If we can get past Augsburg, it would be wonderful to see the team go into the last 16 of the Europa knowing they can actually win a pot, because they have just won one. They'd have nothing to fear.

I want a big shiny distraction at the front of next season's squad photo.

So you want Balotelli back covered in oil?

Magico Gonzalez · 23-02-2016 03:12PM

8-10 wrote: »

I cannot agree with that. If that's all that matters then might as well support Man City or Barcelona or PSG.

If I were a Stoke City fan, for example, I'd be sick reading that. Haven't won anything since the League Cup in 1972. Have faithfully followed their team up and down the divisions since then, now showing they're a capable Premier League side and getting away from the pulisball tactics and playing good football. Chairman gives free bus travel to away supporters and affordable tickets to home games - always a good atmosphere at the Brit. Then this season get all the way to the semi-final of the League Cup, holding banners reminiscing of the 1972 team in the stands, lose to Liverpool on the coin toss of a penalty shootout after 210mins of a stalemate in the 2-leg semi final.

....then Liverpool fans the week of the final say they don't care if they win it or not anyway. Shame.

Stoke should be hoping to win the FA Cup.

Nothing I said made mention to the fact that Liverpool are "too big" or too whatever else to win the League Cup.

I just think, that as a tournament, it should never have existed. If it's purpose is the frankly condescending purpose of giving the lesser teams something to shoot for, then that's pathetically condescending. OOoh, little Stoke deserve to win something. Balls to that.

A cup and a league is enough. An extra cup belittles both. It's not about creating tournaments to win for the sake of it.

We play to many games, get rid of a sh1te cup and remove the congestion.

League
Whatever Euro competition
FA Cup

Nothing else.

NyOmnishambles · 23-02-2016 03:17PM

corwill wrote: »

Nothing succeeds like success. If we can get past Augsburg, it would be wonderful to see the team go into the last 16 of the Europa knowing they can actually win a pot, because they have just won one. They'd have nothing to fear.

I want a big shiny distraction at the front of next season's squad photo.

Yup, agree totally
There is no downside to winning things

martyos121 wrote: »

So you want Balotelli back covered in oil?

Yup

As long as that is him preparing to be shot out of a canon over to China or somewhere else suitably far away from the club

martyos121 · 23-02-2016 03:19PM

NyOmnishambles wrote: »

As long as that is him preparing to be shot out of a canon over to China or somewhere else suitably far away from the club

Can't beat a gigantic catapult, but hey, that's just the traditionalist in me talking.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-02-2016 03:30PM

martyos121 wrote: »

Can't beat a gigantic catapult, but hey, that's just the traditionalist in me talking.

Pfffttt...

Liverpool fans, always living in the past.

Knex* · 23-02-2016 03:32PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Pfffttt...

Liverpool fans, always living in the past.

I find its exceptionally difficult to live in the present, when the thoughts you're having right now, are in the past by the time you complete them.

I'm off my head though, so don't mind me.

Knex* · 23-02-2016 03:35PM

Fair play to him. Although between Mignolet, Bogdan, and his ex wife, he hasn't the best track record with finding keepers.

https://twitter.com/therealfanatix/status/702112500268007424

(insert your best character joke here)

MD1990 · 23-02-2016 04:18PM

Knex. wrote: »

Fair play to him. Although between Mignolet, Bogdan, and his ex wife, he hasn't the best track record with finding keepers.

https://twitter.com/therealfanatix/status/702112500268007424

(insert your best character joke here)

Joe Allen has to be the best man surely.

Augme · 23-02-2016 04:31PM

You think after his last wife fleeced him he'd be a bit more reluctant to go down the aisle. There's also some very Brendan Rodgers about proposing to someone in Time Square like that.

x43r0 · 23-02-2016 04:39PM

Augme wrote: »

There's also some very Brendan Rodgers about proposing to someone in Time Square like that.

It's the only place he could have done it where his teeth wouldn't be a distraction

(Stole that off Reddit)

mosstin · 23-02-2016 06:32PM

I have very fond memories of the League Cup - I pay little attention to what it's called these days. Ronnie Whelan - on his first appearance at Wembley - scoring two was one of my most vivid memories of my early Liverpool supporting days. With the exception of the Charity Shield, I feel that winning any trophy in England is a worthy achievement. Cannot wait for Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klQg_z47Lc

Harry Palmr · 23-02-2016 06:39PM

Kevin Stewart awarded a new 4 year contract, the current one expired in the summer. That tackle by some West Ham thug will keep him out for about 5 more weeks.

In other Academy news the U18s thrashed Sunderland (who U21s beat Liverpool 2-0 on Sunday) 5-0 with goals from Woodburn, Ejario and Toni Gomes who took the ball home.

Goals for Liverpool here - Toni Gomes has the look of a real goal taker. Nice tekkers as well.

https://streamable.com/kl1j

23-02-2016 06:54PM

8-10 wrote: »

I cannot agree with that. If that's all that matters then might as well support Man City or Barcelona or PSG.

If I were a Stoke City fan, for example, I'd be sick reading that. Haven't won anything since the League Cup in 1972. Have faithfully followed their team up and down the divisions since then, now showing they're a capable Premier League side and getting away from the pulisball tactics and playing good football. Chairman gives free bus travel to away supporters and affordable tickets to home games - always a good atmosphere at the Brit. Then this season get all the way to the semi-final of the League Cup, holding banners reminiscing of the 1972 team in the stands, lose to Liverpool on the coin toss of a penalty shootout after 210mins of a stalemate in the 2-leg semi final.

....then Liverpool fans the week of the final say they don't care if they win it or not anyway. Shame.

Shame ?

You're getting a tad emotional there.

Magico doesn't actually support Stoke.

8-10 · 23-02-2016 07:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Shame ?

You're getting a tad emotional there.

Magico doesn't actually support Stoke.

No it's just a shame that that's the case that we don't seem to care about winning or losing a final when other teams would relish it. Especially when it's a competition that we're the record holder for in terms of number of wins.

I can see how it might have been interpreted - I didn't mean "shame on you" or anything like that - my bad!

Also it's my birthday so I'll cry if I want to

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-02-2016 07:38PM

8-10 wrote: »

No it's just a shame that that's the case that we don't seem to care about winning or losing a final when other teams would relish it. Especially when it's a competition that we're the record holder for in terms of number of wins.

I can see how it might have been interpreted - I didn't mean "shame on you" or anything like that - my bad!

Also it's my birthday so I'll cry if I want to

23-02-2016 07:38PM

I hear ya but it's all about context isn't it ?

As a Liverpool supporter my expectations are different to most Stoke supporters.

I think Magico was just saying that he sees the League Cup as an irrelevant competition, for some supporters, and I think he is right.

Enjoy your birthday dude.

BullBlackNova · 23-02-2016 08:05PM

I personally love the League Cup, prefer it to the FA Cup.

I think it has personality/character/other Rodgersism... It is largely played under lights in mid-week - those games have a different feeling to weekend games against PL sides like in the FA Cup., great atmosphere.

I also think it is helped greatly by the fact that the final is a standalone event in February/March. The FA Cup usually falls between the PL decider and the CL final and if Pool aren't in it, my interest just wanes then.

Maybe it's because some of my earliest football memories are of LFC in the League Cup - BBC used show it live when the only football that was on TV was the CL, which we weren't in - but I have a soft spot for the competition. LFC have a great history in the comp. It pisses me off when people disregard this, just like the UEFA Cup wins. They may not be as prestigious as the league or European Cup wins, but they are part of the club's identity - only cup won by Evans, only cup won by Dalglish in his second spell, Houllier won 2 (incl one as part of the 00-01 season) - did none of that mean anything to the fans? The players?

I'll be thrilled if we win the cup on Sunday. First cup won by Mourinho and Pellegrini in English football and gave them a good grounding of success. Success breeds success - if Klopp wins this, the winning mentality can only be helped going forward. I can't understand any football fan not being bothered by their team winning a trophy.

23-02-2016 08:16PM

By that rationale you rate winning pre season 'tournament' trophies.

If a team starts the season competing in four competitions then the League Cup is the least prestigious by some distance.

Harry Palmr · 23-02-2016 08:21PM

Deleted User wrote: »

By that rationale you rate winning pre season 'tournament' trophies.

If a team starts the season competing in four competitions then the League Cup is the least prestigious by some distance.

and by February it might be the only thing left to play for.....

BullBlackNova · 23-02-2016 08:22PM

Deleted User wrote: »

By that rationale you rate winning pre season 'tournament' trophies.

If a team starts the season competing in four competitions then the League Cup is the least prestigious by some distance.

No I don't rate pre-season tournament trophies, in the same way that winning a friendly match isn't the same as winning a competitive match.

At no point did I mention anything to do with prestige either. I won't argue the order you or anyone else rates them in, but I am just as entitled to prefer one over another for whatever reasons.

I prefer playing midweek cup ties to weekend ones. I prefer extra time and penalties to replays. I prefer playing a final in February because it feels like an event rather than the weak part of a trilogy.

And, when it comes down to it, the f u cking prize is essentially the same at the end of the day so what does it matter? The financial result of both is a pittance for the clubs involved, the European spot is the major prize on offer.

I won't waste my time arguing this with anyone - tbf most of my points are opinion and youre perfectly entitled to disagree - but I'm going to enjoy Sunday. Just like I enjoyed 2012. And 2003. And 2001. Because isn't that what it's all about?

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