Match Topic Liverpool vs West Ham - Premier League, 13th April @ 2pm

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[YugoB]

Harvey and Bradley to start please. be f***ing up for it and stop fannying about

Hopefully Ali is back 

[Bogman]

Could be down to 8 points by kick off.

Need to show up from the start.

[stonty]

Wrap Diaz in cotton wool all week & then start him 

[Barnesy_10]

  On 06/04/2025 at 16:12, YugoB said:

Harvey and Bradley to start please. be f***ing up for it and stop fannying about

Hopefully Ali is back 

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Be a big concern if he’s still not back by then 

[mofus77]

  On 06/04/2025 at 16:26, Barnesy_10 said:

Be a big concern if he’s still not back by then 

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Nah, 3 weeks is standard enough I think. 

Actually, just looked it up and the FA Gradual Return to Play for Concussion is 21 days. It happened on 21 March which is only 16 days ago. 

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

can we just play this tomorrow please? can't be arsed waiting a week

[Barnesy_10]

  On 06/04/2025 at 23:11, Sir Tokyo Sexwale said:

can we just play this tomorrow please? can't be arsed waiting a week

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They can spend a couple of days watching the Fulham game back first but yeah … waiting until Sunday is a pain in the a***.

That match will have given anyone we play a very good prep for how to play against us. Fulham bossed us around for long periods.

[kop205]

  On 07/04/2025 at 06:57, Barnesy_10 said:

 

That match will have given anyone we play a very good prep for how to play against us. Fulham bossed us around for long periods.

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As they did at Anfield. That said, yesterday was mostly down to 20 awful minutes.

Of the games left though Arsenal, Brighton, Palace and Chelsea are not normally easy. Even Spurs have made us huff and puff at times.

I'm genuinely not buying the 'It's done' stuff - it's heavily reliant on Arsenal not putting together what would actually only be a fairly short run of wins in the big scheme. There is still a lot of work to be done - we've won f*** all yet but for the first time yesterday, at 1-0, I think the players forgot that.

[psl]

  On 07/04/2025 at 07:08, kop205 said:

As they did at Anfield. That said, yesterday was mostly down to 20 awful minutes.

Of the games left though Arsenal, Brighton, Palace and Chelsea are not normally easy. Even Spurs have made us huff and puff at times.

I'm genuinely not buying the 'It's done' stuff - it's heavily reliant on Arsenal not putting together what would actually only be a fairly short run of wins in the big scheme. There is still a lot of work to be done - we've won f*** all yet but for the first time yesterday, at 1-0, I think the players forgot that.

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We have to win the next 2. Then it's a maximum of 5 points needed from those games because you're right, there are several fixtures in there that have caused us problems before.

I don't really get the insistence by many that 'it's done' and the sneering that follows any suggestion to the contrary. Obviously it's not yet won. It very likely will be but there are still several games that need winning.

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[Benzo-13]

Just need to win this. 

[D.Boon]

Get Endo to get a bit of old school training ground fighting going to rouse them out of their new found listlessness. 

[Swipe]

  On 07/04/2025 at 07:11, psl said:

We have to win the next 2. Then it's a maximum of 5 points needed from those games because you're right, there are several fixtures in there that have caused us problems before.

I don't really get the insistence by many that 'it's done' and the sneering that follows any suggestion to the contrary. Obviously it's not yet won. It very likely will be but there are still several games that need winning.

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Yes you do get it. It’s an 11 point lead. There is literally no other context in which you wouldn’t think the team 11 points team would have it sewn up. Especially when the nearest challenger hasn’t won more than three games in a row all season. You’re just a bit of a doommonger tbh.

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[Barnesy_10]

  On 07/04/2025 at 07:41, Swipe said:

Yes you do get it. It’s an 11 point lead. There is literally no other context in which you wouldn’t think the team 11 points team would have it sewn up. Especially when the nearest challenger hasn’t won more than three games in a row all season. You’re just a bit of a doommonger tbh.

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Arsenal could get a win at Anfield unless we sort our s*** out. Beat them at Anfield and then I will be more confident. The rest of our remaining games have some potential draws involved. Chelsea away will be tricky with them fighting for points too . 

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[Bailo]

  On 07/04/2025 at 07:41, Swipe said:

Yes you do get it. It’s an 11 point lead. There is literally no other context in which you wouldn’t think the team 11 points team would have it sewn up. Especially when the nearest challenger hasn’t won more than three games in a row all season. You’re just a bit of a doommonger tbh.

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He's hardly predicting Arsenal to win the title.

Performances haven't been good for a while, thankfully neither have Arsenal's.

[Captain Chaos]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:10, Bailo said:

He's hardly predicting Arsenal to win the title.

Performances haven't been good for a while, thankfully neither have Arsenal's.

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none of the top five won this weekend!

[Swipe]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:10, Bailo said:

He's hardly predicting Arsenal to win the title.

Performances haven't been good for a while, thankfully neither have Arsenal's.

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We’ve won four league games in a row until yesterday. People on here overreact. 

[Bailo]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:20, Swipe said:

We’ve won four league games in a row until yesterday. People on here overreact. 

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Always been the case. There are worrying signs about our performances and it's fine to be worried about that. Most are just settling on the idea that this isn't Arne's squad and we've done incredibly well this season in that light. 

It's all chill. No-one needs to police other people's concerns. 

[psl]

  On 07/04/2025 at 07:41, Swipe said:

Yes you do get it. It’s an 11 point lead. There is literally no other context in which you wouldn’t think the team 11 points team would have it sewn up. Especially when the nearest challenger hasn’t won more than three games in a row all season. You’re just a bit of a doommonger tbh.

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I've constantly said I think we'll win it, until yesterday v Spurs so I'm not sure that's mongering too much doom.

There's a thing on here though where unless you say we're definitely going to win every game and smash everyone, you're crying it in. You were pushing the 'Everton is the perfect game to come back to' thing for example, which was plainly nonsense because they nearly always make it tough as they try about 50% harder in that game.

Our form has dropped and we still potentially need to win 4 games in fixtures we've found tricky. I'd just rather wait until it's won before saying it's won.

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[kop205]

You literally have to win the league by reaching a total nobody else can surpass.

Nothing that has happened up to this point is a cast-iron indicator of what will happen over the next 7 matches and in so far as it is then we can expect quite a few close and difficult games. I think that is all anyone is saying.

We're in a fantastic position but we've won nothing. You've still got to hit your doubles, so to speak.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

This thing of, “it isn’t Slot’s squad”.

Under the current structure it won’t ever be *his* squad, will it? He’s not in charge of comings and goings. 

[Bailo]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:50, Kvarme Ate My Food said:

This thing of, “it isn’t Slot’s squad”.

Under the current structure it won’t ever be *his* squad, will it? He’s not in charge of comings and goings. 

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I find it extremely unlikely he doesn't a say at all. Maybe it's more like the early Klopp years of the "committee" of which he is one voice with a certain level of pull. 

Been mentioned on here before but if I was Arne and we win the league, I'd be demanding the "manager" title and a bigger say on transfers. 

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:54, Bailo said:

I find it extremely unlikely he doesn't a say at all. Maybe it's more like the early Klopp years of the "committee" of which he is one voice with a certain level of pull. 

Been mentioned on here before but if I was Arne and we win the league, I'd be demanding the "manager" title and a bigger say on transfers. 

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It was me who said that!

So yeah I agree. 

[Bailo]

  On 07/04/2025 at 09:07, Kvarme Ate My Food said:

It was me who said that!

So yeah I agree. 

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It's not said often enough, so I'll say it now:

You do good posts sometimes.

EDIT: Whoa! Leave me out of your feud Mr Leisure.

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[Swipe]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:46, psl said:

I've constantly said I think we'll win it, until yesterday v Spurs so I'm not sure that's mongering too much doom.

There's a thing on here though where unless you say we're definitely going to win every game and smash everyone, you're crying it in. You were pushing the 'Everton is the perfect game to come back to' thing for example, which was plainly nonsense because they nearly always make it tough as they try about 50% harder in that game.

Our form has dropped and we still potentially need to win 4 games in fixtures we've found tricky. I'd just rather wait until it's won before saying it's won.

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How on earth is thinking that a big game back, when the players will hopefully be up for it, is just the thing we need to focus after a hugely disappointing week? It's literally a thing in football. And I was right. We won, and played really well second half. I'd much rather a derby at Anfield as first league game back after the break than Fulham away. 

It's like the 'Arsenal will win their next 26 in a row, so we really need to pull out fingers out stuff'. Loads on here say it every time despite the very clear evidence they can't do it. They'll not win all their remaining games from him on in either.

If we don't win it from here, then we can all take the next few years off. Cos it'll be the biggest bottle job ever. We're 1/40 to win the title, even after defeat yesterday. It's as done as it can be at this stage imo.

 

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:45, Bailo said:

Always been the case. There are worrying signs about our performances and it's fine to be worried about that. Most are just settling on the idea that this isn't Arne's squad and we've done incredibly well this season in that light. 

It's all chill. No-one needs to police other people's concerns. 

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And yet you are here, replying to me on behalf of someone else?