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9 goals across these two games, and both first goals in the first half. Game 121's was very early, in the 4th minute - only @Bluebird Hewitt getting close enough to get 2 points. Game 122's was towards half-time, in the 37th minute. But no winners here. Table after Game 122: Those two points propel @Bluebird Hewitt all the way up from 12th to 6th, level on points with myself.

It’s just an islamophobia trope, the people that say shit like ‘Iranians are converting to Christianity’ are just saying that to give their own religion moral superiority and to give a justification to whatever anti-Islam ideals they hold. Even I know that Christianity is so minor in the history of Iran that I wouldn’t be surprised of there are more Mazdayasnas and that is nearly a dead religion. Let’s go for it, lets get some secular Zoroastrians, I’m on board with big bonfires and sky burials, that’s metal as fuck - the sister rooting can stay with the Sassanids though.

Just googled it: according to "Open Doors" there're a bit less than half a million Christians in Iran a county of 88M inhabitants. Not even 1%, millions my arse.

Yeah there's an Assyrian population in Iran too - I do think it's significantly less than the populations of Syrian/Iraqi Assyrians though. I'm not sure about that. Tbh, I forgot they're Christians too - looking at the numbers though, they're an extreme minority even compared to Armenians living in Iran.

There’s been a slight rise in people converting to Christianity, but it’s not like people are converting in droves. More people are just abandoning religion altogether. Zoroastrian symbolism is on the rise as people using symbols of Iran’s pre-Islamic past are used as symbols of resisting their government… but it’s not as though people are actually becoming practicing Zoroastrians. Unsurprisingly though, people living under a government that oppresses them in the name of religion are becoming a hell of a lot less religious.

The only people that think there are millions of Christians in Iran are cooked youtubers and their viewers.

Yeah I meant van Persie. I think there's been a lot of comparison of Klopp leaving Liverpool to United/Ferguson and Arsenal/Wenger but ultimately I don't think the scenarios are the same at all. Ferguson had a team that was beginning to age out and then had to deal with David Moyes who just wasn't equipped to manage players of that caliber. Wenger had already began to drive Arsenal out of the top 4 with a 5th and 6th place finish following a season where they couldn't keep up with Leicester. This Liverpool team are in a title race whilst still being under construction, a lot of youth, players just settling in and still couple of key positions to fill in up front and in midfield. I don't think a new manager will have to do a lot to get the best out of them and they could get even better with a couple of bigger signings in the Summer.

I don't think it's a knee jerk reaction, Gasperini doesn't really get the credit he deserves outside of Italy, three 3rd place finishes in a row, two times runner up in the Coppa Italia. Doesn't really have the budget to compete with the likes of Juve, Inter, Roma, Milan etc but he still manages to in terms of top 4. Initially when I made my post about potential replacements I did think about putting him in, but the list of maybe's generally included people who had won something. It would be a left field appointment but not necessarily a bad one. Only thing I would say and this is why I didn't suggest him is previously Klopp was a very obvious appointment. It didn't take a lot of looking at underlying statistics to realise that appointing the man who broke Bayern's dominance with a low budget and great attacking football was going to be the best decision for Liverpool. I think the club will look for something or someone similar and Gasperini probably won't make it that far. But it wouldn't surprise me if they'd already had a good look at him

ABOUT FUCKING TIME. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68791135

@Michael, @Bluewolf, @londonerlilie, @nawoo Lat reminder!

@Michael, @6666, @Bluewolf, @nawoo Last reminder!