Dr. Gonzo

Most Liverpool fans I know don't want Everton relegated because they don't want to have seasons without the Merseyside derby & because Everton not being in the top flight is generally just bad for the city?

Pretty sure we've been in positions before in my lifetime lol. I'd blame the other sides that just roll over for the Manchester clubs and part their arse cheeks more than I'd blame us.

I get this but... 1.) It's a cup tie and honestly you don't have to be anywhere near the best side in Europe (granted, being very good at football is helpful) to go on a good cup run, or even make the final. And if you make the final, anything can happen. 2.) CL European nights > Europa League European nights 3.) CL attracts better players, gives more money to participants... and more money also attracts better players. So being in the CL, and being able to get there with some degree of consistency, does set up a better platform for actually growing a team into something competitive. In the long run, you're better off with a season in the CL imo. But I understand in the short term wanting to fuck over your biggest rivals. Either way, I fucking hate Man City and everything they represent in football, so I am very much hoping Arsenal win the title and if that means Spurs sneak a win here that would be great. Honestly though, I don't think you've got a chance against City though.

COYS

They've mentally been on holiday for a while

It's a totally dead rubber match for us? The results that really hurt are already in the past, our season's over. Nothing to play for other than giving Klopp a final sendoff at Anfield, then time to... rebuild yet again.

He’s always crying when he’s not just running away with the league title. So he’s just annoyed he’s still got to worry about Arsenal. Can’t wait for him to fuck off out of English football forever.

They're being sued for fraud ($600m USD!) by one of their financial backers and have just hired a firm that assists companies restructure their way out of bankruptcy. 777 are absolutely fucked and there's no way in hell they should be allowed to take over any clubs in football. Even if they survive bankruptcy, or even manage to avoid it altogether, they're not going to be in any financial condition to be running any football club. Shit for Everton, still, because even if 777 declare bankruptcy and go through all the proceedings - Everton still have to pay their loan back to them.

Think it's originally a pic from when Ward was announced as our new DoF when Edwards was stepping down. With Edwards and Ward both back so quickly after the news Klopp is leaving, it does make me wonder if part of the reason they left has something to do with him having increased power at the club. The thing is, while Edwards proved to be incredible at his job over time, there is the fact that both Edwards and Ward were at the club before Klopp was there and didn't quite enjoy the same success. Although tbf, Rodgers hated the transfer committee and resented their signings. And with players like Firmino, Rodgers simply couldn't get the best out of that Edwards signing... even though I think he's absolutely one of the best transfers we've made in modern history. I think I'd rather keep Diaz than Nunez, if it came down to having to pick one to stay and one to go. They've both been outrageously frustrating though and with Slot coming in, I do wonder if we'll see Gakpo play more on the left side of a front 3 - which is apparently his preferred position. And if that's the case, it makes me wonder how either Diaz or Nunez would actually fit in with us. I think in the off season we should probably try to bring in a CB we can count on to start most matches for the long term as well as another striker, ideally one that's actually clinical and not someone like Nunez. I'd also say we should probably go for a CDM... but Endo's been pretty handy and we've got Morton coming back from loan at Hull where Hull fans seem to think he's great - might be worth giving him a shot at earning a place in the side. But up front I think is where our biggest issues lie, but there's also some definite truth to the fact we could do to shore up our defense a bit. It's actually absurd how many matches we've conceded the first goal and honestly considering how long that's been an issue for us, it's no wonder our title race faltered at the last second. We've been putting pressure on our attacking players all season by constantly having to chase matches. Although apparently Slot's teams are also comeback kings so maybe the shaky defensiveness is "part of the plan" - certainly makes it hard to compete with the likes of City though.

Here's some bad news: imo Julian Ward's signings were all crap lol, so not too keen on this news.

I don't think there's many obvious choices on who should be leading our front line at the moment. Too bad we can't go get a time machine and get prime Fernando Torres or something like that.

Should give them another points deduction for bothering to lodge a frivolous appeal

I wonder if we have a buyback clause on Solanke

I’m pretty sure Diaz actually has a worse conversion rate than Nunez, he’s also massively wasteful. But his shots are more likely to actually be on target and that’s slightly less infuriating than what Nunez does.

Agree with all this. I'd probably have swapped out Virgil for Saliba & Rodri for Haaland. From this shortlist, I'd probably give it to POTS to Rice or Foden & YPOTS to Palmer though and I'm not sure that changes even if these shortlists are "corrected" to properly reflect the players that have been the best players of the season. Although tbh, while I hate Rodri, I think it's hard to say he's not been one of the best players - so maybe I'd actually be between Rice or Rodri. I think Rice has done really well though and in less than a year I've gone from thinking he's tremendously overrated to thinking "shit, he's actually really really good."

I stopped caring about my age once I turned 25 because everything after that is just a different shade of "old"

Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia MBS has given his forces authority to kill the tribes living in the area where he wants his stupid "eco-city" in the desert to be. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68945445

He's younger than Cole Palmer, just turned 21 in April.

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I'd have to look at the stats, but probably Mainoo.

I don't agree with Virgil being on the player of the season shortlist tbh... but I also think it's mental Harvey Elliott hasn't even been shortlisted for the YPOTS considering the season he's had.

Considering how so much of the electorate is pretty conservative, a centrist is more likely to win an election than someone who's actually left wing. It's a sad, but true, political reality. With disaster capitalists dragging the UK down for well over a decade all while they profit from the growing wealth gap, I'll take a centrist twat any day over those dickheads. It's not ideal, but when you've got a bunch of moron voters not realise there's a class war being waged, it's at least a reprieve from tories maliciously fucking up the country. I also agree with @Stan, fuck charisma - with politicians all that matters is the policies and not being corrupt.

Tbf I feel for him because he turned his comments off a few weeks ago because he was getting endless abuse. Removed the LFC pictures shortly after loads of hit pieces from our connected journos (which tbh seems like a bit of a leak from Edwards) about Nunez. He's probably not in the best mental place right now and he's probably a confidence player. I'm fine with selling him though, he'd be one of the top strikers in Europe if he was clinical - but he's the opposite of clinical and like you say, some of those chances he's fluffed were golden chances. And he's just missed so many, even if he'd put away 1/5th of the chances he's spurned, we'd be a lot better off for it... let alone if he'd put away half of them. It's a shame because he's nearly a complete striker, he's got the athleticism and the movement to always be a threat... but he's not got the composure of a striker at all. Watching random football nerds, who tbh... I don't think know much because they're just random idiots on youtubers who sometimes say contradictory things... do breakdowns of how Slot's teams like to set up, according to those people... he doesn't really fit in with how we're likely to look next season. So I've got no issue with selling him. If we keep him, I almost think we're better off using him as a winger or throwing him into a central role as a substitute than relying on him as our main #9. You just can't trust that he'll put away golden opportunities that you'd trust a quality striker to put away. I've really just given up all hope on him getting better at his finishing.

Oh shit they arrested someone else for this? Good, these people are absolutely fucked up. I saw something about this almost a year ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65951188 - I remember reading this part: and thinking "what the fuck is wrong with people?!" I hope everyone involved with this animal abuse ring gets locked up.

I think overall his stock is higher than it was after they sacked him then brought him back tbh. I don't really know what West Ham expected Moyes to deliver if they thought he wasn't delivering enough - their fans act like they're some institution to football because of the world cup in 1966... but they're not exactly a club that's got a long history of success. Moyes delivered them their first trophy in god knows how long. He's got a win rate of 45.75% - which is higher than every West Ham manager in history, other than Trevor Brooking as caretaker boss (who didn't have a full season). I can understand wanting to "upgrade" and tbf I think Wolves did better than expected under him. And his win rate at most clubs/national setups he's been with is pretty impressive (although he's not got a great record with Real Madrid, but he didn't even have 15 matches with them)... I'm not fully convinced Lopetegui is an "upgrade."