Dr. Gonzo

Yeah meanwhile you'll go around calling people thick as fucking planks and then say "oh you're being a bit stupid" and then say shite like your job indicates that Brexit will be a good thing because your company doesn't export that much to the EU... despite the fact that GDP statistics indicate the EU is our biggest trading partner. But you feel your experience means you have absolute knowledge.

2018: Feels > Reals Please stop making comparisons with international politics to football, they're not really applicable. Worst that happens when a football manager fucks up is some fans are disappointed. Maybe they lose their job. Worst that happens when a politician fucks up is people lose shitloads of money and/or die.

So you think his IQ is below 4? If so, get fucked - you're the one telling people to be blindly optimistic about a situation that's largely unknown and is likely to cause a recession that's going to be pretty painful for a lot of people. Based on what? Optimism that Britain's economy can be as strong as it was before the war? Optimism is for suckers. Expect the worst, if it doesn't come then that's a big relief. And if it does come, you'll be prepared.

I want to give this a plus up arrow and also a laughy face at the same time. That should be an option

Nah I’m quite comfy now I don’t need to get paid for that, but I would like to be able to get a similar paying job in the UK in the next 5 years so my future kids can be English. And the added bonus of me not having to worry about my kids being gunned down at school. I’ll just send you those pics for fun

Lol happy to be on WTO terms. Look how great the morons in charge have been negotiating with the EU. Those are our friends and the morons can’t work out a deal. Now imagine our morons jumping into the WTO shark tank and trying to negotiate a free trade deal with China I’m well annoyed with the country’s leaders. I suspect my career prospects will never take me back home, assuming I want to make as much money as I can before I retire.

I agree with this. Top level pros are all very fucking good at football, but the best players are the ones that show character and bottle. It's why you sometimes see players fail when they make a step up and there's no good reason for it - Robbie Keane fluffing his shots from 1 yard out comes to mind.

Bet you're well pleased no deal looks likely.

This one needs a subscription, but I'll paste it for everyone: https://www.ft.com/content/05aebdfc-021d-11e9-99df-6183d3002ee1 I imagine just an announcement that we're remaining in the single-market would put a stop that.

Did they think this would get buried because of the Mourinho news?

Yeah its sad what’s happened to Scottish football, it used to be a much stronger place for football.

Pretty mental you could have had Salah and KDB alongside Hazard, yet instead they’re hugely important to your rivals now.

I don’t think Rodgers is a good manager at all, unless he’s got Luis Suarez there to paper over the cracks, so I’d be pretty pleased if you signed him. Your defense would probably get even worse

I don’t think you can blame Poch too much for not winning anything. When he joined them they weren’t expected to contend or even be regulars with CL qualification. I think he’s done well at Spurs, he’s taken them up a level and changed expectations for the club while playing attractive football with a smaller budget than most, if not all, of the clubs around them. I think he’d be a quality appointment at United, so I hope he stays at Spurs.

Gilberto Silva? But probably too defensive to come close to that sort of assists stat. When did Willian join you? I feel like he’s been here longer than Bobby’s been here for us & Coutinho’s not even in the league anymore

I mean have you seen our league lately? It’s outrageously competitive from 5th place and higher. Last season Chelsea were 5th best playing a much more dour style of football, now you’ve got a new man in trying to build towards a much more attractive style of play. And he’s never managed in England before. Are you seriously expecting him to immediately adapt and compete head to head with City? A side who are ridiculously good and enjoying a period of incredible football and stability? HE’S NOT EVEN DOING BADLY! Sarri’s adapting pretty well. You look miles better than you did last season imo and a bit of bad luck for us and City and you’re right back in the thick of it. And I think you’ll make top 4, which will make bringing in top targets easier because players always prefer to move to CL teams It’s not been perfect, but expectations should be tempered to reflect reality. Chelsea weren’t great last season, the top end of the table (which is where Chelsea are, so they’re not failing to meet expectation) is insanely competitive, new manager with a complete opposite style of football to the tactics traditionally employed at Stamford Bridge, and he’s new to the league and so is the man who’s likely the most important signing of the Sarri era (if it’s to be a real project and he’s not just another quick fix). There needs to be a bed in time, even if Sarri is only in briefly to be a bridge for Chelsea moving to a trend of quick fixes with attacking managers. I think he’s being asked to do a lot, I’m not surprised there have been some hiccups.

At least we've got Fabinho, who's played there before for Monaco and Brazil. And the best English fullback, James Milner.

Yeah hopefully the knock to Trent’s foot doesn’t mean he’ll miss time

6 goals conceded. Alisson and VVD will take most of the plaudits. And rightly so, VVD is absolutely incredible. Aside from being ridiculously talented, he’s brought leadership and confidence to our back 4. Alisson has as well, and has shown astonishingly safe hands and great distribution and has this season already helped us win points and get to the CL. But I think this season Andy Robertson, Joe Gomez, and TAA deserve big praise this season. Andy Robertson is so fucking good I don’t know how we got him for so cheap. And yesterday both he and Trent created a ridiculous amount of chances from the fullback position, so they’re making contributions at the back and going forward. And when I say ridiculous I mean I remember more chances created by individual fullbacks of ours than I remember Napoli creating the entirety of the match (which again says something about our defense). Last season everyone said it: Liverpool need to learn how to grind out wins. We’ve done that a few times now this season, looks like we’re learning.

It seems like May's actions will always be in what creates the most chaos. Pretty mental how much money the government threw at ads to back this deal that they've then decided to shelve.

Yeah anyone saying they didn’t care much was lying. However if you look at me in that thread I start chatting shite about Everton throughout. In a WhatsApp group with my friends (blues and reds) it was heated and hilarious all week before it, capped off with them not rolling over for us at Anfield for the first time, and then that fucking hilarious winner... I think it’s reignited the rivalry a bit.

Shhh don’t let anyone else catch on

I don’t think taking this piss out of Everton generally is the same as saying you or @Cannabis are at fault for the tweet that we’re taking the piss out of. Lots of shit is said about our fans on here and some people say “well not you lot on here” and I think all of us know our posts well enough to know I don’t think you’re typical blueshite bellends.