The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[laoislad]

As far as English football goes I support Liverpool. That was never a penalty yesterday

Mane was fouled in the box, therefore it was a penalty.  I'm not sure how people are having such a hard time understanding this. The fact that Mane made a meal of going down doesn't take away from the fact he was fouled before hand.  You don't kick someone from behind in the box and not expect to give away a penalty.
There was a foul committed, so it was a penalty  it's really that simple.

[Angelo]

As far as English football goes I support Liverpool. That was never a penalty yesterday

Mane was fouled in the box, therefore it was a penalty.  I'm not sure how people are having such a hard time understanding this. The fact that Mane made a meal of going down doesn't take away from the fact he was fouled before hand.  You don't kick someone from behind in the box and not expect to give away a penalty.
There was a foul committed, so it was a penalty  it's really that simple.

It's not netball.

If a penalty is given for everytime a player receives the slightest touch in the box there is 30 in a game.

He should have been booked for simulation but the referee was absolutely hell bent on pulling the win out for Liverpool there. I saw the last 10 minutes of that game and there were at least 4 scandalous decisions that went Liverpools way, the foul given against Perez and ignored by Salah stopped one great goal scoring opportunity and created another, the fact that they all went Liverpool's way was no surprise given how eager he was to award that penalty.

I have no horse in the EPL race and that one sided officiating in a short period of time would make the likes of Hugh Dallas, Dougie McDonald, Stuart Dougal and Mike McCurry blush with embarrassment.

[imtommygunn]

As far as English football goes I support Liverpool. That was never a penalty yesterday

Mane was fouled in the box, therefore it was a penalty.  I'm not sure how people are having such a hard time understanding this. The fact that Mane made a meal of going down doesn't take away from the fact he was fouled before hand.  You don't kick someone from behind in the box and not expect to give away a penalty.
There was a foul committed, so it was a penalty  it's really that simple.

Unfortunately I agree with you. Forwards go down for that kind of tackle and with the contact it just is a clear penalty. It just looked way worse than it could have for mane because he didn't go down until after the contact had happened. He needs to get more lessons from Mo

[Hound]

As far as English football goes I support Liverpool. That was never a penalty yesterday

Mane was fouled in the box, therefore it was a penalty.  I'm not sure how people are having such a hard time understanding this. The fact that Mane made a meal of going down doesn't take away from the fact he was fouled before hand.  You don't kick someone from behind in the box and not expect to give away a penalty.
There was a foul committed, so it was a penalty  it's really that simple.

Yep, of course it was a penalty. The luck we got was Albrighton stupidly kicking Mane.
The harder you work, the luckier you get. That's a fact. Liverpool in the 80s, United under Fergie, never stop working, never stop believing, keep on the attack. You won't get all breaks. But if you're going to get one, if the ball is in the opposition when it comes, it could prove vital.

Mane was unreal yesterday. Compare his effort to other strikers at some of the big clubs who are struggling a bit at the moment, and it's night and day.  Salah doesn't stop either. Angelo pointed it out earlier, although he obviously didn't see it clearly as he eyes were all watered.  But Salah's determination to get stuck in and tackle and dispossess the defender is what Liverpool is all about.

A pity City are so good too!  I think the depth of their squad could be the deciding factor. We rotate 3 positions at the moment (Centre half and two midfielders). Everyone else plays every important game. Whereas City are resting everyone from time to time. That might catch up with us.

Thought Origi did well when he came on.

[Angelo]

I guarantee you there's a more obvious penalty not given across every game in that league this weekend than that one yesterday if you're saying that's a penalty.

It was a dive, pure and simple, it's not netball.

[BennyCake]

Why didn't Albrighton hoof it into row Z?

[laoislad]

Tough run of fixtures coming up now. United will of course raise their game in a few weeks. Then Spurs and City and Palace away also all tough games. Even Villa away is tough.

[J70]

Tough run of fixtures coming up now. United will of course raise their game in a few weeks. Then Spurs City with Palace away also all tough games. Even Villa away is tough.

They're in the middle of the tough run.

So far so good.

[Mayo4Sam]

Thanks Wolves

[Armamike]

Great weekend for Liverpool.  That was a penalty. Soft maybe, but there was a kick to the back of the foot.  Mane made the most of it, of course.  But when does the striker ever get a penalty for staying on his feet?  Albrington's reaction was telling too. He put his hands up the moment he clipped Mane. Milner ice cold as always from the spot.  A lot to like about this Liverpool side - keep going to the end.  Would have been a bit of a travesty to not win that game given the chances created.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Joel Matip PL player of the month for September

[AZOffaly]

I saw Liverpool Echo did a rundown of all the players signed under FSGs watch. It's fair to say Liverpool have upped their game with regards to signings, whether that's Klopps influence or the much maligned transfer committee I don't know, but some of the earlier signings were absolute duds.

January 2011 : Kenny Dalglish Manager
Andy Carroll £35m
Luis Suarez £22.5m   Total £57.5m

Summer 2011 :
Jordan Henderson £20m
Stewart Downing £20m
Luis Enrique £7m
Charlie Adam £ 7.5m
Sebastian Coates £7m
Craig Bellamy £3.6m
Alexander Doni FREE   Total £66.1m

January 2012 :
Jordan Ibe £540k
Joao Carlos Teixeira £1m Total £1.5m      Total Under Kenny : £ 125.1m for 11 players

Summer 2012 : Manager Brendan Rodgers
Fabio Borini £12m
Joe Allen £15m
Nuri Sahin Loan
Oussama Assaidi £3.6m
Samed Yesil £1m           Total £31.6m

January 2013 :
Phillipe Coutinho £8.5m
Daniel Sturridge £15m   Total £23.5m

Summer 2013:
Simon Mignolet £9m
Iago Aspas £7.6
Mamadou Sakho £17m
Luis Alberto £6m
Tiago Illori £7m
Kolo Toure FREE
Victor Moses LOAN
Aly Cissokho LOAN   Total £46.6m

Summer 2014:
Adam Lallana £25m
Dejan Lovren £20m
Lazar Markovic £20m
Divock Origi £10m
Alberto Moreno £12m
Mario Balotelli £16m
Rickie Lambert £4m
Emre Can £10m
Kevin Stewart FREE
Javier Manquillo LOAN   Total: £117m

Summer 2015:
Roberto Firmino £29m
Joe Gomez £3.5m
Danny Ings £20m
Nathaniel Clyne £12.5m
Christian Benteke £32.5m
James Milner FREE
Allan Rodrigues £500k
Adam Bogdan FREE          Total £98m     Total under Brodge £ 316.7m for 33 players

January 2016: Manager Jurgen Klopp
Marko Grujic £5m
Stephen Caulker (striker) LOAN  Total £5m

Summer 2016:
Joel Matip : FREE
Loris Karius £5m
Sadio Mané £30m
Ragnar Klavan £4m
Gini Wijnaldum £25m   Total : £64m

Summer 2017:
Mo Salah £34m
Dominic Solanke £3m
Andy Robertson £8m
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £35m  Total : £80m

January 2018
Virgil Van Dijk £75m    Total £75m

Summer 2018
Alisson Becker £66m
Naby Keita £52m
Fabinho £40m
Xherdan Shaqiri £12m   Total £170m


Summer 2019
Adrian FREE
Harvey Elliot UNDISC
Sepp Van Den Berg £4m  Total £4m*

Total Under Klopp so far £398m on 19 players.

[TabClear]

Big difference under Klopp is teh quality of the signing. He was backed at the higher end of the spectrum. You get the feeling Brodge went for quantity rather than quality.

Summer 13 makes grim reading....and then look what happened!

[J70]

Stephen Caulker (striker) 

Whatever happened to The Stallion and his "Klopp is a clown" campaign?

[magpie seanie]

Ya but what's the net spend?