re: tOfficial Liverpool 2017/2018 Thread: “Upgrades Incoming Edition: A Great Season!”

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:22 am to beatbammer

Ugly 3 pts, but ill take it!!

Posted by beatbammer

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:23 am to beatbammer

FANTASTIC win for playing so sluggishly for much of the match.

IMPORTANT win too.

YNWA!

Posted by TheZaba

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:26 am to TFTC

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Ugly 3 pts, but ill take it!!

That's what good teams do

United did it against Palace a few weeks ago. City had a lot of them early in the year with late winners before they started crushing everyone. Chelsea lived by it last year

Posted by beatbammer

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:26 am to beatbammer

P.S. NO APOLOGIES for getting a huge break on the Mane non-call(s).

We get few enough breaks from officiating so frick everybody else with a rusty nail AFAIC.

We should have had 2 penalties awarded for shirts ripped off in the box on VVD and Bobby anyway, so yeah Liverpool “got a break” after being fricked multiple times.

This post was edited on 3/31/18 at 8:29 am

Posted by Zizzlefontain2

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:29 am to TFTC

3 pts we didn’t deserve, thank you

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:31 am to beatbammer

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We should have had 2 penalties awarded for shirts ripped off in the box on VVD and Bobby anyway, so yeah Liverpool “got a break” after being fricked multiple times.

Not to mention there was clear contact on Mane's first yellow... Im okay with it not being a penalty, but I dont think you can card someone for diving if there was contact...

This post was edited on 3/31/18 at 8:34 am

Posted by TheZaba

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:32 am to TFTC

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Not to mention there was clear contact on Mane's first yellow... Im okay with it not being a penalty, but I dont think you can card someone for diving if it was contact...

Agree with this

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:34 am to TFTC

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but I dont think you can card someone for diving if it was contact...

It was still a dive. I would have been 100% behind awarding a penalty AND giving Mane a yellow.

Posted by JackVincennes

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:36 am to TheZaba

Who is this team that actually finishes 1 goal matches after scoring in the 80th minute?! Especially at Selhurst. VVD is worth every penny and Robbo and Karius are massive upgrades.

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:38 am to pvilleguru

Then 95% of penalties are dives... I see what you're saying, but I dont really agree with that line of thinking..

I agree he was looking for a penalty, but I dont think you can give a card for that... I assume the ref believed there was no contact and thats why it was called...

IMO he was wrong, it happens... but the "luck" and bad calls by the ref evened out over the match..

This post was edited on 3/31/18 at 8:40 am

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:40 am to TFTC

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Then 95% of penalties are dives

That number is very high, but if that's what it takes to get players to stop acting like they just got shot in the ankle, I'm all for it.

Seeing Mane act like he broke his ankle was embarrassing.

This post was edited on 3/31/18 at 8:41 am

Posted by TheZaba

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:40 am to TFTC

Also with how many times Benteke fricked up 1 on 1's while he was here it was only fair that it continued

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:42 am to pvilleguru

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Seeing Mane act like he broke his ankle was embarrassing.

hey, that shite may have hurt..

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:43 am to TheZaba

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Also with how many times Benteke fricked up 1 on 1's while he was here it was only fair that it continued

No doubt...

He's really a shell of the player he was at Villa...

Posted by JackVincennes

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:49 am to TFTC

I'm not a fan of the Mane dive either, he had a chance upon contact but once that moment was gone it looked like he played for Spurs. And speaking of Spurs, we have gotten fricked so many times this year by these a-hole refs that I'm not apologizing for shite.

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 8:55 am to JackVincennes

im just saying most of these guys go down with contact in the box.. he felt it and went down... the ref doesn't have to give the penalty and he didnt.. generally speaking, refs will only give a penalty if someone goes down...

I think yellows should be reserved for those where there is clearly no contact...

Posted by Tigerfan7218

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 10:02 am to JackVincennes

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Who is this team that actually finishes 1 goal matches after scoring in the 80th minute?! Especially at Selhurst. VVD is worth every penny and Robbo and Karius are massive upgrades

Didn't wake up in time to watch it, but yeah we don't win this match in year's past after giving up the early pen (hell not sure we win this one earlier this season).. It's amazing the improvements we've seen defensively in a very very brief time

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 3/31/18 at 11:53 am to Tigerfan7218

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Nashville on July 22 (probably against Roma)
Man City at MetLife Stadium on July 25
Man United at the Big House

Looks like I'll be driving over to Ann Arbor..