Liverpool Thread - Premier League Champions* 2019/20 (Part 2)

Good to see shelvey start, bellamy had a great game. Interesting to see carra come on and play dm for the last 10 min.

I missed the second half, did anything of particular note happen?

Suarez hit the post twice but thats about it, pool should have scored another few as well but in the end the result is all that matters

The league is getting pretty tight between 3rd (Spurs, 34) and us 29 points. Should be a few wins over the Christmas period, away vs Wigan. Home vs Blackburn (possibly a new manager by then) Home vs Newcastle. Anything less than....6 points would be disappointing.

Imo opinion we should be aiming for 7 points against those teams, if not 9, because the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham should probably be racking up a few wins as well.

After Spurs this week Chelsea have Fulham, Villa and Wolves. Arsenal have Villa this week, then Wolves, QPR, and Fulham, so there is the possibility that they might not drop any points over the next few games either. I believe that after this week Tottenham have a reasonably easy draw for the next few games as well, so getting results will be crucial for Liverpool to stay in touch in the new year.

Of course, everything could change with the transfer window opening soon. I am hoping (optimistically I will admit) that the owners will give Kenny as much freedom as they have in the last two windows, in which case we could be looking at having a very solid squad by February. Fingers crossed!

Good to see we have landed another highly rated teenager, Jordan Ibe from Wycombe. robags2011-12-21 06:34:04

Suarez guilty as I expected, eight match ban!

https://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/luis-suarez-20-12-11

[QUOTE=Arsenal]Suarez guilty as I expected, eight match ban!

https://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/luis-suarez-20-12-11[/QUOTE]

40k is nothing to someone on 2-3 times that a week though haha.

True, but no one enjoys paying a fine, no matter how much you earn, just won't sting him as much. Would his wages be docked while he is not available due to suspension???

It really is a double blow for Liverpool though - Suarez out for eight matches and Andy Carroll playing.

I'd eight to be Suarez right now.

What a f...ing joke.

LFC statement is worth a read for a laugh too:

https://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/liverpool-fc-statement-20-12-11

Basically saying Suarez has black friends and therefore can't have said anything racist to Evra.

I was wrong- I can be arsed. Jazzman2011-12-21 10:27:18

John Terry to get 16 weeks then as he has no friends

losing Suarez for this long will prevent Liverpool making the top 4
big call by the FA

8 weeks seems like a f**king huge ban, even if he was guilty that would have really surprised me.

Looks like Kenny might have to go shopping in January then!

Unfudging believable.

Great statement from LFC, this ain't over by any means.

Free Suarez.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8937652/Luis-Suarez-career-flashpoints-of-Liverpool-striker.html

A bit of a cock TBF

Surely there will be an appeal. Does seem like the FA wanted to make an example out of him. Seems a little weird that no other player from eaither team heard any of it. Bloody disapointed

Wonder how John Terry will be feeling right now?

8 weeks what a joke. Deserved a slap over the wrist with a wet bus ticket, nothing more.

They missed the one where he did his acrobatic routine when tackled by Rodwell and got Rodwell sent off. The card was immediately rescinded after the game as NO contact was made.
The petulant little sh1t deserves everything he gets. And some.

At the moment he deserves nothing. Let's wait for this miraculous evidence that the FA have stumbled across...

The one man who so far has been found twice by the FA to be unreliable in his two previous altercations:

FA: "We find Mr Evra's account exaggerated and unreliable."

Waiting to find out if Evra did indeed say the following:

To the Ref during the same match: "You only booked me because I'm black."

To Suarez (apparently admitted by Evra in his written statement): "Take your hands off me you South American."

There's also the 'context' of what was said of which there are only two witnesses so again it's one man's word against another.

It's Patrice Evra. He is one of the biggest c**ts in football, EVER.

Just beacause you believe him to be a c--t means zip to me. However, I agree with you. I don't believe that anyone can be found guilty on what has been presented so far. I think he probably did abuse Evra, but the whole thing is a joke.

Did he abuse Evra? Don't know

Needed a pick-me-up after all this racism...

LFC Season review for 87/88

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Best LFC team ever? Barnes, Beardsly and Aldridge were a phenomenal force up front.

I miss Barnes...

you dont really believe that do you?

In terms of Suarez, we don't know all facts from the case and I think it's best to save judgement until(if) those are released.

But either way if Suarez is genuinely guilty or not, Evra is a ballbags

Yep, he really is a massive, massive c**t.

QFT. There's no saying what evidence was used and how they came to the conclusion that they did. I am personally making the assumption that if they are prepared now to suspend him with such a hefty fine and game ban, that they are confident in the decision they made. Only the media are portraying it as one mans word vs anothers - I am guessing the disciplinary panel used various other methods, such as viewing all camera angles available and most likely even went to the length of getting professional lip readers to view the footage.

He hasn't particularly helped himself either by having a sh*t track record.

Disappointed, in both the ban and IF it is true Suarez's conduct.

Personally I think everyone should reserve judgement till the true (as rafa would say) facts come out. I do find it hard to believe that the fa would charge suarez with that sort of fine and ban without more evidence than just evra's word.

Very, very interested to see how they go about the terry situation.

Surely we have to go for a striker in Jan now. But who? We need someone that could hit the ground running as we can't give them the time to adapt so I'm guessing it will be someone within the premier league? I really don't have any idea of who would be available thou......

The more I think about the more I realise that it's extremely unlikely that the ban will get any smaller on appeal. This has taken a long time to come out so it's not like they won't have considered all the facts. And even if the 'facts' are dubious, I think it's unlikely that the FA will back down as they seem to be making an example out of Suarez and will therefore do so even if we ask really nicely that the ban be reduced.

This is such a sh*te situation. Ridiculous drama just follows us everywhere.