Let’s talk about 6 baby, Let’s talk about 2019-2020 LFC

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

"Liverpool possibly deserved it".

Damn, Ty. It was 3-1 and the 1 was after the game was finished.

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

I’m a big fan of Robbie. He wasn’t having any of that. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

Same. He and Paul Machin from Redmen TV did a great interview afterwards.

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

Athletic with some great insight into trent’s game

 

Michael Cox: Alexander-Arnold is reinventing the English definition of a full back — and Arsenal let him run riot 
https://theathletic.com/1162465/2019/08/26/alexander-arnold-reinventing-english-definition-of-full-back/

[Bone3421 716]

Athletic with some great insight into trent’s game
 
Michael Cox: Alexander-Arnold is reinventing the English definition of a full back — and Arsenal let him run riot 
https://theathletic.com/1162465/2019/08/26/alexander-arnold-reinventing-english-definition-of-full-back/

Better hope the athletic doesnt get wind of this....thread on r/liverpool about how they cant copy/paste athletic articles because the athletic contacted reddit to say its copyright infringement or something

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

 

 

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

We really need to get a Matip extension done over the international break. Dude is a top 10 cb in Europe these days. 

[mdmost 43,850]

Man, you remember all those years we yearned for 4 backs like this?

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

 

[mdmost 43,850]

We'll find out tomorrow morning but it would certainly be nice to skip both La Liga teams in Pot 2. Also, we drew MK Dons for the Caribou B Team squad spectacular. 

Liverpool's potential opponents in the 2019-20 Champions League group stage have now been confirmed.

As reigning European Cup holders, the Reds are in Pot 1 for Thursday’s draw in Monaco along with Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Zenit St Petersburg.

They will be placed in a section with one team from each of the other three pots, listed below.

Jürgen Klopp’s men cannot face a fellow Premier League side at this stage of the competition, so will not be drawn with Tottenham Hotspur from Pot 2.

The first round of group-stage matches will take place on September 17/18 and the phase will conclude on December 10/11.

Pot 2

Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Napoli
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ajax
Benfica

Pot 3

Lyon
Bayer Leverkusen
Salzburg
Olympiacos
Club Brugge
Valencia
Internazionale
Dinamo Zagreb

Pot 4

Lokomotiv Moscow
Genk
Galatasaray
RB Leipzig
Slavia Prague
Red Star Belgrade
Atalanta
Lille

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

First step of defending the title takes place tomorrow. Bring on all comers. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

 

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

Neymar shocked face makes it go to 11.

And you'll never convince me that Mane didn't kick that ball into Sanches' arm on purpose.

[406W30th 1,111]

17 hours ago, mdmost said:

We'll find out tomorrow morning but it would certainly be nice to skip both La Liga teams in Pot 2.

I dunno. Would be pretty fun to smash Real Madrid in the group stage.

Hardest pot would probably be Dortmund, Lyon, Red Star Belgrade. Never a fun trip to Serbia.

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

We’re Group E.

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

Dodged Real Madrid. Whew. 

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

We get Napoli. I’ll take it. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

1 minute ago, Jive Turkey said:

We get Napoli. I’ll take it. 

Of course City draws the weakest opponent. Could be worse though.

[maninblack 7,975]

Napoli again is just kind of boring. Group G is trash. City get a fucking gift when they shouldn't even be in the tournament.

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

 Salzburg is the third. Nice. 

Edited August 29, 2019 by Jive Turkey

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

Genk of Belgium is the fourth. 

[406W30th 1,111]

Our group sucks.

 

[pied 252]

5 minutes ago, 406W30th said:

Our group sucks.

 

Not familiar with RB Salzburg or Gent, but have to like the travel.  Just get out of the group.

[C-Man 27,685]

37 minutes ago, maninblack said:

City get a fucking gift when they shouldn't even be in the tournament.

How do you figure?

[mdmost 43,850]

At least we didn’t get Red Star again

[406W30th 1,111]

8 minutes ago, pied said:

Not familiar with RB Salzburg or Gent, but have to like the travel.  Just get out of the group.

Salzburg is managed by Jesse Marsch, which is pretty cool. They, like all RB clubs, scout young, unproven talent extremely well. (They were the club that Sadio Mané played for when he burst onto the scene.) But they're still a club from Austria, so it should be a relative cakewalk. Salzburg is a gorgeous city though, so at least the traveling fans will have that going for them.

Genk is basically the Belgian version of RB Salzburg. Tons of talent has emerged from their club (N'Didi, Leon Bailey, S M-S), but again, it should be an easy fixture.

And yes, getting out of the group is the most important thing, and that should be a given with this group. But there's not an interesting game in the bunch, at least on paper. Napoli will be a nightmare for traveling fans not looking to get into a knife fight.

[Bone3421 716]

Congrats to Becker and VVD on the awards

Group will be very blah....but the fun starts after the group stage

[Jive Turkey 12,930]

12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

How do you figure?

probably the financial fair play violations that were swept under the rug.

Quote

An investigation into accusations that Premier League champion Manchester City misled European soccer’s financial regulators in pursuit of its success on the field is expected to recommend that the team be barred from the Champions League, European soccer’s richest competition and the trophy the club covets most.

English soccer authorities and officials at UEFA, European soccer’s governing body and the organizer of the Champions League, have for months been investigating Manchester City amid allegations of rule-breaking revealed in damaging leaks over much of the past year. Members of the investigatory chamber of UEFA’s financial control board, a group set up to analyze the accounts of clubs suspected of breaking strict cost-control regulations, met two weeks ago in Nyon, Switzerland, to finalize their conclusions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/sports/manchester-city-champions-league-uefa.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

Edited August 29, 2019 by Jive Turkey

[Bone3421 716]

How do you figure?

Financial Fair Play....AC Milan is banned from Europa this year and City should be next

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

27 minutes ago, pied said:

Not familiar with RB Salzburg or Gent, but have to like the travel.  Just get out of the group.

Yeah. I think it's a good draw. We should get out and the fact that we don't have to travel to Moscow in winter is a plus.

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

Our worst game of the season last year was away at Napoli. I anticipate us coming out firing in that game. 

[C-Man 27,685]

53 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

probably the financial fair play violations that were swept under the rug.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/sports/manchester-city-champions-league-uefa.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

 

52 minutes ago, Bone3421 said:

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

How do you figure?

Financial Fair Play....AC Milan is banned from Europa this year and City should be next

Gotcha

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

Don’t ever take days like today for granted. 

 

Reigning Champions League title holders and super league holders with Alisson crowned UEFA Goalie of the year and Van Dijk crowned defender/player of the year. 

 

BACK ON OUR FUCKING PERCH!

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

Messi would trade it all away if he had the superpower of Alex Mack

 

[Firemans4Horn 18,500]

Article about how terrible Arsenal’s gameplan was against us last week. 

 

https://statsbomb.com/2019/08/anatomy-of-a-half/

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

Yeah. As said earlier, they set up to avoid a 5-0 drubbing. God knows why.

[Bone3421 716]

Champions league....
9/17 @ napoli
10/2 salzburg
10/23 @ genk
11/5 genk
11/27 napoli
12/10 @ salzburg

[Bone3421 716]

Hopefully have group wrapped up after napoli so we can rest guys vs salzburg during holiday schedule.....if super lucky 12pts before napoli could be enough

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

Crazy start to this match.

[Hagbard Celine 11,159]

every game is must-win.

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

What a pass by Hendo.

[Hagbard Celine 11,159]

finally a move to goal

[mdmost 43,850]

TAA! Always nice to get an unintentional goal

Edited August 31, 2019 by mdmost

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

Hahaha, what a goal by TAA.

[Hagbard Celine 11,159]

david seaman holla!!!

[maninblack 7,975]

I'll take it

[mdmost 43,850]

Mane! Beautiful pass by Bobby

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

Mane!

 

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

Well executed. Good finish for Mane.

[Hagbard Celine 11,159]

excellent.  can start flipping channels.