FSG are within the strategy of ballsing it up for Liverpool once more however what would Elon Musk do in his first ten days as proprietor? Additionally, ought to Manchester United have given Erik ten Hag extra time?
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Musk’s first ten days as Liverpool proprietor
With Elon Musk positively set to buy Liverpool (not less than in line with our ever-reliable tabloids), I ordered my staff of boffins to fireplace up the quantum supercomputer and predict the world’s richest man’s first – and final – ten days as membership proprietor.
Day 1: Musk buys Liverpool FC with US Authorities cash and his first acts as proprietor are to rename Anfield ‘QAnonfield’ and substitute the Liverbird on the membership badge with a kind of heelarious smiley fox canine issues.
Day 2: Has it written into the membership’s information that he was their founder, high scorer and best ever supervisor.
Day 3: Appoints Rupert Lowe as finance director and Joe Rogan as health coach who then implements a coaching regime that entails consuming liquidised copies of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and microdosing on Ketamine.
Day 4: Musk Sacks Mo Salah, saying him to be a DEI rent.
Day 5: Appoints himself supervisor and conducts staff choice by way of Twitter Ballot.
Day 6: After dropping 164-0 to Borussia Dortmund with a staff that includes James Corden and the lady that put the cat within the bin up entrance, Musk cuts off satellite tv for pc entry for Germany.
Day 7: Musk, having sacked all his SpaceX engineers for ‘being too woke’, begins designing his personal rockets with the intention of launching them as a part of the half-time present at QAnonfield. Sadly the primary launch explodes into the Kop finish, obliterating the well-known stand. With the stadium nearly empty aside from a handful of Musk fanboys, the one casualty is the visitor of honour, Nigel Farage, who suffers a barely singed left buttock.
Day 8: Having alienated each single Liverpool fan, Musk’s plans to entice feminine supporters to the bottom by providing them a free pot of his man milk are met with widespread disgust.
Day 9: Musk’s ‘cost-cutting’ measure to sack all membership safety workers and substitute them with ED-209s goes mistaken in probably the most predictable manner as they tear by the town. Complete carnage is averted nevertheless as they fail to barter the steps at St George’s Corridor.
Day 10: After protest on the streets from Spirit of Shankly the place they name him imply, nasty names, Musk broadcasts he’s ditching Liverpool and buys Man Utd from the Glazers as an alternative. Already a hero in Salford, he appoints Wayne Rooney as supervisor. Their type stays dreadful however suffers no noticeable decline. Musk lastly discovers internal peace and validation by watching Antony’s stepovers in sluggish movement and retires from public life.
Quarantino, ITFC, Chairman of the Bored
Liverpool’s ‘cow on ice’
Residence to LA now after almost a month within the UK, not having anticipated coming again to a smoggy orange-black sky and enormous smoldering patches of a metropolis in break. Jet-lag helped in waking 4am right here to see our early cup tie vs Accrington Stanley at Anfield, however forgive me the few mottled remarks I wish to make.
– the match was skitterish for half a half, and fairly shocked to see Alexander-Arnold beginning at the moment; draw your personal conclusions there
– initially thought we’d by no means preserve a clear sheet with Endo pushing excessive in VVD’s spot towards a speedy ahead
– regardless of aiding the opener Darwin had me tearing my hair out once more all match lengthy; I recall Maria Sharapova as soon as calling herself a cow on ice (in a uncommon present of self-deprecation); draw your personal connections there
– had solely seen a couple of YouTube clips of Ngumoha enjoying in varied Unders earlier than at the moment… watching him for 70 min lastly gave me extra readability what the hype is about; the child is sensational (1st half particularly), made up we’ve nicked him off Chelsea, he appears extremely promising
– sheer pleasure to observe one other Jayden Danns loping run via the middle of the park and doing precisely what cows on ice can’t with a tidy poacher’s end
– I’d frightened Chiesa was turning into an Italian Arthur Melo for us and we’d by no means see him lace up correctly, and never that one strike strikes the needle a lot, however how may you not love the beaming smile on this man’s face in any case he’s been by
– proper, it’s again to mattress now for me goodnight
Eric, Los Angeles CA (I’ve observed for years the Kop hangs a banner that reads Los Angeles You Are Too Scorching, and whereas I do know the Morrisey observe I’ve by no means understood why it’s hung there. Effectively I nonetheless don’t, however suffice to say it resonates deeply for me in the intervening time.)
Man Metropolis to check brittle Liverpool
The sky blue tetris bricks are gliding into place to place Metropolis in prime place to take benefit if Liverpool’s squad crumbles an excessive amount of underneath the burden of battling on 4 fronts.
On the again the unfastened ( overplayed ) items are Virgil and Gravenberch . Scousers are little doubt conserving every thing crossed that they each make it by winter and preserve going into the Spring.
You’ll suppose that Arne’s summer time saving would enable him to herald a Marc Guehi sort long run resolution, although there are not any noises to date.
The opposite defensive fragile bits are, I suppose, Konate , Bradley, Robertson and the Greek fellah Tsimikas (?)
To which I wonder if Dominik has been pressed into whispering to his worldwide staff mate about how the docks are far funkier and culturally cooler than the Dorset coast.
As soon as once more I don’t get the ‘having to’ play in 4 competions nowadays , its ludicrous.
Psycologically, having Pep within the rearview mirror with Metropolis’s latest historical past of come backs and so on will check the mettle of Slot and his crew.
Peter . ( good to see Graham Porter again ). Andalucia.
Do FSG by no means study?
Staunch Liverpool supporter for over 50 years.
Will we NEVER study from our previous classes?
Proper now we’re standing in an awesome place to win the league.
BUT, we’re just a few accidents to key gamers, or a little bit of lack of type (EG final 2 video games) from being pulled again.
We have been in an identical place final yr chasing for 4 trophies and what did FSG do – nothing!
They’ve been sluggish in addressing the contract points of three key gamers.
And worse, do they not notice than NOW is the time to strengthen the squad.
So right here’s my new years want checklist:
1) A brand new left again – Love Robbo, however he’s slowing down and might’t play all of the video games and Tsimikas has been terrible these days.
2) A stable Heart again – If we lose Virgil we’re f***ed, Konate is sweet however damage inclined and Quansah simply isn’t fairly prepared for a beginning spot towards higher groups. Joe can be injured.
Come on FSG pull your finger out, we might by no means get a greater alternative.
Neil, LFC, USA (Please play the children on Saturday)
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Lacking Ten Hag
This most likely deserves a set off warning however no matter.
I do suppose Ten Hag would have made us aggressive within the league with extra time. We all know his trophy document. Setting apart rumours he had misplaced the squad, he was mid-overhaul, having been concerned in introducing and bringing in: Amad, Mainoo, Mazra, De Ligt, Martinez, Yoro, Ugarte – all of whom are key to the facet – together with Højlund, who I consider nonetheless might be and Garnacho who’s simply not within the new Amorim system. Plus there have been clearly plans to introduce extra academy gamers, a transfer that appears to have stalled, and the addition of different future massive skills.
He removed downside gamers too, and had helped nurture Maguire again to type and Rashford to one among his greatest seasons. After we had a full energy facet for a heartbeat, we beat Metropolis in a ultimate.
I don’t suppose it’s that wild to say extra time would have continued to enhance issues. Positive, the membership over spent on Antony and Zirkzee however actually each supervisor will get some issues mistaken.
You possibly can take a look at the information of many a supervisor, who’ve achieved much less in additional time. However after all, it might be we already noticed the height and it was going to be downhill from right here.
Sliding doorways. Nonetheless suppose he ought to have seen out the season so not less than in worst case the subsequent man had a switch window and a pre-season.
Badwolf
United should cease being a ‘Vacation spot Membership’
Of the various issues that Man United want to repair as a staff, from Ratcliffe to Amorim, is that they should cease United being a ‘Vacation spot membership’. In truth, I wasn’t even conscious of this phrase until a few months in the past, nevertheless it all is smart. Many gamers come to United, they usually really feel that they’ve arrived. So lots of United’s high paid gamers in latest occasions have such suboptimal effort and affect. Take into consideration Pogba, Rashford, Sanchez, Sancho, Casemiro, Varane. The malaise has additionally affected youthful gamers, who get forward of themselves reminiscent of Garnacho and by some experiences Mainoo. Though they’re most likely taking a look at Antony’s 200k/week and pondering ‘I’m higher than that!’
Worse, United have been spending like a vacation spot membership with out really being an elite staff. That’s the worst mixture. Madrid is a vacation spot membership which were elite on the pitch. I appear to recall that their first iteration of galacticos performed a number of Hollywood soccer however didn’t win almost as a lot because the staff would counsel, however over the previous 10 years, you possibly can’t argue with their mannequin.
Ripping off this band-aid might be painful. It means gamers will typically go away for different ‘vacation spot’ golf equipment. That’s okay. We will see at the moment the distinction between Amad’s affect and Rashford’s. Rashford is taller, stronger, quicker, and arguably a extra proficient footballer. The distinction is just that Amad is working tougher and seeking to get higher every single day. The mindset that CR7 embodied, and that mixture of top-level expertise coupled with high degree dedication is what’s wanted. If it involves a selection, high degree dedication will take the membership additional than high degree expertise. Simply take a look at Bournemouth and Forest.
Clearly price Mainoo and would hate him to go. But when it’s a selection between paying him foolish wages or letting him go, I’d somewhat the latter. Proper now, there’s an ever-larger pool of expertise on the market and within the academy too, and the sensible cash is on discovering gamers who consider that they should preserve bettering, somewhat than these searching for a payout.
Ved Sen (MUFC)
Down with inverted wingers
After watching [insert inverted wingers name here] cease his run, reduce and go it inside for the nth time, I had an epiphany on why I dislike fashionable soccer a lot. Once you distill soccer all the way down to its essence, the factor that will get us all off our seats is a participant working at, and beating an opponent. OR as we used to name it within the previous days… dribbling!
I used to be not fortunate sufficient to see George Finest reside however many have advised me that when he picked up the ball in midfield, the group would nearly go quiet in anticipation. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to see Messi reside and the entire crowd would lean ahead or stand, mesmerized by what he would possibly do (no, he didn’t play his entire profession as an inverted winger!).
In fact there are exceptions to each rule, and some, like Robben and Henry to call two, have been just about unstoppable on their day however inform me you don’t hark again to the times of a winger beating a person and getting a cross in? Or do you favor the soporific “tiki taka” that Guardiola perfected?
There’s a sensible facet to this as nicely. Every time the IW cuts inside, he compacts the opposing midfield and protection. Watch a recreation in excessive velocity and it is sort of a pendulum, left to proper to left to proper. However beat the primary participant and you’ve got created house requiring a defender to return out of place, which creates extra space. In truth, I’ll be keen to wager that even on this extremely regimented, precision soccer we now see, nearly all of objectives are scored from quick working breaks down the wings adopted by some type of cross into the field.
For instance my level, inform me a extra exhilarating aim than Henrick Larsson’s flying header towards Bulgari in Euro2004.
Adidasmufc (Too depressed in regards to the L.A. fires to supply a pithy tagline)
The Premier League’s greatest recruiters
I’ve a query for the mailbox, in mild of the latest chat about Arteta and his spending, and taking into consideration earlier chat about Liverpool underneath Klopp and United underneath approx 427 managers within the final 10 years: what golf equipment have observe document in recruitment? We’re not speaking “offers that make a revenue” however offers the place the participant works out.
My default would have been Metropolis, with the most effective chequebook supervisor within the enterprise. Nevertheless, once you actually take a look at it, is that true? They’ve the trophies however that is extra about share of transfers which can be good. Many hits (e.g. Aguero, Toure, Kompany, De Bruyne), for certain, however an terrible lot of misses (Robinho, Jesus, Balotelli and so on). Is Ake successful? Was Cancelo? Was Sterling? Or is it simply that they’ve spent a mid sized nations funding fund and had some wins alongside the way in which?
United have had a couple of good transfers however positively extra horrible ones. I might say that has turned barely within the final 4 years with extra wins than losses, however nonetheless not an awesome steadiness. In any respect. Even underneath Sir Alex it was barely a stable steadiness. Some main wins, but in addition a bunch of Djemba Djembas.
Arsenal? Is Havertz successful? Is Rice? Odegaard definitely is. Gabriel and Saliba are wins. Jesus and Sterling are positively not. (Undoubtedly not an awesome steadiness underneath Arteta although.)
Liverpool? My intuition is that it’s a stable steadiness, however once you take a look at the main points, there’s some stable losses there too. Gravenberch has turned from one to the opposite. Nunez is a nope (from me).
Chelsea? Yikes. Like Metropolis however with extra loopy and blind throwing cash at a wall. And what of gamers like Salah and De Bruyne? The correct participant however not given an opportunity? No explaining Lukaku although.
Newcastle? I might say they’ve finished fairly nicely, however once more the failures are sometimes on the quiet.
Spurs? A stable bag of frogs is my really feel. For each Son there’s many a Bergwijn. Is Udogi successful?
Assist me out, who has really finished nicely or is everybody simply altering it with dangerous or higher PR?
Badwolf
Salah the all-round genius
Sure, Salah bangs within the objectives like nobody ever has earlier than, after which he places a cherry on high, by establishing objectives for throughout him (I’m certain he’ll even present an help for Joe Gomez earlier than this season is completed). However he has one other expertise that places all that within the shade.
He’s clearly the world’s greatest contract negotiator – simply take a look at how he nailed the very sensible chaps at FSG to the ground. He retains the followers firmly in his nook by enjoying with a smile on his face, by no means giving up, and offering and scoring a truck load of objectives. Then he will get the followers to barter on his behalf by dropping little bombshells every time he wins his weekly MOTM award, and on the identical time he’s telling FSG I would like every thing – money, gold, their first born kids, and so on, and there’s little or no FSG can counter with. In contrast, evaluate him to different pre-Madonnas who act like petulant kids stamping their toes and screaming that they need an ice-cream, while doing lower than fuck all on the pitch (sure, Trent, I’m taking a look at you). Salah shouldn’t be solely a footballing genius, he’s a genius full-stop. Pay him.
CJB, LFC, Dublin. PS: I’m not 100% sure the Gomez aim will occur.
The Spurs benefit
Sorry Tom G however you and Ange are (presumably deliberately in his case) conflating that recommendation about not stopping promising assaults with the legal guidelines round purple card offences:
“Except there’s a clear goal-scoring alternative for the non-offending staff, the referee shouldn’t play the benefit following red-card offences, notably these involving severe foul play or violent conduct, or offences that require a second yellow card.”
James Outram, Wirral
Media twisting Arteta
Pricey Gofezo and lots of others if you happen to actually suppose Arteta is ‘blaming’ the ball for Arsenal’s Carabo Cup defeat then you definately actually didn’t take heed to Arteta’s publish match interview and it’s an instance of the place we’re on this media world how his phrases have been twisted and the way in which individuals have fallen for it.
Remarking on one thing shouldn’t be the identical as complaining about it and it’s definitley not the identical as blaming it.
The truth that Arteta talks about the primary factor being scoring objectives and never being medical sufficient in entrance of aim being ignored by the media speaks volumes. And for an professional such as you Gofezo to fall for the twisted phrases of the media speeaks volumes about your analysis strategies.
Chris, Croydon
