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🤦‍♀️ https://www.redbull.com/mea-en/how-trent-alexander-arnold-trains

If youre interested, and can make it through the first paragraphs, some insight here on how often liverpool players train, and their attitude to it (about 1 day a week rest, but 3 a month is fine...) https://www.redbull.com/mea-en/how-trent-alexander-arnold-trains

I do agree he could be benched, but I would definitely play someone else in his place, we need 11 players on the pitch.

That's because pressing is a team endeavour. Arma often initiates the press because he is relatively quick and runs for days. The reason it looks futile is that he hasn't been getting the backup. Sulemana gave some second half in the week, but usually, the other forwards just watch. That will change now, and think arma will look good again with more support.

I think at least some people on here need to admit they have prejudice, because they have literally pre-judged. Feel free to justify why you are prejudiced, but I don't think you can realistically claim you are not prejudiced if you posted early on this topic and made a (pre) judgement. These days, it's as likely to be a jealous incel or a wronged asylum seeker as it is to be an islamist terrorist, so you do have to wait to know. Jumping in with assumptions implies you are more interested in furthering your own prejudices than with what has actually happened.

The perpetrator sounds like he would get on with some of the people on here... "the suspect is an outspoken critic of Islam, and has promoted conspiracy theories regarding an alleged plot by German authorities to islamicise Europe."

Finally a thread where we can talk about the new manager. Crazy that we haven't had a thread to discuss the new manager earlier.

We gave them possession 60yards from goal, that's an improvement on 20-30 yards, and gave us a chance to stay in the game for longer. At least this way the opponent has to be able to break us down to score and do something with the ball. Against the likes of palace and Fulham, they will find it harder and we might actually sneak some points.

Certainly gary o Neil would be an appointment to demonstrate how things could get even worse. Would be similar to the nathan jones appointment in that we would know he is doomed from day 1, will give us some terrible moments and then be off again in a couple of months.

He'd make our first team now...

Mourinho is 50/1 if you're interested.

Don't know what you've done to hurt your ai, but I did the same and got this: "We have decided to part ways with our Men’s First Team Manager, Russell Martin. This decision was not easy, but it reflects our current reality. We were all aware of the uphill battle we faced as we returned to the Premier League, the most competitive league in the world. Despite our collective efforts and the board's support for Russell and his staff, the results have not met our expectations, and a change in leadership was necessary. We are grateful to Russell and his staff for their dedication and hard work over the past 18 months. The memories of last season, especially the Play-Off Final win in May, will always be cherished by everyone at the club. Simon Rusk, our Under-21s Manager, will step in as interim manager while we search for a permanent replacement. In the background, we remain optimistic about the future, thanks to the promising talent emerging from our Academy. Our young players’ contributions are a source of pride and strength for the club. We deeply appreciate the unwavering support and positivity from our fans. Your passion and understanding, especially in challenging times, fuel our long-term commitment to the club."

They only put an R after the name when it is mathematically certain.

From the coverage - was it ramsdale saying it?

"Fans still with the team. Lads dug in for russell martin second half."

Because he kept running. It's not his fault he isn't premier league standard, at least he put his shift in.

Twas ever the case.

You can't achieve the best ever 5 goal comeback without conceding 5 first.

Back to possession football after the boards first half experiment, and it's a lot more even. Vindication for rm and should quieten down the naysayers.

Think rm has given the fans what they asked for, we've been playing high press, and abandoned the possession football, looking for channels instead. This is what we asked for, it just shows how incredible a job rm has been doing in the other games for them to be as close as they have been. I think the board probably forced this on him, and now he has all the ammo needed to guarantee his job to the end of the season...

You can't achieve the best 5 goal comeback of all time without conceding 5 first.

I am, he is on track to get our projected target points-wise. Once you accept that the bookies, as always, were correct, we were always going to end up with low doubledigit points, and you can't do that and win with exciting football - it was always going to be a grind. Trust in the process. This will be the least exciting relegation battle for some years, with us wolves and Ipswich all way off the pace.

I actually agree with him, the championship is a much better league, properly competitive. Last season was better than this one. Next season will be better than this one. The best we will ever get in the Premier League is a 6th-10th place finish, which would be boring as anything.

5th from bottom? We'd all take that at the end of the season. In that context, RM is doing well, results wise.

*dad joke klaxon* If you have a #scartissue, get rid and replace with HDMI. It's superior quality even if you are still watching shit.