Dark Munster

And they're still our back up goalies. Boruc > Gazza/KD

If he doesn't "do a Boruc" he's more than capable of playing a blinder. We all know of his capabilities (good and bad). I'm sure he'll be pumped up for this game. 8-0 would be nice, but I'll be happy with a 1-0.

The ref gave away the penalty for a perfectly good tackle. VVD wisely avoided a yellow by not remonstrating too much, knowing that there were only a few seconds left.

Great stream

****ing assistant ref.

All true, but if Stek gets injured we're ****ed. He was touch and go starting yesterday, so if he's not 100% fit I wouldn't risk playing him. Instead put the lesser of the other 2 evils in goal, and play the strongest outfield 10 in front of him.

I thought he was excellent yesterday. I voted him Motm.

Actually, it could be a genius sending off. a) He possibly would have been rested against Villa anyway, and b) Instead of having one yellow added to his season's tally, he gets none. I'm not sure if I'm right about b) (please correct me if I'm wrong). But if I am wrong and the 2 yellows do add to his season's tally, that would be unfair, given that they also count as a red and a one match ban. Edit: Maybe the first is added to the season tally but not the second?

I think most would disagree with that. I certainly do.

Could've been worse: They gave Boruc 1/10.

Seems a bit of a teacher's pet selection to me. But in Ronnie we trust, I suppose.

Oh, oh. He's not going to be very happy. Can't wait for his reaction. [video=youtube;-8FZA5Uav6A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8FZA5Uav6A

Klopp's Sloppy Kop Flops are Stopped, Chopped Down and Bopped by Top Saints.

I thought the middle class is dying?

Same with me. Unlike Spurs I have nothing against Liverpool as a club, now that Brenda's gone. But of course in the unlikely event Lovren plays I hope he gets a hat trick. Of own goals.

But that's the whole point. The club should have ponied up for a decent PL quality back up keeper. Not a top class keeper, but a solid back up. Just like virtually every other PL club has been able to do. And no, Stek isn't our current back up. He's our number 1 at least until the new year, and very possibly the whole season.

Anyway, were there any questions about the goalkeeping situation?

Maybe we should give the benefit of the doubt that so22 meant the dark periods of Branfoot and Administration. Certainly plenty of great days in between (and after!)

It is easy to loan out a player, unless he's a Tommy Fourpast (who even the Skates wouldn't want). If no-one in the lower leagues wants to have Kelvin on loan then he shouldn't be anywhere near the first team for us anyway. The other club probably wouldn't want to pay all his wages, but some of it would be offset. No-one says the whole season was a failure. The gamble that FF would not get injured was wrong. We picked up 1 point per game when he was out. A place or two higher in the table would mean direct entry into the Europa group stage, along with a couple of million extra pounds in position money. Luckily he didn't get injured earlier.

Yes, yes it does. If FF had got injured after the window had closed you'd have point, but it's well-known since last season that he's out for a long time, very probably for the whole season. Stek wan't brought in as a number 2, he was brought in as a number 1 replacement. A decent number 2 should also have been brought in. KD didn't do a Boruc yesterday, but his inadequacies unnerved the whole team. Compare yesterday's performance vs the one against Chelsea. If we'd had someone like Boruc in goal I bet the team would have gone on to win. It's ok if a back up does an occasional clanger (that's why they are back ups!), as long he's otherwise a solid GK. And for those who argue about wages and having too many goalies spoiling the broth, I'm sure the club could afford to leave Kelvin out of the squad while still paying his wages, or even give him a nice golden parachute. Like they did with that nutjob who left recently. The club gambled and failed last season, and history may be repeating itself. Of course they may be lucky and Stek will be back next week, and fit for the rest of the season. It's still a stupid gamble.

Yes, It's very peculiar.

This. When will they learn?

Yes, but those 700,000+ post threads are a joke, full of drivel and meaningless crap just to pad it out. Ours on the other hand is surely the bestest long thread in the world.

Clean up needed in aisle 13 ....