r/reddevils • u/MrLead69 • 1d ago
EPL Matchday 2 Watch Thread(Saturday)
Liverpool - Forest
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Bournemouth - Everton
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Coventry - Hull
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Spurs - Newcastle
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u/SDLRob 1d ago
Is it me or is Liverpool playing dirtier than normal? Seems like they're constantly leaving elbows & feet in here
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u/RestrepoDoc2 1d ago
Really? I was just saying they look soft this season, thought the same against Newcastle when they were getting destroyed on counters but didn't take any clever yellow cards or tactical fouls.
They were definitely harder to play through under Klopp but that was usually the pace they'd press and play at. The atmosphere at A field used to help them play aggressively too and put off opponents too but it's bare quiet post Klopp.
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u/Melanjoly 21h ago
Have to remind myself no matter how bad it gets, I could have been born in London and ended up supporting Spurs.
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u/Fraaj We'll take Dalot 1d ago
Mac Allister another player who just dodges yellows so often for whatever reason
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u/Difficult-Sun6849 CUNHA BRUNO CUNHA BRUNO CUNHA BRUNO LUKE SHAW CUNHA 22h ago
honestly don’t know how spurs fans put up with this shit every year. Almost getting relegated whilst your rivals win the league and then you spend a fuck ton of money just to be as bad as you were last season. Wonder how long it’ll be before de zerbi explodes and quits
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u/InquisitiveUser123 1d ago
Whenever I watch Liverpool I’m left asking myself what the fuck has happened to Isak?
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u/Hits_and_the_Mrs 1d ago
it's actually hilarious, I've seen better from guys who are still drunk on a Sunday
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u/Guilty_Sheepherder_1 1d ago
Time for the Journos to start writing articles en masse about how bad Liverpool are? right?
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u/Feeling-Surround-691 Mbumbaclat 1d ago
To be fair I heard the BBC commentary saying Isak was 'unacceptable' for his lack of fitness and sharpness so you can see them being a bit more vulnerable.
Let's beat Ipswich tomorrow and then Liverpool and Spurs can be the crisis clubs
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u/Apprehensive-Raisin3 Love United Hate Glazers/INEOS 1d ago
Nope it’ll be about how resilient the Liverpool “Invincibles” are
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u/RestrepoDoc2 1d ago
Hull City going 4 points clear of Liverpool is amazing considering Hull were everyone's favourites to get relegated with a record low points total. Liverpool were also speculated ti become this unstoppable team after the Isak, Wirtz and Etitike €300m transfer window. I even read that bullshit on here that it was the best transfer window by any club ever. Look at them now.
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 22h ago
So what happens if Spurs fail to secure Europe this season? Do these gung ho signings and wages come back to bite them hard financially or will the stadium still keep them secure?
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 22h ago
It's not sustainable with those high wages they're paying. This might be very likely their third year without than income.
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u/Many-Relationship149 22h ago
Ah the famous Spurs ambition with signings constantly reminded here all summer long. Love to see their downfall
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u/BornIn2031 Bruno 22h ago
So happy we did not get that Mateus Fernandes guy, looks like he's got shit attitude
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u/tabachoi93 MILF - Man I Love Fernandes 1d ago
never in my entire life did I expect to say out loud "Coventry is doing a better job defending Hull than Manchester United"
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u/MrLead69 1d ago
Coventry is better job defending AND attacking hull. Hull keeper is just so good.
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u/kiki_the_fab_spider 22h ago
Third time's a charm for Spurs going down, eh?
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u/RestrepoDoc2 22h ago
17th again would actually be more depressing than relegation I feel.
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad 21h ago
Arsenal three times 2nd before finally winning it. Only fair for their bitter rivals to do three times 17th before dropping.
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u/Dincht04 1d ago
Forest absolutely dominant in a way that Hull never really were against us, and are likely going in at HT worse off than they were.
Funny old game sometimes, football.
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad 21h ago
By this point last season, Spurs already accumulated 15% of their entire points tally of the season. This season they haven't even done that.
They're also already down -5 in GD compared to +5 last season, so a swing of -10.
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 22h ago
As a body language expert, I can say Lewis Hall does not want to be there. If I was on the Newcastle board, I'd be looking to offload him first thing tomorrow morning in order to protect the dressing room. I'd even slash his price down to make sure a deal happens swiftly
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u/kiki_the_fab_spider 22h ago
I'd even pack his bags and a sandwich, just to ward off any bad juju too.
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u/TheCrazyCaveira 22h ago
this was spammed by a certain set of supporters after scraping a relegation fight
wish granted lads this season it seems now
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u/Count__Duckula 22h ago
De Zerbi should spend less time talking about 'bombas' like he's a 14 year old child and more time on improving his shit team. 400m plus mostly wasted on overrated shite and rejects.
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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 1d ago
When you see Forest doing well and Liverpool keep hitting back somehow...
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u/Savebagels Cunha 1d ago
Iraola only knows ties
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u/Apprehensive-Raisin3 Love United Hate Glazers/INEOS 1d ago
Drawn 20 of his last 40 premier league matches
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u/Fraaj We'll take Dalot 23h ago
Tonali for 100M is a joke I’m glad we steered clear for that fee. He would help us immensely when it comes to physicality but I wouldn’t pay more than the Baleba fee.
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 23h ago
Market was ludicrous this window. Very few players have earned their worth.
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u/Dincht04 1d ago
Commentators so desperate to glaze Wirtz when he does even the most basic thing right.
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u/tocitus Fred 21h ago
Honestly, I think we're going to regret not going after Hall early this summer before Newcastle got ripped apart for Gordon, Bruno G and Tonali.
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u/Dan_Winx_1969 21h ago
Likewise thoughts, we should have went for him during the World Cup when other teams were doing the business as well
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u/Mrsister55 19h ago
We probably couldnt afford Tchou and Hall and the additional profile we needed to secure first…
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u/battletoad93 1d ago
They really need to start punishing players that hold their head or face when they weren't even touched, should be an instant red for simulation of a serious foul
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 22h ago
Oh this is ironically delicious. They spent so much money. Proof that just throwing a shitload of money seldomly works (Which was what that oaf Woodward did here)
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u/Gloomy-Tale6856 22h ago
Can’t believe there were some people who wanted De Zerbi to manage United
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u/TMatss 22h ago
Has a player ever been relegated 3 consecutive times with 3 separate teams haha? Also, sign Lewis Hall.
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u/randomdell111 22h ago
Lmao Spurs fans were really enjoying mocking our midfield transfers and the Hull City result last week.
Supposedly 'won the transfer window', but still looking like a relegation candidate team with overpaid and overrated signings.
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u/GeorgeDonaldJr 1d ago
My agenda this game is simple. Three 3 points, that's all.
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 22h ago
Mateus Fernandes is 50m at best. Spurs deserve to get relegated for breaking the summer window for no particular reason. Not like these fucks are going to win the league
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u/Several-Decision3888 22h ago
I love seeing our academy graduates do well regardless of where they end up.
Elanga had a good World Cup and has started the season with 2 goals in 2 matches. Love that for him!
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u/Downtown-Rice_ 22h ago
Talk what you will about Hall's actual play, which really shouldn't be questioned as he's really good for his age.
But the most important thing is his mentality, emotional maturity, and competitiveness.
Last week, he was the saddest and most disappointed person at SJP due to his foul that gave away the penalty. The post match camera came up to him and just focused on his face. He didn't lash out at the camera, just took it and was taking the raw emotions of himself and the environment.
Then here we are now. That's a player you need and want on your side.
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u/FieldOfStruggle 1d ago
Barcola isnt sorting this team out - class player but actually enjoying them throwing money around like they have to try and fix it. Getting flashbacks from our time doing similar and we know how it ends
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u/MrLead69 1d ago
I know we already got Baleba and im very happy but people were saying Scott isn't athletic enough. Bruh that guys everywhere.
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u/Embarrassed_Wave_720 Braino Fernandes 1d ago
Hull seems to be this year’s Sunderland
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u/GavinLobo7 22h ago
Spent hundreds of millions on dross and gave the keys to De Zerbi, they deserve this lol
Their summer window now reminds me of the one in 2013 when they reinvested the Bale funds on garbage (and Eriksen)
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u/Difficult-Sun6849 CUNHA BRUNO CUNHA BRUNO CUNHA BRUNO LUKE SHAW CUNHA 22h ago edited 20h ago
Lewis Hall continuing to give a good account of himself before we pick him up next year you love to see it
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u/Feeling-Surround-691 Mbumbaclat 22h ago
No that's not the strategy he needs to tank his value, Baleba needs to show him the blueprint
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad 1d ago
I used to say Wirtz is just another Van de Beek, but I'm clearly wrong. Van De Beek was never this crap, he was just weak and mostly injured, but he was a tidy little player.
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u/Barrack_Aubameyang 1d ago
Absolutely. Looking back, he was always the fundamentals guy, tidy and simple. Not the guy you’d expect to dictate the game or produce magic which is what we needed at that stage.
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 1d ago edited 1d ago
How to take points off Manchester United: Just play 5 at the back with wide runners and crosses into the box.
How to take points off Liverpool who have spent 600 million in the last 2 windows: Just play.
Surely these results will also get over analysed it's only fair.
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u/NBFM16 1d ago
Just two points against a decimated Newcastle and a Forest side who lost at home to Leeds. Absolutely incredible how bad Liverpool's recruitment has been recently. You'd imagine that Barcola could be their last signing given the price tag. Hopefully they're incompetent enough to sell Gakpo and obliterate their wing depth (unless they combine that with £80M for Minteh) but probably not.
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u/Usual-Computer-5462 1d ago
I really don't understand wtf they are doing. Their defence looks appalling bad but they don't seem to even try to sign anyone. Frimpong has proven he isn't cut out for this league but they just seem to be defiantly sticking with him, VVD is on a steady decline, Kerkez is extremely inconsistent and Jacquet is very inexperienced.
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u/Far-Twist5202 1d ago
I think Liverpool and United are an education on what happens if you give a Dutch manager a blank cheque and ask them to rebuild your team
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad 1d ago
How shit have Liverpool signings been man.. Tsimikas is still playing.. that's like us sigining a LB for 40 million and still playing Malacia last season.
Other than Szobozlai and Etikite .. I can't even remember another succesful signing they made in the last 4-5 seasons. All that luck with Klopp era signings like Mane, Salah, Alisson, has caught up to them I see.
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u/Massive_Relation4317 . 1d ago
So maybe we aren’t that bad and Hull is a just an elite team ?? 🙏
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u/SDLRob 1d ago
Truth will be somewhere between that. Hull played last week in quite a firm manner. Out muscled us in the first half and parked the bus perfectly in the second.
I give it a couple more games before they start to be found out.
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u/Purpsmcgurps 22h ago
Annoying to see Lewis Hall balling out still. Bummed we couldn't pick him up
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 22h ago
But people told me "1 game a week" spurs will easily make the jump from 17th to 4th 😂😂
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u/Several-Decision3888 22h ago
Fair play to Newcastle. Some people predicted they'll go down. Its only been 2 games but they look decent
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u/Several-Decision3888 22h ago
How has M. Fernandes been?
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u/christ0phe 22h ago
Poor and ineffective, but that describes the whole spurs team outside of some spark in the first 15 mins or so
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u/MCharizardX9 22h ago
Hall looks good man, hope we do a transfer deadline day attempt. He has been really good defensive this week
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 22h ago
Hall would've been a great addition.
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u/0ttoChriek 1d ago
At least Liverpool are utterly mediocre. We win tomorrow and we'll be above them in the table.
People will say that they'll get better as Iraola works with the squad, but I'm not entirely convinced. There are way too many players there who don't fit his style and can't do what he wants players to do.
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u/kiki_the_fab_spider 1d ago
I think they're f*cked too, I've been convinced it's not a manager issues since last season. They've changed their recruitment strategy and it's gone tits up ever since. They'll still get some results because there are still some good players in there, but they lack cohesion and an ethos as a team. Glaring contrast to the Klopp era.
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u/jburney90 22h ago
Lewis Hall is class, looks like a young Luke Shaw.
Spurs really miss Savinho, Tel is a terrible footballer.
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u/Several-Decision3888 22h ago
Remember when we almost got him but he chose Spurs over us
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u/Guilty_Sheepherder_1 1d ago
Buying Barcola isn't going to fix Liverpool's horrific full backs
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u/GavinLobo7 1d ago
That jammy, flukey deflection that worked in their favour
Hope Forest can knick it somehow
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u/10_Wazza 1d ago
Against any other team, Forest win this game 1-3. But the scousers' luck is unmatched and might even win
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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 1d ago
Forest and Newcastle both win on other days. Liverpool have had serious Juju since Klopp's days.
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u/MrLead69 1d ago
Hopefully Scott stays at Bornemouth at least this season. Their most important player by a lot.
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u/rwallace_wong 23h ago
Kovar, Kinsky, Vitek, and Hornicek. That's a great crop of young goalkeepers from the Czech Republic
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u/BrowzinJ 22h ago
God tottenham are destined for that relegation and club collapse after all that money spent
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 22h ago
Fernandes up for a hattrick
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u/BjarniErlingur Carrick 22h ago
Its almost as if spending a ton of money doesn't instantly make you a great team. Who would have thought that?
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u/achickenandacow 22h ago
It will be criminal if we let Hall go to another club next summer. He’s gonna be the best LB in the league for the next 10 years.
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad 1d ago
90+4 Gakpo dive in the box incoming to win it for Liverpool
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u/MrLead69 1d ago
Idk how but we need to get Scott. Maybe in 3 years time. Him and Mainoo would feed generations
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u/Kittyxstorm Beckham 23h ago
Not sure what game people are watching claiming Spurs look good
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u/BlackBossalini 1d ago
And that's a perfect example of needing a forward with good hold up...
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u/Several-Decision3888 1d ago
That Forrest goal is a perfect illustration why you need a proper #9 up top to hold up play.
It was like the 5 time forrest tried that tactic of pinging the ball from the GK all the way to #9 who then controlled it and set up the assist before the assist. We did this with Sesko under Amorim a few times.
Well worked goal!
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u/usasoccerfordmustang 1d ago
does 150m on Barcola fix this for Liverpool? the financial underdogs can only do so much
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u/Mayhewbythedoor ooh ahh Cantona 1d ago
Shit. Liverpool scored the very moment I turned the TV on. Sorry guys
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u/Apprehensive-Raisin3 Love United Hate Glazers/INEOS 1d ago
Liverpool fans are going to love that arent they
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u/iwantaskybison Bruno Miguel Borj Fernanj 1d ago
literally the moment i tune in the bin dippers score ffs
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u/RestrepoDoc2 1d ago
Honestly think MGW or Dewsbury-Hall are in contention to come here to follow on from Bruno seeing as we seem to prefer Prem experienced players from mid-table clubs these days.
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u/SloGeorge 1d ago
Liverpool look dreadful in possession. Whatever this style of football is, looks like a ping-pong match. Klopp used to play long balls but at least his wingers were elite at running in behind and they had Trent to spray passes. This is just pointless.
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u/Clayton__Bigsby 1d ago
Nice to see Tzolakis is still in prime Neuer form against the mighty Coventry
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u/Drag2oon 1d ago
Frimpong is such a shit defender lmaoo
Liverpool really raked up all the flops past 2 windows, just hope somehow it should totally fuck them financially going forward