Nerf

Fee agreed for Jota. £41m potentially rising to £45. Seems a little steep to me, and makes you wonder why we didn't just pay up for Werner when he wanted to come to us so badly.

Rory Smith now saying a deal for Jota is "pretty close." Wtf is going on today.

Thiago is better than everyone else we have in those roles (Wijnaldum, Henderson, Keita, Ox, Milner), and Fabinho is best as the deepest player. Apparently we are also foregoing buying a 4th choice CB and will just plug Fabinho in there and will just make up the difference with the surplus of midfielders we now have. I imagine our best midfield is now Fabinho, Henderson and Thiago, but the depth there is insane. Also it looks like Gini may not be off to Barca after all. Seems like this is the death knell for Ox as a meaningful central midfielder, though.

Bayern's president has confirmed the move now. Thiago medical today and will wear No. 6. Over the fucking moon.

absolutely unreal signing regardless of whether wijnaldum stays or goes

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Hex-a-gone can go fuck itself, purely because one time I was winning by some distance. Everyone was levels below me and I was just chilling right near the top, taking my time. I fell one time, just happened to fall right through everyone else's holes right to the bottom and ended up coming third.

This happened to me yesterday, except I lost the tail at 00:01. Worst of all, I only lost it because my friend was trying to help me keep it by grabbing the person that was trying to take it, but accidentally grabbed me instead. I've never been so sad.

I'm the opposite. I find it boring and repetitive to play solo but in a party it's literally the greatest game ever conceived. Sure wish they'd fix the fucking servers though.

Finally finished this last night. Incoherent thoughts incoming:

Yeah, I don't know what point he was trying to make. Henderson has played 30/37 league games so far this season, despite the odd injury and Klopp rotating midfield heavily.

i am alive

I keep going back and forth on this. I think I've landed on that if it happens tonight, it kind of makes up for there being no fans in a way. It wouldn't have happened in the stadium regardless of Corona.

It's not impossible to replicate, but the sheer lengths you have to go to workaround the game's limitations makes it not at all worth it.

The spreadsheet isn't even public, ffs Ollie 😂

His showboating reminds me a bit of a young Ronaldo, but he doesn't seem to have the same kind of game intelligence even at that age. Saying that, loads of people said the same about Ronaldo so who knows.

Anyone ever play Knights & Merchants? I've probably sunk more combined hours into that throughout my lifetime than any other game. It's so painfully linear and yet I can't help but play it start to finish once every few years since childhood.

No mate, two separate points. I thought the separation by the word "and" was obvious enough. Guess not.

When you have Championship teams making wholesale changes to rest players for league matches, I don't think anyone with a straight face can suggest the magic of the FA Cup is anywhere close to what it was.

Hi, you highlighted the second half of a sentence. The first half of said sentence literally addresses that. You can't pretend I didn't make that point and then criticise the fact that I didn't make that point.

The pearl clutching about the sanctity of the cup is a little bit precious, and only serves to distract from the authorities refusing to address the wealth gap in the football pyramid so they can line their own pockets. All your vitriol is pointed in the wrong direction, for me. I don't really see where the outrage comes from. It can't be playing the kids, particularly when you have Championship sides heavily rotating. Klopp has already explained his reason for not being there -- Critch works with these players every day and knows infinitely more about them than he does. It was a decision to set the youngsters up for familiarity and, therefore, success. I don't know why people are obtusely interpreting that as he "can't be arsed." But it's telling that literally none of you were arsed when Big Sam did exactly the same thing for a Europa League tie. Or is respect only to be extended to the domestic game? It's hard to muster 'respect' for competitions that the organisers themselves can barely pretend to respect. Liverpool have been fined more in the League Cup this season than they would have earned had they won the whole fucking thing. It's quite literally cost them money to participate in the cup. Top club privilege and all that, but where's the incentive for them to take it seriously? Seems unwise if your whole structure relies on big clubs giving a shit. Where was the respect for the cup when the EFL decided it was totally plausible to play two games on two different continents in 24 hours? Or when the FA blocked televised coverage, despite interest from providers, for no discernible reason other than spite? Seen a lot of people say Liverpool fans would be outraged had it been someone else. I can't speak for anyone else, but I wouldn't give two shits if Pep had done the same thing. Primarily because he, like Klopp, has been outspoken for years about fixture congestion in this country. No matter how much they bang their heads against the wall, their concerns aren't taken seriously. This presented an opportunity to actually practice what they've been preaching. Klopp's using his platform to force change for the sake of his players, not because he thinks Shrewsbury is "beneath him." The fact is that football has evolved, for better or worse, and the domestic competitions in this country have failed to evolve with it. That's a failure of the authorities, and the longstanding issue of wealth distribution in English football plays a massive role in that. I understand that the magic of the cup is still there for lower league teams, and I understand how important it still is for those teams. That importance is primarily financially motivated. Rather than be enraged that the manager of a football club is doing what he thinks is best for the good of his team, be enraged that the powers that be have enabled a system that forces grassroots football to rely on whatever scraps get thrown their way. Anyway, I read something about Shrewsbury making more money from the gate despite lowered ticket prices because of a bigger turnout than usual, so that's nice if true.

Oh, peak Office Ricky Gervais, obviously. I'm not a monster.

I said it anyway.

Watched a little bit of your last video. Is it insulting to say you remind me horribly of Ricky Gervais?