Rafael

So close for Porzingis. That was fantastic. BUT THE HORNETS WON

Hornets now beat the Mavs with authority. Post-season is not so far!

Stones and Smalling have found their feet. It's not Ferdinand/Terry/Woodgate anymore, but it's good. I think England's biggest problem is their coach, Roy Hogdson. I know the top guys don't want to be in his position (as England manager), but trying to get a young, modern, hungry guy (someone like Eddie Howe for example) would be a better ask than a mediocre manager like Roy.

Hornets just decimated the Bulls from the start. What game by Jeremy Lamb.

What the hell happens to us sometimes. Everything was done right. Butland has the night of his life and we're still in the relegation zone, playing like we belong in the Top 10/Top 8 (maybe).

But what if he does it in their favor? Happy Hughes.

He would have been kicked out of the game by age 12. Sad.

Imagine if Alexis Sanchez was english....

Neuer is unreal, but the ball got in. Arsenal were fantastic in this game.

I think he was elected the best player in the AFC Asian Cup or something.

I think it kinda shows how teams in the top 6 have been quite underwhelming in the recent transfer windows.

I'm watching all those goals until tomorrow's class. I think this is right there with that Tottenham win in 2008 in my ''Top exhibitions from Newcastle'' list.

I miss Mbabu.

I'm done with Janmaat. What a fucking disgrace.

Scotland messed up against Georgia and against Poland in the last couple of games. They could have qualified for the playoffs at least. Decent team, can fight for a WC playoff spot.

You are a bad, bad person, Quom.

Klopp yelling with glee on the sidelines when his team stole the ball at Tottenham's own half and after Coutinho's tremendous nutmeg was the highlight of the match.

I think this year will be much better for Lin as he can shift in and out of the lineup as a sparkplug offensive presence whilst Kemba is the main guard. This is what's been happening in the pre-season, he's doing what Mo Williams did for us but without the hero mode plays or forced shot attempts. Batum not being Stephenson also has been helping a lot, he's taken a lot of the ''dishing weight'' away from Kemba.

Hornets will be fun with Batum! And Lin apparently has been good! And Zeller is playing well! And Kaminsky! And defense! GO HORNETS!

FINALLY

McClaren wins this derby. Second win in a row and we get out of the relegation zone.

He was part of a comittee that included scouts and a couple of directors. The whole thing was the result of Rodgers not wanting to work with a Director of Football. During Rodgers tenure there were times when it seemed the comittee was buying players Rodgers didn't want (or the comittee were a scapegoat for players not working out). Add to that there were a few Windows were Liverpool were clearly targeting players and making a big hoopla over wanting to sign them - and not getting them. Last summer that seemed to get sorted but there's still strange inconsistencies that crop up. Rodgers patently said Liverpool weren't going to sign Balotelli. He also said last season's massive transfer spend was a one off. Liverpool bought Balotelli and six or so new first team players in the window that just closed. That seems to smack of problems with the comittee. To be fair, that seemed to change in pre season. Every player signed in the last window, it was made clear by Ian Ayre, was of Rodgers' choosing. But it was not with out some public calls by Rodgers for FSG to let him get who he wanted. Honestly, aside from Liverpool still having a second choice keeper who cannot challenge Mingolet, it was a good summer of signings. Although it has come too late. I get the feeling Rodgers lost his way and probably some self belief over the course of last season. Well the players you signed are quite good yes, but Liverpool could have definitely gone for cheaper and maybe better options. Iago Falque was available at about £5.5m, Draxler was worth £18m, Dybala was about £25m. In total that would be £48.5m spent on three quality players instead of £57.5m on Firmino and Benteke. The market isn't as cheap as it used to be, but smarter windows can and should be made. I find looking at prices for what other players went for is a bad way of looking at things. Who's to say that Draxler would want to come to us for example? It's easy saying oh but such and such went to this team for that amount. They were probably the best players we could get. Draxler for example is a guy who's been playing champions league football and will continue to do so you'd imagine. Dybala has went to a team who should win Serie A and will be in the Champions League. The appeal of playing in the Premier League is starting to get the same value as playing in the UCL. Wijnaldum could be playing anywhere in Europe, he's at Newcastle. Dmitri Payet was a highlight in all of Europe, he's at West Ham. Gokhan Inler was Napoli's captain and now he's at Leicester. It took a whole 2 months for teams to show real interest in Draxler, who would be playing the same competitions Liverpool are if he was at Schalke but in a better league had an early approach been done. Dybala was at Palermo, it's quite obvious why would he want to move to a club like Liverpool, especially with the fact that he would start about 80~90% of the games playing in a much better league and probably earning much more than what he's earning at Juventus right now.

He was part of a comittee that included scouts and a couple of directors. The whole thing was the result of Rodgers not wanting to work with a Director of Football. During Rodgers tenure there were times when it seemed the comittee was buying players Rodgers didn't want (or the comittee were a scapegoat for players not working out). Add to that there were a few Windows were Liverpool were clearly targeting players and making a big hoopla over wanting to sign them - and not getting them. Last summer that seemed to get sorted but there's still strange inconsistencies that crop up. Rodgers patently said Liverpool weren't going to sign Balotelli. He also said last season's massive transfer spend was a one off. Liverpool bought Balotelli and six or so new first team players in the window that just closed. That seems to smack of problems with the comittee. To be fair, that seemed to change in pre season. Every player signed in the last window, it was made clear by Ian Ayre, was of Rodgers' choosing. But it was not with out some public calls by Rodgers for FSG to let him get who he wanted. Honestly, aside from Liverpool still having a second choice keeper who cannot challenge Mingolet, it was a good summer of signings. Although it has come too late. I get the feeling Rodgers lost his way and probably some self belief over the course of last season. Well the players you signed are quite good yes, but Liverpool could have definitely gone for cheaper and maybe better options. Iago Falque was available at about £5.5m, Draxler was worth £18m, Dybala was about £25m. In total that would be £48.5m spent on three quality players instead of £57.5m on Firmino and Benteke. The market isn't as cheap as it used to be, but smarter windows can and should be made.

Who was in charge of the transfers? Rodgers or someone linked to FSG?

They should've fired him after Stoke really. Rumours that Klopp has already agreed terms with Liverpool.