to quote the late Sir Bobby Robson 'we lost 3-0 but we weren't 3-0 losers'. He said this once when he was in charge of PSV - may have confused the Dutch but we know what he meant.

I'm sure I didn't see on MOTD Benteke's header when he hit the post or did I miss it and that was a ridiculous mistake by the officials when he was bundled over by Tsimikas, we had four instances where we were professionally fouled when in positive moments and these are the moments when teams score in open play, players should be red carded not yellowed for blatant fouls ..football is purely about goals and that's what all fans want to see, we do our fair share of it too and the only way to stop it is to send the f***ers off.

Yes, both complete w@nkers. With regard to yesterday he'd clearly decided before the game he wasn't going to give any free kicks for fouls on Zaha unless they were blatant chops or hacks.

He showed a complete reluctance to punish a series of deliberate and tactical fouls by Liverpool with a card.

Bottled the only two real decisions he had to make in the game which were both penalties for fouls on Benteke and Edouard (shirt pulling).

To cap it off he booked Ward when he finally lost it after Mane shoved him and nothing was given.

Truly incompetent and weak.

When they showed the Benteke trip MoTD commentator said he fell over.

Then a couple of minutes later they did show it again and questioned if it might have been a trip.

Pundits ignored it completely and just waxed lyrical about Milner.

I think we know now that if we win 3-0 its all about the weakness of the other team and if we lose 3-0 its about the majestical performance of the opponents.

Annoying but come to expect it now.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.

Not necessarily. He came on and misses two chances…one an absolute sitter. Maybe he’ll start, who knows. But Saturdays showing was a trip back down to earth after thinking we’d bought the messiah after Spurs.

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Not necessarily. He came on and misses two chances…one an absolute sitter. Maybe he’ll start, who knows. But Saturdays showing was a trip back down to earth after thinking we’d bought the messiah after Spurs.

Odsonne will score but does need an extra touch although Chris does need more chances to convert.
its this or we bring back Chris Gayle.

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).