DoubleBarrelledPoet

Writer. Performer. Voicebox. Wrexham.

[MatchTalks @MatchTalks_]

🚨 Was Argentina really robbed? 👀🇦🇷
Someone keeps re-uploading this video, claiming FIFA repeatedly takes it down.

[centrekop. @centrekop]

Just look at Alisson taking a moment to console the Japanese players after a hard-fought battle. 🇧🇷🇯🇵

Beautiful gesture 👏

[EPL Bible @EPLBible]

This is pretty scandalous

Just watch the whole video 🤯

[Tom Garratt @Tgarratt10]

There’s a foul on todibo, mavropanos AND the West Ham goalie. But they rule it out for an arm across the goalie.

Fair play Arsenal it’s a huge result and guaranteed them the title but I don’t wanna hear winging about refs after that and the atleti game. They’re getting away with murder.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

What if we'd always had VAR? 📺

[Brett Mendoza💙 @BrettMendoza_]

“Sees the contact coming, goes down brilliantly, it’s so well executed”

What is happening to football if this is applauded by commentators?

[DGOAT @LFCDgoat]

I will never have anything to say bad about Chiesa. Despite continuously not getting any chances, he always gives his all no-matter what.

Who knows how important this clearance may be. He deserves more minutes it’s as simple as that.

[Adam Keys @adamkeys_]

Listen to the commentary. You’d be forgiven for thinking a player who put it in the top bin with a first time strike would be getting the praise, but no… it’s the one who played a five yard, bobbling pass. Absolutely mind blowing.

[(fan) 𝐌.𝐒𝟏𝟎 👑 @FCSALAH11]

Unfortunately Mohamed Salah doesn't get the same treatment other players do, and defenders know it

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

This new Isak song is the best ever

[Paul Connor Music 🎶 @paulconnormusic]

Frimpong song to the tune of ‘What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes

Might as well give it a go 😛 #lfc #liverpool #liverpoolsongs #ynwa

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Liverpool Football Club are bigger than any player. They have lost elite players before and carried on. Keegan leaves, Dalglish arrives, the trophies continue. When a player leaves, it opens an opportunity for another, either promoted from within or expertly recruited.

Liverpool are very good at player development and player recruitment. Conor Bradley is still only 21, and obviously not yet in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s class, especially passing, but he showed his talent against, amongst others, Chelsea in Jan 2021 (one goal, two assists) and against Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe (that tackle). Bradley’s unfazed by occasion or opposition. He invariably steps up whenever stepping in for Alexander-Arnold.

Alexander-Arnold is being criticised by some Liverpool fans not only for the decision, barring a late U-turn to join Real this summer, but for the manner of the process behind his exit. The free transfer, the silence. There’s very rarely a smooth, seamless, accepted way to leave a club. Show me the acrimony. Fans feel let down, spurned.

But it needs recording and remembering that Alexander-Arnold has played well this season even with all the distraction of Real’s interest. Now 26, he’s given so much to Liverpool over a decade. And he’ll leave, having contributed to Liverpool being champions again.

Just as he contributed to their previous title success. To their Champions League success. To their FA Cup and EFL Cup success. Alexander-Arnold has represented his boyhood love with skill, boldness, pride and passion on 349 occasions, scoring 22 times and assisting 86 goals. He's contributed fully. He’s also represented the Club well off the field, committed to local community initiatives.

Liverpool are a great club, on the up under Arne Slot, but Alexander-Arnold will be joining the biggest club in the world. The lure of Real Madrid is obvious. Bernabeu, his mate Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Ancelotti, possibly Xabi Alonso next, their need for a younger right-back with Dani Carvajal 33.

As Alexander-Arnold gets on with his career at Real, Liverpool will get on with next season - their 134th. A few tears will be shed, a few angry words will be unleashed but life will go on. #LFC

[Premier League @premierleague]

Alisson Becker doing what he does best 😤

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Liverpool still in control of the title race. Good players, good manager, good strength in depth. But they need to silence the growing noise around the three contract situations, which should never have been allowed to rumble on so long. If Virgil van Dijk is close to signing, get it done, get him what he wants, get it announced, get the focus back to the football. Mo Salah, if possible, get that signed, sealed and celebrated, too. It would be uplifting news for players, staff and supporters. A timely tonic. It would be financially beneficial to FSG to have great players staying on, taking Liverpool towards money-spinning trophies and even more commercial opportunities. Gold from silverware. Makes dollars and sense.

Van Dijk and Salah playing well despite the headlines. But against Manchester United Trent Alexander-Arnold looked affected by all the noises off. Very good player but clarity about his future – staying or going – would help all parties. And then everyone can focus fully on what matters most - bringing home a 20th title, equalling United’s record. #LFC

[DoubleBarrelledPoet @DBPOETWXM]

@ScorchersLife @DaveActonWXM

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Liverpool have had a number of high-profile run-ins with David Coote in recent years.

Rewind to last December and Jurgen Klopp was incensed that Coote, who was on VAR duty, didn’t advise referee Chris Kavanagh to go to the pitch side monitor after Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard handled the ball inside the box.

Coote was also the VAR when Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s challenge on Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk went unpunished in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park in October 2020.

Van Dijk ruptured his ACL and was sidelined for nine months.

Analysis from @JamesPearceLFC ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/pfdNY7q2nR

[Marlo @TheoKaiMarlow]

This was a genuine *spits drink everywhere* moment over here

“MAKE HIM WIMBLE!!!”

@efarrell_ @FrakThePerson

[James Blunt @JamesBlunt]

Wanna ruin my life? I'm legally changing my name if "Back to Bedlam" 20th Anniversary Edition reaches No.1. Comment your name suggestions below, and the most-liked comment wins.
#jameswho