Liverpool banter 5

01 Mar 2026 17:21:19
Watching the Arsen-hole game, and its just amazing what the Arsen-hole players get away with.

Rice is literally wrapped his arms around the Chelsea player trying to defend a corner, then jumps and lifts his arm to the arm and it comes off his elbow yet the officials and the ****ers at VAR say its OK.

Somewhere its already been decided that Arsen-hole will one way or another win the league.

The decisions that they get are ridiculous at best.

01 Mar 2026 17:54:16
Reece James at his best is the best in the world in his position. He's such a phenomenal player who has everything.

{Ed025's Note - he is very good Ron..

01 Mar 2026 18:13:40
It was the same in the Man United match. Salah would be booked for a dive if he went down like Cunha did, and even if a foul was given, VAR would have given a free kick to Liverpool and said it was outside the box instead of a penalty. It is time that referees were replaced with able-brained human beings.

{Ed025's Note - if Salah did get a free kick it would be the most he has contributed for about 9 months LM..

01 Mar 2026 18:43:51
JLC literally thought that myself.
No penalty, arm in a natural position. Errr, around the Chelsea player's neck is natural?!

01 Mar 2026 18:47:45
I 1million percent want Arsenal to win the league. Them cheating p***** City robbed us of a few further titles through the good ole days.

01 Mar 2026 19:02:53
Salah has won everything though, Ed025, with us, so he can be excused, I guess, to a certain degree. He will move in after this season after a glittering career, having broken lots of records for goal scoring along the way. Far worse than him, mate, he has scored lots less and won zip!

{Ed025's Note - thats past tense though SM, he WAS a great player mate but in the present hes more of a hindrance than a help im afraid..

01 Mar 2026 19:04:08
Arsenal will get favoured by the officials all the way to winning the Prem.

But it'll be another story in Europe. 😂 Just wait till they try those corners against Barca and get red cards branded around everywhere.

01 Mar 2026 19:17:38
It's almost as though betting gangs want a new team to win to upset the odds. Go figure.

01 Mar 2026 19:18:36
LFC8, they've won all 8 games in Europe this season.

01 Mar 2026 19:23:07
Is there a more boring set of fans? When it comes to songs, they either rob other teams of them, or just repeatedly say the club name. It's pathetic.

01 Mar 2026 19:35:34
Europe hasn't even begun yet, Rome.
As last year shows us, we know full well the league table means naff all.

01 Mar 2026 21:22:16
The Arsenal goalkeeper punched the Chelsea player in the head in the second half, and it was still a penalty.
I think the refs should be taken off VAR, and there should be just VAR-trained officials.
And, for diving, like leading up to Arsenal's second goal, the VAR officials should just say straight away: "No contact, player dived", award a free kick the other way and give a yellow card instantly.

That would put an end to the diving.

01 Mar 2026 20:05:49
I think we get that you don't rate Salah anymore Ed025. Unfortunately like most of us on here realise his good day's are well behind him. He will certainly go down as one of the greatest to ever play for Liverpool. Hopefully he'll find a good club that deserves him and he'll get a brilliant send off.

{Ed025's Note - i have been a massive fan of his Barry and expressed that over a long period mate, but for me time has caught up with him and i dont think that he warrants a place in the side anymore, this is not a knee jerk reaction it has been that way for quite a while now..

01 Mar 2026 23:39:17
Well Ed, whether or not he warrants a place in the side, with injuries, there isn't anyone to replace him. But yes, he's looking a shadow.

02 Mar 2026 01:25:07
I think City will storm back to win the league.

02 Mar 2026 01:26:37
Arsenal and Chelsea were as bad as each other. Joao Pedro makes Macca look like Iron Man. The bloke starts appealing if the ball comes within 2 metres of him. Funny watching Neto. It seems that he can't count to 2.

02 Mar 2026 02:55:29
The players have no shame. The refs allow it, though, so, for me, they are the ones who carry most of the blame, and the only ones who can fix it.

01 Mar 2026 22:43:14
I don't think you rated him Ed025 even when he was scoring 30+ a season and winning trophys mate. Unfortunately for him he seems to be measured against Ranaldo and Messi rather than Saka, Dwight McNeal, Gealish, Neto who all play similar roles than him.

I get it he isn't the player he was but you make out he has been stealing a living for the past ten seasons. Come on Ed025 take them blue specs off for once and give credit to a legend of the game.

{Ed025's Note - i did rate him SM and you are very wrong im afraid, as i have said many times he has been excellent and one of your best forwards ever, he has only been stealing a living for the past 9 or 10 months not 10 seasons so i suggest you read my replies properly and not just make things up mate..

02 Mar 2026 07:51:57
@Shining, "One - nil to the Arsenal" used to make me smile. I liked the irony.

02 Mar 2026 10:31:19
In fairness Ed025 did rate Mo

{Ed025's Note - i really did Barry, but all good things come to an end mate and imo Mo is well past his best..

02 Mar 2026 14:09:10
We are not going to win the league. Best we can hope for is top 4, or top 5. So, not being an Arsenal fan, I still will support them when they play Villa, Chelsea, United to take points off them, to help us get into Europe.

02 Mar 2026 10:58:54
I 100% agree with you, Ed. One of our all time greats, but sadly gone, as we knew him.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Rome its like playing with 10 men at the moment mate...or 91/2 if you count Gakpo.. :)

02 Mar 2026 11:20:11
I can't argue there Ed025

02 Mar 2026 18:02:06
I'd argue you're being overly generous to Gakpo there Ed. Must have been a good weekend for you.

{Ed025's Note - it was mate.. :)

01 Mar 2026 15:54:21
Another soft decision in the prem in the United game today. Cunha is barely touched, throws himself to the ground and gets a pen + a red card against Palace.

Worst thing is the commentary said it was a foul. If we keep glorifying and accepting a soft touch being a foul it will only get worse and nothing will fix it.

We have to call out the theatrics, both for and against otherwise football will be a non contact sport. And it will ruin the sport.

Yes these decisions may even out, it the fact that 3 refs have looked at that and not seen it as soft that is particularly troubling.

VAR gets battered regularly, quite rightly at times, but those involved around the game need to support removing these soft fouls. And not jump on refs if they decide contact isn't enough. We have yesterday where they micro analyse a handball for Burnley, yet today look at that and deem it acceptable.

If one person had seen it like pre var, you could see why he gave it and say Cunha bought it. But the fact we have video analysis in game, that should never be given. Although they will no doubt fall behind the 'clear and obvious' line which they abide to when it suits!

01 Mar 2026 16:01:59
Salah would never ever get that.

01 Mar 2026 16:12:07
I was just about to post about the Cunha penalty! Don't matter now, WYred nailed it. 😂

01 Mar 2026 16:21:45
WYRed, Martin Tyler called it a foul and suggested last man well before VAR got involved. Disgraceful, not being able to hide his clear bias.

The refs do this to themselves. One week, a hand on the shoulder is ok, and the next it's enough to change the outcome of a game. The level of inconsistencies shows that there is no clear directive from above, and they referee games on an "ad lib" basis.

They've invited so much grey area into what should be black and white decisions, and the players, like Cunha, take advantage.

Have to feel for the Palace lad; not a pen and never a red card.

01 Mar 2026 16:36:51
Football is becoming a tougher and tougher watch. Be it down to the style of play or officials killing the sport we all love.

With the ever increasing prices, it's only a matter of time before fans start seeing the biggest entertainment business in the world is no longer giving value for money.

01 Mar 2026 16:59:28
Who would pay to watch football at the moment? Sky subscription binned. Don't have the spare time to commit to match days any more, and the cost is extortionate.

Never thought I would say this, but I have watched so little football this season. I have probably watched less than 20 of our matches in total, including CL and cups.

01 Mar 2026 17:11:24
Pundits will never dispute a decision.
They're just as bad as the officials.

01 Mar 2026 17:20:36
Problem is, flyer: it is a red by the rules once they give the foul. I'd argue it'd be nice if a bit of common sense could be applied to situations like this. It was a debatable DOGSO (stupid acronym!), so a yellow and a pen would seem fair. However, he made no attempt at the ball, and that, paired with them giving it, gave them little movement. It should never have been given as a foul, I think we all agree on that.

I'd argue this is a mix of refs and media pressure.

They are petrified of getting it wrong, so spend an age sticking it under the magnifying glass. Although today still got it wrong! Either remove VAR entirely, keep it for offsides only, which is black and white, or stick a timer on it. I also had the idea of a review system similar to Cricket, as anything is better than what we have.

VAR was meant to support the ref, and the fans get a fairer sport. Right now it's just ruining it, which is sad to see for the biggest sport in the world.

01 Mar 2026 17:25:33
Spot on, WY and JK.

01 Mar 2026 17:31:05
How can a minimal touch be a peno like that one, but then every corner is WWF wrestling, and absolutely nothing is given? Players even have their backs to the corner, and have no idea whatsoever where the flight of the ball is. How can this be right? The game is gone.

01 Mar 2026 17:34:23
Absolute joke. A clear dive because he knew he wasn't getting to the ball. There was contact, but it was nothing. Then to give a red card is unbelievable.

Then conversely, you have Declan Rice bear-hugging a Chelsea player and deliberately knocking the ball away with his arm, and it's play on.



If decisions were consistent, people wouldn't mind so much, but the inconsistency and standard of reffing in this country is embarrassing.

01 Mar 2026 18:13:45
Seems daft to give a penalty for that. There's not a chance that's enough contact to either drag him back at all, and especially bring him down.

01 Mar 2026 18:20:01
The problem is that it's a double punishment, surely? If it's outside the box it's a red card n free kick, but in the box it's a foul n pen with a yellow card? Or is my understanding wrong?

01 Mar 2026 18:39:31
Jim Jim, it's because a genuine attempt wasn't made at the ball. If he clattered him, he'd likely have got a yellow. The wonderful nature of football laws.

It'd be great if sometimes we could apply common sense, but, then again, could we trust them with that?

01 Mar 2026 18:41:56
That was what I thought, Jimjim. If a pen is given, it's not a red card. If it's outside the box and deemed last man, it is a red. 🤷

01 Mar 2026 19:11:28
Surely if it's a serious foul in the box, it's red and a peno, but the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity relates to outside of the box, or is every foul in the box a red and peno.

01 Mar 2026 20:20:45
Say he slide tackled him from the side, and went for the ball, but missed and took him out. I'm 99% sure that'd be a yellow under double jeopardy. But because he pulled back with no intention of making a tackle (I use that term lightly, just as per the rules), it can be a red and a pen.

01 Mar 2026 21:11:37
JK, I feel the same about watching football now. I find myself looking forward to a game, but pretty quickly the "rubbish" housery starts, and it's just a massive turn off.

I'm usually doing other things, ie lurking on here, lol, at the same time.

Sad, but the sport is making money hand over fist, increasingly so every year, but the product for me is declining at a good clip.

01 Mar 2026 21:19:22
Referees don't understand the game. Cunha clearly threw himself to the floor because he wasn't getting to the ball. If you know the game, it was obvious.

Yet, as others have said, Declan Rice was marking the front man at every corner and didn't even look at the ball once. He grabbed him, and, at one point, was pushing him off the pitch with both hands, and that's deemed ok.

Every time an Arsenal player is touched, they go down and get a free kick.

They just wait for contact and go over. It's blatantly obvious, yet referees fall for it every time.

It makes football so hard to watch. The game today was supposed to be one of the biggest games of the season, but you spend the whole game incredulous at the cheating and the refs' inability to police it. In fact, the refs are implicit in allowing it to happen, and encourage cheating by rewarding it.

It really is killing the game.

01 Mar 2026 22:04:54
What I can't get my head around is why is it that the last man gives away a pen and gets a red card why is he punished twice it is totally unfair but if a player dives in the penalty area they only gets a yellow card he is cheating but gets punished once. YNWA

01 Mar 2026 23:32:05
What happened to the rule where the foul is given at the spot where the contact/foul started? Is that no longer the case?

Like, I thought it was a foul in the replay, a soft one at that, but to me it looked like a foul (under current rules, that is) because of the contact with no intention for the ball, and also the goal-denying opportunity.



But, in my eyes, that's never ever a penalty. It's a freekick, since the contact starts way outside the box, even if Cunha waited till he was inside the box to go to ground.

Anyway, I thought the foul would always go back to where the contact started, no?

01 Mar 2026 23:43:12
VB, I agree, but we all keep watching.

So much "man" handling going on during set pieces, etc., but blow on someone during play, and it's a foul, or not, as the case and ref may be. Becoming a crapshoot as to what decision will be made.

02 Mar 2026 08:31:07
Salah had a similar challenge on him the other week, when VAR said the challenge started outside the box and it wasn't obvious he was denied a goal-scoring opportunity. It's the consistency that is wrong, lads.

02 Mar 2026 16:51:02
That's true, Itstrue. The consistency is appalling. Salah has been played so physically for years, probably more than any other player in the league over that time. The amount of times he's been "fouled" and been given a free kick is farcical. If he goes down, it's usually "play on."

01 Mar 2026 13:29:15
Ed001 did you get to watch the game yesterday?
Even with a 5-2 victory we still looked pretty poor.
I don't get the balance of the midfield why we look so weak because that was our midfield basically for the two previous season and we did not look so weak and open.

{Ed001's Note - yes mate I saw it, it was not a good performance but it was a good result.}

01 Mar 2026 14:38:08
Ed001, it seems like we are just going to hope now we get another 8/9 this season. Even with the good results we have had this season, I can't remember any great performances.

01 Mar 2026 14:46:43
Can you name a whole lot of great performances from the teams above us? They don't have many either. It's been that kind of season. Some team needs to figure out how to play good football and inject some life into this league again.

01 Mar 2026 15:12:46
Not a stellar performance, but it was nice to see some more direct football, and an improvement on set pieces. I'm under no illusion, but I'm far more optimistic than I was a few weeks ago. That being said, the real test is yet to come.

The last 8 games will be very difficult. Luckily enough, nobody above us has an easy run-in. Hopefully these few results will instil enough confidence in the lads to go out there and do the business.

01 Mar 2026 17:33:13
Poor showing. Sounds ungrateful after a 5-2 win, but the players still look like they don't know each other, lack of fitness is noticeable, along with not putting themselves about. Namely, MacAllistair.

Against a better team, we would have lost. I am not seeing any progress. Players are still performing under par, namely our senior team, which is a major concern. I am sensing a mauling at OT in a pivotal game for top 4.

02 Mar 2026 08:57:53
I suggest you watch the Arsenal v Chelsea game or the Leeds v City game if you want to see poor performances.

Both Arsenal and City won, but my gosh, they were awful.

I'm not sure if it's just that the quality has levelled out, so the top teams don't dominate anymore, or if it's just because everyone's trying to play crap, set piece football, but the 2 teams at the top are as bad as I can ever remember.



Regardless, winning 5-2 at home is not to be sniffed at when the teams at the top of the table can barely muster a shot on target in open play every week. We are ultra critical of Liverpool, but nobody is playing great football here.

{Ed025's Note - its the way football is at the moment BP, Liverpool won the poorest premiership in history last season and this one will even give that a run for its money mate..

02 Mar 2026 10:42:06
Grino75, regards the midfield, same players as last season, but the big difference is, Slot, in his wisdom, decided that Gravy should play further forward, and it seems to drop Macca deeper.

It clearly isn't working. Even Dom has been the deepest midfielder at times. A lot of people are calling out Macca. Klopp tried him in the 6; it didn't really work. Why has Slot changed it? Only he knows.

01 Mar 2026 12:23:03
That was a nice change of pace. Super happy with the win not too much to complain about other than not getting stuck into challenges still, but happy to see the motivation back.

01 Mar 2026 12:54:43
I have a theory on the lack of challenges, getting stuck in.

Only Arne can really answer. I wonder/speculate that it's possible he is implementing the system the Dutch national side used some years ago.

If memory serves me correctly, Jack Charlton's Irish team played the Dutch (may even have been at Anfield). The amazing stat that stood out, and was discussed in the press after the match, was that the Dutch did not tackle; they cut the passing lines, and the Dutch won.

Any guys out there recall this game and the press coverage where JC talked about it?

Also, I think, to a degree, Slot is emulating Barca's midfield in the way that the regular starters in their CM area are ball players: Pedri (fantastic player) and Frankie DJ.

Neither are a 6, but both can protect, turn, and distribute under pressure. Grav can, but as it can show with Barca, when either Pedri or FDJ are missing, they get caught playing out from the back or can lack punch in attack due to this.

So, with the view that we are missing a 6, maybe we are looking at a similar style; we just need a ball-playing CM who can, whilst under a press, turn and distribute to someone forward.

01 Mar 2026 13:58:24
That was a magic Dutch team against a team long past their best. I get your point though. Macca got them back a few years later, and off we went to the World Cup, so justice was had.

01 Mar 2026 14:17:55
Jack Charlton's Irish team wouldn't exactly be passing through the middle; usually it was up to Quinn or Cascarino for the nod-downs/flick-ons, from what I remember, but it was a long time ago and I was only young.

01 Mar 2026 14:21:24
That's a good observation, Kew.

Regarding tackles, maybe that is the reason; I cannot say, but I don't think it can work in the Premier League.

Regarding the No. 6, I agree with you that it is the type of profile looked at, even though I would prefer the "destroyer" type, kind of like Fabinho was, but that won't happen.

Now, my question is: who would be better playing the way you are saying? Wharton? Anderson? Stiller? Is there anyone else who could play that way and that will/could be moving?

01 Mar 2026 14:55:31
Pedri is an absolutely amazing player, but he is also a generational player, imo. He can press, he can dribble, he can create, and he's also quite strong and hard to push off the ball despite being small and thin. He's also been able to maintain fitness after some injury worries previously.

Frenkie de Jong, on the other hand, really isn't that good. In my eyes he is like a Dutch Joe Allen; he offers very little in terms of penetration and is just there to keep the ball ticking. He is always found wanting positionally as well. In my opinion, Gravenberch is twice the player he is. Grav is defensively much stronger, has much better positional awareness, is more athletic, and carries the ball better. If Grav was made to stay deeper, he would again be recognised as one of the best midfielders in the world in that role, if not the best. Grav's one major weakness is his passing. When he's not turning in tight spaces to carry the ball forward and is left with space to pick a pass through the lines, he just can't do it and has no idea what to do, and often passes the ball sideways or backwards.



I think we need a passer who can stay deep and spray the ball next to Grav if Grav is going to keep marauding forward next year, that would replace Trent in the team and give us more security on the break. That would be Stiller for me, but Wharton would do, despite being way more expensive and more injury prone.

Anderson is a magnificent player, but he is an all-action 8, sort of like what Macca has been for us. If we are going to persist with a Macca Grav sort of pivot, then Anderson would be a good replacement, given he is way more mobile than Macca is and just as willing to get stuck in. He is also a super underrated player on the ball and in small spaces, though he is a bit average in terms of passing range and vision. Good at set pieces too.

01 Mar 2026 15:19:14
Talking of tackling, from my early years (late 80's) of playing, I was taught hard but fair! (That's why we wore Sondico shinnies!) So-called "destroyers" and players that "put the boot in" are being slowly eradicated from the game because of VAR (everybody's favorite big brother) watching! Give it 5 or 10 years, you won't be able to slide tackle!

01 Mar 2026 23:14:50
@Rebel - It will happen much quicker than that. I coach, and I no longer teach them how to slide tackle. I am talking to high-level coaches, and they are doing the same. It's not worth it - at best, refs will blow for a free kick regardless of how clean the tackle is, and more likely they will card you.

Better to spend the time teaching them how to intercept, or to body them off the ball.

01 Mar 2026 12:14:40
I know Rio is the rave of the moment of all the youngsters. However, the more I have watched Nyoni, the more impressed I have been. Looks a tidy player.

01 Mar 2026 12:56:32
I agree. He needs to bulk up, which comes with age too. Good luck to the youngsters. I hope it works out for them and the 1st team.

01 Mar 2026 12:11:40
Just seen that Joshua Abe is the latest to succumb to this seasons injury curse, wherever he ends up hopefully he has a speedy recovery.

01 Mar 2026 11:24:15
To the Eds, I remember a few weeks back the club sacked a coach who was responsible for set pieces. Obviously someone else took over that role and we are now scoring more from corners and have tightened up on defending corners also. I assume this is the result of the new coach's influence?

{Ed001's Note - yes.}

01 Mar 2026 13:20:16
I was thinking the same thing too, Galway. We look much better with a proper set piece coach now. Nothing against the previous guy, though. He was never a set piece coach and was way out of his area of expertise.

01 Mar 2026 13:31:48
I think I'd be a decent set piece coach.

Attacking - stick it in the box, beat the first man, try to head or volley it goalwards, and be first to any second balls.

Defensive - head or kick it away from the goal, and be first to second balls.

Anyone know what us set-piece experts get an hour rate-wise?

01 Mar 2026 14:16:51
JK23, you're a maverick for sharing trade secrets online. 😅 I wouldn't share too much, though, as it might impact your day rate!

01 Mar 2026 14:40:41
Man, if Todd, it's ok, mate, if my set piece SME work dries up, I've got a fallback plan.

I'll become a coin toss coach.

01 Mar 2026 11:06:37
By the way, West Ham's Mattheus Fernandes looks a player, got a whiff of Bruno Guimares about him.

01 Mar 2026 12:47:51
He's been impressive every time I have watched him. He was everywhere and has a great mix of tenacity, long and short passing. It's the kind of influence on a game we should be seeing from Alex MacAllister.

West Ham won't be able to keep him for long.

01 Mar 2026 10:20:24
Hello ed1. What's your opinion on fernandes at West ham? I v impressed with him yesterday, looks a bit of everything about him. With us in dire need of more aggression/ legs in midfield he looks well suited to us, more so than Wharton imo.

{Ed001's Note - when he was at Soton, he often would throw his arms up in the air ans have a tantrum rather than chasing back. I wouldn't touch him.}

01 Mar 2026 14:57:06
He was doing a bit of that last night too, Ed. Looks a handful of a player with an engine, but also seems quite petulant and emotional, too.

01 Mar 2026 15:25:48
Patrik, only out of curiosity, where did you watch yesterday's game? Only asking, as you keep saying last night.

01 Mar 2026 16:35:29
I watched it at home. I live in Asia.

01 Mar 2026 16:43:25
Nice mate. 👌🏻

01 Mar 2026 11:24:26
Did anyone notice slot yesterday? looks to have a lovely tan and doubt that tan is from him being in the UK in the last week? More time on holidays than on the training ground yet again!

01 Mar 2026 12:15:31
He can have a holiday every week if we score 5 goals a game. Could we stop whining about the manager for a day or two, perhaps?

01 Mar 2026 12:47:25
Good lord, could we leave the man alone for a day r 2.

01 Mar 2026 12:52:19
But it was West Ham, which means nothing; it was one of the worst West Ham sides in history. If Gakpo can score, then the opposition has to be awful.

01 Mar 2026 12:55:56
Might have his own sunbed or spray tan booth?

01 Mar 2026 13:06:06
Jesus, man, absolutely pathetic. Just digging for the sake of digging.

01 Mar 2026 13:33:30
He also had a lovely shiny bonce.

He's definitely been to Turkey for the barbers. We need to check his teeth.

01 Mar 2026 14:58:14
Lavish, you mean the same West Ham that have been racking up points and performances lately, causing Forest and Spurs both to sack their managers in the fear that West Ham would overtake them? Pretty sure the West Ham of late are a pretty different team than the one we beat earlier in the season.

01 Mar 2026 15:04:17
Arne Slot, scrolling through this site while on his sunbed at home, just shed a tear that sizzled down his cheek while reading this one. He just can't win.

28 Feb 2026 23:52:38
Great to get the 3 points but how we won that game 5-2 I will never know.
We are so weak all over the park. We never win a 50/ 50, hell we hardly ever win a tackle.
We desperately need a physical presence in midfield.
We would have struggled against a better team today.
Our centre halves are winning headers but we never win the second ball.


Another bug bear is all of our players turning their backs when an opposition player shoots. They all do it and Van Dijk is the worst for it.
We need to start showing more determination and desire to win the ball back.

01 Mar 2026 07:38:44
Take the win, and it is good to get the goal difference up, but we were awful. We played through with such ease, and West Ham defs had the better of it in open play. All we can hope is that we have enough for 5th, and then revamp in the summer, ideally not under Slot, who seems to be taking these players backwards.

01 Mar 2026 07:47:47
Wouldn't have agreed with that. 2nd half we were sloppy, but thought first half we were v good apart from a couple of mistakes playing out from the back that nearly cost us. It was a nervous atmosphere inside Anfield at the start, tbf, but the early goal settled the nerves. 2nd half we were a bit complacent, but always felt we could up it when needed. Scoring 5 goals at home and winning by 3 is never a bad thing, no matter the opposition.

We missed some guilt edge chances, I was right behind Gakpos missed at far post and Nyonis looked harder to miss, but overall good performance, good win and much improved on Forest last week. Plenty of room for improvement, but hard to complain too much about scoring 5 at home and 3 points rarely in doubt.

01 Mar 2026 08:02:09
I tell you what, though, give me that performance over the Forest one last week every day of the week. Might have watched half the game through my fingers, but at least it was exciting, emotional and entertaining. Last week, I have no words for.

01 Mar 2026 08:35:23
I agree with JK23, it was far from perfect, and we rode our luck at times, but it was a good game to watch, and when we attacked we attacked quickly and with good energy. When we did go forward I felt like we were going to score.

None of this sideways crap for the sake of sideways crap. Yesterday's performance u could get behind, and give u hope. Forest last week would just bore u to tears and almost leave u numb, it was that tame and slow.

01 Mar 2026 08:58:27
We didn't "never" win a 50/50. This hyperbole is stupid and u helpful.

01 Mar 2026 09:48:32
I'm all for slating the team when we were rubbish. But we deserved to win yesterday and we're the better side.

01 Mar 2026 10:16:16
Sometimes you need a bit of luck to go your way, we've had a lot of bad luck already this season. 🤌

01 Mar 2026 10:27:45
I'm not so sure we were the better side, though, LFC8. West Ham had better passages of play, and if they had a focal point up top, the score line would be much closer than it is now. We were extremely lucky to have scored 5 and to have only conceded 2.

01 Mar 2026 11:07:40
We won by 3 goals. Only on here would that be a negative. We are not perfect, everyone knows that, but we slate the team enough when we drop points. Can we not just enjoy a win like normal football supporters?

01 Mar 2026 12:11:59
Agreed, Florian. Let's just view it as a 3nil victory, if necessary, and 3 points and be grateful and move on.

01 Mar 2026 12:13:07
Look, Arsenal are top of the league and they've won a lot of games looking terrible and going ahead scoring set pieces. You look at the score and think they were cruising through the game, but if you've actually seen them play, that's far from the case. A lot of the time I've watched them play, they haven't looked comfortable either.

I think a lot of people complaining on here have not seen City or Arsenal play much this year. What's even more insane to me is people praising Villa all the time and suggesting they are leagues ahead of us this year. Have folks even watched Villa play much this year? I have good reason to believe that their fans are just as miserable as us when they don't get a result, because they aren't playing well either.

I'm not sure people on here can suggest that we didn't deserve to win by that margin. We generated chances and we scored them. What else are we supposed to do? When other teams sit in a low block and score set pieces against us, they deserve to win and we are rubbish, but when we do the same we don't deserve it? Oftentimes the shoe is on the other foot.

We have pretty passages of play and get into the box and don't score, before the other team sucker punches us with a set piece against the run of play. Can we enjoy being on the other side of that eventuality for once?

What I enjoyed last night was the full backs actually playing like full backs, keeping the width and trying to get in behind the defense to swing in a cross or cut the ball back. We looked really dangerous on multiple occasions getting balls into the box. Rio skinned his man in the short time he was on the field and almost got a goal. Nyoni did a brilliant late run into the box and should have scored in his cameo. Frimpong left his man for dead and had a goal contribution in less than 10 minutes of play. Do folks know how hard it is to actually beat your man one on one on a consistent basis? We have Frimpong and Rio, who can do it regularly.

People complain about Gakpo, but last night he had a goal and a very good assist, whereas Summerville caught the eye but ended up with zero goal contributions. Which would you actually prefer?

01 Mar 2026 12:18:52
Also, I'm pretty sure Hugo's goal came from Grav winning a header and then a 50/50 in a dangerous area. The third came from Virgil winning a contested header at the near post. We won crucial balls when it counts.

01 Mar 2026 12:20:55
Deprived of a loss to twist themselves into a knot over, some decide to lament a comfortable win. The determination to find something negative is almost admirable.
Comedy gold.

01 Mar 2026 12:51:34
Qualifying for the Champions League next season is the primary goal. Our recent results have put that back in our hands.

No point commenting on the performances. We look pretty much the same as we have done for most of the season. Let's see if that will be enough to achieve the minimum target.

01 Mar 2026 12:58:00
I thought West Ham were more awful than we were good - you could tell they were all over the place defensively from minute 2.

28 Feb 2026 22:01:00
So since the beginning of the year we have scored more goals from set-pieces (excluding penalties) than any other side in the PL.

Seven of our last nine league goals have come from set-pieces, 5 from corners, 1 direct freekick and 1 x throw-in. Time to stop slagging Arsenal off as the set piece merchants 🤣🤣.

28 Feb 2026 23:01:55
A certain Christopher Nolan Batman quote comes to mind.

28 Feb 2026 23:07:57
Yeah all at it now, unfortunately. Ironically, it's since our set piece coach has left too. Have to say, though, credit to some of the West Ham players today, namely Summerville, who actually tried to play football and have a go. I really hope West Ham stay up.

01 Mar 2026 03:33:08
Funny, comedy game. We scored 5 goals without Wirtz in the team. Found out Gapko is Kerkez blind.

01 Mar 2026 08:05:01
Watching yesterday's games, it looks like 60% of all goals came from set pieces, own goals or deflections. It's a funny old game.

01 Mar 2026 11:09:14
Shows how much they influence results. We've sorted them out and were winning every week.

01 Mar 2026 12:11:01
I'll slag off Arsenal and especially their ridiculous manager as much as I see fit. Thanks.

01 Mar 2026 12:14:21
Long may it continue, I'm not sure why we weren't hitting those swerving inswingers in the first place, earlier in the season, when Dom and Mo are so brilliant at hitting those? Most of the corners last night were excellent deliveries, it must be said. The less said about the defending for the Mavropanos goal, the better, though.