Were Newcastle our rivals? For what? 10th place?
It was a good move - he wouldn't have got game time, he played plenty. If anything, we are getting either a more experienced player, or we have advertised our asset to other potential buyers.
It's a win win for everyone.
There might be contractual obligations to keep Kapa on until a certain date. This means that we can't hype up and promote the new Castore kit launch until that is all done.
Having said that, we get the same August kit bullshit every year, so there are no excuses.
I'd like to buy a new shirt in June for the summer, not in September when it drops down to 12 degrees.
Nothing wrong with the entire city of Liverpool travelling to Paris. In fact, I would have gone if Villa played.
What is wrong is anyone without a ticket or a fake one showing up at the stadium. That is plain stupid.
It's been a good football weekend. Thinking about Madrid, Liverpool, Man City winning the title, Spurs strengthening, Chelsea takeover, Mane going to Bayern, big time football.
Man U are nowhere near that table anymore. They are irrelevant.
No, my problem is that they are the "only" good examples.
Like many, I rate the English generation of today higher than any other. So my expectations are higher than losing to Croatia. Euros (after a favourable draw) have been a success. But, I wouldn't say anything special has been achieved, and i wouldn't put England as the next world cup top 3 favourites.
Am I blaming Liverpool fans? Do you not think many people (regardless of what team they support) would have bought fake tickets for such an event and tried their luck?
It's not normal, but to be expected. And it must have added to the events last night.
Add to that the bottleneck and local people trying to break in and you have yourself the 2022 Paris CL final.
Yes, Liverpool fans were bottlenecked, poor organisation. My question is, why weren't they being let in?
No one seems to be answering that question.
I refuse to believe there were only 2 gates for 20 thousand people, especially as that stadium organises similarly big games on frequent basis.
If I was a Villa fan wanting to travel to CL final, who didn't have a season ticket and attend an X number of European games (meaning I can't get an official ticket) I would likely travel to Paris and drink beer in one of the fan zones.
What's the point of spending >£1000 on a questionable ticket, going to the stadium, being turned away and complaining about it? No official ticket was a £1000, unless you had hospitality.