Tommy Cockles

Saturday 1230 is an absolute dog of a kick off time for a game like this. It enrages me.

Well indeed, there you go I knew a lad through work who was Spurs home & away & one time the Henry thing came up I think in reference to there being a statue of it? Anyway Arsenal fans all wet themselves over it as “iconic” blah blah & I said I’ve always thought the iconic part was the away end. Having stood in them & been on the receiving end, it’s those faces and reactions I feel the empathy with. He said “I’m in the photo” and showed me. Was well envious.

Did you lose a girlfriend to a somewhat dishevelled, handsome guy when you were younger? That will be £100. Same time next week?

Right sorry about referencing TAW in a way that isn’t supercilious. Momentary lapse. Won’t happen again.

V Signs have been flicked by opposing fans at those celebrating goals and/or on celebrating a goal, for time immemorial. I consider it standard practice. And anyway he’s Argentinian FFS, he should be ashamed of himself.

TAW on Burnley referencing Konate’s missed header said the difference with Virgil is once he knows he’s winning the header he concentrates on placement rather than power, and that you rarely see “bullet headers” from him, last night was a good example of that.

In the 80s, saving his childhood sweetheart Heather Lockyear from marrying a sharp suited high roller who didn’t really love her.

Hopefully the atmosphere will liven up now at least, it was pretty quiet most of that half

Ah man that’s so annoying.

Griezmann looks like he should be driving a pick up truck in America’s mid West.

I was in the Main Stand and right behind it on the arc that it came to him, I remember as it did with Dudek on the floor thinking “if it’s on target it’s a goal” I saw the deflection off Carragher and didn’t really celebrate as it’s still a corner & the danger hasn’t passed. Then he gave a goal kick…

Hooray! Gethin to the rescue of my credibility. * * And that of my Emporium.

Oh right fair enough. It came up on the LFC TV channel. Weird.

Were they the better team though?

Turned in for the last 10. Delighted with the deserted away end. Also happy with the City fans clearing off too. You’re 3-0 up in the Derby. Yeah let’s get off early.

I don’t want to come across as some kind of altruist here, but nothing other than a Utd defeat is the desired result. Especially at this stage of the season. If we are neck and neck with City and it’s late in the season well ok, but right now Utd being as far behind us as is possible is all that matters.

Two more goals for Haaland I see, the big oaf.

It kinda doesn’t. You don’t make refereeing decisions based on other incidents. He nearly snaps his ankle. It’s a red. IDGAF what Bradley did or didn’t do. It’s not relevant here.

No idea, I don’t recall it. Either way it doesn’t matter to the seriousness of this foul does it?

It’s a clear red for me Clive.

Just seen the replay of the foul on MacAllister for the first time as my stream went down just after the foul in real time so I missed the replay then. Firstly he’s lucky that’s not a red, secondly that could be Macca out for a while. Playing on might not have been a good idea either. Also, the foul on Wirtz that led to the red card was way closer to the box than where we took the free kick from. I thought that at the time. “Premier League, corrupt as f***”

Today’s penalty makes him our all time top penalty scorer overtaking Billy Liddell. * * This fact has been brought to you by The Tommy Cockles Facts Emporium.

I’m going to put the lack of zip down to the international break. Credit to Slot for continuing to try to find solutions & making the changes he did, and when he did, he’s nothing if not decisive.

Just not happening is it

Poor fare that. Yes they’ve squeezed all the space etc but we were too slow in our build up, and just too slow generally. Wirtz, MacAllister, and Salah particularly poor. Need to up our game or we could get caught here.