OTF

Something to look forward to.

Noone is suggesting sleep should be lost, just that there must be an acknowledgement of distaste when anyone other than us are referred to as United, and doubly so if we're not referred to as Newcastle United.

People aren't welcome around here if this doesn't bother them. The only one who could probably get away with it is Diego as he'd no doubt have a little anecdote to go along with it.

And for the record we were United before they were (1892 versus 1902).

I was going to say that it wasn't like his finishes were spectacular here, had acres of space and put them on target. Good finishes but on any other day at least one probably gets saved. When you're in form they have a way of finding their way in. We'll have a tried and tested proven entity in goals *checks notes* Lorus Karius. Tried and tested by his extremely fine wife at least, one would hope.

I'm imagining them in full kicknboxing outfits. Either like this: Or preferably this:

I just hope that he comes back and plays his natural game and doesn't feel like he suddenly has to do everything to make up for being out.

You're going off the deep end mate. The joke someone else made was at our expense - and fair enough if another teams keeper did what Pope did, we'd be taking the piss too. Enrique responded to that with a joke that IMO mostly takes the piss out of him and he has further explained why he considers himself a Liverpool supporter first and Newcastle second. Can't see any problem with that. When Enrique played for us he always gave his all. If Ashley didn’t delay in giving him a new contract chances are he never would have gone to Liverpool. Even if you want to be bitter about it (why?) the sticking point is we definitely had his best years.

Yes you dills, Pepe Reina headbutted James Perch and was sent off. We were 2-0 up at the time and they'd used all their subs so Enrique went in goal for them and kept a clean sheet for the remainder of the game. He's making a joke at his own expense.

Frivilous is the word they use, if we have any sort of case I don't think it should be considered frivilous.

If it's deliberate and prevents an obvious goal scoring opportunity. The latter is the only part in contention, however upon my own follow up review it's a tenuous argument, if it goes straight off Pope's head to Salah and he takes the shot immediately our defender may not have been able to cover it in time due to the angle.

Just rewatched the red card, it will be a hard task to get it overturned. There was only one player goal side, so if it was the last defender who handled there with just the keeper left I still think it would be given as a red. If Pope didn't instinctively cup his hand around the ball it still would have hit his outstretched arm (in a natural position). No hope for Pope In Karius we trust.

Well said, if you press from the front, and have possession far up the pitch it naturally brings the defenders further up the pitch as you can't leave space between the defense and midfield. If Karius does play there will be something poetic about it...

Agree. There's very little chance that they would extend the ban for this IMO. They'd have to consider it frivilous, there enough contention here and in the context of a cup final where our second option is cup tied it is anything but frivilous.

BTW Arsenal as good as given the two points they missed out on against Brentford by the VAR this game.

It's all down to whether it was an "obvious goal scoring opportunity". If it's immediately a handball there's no doubt that it was, however that was not the case. Pope heads it first and then handles the ball on the ground. In that time two of our defenders have covered ground to be between their player and the goal. Personally I think we have a case, but I'm biased so can't tell whether that's reality or my black and white specs.

What Klopp said in the interview I saw was fair, his face is one of the most annoying things in the universe though, so you'd best avoid it. He basically said they were far from perfect (especially against 10 men) but the goals were perfect and he was happy to have kept a clean sheet away.

Howe was questioning the red in the post match interview but also offering the disclaimer that he was not sure of the rules surrounding red cards for handballs. If there is any avenue for appeal we will take it, as I said earlier when he handled the ball we had two player goal side of the ball and their forward and it was 40 yards from goal.

He reminds me of:

* when clearly concussed

Didn't you hear the commentators mate? They're back! Don't trust your eyes.

Can't be too happy about his hair transplant either given he always wears a cap.

It's ridiculous, but not like we really wanted the extra time.

If it's possible to take positives from a game where we've conceded two and had our keeper sent off in the first half this is it. We've not looked outplayed with 10 men until the last minutes.